I’m sick of my current CD/MP3 collection - Enlighten me

[ZC-Cruiser]

Originally Posted by Sox

Rick.

As in Rick Astley???

[MrSparkle]

Originally Posted by bindi

PS: Am really enjoying a band called Thievery Corporation, they are a chillout group and I got to know them from the Zach Braff movie, Garden State. Try them out, might tame the anger that most of you appear to need to fire up when listening to death metal/thrash.

Oh no!!! I like the same music as a GIRL!!!! : _2:

Yes big fan of them, as well as the Buddha Bar and Cafe Del Mar series. Just the ticket for when you are struggling to overcome the side effects of a big night, or just need to slow things down.

As for needing fast music to get "amped" or "angry", that's for sissys!!!! I can get dangerously ****ed off at will, without needing some friggen long haired tattoed wig wearing nancyboys growling out some bullsh!t at 200 beats a minute with a pair of bi-polar guitarists who have no concept of what an effects pedal is actually used for, and a token bassist who wouldn't be missed if he impaled himself on the hi-hat. Music for cretins! :sm_headba

[XplosiveR6]

cant go wrong with The Smashing Pumpkins, - best band ever

[347_XR8]

I got 3240mp3's on my comp, so i get a good variety.
You ever heard of a band called Probot, Shihad, A Perfect Circle, Disturbed, Gorrilaz, Primus

well, this might not be in your genre of choice, but try nick cave?...and celtic frost?

[bindi]

Originally Posted by MrSparkle

Oh no!!! I like the same music as a GIRL!!!! : _2:

Damn mate, I almost feel sorry for you... :hihi:

[ZC-Cruiser]

For some serious metal try Iron Maiden
they have an awesome cover of Women in Uniform

A band with a singer called Bruce (Air Raid Siren) Dickinson must be good

[xr8ute]

Originally Posted by Lukey_XF

I got 3240mp3's on my comp, so i get a good variety.
You ever heard of a band called Probot, Shihad, A Perfect Circle, Disturbed, Gorrilaz, Primus

Mmmm....Probot. I haven't listened to that CD for a while, or A Perfect Circle for that matter.

So much good music.

Anyone listen to Bloc Party lately?

[Kapn_Kiwi]

Iggy Pop would be good, I recommend 'The Passenger'
The stooges also rock.
most of the bands I would have mentioned are already here.

[Mark351]

Go underground! Visit websites, download sample mp3, then go web-shopping for CDs from small distros. Myspace.com has an artists section, you might find some good underground there.

I listen to mostly metal, everything from old stuff like Black Sabbath, Led Zep, Maiden, Priest through thrash, death, grind, etc, (not nu-metal, or metalcore), but the vast majority is underground stuff - even the metalheads here won't have heard some of it.

But taking what you currently listen to, try some of the below. None of them are what I'd call underground (unless you listen to Top 40...), so you should be able to find this kind of stuff easily.

Iced Earth, Dio - Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Helloween, Blind Guardian ,Demons and Wizards (Blind Guardian + Iced Earth), Queensryche, Bruce Dickinson's solo stuff, Edguy, etc
Dream Theater - Angra, Kamelot, etc
Opeth - if you like Opeth, then you HAVE to listen to Edge of Sanity, who pretty much wrote the book on that style of metal, fusing heavy with melodic.
Cradle of Filth, Emperor - More black metal bands around than you can poke a stick at, and not a genre I'm really into, but try Immortal, Dissection, etc.
Metallica, Pantera - I assume you're already listening to Slayer, Megadeth, etc so try the lesser knowns - Exodus, Nuclear Assault, Onslaught, Possessed, Kreator, Destruction, Accept, Sodom, Celtic Frost, Death Angel, Dark Angel...
Pearl Jam - I always preferred Alice in Chains and Soundgarden from that genre.

There's a whole mess of good bands from all genres in Australia too.

[Mark351]

Originally Posted by MrSparkle

Hell, I grew out of metal (death/grind mainly) when I was still a kiddie at school! :

:ymca: :

[MrSparkle]

Originally Posted by DeathXR

:ymca: :

Thought you'd like that one mate

Still, there's no escaping that John Denver CD I found in your glovebox!!!! :dj: :

[ZC-Cruiser]

Originally Posted by MrSparkle

Thought you'd like that one mate

Still, there's no escaping that John Denver CD I found in your glovebox!!!! :dj: :

John Denver RULES!!!

The clown who built that plane he died in should have been crucified, but the NTSB let him off - pilot error my ****...

There is an interesting article about it here:
http://www.asktog.com/columns/027Int...sThatKill.html

That whole Ask Tog site is pretty cool - makes you think - for example:

"When we create technologies where similar actions produce dissimilar results, such as placing a brake and accelerator pedal side-by-side, to be actuated in the identical manner by the identical limb, people will periodically die."
http://www.asktog.com/columns/066Panic!.html

[Pilch]

Originally Posted by Mike Gayner

Okay, worst rock band ever.

I agree with your second paragraph, I really enjoy the earlier Red Hot Chilli Peppers (Blood Sugar Sex Magic was their best in my opinion, and went severely downhill from there). I'm a drummer too, which is probably why that sort of groovy, funky music appeals to me.

I'm still waiting to be enlightened.....

Well said about RHCP's BSSM album, it is the renowned "must have" album for all drummers. The music since than is good, but more pop oriented rather than funk.

I need to start listening to dream theather on the basis of how much I love watching Mike Portnoy crank it out on the kit, just awesome. I have a top DVD with many of the current greats doing 10 minute straight drum solos, it's bloody great.

Actually, maybe you should take up a musical instrument. It will bring you to a new level of appreciation of what you already listen too and also help to open your mind to genre's you've never been interested in!

[MITCHAY]

Originally Posted by bindi

Oh that was one of the BEST movies! And the soundtrack is brilliant, I love the music, and every time I hear a song from it I think of bits of the movie and chuckle... e

Especially the part when hes smashes the window with his head while listening to "WHat is love". The funny bit is when he says "I broke the window again" If it didnt have the "again" in it then it wouldnt be funny.

[Aussie Falcon]

This local Sydney metal band is pretty good, you can download their songs here:
http://www.inslain.com/

They are playing tonight infact.

[andrew_smith_84]

finger eleven