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TheFoolOnTheHill:
Yea, I know 1,000 topics have probably been amde about thsi already, but I'll go ahead and take a shot at it. If this annoys you, please forgive this newbie. o.o

So yea. I'm lookin for new music reccomendations. I mostly like classic rock, blues, jazz, some metal, some punk, some modern rock, and the only indie band I'm really familiar with that I like is Modest Mouse.

Examples of Favorite bands:

1. The Beatles (British Invasion)
2. Skyclad (Folk Metal)
3. Pink Floyd (Prog Rock)
4. Modest Mouse (Inide Rock, I think....)
5. B. B. King (Blues
6. Miles Davis (Jazz)
7. Led Zeppelin (Hard Rock)
8. The Clash (Punk)
9. Phish (Jam)
10. Nirvana (Grunge/Alternative)
11. Frank Zappa (Humour/Crazy Rock)
12. Syd Barret (Acid/Stoner Rock)
13. Bob Dylan (Folk/Rock)
14. The Grateful Dead (Psychedelic)
15. Johnny Cash (Country)
16. James Brown (Funk)
17. Marvin Gaye (Motown)
18. Bob Marley (Reggae)


So, if you guys could help me with this I could greatly appreciate it.

Cap'n Derk:
Let's see...

The Animals
The Zombies
Crauchan
Yes
Gentle Giant
King Crimson
Camel
Caravan
The Magic Numbers
Blind Willie McTell
Big Mama Thornton
Dizzy Gillespie
Charlie Parker
Rush
The Buzzcocks
Stiff Little Fingers
The Dead Milkmen
Blue Oyster Cult
Clutch
Blues Traveler
Widespread Panic
Moe
String Cheese Incident
Gov't Mule
The Melvins
The Sugarcubes
Moby Grape
Skip Spence
Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac

That should do for you.

El Opium:
The Kinks

Gryff:
People love responding to these kinds of threads, because we all love to try to foist our musical tastes upon others. Thank you for posting what you already like as well. It makes suggesting stuff much easier.

Check out Jeph's RL (recommended listening) for a start.

I will add some of my own to your corresponding likes:

1. The Bees (aka A Band of Bees): sample track - 'These are the ghosts'
4. Grandaddy: 'Summer Here Kids'
5. Robert Johnson: 'Love in Vain'
6. Charles Mingus: anything off Mingus Ah Um
7. The Greenhornes: 'I've Been Down'
8. The Undertones: 'Teenage Kicks'
10. Meat Puppets: 'Backwater'

TheFoolOnTheHill:

--- Quote from: Cap'n Derk ---Let's see...

The Animals
The Zombies
Yes
King Crimson
Big Mama Thornton
Charlie Parker
Rush
The Buzzcocks
Blue Oyster Cult
Moby Grape
Skip Spence
Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac

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These groups I already know. i will check out everyone else you reccomended though.

I love the Kinks as well. Horribly undeeated band.

Gryff, you have provided me with material I have never really heard of before. However, I look forward to enjoying it when I have the time (and money) to do so.

Thanks to everyone! Let more reccomendations flow!

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