The Pixies Beck The Postal Service Goldfrapp Thievery Corporation Joy Division / New Order Broken Social Scene The Clash Franz Ferdinand Metric Saturday Looks Good To Me Nouvelle Vague Arctic Monkeys Ladytron The Shins The Dandy Warhols The Go! Team Depeche Mode Modest Mouse The Arcade Fire
I'm glad I'm not the only one on this board who knows who these groups are. When I was introduced to them and come on here to talk about it, I thought I was. Metric is alright (Emily Haines has a great voice though) and I do know of one of Broken Social Scene's members, Jason Colett who has soothing music but has gotten a bit boring.
There is no doubt, Emily Haines carries the whole band. Metric always seems a little off to me (not performance-wise), sometimes cheesy, but I like their style.
In no particular order The Who Led Zeppelin Queen Dream Theater Rush Yes Pink Floyd Black Sabbath Iron Maiden Metallica Radiohead Porcupine Tree Judas Priest Opeth Soundgarden Nirvana Rage Against the Machine That's probably more than twenty. Oh well. There's plenty of other bands besides those that I like.
That sounds about right. And you're welcome, once again! I'm always glad to spread the love. And if you are actually interested, tomalak, I can recommend a few songs to you. I saw Emily Haines solo about a year ago. She was pretty good... love her voice! BSS is pretty cool, too, but I tend to be more of a fan of it's various member groups. The Stars are pretty good, as is Memphis, a side project of one of their members along with another from Metric. The Arcade Fire is far and away my favourite, though... Neon Bible is just an amazing album. Another great artist out of the Canadian indie scene, though not necessarily connected to that Montreal scene are Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, who play sort of country-rock, much in the spirit of The Band. The Rheostatics are another great band, though probably a little too experimental for some, but personally I think they're one of the five best Canadian bands of the last twenty years.
I think I love you. Oh, you sure aren't the only one. This board actually seems to have a lot of NIN fans. Here's my list: 01. THE CURE 02. APHEX TWIN 03. NINE INCH NAILS 04. DEPECHE MODE 05. AUTECHRE 06. THE SMITHS 07. AIR 08. DONOVAN LEITCH 09. SQUAREPUSHER 10. TALKING HEADS 11. THE DRESDEN DOLLS 12. THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS 13. BADLY DRAWN BOY 14. DAFT PUNK 15. DAVID BOWIE 16. RADIOHEAD 17. PORTISHEAD 18. RAMMSTEIN 19. TELEFON TEL AVIV 20. QUEEN
That's my problem with a lot of those bands. The lyrics might be good, but the song tune sounds boring and lacking of energy. I can only take those groups in small doses, even if the lyrics and style are good.
Metric have some songs with more energy, Combat Baby and Succexy for instance. They also mix it up a lot, go back and forth within the single songs.
In no order Def Leppard Godsmack Disturbed The Beatles U2 Lifehouse Simple Plan R.E.M. Linkin Park Jeff Buckley The Who Aerosmith Journey Matchbox 20 The Eagles Gun's 'n Roses The Offspring Creed Snow Patrol Fleetwood Mac
Hmmm... No particular order here: The Beatles Queen Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers Cheap Trick KISS AC/DC David Bowie Alice Cooper Squeeze Aimee Mann/'til Tuesday R.E.M. Journey Foo Fighters Def Leppard Neil Finn/Crowded House/Split Enz Ramones The Who ELO/Jeff Lynne Van Halen Alan Parsons Project