Alice In Chains - "Dirt" (You'd prolly like if you like Seattle grung bands) Incubus - "Science" or "Make Yourself"
Okay, these two CDs are very 80s, but I liked them, served as a nice counterpoint to Poison, Motley Crue, Scorpions, etc. Alphaville - Afternoons in Utopia Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's Awesome CD - Poison - Greatest Hits Anything by Wild Mountain Thyme/3 Pints Gone
Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Agreed! Personally, Pinkerton is my all time favourite album. But it takes a couple of listens to fall in love with because its so unique and musically complex. (I was blown away the first time I heard El Scorcho. and falling for you.) So it helps to have some background on the band and their musical style. For that, you can't go wrong with the blue album. Its a rockin' album that anybody can fall in love with *instantly*. BTW, TBA: DE is gonna kick ass this feb. As will album 5. They've been in preproduction for a couple of weeks now..:m:
exellent suggestion, a4. i also agree with jimi hendrix - electric ladyland. if you don't have it, pick up are you experienced, too. it'll blow your mind. also, for the best all around jazz album, miles davis - kind of blue. if you have that one, try art blakey and the jazz messengers - moanin'. that's some hot stuff. oh, this is all assuming you already have master of puppets. you do, right?
I just don't get it. Why is Tyler so surprised that someone who likes RATM likes Incubus and SOAD as well? Are the bands that different from each other? All 3 bands put everything into their music. They all manage to make their music sound (at certain songs) furious as hell or (other certain songs) just really mellow. Tyler sounds like the sound of SOAD and Incubus are intolerable to the normal RATM fan. I don't know about Sarg, but my moods change, when my mood changes so does the music that I listen to. Now, what I really can't believe is how people can only listen to one genre of music. Without change in music life becomes BLAH. How can those people stand that? Anyways...yeah...Sarg...me big RATM fan...more so than Incubus...I know you want to be like me but...COME ON...and SOAD...pSHHHT...YEAH!! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Testify: I find if I'm the mood for that genre of music, incubus and SOAD just seem more weak and manufactured than RATM. I don't know, just a preference that I've noticed around me as well. My music changes with my mood as well. Well, actually, a lot of the time my mood can chang with my music. Since about July (there is a reason I can pinpoint it to July) I've found the slightest things just make me happy. It doesn't matter if I've been fighting with my parents for the last 2 hours, or things just generally aren't going well, or I'm dead tired and bored at school - putting on any music I enjoy instantly makes me feel content. Music just makes me nice, relaxed, happy... a wonderful drug! Anyway, as for my choosing different music with moods.... If I'm in the mood for something hardish I'll either go with deathmetal or something like rage. The thing is, I haven't been angry in....well as long as I can remember. So this music is for when I'm alone in the house and feeling energetic.
When did you first here of SOAD Tyler? The reason I ask is that I started listening to them early on in their music careers, when they first had their self titled album out. I agree, they have become slightly manufactured over the years, but I still am content to say that I am a fan. As for Incubus, they are mellow, they are raging, but they are certainly not "manufactured". You want to know what gets me about all this...Audioslave is in my opinion one of the most "manufactured" sounds recently. Now I won't say this about rage, because they have completely different music, but the new group just sounds a bit plastic wrapped to me.
I heard of SOAD about 3 years ago I guess. Just after I first got into Rage, actually. As for Audioslave... Yeah, they suck ass.
Since you will probably end up throwing out any mainstream music you purchase when you turn 28 or thereabouts, consider downloading MP3s and making a donation directly to the band instead. It uses no plastic and creates no waste products.
My favorite band, EVER. Psychedelic and HEAVY! I love Queens of the Stone Age, but Kyuss they will never be. By the way, I don't get the animosity toward System of a Down...I love them. "Manufactured"? Ummm, whatever that means. If you don't like their music, that's one thing, but they are COMPLETELY ORIGINAL in this era of music...name one band that sounds even REMOTELY like System of a Down. And what, RAGE's politics made them hardcore, but System of a Down's makes them "manufactured"? Explain, please. Brandon
Kyuss do kick ass some times. 50 million year trip is a fantastic song. As for my whole anti-SOAD thing, maybe it's just a product of my area/culture. There was a period where 90% of the people I knew obsessed over SOAD and thought they were the greatest, hardest rock band ever. The same thing happened with Tool. It's like Dave Matthews. I can't stand Dave simply because the entire Jewish and upper-class Christian culture of North Toronto obsessed over them for years. It's fine music, and I recognize that, but I just hate watching absolutely everyone in a school listen to the exact same thing over and over. Same goes for Radiohead now, unfortunatly. I remember OK Computer coming out when I was like 12 and buying it - and then everyone making fun of my love for Radiohead. Now 99% of my grade are in love with them and think OK Computer and Hail are the two greatest albums ever. It's so sad. I don't mind the music I love being popular music - fuck, I'm a phishead - but there is very little more revulting than the heard mentality that occurs in high school students. By the way - get a Live Phish album. My advise is #7, 10 or 12 for a nice starter kit. If you don't want to dump the cash needed on one of these sets... just pick up Slip, Stitch and Pass. Not A Live One - Slip, Stitch and Pass.
My view on it is that anything with broad appeal is necessarily shallow. that's what mass-market appeal is all about: water something down until it is acceptable to the most amount of people possible. on the other hand if something is very deep it is of only limited, niche, appeal. that's how i explain the fact that most of my music i feel is very good, but i understand that it just isn't for everyone. some goes for others taste in arts, there are plenty of things that i feel are artistically credible, but i just don't like it. not my bag, baby.
