OT- Favorite Music Genres

Submitted by Winchester Wolverine on

I know, I hate OT season as much as the next guy but to keep up with the spirit of the board today and with an hour until Northwestern gets their asses kicked (hopefully) I figured I'd add my two cents.

  • What is your favorite genre of music and why?
  • Specific bands?
  • Hopefully better than Pop Evil and their horrendously lame song they did for UM?
  • (Sorry for bringing that up)
I'm a huge rock/metal fan. Specifically Chevelle. I'm of the minority in my southwesten Ohio roots. Country rules all here. Blah. I also love me some City&Colour.
 
With all the deaths in rock music lately depressing my vibe (especially Weiland) and DEATH STORM 2016 closing in, what are your thoughts?
 
Can also be early drinking thread for those of us closed indoors. I'm enjoying a Coney Island root beer. Sweet, but damn good.
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archangel2k12

February 24th, 2016 at 7:32 PM ^

I like lots of types of music but mostly listen to metal.  Current favorite band  is Fallujah.
I also like The Contortionist, Opeth, Between the Buried and Me, Amon Amarth, Woe of Tyrants, (old)All That Remains, Wolves at the Gate, Machine Head, Archspire, Animals as Leaders,  Tesseract, Skyharbor, etc...
I love everything the Deftones and Sevendust have ever made.
Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Hole...
Ella Fitzgerald is the greatest.
I enjoy Bjork, Dido, The Cardigans, Gus Gus, Weezer, Adele...
I am not a big fan of Nickelback.

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EGD

February 24th, 2016 at 7:51 PM ^

I don't really have a genre.  My absolute favorite stuff is probably Radiohead, Velvet Underground, New Order, Interpol, old U2, Cypress Hill, The Clash, and then a weird French bossa nova cover group called Nouvelle Vague.  But I mostly listen to downtempo electronic stuff (Thivery Corporation, Four Tet, Up  Bustle & Out, and Bonobo being among the most prominent in my collection) and then various Latin artists (Bossacucanova, Gotan Project, et al.).  I visited Portugal last summer and got into fado, so I listen to a lot of that now too (Dead Combo is my favorite fado group that I have discovered so far).  

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Avant's Hands

February 24th, 2016 at 7:54 PM ^

I am into rock and alternative, although I will listen to anything except country and hardcore rap. Sometimes I feel like everyone has turned into a country fan and it drives me crazy. I don't really have a favorite band but I listen to a lot of Rise Against, Avenged Sevenfold, Billy Talent, Atreyu, Smile Empty Soul, and Shinedown.

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amphibious1

February 24th, 2016 at 7:56 PM ^

I listen to anything from the Dave Brubeck Quartet and Miles Davis, to Rodrigo Y Gabriela, to Mos Def, Rage against the machine, Led Zeppelin, and old school gangsta rap etc. Hell, I even dig drum and bass, and dubstep.

BUT, my favorite is still the soundtrack of my childhood: Hardcore Punk.

Bad Brains, Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat, etc.

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Winchester Wolverine

February 24th, 2016 at 9:02 PM ^

I figured he would move to defense at Michigan. At IU it's my best guess he has a good shot at running back. The way you study recruiting I wouldn't be surprised if you end up being right though. Speaking of, solid work as always. I've been visiting your site quite often recently and I appreciate the work you do.

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Magnus

February 24th, 2016 at 8:16 PM ^

I like underground stuff, because I like new sounds. I grow tired of top-40 music pretty quickly. I don't have as much time for listening to music as I used to, but I'm an indie rock, hip-hop, and alternative fan.

The last three albums I listened to are Kendrick Lamar, Avett Brothers, and Muse.

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go16blue

February 24th, 2016 at 8:19 PM ^

Hip-hop, and lots of it. Kanye, The Roots, Kendrick, and Lauryn Hill are my absolute favorites. Also fuck with Game, Killer Mike/RTJ, Chance, Jay Z, Doom, PRhyme, and plenty more.

TLOP is a great album. Fite me.

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FA_Wolverine

February 24th, 2016 at 8:29 PM ^

Favorite band would probably be The Gin Blossoms or Dokken. I am 23 years old. Haha

Classic rock, 70's, and 80's of all types.

Classic country and traditional country. I hate the new pop country bullshit.

90's alternative rock and 2000's new rock.

Some metal, like Distrubed.



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FA_Wolverine

February 24th, 2016 at 8:37 PM ^

Of course bands like Zeppelin, Def Leppard, Steve Miller Band, Ratt, Journey, Blink 182, Alice In Chains, Three Days Grace, Breaking Benjamin, Green Day, The Cure, Goo Goo Dolls, 3 Doors Down.... To name a few.. Hahah



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Rabbit21

February 24th, 2016 at 9:02 PM ^

Red Dirt Country or Southern Rock are my favorites: Jason Boland and the Stragglers, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Robert Earl Keen, and Stoney Larue are my personal favorites.

After that mostly classic rock: Bowie, Stones, Clapton, etc. if it's got a guitar and drum behind it setting a groove I am usually good to go.



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7words

February 24th, 2016 at 9:35 PM ^

Mostly Rock and Hard Rock for me.    Deftones, NIN, Janes Addiction, Tool, A7X, Rise Against,  Slipknot, Failure, System of a Down, White Stripes, Radiohead, Alice in Chains, and the list goes on and on.  

I also like the 80's-early 90s new wave alternative bands thanks to my sister playing them all the time when i was very young:  Depeche Mode, The Cure, Smiths, Duran Duran, Psychadelic Furs etc. 

I don't care for EDM, but i will listen to some Massive Attack or Portishead.  

I can't stand Pop, Country or a lot of the new stuff that passes for Alternative.   

 

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unWavering

February 24th, 2016 at 10:10 PM ^

OP, good on you for Chevelle.  They've been one of my favorites since The Red came out - they've probably been the best "mainstream" rock band of the last decade or so.  My all time favorite band is TOOL, who I just saw live last month and couldn't have been happier about it.  Here's a pretty decent overview:

90s alternative

Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Gin Blossoms, Toad the Wet Sprocket, etc

Rock/metal

TOOL, Porcupine Tree, ISIS, Intronaut, Dillinger Escape Plan, Devin Townsend, Deftones, Filter, Muse, QOTSA, Coheed & Cambria, Riverside

I also branch out to shoegaze, more indie-type rock as well, but the above is the majority of my listening.

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timtebro

February 24th, 2016 at 10:06 PM ^

I'm a nazi about bands being able to play their music live; quite frankly, YouTube and its library of live videos killed my love for MGMT and other alternative bands. Having said that, Muse and the Killers put on a fabulous show.

Guilty pleasure has gotta be Taylor Swift. Any music by T Swizzle gets the juices flowing.



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Huma

February 24th, 2016 at 10:06 PM ^

Mostly alternative rock, but I listen to a pretty wide range of stuff.

Favorite bands are QOTS and Tame Impala. Also Rage Against the Machine's self titled album is one of my absolute favorites, especially to listen to at the gym.

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MGOBO

February 24th, 2016 at 10:55 PM ^

Chevelle is my favorite band as well as I've seen them 13 times. Deftones are up there as well, followed by queens of the stone age, early incubus and volbeat.

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Zoltanrules

February 25th, 2016 at 12:04 AM ^

Artists that I will listen straight through an album enjoying every second:

Neil Young, Queen, Smashing Pumpkins, Led Zeppelin, Elvis Costello and his wife Diana Krall, White Stripes, The Pretenders ( Chrissie Hynde was first woman I wanted to marry)The Cure, REM, Metallica, Mozart (fucking genius),  Emerson, Lake Palmer, Alison Krauss/ Ricky Skaggs, Chili Peppers, AC/DC, ABBA yes I admit it I sing Dancing Queen at the top of my lungs, Neville Brothers, Foo Fighters, Bob Marley, Johhny Cash, Patsy Cline, Genesis, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Nirvana, Sam & Dave, English Beat (my favorite concert at the Second Chance/Necto), Luther Vandross, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Radiohead, Black Keys, and the Supremes.

 

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Matt Millens M…

February 25th, 2016 at 8:06 AM ^

Hardcore music from bands like August Burns Red to Norma Jean etc. to Screamo stuff like Emery, Hands Like Houses to Rap from Meek Mill, Rick Ross, Wale, Kendrick Lamar, etc

I don't like any other genres though. Just them two.



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