Music to Your Ears??

[Bigrig]

Howdy

not sure how this will go and might already be one on here, but figured seeing as we just shared some band info on the General Banter thread which Doggy found of use, I thought maybe we should have a general thread for people to list their preferred music styles/likes etc and if everyone gets into it, you never know, you might find a few bands in the vein you like that you have never heard of before.

As an example, if you are into mainstream rock (most triple m stations style etc) then someone like Our Lady Peace (songs Starseed; Supermans Dead; etc) or Eve6 (songs Inside Out; Tongue Tied; etc) might be your cup of tea!! Have a listen to them - you never know.

Over to you ... I like a huge variety of music, but being I play the drums I lean towards hard rock.

[country boy]

Mostly Country Music [ didn't guess that did you ] , also heavy rock .

[Bigrig]

Mostly Country Music [ didn't guess that did you ] , also heavy rock .
Check out a few of the bands on the General Banter thread that I just threw Doggy's way also (mosty hard rock) ... as said, you may already know them, but worth a listen ... Chevelle (Letter From a Thief) and Stone Sour (Say You'll Haunt Me) are good ones also ...

[XLR8]

Great idea, unfortunately we often never hear great music unless it falls into our lap, particularly European bands that never get airplay here in Aus. A couple of prime examples are Within Temptation (try if you like Killing Heidi or Evenescence) and Tobias Sammet's Avantasia - a Hard Rock/Metal Opera with appearances from worldwide acts such as Alice Cooper (try if you like Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath or Metal Church)

[Woof]

Scotty mate, just love Breaking Benjamin, Theory of a Dead Man and of course Disturbed.
Thanks heaps mate, it's about time I got the old Quadraphonic going again:thumbup:

[AB]

i'm open to all music but just got back from my brothers house who hosted a smoked rib bbq which turned out horrible as he put too much salt on and it was like eating a horse salt lick but back to the story...Someone played bluegrass non stop for 3 hours and I was completely over it. I love bluegrass but after 3 hours of non stop twanging the bango and no lyrics i started to loose the plot!

[Bigrig]

Scotty mate, just love Breaking Benjamin, Theory of a Dead Man and of course Disturbed.
Thanks heaps mate, it's about time I got the old Quadraphonic going again:thumbup:

Good stuff mate - try Chevelle, some of Shinedown's other stuff (not that Second Chance rubbish ... Devour or The Crow and The Butterfly, or What A Shame etc), and Stone Sour (as above).

[Bigrig]

And as per other post - Flyleaf is becoming a bit of a favourite at the moment (Fully Alive, Beautiful Bride, Cassie, Again, etc), Seether has been one of my favourites for yonks (Fine Again, World Falls Away, Rise Above This, Breakdown) and a couple from leftfield, Revis (Seven, Caught in the Rain), and Lacuna Coil (Half Life, Swamped - most of their other stuff is probably not my style, but these are pretty good individual songs).

See what you think of these ones Doggy!!!!

[Bigrig]

Great idea, unfortunately we often never hear great music unless it falls into our lap, particularly European bands that never get airplay here in Aus. A couple of prime examples are Within Temptation (try if you like Killing Heidi or Evenescence) and Tobias Sammet's Avantasia - a Hard Rock/Metal Opera with appearances from worldwide acts such as Alice Cooper (try if you like Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath or Metal Church)

Didn't mind Within Temptation - very Evenescence (ish) as you said ... thanks mate.

[Woof]

Just listening to Chevelle's The Red............love it
Where has all this great music been......must be just me living under a rock...lolol

[Woof]

Great idea, unfortunately we often never hear great music unless it falls into our lap, particularly European bands that never get airplay here in Aus. A couple of prime examples are Within Temptation (try if you like Killing Heidi or Evenescence) and Tobias Sammet's Avantasia - a Hard Rock/Metal Opera with appearances from worldwide acts such as Alice Cooper (try if you like Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath or Metal Church)

Thanks Mike, listening to Tobias Sammet's Avantasia - Wastelands now, bloody love it mate:thumbup:

[Bigrig]

For some stock standard mainstream pop rock, try Dropline (songs Best Thing; Graduation Day {Fly From Here}; Maybe I'm the One) ...

[Woof]

This Thread is so good, thanks heaps Scotty:bigthumbup::bigthumbup::bigthumbup::bigthum bup:

[Finly Owner]

A lot of New Zealand artist need to come to Australia to enable them to reach out to the rest of the world. Many artist thought to be Aussie are actually Kiwis making it big from Oz. Ross have you heard of Patsy Rigger? I prefer the true country and western style not The New Pop Country, that is the new trend started in USA. Can't stand how they dress a would be pop singer in "country" style clothes, and release them as a new country and western singer. The looks don't make it the style of music does.

[Bigrig]

A lot of New Zealand artist need to come to Australia to enable them to reach out to the rest of the world. Many artist thought to be Aussie are actually Kiwis making it big from Oz. Ross have you heard of Patsy Rigger? I prefer the true country and western style not The New Pop Country, that is the new trend started in USA. Can't stand how they dress a would be pop singer in "country" style clothes, and release them as a new country and western singer. The looks don't make it the style of music does.

You're right mate - amazing (across heaps of different styles) how much decent music comes out of NZ - as you say, we end up taking 'ownership' if they are any good (who knows where NZ is anyway?? lolol) as they use our industry as a stepping stone. Can't say I'm a big fan of country OR western (lol) but the old boy is and hence I probably know half the singers/bands and most of the words (to songs I wish I could forget!!! lolol) - one thing I do know though, country is about the easiest to play along to .. any instrument, doesn't mattter - 3 chords on the guitar; bass, hats, snare and maybe a little splash on the drums; and a two string bass - in that, you have the ability to play most country and western tunes. Have to say though, I do have a little Garth Brooks, Mickey Gilley, and Steve Earl in the collection (The Thunder Rolls by Garth is good when it's cranked up).

I've also got a bit of a hard rock band who sort of, kind of does a dabble in country as well - Brand New Sin - love their song Wyoming (not country) ... but some other gear has a definite country twang to it .... Missin You and Running Alone.

[Bigrig]

Hey Doggy - how'd do go with sussing out the bands suggested? Find anything else you liked in that assortment??

[Dark 1]

Biggy you are a legend, i mean a thread about music/bands/styles yee haa, where do i start?
Well as you already know i LOVE Korn & Disturbed. Also high on list are Mudvayne, Slipknot, Rage against machine & Acca Dacca.
You also can't go past good aussie rock like midnight oil, silverchair, radiators, living end & cold chisel.
I too like a variety of music including Black eye Peas, david guetta, bloody beetroots & steve aoki.
If you like country rock try out a melbourne band called Vascoe Era.
Must say though love metal/hard rock, thanks Biggy for this thread.

Kelvin.

[Bigrig]

Biggy you are a legend, i mean a thread about music/bands/styles yee haa, where do i start?
Well as you already know i LOVE Korn & Disturbed. Also high on list are Mudvayne, Slipknot, Rage against machine & Acca Dacca.
You also can't go past good aussie rock like midnight oil, silverchair, radiators, living end & cold chisel.
I too like a variety of music including Black eye Peas, david guetta, bloody beetroots & steve aoki.
If you like country rock try out a melbourne band called Vascoe Era.
Must say though love metal/hard rock, thanks Biggy for this thread.

Kelvin.

Glad it's being (fairly) well received mate - where do I start - same goes for me on the variety I like - most of what you mention above is in my playlist with some assortment below for everyone to scroll through on YouTube (in alphabetical order as I'm reading out of iTunes - and what I think is the pick of their songs to save people wasting time hunting through all of them - mostly rock and alternative below - obviously have heaps more but only listing bands/songs that never get radio play here):
Band - Song
Abandoned Pools - Mercy Kiss (not to be confused with Drowning Pool who I have also)
Adema - Close Friends
After the Fall - Mirror Mirror
All Time Low - Hello Brooklyn
Alter Bridge - Before Tomorrow Comes (although Metallingus is awesome - heaps of good ones these guys)
American Eyes - Radio
American HiFi - The Art of Losing
Anathema - Empty
Anberlin - Feel Good Drag
Baby Sugar Loud - Let Me Bleed (old Aussie band)
Bif Naked - I Love Myself Today
Brand New Sin - Wyoming
Breaking Benjamin - Dance With The Devil (anything really, they're are a top notch band)
A Change of Pace - Every Second
Chevelle - Vitamin R
Cold - Suffocate
Crossfade - Cold
DAD (Disneyland After Dark) - Sleepin My Day Away or Girl Nation
Damage Plan - Blunt Force Trauma
Danzig - Tired of Being Alive
Days of the New - Die Born
Deadstar - Deeper Water
Default - Count on Me (our wedding song!!! Anything from these guys - good band)
Dirtbox (my old band ... lolol ... no joke!!) - top band, any songs!!!!
Dredg - Ode to the Sun
Dropbox - Nowhere Man
Dry Cell - Body Crumbles
Earshot - Misery
Epidemic - Walk Away
Eve6 - Inside Out
Face to Face - Disconnected
Fear Factory - Resurrection
The Feelers - Pressure Man
Fishbone - Sunless Sunday
Flaw - Best I Am
Flybanger - Blind World
Flyleaf - Fully Alive
Godsmack - I Stand Alone
Gravity Kills - One Thing
Grindstone - Yesterday
Hardcore Superstar - Shame
hed PE - Dangerous or Blackout (both awesome)
Helmet - Milquetoast
Hoobastank - Crawling in the Dark
Lash - Take Me Away
Lit - Please Tell Me Why
Liz Phair - SuperNova
Mantissa - Land of the Living
MEST - Jaded
Millencolin - Fox
Mutha's Day Out - Locked
Nitocris - Dark Side
Nonpoint - Endure
One Dollar Short - Is This the Part
One Side Zero - Soak
Our Lady Peace - Starseed
Pennywise - Did You Really
Pitchshifter - Eight Days
Pressure4-5 - Melt Me Down
Prime STH - In My Head
Quicksand - Fazer
Revis - Caught in the Rain
Saliva - Faultline
Satanic Surfers - Armless Skater
Seether - Worlds Fall Away
Sevendust - Waffle
Shinedown - Devour
Smile Empty Soul - Nowhere Kids
Soilwork - Razorlives
SR-71 - Goodbye
Staind - Open Your Eyes
Stereomud - Get Me Out
Switched - Walk Away
Taproot - Smile
Theory of a Deadman - Make Up Your Mind
Three Days Grace - Home
Thrice - All That's Left
Trapt - Headstrong
Trust Company - Running From Me
Twelve Stones - Broken
Velvet Revolver - Fall to Pieces
Vertical Horizon - We Are (awesome unknown song)
White Zombie - Thunder Kiss 65 (love White Zombie)
10 Years - Wasteland
6Gig - Gasoline Trail
8Stops7 - My Would be Saviour

and that will about do it ... geez ... once I started, I couldn't stop ... hope some of you out there enjoy some of these and hear something new ...

[Woof]

Scotty I must be getting old, only ever heard of one of them.

[Bigrig]

Scotty I must be getting old, only ever heard of one of them.

That would be Dirtbox no doubt - everyone knows them!!! lmfao ... you're not old mate, I just love music and basically have something or other playing 24x7 so I hunt around a fair bit for some more obscure and lesser known gear - that said, some of those bands are HUGE (and I mean massive!!) overseas ...

[Woof]

Dirtbox, never heard of them, the only one that I have heard of is Velvet Revolver

[YNOT]

I'm with Wayne, there's only a few names there that I recognize.

Tony

[Bigrig]

Dirtbox, never heard of them, the only one that I have heard of is Velvet Revolver

hahaha ... just jokes mate - Dirtbox was my old band - I was living in hope that someone had heard of us!!! lmfao ...

[Finly Owner]

nah , nvr herd any1 of em.

[Bigrig]

I'm with Wayne, there's only a few names there that I recognize.

Tony

Yeah mate, as said, I hunt down some fairly obscure stuff, but I can imagine rock/alternative music is no different to country, dance, hip hop, etc, etc - if that's what you're into, then sure as there is sh!t in a cat, we won't be getting a tenth of what comes to market from overseas, and that means we never get to hear anything other than what music stations jam down the airwaves - repetitive and generally boring when it comes to a lot of new songs, so I tune into European and American online radio stations under the genre that I like, and hey presto!!! New songs/bands I've never heard of that are playing good music ... all that said, there are a truckload of good aussie bands who don't get the airplay they deserve either (there's a few in that list) ... everyone loves Powderfinger right? Ever heard of their first album called Parables for Wooden Ears?? It was awesome, but very dark and not radio friendly for the time. Love the band LIVE?? Their first album (which is an absolute cracker and probably their best IMHO) called Mental Jewellery never even got released in Australia until they had their first hit off their next album Throwing Copper (song released was The Dam at Otter Creek as I recall) ... anyway ... rambling now ... told you I love music!!! Always good to hunt around in the genre you like - you'll be surprised what you are missing out on ..

[Bigrig]

nah , nvr herd any1 of em.

Another potential Dirtbox fan that must have gotten away!!! lolololol ...

[Finly Owner]

Another potential Dirtbox fan that must have gotten away!!! lolololol ...

When,..... you eventually come to visit, you can check out my drum set.......!

We have more in common than it seems.....

[Bigrig]

When,..... you eventually come to visit, you can check out my drum set.......!

We have more in common than it seems.....

Righto - will PM you to lock in a day THIS WEEK, as it sounds like you're upset with me! lol ... what sort of kit do you have? I just sold a Mapex Pro M Signature series kit with stands that I used to practice on, but still have a Yamaha Stage Custom setup in the study at the house ...

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[Finly Owner]

It's all good, just stirring,Monday and Tuesday off. Drum kit is Maxwin by Pearl, 2nd hand still getting there. TomtomA+B, snare,bass tophat and cynmbal so just basic set. To teach myself and entertain family eventually hopefully.

[Finly Owner]

Scott your message box is full......Tuesdays good.

[Bigrig]

It's all good, just stirring,Monday and Tuesday off. Drum kit is Maxwin by Pearl, 2nd hand still getting there. TomtomA+B, snare,bass tophat and cynmbal so just basic set. To teach myself and entertain family eventually hopefully.

Good stuff - you certainly picked a good brand ... Pearl is top notch through the entire range. How far along are you? (Are you one of those people who say "I'm just OK" and then proceed to make Dave Weckyl look ordinary??).
My setup is the Snare (steel as I play mostly power shots/rock), Bass (double kick pedals), 3 Toms (a+b and floor), hi-hats, 18" Heavy Crash, 18" Dark Crash, 16" Custom Crash, 14" Dark Thin Crash, and 20" Ride Cymbal ... hi-hats are paiste, ride is Sabian, and all the crashes are Zildjian - toms and bass are all maple (nice sound) ... expensive hobby and certainly not one that has paid it's own way !! lolol ...

Not sure if you are into drummers in general as a music scene, but Dave Weckyl is definitely worth a listen (rated number 4 in the 'Drummer of the Millenium' awards as voted by peers - the top 3 were all honoured posthumously - i.e. he was the only living member of the top 4), and Grant Collins is pretty good too - he changes his style album to album to keep pushing his own limits, but the music is generally good. There is a song by (wait for it) ... Yanni .... simply entitled Drum Solo and it is a cracker (on YouTube).

[Bigrig]

Scott your message box is full......Tuesdays good.

Lock it in Eddie - late morning (after 10:30am) ok? If so, see you then. Best I go clear out the mailbox ...

[Woof]

Just got this from Black Sabbath via FaceAche for those that are interested.
http://www.spinner.com/2011/01/13/rock-guitar-riffs-part-two/

[trollman]

70's HiFi

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x213/krustytheklown/Pic_0319_018.jpg

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x213/krustytheklown/12022009007.jpg

[DX grunt]

When I was younger, much much younger, I used to love the songs "Mull of Kyntire", Lost in France and finish off the night with YMCA.

Am I old fashioned? lol

[DX grunt]

eanie wienie yellow pokodot bikini.

lol

[Finly Owner]

70's HiFi

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x213/krustytheklown/Pic_0319_018.jpg

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x213/krustytheklown/12022009007.jpg

Nice old collection, I bet it's crystal clear

[Finly Owner]

When I was younger, much much younger, I used to love the songs "Mull of Kyntire", Lost in France and finish off the night with YMCA.

Am I old fashioned? lol

I don't think so just weird like me!

[Finly Owner]

eanie wienie yellow pokodot bikini.

lol


She wore a teenie, weenie, itsy, bitsy yellow poko dot, bikini, and in the water she wanted to stay

[Woof]

She wore a teenie, weenie, itsy, bitsy yellow poko dot, bikini, and in the water she wanted to stay

That's Bad............Just BAD

[trollman]

yep sounds great; requires occassional repair/adjustment. teaching myself as much as possible about solid state electronics.
the value of experiencing superior HiFi sound has been worth the effort required to acquire, operate and maintain.

The last 1959 Les Paul Standard CSB i saw on ebay sold for $325,000. Thankfully japanese replicas are available.

current 1960 les paul standard is available at the same price.

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-1960-GIBSON-LES-PAUL-STANDARD-BURST-OHSC-TAGS-/180609006941?pt=Guitar&hash=item2a0d22bd5d

[Finly Owner]

yep sounds great; requires occassional repair/adjustment. teaching myself as much as possible about solid state electronics.
the value of experiencing superior HiFi sound has been worth the effort required to acquire, operate and maintain.

The last 1959 Les Paul Standard CSB i saw on ebay sold for $325,000. Thankfully japanese replicas are available.

current 1960 les paul standard is available at the same price.

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-1960-GIBSON-LES-PAUL-STANDARD-BURST-OHSC-TAGS-/180609006941?pt=Guitar&hash=item2a0d22bd5d
Would love to have beer surrounded by by your sound system.