what do linux users like for music

[crow2icedearth2]

this is one thing that i have bee wanting to know . what music do most of u listen to. i mainly listen to punk and metal not nu-metal but true metal like

SLAYER
DIMMU BORGIR
CRADLE OF FILTH
PANTERA
ARCH EMENY
LACUNA COIL

etc


then punk

MISFITS
RAMONES
BLACK FLAG
MINOR THREAT

the reason im asking this question is i have seen alot of linux users with screenshots of metal or punk or rock bands...... as well as one of my linux buddies is a dye heart cradle of filth fan.

geek linux users tend to stick to non mainstream music what i have seen. my teacher at college a linux geek was a huge punk fan

[Icarus]

I have an MP3 car player, the latest disk is full of MegaDeth and Nine Inch Nails, two of my all time favorates.

Others would be Queensryche, Queen, Dokken, Godsmack, Metallica, Aerosmith, Alice in Chains, Faith No More, Guns n Roses, Iron Maiden, Motley Crue, Rush, Tesla and Tom Petty

So mostly older metal and hard rock.

Saw a survey a couple weeks ago where most Linux people fall into the Techno music groups and developers are metal heads :)

[Hmse]

For me it would have to be mostly hard rock and punk:

Hard rock:
System of a Down
Three Days Grace
Static-X
Flaw
Disturbed
Linkin Park
P.O.D (new stuff)
Emery
Lost Prophets
Demon Hunter
Beloved
12 Stones

Punk:
Good Charlotte
Sum 41
Green Day (a little)
More that I can't think of:P

And I guess I can't leaave out the other more moderate stuff:

Switch Foot
Ataris
Something Corporate
Evanessence

Pretty good stuff:D

[Arjay]

Although i detached myself from the techno scene many years ago i still like to listen to trance music, especially when sitting at my computer. Or just the radio for a mixture, not really got a style of music that i am into, just depends what mood i am in really.

Cheers :)

[thread_killer]

Fifteen years ago this would have been an easy question to answer. In my youth, I had a pretty narrow range of things that I liked. As I age though, I find myself considerably more receptive to different things. So I'm never listening to just one type of music anymore.

Sometimes I listen to Billie Holiday.
Sometimes Tom Waits.
Hell...sometimes I even listen to Johnny Cash.


But if you want to know what is near-and-dear to my heart, the stuff I can never give up it is this:

Cocksparrer
Sick of it All
Gorilla Biscuits
Agnostic Front
Cro-mags
Bad Brains

Anything too fast, too loud, too angry and pre-Nirvanna.

[rbrimhall]

I may be breaking the trend here but here's what I listen to:

Radiohead
The Strokes
Modest Mouse
Nick Drake
Jeff Buckley
The Clash
Sex Pistols
White Stripes
Wilco
Built to Spill
Mercury Rev
The Flaming Lips
Jet
Neutral Milk Hotel

The list goes on and on and on...

[sharth]

Originally posted by lupin_the_3rd
I may be breaking the trend here but here's what I listen to:

Radiohead
The Strokes
Modest Mouse
Nick Drake
Jeff Buckley
The Clash
Sex Pistols
White Stripes
Wilco
Built to Spill
Mercury Rev
The Flaming Lips
Jet
Neutral Milk Hotel

The list goes on and on and on... We'll become the trend :)
I listen to most of that plus some random.. uhmm.... (music at home.. I'm at work...) police/sting, rem, etc... The fun stuff.

[Loki3]

Wow, I have very similar tastes in music to many of you:

I've always listened to punk:
Ramones, Clash, Billy Bragg, Screeching Weasel, NoFX, Rancid, Good Riddance, Dead Kennedys etc. Lately I've been enjoying stuff like Modest Mouse, Neutral Milk Hotel, Ugly Cassanova and Jane's Addiction. My musical tastes span from the techno/rap/trance/reggae fusion of the Sofa Surfers, to stuff like John Fahey, Joe Sitrani and the Beatles.

I'm weird... but I'm glad some people here share my musical tastes.


lupin_the_3rd, you just about listed off all the cds sitting on my desk... weird.

[duncanbojangles]

My musical tastes change frequently and often swing in completely new directions, so here are some of my favorite bands:

Apocalyptica
The Streets
Bright Eyes
Modest Mouse
Johnny Cash
Nine Inch Nails
Biz Markie
Queens of the Stone Age
Deerhoof
Don Caballero
Drums and Tuba
Frank Zappa
Daft Punk
Chick Corea
Paco de Lucia
Al Dimeola
Cafe del Mar
The Flaming Lips
Mr. Bungle
Iggy Pop
Queen
Jethro Tull
N.E.R.D. ( The Neptunes)
A Flock of Seagulls
The Beatles
Beastie Boys
Beck Bjork
Cake
the musical score from Donnie Darko
Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield (the musical score from the exorcist)
The Cars
Reggae, any reggae will do
Classical Music, Mozart Bach Vivaldi Dvorak Schubert
RUSH!
Interpol
most Gregorian chant
most Tibetan Buddhist chant
Kosheen
Marilyn Manson
Moby
No Doubt
Red Hot Chili Peppers
They Might Be Giants
Tone Loc

I usually go through a particualr band anywhere from one week to a couple months. Sometimes I'll listen to them again, sometimes I won't.

[linuxprogrammer]

My fav is Metallica:)

[Sgood1971]

Everything from The Oak Ridge Boys to Megadeth, Conway Twitty to Sepultura. I like it all even Bluegrass (NOTE: Opera is not music, but it is a pretty good browser.) My all time favorite is different from week to week.

[rbrimhall]

Originally posted by Loki3

lupin_the_3rd, you just about listed off all the cds sitting on my desk... weird.

Great minds think alike :)

And John Fahey is amazing!

[tecknophreak]

at least there's one other "techno" person here.

trance is pretty good for keeping the mind from getting distracted.

d n b

jungle

turntablists

big beat <-- can't seem to find many of them anymore, if you know of some good ones let me know

i figure i'd rather list the types of music i listen to instead of the actual groups/artists since not many people know them.

Oh yeah, and of course one love from hackers, it's a fav!!

[squeegy]

I listen to a really wide variety of stuff, here's a sample of whats in my playlist at the moment.

Bill Monroe
Old and in the Way
Yonder Mountain String Band
Phish
Grateful Dead
Jerry Garcia Band
Disco Biscuits
Tortoise
Lotus
Sound Tribe Sector 9
Steve Kimock Band
Paul Simon
Bob Dylan
Keller Williams
Robert Randolph and the Family Band
Radiohead
Tool
Nine Inch Nails
Marilyn Manson
Deftones
(hed)pe
Rage Against the Machine
Murs
Atmosphere
Shapeshifters
Aesop Rock
Sage Francis
Mr. Lif
Sole
Del tha Funky Homosapien
Eyedea & Abilities
Saul Williams
Bill Laswell
Skerik
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey

to name a few.

[Parcival]

I listen to everything that is not in the charts. Right now I mostly listen to Stravinsky. Oh yes, Swiss folk music is something that makes me run really fast.

[palsyboy]

It's great to see some Megadeth fans 'round these parts. I don't think there are many of us around anymore. :( And, of course, Sepultura and oldschool Metallica are untouchable.

My top groups would be They Might Be Giants, Tool, Helmet, KMFDM, Nature/Brian Threatt, Killing Joke, Jethro Tull, and Radiohead.

[timothykaine]

Lots of stuff. Semi-short list of favorites:

Mr. Bungle, Mike Patton, Faith No More, Masami Akita, Melt Banana, John Zorn, The Melvins, The Misfits, Cake, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, Sage Francis, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails (old stuff), The Beatles (later stuff), Afroman, B-52s, Blind Melon, Bjork, Talking Heads, Tenacious D, Stabbing Westward, Naked City, Beck, GWAR, Bloodhound Gang, Biznautics, Eyvind Kang...

...the list goes on. Those are some of the higher ones on my list.

[timothykaine]

Originally posted by crow2icedearth2

geek linux users tend to stick to non mainstream music what i have seen. my teacher at college a linux geek was a huge punk fan

Ive noticed this trend as well, and this thread is showing so far you/we were pretty much right, with a few exceptions...

[fatTrav]

I especially enjoy: Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Soundgarden, The Who, CCR, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Foo Fighters, Neil Young, Ozzy, AC/DC, Metallica, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Pete Townsend solo. Though lately I've been hearing good things from the likes of Cradle of Filth, Superjoint Ritual, and Jet. Not quite sure of those bands yet, but Superjoint ritual has Phil Anselmo who is cool as hell. Oh, and anything from Headbanger's Ball.

I must say I have a severe dislike, borderline hatred, for all things hip-hop and rap.

[bsm2001]

Bluegrass, Country, Classical, and some 60's-70's.

[Icarus]

Originally posted by timothykaine
Mr. Bungle, Mike Patton, Faith No More Correct me if I'm wrong...but aren't these kind of all the same thing? Mr. Bungle was Mike Patton's original band before he hooked up with Faith No More?
Quick Google search says that's right...How is his solo stuff compared to that of Mr. Bungle or Faith No More?

[CaptainPinko]

Well I have broad tastes but I'm really into Black metal. Gorgoroth, Satyricon, Emperor, early-Dimmu Borgir, Vintersorg. I also like a lot of goth like middle-My Dying Bride, middle-Anathema, Katatonia, Moonspell, Cure. I like punk from the frist british wave dead boys, sex pistols, clash, uk subs, exploited, and pop-punk/emo/screamo. By far my favourtie is grunge even lesser known bands like Screaming Trees and Mudhoney or L7.

[techwise]

I like pretty much anything with a good strong bass line, weather it happens in drums or guitar.

I dont like guys that sound like girls or songs with "la la la de de de" crap in them.

When Im pumped or pissed I like:

Black Sabbath
Metallica
System of a Down

Then otherwise depending on my mood:

Lynyrd Skynyrd
Zeppelin
Rush
Yes
Pink Floyd
Gov't Mule
Bowie
Tom Petty
Steely Dan
The Cars
Talking Heads
The Doors
The Police
The Who
ZZ Top
Van Halen
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Queen

On the lighter side:

Billy Joel
Elvis Costello
Alison Krauss
. . .

if anyone is interested let me know and I will send you my GnuMP3d link and you can have some of that stuff too.

M

[timothykaine]

Originally posted by Icarus
Correct me if I'm wrong...but aren't these kind of all the same thing? Mr. Bungle was Mike Patton's original band before he hooked up with Faith No More?
Quick Google search says that's right...How is his solo stuff compared to that of Mr. Bungle or Faith No More?

All VERY different.

Mr. Bungle was his first band, first album playing "avant-guard-circus-metal", second album was abstract something or other, cant describe it, you just have to listen, and third album described as "the beach boys on crack".

Solo stuff was vocalization as an instrument, and a lot of other stuff I just cant describe.

Faith No More was a keyboard-rock 80s band that evolved into a hardrock then metal band that inspired many bands like System of a Down, Korn, Deftones, and many many others. Most of the nu-metal bands nowadays completely lift portions of songs made by Faith no More 10 years ago, before such a genre even existed. Not that Im a nu-metal fan, but credit where credit is due.

I really cant properly desribe a lick of it. Just give it all a listen, its all VERY different. Even within bands from album to album its a HUGE change.

[crow2icedearth2]

good stuff guys..... im glad to see some u like kick *** bands.yeah i should of said metal and punk are my influences but i also listen to alot of rock as well but 90% of the time its metal i have on ...... :)

12 years ago i was into punk very much .

where did u see that survey for techno and metalheads for develepors......its just been my experience with developers i know either are metalheads or punks.

-

[Icarus]

Originally posted by crow2icedearth2
where did u see that survey for techno and metalheads for develepors......its just been my experience with developers i know either are metalheads or punks. Saw it a week or two ago on Slashdot...good luck finding it, I've been getting
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for most of the day...

[madcompnerd]

I listen to a wide range, mostly pop stuff and some country (new-age, meaning the twangs cut down; the twang bugs me but I like the lyrics of some of the songs).
If I am relaxing I generally listen to music with lyrics I like, meaning it's probably easy going lubby dubby crap; or it's depressive music (depending on if I got dumped or well ;) ;) recently). Favorite band, Evanescence.

If I am coding, it's all instrumental usually. I have several hours of classical just because I find it soothing and it helps me concentrate. Try changing your music around when you code, find something that never interrupts you and keeps you awake and a little edgy; that's what I've found helps most for making it quick and enjoyable. You might also try turning the music off.

And btw, rhythmbox rocks...

[infiniphunk]

Some of my faves are:
Aphex Twin
Orb
Boards of Canada
Slowdive
808State
Autechre
FSOL
etc etc etc; yeah I like techno
I like lots of rock too
(My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth, Velvet Underground..)
Love Jazz; Dizzy Gillespie, T Monk, Duke Ellington..
Like Classical, particularly late romantic stuff(Debussy, Ravel, Chopin, Rachmaninoff...or really early Baroque stuff.
I like the Blues, not really into Country tho. Really like Hip-hop, but only the real stuff; not that top40 junk.
Yeah, pretty much most genres I like. Lets not forget punk, metal, reggae...I'm an open-minded guy. What don't I like? Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and that kind of ilk. They kinda remind me of the MiniPops, yuck.:)

[stoe]

Hardcore/Hardcore Death Metal mostly :)

New Stuff
------------
Burnt by the Sun
Converge
Unearth
Cave In
Killswitch Engage
Darkest Hour
At the Gates
Lamb of God

Old Stuff
-------------
25 ta Life
VOD
Strife
Skarhead
Downset
Turmoil

[palsyboy]

thread_killer: As you're a Gorilla Biscuits fan, do you listen to Quicksand? Walter Shreifels is a wonderful contributor.

Loki3: Satriani is so good that it hurts. I love music that challenges me as a listener. I just sit around saying, "How did he do that?!"

timothykaine & Icarus: If you're interested in Mike Patton, check out Fantomas if you haven't already done so. No set rhythm, time signature, melody, or lyrics. And Dave Lombardo is a god.

I'm really surprised/disappointed that there aren't more They Might Be Giants fans on here. I sorta expected the one of the world's biggest geek bands to be beloved among, well, geeks. ;) Unfortunately, I'm just a nerd, but I'm an aspiring geek. :D

[crow2icedearth2]

good stuff man black metal rules........ yeah i like sacitryon alot and dimmuborgir , cof , emperer .

but i love all metal and punk and rock bands bealtes , black sabbath , gnr , pink floyd , etc

[psi42]

Blind Guardian and anything techno...........

[canon006]

I'd have to agree with most of you guys so far, I listen to a lot of punk, rock and some metal -- Bad Religion, Blindside, Local H, Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters, Rancid, The Used, Tom Petty, a nice wide variety...

[Dark Ninja]

You name it, I listen to it and/or have it. Everything. Rap/Hip-Hop/Techno/Country/Swing/Jazz/Oldies/Pop/etc.

On one listen through, I could go from Garth Brooks to Eminem over to Neil Sedaka, and then right back to Rob Zombie. ;) Keeps life interesting.

Like I said...everything.

And, as for this comment...

NOTE: Opera is not music, but it is a pretty good browser.
Now, that's a close-minded comment to make. Many people enjoy opera every year. You just have to find some of the better stuff. (Yes, just like any music, there is "good opera" and "bad opera.") If you don't like the music, though, don't say "it's not music." Just don't say anything at all. :p

[timothykaine]

Originally posted by palsyboy
timothykaine & Icarus: If you're interested in Mike Patton, check out Fantomas if you haven't already done so. No set rhythm, time signature, melody, or lyrics. And Dave Lombardo is a god.[/B]

Bought all three albums on their release dates and saw em live a couple months ago too. :)

[eyceguy]

Like Dark Ninja i pretty much listen to everything
although i will admit i dont care for Rap or Hip-hop

i grew up on country but once i got into college my girlfriend expaned my horizons to other music im currently listining to Saliva but other's in my playlist include Aerosmith, Rascall Flats, Ray Stevens, Weird Al Yankovic, and SheDaisy

[Dark Ninja]

Originally posted by eyceguy
my girlfriend expaned my horizons
Awesome. Your girlfriend expanded my horizons too. ;)

[Zoist]

All good music;

Lo-tel
Matchbox Twenty
Metallica
P.O.D.
U2
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Midnight Oil
Bon Jovi

etc......

[pezplaya]

techno/trance, but not hardcore techno stuff.

[SoNiCfReAk]

Rock:

Tool
Dream Theater
Lacuna Coil
A Perfect Circle
Weezer
Porcupine Tree
Pain of Salvation
Dredg
Nirvana
Staind
Audioslave
Velvet Revolver

Trance:

BT
Darude
Infected Mushroom
DJ Tiesto
The Crystal Method

[perfectly_dark]

Fav is metallica

Also listen to:

Offspring, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, System of a Down, Billy Tallent, AFI

Those are my favorites, mostly rock...some punk rock. And of course...who can forget the soothing sounds of classics like Zelda and Metroid (I know, Im a nerd...sigh)

[DemosthenesB]

Aghora
Coheed and Cambria
Between the Buried and Me
Death
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Blackline Grind
Mehsuggah
Thursday
At The Gates
Arch Enemy
Bach
Cynic
Grave Digger
Iced Earth
InFlames
Killswitch Engage
Soilwork
Symphony X
Children of Bodom
Tortoise

[Megatron X]

I listen to classical and mainly electronica. I listen more to Paul Van Dyk. My current favorite is Wir Sind Wir by Paul Van Dyk/Peter Heppner.

[Vectorman]

I mostly listen to Classic Rock.

But I'm open to anything Except Gangster Rap... can't stand that type.


Joel

[Calipso]

i liseten to most of the stuff that people mentioned here(the rock stuff that is) but currently listening to:


Lost Prophets (http://www.sonymusic.co.uk/lostprophets/lpcom/)
Thousand Foot Krutch (http://www.thousandfootkrutch.com)
12 Stones (http://www.12stones.com)

and awaiting the release of the new TrustCompany (http://www.trustcompanyband.com) album.:)

[korn4266]

I like anything in the metal genre. I listen to techno and trance when i'm trying to fix something or just working on something.

[bradfordgd]

Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Probot
Agent Orange
Filter
Metallica

[EnigmaOne]

I'm eclectic in my tastes...well, forget the rap-n-hip-hop.

If it sounds good, it's probably in my collection.

[Calipso]

ah, me first and the gimme gimmes

thank you!!!....i had one of their songs and i lost it and couldnt remember the name of the band.

me first and the gimme gimmies - "i believe i can fly"

great cover!

[Desi]

Originally posted by Icarus
I have an MP3 car player, the latest disk is full of MegaDeth and Nine Inch Nails, two of my all time favorates.

Others would be Queensryche, Queen, Dokken, Godsmack, Metallica, Aerosmith, Alice in Chains, Faith No More, Guns n Roses, Iron Maiden, Motley Crue, Rush, Tesla and Tom Petty

So mostly older metal and hard rock.

Saw a survey a couple weeks ago where most Linux people fall into the Techno music groups and developers are metal heads :)

**** me man - u have just listed my fav groups..

TOM PETTY
IRON MAIDEN
MEGADETH
QUEENSRYCHE
RUSH

well done man - we got the greatest taste in music..

[Icarus]

Originally posted by Desi
**** me man - u have just listed my fav groups..

TOM PETTY
IRON MAIDEN
MEGADETH
QUEENSRYCHE
RUSH

well done man - we got the greatest taste in music.. Excellent! http://paradoxinc.net/images/rockon.gif

[fiske]

Red Hot Chili Peppers, No Doubt, George Clinton, Daft Punk,
Tom Petty, just about anything from the Final Fantasy series,
theme songs from anime tv shows, and lots of other random
songs

most of my playlist time is spent on Jamiroquai and Do As Infinity though

[Desi]

Originally posted by Icarus
Excellent! http://paradoxinc.net/images/rockon.gif

u hear that queensryche r doing - operation mindcime II and that they r going to do a mindcrime tour - just that album - with actors on stage n all that..

should b fantastic

-des

[X_console]

I usually listen to gothic, darkwave and industrial, although there is some decent mainstream music floating around from real talented artists (the kind that sing with their hearts and voices and not with their silicone implants).

Some bands I enjoy just off the top of my head:

Bauhaus, Sisters of Mercy, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Switchblade Symphony, The Cruxshadows, The Cure, Android Lust, Faith And The Muse, Icon of Coil, Emilie Autumn, Blutengel, Diary of Dreams, Collide, Icon of Coil, Diva Destruction, London After Midnight.

[Salyavin]

The Cure
Bjork
Front242
VNV Nation
Lords of Acid
Metallica, Slayer, Pantera
Eire Og
Wolfetones
Tori Amos
Transformers The Movie - Soundtrack:D

[hard candy]

Alison Krause
Martin Zellar
Miles Davis
Norah Jones
Most recent Avril Lavigne (last 6 months)
Dizee Rascal (rap with a English accent just tickles my fancy...."I say old chap, my ho ain't here tonight" :) )
Pink
Uncle Kracker
Southern Culture On The Skids
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros
The Darkness-heavy metal pop?

And the classic power bands--Aerosmith, Kansas, Boston, Led Zep, James Gang, Spooky Tooth, King Crimson

[blobaugh]

I like hard rock and some trance, some of Enya now and then spices up the mix good

[Prod_Deity]

Originally posted by crow2icedearth2
this is one thing that i have bee wanting to know . what music do most of u listen to. i mainly listen to punk and metal not nu-metal but true metal like

SLAYER
PANTERA


Someone has good taste in music. :D

I'll I'm gonna add is Fear Factory, Black Label Society, and Lamb Of God.

[crow2icedearth2]

thanks man SLAYER , PANTERA , ARCH ENEMY , TYPE O NEGATIVE , MORBID ANGEL , ANTRHAX , IRON MAIDEN , KING DIAMOND , MERCY FATE , VENOM are some favorites : )

when i get the chance i watch headbanners ball + uranium



Someone has good taste in music. I'll I'm gonna add is Fear Factory, Black Label Society, and Lamb Of God.

yeah i like the new fear factory and i love sepularua , death , moonspell , hammerfall , dimmu borgir , old metallica pre black ablum . black sabbath , Judas priest ,

i love music in general current disc in my list

!. TYPE O NEGATIAVE - BLOODY KISSES (one of the best albums ever )
2. PINK FLOYD - ANIMALS (well great great ablum )
3. JUDAS PRIEST - SAD WINGS OF DESTINY
4. BEATLES - Let it Be
5. ARCH ENEMY - wages of sin
6. FEAR FACtory - archtype
7. MACHINE HEAD - ? new album
8 . LUNA COIL - ? new album
9. UNSEEN - exploded (friends band on warped tour from boston )
10 . MISFITS - box set

[soda_popstar]

I have an eclectic taste, but these are my favourite artists:

Switchfoot
U2
Evanescence
Clay Aiken
Downhere
Hillsong United
Sixpence None The Richer

[X_console]

Originally posted by crow2icedearth2
8 . LUNA COIL - ? new album

You mean Lacuna Coil? Also a great band. If you like them you might also be interested in This Gathering.

[duncanbojangles]

Originally posted by hard candy
Dizee Rascal (rap with a English accent just tickles my fancy...."I say old chap, my ho ain't here tonight" :) )

Have you heard of "The Streets"? It's just one guy, but his songs are funny. English guys rapping are quite hilarious.

[crow2icedearth2]

yeah old gathering albums i have ....... i dont care for there newer stuff .

good band .

i have the gathering dvd as well kick ***

as far as rap is concern i hate it as much as micro$oft .

[JoeyJoeJo]

I go for these bands

Aphex Twin
Pumpkins
Radiohead
Cure
Melissa Auf Der Maur
Mogwai
Jonny Cash
Talking Heads
Velvet Underground
Zep
Sabbath
Doors
REM
APC
BB King
Steve Roach
Ravonetts
Cars
Jane's
NIN

And some others

[Freak_Tweak]

Hehe, i probably have the wierdest and widest range...

Metallica
Static-x
Disturbed
Darude
most, if not all Jpop (the stuff you here one anime)
Modest Mouse
Franz Ferdinand
Incubus
Stone Temple Pilots
http://www.digitallyimported.com/(especially the Trance and DJ mixes Stations)
Overclocked Remix (http://www.ocremix.org) (Video Game remixes)
Snake River Conspiracy
Powerman 5000
Orgy
Rammstein!!!!
The list goes on...
and on....
and on....
and on....

[CoffeeMan]

Rap, Techno, and Funk

[Rinias]

Like DarkNinja, everything pretty much- though I try and keep away from teen bands and new RnB. I'll take old RnB, but R. Kelly just don't cut it...

Try this out:

Seal
Cranberries
Pavarotti
Radiohead
Pantera
Tu Pac
Gangstarr
Coldplay
John Mayer
Jeff Buckley
Norah Jones
The Streets
Immortal Technique
Promoe
Tom Cochrane
Metallica
(Various Country)
Miles Davis
Olu Dara
Moloko
Eminem
Barry White
(a little) Bob Marley
Louise Attaque
Noir Désir
Jacques Brel
Die Fantastischen Vier
MC Solaar
Fünf Sterne Deluxe
Saïan Supa Crew
Big L
Dave Matthews
Manu Chao

Etc, etc, etc...

[Icarus]

I just found out that MegaDeth has a new album coming out Sept. 14th!
I did not realize that Dave recovered so quickly from his accedent and is able to play again. The band got back together (same line up from The World Needs a Hero)

I finally have something to look forward to with new music, this and Nine Inch Nails coming out with new stuff this fall... :D

[Jata]

This is amazing, I thought I was relatively alone in liking both Johnny Cash and metal. Here's my list:

Johnny Cash ;)
Audioslave
Chris Isaak
Coal Chamber
Default
Deftones
Dire Straits
Drowning Pool
Incubus
Korn
Kosheen
Lamb
Leftfield
MACHINE HEAD - Not mentioned yet? Nobody heard 'Ten Ton Hammer' or 'Take My Scars'?
Massive Attack
Morphine - Not mentioned either! They're brilliant!
Nelly Furtado
Nickelback
Panic Cell
Rage Against The Machine
Sepultura
Sneaker Pimps
Soulfly
Soundgarden
Spineshank
Staind
Theory Of A Deadman
Weezer

That concludes my exhaustive list. :)

[Rinias]

I like johnny cash and metal too...

Hey- it's been a long time since I've seen that pinguin jata.

It's hilarious if you "tile" him on your desktop...

[Jata]

I know, it was the first thing I did when I saved it. Guaranteed to brighten your day.:D

[raz0rblade]

Metal. Old and nu :)

[Dancen]

Originally posted by palsyboy
I'm really surprised/disappointed that there aren't more They Might Be Giants fans on here. I sorta expected the one of the world's biggest geek bands to be beloved among, well, geeks. ;) Unfortunately, I'm just a nerd, but I'm an aspiring geek. :D

I can add one to your count :) They're my second favorite band behind Collective Soul. I'll try to keep this list short :p My top three are numbered, the others change order depending on my mood, and lately that's been leaning toward Nightwish/Van Halen.

1. Collective Soul
2. TMBG
3. Aerosmith

E.S. Posthumus, Steely Dan, Nightwish, Tom Petty, Offspring, Ben Folds / BFF, Billy Joel, Bloodhound Gang, Boston, Def Leppard, Dire Straits, Eric Clapton, Goo Goo Dolls, Guns N' Roses, Poison, Van Halen, Ratt, Saigon Kick, Talking Heads, Spacehog, Weird Al, Whitesnake, Widespread Panic

Well that list was longer than I wanted to make it, but I can't leave any of these bands out, and this is still a cut down list. As you can see, it's mostly classic rock. I tend to avoid all R&B like the plague, ditto really intense heavy metal and techno.

[crow2icedearth2]

yeah they might be gaints is ok.......... i

MACHINE HEAD

i think i listed them somewhere yeah old machine head is much better thou........... supercharged was a terrible ablum in my option and there new album is so and so..

[palsyboy]

That's very good to hear that Dave Mustaine's back on the guitar again.

It's also good to see that there're some TMBG fans on here. Hell yeah. But Dancen, where's Blue Oyster Cult on your list? :D

[crow2icedearth2]

I tend to avoid all R&B like the plague, ditto really intense heavy metal and techno.

to bad about the heavy metal........metal is in my vains :)
i like some classic rock as well.

latey i have been listening to the amazing metal band CHILDERN OF BODUM

for rock BEATLES , PINK FLOYD



alt

FUGAZI
PERL JAM

punk

MISFITS
RAMONES

[sasKuatch]

SLAYER!!!

Yeah,

Lamb of God
Sepultura
Rammstein
KMFDM
NIN
Front Line Assembly
Skinny Puppy
Megadeth
AC/DC
Judas Priest
Daft Punk,

gosh ... miscellaneous techno, classical. I love Beethoven. Bach's ok.

Even listen to some Jonny Cash,
Ted Nugent,
Rob Zombie,
Rob Dougan,
Benni Benassi,
Lords of Acid,
Carcass,

FearFactory, how could I forget them...

Megaherz
GWAR is hilarious,
gotta love Hatebreed,
Weezer too.

Ozzy! and Black Sabbath, almost forgot.

And ZZ Top,
StaticX
UltraSpank
Ledd Zeppelin
Moby
Men at Work
Dire Straits
Venga Boys
Voice of Buddah
Prodigy

Almost forgot Kraftwerk.

Oh, and Astral Projection,

Gigi D' Agostino
spasmo
Amon Amarth
Cradle of Filth
Fischerspooner
Basement Jaxx

some early Metallica

Clutch,

I think that's about it.

[edit]
Pink Floyd
Machine Head

Nothing is grouped. There's Dance next to Death Metal...

Deftones
Soulfly, some of their songs are cool,
Staind (or is it Stained?)

I wonder how long I'll keep thinking of stuff I like?

Darude - Sandstorms ... I don't like it so much after I saw some guy on E trying to "pop" to it. I felt embarrassed liking it.:o

[Daedrus]

Great mixture of stuff:

Bad Religion
Pink Floyd
The Cure
Bauhaus
Anthrax
Dave Matthews
Jimmy Buffett
Korn
Portishead
Tom Waits
Social Distortion
Therapy?
Ministry
Beethoven
The Killers
Yeah Yeah Yeahs

and much much more.

Just please no Country or Rap

[sasKuatch]

Originally posted by Dark Ninja
Awesome. Your girlfriend expanded my horizons too. ;)

ROFLhttp://eyetuke.netfirms.com/rotflmao.gif Or am I reading too much into it?:confused:

[crow2icedearth]

Fifteen years ago this would have been an easy question to answer. In my youth, I had a pretty narrow range of things that I liked. As I age though, I find myself considerably more receptive to different things. So I'm never listening to just one type of music anymore.

Sometimes I listen to Billie Holiday.
Sometimes Tom Waits.
Hell...sometimes I even listen to Johnny Cash.


But if you want to know what is near-and-dear to my heart, the stuff I can never give up it is this:

Cocksparrer
Sick of it All
Gorilla Biscuits
Agnostic Front
Cro-mags
Bad Brains

[je_fro]

w00t!
/me hits the bay!

[WhiteKnight]

Wow... All heavy music... Does none of u like simpler, more soothing stuff?

[Lucas_Maximus]

Usually listen to Pantera, Black Sabbath, Gun 'n' Roses, Deep Purple, Metallica, some Prog such as Pink Flloyd and Jethro Tull, when I am trying to do some proper work.

I also listen to every now and again Beatblender one of the somafm stations.

I Like a lot of old school Hip hip but new Rap and Hip hop is just really crap these days IMO.

[celticgeek]

Well, if you need some weird music, here are some of my favorites:

Groups:
Silly Wizard, Clannad, Enya, Chieftains, Capercaille, Planxty, Boys From The Lough, Silly Sisters, Golden Bough, Celtic Woman, Black Watch Pipe and Drum Corps, Steeleye Span, Eachdraidh, Draioght,

a bunch of local celtic groups

Artists:
Aideen O'Brien, June Tabor, Mary Black, Frances Black, Jennifer Licko, Meav, Alex Beaton, Brian McNeill, Karan Casey, Al Petteway, Kell

a bunch of local celtic artists

And that may be enough weirdness for one post.

[soulestream]

hmmm, well

Bad Religion
Rancid
Ramones
Minor Threat
Fugazi
Waylan Jennings
Hot Hot Heat
Gorillaz
Pink Floyd
Beastie Boys
Social Distortion
Strike Anywhere
Distillers
Pixies
johnny cash
dead milkmen


My favorites right now
Alkaline Trio
The Forecast


soule

[crow2icedearth]

NoFX old nofx is good up to punk and dribb.

after that they changed to much and just didnt impress me . S+M airlines , ribbed are my favorte NOFX albums .

[crow2icedearth]

Minor Threat
Fugazi

bands i have been into for along time. i use to have a minor threat shirt

[je_fro]

..still got some old shirts...
flipper
husker du
meat puppets
circle jerks
black flag....
dead kennedy's...(heh...DK belongs at the top of this list...)

[blackbelt_jones]

At the not quite terribly young age of 47, I think that I am finally finally at long last somewhat sick of the music that I've been listening to for the last thirty years. The Rolling Stones have a new album. Twenty years ago, I would have bought it the first day it appeared in the stores, but this time I downloaded the tracks on gnutella, listened to one cut, (it wasn't bad) and then didn't even bother to save the tracks before reformatting my hard drive to dual install Fedora with Debian.

So what do I listen to? These days, I don't actually listen to music very much. At any given moment I'm more likely to be listening to the news on NPR or commentary on Air America Radio. When I want music, I'll listen to the local classical music station or http://www.kcrwmusic.com/, which is a great station for middle-aged people like me who find themselves looking for something smart, eclectic, and fresh.

Oh, and I've been listening to Devo quite a bit lately. Don't ask me what THAT'S about, I have no idea.

[UKer]

I like a huge range of music. My favourite is Rock, bands like Terrorvision, The Wildhearts, Therapy. I also DJ bassline house/speed garage, at pubs and clubs. I like folk/rock like The Levellers and Billy Bragg. I also really like reggae, particularly Bob Marley.

I go to about 7 music festivals a year and see almost every style at those, and make a point just to wander round smaller stages at most, where I can catch bands that I've never heard of, as I love anything new/different.

I don't like indie (i.e. depressing bands like Coldplay/Travis), RnB and Rap, they all make me feel worse than I did before hearing them, and this isn't why I listen to music.

[psych-major]

I listen to everything from Bach to Breaking Benjamin, but metal definitely gets more airtime on my PC.

Current favs are Seether, Evanescance, Disturbed and Crossfade.

Playlist is attached, if you're really bored!

[soulestream]

Playlist is attached, if you're really bored!

heh, you have skillet, they(one or two of them) used to live downstairs of one of my best freinds.


never actually heard their music


soule

[psych-major]

heh, you have skillet, they(one or two of them) used to live downstairs of one of my best freinds.
soule

First, you must be really bored!
That's really cool! Skillet is pretty awesome. (They are Christian Rock)
A girl I went to high school with dated the bass player from Cinderella when she lived in New Jersey, and my cousin waited on Guns'n'Roses at a BK in Houlton, Maine when they were on their way to Moncton, NB for a concert. It was a few months before the "Welcome to the Jungle" single was released, and they were all together in a crappie old van and didn't have any roadies or anything.

[blackbelt_jones]

This is amazing, I thought I was relatively alone in liking both Johnny Cash and metal.

Not too long ago, I saw an interview with Iggy Pop, who mentioned JC as one of his all-time favorites. That Folsom Prison album is pretty amazing stuff, especially the uncensored rerelease. I don't think a country music star would do such a thing today. It would be politically incorrect, cause they might be seen as "soft on crime".

[zeroth]

Jata The Nine Inch Nails remake of Hurt by Johnny Cash kicks *** ;-)

Let me just say that Sum 41, Green Day, and Good Charlotte are not punk. they are technically categorized as pop-rock. a better example of Punk is Anti-Flag and the Dead Kenedys

however, I do not like pop-rock OR punk. here's what I listen to:

Bands:
Tool
Metallica (everything before "St. Anger")
A Perfect Circle
Staind (Dysfunction and Tormented Only)
Nine Inch Nails (Yes, all 14 albums...or are there more? lol)
Disturbed (though I dislike "The Sickness" album, "Believe" kicks ***)
Slipknot (I mostly dislike "The Subliminal Verses")
Match Box 20
Goo Goo Dolls

I often listen to a playlist of my favorite video game music from:
Star Craft
Doom
Arcanum
Unreal (No, NOT Tournament)
Diablo (Yes, there was a Diablo 1)
Quake 3
Quake 2
I've even got Zelda and Mario in the mix

Some Crazy Stuff:
Filter - Trip Like I Do
Slayer - Behidn the Crooked Cross
Slayer - Bloodline
Tonic - The Way She Loves Me
Blues Traveler - Hook, and The Run Around
Eagles - Hotel California
Kansas - Carry On My WAyward Son
Joe Walsh - err... title?
Tom Cochran - Life is a Highway

[bburton]

I'm pretty big into Rock (mostly Alternative/Indie), but I've been getting into Electronic lately (mostly Downtempo and Ambient). I also enjoy select songs from Country, Classical, and a few other genres too.

My most favorite bands are:
Black Lab
Dashboard Confessional
Fuel
Eagles
Better than Ezra
Foo Fighters
U2
Live
Prime STH
Yellowcard
... the list goes on.

What I'm really big into now is the (paid) online music services, specifically Yahoo's Music Unlimited (I know, it's windows-only, DRM is evil, blah blah blah. I love it though).

When Linux is in charge of the jukebox I'm ALWAYS tuned into ShoutCast (http://www.shoutcast.com). Specifically SomaFM's Secret Agent (http://www.somafm.com) channel. If you have XMMS, I suggest you tune in; it's SAUCY!

:cool:

[Parcival]

Jata
I often listen to a playlist of my favorite video game music from:
Star Craft
Doom
Arcanum
Unreal (No, NOT Tournament)
Diablo (Yes, there was a Diablo 1)
Quake 3
Quake 2
I've even got Zelda and Mario in the mix

Oh yes, this rocks. :) My mouse just wandered to the right edge of my screen and started the Terran Theme in JuK. :D

However, my alltime favorites when it comes to gaming soundtracks are still the soundtracks from any C&C game.

[palsyboy]

Wow... All heavy music... Does none of u like simpler, more soothing stuff?
It's all about Toad the Wet Sprocket, Genesis, Bill Rieflin, Chris Connelly, Depeche Mode, Radiohead, Enya, Loreena McKennitt, George Winston, Jethro Tull, Lusk, R.E.M., and Temple of the Dog.

[zeroth]

Oh yes, this rocks. :) My mouse just wandered to the right edge of my screen and started the Terran Theme in JuK. :D

However, my alltime favorites when it comes to gaming soundtracks are still the soundtracks from any C&C game.

Your avatar looks like its from an RTC game like StarCraft. I haven't played StarCraft in ages, but it reminds me a lot of the Avatar for the DropShip Chick.

[Parcival]

I haven't played StarCraft in ages, but it reminds me a lot of the Avatar for the DropShip Chick.

Good guess, but not quite. My avatar features the Terran Medic. :) Quite fitting for a help forum, isn't it? :D

[zeroth]

Good guess, but not quite. My avatar features the Terran Medic. :) Quite fitting for a help forum, isn't it? :D

Indeed. Also, I meant RTS, not RTC. :-p

[crow2icedearth]

the post i started two years ago. i just changed my SN . i still an very much into metal , since i posted it thou i did cut my hair and going for hte shaved head now..... im listening to VENOM right now.

[zeroth]

Been a while since I made these posts. I got a topic reply notifcation email from the last poster, so I figured I'd update:

I've turned into an In Flames fan over the past few months. A lot of their stuff is .... rather crappy, but all the instrumentally melodic stuff is just my taste. Love/Hate relationship :-)

[arioch]

Suffocation
Badlands
The Quill (bets stoner act EVER!!)
Liquid Tension (no limits instrumental Dream Theater)
Necrophagist (If you're into hyperskilled deathmetal, these guys are Gods!)
Queensryche
Theory of a deadman

[zeroth]

Theory of a deadman

Saw them live, opened up for 3 Doors Down a couple years ago.

No offense to you, but they totally suck, or at least are horrible in concert.

Then again, its a 2 year old opinion. They may have changed since.

[arioch]

Taste is subjective... Skill is not. T.O.A.D is not about skill, it's just... tasty.

[zeroth]

Taste is subjective... Skill is not. T.O.A.D is not about skill, it's just... tasty.

Thats an interesting perspective. I like to view it as Art versus Entertainment. "50 Cent" is an entertainer. Tool are artists.

[afterburntdw]

The Birthday Massacre
Lacuna Coil
Nine Inch Nails
Stone Sour
Tool <-----Definitely a favorite of mine!
A Perfect Circle
Pink Floyd
Sevendust
Vast
Paul Van Dyk
BT
Oakenfold
Teddybears
The Cult
Dream Theater
Megadeth
Orgy
Our Lady Peace
Ozzy Osbourne
Rob Zombie

[zeroth]

I used to have a thing for megadeth's greatest-hits album (what was it called?)

didn't stick too long with me.

[afterburntdw]

Yeah, MD is a band that you have to be in the mood for. I can't listen to them all the time.

[arioch]

Thats an interesting perspective. I like to view it as Art versus Entertainment. "50 Cent" is an entertainer. Tool are artists.

Whether art is good or not is also subjective. But skill is absolute. You may or may not like Yngwie Malmsteen, but his skill cannot be denied. Plenty of guitarists don't like his style because they think it's vulgar, but they would all like to be capable of hammering off 16 strokes pr. second on their own "Clapton-esque" Fender stratocaster.

That said. technicality can also be an art in itself. Like architechture. Check out the samples on necrophagist.com - especially the track "stabwound", and you'll get the point. Whether their musical style appeals to an individual entirely preferring another genre is irrelevant, as their skill is objectively superior.

All Linux users into extreme music one way or the other, should check out the samples on their site. It's brain metal taken to the extreme, almost Cynic (the band) heights.

[psych-major]

http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=1359&aid=-1

[Icarus]

I used to have a thing for megadeth's greatest-hits album (what was it called?)

didn't stick too long with me.
Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years

It was missing a lot of the good obscure stuff though, like Lucretia and Psychotron :D

[crow2icedearth]

i personally like old megadeath more . i tend to not like greatest hits albums. primary because is just a hash for the band to make more money. if your a fan you will own most of there albums. so i don't see any point in owning greatest hits albums.

my favorite megadeath is rust in peace. very THRASHY.