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Title: An A - Z Adventure...
Post by: local_dunce on August 31, 2008, 12:02:34 am
Alright guys. Here is a little experiment to help people find cool new tunes that they might enjoy without going into in depth cock chugging conversations about POST-PUNK GENRE APPRECIATION. This is an A - Z adventure for people who might like to find some new music to listen to. Just follow along and chill out to some cool tunes. If you recognize a name then you might like some of the other names that you don't recognize and when you're done, and if you feel like it, post your own A - Z Adventure.

RULE: If you do your own A - Z only pick one artist from each letter of the alphabet. (I know it's tough but I have to follow this rule too!)

Disclaimer: These are not necessarily my FAVOURITE ARTISTS beginning with these letters but I wanted to get a broad range of music sound in there. Enjoy.

A is for Amon Tobin
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B is for Bonobo
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C is for The Cinematic Orchestra
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D is for DJ Krush
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E is for El-P
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F is Four Tet
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G is for Groove Armada
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H is for Hallucinogen
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I is for I Monster
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J is for Jaga Jazzist
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K is for Kid Koala
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L is for Lemon Jelly
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M is for Massive Attack
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N is for Nina Simone
<-- (This is a "Felix da House Cat" remix of the original song. (I like it))
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O is for Orbital
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P is for Prefuse 73
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Q is for Queen's of the Stone age
<-- Mark Lanegan is the coolest guy
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R is for Rjd2
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S is for The Soulsavers
<-- Mark Lanegan is still cool when he sings christian rock.
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T is for Tricky
<-- FUN FACT: Tricky was the evil sidekick in the fifth element.
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U is for Umberloid
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V is for The Verve
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W is for Weezer <-- I do not have many W in my collection :(
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X is for Xerxes
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Y is for...  Wow, I really got nothing for Y :(​

Z is for Zero 7
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OKAY THIS ONLY TOOK ABOUT FOUR HOURS TO WRITE. Hope this helped at least someone find some cool new tunes to listen to.
Title: An A - Z Adventure...
Post by: idiot kid on August 31, 2008, 12:34:04 am
A is for Antje Duvekot
B is for Big Star
C is for Charles Mingus
D is for the Dismemberment Plan
E is for Elvis Costello
F is for Fela Kuti
G is for the Gaskets
H is for Heiruspecs
I is for Interpol
J is for Joy Division
K is for the Kinks
L is for Les Savy Fav
M is for Morphine
N is for Nirvana
O is for Of Montreal
P is for Pavement
R is for Ride
S is for the Smiths
T is for Television
V is for the Vaselines
W is for Warren Zevon
X is for XTC
Y is for the Yellowjackets

i skipped like three letters
Title: An A - Z Adventure...
Post by: cowardknower on August 31, 2008, 06:55:04 am
Fuck you guys!  That is a lot of work!
Title: An A - Z Adventure...
Post by: headphonics on August 31, 2008, 06:57:33 am
i love lists im gonna make this list posthaste
Title: An A - Z Adventure...
Post by: DarkPriest on August 31, 2008, 07:22:32 am
A is for Arc Enemy
Other Artists you Might Like:
In Flames
The Crown
Death

B is for Between The Buried And Me
Other Artists you Might Like:
Spiral Architect
Behold... The Arctopuss

C is for CMX
Other Artists you Might Like:
Apulanta
YUP
Kuha.

D is for Devin Townsend
Other Artists you Might Like:
There are no artists like Devin Townsend.

E is for Evergrey
Other Artists you Might Like:
Pain of Salvation

F is for Falkenbach
Other Artists you Might Like:
Moonsorrow
Finntroll
Turisas

G is for Gojira

H is for Hidria Spacefolk

I is for Indica

J is for Jordan Rudess
Other Artists you Might Like:
Dream Theater
Liquid Tension Experiment

K is for Karmakanic
Other Artists you Might Like:
The Flower Kings
Spock's Beard
Tomas Bodin

L is for Lordi

M is for Marillion
Other Artists you Might Like:
Pendragon
IQ

N is for Neal Morse
Other Artists you Might Like:
Spock's Beard
Transatlantic

O is for Old Man's Child
Other Artists you Might Like:
Dimmu Borgir
Cradle of Filth

P is for Phideaux
Other Artists you Might Like:
Yes
Genesis
Gentle Giant
ELP

Q is for Queensrÿche

R is for Roine Stolt
Other Artists you Might Like:
The Flower Kings
The Tangent

S is for Strapping Young Lad

T is for Turisas

U is for Ulver
Other Artists you Might Like:
There are no bands like Ulver.

V is for Venom

W is for Wintersun

Y is for YUP

Title: An A - Z Adventure...
Post by: ThugTears666 on August 31, 2008, 09:28:49 am
 Guys its pretty important to include the part scubacoaster mentioned when he says "if you like this band, you may like..." Because otherwise its kinda just you showing us A LIST OF BANDS. Not all of our topics are genre wankery btw scuba. (The three below this one for example).
Title: An A - Z Adventure...
Post by: cowardknower on August 31, 2008, 02:01:32 pm
A is for the Avett Brothers
folk.  badass harmonies and pretty sweet lyrics and they are really great.  Just started listening yesterday.
If you like the AV Bros, you might also probably like:
Sufjan Stevens
Johnny Cash
Murder By Death

B is for Between the Buried and Me
groovin prog something metal.  Really a lot of mixed elements from diff metal subgenres and relatives of metal.  The guy also has a really nice singing voice and uses it pretty awesomely in some of the reeeally chill parts.
If you like BTBAM you better also like:
sikth
pinback
i dont know who else.  the red chord?  I dont like them very much though.

C is for Castinets
I do not like Castinets very much at all but I guess some of his musical ideas are interesting and he is a bit of a diff take on folk.  Kinda.
If you like Castinets, you probably might also like:
a lot of other terrible stuff.

D is for Demon Hunter
Christian hardcore band haha (no guys I am not christian).  They are pretty mediocre but they have some reeeeeeally badass riffs like in their song "Not I".  The verse riff is great.

E is for eluvium
Some really good atmospheric (post rock?) or something.  I like the piano centric album they did but I dont remember what it is called.  Copia is also really good.

F is for Ef
You guys prob already know Ef but they are pretty awesome post rock.  The first two songs off of their album "Hello Scotland" are greeeeeeeeat.

G is for going upstairs and making some coffee

H is for hopefully I will come back and do some more later and maybe update these with youtubes
Title: An A - Z Adventure...
Post by: Wash Cycle on August 31, 2008, 03:02:10 pm
hey jetson

what are some good albums by the cinematic orchestra and also do you have 'tough guys don't dance' by soulsavers? (is that a norman mailer reference I smell?)
Title: An A - Z Adventure...
Post by: local_dunce on August 31, 2008, 04:34:38 pm
I think "Man with a Movie Camera" is the best Cinematic Orchestra album, but it's entirely instrumental. They've done albums like "Ma Fleur" which have shorter songs and vocals, but I don't think they compare musically to Man with a Movie Camera. (The Youtupe I posted up there is two songs from Man with a Movie Camera.)

I only have one soulsavers album which is "It's not how far you fall, it's the way you land." which is a VERY GOOD ALBUM I think overall. I haven't even heard of Tough guys don't dance so maybe that is a new release?
Title: An A - Z Adventure...
Post by: Farren on August 31, 2008, 05:15:56 pm
I've never heard of any of those bands that bunnymilk listed except for massive attack and weezer

what genre are most of them and please list the 5 best or something because I don't want to download alot of stuff I might not like. I really like some massive attack though, like "teardrop" and "Angel" are really good songs


I don't know about anyone else but this doesn't really help if not many people have heard the bands you're doing the A-Z thing with because its like: "Hey look A for a band I've never even heard of, maybe I should try out those four bands under it that I've never heard of either!
Title: An A - Z Adventure...
Post by: tomohawkjoe on August 31, 2008, 05:25:13 pm
Yeah, I agree with harry manback. Maybe if you just listed the genre or gave a short description of the band, cuz at least then you have something to go off of instead of just random band names you've never heard of.
Title: An A - Z Adventure...
Post by: crone_lover720 on August 31, 2008, 05:43:55 pm
I'm doing this right now. I kinda like this also because it shows you what music people listen to. and some people we know exactly what they're going to post, I think I could have constructed most of bm's post without seeing it and I don't even know him
Title: An A - Z Adventure...
Post by: local_dunce on August 31, 2008, 06:01:06 pm
Quote from: Harry Manback on August 31, 2008, 05:15:56 pm
I've never heard of any of those bands that bunnymilk listed except for massive attack and weezer

what genre are most of them and please list the 5 best or something because I don't want to download alot of stuff I might not like. I really like some massive attack though, like "teardrop" and "Angel" are really good songs


I don't know about anyone else but this doesn't really help if not many people have heard the bands you're doing the A-Z thing with because its like: "Hey look A for a band I've never even heard of, maybe I should try out those four bands under it that I've never heard of either!

This is why I put up a youtube with a song from each of the artists... so you could listen to see if you did like it!?
Title: An A - Z Adventure...
Post by: Farren on August 31, 2008, 06:07:43 pm
ok I'll watch a few of them when I got time then I didn't realize it.
Title: An A - Z Adventure...
Post by: Puppet Master on September 01, 2008, 02:33:42 am
A is for Alice in Chains.
They were a grunge/metal/sometimes acoustic band from Seattle in the 90's. You may also like Metallica, Soundgarden, Screaming Trees, Ozzy, etc.

B is for Bela Fleck and The Flecktones
This is a jazz/bluegrass/funk fusion band starring Bela Fleck and Victor Wooten. You may also like Victor Wooten's Solo stuff, Weather Report, Stanley Clarke, or really banjo filled bluegrass.

C is for Captain Beefheart
He was a friend of Zappa's but also almost the antithesis of him. Pretty weird playful music. You may also like Zappa, John Frusciante's early work, John Zorn, or Mike Patton

D is for Daniel Johnston
One of the best songwriters of all time and one of the least talented guitar players ever (But a decent pianist), lots of songs about the devil and losing your mind and stuff. You may also like Ween, Elliott Smith, Syd Barrett etc.

E is for Elliott Smith
Also one of the best songwriters of all time, but he could play the guitar like a mother fucker. His early stuff was pretty sad sounding but he got more poppy and upbeat (at least musically) with time. You may also like Jeff Buckley, Nick Drake, and pretty much anyone who rips him off.

F is for Fantomas
This is one of Mike Pattons 5000 projects. This is really noisy music with metal roots that is good for keeping people with limited musical experience away. You may also like Mr. Bungle, The Melvins, or John Zorn

G is for ... I have nothing...

H is the same as G

I is for Iron Maiden.
When people think of Metal as music about Dragons and stuff, this is probably the band they're thinking of. You may also like Diamond Head, Metallica, blahblahblah

J is for Jaco Pastorius
The best electric bass player ever, or so it's said. I haven't heard anyone that I consider better, so we'll go with that. You may also like Stanley Clarke, Victor Wooten, Jonas Hellborg etc.

K is for ... next

L is for Leonard Cohen
I've said numerous times that this is the kind of music you lose your virginity to. A deep, slightly creepy, yet pretty much tonedeaf voice singing about sexuality amongst other things to the sound of folk guitars. You may also like Bob Dylan, and other 60's folk guys.

M is for Mr. Bungle (Goddammit, idiot kid, I wanted to do Morphine)
Mr. Bungle is like every good and every weird band that ever existed put into a blender. You may also like Fantomas, John Zorn, Tomahawk, Faith no More or any other band Patton did that wasn't Peeping Tom (cringes)

N is for Neutral Milk Hotel
They weren't very talented of musicians, but Jeff Mangum wrote good songs and they had bizzare enough lo-fi soundscapes to keep you interested. You may also like Ween, Daniel Johnston, Elliott Smith, or really lame hipster bands that these guys tried to associate themselves with.

O is for Oral Examination
Not really, but that would be a sweet name for a band

P is for Peeping Tom
What happens when Mike Patton is on acid and listens to hip hop. You may also like really bad music.

Q is for... Queen... there we go
Freddy Mercury had one of the best voices, the coolest mustache and the worst teeth in Rock 'n Roll. Everyone in this band was talented. You may also like David Bowie, or other Arena Rock Bands

R is for Rush
Another one of them "everyone is talented in this band" bands. My favorite Prog band and the second artist on this list to come from the magical land of Canada. You may also like Peter Gabriel Era Genesis, Primus, Pink Floyd and castrato singers

S is for Smog
With a catalogue that ranges from good to too lo-fi and disjointed Bill Callahan's alias of Smog has produced some damn good music over the last 20 years or so (maybe 15). You may also like Mark Lanegan, Johnny Cash, Ween

T is for Tom Waits
My favorite songwriter of all time. Whether we're talking about his Jazzy older work or his crazy new stuff. You may also like Frank Sinatra, Captain Beefheart, Randy Neuman, and old blues artists with really raspy voices

U is for... Untitled Head? Can I do Gaming World artists?

V is for Victor Wooten
Arguably the most technical electric bassist ever, he is definately a funky, talented player. You may also like Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, Jaco Pastorius

W is for Ween
When you think about two idiots making music in there basement getting a record deal and then making a wider variety of music, you think Ween. You may also like Neutral Milk Hotel, Smog, Daniel Johnston

X is for...

Z is for Frank Zappa
Pretty much the greatest composer of Rock Music. You may also like Captain Beefheart, Classical Music, or early 20th century compositional music.

I don't feel like I gave a wide enough variety, but I just kind of scanned what is currently on my Windows Media Player Library.

Also, I'm sorry. I didn't feel like Youtubing 20 some bands. If you're interested, youtube it yourself.
Title: An A - Z Adventure...
Post by: Wash Cycle on September 01, 2008, 03:37:46 am
A - Ahmad Zahir
Any of you who have read the kite runner may recognize this name. The afghan equivilant of Elvis, Bob Dylan and John Lennon.

B - Bruce Cockburn
Excellent folk/rock/blues/world musician who has collaborated with a lot of great artists and I especially enjoy his awesome lyrics and jams.

C - Calexico
South-west indie rock group that has done everything from cowboy music to shit that sounds like Children of Sanchez and have worked with Iron and Wine.

D - Dizzy Gillespie
Big Band, Swing, Latin, Afro-cuban, fusion, world, smooth... just a few of the styles of jazz this masterful trumpet player has explored in his awesome long career. He isn't necessarily my favorite trumpeter but he certainly surrounds himself with great groups of musicians on a regular basis, including forays into caribbean style folk music as well.

E - Esbjörn Svensson Trio
Chill as fuck piano/bass/drums jazz trio. Kinda in there with the 'nu-jazz' scene but not nearly as electronic as say Jaga Jazzist or whatever. Minimalist at times, bizarre at others, always sweet.

F - Fela Ransome Kuti
Leader of Afrika 70 and Egypt 80 and various other pioneering Afro-beat groups, you just have to hear his music to understand.

G - Edvard Grieg
Dark, stark, visceral whatever adjective on that continuum you want, he is one of the greats of his period. Highly recommend the piano concerto.

H - Herbie Hancock
One of the few musicians who played fusion for a long time but always managed to keep his soul and never stagnated. Still doing interesting shit and one of my favorite keyboardists/pianists ever.

I - IgnisFatuus.
My band.  (http://www.myspace.com/igfat)

J - Jaga Jazzist
was going to go with Jaco, but he'll make a return later. Their ethereal jazz/postrock sound always mesmerizes me, and their horn sound is so unique I can never get enough of it. plus they are rythmically tight as hell.

K - King Crimson
The best rock group that has ever existed. Dont even bother listening to the rest of the progressive rock genre because every band pales in comparison. Avoid any music they made after... 1984 or so however. It wasnt the same band as in the 70s when they were amazing.

L - ???

M - Mark Knopfler
former lead singer and principle guitarist of Dire Straits, stylistically similar to Van Morrison and Bruce Cockburn in his solo material, has taken a definite turn towards making country music, but he still has that great rock vibe and I will always dig his voice and sweet guitar playing. Saw him in concert with my dad not that long ago, he's still churning out great performances even though hes gotta be at least 60.

N - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Probably without a doubt my favorite person on this entire list. I dont even know how to describe his persona, but basically he is the most important figure in all Pakistani music and pretty damn popular in India as well. He plays a traditional style of music that is based around group improvisational poetry readings with intense tabla drumming, rhythmic chanting and clapping and harmonium. He scats like no ones business as well.

O - Opeth
I dont really listen to metal much anymore but these guys have a special place in my heart. I think everyone is familiar with them though, brutal at times, beautiful at others, they are really the only death metal band worth listening to.

P - Porcupine Tree
Everyone knows Porcupine Tree. fuckin cliche shit in this community, but hey, their psychedelic jams are fucking sweet as hell, and they're great live.

Q - Quicksilver Messenger Service
Their first two albums are some of the best 60s rock that exists. I personally think they're kind of the proto-jam band along with maybe Traffic, but regardless I really enjoy their rollicking, free-wheeling sound.

R - Sergei Vasilleivich Rachmaninov
One of my favorite composers, a tortured dark pianist whose music and chords are so intense that I get chills listening to some of his pieces.

S - Shahram Nazeri
Basically the best of all the Persian Classical musicians. Between interpretation, production values, vocal ability and all the other factors that can get kinda sketchy with this style of music, Shahram definitely comes out on top, though Mohammad Reza Shajarian and many others are worth checking out. Nazeri can sing like a bird and is a beast on setar when he chooses to do both.

T - Tom Waits
I really just like Rain Dogs and Closing Time and not much else, but yeah this letter was kinda sparse after weeding out all the bands that start with 'The'. I think everyone is fairly familiar.

U - Ulver
A band whose material ranges from black metal recorded on an answering machine to movie soundtracks, soundscape albums and musical horror shows. I really like the direction they've been going recently, the music just feels like sonic macabre that invades your soul.

V - Van Morrison
The quintessential singer-songwriter in my opinion. His back catalogue is vast and cavernous however, and picking out the good stuff can be difficult sometimes. He always manages to surround himself with sweet bands and write some groovy fuckin tunes though, so its all good.

W - Weather Report
The best jazz fusion group there is. Zawinul/Shorter/Acuna/Pastorius/Badrena is my favorite lineup, though they were only together for one album (Black market) and a sweet tour (that is documented in the Montreaux Jazz Festival of 76 show pretty well). Combining latin and the earliest stirrings of world music in the fusion scene they were always on the edge, between Zawinul's outright craziness and the rest of the group's addiction to various drugs cocaine and marijuana being the principle weapons of musical enhancement. The Zawinul/Shorter songwriting duo is one of the best in the history of jazz in my opinion, and Zawinul is without a doubt THE keyboard player. When people think of bass they think Pastorius/Clarke/Wooten/Claypool (why the last two I'll never know, they're both wankers but hey)... when people think of keyboard they should only think of Zawinul because it truly is his and he is the best - bar none.

X - ???

Y - ???

Z - ???
Title: An A - Z Adventure...
Post by: crone_lover720 on September 01, 2008, 03:47:27 am
this is gonna lean towards who has the better music videos half of the time

some of these are going to be really hard to come up with decent SIMILAR BANDS so just watch the videos

A - antony hegarty
   similar music:
   Hercules and Love Affair, joanna newsom

B is for Boys Noize
   similar:
   surkin, justice

C, cyndi lauper :fogetgrr:​

D is for Dani Siliciano
   similar:
   herbert

E - El Perro del Mar (this video rules!!!)
   similar:
   Jens Lekman, Taken By Trees, Jenny Wilson

F - Future of the left -_-

nope G is for GZA motherfucki
   similar: wu-tang clan

H - Herbert
similar:
   dani siliciano

I - dunno

J - sorry, Joy Division
   Customers who bought this CD also enjoyed:
   The Cure, The Smiths, Bauhaus

K - the knife
   similar:
   royksopp, honey is cool, fischerspooner

L - los campesinos
   similar:
   idk johnny foreigner

M - Metric
   similar:
   emily hanes & the Soft Skeleton, stars, the pillows

N - I was gonna do Nina Simone too, but here's Natasha Bedingfield (music video is towards the end)

O - of montreal
   see above

P - Pizzicato Five
   similar artists:
   jackson 5 AND thievery corporation, as weird as that is

Q - nope

R - Rufus Harley
   similar:
   ask me to find someone similar to JAZZ BAGPIPE PLAYER you sick fuck

S - Steve Reich
   similar:
   terry riley

T - Talking Heads
   similar:
   david byrne I'M SO SORRY

V - sorry Vamp Weekend is all I have on here
   similar:
   MGMT, White Rabbit

W - Wale
   similar:
   kidz in the hall

X - *gulp* ...Xiu Xiu

Y - Yelle
   similar:
   Uffie, Vive la Fête, Simian Moblie Disco

Z - Zero 7
   similar:
   Air, Thievery Corporation
Title: An A - Z Adventure...
Post by: ThugTears666 on September 01, 2008, 04:55:43 am
Your band is pretty funky stuff WC!
Title: An A - Z Adventure...
Post by: Barack Obama on September 01, 2008, 09:45:05 pm
I'm not listing similar artists you're just gonna have to trust that I have awesome taste in everything.


A - Aesop Rock

B - Big Black

C - Can

D - Dub Narcotic Sound System

E - Embrace

F - The Fall

G - Gang of Four

H - Hüsker Dü

I - Iggy Pop

J - Jesus Lizard

K - Krakker Bashin

L - Lil' Wayne

M - Minutemen

N - Nas

O - Ol' Dirty Bastard

P - Public Image Ltd.

Q - Q Lazzarus

R - Rapeman

S - Shellac

T - T. Rex

U - ???

V - The Velvet Underground

W - World Domination Enterprises

X - ???

Y - Yoni Wolf and his band 'Why?'

Z - ???
Title: An A - Z Adventure...
Post by: cowardknower on September 01, 2008, 09:54:18 pm
Stevey, that video for the zero seven song is so ridiculous.  I just thought I should point that out.
Title: An A - Z Adventure...
Post by: crone_lover720 on September 01, 2008, 10:43:50 pm
is that me? I only watched like the first 5 seconds

didn't liker boys noize eh baka? name sounds too gay for you? well it is p gay
Title: An A - Z Adventure...
Post by: ThugTears666 on September 01, 2008, 11:10:58 pm
Nah I did like it Eric, thats what I wrote originally. I forgot why I edited the post haha



Quote from: DietCoke on September 01, 2008, 09:45:05 pm
I'm not listing similar artists you're just gonna have to trust that I have awesome taste in everything.


L - Lil' Wayne




lol yeah good one, you nearly had us there.
Title: An A - Z Adventure...
Post by: crone_lover720 on September 02, 2008, 01:17:53 am
lil wanye, lil wanye

oh I see Jake, I figured you looked his stuff up and hated it so much that you deleted that part of your post in anger or embarrassment.
Title: An A - Z Adventure...
Post by: Barack Obama on September 02, 2008, 01:23:52 am
Quote from: Bakafura on September 01, 2008, 11:10:58 pm

lol yeah good one, you nearly had us there.


lol if you knew what Krakker Bashin was, I think the lil' wayne would have gone unnoticed
Title: An A - Z Adventure...
Post by: tuxedo marx on September 02, 2008, 09:49:50 am
Quote
When people think of Metal as music about Dragons and stuff, this is probably the band they're thinking of
*literature / history / life things mostly. This is the really terrible misconception about Iron Maiden!

A is for Alice Cooper
70s shock / experimental rock. Helped redefine shock rock! 'No More Mr. Nice Guy' and 'Billion Dollar Babies' are standout tracks.

You might like:B is for Blue Öyster Cult
70s to 80s soft rock / prog rock. You've probably heard '(Don't Fear) the Reaper' but 'Astronomy' and 'Burnin' for You' are also great tracks

You might like:C is for Cream
The great 60s blues-rock act, and one of the first power trios. Owners of the world's first platinum album! (Wheels of Fire)

You might like:D is for Daft Punk
Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo are French house. Discovery's an abosolute tour-de-force.

You might like:E is for Elvis Presley
The king.

You might like:F is for Free
Sadly underrated 60s-70s blues-rock. Paul Rodgers starts here!

You might like:G is for Gary Moore
Explosive blues guitarist, also did hard rock for a while. Member of several bands (including Thin Lizzy) as well as a fucking ridiculous amount of wildly differing solo material.

You might like:H is for Hideto Matsumoto (hide)
Originally lead guitarist of X Japan, pioneer of visual-kei, did some great solo material.

You might like:I is for Iron Maiden
...more like Ivor Novello-winning. One of the biggest pioneering NWOBHM acts, great example of why you don't need mainstream success to become huge.

You might like:J is for Justice
Electronic flavour of the week for a while, these guys got a bit of stick around here a while back for reasons I can't remember, but they're pretty cool.

You might like:K is for Kansas
More American soft rock / prog rock.

You might like:L is for Lynyrd Skynyrd (fuck you vowels)
Pretty sure everybody round here knows 'Free Bird' or 'Sweet Home Alabama', but 'Tuesday's Gone' is a good track too.

You might like:M is for Mr. Big
Late 80s to early 90s hard rock supergroup. Blistering and ridiculous lead work from Paul Gilbert and Billy Sheehan!

You might like:N is for Neil Young
Nice folk rock. Also did some later material which influenced grunge. Relaxing stuff!

You might like:O is for Oasis
Mancunian heavily Beatles-inspired brit-rock. Along with Blur, kept British music alive in the 90s.

You might like:P is for Priestess
Hard rock is back! Part of the little resurgance of heavy rock in recent times.

You might like:Q is for Queen
Legendary British rockers. Recently hooked up with Paul Rodgers, and there's an album coming out soon.

You might like:R is for Rory Gallagher
Fantastic and influential blues-rock guitarist (hey I like these guys). Eric Clapton called him "the man who got me back into the blues". I guess that speaks for itself.

You might like:S is for Sonata Arctica
My one and only remaining branch into power metal, mostly because they're 100% more intelligent than anyone else in the genre.

You might like:T is for Thin Lizzy
It's about time I got this far. My personal favourite band ever, and definitely Ireland's greatest export. Sadly still a bit underated in the rock world.

You might like:U is for UFO
Influential hard rock band that featured Michael Schenker. 'Strangers in the Night' is a fantastic live album.

You might like:V is for Van Morrison
Great music and lots of it. Yawning chasm of a back catalogue, as Wash Cycle said.

You might like:W is for The Who
Yet more big rock. (I'm sure you're sick of it by now)

You might like:Y is for Yellow Magic Orchestra
Oh god thank you Lars for getting me into these guys. Super-cool Japanese synthpop, pretty much pioneered the genre along with Kraftwerk.

You might like:Z is for ZZ Top
The one without the beard is Frank Beard.

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Title: An A - Z Adventure...
Post by: Von Woofen on September 02, 2008, 07:00:24 pm
A is For Andrew Bird

This guy is kind of lame but he is my only A artist and he can be decent if I'm in the right mood.

Similar Artists: Uh...Sufjan Stevens, Joe Volk

B is For Bal-Sagoth

Bal-Sagoth are ridiculous and over the top, and sing about ancient gods

Similar Artists: Slough Feg, Hammers of Misfortune, Summoning, Blind Guardian. I could keep going but the rest would all be horrible.


C is for The Chasm

They are one of the best death metal bands around (which doesn't say a lot) and no one seems to know about them.

Similar Artists: Death, Ghoul


D is for David Bowie

Everyone knows David Bowie but I don't think people realize that most of his stuff sounds nothing like his hits.

Similar Artists: T. Rex, I guess, but I'm not a huge fan.

E is for Entrance

Similar Artists: Flower Travellin' Band, Mammatus, Cream

F is for Frank Valli

Similar Artists: I want to say Michael Jackson, but there not that similar

G is for Ghoul

I was gonna put Gogol Bordello here, which is my only other G artist, but I thought less people would know about Ghoul. They are the guys from Impaled playing more thrashy/punk stuff, but what makes it really great is all they're lyrics rhyme and are about being undead, getting drunk and skateboarding or whatever.

Similar Artists: Impaled obviously and apparently there's a whole bunch of horror/punk/death metal bands that I never listened to. Frightmare and Lord Gore I think are two.


H is for Hammers of Misfortune

Yet another letter I have surprisingly few bands for. Hammers of Misfortune is the side project of Slough Feg. Slough Feg is really great but mostly just for their album Traveller. Hammers of Misfortune is a lot more progressive sounding than Slough Feg, but both bands have great lyrics even if they are about Wolfmen in space or seceret opera cults or whatever Hammers of Misfortune sings about
 
Similar Artists: Slough Feg, Bal-Sagoth, Ghoul, Blind Guardian (they don't really sound the same, they are just all metal bands that I think have creative lyrics).

I is for Insect Surfers

Similar Artists: Most surf rock bands I have found sound more or less the same, so just do a search on Last.fm or something.

J is for Judas Priest

They're pretty hit and miss. They've made a lot of garbage, and a lot of standard metal, but they have a lot of gems: Diamonds and Rust, Beyond the Realms of Death, Dreamer Deceiver, Here Come the Tears, Dissident Aggressor and some others!

Similar Artists: Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, I dont know...all your standard metal bands!

K is for Kyuss

Similar Artists: Brant Bjork, Earthless and Mammatus (although they are a lot more jammier), and theres a whole slew of side projects that the members of Kyuss are in that I don't really listen to (Hermano and Queens of the Stone Age off the top of my head. And Dessert Sessions, which is just all the stoner rock guys from the west coast playing together)

L is for Don't Have Any!

M is for Masfel

Similar Artists: I remember Ozric Tenactles sounding something like this, and I had another band called Djam Karet that were similar.

M is for Masfel

Similar Artists: I remember Ozric Tenactles sounding something like this, and I had another band called Djam Karet that were similar.

N is for Nothing!

So is O!

P is for Probably Finish This Later!

Title: An A - Z Adventure...
Post by: Puppet Master on September 02, 2008, 08:40:42 pm
Quote from: Rockman on September 02, 2008, 09:49:50 am
*literature / history / life things mostly. This is the really terrible misconception about Iron Maiden!

Don't take what I said too seriously, man.  I couldn't really think of anything good to put for Maiden.
Title: An A - Z Adventure...
Post by: ThugTears666 on September 02, 2008, 10:22:04 pm
Quote from: earl chip on September 02, 2008, 01:17:53 am
lil wanye, lil wanye

oh I see Jake, I figured you looked his stuff up and hated it so much that you deleted that part of your post in anger or embarrassment.


Haha nah I think its because my post read "hey wc i like your band, hey earl chip i like b for boyz noize". And that sounded a bit stupid imo