So what other bands are you guys into around here?
 

Personally, I'm an absolute SUCKER for Toto. I think they are awesome. I also love Steely Dan and Genesis. Those guys along with the Mac are pretty much all I listen to these days. Sometimes I'll put on a bit of Foo Fighters though. And I LOVE a bit of Bowie.

When I was a younger I was into Red Hot Chili Peppers, Korn, Incubus, Slipknot, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Rage Against The Machine, Faith No More, Jane's Addiction, Pink Floyd (can't listen to them anymore. Brings back, ahem, dubious memories), Senser.

My taste changed a bit as I hit my 30s and I went for stuff that was bit softer. The music I listened to as a younger man is just too loud for me now, lol.

What about you guys? What else do you dig apart from the obvious?

The Floyd and the Mac are my two main musical obsessions, but I like the Beatles, Oasis, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eurythmics, and I quite like some newer ones though they tend to be more flakey. I had a Mumford and Sons moment last year, but I think there was a bit of over exposure there.

The Doors
Concrete Blonde

Muse
Vampire Weekend
Franz Ferdinand, I have tickets to see them April 21!
The Black Keys
Depeche Mode
Kasabian
Coldplay
Whitest Boy Alive
Portishead
Mazzy Star
The Cinematics (*cry* they broke up after only two albums)
Everything But The Girl
Honeycut
Gorillaz
The Presets
Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra
Siouxsie & The Banshees
Concrete Blonde

These are all bands that I share an equal obsession for; at least as much (and often moreso) than Fleetwood Mac.

Now THERE is a band I've not heard of for a few years! Blimey! Whatever happened to those guys?

Gorillaz but not Blur?

I've never actually heard Blur (that I know of). Weird, I know. :laugh:

paloma faith
emile sande
jamey johnson
elijah black
iron maiden
queen
valerie june
rumer
trisha yearwood
early black sabbath
the mavericks
raul malo
cyndi lauper
azis
the cars
tom petty
gorillaz
madonna
p!nk
pink martinis
dixe chicks
pretty much any one who sings ,older counrty music , but no autotune , studio creations
and no so much in to rap

Ah. It's just that Damon Albarn founded both Blur and Gorillaz!

Anything Simon Kirke related (drummer for Free and Bad Company) he's got one solo album out so far that I adore.
Def Leppard
Iron Maiden
Anything Stephen Stills related (Buffalo Springfield, CSN/Y, Manassas, solo stuff)
Van Halen/ Van Hagar
Anything Eric Clapton related (Cream, Blind Faith, Derek and the Dominoes, solo stuff)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Black Sabbath


I love these genres:
rock: hard rock, blues rock, folk rock, country rock, southern rock, singer-songwriter, pop/soft rock, stoner rock, psychedelic rock, prog rock, grunge, alt. rock*metal: traditional/nwobhm, thrash/speed metal, doom metal, prog metal, sludge metal, power metal, hair/glam metal, death metal, black metal*blues: British blues, electric blues*country: Alt country, classic country, outlaw country, some modern country*rap: old school rap( started before the year 2005 or so)

The link in my signature is a link to my last fm page (music site). It shows all the stuff I like.

That's a great list of genres - I didn't know there were so many types of metal - like doom, sludge and hair/glam. I don't think it would be my kind of music ;) but interesting to know they exist.

Thanks! :). You might like the hair metal ballads ( Every Rose has its Thorn for example). Doom metal is like Black Sabbath, but heavier. Sludge is doom mixed with southern style rock (Like Lynyrd Skynyrd). It's really distorted and heavy

I'm not sure there are many bands I have as much by as I do of Fleetwood Mac and pretty close to all Mac related solo recordings or anything they were significantly involved in...

Gene Clark and The Byrds might rank second place.

Totally unrelated, but Stereolab I seem to have everything by up to the early 2000s, something around 50 releases including vinyl.

The Beatles I probably have everything by but not so much of the later solo years.

I have loads of Yes and related things too, but really mainly play the first four albums and any Chris Squire or Steve Howe dominated productions.

Fairport Convention and sandy Denny are coming on strong the last few years. If I have books and DVDs about the artists it's getting serious.

The Hollies, up to the mid-'70s. Really underrated in America.

The Rolling Stones... but only the Brian Jones years so far really. As with Yes I have later stuff but it sits ignored mostly.

I also have every Miriam Makeba on vinyl up to the '70s, but that was a shorter lived completist obsession. Los Machucambos seemed to start me on the vinyl completist trail, they are/were a France based south American folk combo who were most popular in the '60s and '70s.

A Vancouver group called The Collectors and then Chilliwack was another vinyl obsession where I got as far as all non-LP cuts on singles. Same for Ottawa's Staccatos, and Toronto's The Paupers and Edward Bears. Luke & The Apostles/Kensington Market still have a few major vinyl gaps (especially this one release on a 'Stone' label).

Mamas & Paps/Cass Elliot I was heavily into once, but got everything together fairly quickly. Havin some obscurity to chase tends to keep the obsession burning. Also very into The Three Suns as arranged by Charles Albertine for a brief but intense time. Then a lot of folk Decca recordings by Scottish artists Archie Fisher, Barbara Dickson, Rab Noakes and Bread Love & Dreams.

Oh yes, and there was a fling with Japanese pop starting with Shonen Knife and ending in Pizzicato Five sometime back in the '90s. Lolita #9, Mummy The Peepshow, Dizzy Joghurt, Puffy Ami-Yumi. I drag them all out every other year.

Are you sorry you asked this question yet?

So true. The collector in me loves bands with vast catalogs and obscure releases.

Hanson
Joni Mitchell
Carole King
Haim
John Denver
Dolly Parton
Ariana Grande
The Beatles

Really random stuff tbh.

I mostly enjoy moldy oldies of any kind of music from the 1920's to the 1980's.

Well done - you've managed to pick one I liked when I was a teen. But I didn't know it was hair metal. I liked similar stuff to that, guns and roses etc - but apparently they're hard rock :confused: I know a tiny bit of Black Sabbath and Lynyrd Skynyrd but as you can probably tell my knowledge in this area of music is very limited.

I've gone through so many different music fazes. I tend to really get into something, and then move on to something else. For many years I was into Soul, Funk, Disco, House and Garage.

Some particular favourites in recent years have been:

Bob Dylan
Joni Mitchell
The Killers
Bon Iver
Nina Simone
Aretha Franklin
Stevie Wonder

The only band that has stuck with me, since my mum and dad bought the Greatest Hits in the 80's, is Fleetwood Mac. Its the only band I have ever gone back to again and again until this day.:)

(I'm naming the "parent" band or artist...also includes solo material and spin-off groups by the members of the parent band, for example, Rolling Stones would also include Keith's "X-Pensive Winos" & Bill Wyman's "Willy & The Poorboys" blues band)

Allman Bros Band
Beatles
Eric Clapton
Bob Dylan
Grateful Dead
Little Feat
Rolling Stones
Santana
Bruce Springsteen
The Band
ZZ Top

Those are the main ones...the list is actually quite a bit longer, but don't have time to list them all.

I love these kinds of threads!

Heart
Led Zeppelin
Joni Mitchell
Lorde
Lana Del Rey
HAIM (kinda...still getting into them.)
Eagles
Janis Joplin
Johnny Cash
Patsy Cline
Loretta Lynn
Def Leppard

Not all of those are "bands" but I love them as well as Stevie/FM :woohoo:

Hey I did this before! Haha
My other bands:

- Supertramp (the first one)
- Simply Red
- Jamiroquai
- Pink Floyd
- Genesis
- ELO
- Spandau Ballet
- Wet Wet Wet
- OMD
- The Police
- Swing Out Sister
- Propaganda
- Robbie Williams
- Red Hot Chilli Peppers
- UB40
- Elvis
- Little Boots
- Soda Stereo (my favourite national band)
- Elizabeth Gillies (even when she has not released something yet)
- and I'm asking myself what can I do with Haim...

I was in love with Marti Pellow/Wet Wet Wet when I was about 10 - my first musical obsession :). I didn't realise they were still going.
I remember going to see Jamiroquai (we thought they were pronounced jammy-rocka) in this tiny venue, on my 16th birthday, before they were famous, and I was completely blown away - amazing sound and energy, and I loved his voice. I thought to myself -I'm sure they're going to be big.

Tori Amos
Blondie
Abba
Bjork
Goldfrapp
Alanis Morissette
Garbage
Poe
The Cranberries
The Goo Goo Dolls
The Cardigans
Charlotte Martin
Joni Mitchell
Suzanne Vega
Clare Maguire
Evanescence

Seeing a lot of great taste on here. I shouldn't find that surprising, but it is nice to confirm. ;)

I'm not really a "band" person. I mostly listen to singer-songwritery types. Fleetwood Mac is the only band I'd really call myself a fan of, and I always view that more as a group of singer-songwriters sharing space than anything else.

Patty Griffin
Anais Mitchell
Happy Rhodes
Kate Bush
Jonsi/Sigur Ros
Marianne Faithfull
Peter Gabriel
David Bowie
Sarah Slean
Jann Arden


And, well, lots more really, but those are definitely my main music squeezes these days.

I thought the Sigur Ros film - Heima was an incredibly beautiful film. I saw it at the cinema and absolutely loved it. I haven't tried watching it on a small screen, because it seems to be one of those films that needs a big screen.

I've been listening to some of 50 words for snow and I really like it. One of the tracks had me in tears - I guess that's a sign of good music. Its perfect music for winter :cool:

Sarah Slean, Sarah Harmer, and Sarah McLachlan... the modern Canadian holy trinity... :wavey:

If the Ledge Commune ever works out we can have
a big listening session.

After Elvis, way after - comes a few others...

Not necessarily in order
Pink Floyd
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Robert Cray
Dwight Yoakam
Shelby Lynne
Rosanne Cash
Johnny Cash
Marty Robbins
Eric Clapton
Pat Benatar
The Go Go's
No Doubt
Carly Simon
Dolly Parton
Linda Ronstadt
Mark Knopfler


Several artist or groups are ascending as I get older,
such as...
Led Zeppelin
Rolling Stones
Bob Dylan

One of the newest artist (to me) that might have jumped
all the way to number two on my list, which does include
his solo and group albums is Jack White.

One unfortunate tragedy of being a favorite is being
played too much. That and as they've gotten older
they don't seem capable of great new music.
Who you ask? That would be Fleetwood Mac.

Aw I'm so glad to hear that, MoonSister! :) I absolutely love that one.


Becca! Highfives for the Sarah Slean love! She is truly wonderful.

2013 was a good year for concerts for me, 2014 starting off slow to say the least. My most listened to artist of all Time is Fleetwood Mac but I have a few other current interest:

Blondie
The Go Go's
Evanescence
The Pierces (still waiting for opportunity to see these sisters live)
Fifth Harmony (not really a "band" but I love this girl group)
Cyndi Lauper
Florence and the Machine
Cheap Trick
The Pretenders

This is in no particular order, not counting Fleetwood Mac and their solo projects:

The Rolling Stones
The Beatles
Janis Joplin/Big Brother and the Holding Co.
The Doors
The Who
The Grateful Dead
CSN/CSNY
Bob Dylan
Jimi Hendrix
Jefferson Airplane
Prince
Simon and Garfunkel
Van Morrison
Joan Baez
The Mamas and the Papas
Pink Floyd

Artists releasing music currently whose every release I purchase:

Morrissey
Iris DeMent
Bryan Ferry
Florrie
New Order
Son of Bazerk
Xenomania (producer)
Richard X (producer)
Kanye West
Jay-Z
Pet Shop Boys
Saint Etienne
Sound of Arrows
Justin Timberlake
Mika
Bright Light Bright Light
Beyonce
R. Kelly
Erasure
Dolly Parton

Dude I believe I can safely say that I don't have
any of those artist in my music collection.

That means your list stinks.

Compared to Jack White? :laugh:

I actually found TrueFaith's list refreshingly eclectic. It's a lot more interesting than, say, mine.

Basically though, everyone is going to dislike everyone else's musical taste. There's no point even bringing it up. It's just a rule of thumb.

Led Zeppelin
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
The Beatles
T. Rex
The Rolling Stones
Pearl Jam
Beach Boys
Grateful Dead
The Cars
10,000 Maniacs (the Natalie years)
The B-52's
Joni Mitchell
Metallica
The Supremes
David Bowie
Gaslight Anthem
Bob Dylan
ELO
The Doors
Kate Bush
Renee Fleming
Queen
Eric Clapton

I just discovered "Beach House". Love them!!!

Their catalog is being remastered and reissued. I think the second set of four albums is due soon. Otherwise, Tracey Thorn has laucnhed a solo career, with one album in 2007, Out of the Woods, and a second in 2011, Love and it's Opposite. Both albums are great - the first is very typical of Everything But The Girl. The second is mostly accoustic, very melancholy, and is a concept album about divorce. One lyric sums it up best:

"Each time I hear who's to part, I examine my heart"

It's a lovely collection of songs, really. I hope Tracey has something new in the works!

Watch out now. Them's fighting words!

Wrong.

TrueFaith77 knew I was just busting his chops.

Ha. Ok then. :)