08-12-2004, 02:37 AM
New bands: Rammstein and Nightwish, mostly. Rammstein because they always seem to find the right balance between hardness, harmony and rythm. Plus, some of their lyrics are actually pretty good. I hear they're marketed as a band for "I hate my mommy" teenagers in the US, which is really a shame, because they're more than that (even though they're, admittedly, not as much as some of the more hardcore fans like to think). Nightwish... just sort of sound good to me. ^^; Must be the "right mix between harmony/hardness" thing again.
There's a lot of classic rock I like too. To sum up my biggest favourites from there: The Simple Minds (a band from Scotland, had most of their successes in the late 80s AFAIK, not all of their songs are good but the ones that are ABSOLUTELY FUCKING KICK ARSE -- look out for "Hypnotized", "Up on the catwalk", "She's a river" and "Don't you forget about me"), U2 (mostly their early stuff), David Bowie (has done some pretty cool stuff, what else can I say?) and some of the late Beatles stuff (mostly stuff they did after getting hooked on drugs. I'd recommend "Helter Skelter", "Hey Bulldog" and "Get back".)
...that's it, I think. I tend to be more of a person who likes individual songs than entire bands though. ^^;
There's a lot of classic rock I like too. To sum up my biggest favourites from there: The Simple Minds (a band from Scotland, had most of their successes in the late 80s AFAIK, not all of their songs are good but the ones that are ABSOLUTELY FUCKING KICK ARSE -- look out for "Hypnotized", "Up on the catwalk", "She's a river" and "Don't you forget about me"), U2 (mostly their early stuff), David Bowie (has done some pretty cool stuff, what else can I say?) and some of the late Beatles stuff (mostly stuff they did after getting hooked on drugs. I'd recommend "Helter Skelter", "Hey Bulldog" and "Get back".)
...that's it, I think. I tend to be more of a person who likes individual songs than entire bands though. ^^;