Boeing's humble request for musics.

Please, shoot me some recommendations. My sig has my last.fm in it, but for those that are lazy, I love rock of all kinds, but, I would like to get into some more electronic stuff too. I lack a solid collection of classic and 80s rock as well, and I just need some more material. There are only so many times I can listen to modest mouse!

List some of the best albums of the bands you recommends, please.

My Bloody Valentine
Pixies (more extensively)
American Music Club
Low
Smiths
Kitchens of Distinction
Joy Division
early 90's U2
Husker Du (you may prefer the solo stuff Bob Mould and Grant Hart came with afterwards judging by current tastes, though I think the Huskers are still a definitive 80s rock band.)
Replacements
Slowdive
Chapterhouse
Flying Saucer Attack

I think some of these are logical steps to take after seeing some stuff on your Last.fm.

You lack a solid collection of classic rock? Baby, you've come to the right man

Cream
Derek and the Dominos
King Crimson
Yes
The Kinks
Allman Brothers Band

These are just a few late 60s-early 70s bands you could be loving right now!

Or if you'd like to get less mainstream you could try prog rock. I love prog at the moment. Dream Theater and Savatage especially. 80s Savatage is generally 80s metal with prog influences in structure etc, but their 90s stuff is really...proggressive...y.

Originally Posted by Richard

Or if you'd like to get less mainstream you could try prog rock. I love prog at the moment. Dream Theater and Savatage especially. 80s Savatage is generally 80s metal with prog influences in structure etc, but their 90s stuff is really...proggressive...y.

You do realise that progressive rock was mainstream back in the 70s? Bands like Yes and ELP sold millions of albums and did dozens of tours.

Originally Posted by Octy

You do realise that progressive rock was mainstream back in the 70s? Bands like Yes and ELP sold millions of albums and did dozens of tours.

And Dark Side of The Moon is one of the most popular albums ever.

For some good classic rock you can also check Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Bob Dylan.
For 80's rock you can check The Smiths (their guitarist plays with Modest Mouse nowadays).

Originally Posted by Richard

Or if you'd like to get less mainstream you could try prog rock. I love prog at the moment. Dream Theater and Savatage especially. 80s Savatage is generally 80s metal with prog influences in structure etc, but their 90s stuff is really...proggressive...y.

Dream Theater is Prog-metal, not prog-rock


Big difference

Mando Diao -- Softer rock, great tunes -- Ode to Ochrasy album

Sonata Arctica -- Finnish Black Metal, the album Reckoning Night is a good'un.

Thin Lizzy -- For the sake of them being the best band ever to tread where we mere mortals tread -- The Dedication album

Black Label Society

Dirty Pretty Things -- Get some more british in yer blood! Waterloo to Anywhere album

Originally Posted by The Sundance Kid

Sonata Arctica -- Finnish Black Metal...

:hmmm:

Originally Posted by God

:hmmm:

Say whaaaa?

The Lord Weird Sloug Feg

Check them out if you like a bit of 'folk' in your music.

Electronic.......Try Discovery by Daft Punk.

+ Google Video

This is an anime video made using only the music off Discovery.

Try any Daft Punk.

You may like Shiny Toy Guns.

LCD Soundsystem.

Menomena

Of Montreal (fkn awesome band )

You could check out some of the bands I suggested to Scorch here.

Metallica's Lighting and Puppet albums..

Originally Posted by LestaT

Metallica's Lighting and Puppet albums..

This is the only occasion I've ever had to use this smiley

Sonata Arctica are power metal, not black metal at all.

Well, yes, I guess, but their new album is pretty black. They were always described to me as black metal, sometimes as power. Whatever they are, I like them. Unia's not great, but the older albums were good.

P.S. They also have a really cool name font thingy, like the ones in your sig.

The Kinks
Small Faces
Searchers
Beach Boys
early Who
The Jam
The Clash
Smiths