I'm here to publicly eat My words..I was 100% dead wrong all modern music doesn't suck...many of You were right. I just wasn't turning enough stones...So i thought a retraction might be in order
At this stage I am still going to have to say My fave is still Coldplay but the more I investigate bands like
Priestess and Airborne and the Black Keys and others I'm sure that will change
So...expound on the virtues of Your favorite band of the past decade and as always...Have Fun
2007-12-23 12:26:58 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
That's very admirable Darth, if I was in your situation I'd just talk myself out of it and pretend I was right, because I'm silly.
Thanks for mentioning the Black Keys by the way, you jogged my memory, I meant to look into them.
Shut-up Kamilah.
Right, I think my favourite band from that time frame is Katastrophy Wife.
Kat Bjelland [the guitarist, lead singer and the woman that i worship] was part of Babes in Toyland - one of my favourite bands of all time, and I expected this band to be somewhat similar - but she really switched it up. She stays true to her punk-ish roots [you don't really hear it in the song I linked you to, there are only 3 KW youtube videos as the band isn't particularly popular] and she kept the powerful, aggressive voice that she had going on with the Babes - but the band just sounds different. Like, she has grown up - and so has her music. She's experimented more with this band, I think. The band has taken more risks, and tried new things and created something different and wonderful..
Bleh, I can't explain myself properly.
edit, Death By Carrots; That's Colplay; Fix You.
edit; You're welcome. [I'm surprised that I recognised it.]
2007-12-23 12:56:47 · answer #1 · answered by Cinny [1334♀] 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hey man your right about coldplay. I love them, they sound so peacefull. I listen to them as I fall asleep sometimes. And some more relaxing music, Jack Johnson is brilliant. Cant wait for his new cd. Breaking Benjamin is great hard/modern rock. I love the sound and Ben Burnley is a exelent song writer. Very creative and poetic. And Daughtry, this guy suprised me. When I first heard him I was really indifferent, but it's grown on me. There hasn't been any great metal start ups since 97, not in my book anyway. Some old bands that I like have done good stuff, but there still pretty unknown in the US and I'm not tellin, lol
2007-12-23 20:36:13 · answer #2 · answered by spatula_warrior 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Hot Hot Heat
Rilo Kiley
The Electric Soft Parade
Euphoria Monday
Get Set Go
GotRockIt
2007-12-23 20:30:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got a small list of bands to look into, but so far, I really like The White Stripes and Muse. Tool, Rage Against the Machine, and other related 90's bands are great as well, but they didn't start from '97 or after, and I'd have to include a couple more. But for now, The White Stripes and Muse. Both have great guitarists and a bit of a classic rock feel to them. Both are great with songwriting. Oh, and for Muse, the guitarist is also a pretty good keyboardist and the bassist uses great distortion.
2007-12-23 21:12:54 · answer #4 · answered by Montag 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I gotta start getting into more modern rock too :0), I'm madly listening to all those links from your question.
I have two in mind:
The Shins: I love them because half the time, they're kookie and utterly out of their mind (Eating Styles From Elephant Eyes, Know Your Onion!) and they have these really lush little folk indie tunes that just really force you to sit back and sigh. Kind of a modern version of Simon and Garfunkel with a more surrealistic lyricist.
Blackfield: I seem to always believe that everything Steven Wilson (of Porcupine Tree) touches turns to gold. Blackfield is his collaoration with Aviv Geffins and their music is just so beautiful. I guess their genre would be art rock, but they make pretty depressing songs, but all amazing beautiful songs too.
And once again, Merry Christmas!
2007-12-25 02:55:03 · answer #5 · answered by meep meep 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would say my favorite that partially falls into that era, at least for their latter albums as their first one came out in '92 is Rage Against The Machine.
Their songs make statements - often political, and I just like that sort of music. The song Renegades of Funk & video is awesome. I have all their albums and also all of Audioslave which was basically three members of Rage Against The Machine with Chris Cornell.
2007-12-23 20:35:41 · answer #6 · answered by genaddt 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For me it's Slipkont, not because of their music but because of their vocals. There are plenty of better bands out there from this time period. But Slipknot was the first band to make screaming mainstream and that sent my musical tastes into an entirely new direction and I'll always remember Slipknot for doing so.
2007-12-23 20:40:07 · answer #7 · answered by aamcomcd 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mine, of course is going to be The Donnas.
I highly doubt this is surprising to any other regulars on R&P. But this is true...we all have a certain band who we love name-dropping. Here I go again explaining how their music has evolved over the past 14 years and I never fail to stop loving them.
2007-12-23 20:41:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
U2 Great Music
2007-12-23 23:05:26 · answer #9 · answered by Peepaw 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interpol!
They're actually a really decent band. If you've never heard them, I would try them out.
Pioneer To The Falls is probably my favorite song of theirs. He's really got a unique voice, kind of monotone but very nice.
Maybe you can help me out. I like this one song and I'm pretty sure the lyric goes "lights will guide you home" or something, but it sounds like Coldplay? Is it?
Edit: Thanks Cinnamon!
2007-12-23 20:50:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋