Favorite Band

Alice N Chains, Megadeth, Savatage, and Metallica(1st 4 albums, St Anger sucks ****)

Children of Bodom,(obviously),Symphony X,King Diamond, Nevermore, The Crown and Dream Theater- Train of Thought=pure ownage.

There are so many great bands out there its hard to choose but i would have to go with Guns n Roses and Megadeth

The Hellecasters - if you love hot guitar playing it's all here - country picking, rock virtuoso, slide, jazz, catchy tunes, humour..

Queens of the Stone Age - for the opening 3 tracks on 'Songs for the deaf' alone is enough to make QOTSA a fave
Allman Brothers up to Eat a peach, Sisters & Brothers. Duane and Dicky Betts, The greatest of all guitar pairings

Molly Hatchett - Danny Joe Brown stuff, before they became AOR.'Flirting with disaster' toppermost boogie album ever.

ZZ Top - up to 'Eliminator'. Billy Gibbons is one seriously underrated guitar stylist

Lynyrd Skynyrd - 'Gimme back my bullets' was a bit weak but all the other albums of the Ronnie van Zant era were top notch.

Parliament & Funkadelic in the 70s. serious grooves, hot chops, off the wall lyrics and arrangements, top playing. The only downside - indirectly spawning the incredibly sh*te Chili Peppers.

Tower of Power, their funky Warner period up to '76. The best brass section ever bar none and one of the hottest rhythm sections in history

Favorite: IRON MAIDEN
some other favorites:Blind Guardian, Hammerfall, Sabbath, Megadeth, Racer X, COB, Iced Earth, Nitro, Yngwie, stevie ray vaughn, dokken, trial, malevolent creation, dark tranguility, old metallica of course, some doors,

But my all time favorite album comes from a band with pure raw and un polished talent, these guys dont get enough credit for their works on this album from the blazin guitar riffs, and banging drums, to the amazing vocals this album has it all and the album is of course................







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St. Anger

Favorite band is the great Van halen
also like BLS
Pantera although no more
Black Sabbath
Ozzy (solo)
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Led Zeppelin
list can go on forever
metallica
megadeth
dio
anthrax
motorhead


[Edited by The Allmighty Zach on 12-21-2003 at 10:10 PM]

My favourite band continuously changes but my overall favourite, for years, would have to be Opeth.

Others have been Jimi Hendrix, Pantera, Slayer, Cream, Pig Destroyer, Blood Duster (on awesome Aussie band with a unique sound of Grindcore/Groove/Rock), Johnny Winter, Primus, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin...

[Edited by Seve420 on 12-21-2003 at 11:57 PM]

Has anyone here heard of the Fighting Jacks?

My favorite bands include Sigur Ros, Opeth, NIN, HIM and ofcourse Pink Floyd. Not the heavy-metal most have been posting (other than Opeth) but I highly recommend Sigur Ros for anyone in a slower, melodic, melancholy mood. They don't have any ingenius guitar work or anything but the mood they can set is nothing short of amazing.

Originally posted by Fenderman
Metallica (duh), Three days grace, staind,Blink 182, Disturbed, ECT...

Now that's what I call bad taste.

Some of the bands I like:

I. The Beatles
II. The Rolling Stones
III. Jimi Hendrix
IV. Led Zeppelin
V. Deep Purple
VI. Queen
VII. Rush
VIII. Pink Floyd
IX. Bob Dylan
X. Judas Priest
XI. The Who
XII. Black Sabbath
XIII. Dream Theater
XIV. Rainbow
XV. The Kinks
XVI. Paul McCartney
XVII. John Lennon
XVIII. Creedence Clearwater Revival
XIX. The Beach Boys
XX. The Hollies
XXI. Kansas
XXII. Yngwie Malmsteen
XXIII. Symphony X
XXIV. Van Halen
XXV. Gary Moore
XXVI. Marillion
XXVII. Santana
XXVIII. Yes
XXIX. Genesis
XXX. Blackmore’s Night
XXXI. George Harrison
XXXII. King Crimson
XXXIII. Dio
XXXIV. Queensrÿche
XXXV. Crimson Glory
XXXVI. Fates Warning
XXXVII. Jethro Tull
XXXVIII. The Animals
XXXIX. Halford
XL. AC/DC
XLI. Whitesnake
XLII. Avantasia
XLIII. Racer X
XLIV. Adagio
XLV. Metallica
XLVI. Iron Maiden
XLVII. Joe Satriani
XLVIII. Jeff Beck
XLIX. Steve Vai
L. Vinnie Moore
LI. Tony Macalpine
LII. Eric Clapton
LIII. Arena
LIV. The Yardbirds
LV. Mannfred Mann’s Earth Band
LVI. Extreme
LVII. Mr. Big
LVIII. Eric Johnson
LIX. Miles Davies
LX. Mads Eriksen
LXI. Ring Of Fire
LXII. Shawn Lane
LXIII. Jason Becker
LXIV. Brian May
LXV. Ozzy Osbourne
LXVI. Freddie Mercury
LXVII. Simon And Garfunkel
LXVIII. Luca Turilli
LXIX. Rhapsody
LXX. Stratovarius

My picks would be in no particular order; Tool, Metallica, Some limp bizkit, Jethro tull, Yngwie malmsteen(only as guitar himself), G + R, Led Zeppelin, Sabath, Rage, Ur Momma, just playing LOL. K does everyone like Vai and Satrianie as a whole, like singer and all or just guitar, do they even have singers? cause im lookin into getting some of their alblums? Which one should i get?

My favorite band by far is Van Halen, right up there next to them is Rush

to Spacko, get Satriani. I think he is much more talented than Vai, although Vai is talented, but Satriani influenced me to try many new techniques on electric guitar

I love a lot of fave bands- anything from the 30s to the early 90s, I like. Most bands from the late 90s and onwards, I just feel like crap. They're more commercialized popstars I think. What the fudge is Hanson for instance?

But out of the many bands, my top three would have to be The Beatles, Queen, and then... (cover your ears!) Air Supply. I like the Beatles because besides starting the up th 60's and the many musical innovations, they are the first ones who just looked appealing to me at the age of 7 and convinced me to pick up a guitar.

I like Queen because i thought its nice to mix opera and rock and because of their many music innovations like the Beatles. (Did I also mentioned that in my opinion, Freddie Mercury is the best showman in the world and is one of the most amazing singers that i've heard- he has quite the range and a vast complex style and singing techniques- most impressive are his chest voice to falsetto and when he changes from hard (course) to gentle (smooth)singing which is very difficult to do cleanly).

Lastly, I like Air Supply (an aussie group for those of you who dont know them) because of two things: I believe they wrote the best love songs in the late 70s and 80s (no matter how cheesy it is to some people) and Russell Hitchcock (the singer) is arguably the best singer that I've ever heard. Have you any of you guys heard him sing. This guy has the range (5 1/2 octaves)!- he virtually sounds like a girl, not a girly falsetto voice- but a voice with a body (pure chest voice)! The most amazing is, its all natural- he can sing very high notes without screaming the notes out or making his voice course. He doesn't have to make an effort. Quality wise, it's better than Peter Cetera. You guys heard of "The Power of Love" and "Without You" (I can't live if living is without you)- recently sang by Celine Dion and Mariah Carey- these guys were the original singers of those songs! Check out their version if u have the time.

Originally posted by eruption013
to Spacko, get Satriani. I think he is much more talented than Vai, although Vai is talented, but Satriani influenced me to try many new techniques on electric guitar

I am the other way, I think Vai is better. Vai is more melodic and has better feel to my ears. How about give them both a listen and decide for yourself!!

I can't believe no one here has mentioned the Boss. Bruce Springsteen's been putting out great stuff since '73 and can definitely hold his own on guitar. You also can't overlook one of the E Street Band's guitarists, Nils Lofgren. If you have a chance just listen to his Youngstown solo from the Live in NYC album.

I've also got to put The Who and Lynyrd Skynyrd up there too.

Muse, Nirvana and The Red Hot Chili Peppers, just to name a few.