Which of my favorite bands is your favorite?

[leftist_rebel1569]

I was just going through my playlist a few minutes ago and I thought it would be fun to see which of my favorite bands is the most popular amongst DUers...I know it's mostly modern rock, but I guess that's just my preference. That said, I really wanted to throw The Cure in there somewhere, but I guess I like Joy Division more :P. Anyways, go on ahead, pick one...

Edit: BTW, You should be able to guess by my avatar what my favorite of all the bands are :)

[MrSlayer]

1. AIC, the others suck.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

4. Sorry, but Alice in Chains over Joy Division?

Must resist urge to mock, must resist!

[Fenris]

8. *holds SLB back*

:)If you mock him, it will only provoke him!

[Screaming Lord Byron]

10. (adopts Mr T voice) I pity the fool!

[Fenris]

11. We should call you B.A.

:)

[MrSlayer]

26. Umm...Yeah. I thought I mentioned that they sucked.

New Wave was some of the weakest crap ever. I hate that montotone droning voice they all use and the music is uninspiring at best. AIC blows their doors off.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

31. That's OK, you still have plenty of time to develop some taste.

I have hope for you.

[MrSlayer]

Hope is the denial of reality.

I'd rather be deaf than listen to that wussy shit. My taste though, is perfectly developed for me. I'm sure you'd hate most of what I like as well, judging by this.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

45. Try me.

[MrSlayer]

53. Alright...

I'm primarily into Thrash Metal, which is basically Heavy Metal on speed with extra crunch. Bands like Slayer, 80's Metallica, 80's Megadeth, Destruction, Possessed, Vio-Lence, Exodus etc. Along with a few newer bands that play the same style like Dew Scented, The Haunted and Ritual Carnage. Of course the Metal staples such as Motorhead, Judas Priest, AC/DC, Sabbath, Ozzy, Led Zeppelin and the like are highly respected. I like shit where people are aggressively emotional, from Little Richard to CCR to The Sex Pistols to Slayer to Dew Scented and who knows from there. I like screaming vocalists and blazing guitars and machine gun drums. I want to feel some fire. That's not to say I don't like other types of music, I enjoy Bach and Mozart, The Beatles, Genesis, Rush, quite a bit of classic rock really and psychedelic 60's shit from when I was into acid and stuff like Public Enemy, N.W.A., Ice Cube, KRS1 back when rap was cool. I'm rather eclectic in my tastes outside of Metal but I favor it above all. If this seems rambling I just want it known that my bong is clean and it kills.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

57. Fair enough. The only one I particularly dislike is the Priest

due to overexposure to the Breaking the Law video.

[Forkboy]

61. Wow...someone who like Vio-Lence

Eternal Nightmare is a masterpiece of thrash.

[FunBobbyMucha]

60. The men responsible for "Rooster" can never be the best

unless the category is "most annoying, draggy grunge song." I did like some AIC, though.

[VelmaD]

2. Tool...

like you even had to ask. :-)

Love NIN, KMFDM, and A Perfect Circle too though.

[leftist_rebel1569]

12. I knew you'd vote Tool

I kinda figured at some point you'd show up and vote for them :) :hi:

[Fenris]

3. Obvious...

<-----------------------hello

[leftist_rebel1569]

5. I remember a long time ago,

like a few months ago, I posted a thread asking for some music recommendations, and I remember you recommended Joy Division...and I thought they were awesome and now they're one of my favorites

I guess I should thank you or something :P

[Fenris]

7. No need to thank me. But you're welcome nonetheless.

Always happy to recommend good music.

[jonnyblitz]

20. there are "unknown pleasure" t-shirts for sale on ebay

I keep lookin at. I want to get one badly. I love that design. I am sure you know what i am talking about.

[leftist_rebel1569]

21. ohmygod

(drools, and heads over to Ebay)

[asthmaticeog]

35. You know what that is?

I've heard it's a brain scan taken while the subject was orgasming. Never got confirmation on that, though.

[jonnyblitz]

54. no kidding.

I have always liked that design. that is interesting to know. :hi:

[Screaming Lord Byron]

58. AFAIK It's a picture of radio waves from a dying star.

[jonnyblitz]

6. TOOL, and/or NIN ( I prefer Tool live but don't listen to them on

CD much) I used to listen to KMFDM all the time and also Joy Division. I never liked the Cure at all. Tool is one of the best bands I have ever seen live and I have been going to concerts forever and have seen a bazillion bands.

[leftist_rebel1569]

15. oh, you lucky bastard

I can't wait until Tool goes back on tour, I'm NOT missing that again :)

[jonnyblitz]

18. i keep checking their website to see when they tour again

"a perfect circle" played near me in Boston this summer but I couldnt make it. Tool tix are hard to get. I was lucky and a friend happened to get some for their show in New Haven CT last time they toured. I didnt think much about them until I saw them live. Some of my friends couldnt stop raving about them and I soon found out why. I also saw KMFDM play at a bar I used to hang at in San Francisco when I lived there in the early 90's. Ministry is a good band to see live also. I saw them last spring. Holy crap! They kept flashing pics of Bush then demons then Powell then more demons on the big video screen behind them! I like the other bands you mention also particularly Soundgarden. Not a big fan of Audioslave and never listened to Rage much either though I like them.

[ixion]

9. hmm... more than one, that's for sure

you have good taste. :-)

[leftist_rebel1569]

14. Thanks

considering you like more than one, I'd have to say your taste is great, too :)

[Wickerman]

13. Joy Division

early NiN, Tool. cool choices. You like the happy music, huh?

[leftist_rebel1569]

16. LOL

Yes, my music tastes are the epitome of happy...or not :P

[Whitacre D_WI]

17. Joy Division. n/t

[Eumenides]

19. Joy Division

Unknown Pleasures = one of the greatest albums ever.

[Redneck Socialist]

22. Sigh...kids these days...

SOUND FUCKING GARDEN! C'mon folks please get real.

[Mandomaniac]

23. On the moon, we listen to other bands besides those ones listed.

[Scottie72]

24. Wow...

what a tough list! Luckily for my part the Cure wasn't thrown in there. I had to go with Joy Division!

[mlawson]

25. 'Lambchop', a Chapel Hill band.

Pure college radio music. Incredibly great!!

And I am 53 years old. :P

[Wickerman]

37. excellent choice!

nixon, the Hank EP, live, so great.

[opiate69]

27. Tool, APC, Soundgarden

[meow mix]

28. Apoptygma Berzerk, Fictional, Project Pitchfork, Wumpscut

and Joy Division of course. ian roolz =)

[bicentennial_baby]

29. Tool baby!

But I'm sure you knew that! :P

[leftist_rebel1569]

30. Never woulda guessed

Really, never! :P :hi:

[scottcsmith]

32. Seems there are a lot of Joy Division fans here at DU

Which means I'm among people with great taste in music!

Decades
Here are the young men,
a weight on their shoulders
Here are the young men,
well where have they been?
We knocked on doors
of hell's darker chambers
Pushed to the limits,
we dragged ourselves in
Watched from the wings as
the scenes were replaying
We saw ourselves now as
we never had seen
Portrayal of the traumas and degeneration
The sorrows we suffered
and never were freed
Where have they been (4)

Weary inside, now our hearts
lost forever
Can't replace the fear
or the thrill of the chase
These rituals showed up the door
for our wanderings
Opened and shut, then slammed
in our face
Where have they been (4)


One of my favorite Joy Division songs. Nothing else has come close to expressing the darkness of my own depression than the lyrics of Ian Curtis.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

33. APC

Sorta.

[Arugula Latte]

34. Love Will Tear Us Apart, Again

Great. Now that Joy Division tune is stuck in my brain for the umpteenth time. Thanks a lot.

Oh well. I actually like it a lot ... Anyone see "24-hour Party People"? Lots of Joy Division stuff. The Manchester music scene in the 80s and early 90s. Cool.

[Fenris]

36. Saw it in the theater

Had to drive 50 minutes to see it, but it was WORTH it.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

39. Why isn't Andy Serkis God? Great movie.

[Fenris]

40. Yes he is. He WAS Martin.

The scene where he injected heroin into his hand was one of the most disturbing things I have ever seen. It got cut from the theatrical release, but it's on the DVD.

[LastKnight]

38. RAGE with tool coming in second.

i listen to both every day, though. but take into account the only time i dont listen to music is when im sleeping or not allowed to have a CD player.

-LK

[Bertha Venation]

41. Would you be shocked to learn that

I have never heard a single recording by anyone on your list? Honestly. I've heard of Tool, Rage, Soundgarden, but couldn't name a one of their songs, and if I heard one of their songs I couldn't tell you who it was.

[Fenris]

42. Not shocked

Those bands aren't everyone's cup of tea. Plus they exist under the pop current.

[Bertha Venation]

44. I don't know pop, either. Blech.

I get my music from my old jazz station back in Long Beach, CA, or from the classical stations here in the DC area, or, if I feel like singing, classic rock on the radio or 70s on the satellite dish.

Bertha's a fuddy duddy. Don't much care for current music in the most popular veins.

[Fenris]

47. Joy Division last album is over 20 years old

It's older than me! The band hasn't been functional since Ian Curtis' suicide in 1980. Though there was another incarnation.
<---------Ian Curtis

[Screaming Lord Byron]

48. Yeah, but they didn't go anywhere. What were they called?

No Larder? Knee Worder?

[Fenris]

49. Few Goiter

;)

[sasquatch]

43. You've got some taste in music

:thumbsup:

[leftist_rebel1569]

46. thank you

:D

[SmileyBoy]

50. You have similar tastes as me. I picked Soundgarden.

Soundgarden kicks ASS!!!!!

[The Democratic Kid]

51. Van Halen all the way

Lets see Beatles, Van Halen,Yes, and Frank Sinatra.

[Tank in Texas]

52. Old 97s

Actually, Old 97s is my favorite band. I really don't go much for the stuff listed here. I voted for Alice In Chains though.

[leftist_rebel1569]

55. Okay, I know there's at least one Deftones fan here!

come out and vote :P

[Forkboy]

56. KMFDM

I still listen to NIHIL all the friggin time!

NIN is the only other one there that really grabs me.I did like the first Tool ep and full release but my musical tastes run to the more extreme stuff :)

[Loonman]

59. WWIII is excellent

"WWIII"

I declare war on the world
War in outer space
I declare war in a nutshell
War all over the place

I declare war on every government
War against all odds
I declare war on your inner sanctum
On your blood thirsty gods

I declare war on the axis of morons
All out war on complacent consent
I declare war on the war against drugs
Rape and Slaughter of the innocent

War on big brother
Warmongers and profiteers
War on your dogma Dubya
Armageddon's engineers

War in a heartbeat
I declare war on so-called civilization
World trade globalization
Organized desinformation

War on ambassadors of pretense
War on MTV and CNN
McDonald's, Walt Disney and Bethlehem
On Christina, Britney and Eminem

I declare war on the world of anti-choice
On violent unilaterality
On the amassment of murderous high-tech toys
And all crimes against humanity

War on the moral majority
On corparate.com imperialism
On mindlessly bumbling stupidity
And police-state terrorism

World War Three - be all that you can be

[bif]

62. Absolutely none.

I guess our tastes don't even overlap.