Help broadening rock taste (blues, funk, metal, beatles, rolling stones)

TheCaster · 01-30-2008, 07:14 PM

Im currently trying to broaden my taste in rock/metal i get rather nitpicky about frontmen with the voice thats high and squeeky like the acadamy is.. I like stuff with catchy guitar riffs and a good solo every now and again. Some help would be greatly appreciated

Favorites from my music collection:
AC/DC
Beatles
Black Sabbath
Boston
Buffalo Springfield
Def Leppard
Guns N' Roses
Iron Maiden
Jimmy Hendrix
Kansas
Kiss
Led Zeppelin
Metallica
Ozzy Osbourne
PInk Floyd
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Santana
Van Halen

Things I've broadened too so far:
My finds:
Foo fighters
Motley Crue
Z-Z top
Suggestions by you all:
Thin Lizzy
Some of the Whitesnake
The Kinks

British_pharaoh · 01-30-2008, 07:19 PM

seems like its gonna be difficult to get you away from that metal trash

how about listening to some.................wait for it

jackhammer · 01-30-2008, 07:26 PM

Barclay James Harvest.
Thin Lizzy.
Whitesnake (pre 84 is great bluesy rock).

Mainstream band's but it's a beginning. Most people will now start posting obscure bands for you to look cool but as your tastes are fairly orthodox, I think a slow transition is the best scenario.

TheCaster · 01-30-2008, 07:31 PM

thanks ive heard a few songs by them, ill go steal some more :P yeah most of my favorites are mainstream and im having trouble finding bands people have never heard of that are frikin awesome... im trying to slowly ease off the mainstreamers but theres nothing wrong with adding a few more good bands to mah collection

Edit: re-reads.... damn i need to pay more attention in grammar class.....

Urban Hat€monger ? · 01-30-2008, 08:02 PM

I think in a lot of cases it's easy just to take the next logical step.

For example

For Jimi Hendrix the next logical step would be Funkadelic
For Kiss it would be The New York Dolls
For Black Sabbath ... Hawkwind
Iron Maiden ... Judas Priest
Pink Floyd ... Can
AC/DC ... The Cult
Guns n Roses ... Hanoi Rocks
Beatles ... Kinks / Rolling Stones / The Who

TheCaster · 01-30-2008, 08:08 PM

i have a few songs here and htere from the next logical steps but i usually dislike bands that sound alot like bands i already know and love... seems like thier ripping them off even if htey were before them :P

Urban Hat€monger ? · 01-30-2008, 08:10 PM

Well none of those bands I listed rip off any of the others.

The reason I listed the ones that I did was because they have some traits are the same yet they do things with them in a totally different way.

TheCaster · 01-30-2008, 08:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Well none of those bands I listed rip off any of the others.

The reason I listed the ones that I did was because they have some traits are the same yet they do things with them in a totally different way.

yeahh i know but judas priest i consider to rip of maiden

and howd u get the who out of the beatles 0.o

thanks for the suggestions btw

Urban Hat€monger ? · 01-30-2008, 08:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheCaster

and howd u get the who out of the beatles 0.o

All a part of the British invasion

ProggyMan · 01-30-2008, 11:04 PM

Yes would probably top the accesible prog bands list. And with King Crimson you should probably start with Red or Lark Tongues in Aspic.

01-30-2008, 07:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
TheCaster Music Rapist Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Somewhere in the U.S Posts: 400	Help broadening rock taste Im currently trying to broaden my taste in rock/metal i get rather nitpicky about frontmen with the voice thats high and squeeky like the acadamy is.. I like stuff with catchy guitar riffs and a good solo every now and again. Some help would be greatly appreciated Favorites from my music collection: AC/DC Beatles Black Sabbath Boston Buffalo Springfield Def Leppard Guns N' Roses Iron Maiden Jimmy Hendrix Kansas Kiss Led Zeppelin Metallica Ozzy Osbourne PInk Floyd Red Hot Chili Peppers Santana Van Halen Things I've broadened too so far: My finds: Foo fighters Motley Crue Z-Z top Suggestions by you all: Thin Lizzy Some of the Whitesnake The Kinks __________________ A soul in tension thats learning to fly Condition grounded but determined to try Cant keep my eyes from the circling skies Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit Last edited by TheCaster; 01-31-2008 at 09:09 AM.

01-30-2008, 07:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
British_pharaoh Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 454	seems like its gonna be difficult to get you away from that metal trash how about listening to some.................wait for it __________________ "I hate Purity, I hate Goodness, I don't want virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone corrupt to the bones" Fat Ed's Guide To Metal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfdqV_sqal0

01-30-2008, 07:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Barclay James Harvest. Thin Lizzy. Whitesnake (pre 84 is great bluesy rock). Mainstream band's but it's a beginning. Most people will now start posting obscure bands for you to look cool but as your tastes are fairly orthodox, I think a slow transition is the best scenario. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

01-30-2008, 07:31 PM	#4 (permalink)
TheCaster Music Rapist Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Somewhere in the U.S Posts: 400	thanks ive heard a few songs by them, ill go steal some more :P yeah most of my favorites are mainstream and im having trouble finding bands people have never heard of that are frikin awesome... im trying to slowly ease off the mainstreamers but theres nothing wrong with adding a few more good bands to mah collection Edit: re-reads.... damn i need to pay more attention in grammar class..... __________________ A soul in tension thats learning to fly Condition grounded but determined to try Cant keep my eyes from the circling skies Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit

01-30-2008, 08:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	I think in a lot of cases it's easy just to take the next logical step. For example For Jimi Hendrix the next logical step would be Funkadelic For Kiss it would be The New York Dolls For Black Sabbath ... Hawkwind Iron Maiden ... Judas Priest Pink Floyd ... Can AC/DC ... The Cult Guns n Roses ... Hanoi Rocks Beatles ... Kinks / Rolling Stones / The Who __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

01-30-2008, 08:08 PM	#6 (permalink)
TheCaster Music Rapist Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Somewhere in the U.S Posts: 400	i have a few songs here and htere from the next logical steps but i usually dislike bands that sound alot like bands i already know and love... seems like thier ripping them off even if htey were before them :P __________________ A soul in tension thats learning to fly Condition grounded but determined to try Cant keep my eyes from the circling skies Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit

01-30-2008, 08:10 PM	#7 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Well none of those bands I listed rip off any of the others. The reason I listed the ones that I did was because they have some traits are the same yet they do things with them in a totally different way. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

01-30-2008, 11:04 PM	#10 (permalink)
ProggyMan Reformed Jackass Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,964	Yes would probably top the accesible prog bands list. And with King Crimson you should probably start with Red or Lark Tongues in Aspic.