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Title: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Narr on 28 Jul 2007, 22:04
Led Zeppelin.

Had to be said.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Stefan Autsa on 29 Jul 2007, 02:22
Metallica!

St Anger! WOOOOOOOOOOO

I'm not joking either.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: wMike on 29 Jul 2007, 04:27
8mm - http://www.8mmaudio.com/site/site.html (http://www.8mmaudio.com/site/site.html)
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: imapiratearg on 29 Jul 2007, 08:27
Just about every band I listen to.  :|
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Aimless on 29 Jul 2007, 08:43
Hopefully, most of the BANDS I love, including but certainly not limited to VAN HALEN.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Cenyu on 29 Jul 2007, 08:43
Uhm... The Offspring?
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: amok on 29 Jul 2007, 09:09
Queens Of The Stone Age have been one of my favourite acts since I was 16.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: valley_parade on 29 Jul 2007, 10:03
I know maybe two other people on here that listen to the Lawrence Arms, but um, all of you SHOULD listen to them.


So uh, let's say Queen.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: just-another-andy on 29 Jul 2007, 10:41
Muse.....
Muse.....
Muse.....
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Narr on 29 Jul 2007, 12:22
Queen's a good one.  I'll have to support that endorsement.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Ernest on 29 Jul 2007, 12:33
Black Sabbath FTW

Also Radiohead and Jethro Tull
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: StGabe on 29 Jul 2007, 14:41
I love..love..love..

Soundgarden.


(Audioslave ... not so much)
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Johnny C on 29 Jul 2007, 14:43
I liked every Weezer record except for the godawful new one.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Khatt on 29 Jul 2007, 14:49
Red Hot Chili Peppers, hands down. Ooo... I'd like to tie them with Pink Floyd.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Gridgm on 29 Jul 2007, 16:07
...really?
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Ozymandias on 29 Jul 2007, 16:52
The Who
Queen
Muse
AC/DC

Others I can't think of.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: jodizzle on 29 Jul 2007, 18:41
The Cure
The Smiths
I also have to go with Queen
And I have a soft spot for The Whitlams too
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: CmonMiracle on 29 Jul 2007, 19:03
I don't understand this thread!
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Inlander on 29 Jul 2007, 21:15
It's probably something to do with irony. I hear the kids are big for that these days.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Ravenbomb on 29 Jul 2007, 21:54
The London Symphony Orchestra
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Joseph on 30 Jul 2007, 00:03
I liked every Weezer record except for the godawful new one.

I even liked that one.  Not a ton.  But a decent bit.  The demos for it are excellent though.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: the-artful-dodger-rodger on 30 Jul 2007, 06:51
I think the point of thread, because of another thread like this but opposite, is about music that other people know about, so this thread isnt about showing off you indie cred.

some bands I like, that most people know about and have heard are:

Led Zeppelin
Black Sabbath
Pink Floyd
Apples in Stero
AC/DC
Miles Davis
Velvet Underground
Cream
The Rolling Stones
Jimi Hendrix
Deep Purple
WolfMother
Black Mountain
The Stray Cats
The Reverend Horton Heat
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: onewheelwizzard on 30 Jul 2007, 09:41
I quite like:

The Beatles
Queens of the Stone Age
Black Sabbath

... and a host of other usually-classic-rock bands that I'll gladly put on if I'm using someone else's iPod (Cream, Jethro Tull, Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, Bob Dylan, etc.)  The ones I listed above are just the ones I went out of my way to really get into.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: jimbunny on 30 Jul 2007, 14:57
Gee, I like The Beatles too.

 :-o

Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Tago Mago on 30 Jul 2007, 15:43
The Beatles are so 2006.  :roll:
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Thunderpants121 on 30 Jul 2007, 16:18
AC/DC
Guns N' Roses
Megadeth
Rob Zombie
Iron Maiden
Dio
Tenacious D
Aerosmith
Black Sabbath
Black Label Society
Franz Ferdinand
OK Go
Dropkick Murphys
older Weezer
Morningwood (a personal guilty pleasure)


Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Thunderpants121 on 30 Jul 2007, 19:17
OH DAMNIT, I forgot the Darkness!
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Lines on 30 Jul 2007, 19:26
The Beatles and Queen. If I was stranded on a desert island with a solar powered cd player, those are the two bands I'd be content with all the albums of.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: TheFuriousWombat on 30 Jul 2007, 19:56
OH DAMNIT, I forgot the Darkness!

There's a 'modify post' button for a reason. Just so you know.

Hipster as it may be, I do like Sufjan Stevens quite a bit.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: SleeperCylon on 30 Jul 2007, 21:18
If you count classic bands everyone has heard of, I could rattle off dozens and dozens of them.  Beatles, Dylan, Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Elvis Costello, Nirvana, Led Zeppelin, Radiohead, and on, and on.

Contemporary bands the list is a bit shorter.  Amy Winehouse, Lilly Allen, Modest Mouse, Radiohead of course.  I don't know if Arcade Fire and the Shins count, but their records debuted at like #1 so they probably do.

There's probably some other bands everyone has heard of that I love, but I've kind of lost touch of what exactly everyone has heard of.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: jodizzle on 30 Jul 2007, 21:37
The Stray Cats

Oh the Stray Cats!  I love them.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: thenosebleedkid on 31 Jul 2007, 01:24
Porcupine tree
Jamiroquai
The who
Rush
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Ishotdanieljohnston on 31 Jul 2007, 03:15
Muse.....
Muse.....
Muse.....

Agreed. And I saw them this year and it was a fucking great show!
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Ernest on 31 Jul 2007, 06:57
Porcupine tree
Jamiroquai

I'm pretty sure Porcupine Tree isn't that well known, and I've never heard of Jamiroquai.  Porcupine Tree is pretty good IMO.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Baggy on 31 Jul 2007, 07:51
Jamiroquai is indeed sweet.  Gotta love the funk!

Modest Mouse, Arcade Fire.  I can't help but love them.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Ernest on 31 Jul 2007, 08:00
I do like Modest Mouse that is not from their past couple of albums.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Will on 31 Jul 2007, 09:59
I don't really like any of what you'd call 'mainstream' bands; my tastes tend to run more obscure. Pretty much stuff that none of you would have ever heard of.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Narr on 31 Jul 2007, 10:51
I think the point of thread, because of another thread like this but opposite, is about music that other people know about, so this thread isnt about showing off you indie cred.
That would be correct, sir.

I personally don't get the whole "If no one has heard of them, they must be awesome" idea.  It's almost as if the indie culture shuns people that like a band that their parents listened to.

Anyway, another band I just thought of that hasn't been mentioned:

Creedence Clearwater Revival
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Skibas_clavicle on 31 Jul 2007, 10:56
The Beatles
Modest Mouse
Death Cab For Cutie
Madonna (NEW, old Madonna's SHITE)
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Inlander on 31 Jul 2007, 17:20
Madonna started at the pinnacle of pop-Everest with "Holiday", and has been sliding downhill ever since.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: IronOxide on 31 Jul 2007, 18:28
ABBA
Amy Winehouse
Andrew Lloyd Webber (Well, Jesus Christ Superstar)
Barenaked Ladies
B.B. King
The Beatles
Beck
Billy Joel
Cake
Cream
CSNY
David Bowie
Duran Duran
Fat Boy Slim
Foreigner
Genesis
Gnarls Barkley
Jimi Hendrix
John Coltrane
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Michael Jackson
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Phil Collins
Pink Floyd
The Polyphonic Spree
Queen
R.E.M.
Simon and Garfunkel
The Smiths
The Stray Cats
Styx
The Velvet Underground
The Who

My point, is why the bloody hell does it matter?
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: the-artful-dodger-rodger on 31 Jul 2007, 19:36
I personally don't get the whole "If no one has heard of them, they must be awesome" idea.  It's almost as if the indie culture shuns people that like a band that their parents listened to.


I also never got the concept too of the whole knowing the most obscure music is better then knowing music that other people know about, Indie cred is pointless.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: thenosebleedkid on 31 Jul 2007, 21:25
Porcupine tree
Jamiroquai

I'm pretty sure Porcupine Tree isn't that well known, and I've never heard of Jamiroquai.  Porcupine Tree is pretty good IMO.

You've never heard of Jamiroquai? What hole have you been living under? have you even SEEN napoleon dynamite?

Porpupine tree are in many CD stores, many mainstream CD stores here.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: kablaaamo on 31 Jul 2007, 23:08
KISS

Also, Journey. The Ramones. Sam Roberts (hereabouts, anyhow...you put the name of a city into a catchy song's title, the people are gonna know). Wilco.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Ernest on 31 Jul 2007, 23:11
Yeah, but they aren't exactly a household name.  You know, you can buy Fugazi albums in a lot of mainstream outlets, too.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Shadows Collide on 01 Aug 2007, 00:23
Sonic Youth
PRINCE
Joni Mitchell
Bob Dylan

Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: cup0gloom on 01 Aug 2007, 03:44
hmmm.. bands.. Radiohead, Interpol, Joy Division, The Cure, New Order, Bloc Party, Arctic Monkeys, Calexico, Black Rebel Motorcyle Club, Razorlight, Doves, Pixies, Sonic Youth, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Fall, The Bravery, Siousxie and the Banshees, The Smiths.. that'll do fer a while   8-)
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Hat on 01 Aug 2007, 03:54
I have not heard of a lot of these bands, this thread is fucking shit.

The only answer to this thread is The Beatles, and Prince.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: MlKE on 01 Aug 2007, 05:34
My point, is why the bloody hell does it matter?
I don't think it does. I'm a big fan of liking who ever I want. My list of popular bands that I enjoy could be a hundred long, but some that are really taboo for an underground music fan to enjoy:

New Found Glory, Avril Lavigne, Yellowcard, and Plain White T's

I end up listening to the radio everyday at work (Q101, for any of you that are around chicago) and there are very few songs played on there that I dislike.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Hat on 01 Aug 2007, 06:13
I have only heard of one of those bands, and so therefore, you are disqualified. (I am sorry I am being a dick to you new guy, its just you were the first person to post after I decided to implement my new 'be a dick' policy)
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: MlKE on 01 Aug 2007, 10:58
oh man, you must live under a rock, then.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Hat on 01 Aug 2007, 13:46
Maybe those bands are only pretty big in America? I dont know. It is not like I am exactly all WOO WOO ALEX LLOYD WOO WOO SOMETHING FOR KATE in this thread.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Ernest on 01 Aug 2007, 13:59
This thread really needs to be stopped before it kills again.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: MlKE on 01 Aug 2007, 14:00
oh, my bad. obviously i don't have a grasp on the locations of all the users, yet.

but either way, i thought both New Found Glory and Avril Lavigne were universally popular.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Narr on 01 Aug 2007, 17:09
He's implemented a "Be a dick" policy.  That means you shouldn't take anything he takes seriously, ever.

Anyway, what is the point of any discussion on the internet?  or anywhere?  There really isn't much point in anything.  Might as well talk about something entertaining, right?  Maybe you'll find other people with similar musical tastes and make a connection that way.

Anyway, rather than make a new thread, I thought I might as well put this thought I've had in here because it sort of goes along with it.



I think I like the familiar.  I also think there's nothing wrong with that, as long as someone doesn't get so caught up in a shell that they don't allow themselves room to expand.  I had a pretty crappy day today (had to train a new girl at work, which wasn't so bad because she's very cute and we got along, but she's got a boyfriend so I'm stopped dead cold already, and Best Buy turned me down for a job I would be totally perfect at).  I got home and turned on some Led Zeppelin and I just felt better.  I wasn't quite so angry anymore, because it was just something familiar.  It wasn't lyrics speaking to my soul.  It wasn't messages of peace.  It was just something easy to relax to.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Khatt on 01 Aug 2007, 17:19
Quote
...really?

Ok ok... so TYING the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pink Floyd was a bold statement. I don't mean to tie them in terms of talent, because Pink Floyd obviously are legendary. Just in terms of enjoyment. I enjoy and appreciate them equally in different ways.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Hat on 01 Aug 2007, 23:12
He's implemented a "Be a dick" policy.  That means you shouldn't take anything he takes seriously, ever

Man, fuck you.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Ernest on 02 Aug 2007, 13:00
SHUT UP YOU FUCKING PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEX WITH EACH OTHER!
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: MlKE on 02 Aug 2007, 17:45
.... right.





so today on the radio, I heard the Foo Fighter's new song a ton of times (they played it every hour at the top of the hour). And the first time I heard it, I wasn't too keen on it. But by the third time, I enjoyed it a bunch. So you can throw them into my short list, at least temporarily.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: mattgcn on 04 Aug 2007, 18:44
Uhm... The Offspring?

Agree. Also, Bill Talent, Sum 41 (Mostly for Canucks on those two), Queen, Gorillaz... They're what bring up my "mainstream percentage" on last.fm
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: thenosebleedkid on 04 Aug 2007, 21:41
Maybe those bands are only pretty big in America? I dont know. It is not like I am exactly all WOO WOO ALEX LLOYD WOO WOO SOMETHING FOR KATE in this thread.

But you want to be, just admit you listen to it. I can help you man, I can guide you through the terrible music.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: teh pwn queen on 10 Aug 2007, 22:04
Man, I don't even listen to the radio anymore... burnt cds FTW!!!!

So yeah, I like a lot of mainstream bands and techno/dance/electronica songs... so as far as 'indie cred' goes I don't have much, so my list would be long if I wanted to put all the bands I like, I'll just put a few.

Mindless Self Indulgence, A Perfect Circle, David Bowie, Stone Temple Pilots, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, Tool, Korn, and basically every classic rock band of the 70s and 80s (NOT including hair/glam bands)


Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: RefD on 11 Aug 2007, 13:05
Crowded House

 :-D
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: EpicPants on 12 Aug 2007, 17:06
So I goes to the 'noone has heard of' thread and said porcupine tree
only to hear that many forum goers know them
so i'm going to say porcupine tree
also because i've forced everyone i know to know them
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: The extra letter on 12 Aug 2007, 17:48
Bauhaus, Sisters of Mercy, Fields of the Nephilim, KMFDM, Manic Street Preachers, The Magnetic Fields

My taste in music is pretty mainstream, so I could probably just say "all of them".
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: cTony on 12 Aug 2007, 19:22
Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Pantera, David Bowie, Deep Purple, Muse.

I have only heard of one of those bands, and so therefore, you are disqualified. (I am sorry I am being a dick to you new guy, its just you were the first person to post after I decided to implement my new 'be a dick' policy)
Ive only heard of one of those bands too, and also how to disagree with warf.. nah, aint gonna happen :P
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Caspian on 12 Aug 2007, 20:35
I guess MBV are pretty well known? I like MBV.

I'm a huge Metallica fanboy. I love Load and Reload heaps, though St.Anger was a bit disappointing (I still like it, though.)

Other stuff that I enjoy is Creedence Clearwater Revival, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Hendrix, most of the classic rock stuff (except Led Zep, I just can't seem to enjoy them, except for Immigrant Song and Black Dog).

Now for guilty pop pleasures:

All of Offspring Americana and before is stuff I enjoy.

Blink 182 and Korn were my favourite bands in year 8. Perhaps it's the Nostalgia element, but I still enjoy Korn's Follow the Leader, and a friend of mine plays Blink 182 and Millencolinwhenever we go to the beach for surfing. I enjoy it.

Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: anditsdiscontents on 12 Aug 2007, 20:47
Maybe those bands are only pretty big in America? I dont know. It is not like I am exactly all WOO WOO ALEX LLOYD WOO WOO SOMETHING FOR KATE in this thread.

WOO WOO SOMETHING FOR KATE!!!!!11!!!
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: öde on 13 Aug 2007, 01:41
I only listen to bands first demo tape, and only if I'm the first person to hear it.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: David_Dovey on 13 Aug 2007, 02:19
WOO WOO ALEX LLOYD

Man, you like Alex Lloyd? You're no longer allowed to make fun of any band I like, ever.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Catacombs on 13 Aug 2007, 10:19
(except Led Zep, I just can't seem to enjoy them, except for Immigrant Song and Black Dog)

I never knew this was possible.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: clarerose on 13 Aug 2007, 11:05
i listen to r.e.m.


and i'm not sorry about it.
:oops:
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Luke C on 14 Aug 2007, 02:52
I don't think you should be sorry about liking R.E.M. Sure there stuff these days dosn't quite match Automatic for the People buut they have still made some pretty awesome music.


A lot of my favourite bands people have heard of. I'm not lame enough to stop liking them because of it.
It appears waaaaaaay to many people on this forum are.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: clarerose on 14 Aug 2007, 07:46

It appears waaaaaaay to many people on this forum are.

this is true. :)
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Scarychips on 14 Aug 2007, 10:25
BEASTIE  BOYS
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Baggy on 14 Aug 2007, 12:52
BEASTIE  BOYS

yes.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Manda8706 on 14 Aug 2007, 15:07
THE USED....thats right I listen to the used  :-D
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Hat on 14 Aug 2007, 16:21
WOO WOO ALEX LLOYD

Man, you like Alex Lloyd? You're no longer allowed to make fun of any band I like, ever.

I refuse to take  that shit from somebody with Coheed and Cambria at number 10 on their most played list.
Title: Re: Bands that you love that everyone has heard of.
Post by: Baggy on 15 Aug 2007, 08:58
Franz Ferdinand is awesome.  And also a band that has gotten me into a lot of what I love right now too.