Dylstew

Mainstream that I like? Let's see..Metallica/Megadeth/Slayer/Anthrax(Big four), AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, the White Stripes, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Ramones, , Led Zeppelin, early Green Day, Queen, Reel Big Fish, Pantera, more which I can't come up with..

With many artists I'm not aware how popular or unknown they are though, I don't pay much attention to popularity most of the time, since I usually just look up a discography and start getting the studio albums.

CoNtrivedNiHilism

Mainstream is sort of this, well, broad term really. Other artists or bands that individual people consider non-mainstream, could be an mainstream artist or band in the mind of another person, vice versa...

A few of mine would be...

Volbeat, Deftones...

To name a few.

Chula Vista

I was about to reply "who?" but then checked their discography on Wiki. Just goes to show how geography plays a role in popularity. I'd never heard of these guys (and I keep my ear to the ground) yet they've had #1 platinum albums in the Nordic regions.

Gonna have to check them out now. Thanks for the head's up.

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Psshh. I said Volbeat first! lol

I really like them. They do a cover of Dusty Springfield - I Only Wanna Be With You, that you should check out.

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Machine

Volbeat was actually one of my favorite rock/hard rock bands a year or so back. As for the Deftones I never really listened to them all that much so I have no way to judge.

I was really into System Of A Down when I was younger, I'll pop in the first album occasionally when I feel like jumping.

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Wpnfire

Uhh let's see here.
Arcade Fire, Coldplay, Daft Punk, Eminem, Linkin Park.

Those would be the big ones.

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Arcade Fire is pretty awesome saw them live for my birthday at the beginning of the Reflektor tour.

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kriswright

I like Arcade Fire quite a lot. Saw them earlier this year and was surprised at how big the crowd for that show was. Didn't realize they were quite so popular.

While I'd never quite say I was a fan, I think pop music could do (and has done) a lot worse than Taylor Swift.

Machine

Yeah I take the same stance there are a song or two of hers that if I hear it I'll start signing

Oh yeah me too with Arcade Fire I was blown away by the energy of the crowd we seemed to overpower Win at some points.

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kriswright

At my office, one of the songs on the hold music is "Mean" by Taylor Swift. It's catchy throwaway pop, but it's remarkable to me for two reasons.

- It's the first country song I've ever heard where the small town people are the bad guys and the people "living in a big ol' city" are the good guys. Really shocking!

- The big crime the "mean" character in the song seems to have committed is saying that Taylor Swift can't sing. Swift, in retaliation, writes a hit song where she calls this guy "a liar and pathetic and alone in life and mean". Which one of these people do you think is meaner?