Favorite band or genre?

[Esomark]

My favorites seem to fluctuate all the time. When I first got interested in music, I liked pretty much anything that was "cool" to me, whether it was classic rock (Black Sabbath especially. Still enjoy them) or mainstream hard rock. When I learned a little more and structured things out, I got swept up in the whole metalcore thing since it seemed more interesting than pretty much anything else the mainstream had to offer and grew out of most of the stuff I liked before. But then I got bored with the mainstream and started liking death metal or anything "extreme". But I lost interest in that as well and for some reason, I really like punk rock, "alternative rock" like Sonic Youth, and industrial bands like Ministry (Saw them before they broke up), Swans, Godflesh, and Pigface more than anything else right now. I also pretty much like anything Mike Patton does, whether it's Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, or Fantomas.

So, how about yourselves?

[dale coba]

Chill-bumps appear, and I am frozen in the web they weave,
as they reveal their innermost selves with the outpouring of their hearts.

I suspect I'm among the most lyric-centered music fans here.
If there aren't Words with Meaning, it's barely a song, at least to my taste.

- Dale Coba

And that day, R.E.M. announced their break-up.

[KingJeremy]

Rush is probably my favorite and I know most people love 'em or hate 'em but I've seen them 9 times and I think they're still going strong making relevant music even after all these years. I'm also a big fan of the Cult as well.

[--NightBattery--]

who is rem?
i like to give personal meaning to songs, i like to imagine places, have fake memories and remember places and people. i may like rainmaker from iron maiden and then switch to Around the world from ATB and then hear eleanor rigby. u_u
now i remember when girls asked me about my favorite "type of music" and i said that it was silly to think that way. life is good.

[ISAF]

i like this genre:

EBM, Industrial, NeoFolk and Pagan

Favorite bands are:

Death in June
Von Thronstahl
Leger des Heils
Rome
Forseti

Project Pitchfork
VNV Nation
Die Form
Front242
Nitzer Ebb
Funker Vogt
And One
Covenant

[ANDROID69]

Hey fellow ASFRian's Again AWESOME Topic! for Genre... METAL \M/ & Hard Rock are top of my list also classic rock, classical, some country & VERY LIL rap even less hip hop. As for bands... well Kishin has named a few that I love. So like my ol pal I'LL name my favorites & what I like currently. As for my top band... thats Impossible as It' a 4 way tie: DEEP PURPLE/RAINBOW, IRON MAIDEN, BLACK SABBATH, & MOTORHEAD.

My others I love:
DIO ANY & ALL RITCHIE BLACKMORE/BLACKMORE'S NIGHT
W.A.S.P.
ICED EARTH, BLIND GUARDIAN, and DEMONS & WIZARDS
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN
LORDI
CHICKEN FOOT
BBC aka BLACK COUNTRY COMMUION
ANTHRAX
MEGADEATH
AFTER FOREVER
EDGUY & AVENTAISA
THERION
LEAVES' EYES
HALESTORM
FIESTIEN/ DRF(DAVID ROCK FIENSTIEN)
DREAM EVIL
FIREWIND
NIGHT WISH
SIERIA
ELEVN KING
AMORPHIS
PRIMAL FEAR
HAMMERFALL
STRATOVARIUS
TYPE O-NEGATIVE
EVERGREY
ANGEL DUST
QUEENSRYCHE
STONE SOUR
AVENGE SEVENFOLD
MR BIG
MARTY FRIEDMAN
TRIVIUM
HELLYEAH
DAMAGE PLAN
PANTERA
MUDVANE
ROYAL HUNT

[ANDROID69]

AWW CRUD I forgot WHITESNAKE sorry Folks

[Gorgo]

I'm mostly into new age music these days: Yanni and Enya.

Also like some of the older folk balladeers: Gordon Lightfoot and Christ de Burgh

Am a fan of some of the Japanese anime theme composers: Kenji Kawai and Yuki Kajiura

Other than that, I prefer the song over the singer in most cases. Anything pretty well from the 1980s back to the 1950s, even some of the big band stuff from the 1940s.

[Esomark]

I'm mostly into new age music these days: Yanni and Enya.

I've been dabbling in New Age myself. Michael Hedges (R.I.P.), Ray Obiedo, Peter Buffett, and David Lanz have been a nice alternative to...well, pretty much everything.

And speaking of Japanese composers, Yoko Kanno and SNK's Neo Geo Performance Group have been getting a lot of spins from me lately.

[The Egg]

So much to choose from. Let's see what's on my playlist today:

Ova Looven
Yasume
The Alpha Conspiracy
Funckarma
Shadow Huntaz
Landau
Porcupine Tree
Boards of Canada
Meat Beat Manifesto
Nightmares on Wax
Slowdive
Mat101
The Future Sound of London
Yoko Kanno
Candyland
Washed Out
Ulrich Schnauss
The Legendary Pink Dots
Telefon Tel Aviv
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
Massive Attack
Tipper
Squarepusher
Gimmik
Burial
808 State
Ronald Jenkees
Trans Am

That's a good start I suppose.

[csoloist]

Ugh, my old "fave" band (DMode) have been sucking hard for over a decade.

Listen to a variety of stuff - Melodic speedmetal ala old Sonata Arctica, Wintersun or old CoBodom and Folkier stuff like Skyclad, Ensiferum or Korpiklaani. Big soft spot for 80s synthpop. Also 90s/2000s electronica like BoC, Richard James, Plaid, Squarepusher and all the other WARP records acts and obviously related trip-hop stuff. Some older industrial like Front242, Skinny Puppy, Frontline Assembly, KMFDM, NIN or more recently Haujobb. Prog like Zombi or Ozric Tentacles and trancier stuff like Hallucinogen, Shpongle or OTT. Special mention of DBowie. Classics (esp baroque), organ muzak, medieval chant/polyphony. Plenty of modern movie (and sometimes game) soundracks like Conan, Robocop, Dune or C&C. Loads of other stuff besides, this is off the top of my head.

[xodar]

Like Dale Coba I generally have to have words to music. There is some music I can listen to that doesn't have words, but perhaps less so. Basically I listened to less and less music in the 80s. That has nothing to do with the quality of the music, and I liked a lot of 80s music, but with the fact that your hearing declines with age even if you don't notice it. Probably I can't hear some things I could before that, which my ear nose throat doctor told me was so.
But my musical taste developed partly politically and partly on some aesthetic or feeling basis. As a kid I actually listened to classical, pop, and what's now called country/western. Around age 12 I became more rock and pop oriented because that was right when the Civil Rights movements started and country/western fans were precisely the ones who opposed integration and made it a point to use the so-called "N" word. I developed a dislike for that genre till I was well into my 30s. I somewhat substituted folk music for it during that craze because it had words that told coherent stories.
By then I was again listening to music on some aesthetic basis and because I associated it with things. I also all along liked Middle Eastern music. It would be much the same now if I actually sat and listened to music but I seldom do. I like much 80s music but can hardly recall the name of any band or individual, which I can easily do for the 50s through the 70s. Such is the arc of life.

Oh, yes, New Age. I did enjoy that, too.

[gynoneko]

Well.... favorite band... too many to list.. and I keep adding to it.....

Queen
Pink Floyd
They Might Be Giants
Oingo Boingo
Ayreon
Dream Theater
Porcupine Tree
Beatles
Daft Punk
Weird Al
Green Day
Yoko Kanno
The Seatbelts
Gorillaz
XTC
Dukes of Straosphere
Owl City
Jonathan Coulton
Duran Duran
Tempest

College Rock
Classic Rock
Celtic Rock
Classical Music
Soundtracks
Musicals
Swing Music
J-Pop
I don't like most rap... but some I like.

I am only scratching the surface here...

[Esomark]

I guess I'll make some lists, too. When in Rome!

Most favorite:
Black Sabbath
Buddy Holly (distantly related to him, believe it or not)
Melvins
Type O Negative
Amorphis
Swans
Godflesh
Tool
A Perfect Circle
Faith No More
Mr. Bungle
Fantomas
Tomahawk (Cherokee and Apache are part of my blood line, btw)
Ministry
Prong
Mastodon
Meshuggah
Neurosis
Cephalic Carnage
Corrosion of Conformity
Helmet
King's X
Black Flag
Bad Religion
Sonic Youth
Monster Magnet
Clutch

Honorable mentions:
Primus
Infectious Grooves
Killing Joke
Lords of Acid
Hüsker Dü
Flipper
The Pixies
Gwar
Fear Factory
Led Zeppelin
Saint Vitus
Ramones
Soundgarden

Bands/musicians I want to hear more from:
Allan Holdsworth (I've been learning some of his techniques from my guitar teacher)
Michael Hedges
More New Age in general, really
Herbie Hancock and jazz fusion in general
More industrial, ambient, etc. I know Ministry well but not Revolting Cocks
Yoko Kanno

[barakuda]

Best Band ever the Beatles. I love the 60's psychadelic sound. Also like most 60's British Invasion stuff. Kinks Zombies Who.I also like Motown. 80's new wave like Talking Heads ,The Violent Femmes. David Bowie Pink floyd. Newer Bands I like Pearl Jam,Red Hot Chillipeppers,Nirvana,Radio Head. But i like the 60's sound best. Epcially the Beatles and most of thier individual solo stuff. Cant forget Bob Dylan or the Doors

[minkwheel]

WOW! --I have so many favorites, too many to list, and I also want to check out many of the bands LISTED here to widen my horizons---future favorites to be had--so I love this kind of post, really. Okay....a short list of favorites DEVO!!! THE AQUABATS, DAVID BOWIE, DAVID BENOIT, QUEEN, OINGO BOINGO, THE DICKIES, WEIRD AL!!!!! THE PHENOMENAUTS, RAMONES, THE CLASH, JOE JACKSON, ELVIS COSTELLO, BARENAKED LADIES...I do miss STEVE though---------so many more....LOVE most of MOTOWN......and as far as the best concerts I've been to this past year, have to go to ROD STEWART, and PRINCE..............hands down, two of the most entertaining shows I have EVER been to.

[Saya]

My own music tastes are all over the place. I mostly go by a song-by-song basis and I don't stick to any particular bands. But my parents got me started early on rock-n-roll, especially metal. So, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Guns N Roses, Van Halen and etc, though I typically only like a few of their songs. If I had to pick one band who's songs I like consistently, it's Clearance Clearwater Revival.

From this century, however...lessie...I rather like Avenged Sevenfold, the occasional Three Day's Grace. It's a bit tricky to keep up on more modern music out where I live. The internet is unreliable and the radio has three stations. One religious, one from a city which is rather static-y, and one (gulp) country station. And the one from the city? Classic rock.

*doomed*

But I have music ranging from N.W.A to Johnny Cash to the Red Army Choir. I like to think my tastes are varied!

[Sentient6]

My tastes are pretty wide ranging. I won't deny that my biggest soft spots are for prog and metal (which seems to be the case for several who have posted here), but there's so much great music everywhere regardless of genre. I'm hesitant to even post a list of faves cuz it would be too long :p

I'm really happy to see that someone mentioned Rainmaker. I love that song so much!

[Sega-boy]

Digging these playlists, except maybe Yanni. I'm impressed to see the many facets of Patton.
Kishin's list is definitely off the beaten path, except for Ladytron, Rammstein & Skrillex perhaps. (That would be a fun team-up).
Not too familiar with the list fromThe Egg either, but if The Future Sound of London and MLWTTKK is on there, then I'll have to give the rest a listen sometime.

So nobody wants to own up to Genesis?
The Police?
Anthrax?
Korn?
Dandy Warhols?
Garbage?
Beck?

I see Soundgarden, but no Alice in Chains???

For me, the Beatles, Black Sabbath and Alice Cooper started it all.

So far the best concert I've attended has been Rammstein, however, I fulfilled a life-long dream when I saw the Rolling Stones perform live.
As for this year, Rob Zombie's touring with Megadeth. AWESOME

And I think one of the most underrated bands was Curve.

[DukeNukem 2417]

As stated in a previous thread, I'm a Gowan fan, so...yeah.

[sweet860]

Beck
Phoenix
Giraffes? Giraffes!
Belle & Sebastian
Coheed and Cambria
At the Drive In

just to name what ive been going over the last couple of days

[King Snarf]

So nobody wants to own up to Genesis?

I like some Genesis. Though I will say I like Peter Gabriel more. Either group, though, needs to get added to the Rock Band game.

The Police?

Hells yes! I prefer their earlier stuff, with all the songs about unrequited love and suicide and generally fast upbeat songs about being depressed.

[Cepheid]

Electronic; so much electronic. Especially psychedelic electronic.

Favourite artists are probably:
Carbon Based Lifeforms
Shpongle
Mind.in.a.Box
Liquid Stranger
Freq
Neelix
Tycho
Younger Brother
Shulman
Ott

And then I also like Tool and A Perfect Circle, Katatonia, Dimmu Borgir, and Árstíðir for non-electro. And Daft Punk for the songs that sound like robot love.

[RancidInsanity]

Daft Punk, Wolfgang Gartner, Deadmau5, Technoboy, Tuneboy, Skrillex

Yeah I love all forms of electronic music.

[Sentient6]

To answer your question, Sega-Boy, I LOVE Genesis (Gabriel era anyway. Collins era is hit-or-miss for me, but some of that stuff is still really good). I've also been a Beck fan for years, though I don't listen to him nearly as much as I did in high school. Alice in Chains are also a long time favorite for me.