I've seen this on some other message boards and I think it's a really good idea. I'll start. IDLEWILD Genre: Post-Grunge, Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock. Nothing heavy at all. Download: American English, Out Of Routine, Roseability, When I Argue I See Shapes Website: http://www.idlewild.co.uk Origin: Formed in 1995, Edinburgh, Scotland. You can add some short band info, who do the sound like, photo, albums etc.
if u like rap.. id suggest talib kweli.. specifically his older material.. i believe he's jay-z's favorite rapper.. if thats any incentive.. as far as rock goes.. i heard a local band in iowa called index case.. i think their music live is 1000 times better than on the albums.. they remind me of story of the year.. but im not very experienced in the punk/rock/whatever category that stuffs in..
Forgive Durden Genre: Indie / Emo Download: every song on their PureVolume page Website: http://www.forgivedurden.com Origin: Bellevue, WA. USA. Albums: When You're Alone, You're Not Alone EP
I can't think of any bands that I could recommend that hardly anyone has heard of, so I'll recommend Otep. Genre: I would say Metal (but correct me if I'm wrong) Songs worth listening to: Blood pigs, My confession, Sacrilege, Autopsy song, House of secrets, Buried alive Website: Otep Homepage Album: Jihad EP. Sevas tra, House of secrets
Motion City Soundtrack MCS on Purevolume These guys are a lot of fun and put on a mother fucking kick ass live show. If you like happy tunes you sing out loud while driving in the summer time with the windows down, I'd give these guys a listen.
http://www.brokenimagerock.com/ Band: Broken Image Genre: Emo/Rock/Screamo Songs worth listening to: Armor of Hope, The Distance that Killed us, Part of Me, Righ Before Forever. They're a local band in the town where I live. They're pretty good, everyone at my school really likes them. I saw them several times and they're kinda close friends of mine. They're pretty good, I'd suggest buying their newest cd.. The lead singer's livejournal if you're interested in looking at it is here.
Band: Celldweller Website: http://www.celldweller.com Genre: Rock, Electronic, Techno, you can't really define him under one genre. Download: Switchback (Album Version), Switchback (Radio Edit), Under My Feet, I Believe You. In layman's terms, everything off of the official site. Origin: Previous projects include work with Circle of Dust, Klank, Misguided, Argyle Park, AP2, Level, and Prong. Albums: *Celldweller EP, Celldweller, The Beta Cessions. *: Have fun trying to find that one. Only 250 copies were made.
Arizing A band out of Michigan, Around Frankenmuth. They're fucking awesome and I recommend anything that they put out. I'm pretty good friends with the vocalist's sister. theprp.com has reviewed their demos and their CD and they haven't gotten less than a 3/5 whereas theprp gives a lot of CDs under 3s.
Band: Skinny Puppy Website: http://www.skinnypuppy.com Genre: Industrial Download: Use Less, Pro-Test, I'mmortal, Past Present, Warlock, Addiction, Optimissed Albums: The Greater Wrong Of The Right, Rabies, Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse Band: Nine Inch Nails Website: http://www.nin.com Genre: Industrial Rock Download: Wish, Last, Gave Up, Suck, Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now), The Beauty Of Being Numb, March Of The Pigs, 10 Miles High, The Day The World Went Away [Quiet], Into The Void, Where Is Everybody?, La Mer, The Great Below, Sin, Something I Can Never Have, No You Don't, Ruiner, Reptile, That's What I Get, Adrift & At Peace, Leaving Hope, The Persistance Of Loss, And All That Could Have Been, The New Flesh, Happiness In Slavery, Physical (You're So) Albums: Broken, The Downward Spiral, The Fragile, Pretty Hate Machine, And All That Could Have Been, Still, Further Down The Spiral
Band: 30 Seconds To Mars Website: http://www.30secondstomars.com Genre: Synth Rock, Alternative Rock, Space Metal/Rock Download: Buddha For Mary, Fallen, 93 Million Miles, Edge Of The Earth, Capricorn (A Brand New Name), Revolution, and Year Zero Album(s): 30 Seconds To Mars (Self-Titled)
Band: The Dresden Dolls website: www.dresdendolls.com genre: bretchien/weiss punk cabaret download: Girl Anachronism, Coin-Operated Boy, Half-Jack, Good Day albums: The Dresden Dolls, A Is For Accident
Band: CKY Website: www.ckymusic.com Genre: can't tell, it's techno-ish rock Download: 96 Quite Bitter Beings, Flesh into Gear, Shock and Terror, Close Yet Far, My Promisicous Daughter Albums: Vol. 1 and Infiltrate.Destroy.Rebuild
Band: Finger Eleven Website: http://www.fingereleven.com Genre: Alternative Metal Download: "Quicksand", "Tip", "Thin Spirits", "Costume For A Gutterball", "Glimpse", "Above", "Shudder", "Condenser", "Temporary Arms", "Swallowtail", "Awake and Dreaming", "First Time", "Drag You Down", "Walking in my Shoes", "Broken Words", "Bones + Joints", "Suffocate", "For The Ocean", "My Carousel", "Stay and Drown", "Famous", "Sick of it All", "Sad Exchange", "Other Light", "Panic Attack", "Thousand Mile Wish", "Conversations", "Complicated Questions", "The Last Scene of Struggling", "Therapy", "Obvious Heart", "Absent Elements", "Good Times", "Stay in Shadow". Albums: 'Tip' (1998), 'The Greyest of Blue Skies' (2000), 'Finger Eleven' (2003)
Band: Blind Guardian Genre: Fantasy metal Most notable albums: "A Night at the Opera" and "Nightfall in Middle Earth" Songs: The Soulforged, Into the Storm, Nightfall, Black Chamber, Ashes to Ashes, Harvest of Sorrow I also recommend that you have a working knowledge of Tolkien before listening to "Nightfall in Middle Earth".
Band: After Forever Genre: Heavy Metal with classical influences (or Gothic Metal) Download: My Pledge Of Allegiance, Monolith Of Doubt, Beautiful Emptiness, Life's Vortex, Sins Of Idealism, Follow In The Cry, Between Love and Fire Albums: Prison Of Desire(2000), Decipher (2001), Exordium (MCD-2003), Invincible Circles (2004) Website: After Forever
I would have said Celldweller but he's already been mentioned on this thread, so... Name: The Bronx Genre: hardcore EPs/Albums: La Viva Muerte EP, Bats! EP, The Bronx Links: Official Site, Purevolume Page
Name: Hollywood Ending Genre: Post-hardcore/Emo/Indie EP's/Album's: Beginning Of The Middle EP, Praying To Fiction Album Links: Official Site, pureVOLUME
NAME : IRON MAIDEN GERNE : HEAVY METAL LINKS : Here Formed Way Back in 1976,Iron Maiden has proved to be one of the most influential heavy metal bands.Bands generally fade or lose their original sound but Iron Maiden has never been thorough this except for about 4 years when Bruce Dickinson wasan't there in the band. ALBUMS YOU MUST LISTEN TO- 1-Killers 2-Number Of The Beast 3-Piece of Mind 4-Powerslave 5-Somewhere In Time 6-Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son 7-No Prayer For The Dying 8-Brave New World 9-Dance Of Death
Name : Breaking Benjamin Genre : Nu-Metal Link : www.breakingbenjamin.com New EP released recently, highly recommend their first album, "Saturate". Some of my favorite songs: Off of Saturate: Shallow Bay, Natural Life, Sugarcoat Off of We are not alone: So Cold, Away