Sting's favorite bands; hitssquad's stinging reviews
Originally posted by Sting
I listen to:
Led Zeppelin [/color] too much at one time, and never again
Rage Against the Machine [/color] good
Tool [/color] bad; Bob Black probably loves this band
Audioslave [/color] ?
The Beatles [/color] purgatory
Pink Floyd [/color] The Wall is OK
Bob Marley and The Wailers [/color] bad
Chris Isaak and The Silvertones [/color] bad
Stone Temple Pilots [/color] bad
Jimi Hendrix [/color] bad
Black Sabbath [/color] The Speak of the Devil incident was sort of amusing
Blue Oyster Cult [/color] Veteran of the Psychic Wars is the only track I have. It's a good track. BTW, that track is only available on the original Heavy Metal movie soundtrack - and that whole soundtrack is good. BTW#2, Racer X does a good cover of Godzilla on their Superheroes album.
The Wallflowers [/color] ?
Van Halen [/color] David Lee Roth era, especially Fair Warning, is good. A good VH cover band to check out is Atomic Punks. Russ Parish (of Musician's Institute, Paul Gilbert's Electric Fence, and Rob Halford's Fight) is on guitar and he very seriously knows how to play.
http://www.theatomicpunks.com
UFO [/color] Love to Love is awesome. Did notice how all of the Scorpions instrumentals sound like this song? But then, even Def Leppard's Switch 625 sounds like this song.
MSG [/color] Heat of a dusky lady, born of the sand... MSG is a reason for living. Captain Nemo is a reason for woodshedding. Oh, I almost forgot. The Greatest Album Cover of All Time award goes to Built to Destroy.
The Kings [/color] ?
Breaking Point [/color] ?
Thin Lizzy [/color] They love this band in Sweden. Check out John Norum's first solo album (Total Control). It sounds very Phil.
REM [/color] bad
Dave Brubek [/color] Take five, baby. All jazz is bad.
Stevie Ray Vaughan [/color] Look at little sister. And while you're at it, would you please turn down the .45 caliber snare drum a little? I used to listen to Stevie. Then my brain started to hurt.
Ted Nuggent [/color] The Nuge' is a very good marksman.
http://www.renegadebows.com/tedsview.htm
The Rolling Stones [/color] Tatoo You is OK.
Bob Dylan [/color] bad
The Scorpions [/color] Hmmm. Someone here is a Michael Schenker fan... Good band, as long as it's the old stuff.
Iron Maiden [/color] Killer, behind you. I'm still waiting for them to get Paul back in the band.
The Ramones [/color] I'm a teenage lobotomy. Or I was, rather. If they weren't so New York, they would be good.
Diamond Head [/color] Is this metal? I guess I'm a big dumbhead for not knowing this band.
The Smashing Pumpkins [/color] bad
The Sex Pistols [/color] bad (extra bad because they are very New York)
The Offspring [/color] bad
The Misfits [/color] will need to investigate further
Killing Joke [/color] ditto
Kylie Minogue [/color] ?
James Brown[/color] bad
Beethoven [/color] Ode to Joy, baby. It's amazing what Beethoven did without a Pro Tools system (that slap-echo effect in the Scherzo movement of the Choral symphony is impressive).
Eric Clapton [/color] bad
The Doors [/color] Who else could pen a line like "The music is your special friend" and still be considered intellectual?
Bob Seger [/color] bad
Blondie [/color] She would be good if she was not so very deeply New York. Heart of Glass is great, though.
Billy Idol [/color] bad, except for the Generation X stuff (the band, not the cultural movement). Trivia: Generation X did Kiss Me Deadly before Lita Ford did.
ABBA [/color] All I know is Dancing Queen. Did they record other songs?
Aerosmith [/color] purgatory; old stuff only
Tom Waits [/color] bad
Queen [/color] good; especially the Highlander soundtrack
Mozart[/color] good
Pearl Jam [/color] bad
Motorhead [/color] The best thing ever about Motorhead was the Lemmy interview in The Decline of Western Civilization, Part II.
Parallax [/color] ?
Tygers of Pan Tang [/color] You just gave yourself away, you John Sykes fan. For more Sykes, the first Blue Murder album is good. The Whitesnake album he did is good, too, but not as good as Blue Murder.
Budgie[/color] ?
Brahms [/color] will have to investigate further
John Estes [/color] ?
Elvis Presley [/color] Cheap Trick think he is great.
Deep Purple [/color] What was "Stormbringer" all about? Were they trying to jump on the fantasy-genre bandwagon of the 70's? Note to John Lord: playing your organ through a Marshall stack does not make it sound innovative. It makes it sound like a casio keyboard.
Danzig [/color] will have to investigate further
Holocaust [/color] ?
Discharge [/color] ?
Red Hot Chili Peppers [/color] bad
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds [/color] bad
The Birthday Party [/color] ?
Sweet Savage [/color] ?
Rollins Band [/color] bad
-Chris