Discovering Everyone's Favorite Band(s)

[Comeback City]

What's everyone's favorite band(s) around here?

I recently got into hard rock and similar genres, and became a big Led Zeppelin fan. Besides them, I listen to a lot of Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Styx, and Def Leppard.

All in all, though, LZ is my favorite band and my favorite song would have to be Kashmir.

 

[.Scott]

I'll stick with the Beatles.

 

[david2]

my favorite song would have to be Kashmir.

here is a nice version


i like porcupine tree,pink floyd and thin lizzy

 

[Comeback City]

here is a nice version


i like porcupine tree,pink floyd and thin lizzy

That was so good... The violinist in the middle of the song was amazing!

 

[1oldman2]

a big Led Zeppelin fan

If you can get a hold of a copy give a listen to Zeppelin's "BBC sessions" (a two album set.) Also Hendrix's "Studio Outtakes" is a three volume set that would likely put a smile on Robert Plants face. If you should find that Blues/Rock appeals to you, most anything by "Ten Years after" would be worth your time. (Styx's "Paradise Theater" is a great album also)

 

[Comeback City]

If you can get a hold of a copy give a listen to Zeppelin's "BBC sessions" (a two album set.) Also Hendrix's "Studio Outtakes" is a three volume set that would likely put a smile on Robert Plants face. If you should find that Blues/Rock appeals to you, most anything by "Ten Years after" would be worth your time. (Styx's "Paradise Theater" is a great album also)

I'm definitely going to look into those!

 

[Metmann]

Summoning (Austrian Atmospheric Black Metal), Falkenbach (Icelandic/German mixture of Folk and Black Metal), Arkona (Russian Folk Metal), Tyr (Faroese Metal), Solstafir (Icelandic ... very own kind of metal/rock/ambiente), and many more :)

 

[Comeback City]

Summoning (Austrian Atmospheric Black Metal), Falkenbach (Icelandic/German mixture of Folk and Black Metal), Arkona (Russian Folk Metal), Tyr (Faroese Metal), Solstafir (Icelandic ... very own kind of metal/rock/ambiente), and many more :)

The only metal bands I listen to are Metallica, Black Sabbath, and Dio... I've never heard of some of those music genres They sound pretty cool though

 

[Metmann]

Metallica, Black Sabbath, and Dio

Black Sabbath and Dio are legend \m/ . For Metallica it depends on the song, but I'm in general not a big fan of american Thrash Metal ;)

I've never heard of some of those music genres They sound pretty cool though

Just try listening to them ^^

 

[Vanadium 50]

What's everyone's favorite band(s) around here?

Conduction bands.

 

[Metmann]

Conduction bands.

Is this a common joke among condensed matter physicists?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

If we're talking hard/metal rock bands then I'd go with Megadeth, NIN, Soilwork, In Flames, Symphony X...

 

[Comeback City]

If we're talking hard/metal rock bands then I'd go with Megadeth, NIN, Soilwork, In Flames, Symphony X...

Megadeth definitely has among the best guitar work of any rock/metal bands, but the singing isn't always the greatest IMO.

EDIT: singing isn't*

 

[Metmann]

In Flames

When we're talking about Swedish Melodic Death bands, I have to throw Arch Enemy into the ring.

 

[Comeback City]

If you should find that Blues/Rock appeals to you, most anything by "Ten Years after" would be worth your time.

Finally started listening to Ten Years After... wow, they're good!

 

[Mark44]

Finally started listening to Ten Years After... wow, they're good!

You're almost 50 years behind the times. Their most memorable song, "I'm Going Home" was really big in 1968, and I remember it well. Lead singer/lead guitar - Alvin Lee. He passed away back in 2013.

 

[DennisN]

What's everyone's favorite band(s) around here?

Too many to list for me . I also like Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, and e.g.

• Queens of the Stone Age: My God is the Sun (live)
• Muse: Hysteria, Supremacy (live)
• PJ Harvey: Big Exit (live), Long Snake Moan
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience Live Stockholm, Sweden, 1969

 

[jack action]

In no particular order:

• Anthrax
• Cinderella
• Evanescence
• Forgotten Tales
• Helloween
• Kiss
• Megadeth
• Metallica
• Queen
• Steel Panther
• Van Halen
• W.A.S.P.

 

[Comeback City]

I also like Pink Floyd

A few of my friends and I always have a debate on which Pink Floyd album is the best... Dark Side or The Wall. They say The Wall and I say Dark Side (although I love Animals, Wish You Were Here, and Meddle almost equally). Which do you think is best? (This question is open for anyone else too )

 

[DennisN]

Which do you think is best?

I can't choose any "best", but I'd say my top three is The Wall, Dark Side and Wish You Were Here. I very seldom listen to The Wall nowadays, because I've heard it so many times (I once played in a Pink Floyd cover band), and I don't listen to Dark Side, because for some reason it brings my mood down too low. So nowadays I favor Wish You Were Here, since I can listen to it to just enjoy the music .

 

[jack action]

When I hear someone talking about Pink Floyd, I can only think of one thing, Voivod's "Astronomy Domine", which is one of the rare cover that is better than the original:

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[Metmann]

Listening examples (my favorite songs) of the bands I mentioned and some others.
Bands for silent, thoughtful moments:

Spoiler: Summoning = Austrian Atmospheric Black Metal

Spoiler: Windir = Atmospheric Norwegian Metal

Spoiler: Gernotshagen = Atmospheric German Folk Metal

Spoiler: Falkenbach = Icelandic/German Atmospheric Pagan Metal

Spoiler: Solstafir = Icelandic Alternative

Spoiler: Faun = German Medieval/Electro Band

Bands for heavy party

Spoiler: Korpiklaani = Finnish Humppa Metal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc0sJvtKrRM

Spoiler: Alestorm = Scottish Pirate Metal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f55CqLc6IR0

Spoiler: Arkona = Russian Folk Metal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt6_65LDZ60

Spoiler: Ensiferum = Epic Finnish Metal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCtZnwNLoO4

Spoiler: Amon Amarth = Swedish Death Metal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ndu33Uv7Aco

Spoiler: Sabaton = Swedish History-Telling Metal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPVm-QkWbBQ

Bands for both

Spoiler: Tyr = Faroese Pagan Metal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvF2sgjuD4o

Spoiler: Eluveitie = Sometimes a bit poppy Swiss Folk Metal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1lXdLus2WI

(PS: The nomenclature for the genres (e.g. atmospheric bla bla) displays my personal feeling, no official classification ;) )

 

[BillTre]

Although I like a lot of bands already mentioned, I have some favorites that have not yet been listed:

Little Feat: a mix of rock and other musical influences


The Beatles: !


The Who: best protest song ever


Greatful Dead:


Dylan:

 

[Noisy Rhysling]

I own ALL the albums from just one group, Rush.

 

[jim hardy]

I like any tune that picks me up and carries me for a while.



Neeme Jarvi's rendition of "American Patrol" is a great one but was removed from Youtube.

 

[Ian Mitchell]

Right now I've been listening to a lot of Swans and stuff. Their newer, more experimental material is probably some of the best music to come out this decade.

 

[gmax137]

When I hear someone talking about Pink Floyd, I can only think of one thing, Voivod's ...

Thanks jack. That is indeed a great cover. As far as Pink Floyd, Piper at the Gates is my favorite. I still play the vinyl album I bought in high school, 1972.

 

[Comeback City]

Thanks jack. That is indeed a great cover. As far as Pink Floyd, Piper at the Gates is my favorite. I still play the vinyl album I bought in high school, 1972.

I found the time to listen to all 15 of Pink Floyd's studio albums, and my personal favorites are Dark Side, Animals, and Wish You Were Here. It's hard to say which of them is number one since they are all so good. Piper is a very good album for the psychedelic genre, but I prefer prog over psychedelic.
Also, many people despise Atom Heart Mother... I thought it was great (except the dude eating breakfast in the last song is rather unnecessary)