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Sorry - no musical bones in my body like all you talented guys!
I love lots of stuff from the 60's and 70's, though I listen to it less and less now days. I am pretty much a classical kind of guy, with bigband and swing included.
I have a bunch of cassette singles that I bought in the 80's when I worked for Musicland. Most of them were remakes of older stuff.
The only thing I have a real problem with - meaning that I have a hard time calling it music. Is Opera, hiphop, heavy metal and rap.
They all make my skin crawl! But one of my cassette singles is a Gun's & Roses tune! Not sure why buy I like the darn thing.

Originally posted by ananias
As a young boy(read: 4-5 years ago), I used to like punk (Ramones, Sex Pistols, Dead Kennedys...etc.) and metal (Metallica, Sepultura, Pantera, Slayer...etc.). Then I grew up.

Nowdays I enjoy the older rock and heavy (Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple...). I have also started to listen to the newer swedish rockbands, such as Backyard Babies, The Hives, and Hellacopters.

Oh, and I dislike techno, rap-"music" and r&b.

You don't have to stop being a "punk" just because you grow up! There are still times I strip down to my skivvies, plug in the amp, turn up the stereo with Sex Pistols on and leap about the living room.

Much to the dismay and displeasure of my last ex you came home early from her MBA class to catch me in mid leap from the arm of the couch.


"WTF are you doing!"

"What do you mean dear?"

"You heard me what are you doing. Have you gone crazy?"

"Just playing some music"

"God the neighbors can see you. You didn't even close the curtains."

"Hey baby ever boff a punk rock star?"

"No and for God's sake put on some clothes."

Oh well another relationship doomed. Critics sheesh

BTW the Hives rock

I can appreciate just about anything. When I played professionally, it was mostly blues, rockabilly, C&W from the '50s and '60s, surf instrumentals, etc. Guess if you had to pin a label on it, call it "American Roots Music". I was pretty much of an elitist back then and disdained anything current.

A lot of you guys mentioned the Sex Pistols. Saw them at a kicker bar in Dallas, the Longhorn Ballroom, and was blown away by their energy and attitude. Rock music was so stagnant at time and they really opened a lot of peoples eyes.


Ironically, the older I get, the more open-minded I get. My tastes are a lot more varied now than in my "purist" days. I listen to everything from the Beatles and Hendrix to AC-DC to the MTV stuff my kids expose me to.

Sisters of Mercy, Joy Division, Children on Stun, The Merry Thoughts, Kraftwerk, Laibach, Malice Lizer, Shingo Mama, Bauhaus, pre-80s Alice Cooper, Vivaldi, Mozart, various cello things, Plainsong, Gregorian chant, Brian Eno, Rammstein, The The, Shonen Knife, The Cure, The Mission, Disjectra Membra, The Clash, Salmonella Dub, The Mutton Birds, Headless Chickens, Fields of the Nephilim, lots of 80's stuff of various flavours, Every Little Thing, Lar'c en Ceil, and.... other stuff.




tohoku
YMMV

Originally posted by Mojo

You don't have to stop being a "punk" just because you grow up! There are still times I strip down to my skivvies, plug in the amp, turn up the stereo with Sex Pistols on and leap about the living room.

Well, sometimes when I´m feeling nostalcig, I dig up some Sex Pistols or The Clash, and jump around a bit. But it´s easier to jump around with the Hives, because they sound a bit more "fresh".

Also, when Joey Ramone (R.I.P) died, I bought the The Best Of The Ramones, and listend to it to remember the "old times". I **** nearly cried.

Originally posted by Mojo

Much to the dismay and displeasure of my last ex you came home early from her MBA class to catch me in mid leap from the arm of the couch.

LOL!

Originally posted by Mojo

BTW the Hives rock

Yes, the certainly do. The White Stripes rock too, and also, let´s not forget The Strokes.

Originally posted by Easy8

A lot of you guys mentioned the Sex Pistols. Saw them at a kicker bar in Dallas, the Longhorn Ballroom, and was blown away by their energy and attitude. Rock music was so stagnant at time and they really opened a lot of peoples eyes.

Was that before or after the (in)famous "Sid-smashes-a-cowboy-in-the-head-with-his-bass"-incident?

I remember how they tried a comeback in 1996, or so. Their comeback-tour was named "filthy lucre" by the band themselves. They played in Finland in this big music festival, or actually, would have played. They where bombed down from the stage with bottles by dissappointed, drunken youngsters. A **** shame, really.

Was that before or after the (in)famous "Sid-smashes-a-cowboy-in-the-head-with-his-bass"-incident?

I believe that happened in San Antonio, around the same time (1977 ???)

Well..at age of 10 I fell in love with ABBA´s music, besides some of the disco stuff of the late 70´s (BeeGees ect). Later on my elder brother brought Rock Music to my ears. Was Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, early Van Halen, Black Sabbath, Whitesnake, Yngwe Malmsteen (...for short duration) Iron Maiden, Judas Priest ect., all music that made me learning the guitar (acoustic) at age of 12. Starting electric guitar with age of 14 I soonly joined my first band and stayed with Rock/Metal music througout the 80´s. My faves at this time were mainly Ozzy Osbourne (always great guitarists!), Queensryche, J.Priest, VanHalen, Blue Murder, and still much of the very good 70´s stuff like D.Purple and Zep. At the same time I fell in love with classical music (except opera) and one composer that in particular touched the deepest depths of my heart and mind was J.Brahms with his symphonies. (4th kicks a..) But there are many good others I like. Hindemith, R.Strauss, Sibelius, Grieg..I think most were from the "Romantic" period (late 19th century). Film music I liked the "conan the Barbarian" soundtrack much. I forgot name of the composer though.
Another band that not only impresses me, but also touches something with me was the canadian band RUSH! I´m still great fan of this band and had the luck to see them live in Cologne in 1992 (Roll the bones tour). This band has it all, great musicians, great melodies and very unique and creative ways to play their music. Hard to believe this is a band of 3 men when you hear them! This band also makes me getting interested in playing drums and liking synthesizers. Unfortunately they never were really succesful in a more commercial way. (Faves: Signals, Moving Pictures, Grace under Pressure)
Nowadays I like a much greater varity of music styles, well produced dance and pop/rock songs, Robby Williams, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Missy Elliot (..in general I don´t like RAP style music), Alanis Morissette, Daft Punk, Madonna, En Vogue, Goo Goo Dolls, Modern Talking (Noooo...just kidding!! ) and other stuff from the charts. If it´s well produced (good sound) and has good melodies/groove, has unique musical ideas, intensity and good singer, I´m usually open minded to many different styles, no matter wether it´s commercial or underground. There are even some "techno" and simplistic rock tunes I like. Too bad I don´t have really enough time anymore to hear much music, cause of my own activities with making music myself (Dance, Pop, Rock..). If there weren´t wargames like SPWAW, CM and Panzer Elite that I waste too much time on playing, I probably would be a famous music producer today!

Special greetings to all you other musicians here, no matter what style or instrument you play. Keep playing on!

_________
Harry

I will listen to U2 till the day I die.

Anybody listen to Elvis Costello's new CD? It's great. "Spooky Girlfriend" has been running through my head for days now

red hot chily peppers, bush, pennywise, heideroosjes,nirvana,incubus,foo fighters,radiohead,sex pistols,
fu manchu, cradle of filth,system of a down, [old[when max cavalera still was the front man]sepultura,the hives, old metallica, old U2, probably more but i cant think of it.

I absolutly HATE trance and everything DJ made i cant stand it.


I play bass for,i think 8months now.

Originally posted by U2
I will listen to U2 till the day I die.

Edge rules.

I guess most of you have heard by now that the Rolling Stones are embarking on a 40th Anniversary Tour beginning Sept. 5 in Boston and ending summer 2003 with stops in Europe, South America and for the first time, China. Yeah, I can hear the geriatric rocker jokes coming on, but don't forget that 3 of the top 5 grossing tours of all time where Stones tours. Number 1 (to date) was the 1994 Voodoo Lounge Tour, at $122 million. This is my all-time favorite group, so let them roll on.

The Replacements
X
Sleater-Kinney
Shane MacGowan
Patsy Cline
Johnny Cash

...for starters...

Originally posted by KG Erwin
I guess most of you have heard by now that the Rolling Stones are embarking on a 40th Anniversary Tour beginning Sept. 5 in Boston and ending summer 2003 with stops in Europe, South America and for the first time, China. Yeah, I can hear the geriatric rocker jokes coming on, but don't forget that 3 of the top 5 grossing tours of all time where Stones tours. Number 1 (to date) was the 1994 Voodoo Lounge Tour, at $122 million. This is my all-time favorite group, so let them roll on.

dad and i are going to see them on that tour, when the visit the netherlands or belgium at least.

and ive seen them at werchter/belgium in 1998 when i was 12

pennywise

ROCK`N`ROLL

They´re just great, saw them live twice so far.

The List (in no particular order):

Notorious B.I.G. (rap phenom, the best ever)
Eminem
Tupac
Outkast
nin
Marilyn Manson
The Beatles
Elton John
Tenacious D (The Greatest Band in the World)
DVDA
TooL
Beastie Boys
Weezer
Prick
Johnny Cash
David Allen Coe


****, I know I am forgetting some very important people here, but oh well. This should give a good break down...

pennywise
thats cool

i havent seen em and i have only 2cd's of em live at the key club and land of the free

European House & Techno mostly

But sometimes I like George Thorogood as well

Originally posted by Vincent Prochelo
DVDA

Isn't that the guys who make South Park?