Your three favorite bands

[Palmy]

Check out this generic music thread. Just trying to start some stuff up in here, so list 'em.

Mine are:
Ulver
Arcturus
Opeth

[Thrash]

I was typing this up.. glad I back spaced out.

Crystal Method
Hella
The World/Inferno Friendship Society

[VeeKaChu]

The Stranglers
The Clash
TMBG

[jerriko]

Shai Hulud
Minor Threat
Poison The Well

With
In Flames
Rise Against
Nine Inch Nails coming very close.

[R4t]

My Favorites At The Moment Are:
Rage Against The Machine
Blink 182
Iron Maiden

My tastes tend to change at random times, to random different types of music.

[[RiCE]cancer]

It changes frequently, but at the moment it's:

Radiohead
Godspeed You Black Emperor!
Sigur Ros

[maizy]

A perfect circle (long time Tool fan since Opiate release, but I like apc better now)

Led Zeppelin

Nirvana

[crz]

changes. for right now:

audioslave
muse
radiohead

[ALieN]

currently:

Children of Bodom
Van Halen
Evergrey

add at any time:

Strapping Young Lad
Devin Townsend
Iced Earth
Iron Maiden
Kalmah
Metallica
Old Man's Child
Satyricon

[mon]

the toasters
madness
streetlight manifesto

[silkriven]

children of bodom
stratovarius
opeth

[MeestarK]

Guns N' Roses
Van Halen
Led Zeppelin

[goldplatypus]

metallica
manowar
iron maiden

[matt-]

We have a lot of metal fans here!

It's really hard for me to pick only three, but if I had to, it would be:

Cunninlynguists
At the Drive-In
Groove Armada

[GriffiN^]

Radiohead
Pink Floyd
Nirvana

Tough call picking the 3rd... Pink Floyd and Radiohead are my two favorites and have been for a while. Nirvana is thrown in there just because I seem to be listening to a lot of it this past week and reading Kurt Cobain's biography (Heavier Than Heaven) which is insanely good.

[Terminotaur]

muse
dredg
metallica (excluding reload/anger; load's fine)

there are a lot more bands I would consider "favorites". my preferences really are capricious though

[ffej-OD]

I dont think i could ever pick only 3 bands to have as my alltime favorite so ill do what i did last time I saw a thread like this and list the last 3 bands i listened too. Sorry if thats cheating :)

Bleeding Through
Throwdown
Unearth

[Quazzar]

Interpol
Audioslave
Rage Against The Machine

[Cart]

Of past few years:

Sublime
Funeral For A Friend
Jurassic 5

[WrathChild]

Bad Religion
Against Me!
_______ (slot currently open)

[GriffiN^]

muse
dredg
metallica (excluding reload/anger; load's fine)

there are a lot more bands I would consider "favorites". my preferences really are capricious though

Muahahaha I have my ticket to Muse on October 31st and I'm hoping to get one for Metallica on the 28th of November :). Both coming to my city (which is really odd since nobody ever comes here) :). I'm oh so excited ;D.

[Anonym]

The Barenaked Ladies
Rob Dougan
Zero 7

I also enjoy Bill Brown's music, a majority of which is available on his website at http://www.billbrownmusic.com/

[destroy the map]

all time favorites:
a perfect circle
chevelle
muse

recent favorites:
it dies today
the used
norma jean


others would be unearth, bleeding through, underOATH, the mars volta

[SilentDark]

tool
children of bodom
mastodon

[Peregrine]

Living Sacrifice
Soul Embraced
God Forbid

[Risingson]

311
Tool
Massive Attack

[MacMaverick]

Metallica
Dream Theater
A Perfect Circle

[Defrag]

Hard to choose but probably (in no particular order):

Pink Floyd
Talking Heads
Radiohead

[Milosenpotion]

Eagles
Floyd
Jackson 5

[Ser]

of all time mine are:

led zep
rage
soundgarden


nowadays

dream theater
audioslave
apc

[soul]

these days its
dj shadow / unkle
dredg
at the drive-in

[Satanic Monkey]

Rhapsody
System of a down
Porno Graffiti (Jrock)

[AxioN]

um.. like jeff, i just might as well post the last three bands i listened to. Poison the well, Onelinedrawing, Bleeding Through

[Modal Auxiliary]

Arcturus
Children of Bodom
Siam Shade

[drone]

there's no way i could just pick three. so here's my current fav's:

isis
shadows fall
himsa

[Naufragus]

In no particular order:

Grateful Dead
Phish
Perpetual Groove

Edit: Actually, that's pretty much the right order.

[Success@Failure]

Coheed and Cambria
Head Automatica
Kanye West

They tend to get played the most on my train ride to school.

[MitsuMan]

lately its been:
breaking benjammin (love the new album)
new found glory
finger eleven

[lb_]

alltime top 3:

The Cure
Smashing Pumpkins
Sunday's Best

Lately:
Sparta (new album is quite possibly one of my favorite albums of all time)
Sunny Day Real estate
Braid
The Shins

[Repair Man]

The Smashing Pumpkins
A Perfect Circle
David Bowie

[vekkio]

lynyrd skynyrd
rage against the machine
ccr

other favs:

blue oyster cult
aerosmith
ac/dc
jefferson airplane/starship
led zeppelin
rolling stones
moody blues
metallica
audioslave (cc can never replace ZDLR!)

how could i forget hendrix!

[Electricus]

right now

Stone Temple Pilots
Seether
icp

with dj shadow, soad, and 12 stones coming up close behind

[yorik]

blink 182
the offspring
green day


with adema, smashing pumpkins, muse, and in flames following close behind

[speEED]

Neil Finn
Elbow
Pedro The Lion

[camaro1185]

whitesnake
guns n roses
metallica
(in no specific order)

[Chivas]

Tool
Metallica
Rush

Primus right behind Rush by || much

[polarity]

Alexisonfire - takes the top position by far
Bad Religion - always liked them
The Mars Volta - been into them lately

[M.SoulTaker]

Metallica
Def Leppard
Armin van Buuren

[KnightProjekt]

The Mars Volta - No one can compete.
Brazil - Very Good.
Brand New - Always a Fav of mine.

[therealrhombus]

311
2 skinnee j's
Kottonmouth Kings (omfgzorz im a loseroszorz)

[ian.de]

At the moment:
In Flames
Dark Tranquillity
Arch Enemy (I never hear people talk about these guys, they're amazing)

Close:
Killswitch Engage
Avenged Sevenfold
Soilwork

And not to be a dick, and in the most purest sincerity possible:
What is so good about The Mars Volta? I mean... is it the lyrics? Because it sure as hell can't be the sound or music. I have never seen what makes them so great, and would love to know what I'm missing.

[polarity]

I honestly can't say why I like The Mars Volta, but I will agree with senor on the new cd.

[Ignatz]

the Ramones
Jane's Addiction
Jimi Hendrix Experience

[TheMOB]

The Arcade Fire
Modest Mouse
The Pixies

I like the Mars Volta a lot when they're actually playing music, and not making weird noises. Which isn't that much of the time, but yea. People like the weird noises and shit for the same reason people love Radiohead's Kid A. That said, I don't know what the reason is.

[|eprosy]

Modest Mouse- Great albums to get high to and just awesome music in general.
Radiohead- If I need to comment on this one you should get a taste in music.
The Pixies- Easily one of (if not the) most influential bands of the 80s/90s. The music still holds up and kicks ass today.

[saut]

All time is:

1. Opeth
2. Tool
....hard to pick a third, since I have never been into any band to the extent that I am currently into Opeth and was once into Tool. I guess any one of the following bands could go in there: Kyuss, Porcupine Tree, King Crimson, Zeppelin, Godspeed. I've had mild flings with all of these bands, but not to the extent where any single one could claim the #3 spot for their own. Maybe one day...

[saut]

At the moment:

Arch Enemy (I never hear people talk about these guys, they're amazing)



I'm pretty sure the lead singer of Arch Enemy is a chick. Hopefully you were generalizing and calling the band as a group "guys" (I know I sometimes refer to a group of females as guys... like 'hey would you guys like to give me sex?'). If you weren't and thought they were all male, then maybe you shouldn't list them as one of your favorite bands.

^not a flame, just sayin'

[polarity]

saut is obviously an elitist.

[|eprosy]

saut is obviously an elitist.

He listens to Tool.

His opinion is worthless.

[sani]

tmv
explosions in the sky
nebula

[adamantium]

I'm pretty sure the lead singer of Arch Enemy is a chick. Hopefully you were generalizing and calling the band as a group "guys" (I know I sometimes refer to a group of females as guys... like 'hey would you guys like to give me sex?'). If you weren't and thought they were all male, then maybe you shouldn't list them as one of your favorite bands.

^not a flame, just sayin'

Originally Arch Enemy's vocalist was a male, Johan Liiva, and they replaced him with Angela Gossow when he quit before Wages of Sin was released.

Anyway, as for my three favorite bands....man, that's a hard one. Here's my best attempt to pick.

Okay, I can't do it. I'll divide it into two genres, which will make it a little easier.

First off, all time favorite band, which was an easy one : Pink Floyd

Now, for those two genres.

Metal:
1. Iron Maiden
2. Metallica
3. Slayer

Rock (in general):
1. AC/DC
2. Led Zeppelin
3. Collective Soul

Yeah, I realize Collective Soul doesn't really belong in there, for one because they can't compare to Zeppelin or AC/DC and secondly because they've become more pop in their latter years but....damn, I really like them.

[TheMOB]

on the new cd for every minute of music there is 3 minutes of pointless bullshit noise... After their radio friendly song the widow they include 3 minutes of fucking circus music... it doesn't give your music depth or make people think it just fucking ruins anything good about it........ fjalfdjsa

Yea I heard it, I was really really hoping they'd move away from the expermental garbage, but instead they did more of it. And I should probably drop Muse off my list and add the Pixies. How'd I forget them.

Collective Soul is a cool band adam, I think they count as rock, albeit usually on the softer side.

[sani]

i like the sound of 'something' at the end of cygnus though, you cannot take that away from me.

edit: @ 11:22

the cd begins at cassandra gemini

[saut]

saut is obviously an elitist.


He listens to Tool.

His opinion is worthless.


I'm going to ignore these. Jesus.


Oh and thank you adamantium for clearing that up about At the Gates. I guess they are a bunch of "guys," depending on what time period we're talking about.

[adamantium]

Oh and thank you adamantium for clearing that up about At the Gates. I guess they are a bunch of "guys," depending on what time period we're talking about.

Arch Enemy :P

[Thrash]

Yeah we all seem to be in the fast lane on I-Idiocy.....



-Circle Takes The Square
-Rage Against The Machine
-Varies, probably Primus right now, maybe Propellerheads.

[polarity]

I'm going to ignore these. Jesus.

It was a fucking joke.

[[RiCE]cancer]

Re: the mars volta

Why is everyone ripping on their new CD when it isn't even out yet? Is there a good quality version somewhere that I missed? Every mp3 I've downloaded is such horrible quality that I refuse to even listen to it. You guys really shouldn't judge it if that's what you're using.

I remember the same thing happening with Radiohead's newest album. The songs leaked, sounded like shit because they were low quality/unfinished and everyone kept talking about how much the new CD sucked. Then it came out and it fucking owned (in my opinion anyway, I know a lot of people didn't like it).

[saut]

Arch Enemy :P

Wow I'm a retard.

[YourFavoriteWeapon]

cancer']the mars volta
that's because at the end of the day, radiohead is still radiohead and the mars volta is still the pathetic empty shadow of at the drive-in.

ps: the album is already out in japan, because those fuckers will buy anything

[sani]

actually that's sparta, without the pathetic.

[mH jackol]

deftones
dredg
at the drive in

[greg-]

bands are probably

Counting Crows
Radiohead
Travis

[GriffiN^]

Radiohead
Muse
Red Hot Chilli Peppers / Interpol

[JuiCe]

Stone Temple Pilots
Filter
-------- Keep your eyes on them ^ :p
Smashing Pumpkins

[Stick]

This is kinda hard...
Led Zepplin
NIN
Chevelle

[SithDrummer]

At the moment:

Alter Bridge
Dispatch
Blink 182

Around last month, Matchbox Twenty was in there somewhere.

[TheMOB]

the lyrics to mars volta aren't much better, it's just about their friend or some shit? but the music is interesting if you ask me, i dont much care for it really. i dont mind listening to it while i'm driving by myself, but if anyone else is around i feel like a dork who listens to a guy who sounds like a chick :(

Yea de-loused in the comatorium is supposed to be a journey through the mind of a friend the band who committed suicide. He attempts suicide, goes into a coma and has fucked up dreams, has the opportunity to get out of the coma, but ultimately chooses death.

How the fuck you're supposed to decipher that from the lyrics is a mystery to me.

[carrot]

Thrice
Alexisonfire
Rise Against

[YourFavoriteWeapon]

if only atdi even sounded good.YOU DONE DID IT NOW

[KnightProjekt]

Yea de-loused in the comatorium is supposed to be a journey through the mind of a friend the band who committed suicide. He attempts suicide, goes into a coma and has fucked up dreams, has the opportunity to get out of the coma, but ultimately chooses death.

How the fuck you're supposed to decipher that from the lyrics is a mystery to me.


The reason is because you are not supposed to, they didnt want all the masses know what every word was, tehy made the songs non-radio friendly and made a CD for themselves. They released a book that told the story in which the CD was about. They are not trying to impress anyone, nor do they care. Thats the reason they disbanded ATDI, tehy were tired of the music indutry telling them what to play.

[YourFavoriteWeapon]

The reason is because you are not supposed to, they didnt want all the masses know what every word was, tehy made the songs non-radio friendly and made a CD for themselves. They released a book that told the story in which the CD was about. They are not trying to impress anyone, nor do they care. Thats the reason they disbanded ATDI, tehy were tired of the music indutry telling them what to play.
http://eil.com/newGallery/Eminem-Stan-172378.jpg

[TheMOB]

The reason is because you are not supposed to, they didnt want all the masses know what every word was, tehy made the songs non-radio friendly and made a CD for themselves. They released a book that told the story in which the CD was about. They are not trying to impress anyone, nor do they care. Thats the reason they disbanded ATDI, tehy were tired of the music indutry telling them what to play.
I know. It doesn't change the fact that the lyrics typically make very little sense. And the fact that the two of them expect you to buy a book to understand seems a bit ludacris to me.

[sani]

it's free to download (the book)
it's good that he created a world where he can make up words, or compound them so that they're related to what he's trying to say. son et luminare; the keyboard = sirens and the drums = the defibrilators trying to get his heart to start beating again. WHOA MY

[YourFavoriteWeapon]

Their lyrics have always been full of shit; I don't think people mind that. They used to call it "stream-of-consciousness," but when you're writing books and creating languages like you're JRR Tolkien it sort of loses its allure. That and the fact that now the music is full of shit too. Moreso the latter.

ludacris
http://www.vh1.com/shared/media/news/images/l/Ludacris/ludacris2_180x180.jpg

[Magus]

Jimmy Eat World
Saves The Day
Spitalfield

Edit: YFW - what kind of music do YOU like? I've wondered from reading a number of your posts.

[YourFavoriteWeapon]

YFW - what kind of music do YOU like? I've wondered from reading a number of your posts.I like virtually every band that I talk shit about on this site save for a select few. I love music, I just hate fans.

[GARGANTUAN]

As of lately I've been listening to:
the Daughters
Tower of Rome
Every Time I Die (last night in town)


All old cds but they usually cycle in and out every few months.

[ass*assassin]

I dunno.. maybe my standards are a bit higher than most.. I judge by talent, originality and production standards.. so, by that standard, I must say:

Yes (just listen to Yessongs, you will see..Love the classical influences)
Steely Dan (probably best studio band of all time)
Eagles (bar none, the best, technically live band I have ever seen..)

[soul]

right now it has to be:
dredg
explosions in the sky
smashing pumpkins

[Aic]

If I had to choose just 3:

Pink Floyd
Tool
Radiohead

But sooo many others that could make that list...

[Magus]

I dunno.. maybe my standards are a bit higher than most.. I judge by talent, originality and production standards.. so, by that standard, I must say:

Yes (just listen to Yessongs, you will see..Love the classical influences)
Steely Dan (probably best studio band of all time)
Eagles (bar none, the best, technically live band I have ever seen..)
YOUR TASTE IN MUSIC SO SUPERIOR TO MINE, HOW DO YOU DO IT?!

[YourFavoriteWeapon]

rofl

[One Winged Angel]

Opeth
The Mars Volta
Muse

Note: this list does not necessarily fully represent the kind of music I like and listen to.

[Magus]

Lots of Mars Volta on this thread... I guess I just don't get the appeal.