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What type of music do yoou guys like? You cant all be metal heads!
That's just a stereotype...
I like the type of pop and soft music many long and shorthairs hate, or at least they say.
I'm not really a metal head at all. I like lots of different styles of music. Some of my favorite styles are:
Alternative Rock
Instrumental (stuff like Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Mogwai, Sigur Ros, etc...)
Emotional Rock ("emo" and "screamo")
Punk (old school as well as some newer)
Indie
Electronic
Ska
Other stuff...
The stereotype is so worn out, I think...
I like alot of more obscure bands..here are some of my favs:
Fugazi
Nirvana
NIN
Pixies
Throwing Muses
Dandy Warhols
Sleater-Kinney
The Breeders
Deftones
etc. etc.
I like the music that comes through big floorstanding speakers!
I agree! I love my yamaha components, they kick ass
Oldies, Classic Rock, Jazz, Punk, Alternative, International Musics, Classical, Country, Dixieland, I love it all!
My favorite band is definately The Beatles.
mostly power metal ..
Iron Maiden, Iced Earth, Blind Guardian, Iron Maiden, Evergrey, All of Gus G's bands, Iron Maiden, Symphony X, Brainstorm, Edguy, Jag Panzer, and Iron Maiden.
My preference is rock from the 60s and 70s. Don't like classical,
country, rap, or anything after 1980. I started growing my hair
with Beatles, so my tastes stem from the Beatles Stones Cream
CCR etc.
I like slow quiet music and didgeridoo if you can call that music. I do not like mexican 'country' music like that which is played at bars in Juarez I guess no one notices it sounds so ugly because they're so drunk, they sound just like it.
..or maybe they actually do like it.
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JoNty
Maybe. Perhaps its all they have. But one of these days I would like to go visit my family a little more down south and see what kind of music they like there. I'm sure its gotta be more than just one accordion and a guitar that only plays one note.
I like alternatives and electronica (mainly vocal house), favorite bands and DJs include Incubus, Maroon 5, Blink 182, DJ Tiesto, Paul Van Dyk, Gabriel & Dresden, Armin Van Buuren, Underworld... one of the main reasons and inspires that i m growing my hair long is because the vocalist from Incubus--- Brandon Boyd.
i like outlaw country, southern rock
Black metal, Heavy metal, Most 80's stuff
Metal head here! I like melodic death/death metal best with some metalcore thrown in to :-) Bands to check out in these genres are Omnium Gatherum, Kalmah, The Black Dahlia Murder, Nile, Cryptopsy, Shadows Fall, Naglfar, Lamb of God and InFlames.
But no, long hair definately doesnt mean "metalhead", just like being French doesnt maean you eat frogs legs :-P
~Gaz
I am indeed a "metal head", I'm afraid.
I listen to death metal, black metal, thrash, grind, viking metal - I could go on for a while.
I also listen to some classical music - Wagner, Orff and Holst.
My favourite band is Bal-Sagoth.
My main musical interests are progressive rock, dance music (hardcore, jungle/drum & bass,nu-skool break etc) and turntablism/hip hop, but I do like classic rock and metal quite a lot though.
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JoNty
Classical Piano, Dixieland Jazz, Country/Western, Celtic, New Age....
You`re right. I started by listening to old Modern Talking (a German band, with a long haired singer)
Then upon hearing the guitar solo in one of their songs (Atlantis is callin), I got in guitar and then into Heavy Metal which is exclusively guitar based.
I really don't like most rock or metal actually, just as a personal preference.
I enjoy classical, "modern classical" (think LOTR soundtrack), Yanni, and Adiemus w/Karl Jenkins.
It's ok, all you metal fans can lynch me now ;)
Classical. Especially the Romantic-Impressionistic Periods. (circa 1880-1930) Favorite Composers: Debussy, Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Griffes.
Good ALTERNATIVE . . . & CLASSICAL...
Almost anything that comes under the "rock" genre. From classic to modern.
No not me, I'm Rock n Roll - Punk Rock - Brit Pop - anything which involves Guitar, Bass, Drums and nothing over the top on the keyboards...
ASH - OASIS - MANIC STREET PREACHERS - GREENDAY - RADIOHEAD - REM - COLDPLAY - OCEAN COLOUR SCENE - FEEDER - THE WHO - THE JAM - WELLER - DIDO - TRAVIS - MANA - NIRVANA
I could go on for hours - plus I'm pretty open minded, if I hear something outside my preferred Genre I can still listen to it.
I am a metalhead,but I also like Blues,Progressive Rock,Reggae,and some 80's Pop.
Rock, Neoclassical, some light jazz. I never really got into heavy metal.
eeerr..RAGING VIKING METAL!!!!
Falkenbach, Vintersorg, Nydvind, Forefather, Brann Bar, Rimmersgard.
Bjork
The supreams
Ravonettes
They might be giants (Their freinds of the family)
Instrumental surf (Cause my dad likes it)
Sisters of mercy
Gregorian chants (Luna is an oddity)
Classical
Western classical music (Bach, Mozart, Haydn, etc.)
Indian classical music (Solace, Harry Saroyan, Ravi Shankar, etc.)
Jazz (Jaco Pastorius, Brubeck, Count Basie)
Death metal (Opeth, Suffocation, Nile, Morbid Angel, Living Sacrifice)
Doom metal (Candlemass, This Tangled Web)
Power metal (Onward)
Progressive metal (Symphony X, Dream Theater, Nevermore)
(Hell, almost all types of metal, you know the list goes on and on...)
Apocalyptica (band: speed metal played on 4 cellos)
Primus
Much, much more than this, but I could write a book on my tastes. ;) I also do some minor composition for classical piano, and a little for orchestra/string quartet. I'm a classicaly-trained pianist, and a beginner vocalist (bass/baritone range).
1. British prog rock - Yes, Yes, Yes, Genesis, Jethro Tull
2. 70s/80s electronica - Vangelis, Synergy, Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze
3. German 70s prog rock ("Krautrock") - Birth Control, Guru Guru, Jane, Eloy, Novalis
4. Early 80s New Wave/synth pop: Ultravox, OMD, Talking Heads, Heaven 17, SPK, Kraftwerk, John Foxx, early Simple Minds
5. very few 90s bands, such as Ozric Tentacles and Kula Shaker
Definitely not:
1. contemporary dancefloor crap (buffta-buffta-buffta-buffta... ooooh-oooo, I wanna feel your body, buffta-buffta-buffta-buffta...)
2. Hip Hop/Gangsta Rap
3. Black/Death/Doom Metal (not metal in general)
4. shallow slimy easy listening stuff ("porn groove"), such as Biddu Orchestra
See you in Khyberspace - http://home.arcor.de/yadgar/index-e.html
Yadgar
Hi there, I surfed in looking for krautrock sites and I read your letter. I I have suggestions for you, bands you will miss just because they end up in the deathmetal section, section that you do not look into. They are graet bands with lots of potential an d should not be overlooked by prog lovers.
Arcturus, Winds, and most of the stuff on Jester records.
Bye
Yes I am a metalhead. I like black metal, death metal, Thrash/speed metal, Glam metal, anything metal more or less. Bands such as
Nirvana,
Anthrax,
Slayer,
Pantera,
Rammstein,
Testament,
Sacred Reich,
Megadeth,
Warpath (friends band)
I also am into mellow accoustic.
I like clannad, the irish band, and some classical too, such as Paganini, Bach(tocatta and fugue:)), Bridge, and I like some early 90's music and most 80's.
hard to explain lol, basically i tend to choose what i like with each individual performer or band rather then just like a specific type of music, this should give you some idea though
The Beatles (the GREATEST band ever. period) (IMO) as well as all of their solo careers
Simon & Garfunkel, Pink FLoyd, Phish, The Rolling Stones,
Wings, aerosmith, the greatfull dead, zz-top, ac/dc, led zepelin, nirvana, creed, U2, The Doors, Motorhead,Bon Jovi
also listen to instrimental stuff and some christian rock (really wish there was more of the good ones out there, a lot of the bands are too pop sounding)
Petra rocks. Absalom
I'm predominantly into most types of metal, but I also listen to some classical, classic rock, and trance.
i think that most longhairs have a better taste in music than the average person... and varied taste as well. myself, i listen to just about all sub-genres of metal, but i also love classic rock, blues, jazz, some trance/electronic stuff if done right, classical, and even some opera, and folk. i don't really listen to what you'd call "mainstream", i very rarely listen to music on the radio, and if i do it's the classic rock station. music is one of the things i love most in life, i am constantly listening to music... and i aspire to create it as well. i used to be the lead singer in a hard rock band for 4 or 5 years or so... i play guitar, bass, piano, some trumpet, and drums. but to jump back on the main post i'm replying to, yes i'm a metalhead i guess, as it's the style i listen to most. :)
Country/Western
Dixieland Jazz
New Age (Vangelis etc.)
Beetles/Elvis
Folk (Kingston Trio)
Bluegrass
Mariachi
Tiajuana Brass
Almost anything on accoustic guitar or mandolin or dobro
'20s pop
I've noticed that a lot of ppl responded by citing "alternative" rock or "alternative" music without citing actual bands. Personally, I find the term "alternative" much too generic. Just what is "alternative" supposed to mean anymore? At one time, grunge rock (ie Soundgarden, Mudhoney) would have been considered 'alternative,' and yet, it did not take long before grunge music became absorbed into the mainstream. "Alternative" ... Alternative to what??? How alternative can your sound be when your sound has become mainstream?
Hear hear!
'Tis such a generic term, with little to no meaning or relevance. "Alternative" has indeed become mainstream - MTV has a very very firm grasp on the minds of teenagers everywhere (except me, haha). Pretentious pre-packaged rebellion. "The anti-marketing market" as Bill Hicks once called it.
These 'non conformist' folks who lap up "alternative" tripe are one of the many reasons why multinationals and globalisation are getting stronger!
"Alternative", pah. Please be more specific, folks - as I refuse to believe you're all mindless music-video watching drones.
I remember seeing on the Napalm Death website a while ago: "Alternative to what? Talent?"...Made me chuckle at the time anyway!
For a self-proclaimed teenager, you're listening to truly 'alternative' stuff in the sense that the artists you mentioned have never been embraced by the corporate media (And for good reason, too). I'm not terribly familiar with Napalm Death, but I what little material I have heard from the band. I am, however, very familiar with Bill Hicks, and there may be no comedian that I have more respect for than he.
I hope I don't sound like an arrogant @#%$!, but sometimes I think I am the only teenager with such clarity of vision. I really do despise all this pre-packaged, so-called counter culture "individualism" perpetuated subliminally (and often not so subliminally) by MTV, Kerrang and Q etc.
Perhaps paradoxically, however, I also hate the "they're teens, they're stupid but think they know everything" mentality. As much as I hate my peers for the most part, that kind of "age discrimination" if you will, also annoys me greatly.
Napalm Death are a great band, by the way. And - as you mentioned - 100% of the music I listen to is completely shunned by the media at large. Thats no conscious decision on my part either!
PS: You almost make Napalm sound like a culturally damaging band, there. I'm not one to place any blame on music for the actions of people, but there is more 'dangerous' material in music on TV and on the radio than you will find in the sub-genres of 'extreme metal'.
I think that lyrically, Napalm Death the healthiest band a person can possibly listen to!
I'm not sure how you came to that impression; I have no problem with Naplam Death. I haven't heard more than a handful of the band's songs, but I did enjoy those few that I've heard. I do not find the band, its music, its lyrics, or anything directly connected to it 'dangerous' in a conventional sense of the term. I imagine that mainstream media considers the band 'dangerous' in the sense that its members think for themselves and do not follow trends (especially commercial trends).
Aye. I couldn't agree more...
Unfortunately though, there are trends amongst people who strongly feel that they are non-conformists. People who consider themselves "gothic" (something a metal fan like myself is often mistaken for, annoyingly enough) for example, actually adhere to a rather strict dress code and often an 'attitude code', if I'm making any sense - all whilst proclaiming to be "individuals"!
I find such labels very restrictive, and people who apply such labels willingly to *themselves* are just stupid, in my book.
Are we ok to discuss such things here? We're only using up one thread, but I suppose all this could be considered grossly off-topic.
I usually listen to music which is at least 20 years old and never made it into the charts - such as German krautrock of the 70s or such obscure 70s/80s electronic musicians like the Silver Apples, Droids or Tom Ware... and I strongly doubt that there ever will be a revival hype about them!
See you in Khyberspace!
Yadgar
Now playing: Tandem (Tangerine Dream) - THAT'S alternative! Self-evident that the guys around Edgar Froese, especially Peter Baumann had gorgeous hair back then!
Hah well I know I am. Big into melodic death metal and the like.
Classical and Opera (Wagner, Janacek, Rachmaninoff, Medieval Baebes)
Old Goth (the Damned, Sisters of Mercy, the Mission, Siouxsie)
New Age (Enya, Mannheim Steamroller, Loreena McKennitt and the like...)
80s Manchester (stuff like Stone Roses)
New Wave (Blondie, Jah Wobble, Rough Trade, etc...)
Gifted singers (Linda Eder, Sarah Brightman, Nina Hagen, etc...)
Indian Sitar, ragas, chants and mantras
Ommm
Alice Cooper, Alex Harvey, Animals, Arlo Guthrie, Bangles, Beatles, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Bill Haley, Bing Crosby, Black Sabbath, Bob Dylan, Bonzo Dog Doodah Band, Buddy Rich, Byrds, Cat Stevens, Chieftains, Clannad, Cream, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Country Joe & the Fish, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Danny & the Juniors, Dave Clark 5, Dire Straits, Deep Purple, Devo, Doors, Earl Scruggs & Lester Flatt, Eddie Cochran, Edith Piaf, Eagles, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Enid, Eric Clapton, Fabulous Poodles, Fairport Convention, Fats Domino, Frank Zappa, George Melly, Ginger Baker, Genesis, Golden Earing, Gong, Grace Slick, Grateful Dead, Hawkwind, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Herman's Hermits, Horslips, Iron Butterfly, Jam, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Jethro Tull, Jim Croce, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, K Band, Kenny Ball, King Crimson, Kinks, Kraftwerk, Leadbelly, Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Louis Armstrong, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mamas & Papas, Manfred Mann, Maynard Ferguson, Meatloaf, Mike & the Mechanics, Monkees, Moody Blues, Muddy Waters, Mungo Jerry, Nice, Outlaws, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Pink Floyd, Premiata Forneria Marconi, Preservation Hall, Pogues, Pretenders, Procul Harum, Ramones, REM, Roger McGuinn, Rolling Stones, Small Faces, Spencer Davis, Spirit, Status Quo, Steppenwolf, Supertramp, Tangerine Dream, Thin Lizzy, Todd Rundgren, Toyah, Traffic, Van der Graaf Generator, Whitesnake, Who, Woody Guthrie, XTC, Yardbirds, Yes, Zombies, ZZ Top
Apologies to anyone I left out