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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]

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

.

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!

[Bastardous Bassist]

Let's see, I like to consider myself at least reasonably knowledgable about jazz, so I'll try to suggest some other things based on Miles Davis.  The problem is, he changed a bit throughout his career.  What Miles albums do you like?  Or do you like all of them? (up through Bitches Brew, because after that it's clear that his mind is definitely too far gone from all the drugs)

[TheFoolOnTheHill]

Heh heh.

I pretty much like all his stuff, albeit his early work more then his later era. (Although I think Bitches Brew is one of his best albums.)

[Bastardous Bassist]

Heh heh.

I pretty much like all his stuff, albeit his early work more then his later era. (Although I think Bitches Brew is one of his best albums.)

Okay, try:
Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers
Clifford Brown
John Coltrane (earlier stuff, he tends to get pretty out there)
Art Blakey
Paul Chambers
Bill Evans

also, everyone here would probably enjoy Brad Mehldau's Live in Tokyo album.  It's solo jazz piano, but with a modern twist.

And now to go to work, which I've decided is going to be my last free gig, ever (except maybe for charity, if I actually somehow manage to get famous).

[nescience]

Since I have some off-time from work, I shall attempt to make artist (and sometimes album) recommendations for each of your entries where I can, then give you some triangulated recommendations afterwards:

1. The Beatles (British Invasion) -->

The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
The Kinks - Arthur
The Kinks - Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One
The Kinks - Green Village Preservation Society
The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street

2. Skyclad (Folk Metal)
3. Pink Floyd (Prog Rock) -->

Caravan - In The Land of Pink and Grey
King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King
Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra
Magma - Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh

4. Modest Mouse (Inide Rock, I think....) -->

Maximo Park - A Certain Trigger
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I

5. B. B. King (Blues) -->

Muddy Waters
Howlin' Wolf
Otis Redding

6. Miles Davis (Jazz) -->

Depending which Miles you're into
John Coltrane
Charlie Mingus

7. Led Zeppelin (Hard Rock) -->

David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust (I think Ziggy-period Bowie and Led Zep work well together)
T. Rex - Electric Warrior
Hendrix

8. The Clash (Punk)

Magazine - Real Life
The Damned - Damned Damned Damned

9. Phish (Jam)
10. Nirvana (Grunge/Alternative) -->

(Nirvana influences)
Vaselines - The Way of the Vaselines
Raincoats - Raincoats
Meat Puppets - II
Meat Puppets - Up on the Sun
Pixies - Bossanova

11. Frank Zappa (Humour/Crazy Rock) -->

Capt. Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica
Can - Tago Mago
Boredoms - Pop Tatari

12. Syd Barret (Acid/Stoner Rock)
13. Bob Dylan (Folk/Rock) -->

John Cale - Vintage Violence
Tim Buckley - Starsailor
Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
Jonathan Richmann and the Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers

14. The Grateful Dead (Psychedelic) -->

Shocking Blue - At Home

15. Johnny Cash (Country)
16. James Brown (Funk) -->

Again, depending on era (but I go from your "funk" tag)
Tower of Power
Isley Brothers

17. Marvin Gaye (Motown)
18. Bob Marley (Reggae) -->

Junior Murvin - Police and Thieves
Lee "Scratch" Perry

Beyond giving "If-you-like-artist-X-you-will-like-Y" recommendations, I can say you might like the following albums:

Animal Collective - Sung Tongs (experimental-folk-pop)
Architecture in Helsinki - In Case we Die (lush indie-pop)
Roxy Music - Country Life (glam-art-rock)
Os Mutantes - Everything is Possible! (Brazillian 60s-psych-pop)
Legendary Pink Dots - All the Kings Horses (psychedelic-"doom-folk")
Faust - So Far (Krautrock)
Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson (singer-songwriter)
Olivia Tremor Control - Dusk at Cubist Castle (psychedelic-pop-revival)
XTC - Drums and Wires (power-pop/new-wave)
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (sicko French pop/rock crooner)
Sloan - One Chord to Another (power-pop revivalists)
The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight (psychedelic rock)
Super Furry Animals - Guerrilla (psychedelic-rock-revival)
Television - Marquee Moon (art-punk)
Talking Heads - 77 (new-wave)
Talking Heads - Remain in Light (new-wave)

That's it for now.

[Storm Rider]

Seeing as you mentioned Metallica in other threads:

If you want something a million billion gajillion times better than Metallica, pre-Load or otherwise, pick up some Testament. You'll want to start with their earlier albums, as they became steadily more death-metally as time went on. Get 'The New Order' first, because it is amazing.

[Gryff]

I see you added some more to your list so…

13. Bright Eyes: sample track - 'Landlocked Blues'
15. Willard Grant Conspiracy: 'Ghost of the Girl in the Well'
17. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles: 'Tracks of my Tears'

[TheFoolOnTheHill]

Thanks very much to all of you. I have have a very large song/artist/album playlist stored in my comp.  I appreciate it.

[almost thursday]

i reccomend you stop listening to everything you currently like and then jam out some cock e.s.p. listen to it twenty hours a day for a week. in the four hours you have spare, detune yr radio and listen to that. hope this helps!

[troubadour]

5. B. B. King (Blues

Albert King
Ottis Redding
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Robert Johnson
Muddy Waters
Howling Wolf
T-Bone Walker

8. The Clash (Punk)

Screeching Weasel
Black Flag

11. Frank Zappa (Humour/Crazy Rock)

Mr. Bungle
Anything else Mike Patton has touched

13. Bob Dylan (Folk/Rock)

Woodie Guthrie
Phil Ochs
Evan Greer
Townes Van Zandt


General type recomendations:
Drive-By Truckers
Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers
Steve Earle
The Refreshments
Steve Vai
Supersuckers

The quick and dirty list, sorry for redundancy

[Ficus]

Seeing as you mentioned Metallica in other threads:

If you want something a million billion gajillion times better than Metallica, pre-Load or otherwise, pick up some Testament. You'll want to start with their earlier albums, as they became steadily more death-metally as time went on. Get 'The New Order' first, because it is amazing.

My favorite's Souls of Black, but The New Order is damn good.

[surgerydrugsnrocknroll]

Seeing as you mentioned Metallica in other threads:

If you want something a million billion gajillion times better than Metallica, pre-Load or otherwise, pick up some Testament. You'll want to start with their earlier albums, as they became steadily more death-metally as time went on. Get 'The New Order' first, because it is amazing.

seconded.

oh,
and listen to heathen too.

they have two of their albums up for download on their webpage,
so basically, no one has an excuse to not listen to them,
unless you have dial-up.

[carpet diem]

muddy waters has always been my favorite blues musician. if you'd like, i could upload some songs for you if you wanna hear him before you use up hard drive or money to get records.

[Storm Rider]

oh,
and listen to heathen too.

Oh my god. You like Heathen?

Are you a woman, by any chance? Because if so, run away with me.

[surgerydrugsnrocknroll]

i am not a woman.

im justa hairy old guy.
well, not really old, or particularly hairy.
but still, definatly not a woman/

[Kai]

You're hairy too? If you're a woman, will you run aw- Oh, shit, we've already covered this.