What Band or Artist Rocks the Hardest??

Rockets2K · Aug 29, 2002

Originally posted by MadMax
I guess I really don't like hard rock...can't imagine popping it in on my way home from work after a long day (I must be getting old!)

as hard as I go is Foo Fighters and Pearl Jam...somehow I don't think they fit the mold of the Judas Priests and Metallicas of the world!
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Age got nothing to do with it. I'm 37 and still enjoy burying myself in the hard, rythmic crunch of distorted guitars and booming bottom end of hard rock/ heavy metal...but I also listen to other things, depending on my mood...jazz, fusion, progressive rock, blues...hell...(dirty little secret alert) I even listen to smooth instrumental jazz...what is that called?
It all depends on how I feel...

But if I were to make a chart showing how often I listen to certain styles, Hard Rock/ Heavy Metal would dominate the pie...

but thats just me..your mileage may be different.

MadMax · Aug 29, 2002

Originally posted by Rockets2K

Age got nothing to do with it. I'm 37 and still enjoy burying myself in the hard, rythmic crunch of distorted guitars and booming bottom end of hard rock/ heavy metal...but I also listen to other things, depending on my mood...jazz, fusion, progressive rock, blues...hell...(dirty little secret alert) I even listen to smooth instrumental jazz...what is that called?
It all depends on how I feel...

But if I were to make a chart showing how often I listen to certain styles, Hard Rock/ Heavy Metal would dominate the pie...

but thats just me..your mileage may be different.
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my pie would be pretty split...i listen to a lot of rock i can't characterize with a name...like DMB...Sting and his old stuff with the Police...John Mayer...stuff like that...love anything with jazz fusion...i also listen to jazz a ton...particularly at work during the day...those two music styles i guess dominate my ears...then i listen to a lot of Sinatra as well, mostly because of my father's influence...classical at work...Chopin in particular gets a lot of my attention. I just don't particularly enjoy the heavy metal stuff...never have really, so you may be right that age has nothing to do with it!

OldManBernie · Aug 29, 2002

Originally posted by Manny Ramirez
It's that time again....another Manny music thread!!

This is a topic that has probably been done before, but it has been awhile.

What band or artist is one that you feel just kicks ass because they rock so hard??

I have 3 bands in mind as I was giving my eardrums a sonic assault yesterday.

Those bands are as follows:

1) Motorhead
2) Pantera
3) Sepultura

Motorhead is a band that influenced all the big thrash metal bands like Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, and others. I listened to their "Ace of Spades" CD for what seemed like the hundreth time last night on the way home from school and the last track on it, "Emergency" just absolutely kicks ass when turned up VERY loud.

Pantera is a band that I am so glad that I got into. Dimebag (aka Diamond) Darrell is the greatest guitar riff writer in history, IMO. Not only in my opinion but in Billy Corgan's as well! I read somewhere that Trent Reznor (of NIN) and his producer Flood listened to "Vulgar Display of Power" (outstanding CD) for every day for like 3 hours for a month or two months to study the riffs that Diamond Darrell was doing to prepare for NIN's EP, "Broken" (which is his heaviest and angriest and maybe his best even if it is an EP). For 2 guys like Corgan and Reznor, who I admire greatly, to feel that way about Dimebag speaks volumes, IMO.

Finally, there is good old Sepultura. It is a shame that Max Cavalera has left them to lead Soulfly (I have not gotten anything by them and I don't know if I will). They remind me alot of Pantera and their lead guitar player, Andreas Kisser, is one of the great unknown guitar players out there, IMO. All of their old stuff is good but I have been listening to "Chaos A.D." and "Roots" of late with "Arise" on its way. The drumming is a little more tribal, especially on "Roots" but it is definitely a kick-ass CD.

Honorable mentions include early Metallica (first 4 CDs), Slayer (for "Reign of Blood" alone), and of course an oldie but a goodie in AC/DC (have "Back in Black" in my car CD player now).

I'm curious to see who Freak, RocketsPimp, Rockets2K, Lynus, Raven, etc. pick as their choices.
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You really have to check out Soulfly. I really liked Sepultura, but Soulfly is just at another level IMO.

DallasThomas · Aug 29, 2002

Originally posted by Summer Song Giver
Tool, Tool, and did I mention Tool?
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Hey man, you forgot Tool.

I also like to jam some of the following:
Iron Maiden
System of a Down (I guess they'll qualify)
Molotov (even though they're mainly not, they rock very hard occasionally, i.e. puto and quitate que masturbas - perra arrabalera)

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