I want to know from everyone, who is YOUR favorite band/musician?

Yep.
We ALL love music.
Music is universal.
Even if you don't understand the words, or their aren't any words at all.
Music is something that comes from the soul and speaks directly to the soul.
So, bare your souls to me people.
What are your favorite bands?
Who are your favorite musicians?

Some of my favorites include:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Tangerine Dream
GWAR
the Misfits
Iron Maiden
Etro Anime
Gravediggaz


...and that's all I'm willing to share with you, until some of you decide to share with me that is...

Led Zeppelin
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Metallica
Avenged Sevenfold
Pantera
Blue Oyster cult
Black sabbath
Guns N Roses
Boston
Brooks N Dunn
E.L.O
Matisyahu
Motley Crue
Pink Floyd
Queen
Rage Against The machine
The Doors
Santana
Slipknot
System Of A Down
Steve Miller Band
Stryper
Nirvana
Megadeth
The Killers
Jimi Hendrix
AC/DC
Bob Dylan
Kansas
The Allman Brothers Band
Ozzy (with Randy Rhoads)
U2

I think that's about it.

Here's some of my favorites:

Guns 'N' Roses
Queens Of The Stone Age
Tupac
Tool
Jimi Hendrix
Disturbed
Rage Against The Machine
Johnny Cash
Metallica
Black Sabbath






-tts

Classical:
Bach
Beathoven
Vivaldi
Brahms
Mozart
Schubert

Classic Rock
Hendrix
Led Zep
Floyd
Jethro Tull
Beatles
The Kinks
The Band
Bob Dylan

Reggae
Peter Tosh
Bob Marley
Desmon Decker
Eek A Mouse (funny as hell)
The Specials

Hip-Hop
Immortal Technique
Wu Tang Clan
Atmosphere
Dead Prez
Mos Def
Talib Kwali
Tupac
Sole
Sage Francis
Eyedea
Asop Rock

Rock
System of a Down
Candiria
Metallica (pre-Load)
VOD
The Flaming Lips

Nerd Rock
They Might Be Giants (guilty pleasure)

I've got many more, but can't think of them right now

[edit on 14-12-2006 by Rasobasi420]

I have many many many many favourites

These are just a few...



Jedi Mind Tricks

Immortal Technique

Nas

2Pac

RZA

Ghostface Killah

Masta Killah

Wu Tang Clan

Danger Mouse

MF Doom

Reef Tha Lost Cauze

The Coup

Reef Tha Lost Cauze

Jus Allah

Atom Tha Immortal

Freestyle

7L & Esoteric

Raekwon

Sage Francis

Ganrls Barkley

Little Brother

Sage Francis

Outer Space



[edit on 14-12-2006 by Striker122]

Striker,
Sage Francis is freakin' awesome!!

Aahhhh...
Went to go see GWAR last night in NYC.
They're so freakin' awesome.
Y'know, at first, I was thinking, "hey, I've seen them a bunch of times so I'll just hang back and let the kids take up the front..." but...as soon as they started setting up the stage, I fought my way up front (which required an obscene amount of a$$ kicking) and stayed up there for the whole show. Yes, I got the $&#t beat out of me. Yes, I was covered in all manner of fluids. Yes, I lost my voice. Yes, I'm hurting something fierce today as a result. And, YES, it was totally worth it!!!

Can we add "what's your favorite concert to attend?" to this thread?

Man I've had more fun at GWAR shows than any other. The last show I went to (about 3 years ago mind you) I walked away covered in GWAR blood, urine and semen.

One of my old HS crushes actually made out with Oderus, which of course made me love her even more. After all, the man is ugly as sin, yet she had no problem with it. It made my chances that much better. Nothing came of it.

I absolutely love Bad Religion.

I'm also a huge Fatboy Slim fan.

I think that Sublime is incredible.

I adore PJ Harvey (thats right, adore. So deal with it).

I used to listen to a lot more Metallica than I do now.

I am a big fan of Bhangra.

I'm also into this Reggaetone stuff, but I am not familiar enough to know anything beyond "Rompe" and "Gasolina" (but those are fun songs).


My itunes playlists right now that i tend to listen to the most are:

1. Alternative: Cowboy Bebop sountrack, Papa Roach, PJ harvey, G. Love and Special Sauce, Electric Six
   
2. Classic Rock: Billy Joel, CCR, Clapton, Thorogood, Jethro Tull, Zeppelin, Paul Simon, The Police, Queen, Steve Miller, etc.
   
3. "Goofy Hardcore": CKY and The Bloodhound Gang
   
4. Punk: Against All Authority, Blink 182, Face to Face, The Clash, NOFX, Misfits, Rancid, Greenday, etc
   
5. Reggae: Marley, Matisyahu, Sean Paul (close enough, similar beat imo)
   
6. Rock: Andrew WK (its just too fun to ignore), DMB, Kid Rock, etc
   
7. Ska: The Toasters, The Bosstones, The Pietasters, Long Beach Dub All Stars, Perfect Thyroid, etc
   
8. Garage: The Hives, Los Straitjackets, The Monks, etc
   
9. Chutney: Panjabi MC, B21, and Bhangra songs
   
10. My Rap: Tribe Called Quest, Beastie Boys, Cypress Hill, Gravediggaz, House of Pain, The Streets

Along with indivual artist playlists that I listen to a lot like one for Fatboy Slim, Daft Punk, Bad Religion, Apocalyptica, Matisyahu, Sublime, Black Sabbath, Gypsy Kings (gotta be in the mood for that though). I have a Country list and a Jazz list and a Classical list, but don't listen to them much. I have a few electronica lists, but tend to go for the Fatboy Slim. I think that PJ Harvey goes great on a list with Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds.

I just made a list of my 10 most often played songs, and its all Matisyahu plus Jogi from Panjabi MC and Galang from MIA. They're also new songs that I've recently purchased from iTunes.


Here's a thread of avatars for bands and musicians

Here's a good free resource for Bhangra.


[edit on 15-12-2006 by Nygdan]

Maybe this is a bit much, but here are screenshots of my iTunes library. As you can tell by the bar on the right, there is still a long way to go, but I won't post it all. I've been told my taste is eclectic, and here's a taste of my taste.










And keep in mind, this isn't even past the "A"s.

Tori Amos, Tricky, Lamb, Lords of Acid, GLU, Poe, Faith No More, GVSB, Jawbox, Ani Difranco, Indigo Girls, Garbage, The Killers, Concrete Blonde, Texas, BT, nin, Siouxsie, The Creatures, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Janet, Whale, Moloko, Machines of Loving Grace, Folk Implosion, Sebadoh, Sneaker Pimps, Basement Jaxx, Chemical Brothers, Oasis, Kelly Clarkson (yes i love her death to you all), Voltaire, KMFDM, MDFMK, Praga Kahn, Boom Boom Satellites, Jonatha Brooke, Lauren Christy, Enigma, Voice of the Beehive, Shakespeare's Sister, Joan Osborne, The Cardigans, Esthero, Peeping Tom, Conjure One, The Presets, Fiona Apple, Mr. Bungle, Mike Patton, Cazwell, Jonatha Brooke, Jack Johnson, Nick Cave, The Beautiful South, My Chemical Romance, Pink, Foo Fighters, Skin, Skunk Anansie, Jawbox, Holly McNarland.... too much too much

I'm not going to list every band that I like.

But I think it's quite obvious that my favorite band is Queens of the Stone Age.

Nevermore

Strapping Young Lad

Manowar

Iron Maiden

Immortal

....And I would say Maiden put on the best live show.....

Yeah,

I love

The Go-Go's and Belinda Carlisle (that's right, you heard me!)
Faith No More
Tom Jones (he's just the man)
Chemical Brothers
Fatboy Slim


more to come



ps. Oh boy, am I hurting from GWAR last night! well, that's the price I pay for fighting my way to the front and fighting to maintain my position for the whole show.

Tangerine Dream
Cyber Zen Sound Engine
Suzane Ciani
Conjure One
Helloween

I'm with Nygdan that I have really been enjoying the reggaeton sweep that has been going on.

Smashing Pumpkins

311

Ash

Bush

Local H

hmmm... I can't pick just one favorite!

Originally posted by wu kung
Yeah,

I love

The Go-Go's and Belinda Carlisle (that's right, you heard me!)
Faith No More
Tom Jones (he's just the man)
Chemical Brothers
Fatboy Slim

i get weak, i feel free, summer rain... ahh sweet belinda

and mike patton is a musical genius, roddy bottom too...

tom jones revitalized sexy in a sexless age

setting sun made music out of electronic noise

and everything else was covered by a crazy 30 something dj that happened to have good taste in vinyl.

I enjoy all music with the exception of country. Um...my favorite artist would have to be Dr. Dre, in the old skool days.

I think I'll have to go with Def Leppard as number 1.

Judas Priest
Skid Row
The Tubes
Africa
W.A.S.P.
Firehouse
Kix
The Scorpions
Don Dokken
Van Halen
Tears For Fears
Ozzy Osbourne
Black Sabbath
Metallica
Journey
Dire Straits
Dio
Iron Maiden
Aerosmith
AC/DC
Foreigner
Whitesnake
Huey Lewis & The News
Winger
Bad English
Great White
Night Ranger
Warrant
Kiss
Fastway
Rush

Just to name a few.

Kind of a toss up between 36 Crazyfists and 30 Seconds to Mars.