what do you listen to?

[likeitis]

I have a rotation of about 90 bands in my MP3 player but my favorites right now are:
TOOL
Audioslave
Mudvayne
A Perfect Circle
Disturbed
Korn
System of a Down
Type O Negative
Anthrax
Chevelle
Adema
Fingertight
ill nino
Motograter
Ra
Seether
Smile Empty Soul
Static-X
Three Days Grace
Trapt
Godhead


When I have my ADD in control I will sometimes listen to some of the slower bands like The Police and Dave Matthews. This happens very rarely because anything too slow just is plain boring and can't hold my attention.
It's kind of funny because everyone I meet can't believe I listen to this type of music because I am relatively conservative and older than 99% of the people who listen to new Heavy Metal. I've been listening to it since the early 70's and didn't feel the need to change.

 

[bssthound]

Lotsa great music!!

Cut my teeth on the Police and U2, back in the '80s. Gotta love Stevie Ray and any of the old bluesmen. Being from Mississippi, I'm kinda partial to those old guys. I hate to be a fence sitter but I really like a lot of stuff from Hank Sr. to The Roots. I can do without the arena rock stuff of the '70s/'80s and the hair bands of the '80s/'90s.

BUT . . . . . You gotta love REAL Country Music. Pretty much what TX_Pilot and enigma have been espousing. There's a lot of good country music out there and it AIN'T bein' done by Garth Bra-WOO-WOO-WOO-WOOKS or Shania Twain. Now that I live in Texas I can listen to Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt, Steve Earle, Robert Earl Keen, Pat Green, The Flatlanders, Yellowbelly, Mark David Manders, Junior Brown, Kevin Deal, and everyone else I'm forgettin' to mention on 95.3 The Range, KHYI. http://www.khyi.com

Oh, my wife is from Newfoundland and has turned me on to an incredible band from up there, Great Big Sea. Their most recent album hit #1 in Canada. They play traditional Newfoundland music, kinda Celtic, but revved up a bit. http://www.greatbigsea.com

 

[treetop flyer]

Jimmy for me!!

Fly Chicaga...

Not to fear!!! My iPod is loaded to the limit with Buffett albums and I never leave on a trip without it. There's nothing like a little Jimmy to brighten an otherwise dreary four day!

Don't stop the carnival!

TF

 

[crash-proof]

Queens of the Stone Age & the Strokes

Finally someone mentioned Queens of the Stone Age and the Strokes, those bands would make the rock gods proud.

Since beginning of this thread I discovered a really good NY band, Interpol , they're kinda like a Cure/ Smiths sounding music. Non-stop playin in my car. They don't get any radio play though (maybe that's a good thing?)

 

[crash-proof]

White Stripes

Highly recommended. If the White Stripes play in a town near you I strongly recommend checking em out. You will not believe what those kids can do with one guitar and a drum (no bass). Their set list revolves around blues covers, & probably the best show i've seen in years. (forget all the hype MTV is giving them, these kids are the real deal)

 

[flx757]

Seriously though I love music. It is one of the coolest things about life. And it wouldn't be the same without the diversity of musical preferences.

I absolutely agree with you there. Music is one of the most important things in life (mine anyway), right up there with the basics....food, water, shelter, etc. Some of my earliest memories from when I was abound 3 or 4 (this would have been '58-'59) involve my first exposure to "rock-n-roll" music, and it's been a complete passion ever since.

I have a large collection, so the rotation changes frequently...but I thought a more valid method instead of just listing some names of bands that I like would be to go down to the truck, get the CD case, and write down what's in the current rotation. It gives a fairly broad view of what I'm listening to right now, but like I said...the rotation changes often. Here's the current list:

Cracker - Forever + Bonus Live CD
Jimi Hendrix - Live at the Fillmore East
Big Head Todd & The Monsters - Sister Sweetly
The Allman Brothers Band- The Fillmore Concerts
3 Doors Down - Away From the Sun
Eagles - Desperado
Robin Trower - The Essential Robin Trower
Cracker - Kerosene Hat
David Gray - A New Day at Midnight
Everclear - Slow Motion Daydream
Sublime - The Best of Sublime--Millinium Collection
The Allman Brothers Band - Hittin' the Note
Blues Traveler - Brooklyn Bridge
Gov't Mule - Live at the Roxy in ATL--New Year's Eve, 1998
Staind - 14 Shades of Grey
Linkin Park - Meteora
Savoy Brown - The Savoy Brown Collection
Led Zeppelin - How The West Was Won
Live - Birds of Pray

And crash-proof:

I agree with you about the White Stripes. I was living in Lansing, MI a couple of years ago, and the MSU college radio station was playing them before any of the "mainstream" rock stations got wind of them (being from nearby Detroit). I was hoping to catch them if/when they came through, but it just never happened. It would have been great back then, since I'm sure the venue would have been small and intimate, compared to now that they have a wider audience, and play to larger crowds.

 

[Herman Bloom]

Hey Airgator

If you like Tribe, you have to go get some Jurrasic Five. Unbelievable.

Cash
Willie
Uncle Tupelo (look into it...kinda "alt counrty"

Actually, I really think I souldn't try this. Could be here all day.

 

[sayagain?]

I've got Shania Twain tickets for this evening!

sayagain?

 

[fLYbUDDY]

I have a large collection, so the rotation changes frequently...but I thought a more valid method instead of just listing some names of bands that I like would be to go down to the truck, get the CD case, and write down what's in the current rotation. It gives a fairly broad view of what I'm listening to right now, but like I said...the rotation changes often. Here's the current list:

I think that is a good idea. Instead of just listing who you listen to, list what is in your CD player or whatever RIGHT NOW. I don't have a rotator (so it is just one at a time for me) but if you were to go into my truck you would be hearing blindside. I am listening to Emery right now (through the computer) and have plans for a FSF session next time I go for a drive.

I am such a stock, aren’t I?

 

[bssthound]

Speaking of Queens of the Stone Age, I had them on my plane a few months ago. I recognized Josh Homme and approached him. He was, of course, very cool and had me walk over to the window with him and tell him all about the CRJ. No, Dave Grohl was not with them.

 

[fLYbUDDY]

Anyone into POD? They aren't my all time favorite but I do like some of their stuff. They have a new album coming out in November and it sounds really good.

Some new P.O.D. sounds!

 

[fLYbUDDY]

I just remembered how awesome Autopilot Off is. I haven't listened to them in a while, until now. I kinda have to be in a mood for it but when it comes to good, melodic, fun, punk rock, they take the spot in the my CD player.

 

[uscpilot]

Pat Green
Cory Morrow
Robert Earl
Willie Nelson
Dave Mathews
John Mayer
Pink Floyd
Lysle and Han (morning show in San Antonio)

Being a Texan transplanted in NC it is hard to see Pat, Cory, and Robert Earl. Although Pat and Robert Earl do make the occasional swing out here. And it is awsome when they do. You get to see them the way they were meant to be seen, in a small venue, not in a sold out SBC, or American Airlines Center. I know they still will play in Gruene Hall, I would love to see one of those shows again.

hey flx757, you forgot something:"Music is one of the most important things in life (mine anyway), right up there with the basics....food, water, shelter, etc." SEX!!!! Dont tell me that etc is sex, that would be like trying to yada yada sex.
usc

 

[skyking1976]

What I've got in the MP3 player now...

Pink Floyd (The best band... period!)
-Ummagumma
-Obscured By Clouds
-Atom Heart Mother
-A Momentary Lapse Of Reason
-The Division Bell

Rush (The 2nd best...)
-Caress Of Steel
-2112
-Moving Pictures
-Hemispheres
-Power Windows
-Test For Echo

Van Halen (#3...)
-1984
-5150
-OU812
-Balance

Some Assorted Stuff by:

Big Sugar, U2, Foo Fighters, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Megadeth, Dimmu Borgir, Various Eric Clapton incarnations, and The Beatles.

 

[fLYbUDDY]

mmmmmm some Norma Jean is on right now satisfying my thirst for hardcore!!!!!

Rock on!

 

[bssthound]

skyking1976 mentioned Big Sugar

Now there's a really good rock 'n roll band! Those Canadians really can rock! Oh, and while I'm on the subject of Canadian Rock how 'bout The Tragically Hip? I've seen them a few times in New Orleans and they are amazing.

 

[flx757]

hey flx757, you forgot something:"Music is one of the most important things in life (mine anyway), right up there with the basics....food, water, shelter, etc." SEX!!!! Dont tell me that etc is sex, that would be like trying to yada yada sex.
usc

Hey, I thought EVERYBODY yada yadas sex....right along with the Lobster Bisque.

 

[skyking1976]

Any Dream Theater/King's X fans out there... I forgot about those guys...

SK

 

[flx757]

Any Dream Theater/King's X fans out there... I forgot about those guys...

SK

That's weird...I was just talking to a buddy on the phone today about guitars, and Dream Theatre came up. I was never a big fan of theirs, but I definitely was/am a King's X fan. Their "Best of " CD makes it into my play rotation pretty often.

 

[skyking1976]

WOW!!!!

Dash-7 time and a King's X fan.... You got it goin' on, man!

SK