the best music database eva! (punk, favorite bands, cd, genre)

joyboyo53 · 06-29-2007, 08:20 AM

a lot of you may already know about this website, but for those of you who dont pay close attention.

allmusic

this is the ultimate database for all your musical needs. everything from biography to discography, cd ratings, multiple genre listings (with description of each genre), similar artist, influencing artist, following artist, band members. now all of these have links to click on them which lead you to more information and links. basically its a very large scale database for music on a similar level to wikipedia. although they will not have everyone.. i have noticed they have about 95% or more of the bands i search for. the bigger the band, the more information (obviously).

so if you haven't ever been here, please amend this mortal sin. your welcome.

Pilzkopf · 06-29-2007, 09:08 AM

AMG is good for some data, but it's far from complete and I don't agree with some of the critics' recommendations and comments.

Another good site is Discogs.com It's by no means a substitute for AMG, but it has a lot of info that AMG doesn't.

right-track · 06-29-2007, 12:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jgd85

so if you haven't ever been here, please amend this mortal sin. your welcome.

I'll second that. ^

Best music site for info, by far.

boo boo · 06-29-2007, 01:06 PM

Its not perfect. The genre classifications and list of influences have been known to be invalid from time to time.

chumb · 06-29-2007, 01:24 PM

It's great for getting into genres, but it's by no means comprehensive. Not that I have any right to saying anything bad about allmusic, since when I got into punk and post-punk it introduced me to more or less all my favorite bands, and I would be a hollow shell of a person without it.

Piss Me Off · 06-29-2007, 03:35 PM

I use it to find out a bit more about an artist.
Bit crap when it comes to more recent artists though, it always seems to be a bit late.

joyboyo53 · 07-02-2007, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Piss Me Off

I use it to find out a bit more about an artist.
Bit crap when it comes to more recent artists though, it always seems to be a bit late.

never noticed this myself. usually everything i look up is pretty spot on. o well, they cant all be zingers!

06-29-2007, 08:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
joyboyo53 down the rabbit hole Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: the mountain called monkey Posts: 764	the best music database eva! a lot of you may already know about this website, but for those of you who dont pay close attention. allmusic this is the ultimate database for all your musical needs. everything from biography to discography, cd ratings, multiple genre listings (with description of each genre), similar artist, influencing artist, following artist, band members. now all of these have links to click on them which lead you to more information and links. basically its a very large scale database for music on a similar level to wikipedia. although they will not have everyone.. i have noticed they have about 95% or more of the bands i search for. the bigger the band, the more information (obviously). so if you haven't ever been here, please amend this mortal sin. your welcome.

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Pilzkopf One Sick Sonuvabitch Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Der Autobahn of life! Posts: 49	AMG is good for some data, but it's far from complete and I don't agree with some of the critics' recommendations and comments. Another good site is Discogs.com It's by no means a substitute for AMG, but it has a lot of info that AMG doesn't. Last edited by Pilzkopf; 06-29-2007 at 12:19 PM.

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chumb awamba Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 133	It's great for getting into genres, but it's by no means comprehensive. Not that I have any right to saying anything bad about allmusic, since when I got into punk and post-punk it introduced me to more or less all my favorite bands, and I would be a hollow shell of a person without it. __________________ ... I begged her, shoot me in the head She took my gun and shot my leg instead

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Piss Me Off Moodswings n' Roundabouts Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: At the corner of Dude and Catastrophe Posts: 4,512	I use it to find out a bit more about an artist. Bit crap when it comes to more recent artists though, it always seems to be a bit late. __________________ Last FM Rate Yr Music Muxtape