***OFFICIAL*** FFA Heavy Music Thread - No banal, anodyne "Dad Rock" BS here.. (1 Viewer)

[DocHolliday]

Lol. Sorry man .....i said overrated....i didnt say they sucked...kinda like rush. Rush are great musicians and moving pictures is great....but overrated imo. 

And you are back in my life with your Rush assessment.  

I like to listen to one Rush song every so often.  Just one is enough to enjoy their skill.   More than that and I hate the general guitar sound, the vocals and even the production.  Then I never want to listen to Rush again.  

 

[jdoggydogg]

Even though this is the Heavy Music Thread™, I'll get a bit eclectic with my lists:

Favorite All-Time Metal Bands

1. Black Sabbath
2. Gojira
3. Metallica
4. Iron Maiden
5. Pantera
6. Judas Priest
7. Slayer
8. Megadeth
9. Napalm Death
10. Stormtroopers of Death

Favorite All-Time Rock Bands

1. The Beatles
2. Led Zeppelin
3. Van Halen
4. Rush
5. AC/DC
6. The Who
7. Jimi Hendrix
8. Deftones
9. Aerosmith
10. Boston

Favorite All-Time Alternative / Grunge Bands

1. Nirvana
2. Soundgarden
3. Talking Heads
4. Peter Gabriel
5. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
6. Ween
7. Smashing Pumpkins
8. Pearl Jam
9. The Pixies
10. Arcade Fire

Favorite All-Time Punk Bands

1. Circle Jerks
2. Dead Kennedys
3. The Hives
4. Victim's Family
5. Black Flag
6. D.R.I.
7. Fang
8. Sex Pistols
9. The Queers
10. Suicidal Tendencies

Favorite All-Time Classical Composers

1. Ravel
2. Chopin
3. Mozart
4. Bach
5. Brahms
6. Verdi
7. Puccini
8. Vivaldi
9. Tchaikovsky
10. Stravinsky

Favorite All-Time Jazz Artists

1. John Coltrane
2. Miles Davis
3. Duke Ellington
4. Joe Pass
5. Michael Brecker
6. Clifford Brown
7. Dizzy Gillespie
8. Ornette Coleman
9. Wynton Marsalis
10. Wes Montgomery

Favorite All-Time Chill / Trip Hop / Electronic Artists

1. Massive Attack
2. Portishead
3. Air
4. Death in Vegas
5. Thievery Corporation
6. Crystal Method
7. M83
8. DJ Shadow
9. Paul Oakenfold
10. Fatboy Slim

 

[bryhamm]

BSS LISTS:

Newer #### that I listen to a lot:

The Sword

Rival Sons

Scorpion Child

Royal Blood

Red Fang

Mastodon

Wolfmother

If you like Royal Blood, what do you think about Highly Suspect?

 

[Binky The Doormat]

I was never a Nugent fan. Before I discovered metal music, my rock of choice was Boston, ELO, Led Zeppelin and AC/DC.

My friend and I have this stupid skit we do about Ted Nugent:

ME: "Ted Nugent sucks."
HIM: "Yeah, he's a right-wing nut-bag."
ME: "He is???"

 Is his "Stranglehold" considered dad rock?  Or does it hold up similar to Black Sabbath's stuff?  (note: doesn't have to be as well - just in the neighborhood)

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

If you like Royal Blood, what do you think about Highly Suspect?

Like them too

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

Favorite All-Time Alternative / Grunge Bands

1. Nirvana
2. Soundgarden
3. Talking Heads
4. Peter Gabriel
5. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
6. Ween
7. Smashing Pumpkins
8. Pearl Jam
9. The Pixies
10. Arcade Fire

No alice in chains???? Wtf

 

[Quint]

No alice in chains???? Wtf

and no Mother Love Bone either.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

and no Mother Love Bone either.

Yeah man scratch freaking arcade fire off of there

 

[jdoggydogg]

 Is his "Stranglehold" considered dad rock?  Or does it hold up similar to Black Sabbath's stuff?  (note: doesn't have to be as well - just in the neighborhood)

I was just never into Nugent. I was 12 years old in 1979 and by then I was already into Zeppelin.

 

[jdoggydogg]

No alice in chains???? Wtf

I know AIC is great, that was just never my thing.

 

[jdoggydogg]

and no Mother Love Bone either.

...and for that matter, Mudhoney.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

I was just never into Nugent. I was 12 years old in 1979 and by then I was already into Zeppelin.

People from detroit pretty much had to like ted nugent... until trump....f that guy

 

[Captain Cranks]

Anyone familiar with a 90s hardcore band called Life of Agony?  Their River Runs Red album is one of my favorites in any genre.  I just read that Rolling Stone lists it among the top 100 metal albums of all time. 

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Anyone familiar with a 90s hardcore band called Life of Agony?  Their River Runs Red album is one of my favorites in any genre.  I just read that Rolling Stone lists it among the top 100 metal albums of all time. 

I've seen them live many, many times.  Great album, their follow ups were....let's just say, less than.  Keith Caputo also became a woman, Caitlin Jenner style.

 

[Captain Cranks]

I've seen them live many, many times.  Great album, their follow ups were....let's just say, less than.  Keith Caputo also became a woman, Caitlin Jenner style.

I'd be interested to hear how he tries to womanize that voice.  

 

[rockaction]

...and for that matter, Mudhoney.

I can't even...

Love your lists, though. Circle Jerks's Group Sex might be the best punk album ever after the Pistols and Ramones and New Bomb Turks. I love the Queers there, too. 

eta* Mudhoney is easily my favorite grunge band. That's why I posted.  

 

[Evilgrin 72]

I'd be interested to hear how he tries to womanize that voice.  

Same voice. It's.... odd. 

 

[jdoggydogg]

ove your lists, though. Circle Jerks's Group Sex might be the best punk album ever 

I might have to go with Golden Shower Of Hits as my favorite punk album.

 

[FairWarning]

It’s hard for me to envision Black Sabbath as a top metal band with Ozzy.  It’s probably the clown act of his for the past 20 years.  Sabbath with Dio was a far better band and should be considered one of the best.  When’s i think of early metal, LZ and Deep Purple were better IMO than the Ozzy-led Sabbath.

 

[Tick]

Catching up with Lost in Vegas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL-9KtQfpFw

I love how geeked up they get sometimes.  Also, it's not metal, but it was cool to see them find Lady Leshurr for the first time.  She's a badass.

 

[rockaction]

Catching up with Lost in Vegas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL-9KtQfpFw

I love how geeked up they get sometimes.  Also, it's not metal, but it was cool to see them find Lady Leshurr for the first time.  She's a badass.

Is that the woman from the Samsung ad about a year or three back? That was dope-### stuff. I checked that out. Her video was slick and sick.  

 

[rockaction]

Still love J-Dogg pumping some great lists of great bands. Oh, by the way, if anyone cares, S.O.D. and Slayer are my favorite metal bands. S.O.D. is probably my favorite.  

'Cause Sergeant D is coming, and you're on his list.

eta* Oh, and Suicidial was my favorite band in high school. Their mixture of emo and hardcore and thrash influenced so many future bands, whether those bands realize it or not. Muir was a master at that.  

 

[dickey moe]

and no Mother Love Bone either.

Meh

 

[dickey moe]

Still love J-Dogg pumping some great lists of great bands. Oh, by the way, if anyone cares, S.O.D. and Slayer are my favorite metal bands. S.O.D. is probably my favorite.  

'Cause Sergeant D is coming, and you're on his list.  

Wasn't SOD Scott Ian's side project?

 

[dickey moe]

Catching up with Lost in Vegas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL-9KtQfpFw

I love how geeked up they get sometimes.  Also, it's not metal, but it was cool to see them find Lady Leshurr for the first time.  She's a badass.

Love those guys. Check out their breakdown of Lupe Fiasco's 'Hurts Me Soul.'

 

[rockaction]

Wasn't SOD Scott Ian's side project?

Yeah, dickey, it was, if I'm remembering it correctly. It was punk and thrash and hardcore combined, for the most part. I think Scott Ian has an NYHC tattoo, actually, though I could be wrong. But it's a band for the thrash/hardcore crossover that was happening in the mid to late '80s in NY. 

And I personally think it transcended anything Anthrax has ever done. It was Headbanger's Ball theme songs, which were very memorable. 

Chro-matic Death. 

 

[GROOT]

Yeah, dickey, it was, if I'm remembering it correctly. It was punk and thrash and hardcore combined, for the most part. I think Scott Ian has an NYHC tattoo, actually, though I could be wrong. But it's a band for the thrash/hardcore crossover that was happening in the mid to late '80s in NY. 

And I personally think it transcended anything Anthrax has ever done. It was Headbanger's Ball theme songs, which were very memorable. 

Chro-matic Death. 

Yeah...MTV, the black and white video of an old model with SOD jamming in the background

 

[GROOT]

Still love J-Dogg pumping some great lists of great bands. Oh, by the way, if anyone cares, S.O.D. and Slayer are my favorite metal bands. S.O.D. is probably my favorite.  

'Cause Sergeant D is coming, and you're on his list.

eta* Oh, and Suicidial was my favorite band in high school. Their mixture of emo and hardcore and thrash influenced so many future bands, whether those bands realize it or not. Muir was a master at that.  

Yeah but early ST was hardcore, then they turned metal. The early ST is the good stuff.

 

[rockaction]

Yeah but early ST was hardcore, then they turned metal. The early ST is the good stuff.

Yeah, I was a punk and knew of their eponymous on Frontier and Join The Army but it was their later stuff on Epic that I really dug. The trio of How Will I Laugh, Controlled By Hatred, and Lights...Camera...Revolution, were my favorites by them. 

But I like it all pretty much. As far as Suicidal goes, they had a prominent role in the movie American Hardcore, a documentary about just that. They definitely get a shout-out and mention.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Can't believe some of you put bands like Sabbath & Metallica over the greatness of Kip Winger.

 

[Ilov80s]

No alice in chains???? Wtf

He has Ravel at 1.01 and no Schubert. Save your time there's just no getting through to some people. 

 

[Ghost Rider]

# 2 metal band of all time?  Go!

To me, the top spot is a toss-up between Sabbath, Priest and Opeth.  

Unless we can throw Dream Theater into the mix, in which case they are easily number 1. 

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

To me, the top spot is a toss-up between Sabbath, Priest and Opeth.  

Unless we can throw Dream Theater into the mix, in which case they are easily number 1. 

freaking prog rockers

 

[Ghost Rider]

freaking prog rockers

Haha. But they are still a metal band.  Metal is just as much a part of their musical DNA as prog rock is. 

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

Haha. But they are still a metal band.  Metal is just as much a part of their musical DNA as prog rock is. 

I remember, it was like 1991 or something, the tune "pull me under" came on the radio, I freaking loved it. When to the record store ASAP and picked up that album. 

sigh........I did like the covers album they did. Guys can play.

 

[Ghost Rider]

I remember, it was like 1991 or something, the tune "pull me under" came on the radio, I freaking loved it. When to the record store ASAP and picked up that album. 

sigh........

To each his own.  That is one of my favorite albums ever.  It has a little bit of everything. 

That said, I get why in a discussion of best metal bands, most will automatically go to the bands that kicked your ### with metal 24/7 instead of being all over the place with diversity and variety.  

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

To each his own.  That is one of my favorite albums ever.  It has a little bit of everything. 

That said, I get why in a discussion of best metal bands, most will automatically go to the bands that kicked your ### with metal 24/7 instead of being all over the place with diversity and variety.  

nah  I love diversity, that's why I'm not the biggest Slayer fan, they are what they are.  

 

[jamny]

Lost in Vegas guys....Primus - Tommy the Cat

great one!

 

[jdoggydogg]

I remember, it was like 1991 or something, the tune "pull me under" came on the radio, I freaking loved it. When to the record store ASAP and picked up that album. 

sigh........I did like the covers album they did. Guys can play.

Pill Me Under blew me away. Then I bought the recording. With a better singer, this band could have been one of my all time favorites.

 

[jdoggydogg]

'Cause Sergeant D is coming, and you're on his list.

Have you watched Kill Yourself: The Movie? Good stuff, as is the audio commentary with Scott Ian and Brian Posehn.

 

[jdoggydogg]

He has Ravel at 1.01 and no Schubert. Save your time there's just no getting through to some people. 

Schubert? I don't go for easy listening. But seriously, in the classical genre, I could have replaced my top 10 with myriad composers, including Bartok, Mendelssohn, Buxtehude, Beethoven, Wagner, Britten, Gershwin, etc.

 

[rockaction]

Have you watched Kill Yourself: The Movie? Good stuff, as is the audio commentary with Scott Ian and Brian Posehn.

No, I haven't. Sounds awesome, though. Thanks for the recommendation.  

 

[Ilov80s]

Schubert? I don't go for easy listening. But seriously, in the classical genre, I could have replaced my top 10 with myriad composers, including Bartok, Mendelssohn, Buxtehude, Beethoven, Wagner, Britten, Gershwin, etc.

I'm just kidding but Schubert is dark as hell- not easy listening.

 

[Ghost Rider]

Pill Me Under blew me away. Then I bought the recording. With a better singer, this band could have been one of my all time favorites.

The singer is one of the reasons why they are one of my all-time favorites.  

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

The drummer from Kadavar has the best skullet of all time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE6AqV43bz8

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

Phil Campbell and the ******* Sons (Phil was in motorhead for awhile) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyuYVuyysdM

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

The singer is one of the reasons why they are one of my all-time favorites.  

its not the singer, its the pretentious wankering

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

not to spam the thread, I'm working from home while my youngest recovers from strep throat, did I post this here before?

Two kids - apocalyptica style doing megadeth, tornado of souls

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqVDbmd7SRI

 

[jdoggydogg]

Seeing Machine Head this Saturday

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Speaking of not the singer + pretentious wanking, here might be my favorite band with that combo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbA3jxab4A0