Your top 5 bands or soloists.

[Skip Brutale]

You have to do it in a particular order. And it's just your favorite bands, not the best or most influential.

1. The Velvet Underground
2. Sonic Youth
3. Frank Zappa
4. The Blood Brothers
5. Refused

[WillMagic]

1. Jack Johnson
2. 3 Doors Down
3. Ivy
4. Nick Drake
5. Maroon 5

[jdl22]

1. Stevie Ray Vaughan
2. Everclear
3. IZ
4. Jack Johnson
5. Robert Johnson

[college_boy]

1. Ben Harper
2. Jack Johnson
3. Ray Lamontagne
4. Lightnin Hopkins
5. Ladysmith Black Mambazo

[kpux]

1. Megadeth
2. In Flames
3. Soilwork
4. Slayer
5. Children of Bodom

I like it heavy.

[Sheriff Fatman]

1) The Pixies
2) The Wedding Present
3) Belle & Sebastian
4) The Delgados
5) James

Sheriff

[plaster8]

1. Van Halen
2. The Rolling Stones
3. AC/DC
4. The Clash
5. Lou Reed

[BusterStacks]

lol at every (supposedly) straight male who put Jack Johnson.

[Redmen62]

1) Live
2) The Tragically Hip
3) U2
4) Bruce Springsteen
5) Smashing Pumpkins

[BusterStacks]

college boy... u suck.

[college_boy]

You made it easy, plus I had no other ideas. Nice touch posting in this thread though

[BusterStacks]

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You made it easy, plus I had no other ideas. Nice touch posting in this thread though

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ugh, how long do i have to have this nonsense on?

[college_boy]

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You made it easy, plus I had no other ideas. Nice touch posting in this thread though

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ugh, how long do i have to have this nonsense on?

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I'm pretty sure it's a month. You should check out his album though. You would probably end up not minding it.

[BusterStacks]

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You made it easy, plus I had no other ideas. Nice touch posting in this thread though

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ugh, how long do i have to have this nonsense on?

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I'm pretty sure it's a month. You should check out his album though. You would probably end up not minding it.

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I have heard it many times. He is a talented musician, however his songs are music to the vagina. Way to girly for me to rock out to.

[college_boy]

It's still gonna be funny watching you try to mock people with Jack Johnson's feet in the picture.

[BusterStacks]

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It's still gonna be funny watching you try to mock people with Jack Johnson's feet in the picture.

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ok I'm gonna go cry in a corner now. thanks.

[private joker]

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1) The Pixies
2) The Wedding Present
3) Belle & Sebastian
4) The Delgados
5) James

Sheriff

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I think I'm in love with you. Seriously.


(Alternative to Sheriff's perfect list):

1. R.E.M.
2. Radiohead
3. Neutral Milk Hotel
4. Public Enemy
5. Spiritualized

[craig r]

1. Bright Eyes
2. Fugazi
3. Bruce Springsteen
4. Shellac
5. God Speed You Black Emperor

The problem with me doing a list like this is that it could change overnight.

craig

[srvollmer]

1. The Clash
2. The Smiths
3. The Pixies
4. Pavement
5. Grant Lee Buffalo

[xadrez]

In no order

1)Otis Redding
2)James Brown
3)Fela Kuti
4)Donny Hathaway
5)Pete Rock

[2planka]

Some of my favorites from a few genres:

Rock/pop:
1. The Pixies
2. Mr. Bungle
3. Faith No More
4. Fugazi
5. V-Femmes

Jazz:
1. Miles Davis,
2. Sonny Rollins,
3. Parker,
4. Monk,
5. Holiday

Ska:
1. Hepcat,
2. Slackers,
3. The Skatalites,
4. Johnny Socko,
5. The Articles

Yes, I broke the rules.

[Sweaburg]

1. Neko Case
2. Tom Waits
3. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
4. Erics Trip
5. Modest Mouse

[Lumpy]

1. Samiam
2. Clash
3. Superchunk
4. Jawbreaker
5. Swervedriver

[IndieMatty]

whoa..awesome number 4 &5...

[IndieMatty]

1A. Pinback
1B. Modest Mouse
1C. Refused
1D. Sunny Day Real Estate
1E. Wilco

2-5B. Explosions in the Sky, Minus The Bear, Sick Of It All, At the Drive In, Broken Social Scene.

[oddjob]

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4. Johnny Socko,

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??? you have to be from indiana. as entertaining as these guys were live, i can think of 2,000 other 3rd wave ska bands that are much better then johnny socko. and i'm not even that big a fan of ska.

[oddjob]

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The problem with me doing a list like this is that it could change overnight.

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way too true. i'll throw some of my current favorites

1. weakerthans (this will be in almost any top 5 i ever come up with at any given time)
2. mates of state (have been really digging this band lately)
3. mountain goats
4. new pornographers
5. black keys

my problem is i really get into a band listen to them a lot then burn myself out on them.

prime example is pavement/stephen malkamus. for some reason they were popping up on my itunes like every 3rd song and i was getting so sick of hearing them that i can't listen to them now, lest i hate them for years.

[Paluka]

In no particular order:

4 bands that used to rule:

Bad Religion
Neurosis
Slayer
The Pixies

4 bands that still rule:

The Weakerthans
Fugazi
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Converge

[MarkL444]

right now id say

1. Elliott Smith
2. Radiohead
3. At the Drive-In
4. Smashing Pumpkins
5. Interpol

[2planka]

From Massachusetts, but went to grad school at Purdue. I was thinking of their live performances... very fun.

Swap them with the Pilfers if you wish, then.

[astroglide]

i'll do 10

simon and garfunkel
anything with morrissey (solo or smiths)
anything with mike patton (faith no more, fantomas, mr bungle, tomahawk...)
the strokes
leonard cohen
front 242
johnny cash
anything with ian mackaye (minor threat, fugazi...)
anything with glen danzig (misfits, danzig...)
elliot smith

[IndieMatty]

another good one.

[sfer]

The new Pinback CD is pretty good.

[Paluka]

Any of you NYC guys going to see Slint? I'll be there.

[IndieMatty]

Yeah they just keep getting better. I was a big three mile piliot fan, amazing how much they have evolved. No one is doing anything like them right now. (Even TSC digs em.)

[Ed Miller]

Good list, Paluka. Add Propagandhi "Less Talk, More Rock," and I could listen to just that stuff for a long time.

[IndieMatty]

Ed, were you in to the Mass "hardcore scene" like Converge/Cave In/ PieBald / Jesuit etc?

[istewart]

The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Dream Theater
The Shins
The Rolling Stones

[beerbandit]

rage against the machine
white zombie
red hot chile peppers
led zeppelin
dave matthews band

cheers

[Ed Miller]

Ed, were you in to the Mass "hardcore scene" like Converge/Cave In/ PieBald / Jesuit etc?

Nah.. never been into any scene really. Just casually into music.

[Paluka]

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Good list, Paluka. Add Propagandhi "Less Talk, More Rock," and I could listen to just that stuff for a long time.

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I almost did add that to my list! It just missed the cut.

[Paluka]

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Ed, were you in to the Mass "hardcore scene" like Converge/Cave In/ PieBald / Jesuit etc?

Nah.. never been into any scene really. Just casually into music.

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I saw possibly the greatest metal show of all time in the middle of f#%$ing nowhere in Mass. I don't know where I was. It was in a church gymnasium in a small town. This was the lineup:

The Dillinger Escape Plan
Coalesce
Converge
and Neurosis headlines. Just sick.

[Ed Miller]

I saw possibly the greatest metal show of all time in the middle of f#%$ing nowhere in Mass. I don't know where I was. It was in a church gymnasium in a small town.

I saw Bob Dylan in a gym in the middle of nowhere Mass. in 1996 or so. Probably same gym, hehe.

[thirddan]

1. Slipknot
2. Children of Bodom
3. old school metallica
4. Hatebreed
5. Lamb of God

its hard to pick just five since i go in waves...but heavy is good...

[Tosh]

1. Red Hot Chili Peppers
2. The Clash
3. Green Day
4. Metallica
5. Muse

[IndieMatty]

Dillenger/Coalesce and Converge...basically followed them around the NorthEast whent hey toured in 97? I think it was.

Coalesce in their prime were awesome.

Paluka, you should check out skycamefalling, they got pretty big on the national hardcore scene, and there first incarnation included yours truly. I went to college, they found a much better vocalist and drummer; signed to ferret and toured Europe. Fair trade off I guess.

[beerbandit]

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old school

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metallica

that is the key

good call -- i dont own one album after the self titled
and i think i have seven

cheers

[astroglide]

the black album eats balls too

[oddjob]

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From Massachusetts, but went to grad school at Purdue. I was thinking of their live performances... very fun.

Swap them with the Pilfers if you wish, then.

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figured either purdue or IU. i graduated from purdue in the winter of 96. funny thing is i went to a wedding in 2001 back in indiana, and the old lead singer of johnny socko was the singer of the soul band that did weddings. he said johnny socko was still going, but without him. he was making tons more playing weddings.

[oddjob]

piebald = hardcore? great live band, lotsa fun, but i think it's a huge stretch to lump them into a hardcore scene.

[srvollmer]

Glad to see the Black Keys getting some props. They're friends of mine. If you haven't heard of them, check them out.

[craig r]

I went to go see Neurosis in austin when i lived in texas...the electricity went out from all of their equipment.

craig

[IndieMatty]

I see your point...re: Piebalds..Current Incarnation no. But they started as a hardcore band in the hardcore scene. They used to tour with Cave In before Cave In went all prog. In fact Piebalds first two albums are all screaming. In 94-96 the hardcore scene was filled with poppunk/emo bands before the phrase was officially coined. One of the first "emo" bands Clockwise was from Long Island, and it was called "emo-core". Promise Ring/Get Up Kids/Mineral were all bands in the hardcore scene..even though they were what we now know as Emo..Bands like Hatebread/Deadguy/Vision Of Disorder/Earth Crisis/Snapcase were all "metal-core" bands...etc. Coalesce would tour/do splits/covers with Boy Sets Fire, and the Get Up Kids. Zines like "In Effect" and "Ant-Matter" covered all of these bands. Sigh...
I think when I grew up it was a matter of location, like if you were an indie rock kid who grew up on punk..you were most likely into your areas "hardcore" scene..though you may not necesarily rock out to Gorilla Bisquits or Sick Of It All. Bands like Hatebread/Deadguy/Vision Of Disorder/Earth Crisis/Snapcase were all "metal-core" bands...etc.

This reminds me of my freshman year term paper entitled.

Hardcore: The Community and it's Effect on Youth Movements.

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[Ponks]

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Incubus
Green Day
Nirvana
At the Drive-In

Ponks

[oddjob]

fair enough. i'm from the midwest and all those midwest bands cap n' jazz, braid, promise ring, get up kids, etc. were always just post punk bands that were eventually called emo bands. i don't know piebald very well, but saw them play here in denver like 5 years ago.

[oddjob]

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Glad to see the Black Keys getting some props. They're friends of mine. If you haven't heard of them, check them out.

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yah these guys kick ass. amazing. my old design company does work for fat possum records. we were supposed to do the artwork for the new album, but somehow it got mixed up and someone else ended up doing it.

[IndieMatty]

Oh cool. Great scene in the midwest.
But right on with post-punk. I guess nationally we just lumped them all together as part of the scene. I wouldn't call any of them a hardcore band, but like I consider Cap N Jazz and Braid and all them as part of the "Hardcore" scene. Like if they played in Long Island, they would play at the same venue, and 80% of the same kids who would see Coalesce/Hatebreed/ One King Down would also be at that show.

[oddjob]

yah, back in the day we were just happy to have any kind of live shows that was punk or related. i guess i was thinking nowadays, where there's more distinction between genres.

[bernie]

1. Van Halen: DLR
2. Badlands (Jake E Lee)
3. Fu Manchu
4. Mother Love Bone
5. Prince

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[plaster8]

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Glad to see the Black Keys getting some props.

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Very cool. Great stuff.

[plaster8]

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1. Van Halen: DLR

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Very nice, Bernie. Do you dismiss the Hagar years like some fans, or did you just accept that it was a lesser band, but one still worth listening to because of Eddie?

[lapoker17]

Smiths
Prince
Ben Folds
Everything But the Girl
Morcheeba
Thievery Corporation

[bernie]

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Do you dismiss the Hagar years like some fans, or did you just accept that it was a lesser band, but one still worth listening to because of Eddie?

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No, I like some of their stuff. Some I really liked. But it wasn't even close to what they were with DLR. Im not sure if lesser is the right word. It's just alot different. Song-wise with Sammy they're more 'song-oriented' to where with Dave they were more riff oriented.

Personally, I really like Sammy on his own much more. Especially his older stuff. It fkin' rocks. But it seems that when they play together, they cut their balls off a bit for some reason. They just seem so, so...safe.

I heard the 1st tune of this 'reunion' and it sounded like a time warp. A bad time warp. It reminded me of Boston where everything kind of sounds the same.

It's the 1st VH album, other than the live 'right here right now', that I didn't buy. Maybe if I sample it I might get it, but im not in any rush. Especially since it's a greatest hits deal. Besides, I have enough bootlegs of the DLR era stuff. Not to mention there's plenty I don't have. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

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