Reccomend some music for me

squig hunter

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Hmm, I really like Kaisers Orchestra, a norwegian band. Very hard to classify though, slightly \"rock-y\" but with orchestral instruments and weird lyrics sung in an impregnable norwegian dialect. Rammstein are good too. For Jazzy things I like Funky butt, another norwegian band, but it\'s very hard to get any of their stuff anywhere.

Squig
 

Necroghast

New member
How about Bolt Thrower? Warhammer music!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UURcc2fH1iQ&feature=related

Or Heaven Shall Burn an awesome band from Germany (no they are not anti religion) They are my favorite band. All thier music is about politics and stuff. This one is about the Warsaw uprising of 1944. If you look in the description part its got the lyrics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1dZCUVqj-s
This one is about Victor Jara who was a singer and songwriter in Chile who was killed when Pinochet took power. The whole story is pretty terrible. But heres the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AfiN2RmZcU

Amon Amarth is also good. (More viking stuff and the name comes from LOTR)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhptP8j-t-M

Soilwork is also good:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C6b34-ESfo
(probably the most \"not extreme metal fan\" friendly of all of them)
 

evil tendencies

Cake or Death?
MMMM, grunge...I like a lot of stuff, but as for a favorite genre, grunge is what I grew up with and is very close to my heart.

Nirvana (early stuff is best)
Alice in Chains (you\'ve probably heard stuff off of their \"Dirt\" album)
Soundgarden (It\'s all good)

This should get you started. If you like Soundgarden, you might also want to check out Audioslave - It\'s the lead singer from Soundgarden with the musicians from Rage Against the Machine.
 

airhead

Coffin Dodger / Keymaster
Queensryche

Jimmy Buffet (Hey, I live in Florida) - Bannanna Wind is a good album

Queen (blue & red best of are awesome)

Colbie Caillat

Alice Cooper - Welcome to my Nightmare
 

evil tendencies

Cake or Death?
Oh, I forgot - I don\'t know what your religious persuasions are (if any) so don\'t take offense, but I\'m also into the heavier Christian rock bands:

Flyleaf - a great band with a really good female vocalist
Plumb - hard and grinding
Kutless - good alternative rock

You can hear more at www.effectradio.com (which I usually have open whenever I\'m browsing).
 

Onis Lair

New member
I can\'t say i have a genre i like so i can\'t help you find your genre Liz. I just listen to what i like, sometimes that\'s just 1 song from a group. But bands i really like you can check out, that you may not have heard of before, include;

Nick Cave - Need i say more again?

In Nomine - German tech/metal . Mitternacht is one of his best i think http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVJjPHZ4gd0

Mike Oldfield - His Moonlight Shadows is good with some nice covers. Just know he\'s best known for Tubuler bells. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bOLkPbPCbk

Blue October - Emo... but catchy and a guilty pleasure of mine.

Nightwish - Finish metal. Their old stuff is just all over the place from opera to cookie monster rock. One of their best old songs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiZ9ULkq1xM

Gackt - J-pop at it\'s best. No idea what the man says but his voice could melt butter... plus the guy is just sexy and no i\'m not gay. His Malice Mizer stuff is good also. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzN_GdknWIo

White Zombie / Rob Zombie - Hard rock, kinda an aquired taste i guess.

Lords of Acid - techo type... ugh i\'ll just let you youtube them as most of their songs are ugh... innuendo to outright dirty.

Marty Robbins - Some true old skool country music and one of the greatest voices in my opinion.
 

laurence

Brushlover
The Birthday Party!!!

Originally posted by Ritual
One of my absolute favourite artists is Nick Cave! He and his band (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) are excellent musicians with a very personal expression. Lyrics wise, I hold Nick Cave as one of the greatest. His lyrics are very literary and poetic, without getting awkward and pretentious. He might not be the best singer, technically, but he\'s got a distinct, personal style of singing and for me that is more important.

You might want to skip his earlier stuff, though. Great as it is, it\'s quite chaotic and a bit of an aquired taste and might not be the best place to start. But, if you start off with something from the 90s or later you\'ll get a better idea if this is something for you or not.

Here\'s a youtube clip of one of many favourite songs of mine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOiUPl5GjTE

Nice taste in music Ritual! I\'m also a big Nick Cave fan! I went to the same school as him in Melbourne as a kid.

If you\'re digging Nick Cave I\'d also recommend Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen and a cool Aussie band called The Dirty Three. You\'ll love it! Also, if you need some music to soothe the soul I\'d suggest some Stevie Ray Vaughan and also some Bach and Handel just to name a few. Check out some Derek Trucks too. His band rocks!!

Happy listening and painting!
 

Ritual

New member
Originally posted by laurence
Nice taste in music Ritual! I\'m also a big Nick Cave fan! I went to the same school as him in Melbourne as a kid.

Cool! :cool:

Originally posted by laurence
a cool Aussie band called The Dirty Three.

That\'s Warren Ellis\'s old band, right? He\'s part of the Bad Seeds now (and also a member of Grinderman, Cave\'s garage rock band). I remember seeing Nick Cave solo once (without the Bad Seeds) and The Dirty Three opened for him. Good stuff!
 

lizcam

New member
Wow! I knew a music thread would be popular but this is staggering! So much to listen to. It\'s wonderful. keep it all coming and thanks! :D
 

Ritual

New member
If you want something more atmospheric I can recommend Dead Can Dance (another Aussie band). They are incredible musicians and vocalists and mix medieval, barroque, classical, folk, world music (and a bit of new wave on the early recordings) in a very unique way. Also, check out Lisa Gerrard\'s (vocalist and multi-instrumentalist of Dead Can Dance) solo works and film soundtracks (she\'s done music for The Insider, Gladiator, Whale Rider etc.). Really good stuff!
 

Bill

New member
Ooh, second Tom Waits, too. He\'s great. Rain Dogs is a superb album - his lyrics are really good too.

Talking Heads, Brian Eno :D
 

laurence

Brushlover
Originally posted by laurence
a cool Aussie band called The Dirty Three.

That\'s Warren Ellis\'s old band, right? He\'s part of the Bad Seeds now (and also a member of Grinderman, Cave\'s garage rock band). I remember seeing Nick Cave solo once (without the Bad Seeds) and The Dirty Three opened for him. Good stuff! [/quote]

You sure know your Aussie bands! Yep - That\'s Warren Ellis\'s old band. He\'s a very c00l fiddle/violin player!

Tim Rogers and Paul Kelly are also great Australian musicians with so much good music! I highly recommend those guys too!
 

laurence

Brushlover
Tom Waits!!!

Hey Bill - good to see you have great taste in music!

This is such a killer version of Summertime by Tom Waits from Austin City Limits in 1978.

Part 1: http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=gOiAQtLBJLA

Part 2: http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=IdqxiXXYj3Q&feature=related

You\'ll love it!!! Gives me goose bumps every time!
 

Zora

New member
Wow, this has given ME a few things to go out and look for.

Personally, I like pretty much everything. But when the :cussing: and I separated, I went back to the 60s and 70s, as most everything was upbeat. Can\'t listen to any country anymore, and am avoiding rap. But older hard rock was soothing during that time: KISS, Iron Maiden, etc.

Now I\'m drifting back into my old fave of 80s.

However the last couple of days talking to the :cussing: is making me want to start listening to some death metal.:moon:

Now THIS is one of my FAVORITES!
 

evil tendencies

Cake or Death?
Originally posted by lizcam
Wow! I knew a music thread would be popular but this is staggering! So much to listen to. It\'s wonderful. keep it all coming and thanks! :D

If you want to get people talking, music, religion and politics are always sure bets.
 

DaN

New member
Just ask me when ya see me Liz :p
I may even play you an example.

So long as there\'s no B chords :D lol
 
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