Favorite Music Bands

[Turner]

I tend to like songs more than groups. There are two groups/artists that I like and will be happy with just about any album/song of theirs.

 

[Simon Darkshade]

Manowar
Hammerfall
Iced Earth
Blind Guardian
Rhapsody
Iron Maiden
Motorhead
Saxon
Judas Priest
Yngwie Malmsteen
Stratovarius
Rainbow
Demons and Wizards
Epica
Sonata Arctica
The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
Ultima Thule
Bound for Glory
Prussian Blue
Skrewdriver
Elvis Presley
Johnny Horton
The Rutles

and of course the works of Richard Wagner

 

[Corlindale]

In no particular order:

Godspeed You Black Emperor!(Great and epic post-rock, possibly my favourite band)
Sigur Rós(Beautiful Icelandic post-rock)
Radiohead (Gloomy, but nice)
I.Q.( Prog-rock, supposedly influenced by Genesis)
Bright Eyes(Gloomy, but nice)
Kaizer's Orchestra(Norwegian folk-rock band, very weird music, very weird lyrics, but very nice)
Under Byen("Beneath the City" - Danish alternative rock band)
Mew(Danish prog-rock band)
Rhapsody(Good epic power-metal, although the lyrics are sometimes hard to take seriously. And don't get me started on their music videos...)
Nightwish(Again some fantasy-inspired Metal, lead singer has a beautiful voice. Although she just left the band, awww...)
Arcade Fire(Great alternative rockband)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!(Great alternative funk-rock band)

 

[Chukchi Husky]

I have a horrible taste in music.

These are bands that I have albums of in one form or another. They all can fit into progressive rock.

Dream Theater
dredg
Genesis
The Mars Volta
Muse
Nightwish
Opeth
Pink Floyd
Queensrÿche
Radiohead
Symphony X
Yes

I.Q.( Prog-rock, supposedly influenced by Genesis)

Most neo-progressive rock bands are influenced by Peter Gabriel era and early Phil Collins era Genesis. Don't confuse it with Genesis after "And Then There Were Three", when they started to become pop rock. The only neo-prog band I heard a few songs from is Marillion, and the Genesis influence is obvious with them.

 

[ComradeDavo]

My fave bands would be.....*drum roll*.... (and this is basically in order)....

TOOL
Placebo
Nine Inch Nails
Rammstein
VNV Nation
Covenant
Marilyn Manson
Alice In Chains
A Perfect Circle
System Of A Down

I've had the pleasure to see all of them apart from VNV Nation live, some of them twice! Though obviously Alice In Chains was with the new singer, he was very good.

As you can see, my tastes are generally Metal/Industrial.

Metallica: 2 months ago I probably wouldn't have put them on this list, and I didn't like any of the albums they'd released for 15 years. Then I saw them live at Donnington. It was simply the greatest set ever. Master of Puppets all the way through? Orion live? I couldn't believe it. They stayed away from St Anger, and apart from the new song I loved every minute of it. They converted a Megadeth fan that day

That was one hell of a show! 4th time i've seen 'em, and definetely the best by far, which is saying something because they were rather good before!

 

[Scratcher]

I would have to say my favourite band would be AC/DC. I grew up listening to Bon Scotts unmistakable voice. It was a sad day for me when he passed away, and to be honest after this AC/DC were never really the same. But I still listen to their albums nearly 30 years later, surely a good sign.

Other bands would include:
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden (up to 7th son album)
Mettalica (up to justice for all album)
Kiss
Guns n Roses
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Led Zepplin
Pink Floyd

and for some unknown reason, I really like all of the Jamiroquai albums.

 

[GoldEagle]

-Dream Theater
-Rush
-3 Doors Down
-Silvertide
-Theory of a Deadman
-Nickelback
-Third Eye Blind
-Led Zeppelin
-Red Hot Chilli Peppers (Mostly Stadium Arcadium)

 

[CaptainF]

Bob Marley. damn he was good, too good, Three Little Birds is so uplifting it should be the Jamaican national anthem.

Singing sweet songs, of melody pure and clear, this is my message to youhoohoo.



A poet and a scholar A politician for his country and a man of great scope.

Bob Marley was indeed one of the most exemplary humans to ever inhabit this f-ed up planet.

 

[Yorgos]

It seems that most civilisation fans are rockers! I love it! Now I strongly believe that this game attracts non political correct Europeans. For people that may think that these are irrelevant, note that part of my PhD thesis will be about how music is related to political opinions and attitudes. You can also check British cultural studies about that, Hebdige's Subculture or the meaning of style is a good place to start. Anyway, here are a few of my favourites, proving that I listen to a great variety of genres:

Godspeed You Black Emperor
Sigur Ros
Anathema (before Alternative 4)
Iron Maiden
Pink Floyd
Phillip Glass
Wim Mertens
Mike Oldfield
Thanos Mikrutsikos
Keith Jarrett
Beethoven

And, by the way, I think that music is a great advantage of civ4. Instead of using silly original music, it includes more than 10 hours of medieval, classical and minimalistic music.

 

[Pokurcz]

Oh, I like a lot of bands.

Slayer (love their lyrics)
Nick Cave
Mark Lanegan
Tom Waits
Rage Against The Machine
Danzig
AC/DC
ZZ-Top
Metallica
Dimmuborgir
Children of Bodom
Winter
Nirvana
Cesaria Evora
Shostakovich
Chopin
Bach
Haydn
Cannibal Corpse
Morbid Angel
Napalmdeath
Vanhalen
BB King
Fats Domino
John Lee Hooker
Kent
Ray Charles
Nat King Cole
Queens of the Stoneage
Bloodhoundgang
Audioslave
Soundgarden
Stonetemplepilots
Deicide
White stripes
Tool
Blacksabbath
Led Zeppelin
Deep Purple
Laleh
Radiohead
Sepultura
Pantera
Sir Mix a Lot (Baby got Back!)
Hendrix

And some other ones as well.

 

[colony]

It seems that most civilisation fans are rockers! I love it! Now I strongly believe that this game attracts non political correct Europeans. For people that may think that these are irrelevant, note that part of my PhD thesis will be about how music is related to political opinions and attitudes. You can also check British cultural studies about that, Hebdige's Subculture or the meaning of style is a good place to start. Anyway, here are a few of my favourites, proving that I listen to a great variety of genres:

Sounds interesting, although I wouldn't say I was a typical heavy metal fan, in terms of political views, but a complete distrust of all politicians might be typical. I'm actually surprised there aren't even more metal fans here, on most computer games forums I've been on they're everywhere.

I am pleasently surpsrised by the number of Dream Theater and Children of Bodom fans though

 

[CaptainF]

It seems that most civilisation fans are rockers! I love it! Now I strongly believe that this game attracts non political correct Europeans. For people that may think that these are irrelevant, note that part of my PhD thesis will be about how music is related to political opinions and attitudes. You can also check British cultural studies about that, Hebdige's Subculture or the meaning of style is a good place to start. Anyway, here are a few of my favourites, proving that I listen to a great variety of genres:

I'm not a rocker!

Well, okay. A little bit, probably about 15% of my listening. The rest is a nice amalgam of Reggae, Jazz, Hip Hop, and other such devil music.

 

[homeyg]

I'm beginning to get away from the "only listen to these bands" phase - I like individual songs better now.

 

[Abaddon]

To much to even possibly consider!

 

[Left]

bands

You hit it on the head. I also like blues, Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Paul Reddick & the Sidemen, etc.

Prussian Blue

We got a live one.

 

[CaptainF]

You hit it on the head. I also like blues, Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Paul Reddick & the Sidemen, etc.

Don't forget John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters!

 

[Sidhe]

Don't forget John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters!

Muddy waters, Muddy waters! Damn I knew I missed someone, pfft thanks. I keep missing the greats, flipping typical

Well to be honest unless your an idiot, you have to listen to every genre musically, if you don't your missing it all.

 

[Yeeek]

Hm i love Morcheeba (1st and 2nd album) Massive Attack, all of them. Portishead and M (Olivier Lude) a french artist. But frankly, i listen to everything, i don't have any set music tastes. I can listen to U2 then next Barry White and after that Smashing Pumpkins.

 

[downtown]

You hit it on the head. I also like blues, Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Paul Reddick & the Sidemen, etc.

All right, here is a man I can work with. I love the blues. Its what I play, and a lot of what I listen to. I love Watters, Clapton and John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers as well. Junior Wells aint so slouch either.

I also dig...

Tower of Power-with the baddest horns in the land, great soul and funk
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy-hip retro swing
Blues Traveler-Harmonica!
John Mayer
The Pietasters
The Slackers
AC/DC
Streetlight Manifesto

 

[Syterion]

Just thought I'd mention Gnarls Barkley as an interesting soul group/singer(I'm not sure if it is a band or not- I think the producer Danger Mouse is part of it), especially with the single "Crazy." It's very impressive. Someone to watch. Google it for the music video, which is trippy and impressive as well.

EDIT: I like Corlindale's taste in music the best of you guys. I also listen to some of Dawgphood's stuff(John Coltrane and Miles Davis and the Reggae), and some classical.