OMNOMNOMALY Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 [FONT=Trebuchet MS][COLOR=DarkOrange]I've noticed lately a lot of people are getting into modern music. Any modern rock fans? A few of my favourite bands include Metric, Arcade Fire, Mobile, Murder City Sparrows, The New Pornographers, Death Cab For Cutie, Modest Mouse, Tegan and Sara, Billy Talent, etc. I like them because they all sound unique to me, and sometimes I just love the nonsensical lyrics =P Does anybody perhaps have any similar and maybe sort of underground bands they can recommend?[/COLOR][/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2010DigitalBoy Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 [COLOR=Purple]Yepper! Bad Acid Trip. This band is insane, they're kinda somewhere between Rob Zombie and Gwar. Their music is flippin trippy as it's got some screaming, but sometimmes the singer just talks in all kinds of weird voices and crap, and its not bad either. Their lyrics are somewhere along the lines of System of a Down but more weird. They've got one CD out and another on the way and they've been touring with Gwar and System of a Down on occasion. [/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMNOMNOMALY Posted November 26, 2005 Author Share Posted November 26, 2005 [FONT=Trebuchet MS][COLOR=Orange]*laughs* Sounds maybe a bit too hardcore for my taste. I love System, however I'm not so much of a fan of Gwar. Don't they have a song about roadkill? >_>[/COLOR][/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2010DigitalBoy Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 [COLOR=Purple]Every song by Gwar (they have like 10 CDs) Is about death and mutilation. Hold on let me get my cousin in here he's all about underground rock bands.[/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozer and Proud Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 [FONT=COURIER NEW]As of right now, I listen to a lot of punk bands, which of course include My Chemical Romance, Green Day, Fall Out Boy, Halifax, and I guess, The White Stripes. Although I do in fact listen to a wide variety of music which include bands and artists like Hellogoodbye and Gwen Stefani, the majority of my music is what people like to call "punk" or "emo." And although a lot of new bands are breaking out, probably (if you have yet to notice) one of my favorite ones has to be My Chemical Romance. I love their lyrics and just the entire sound of anything they do. So, yeah...I guess that' it.lol.[/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMNOMNOMALY Posted December 4, 2005 Author Share Posted December 4, 2005 [QUOTE=Lozer and Proud][FONT=COURIER NEW]As of right now, I listen to a lot of punk bands, which of course include My Chemical Romance, Green Day, Fall Out Boy, Halifax, and I guess, The White Stripes. Although I do in fact listen to a wide variety of music which include bands and artists like Hellogoodbye and Gwen Stefani, the majority of my music is what people like to call "punk" or "emo." And although a lot of new bands are breaking out, probably (if you have yet to notice) one of my favorite ones has to be My Chemical Romance. I love their lyrics and just the entire sound of anything they do. So, yeah...I guess that' it.lol.[/FONT][/QUOTE] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][COLOR=Orange]I find that MCR and Fall Out Boy are just too.. I dunno, typical, I guess? They sound like a lot of other bands. I like two songs from each of them, but as far as categorizing them, I find they're too like.. softcore/mainstream for me. But hey, as long as they speak to you, that's what's important :animesmil [/COLOR] [/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolut1on Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 [COLOR=DarkRed]Avenged Sevenfold is easily the best rock band out right now. I seriously recommend you pick up their City of Evil album. Every song on that album is awesome. It's the perfect example of what a rock album should sound like.[/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMNOMNOMALY Posted December 4, 2005 Author Share Posted December 4, 2005 [FONT=Trebuchet MS][COLOR=Orange] I'll have to check out avenged sevenfold.. Are they like foo fighters style or like any other style I can relate it to so I can get an idea?[/COLOR][/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heero yuy Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 [quote name='CoLoR_Me_EviL][FONT=Trebuchet MS][COLOR=Orange]I find that MCR and Fall Out Boy are just too.. I dunno, typical, I guess? They sound like a lot of other bands. I like two songs from each of them, but as far as categorizing them, I find they're too like.. softcore/mainstream for me. But hey, as long as they speak to you, that's what's important :animesmil [/COLOR'] [/FONT][/quote] Fall Out Boy, I like their old stuff...like their first ep and first album. Since they switched record companies, they've been launched to a mainstream position. Personally, now they're a big contradiction. In one of their new song, they say don't support the "scene" but the fail to realize, that they are the scene, kinda shameful. I'm more into metalcore now like: All that remains, As I lay dying, Bleeding through, The agony scene, Symphony of peril, From a second story window, Senai beach, Terror, Waking the destroyer and etc. At times I still listen to "screamo-emo"...like senses fail, underoath, saosin, and (old) t.b.s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMNOMNOMALY Posted December 4, 2005 Author Share Posted December 4, 2005 [QUOTE=Heero yuy]Fall Out Boy, I like their old stuff...like their first ep and first album. Since they switched record companies, they've been launched to a mainstream position. Personally, now they're a big contradiction. In one of their new song, they say don't support the "scene" but the fail to realize, that they are the scene, kinda shameful. I'm more into metalcore now like: All that remains, As I lay dying, Bleeding through, The agony scene, Symphony of peril, From a second story window, Senai beach, Terror, Waking the destroyer and etc. At times I still listen to "screamo-emo"...like senses fail, underoath, saosin, and (old) t.b.s[/QUOTE] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][COLOR=Orange]It's always annoying when bands are like "***** the scene, man!" but.. they totally are the scene. Funny, since I've heard of Fall Out Boy, I always thought they were a relatively new band. Bleh. I don't listen to screamo. I tried it, and I usually love the instrumentals, but I have to be able to sing to it, y'know? Billy Talent is about as screamo as it gets for me.[/COLOR][/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolut1on Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 [QUOTE=CoLoR_Me_EviL][FONT=Trebuchet MS][COLOR=Orange] I'll have to check out avenged sevenfold.. Are they like foo fighters style or like any other style I can relate it to so I can get an idea?[/COLOR][/FONT][/QUOTE] [COLOR=DarkRed]I'm sorry, but I can't really compare them to any band that's out right now. They're so unlike anything I've ever heard. They're sort of punk and sort of classic metal. Their guitar solos are out of this world. And M.Shadows's vocals are amazing. [/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Newfie Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 [COLOR=SeaGreen]Avenged Sevenfold are, like most new music, a joke. The vocals are half-decent, and then they're digitally enhanced. The instrumentals are, again, half-decent and mostly digitally redone - I've heard them live and I laughed for a solid 10 minuets. It isn't even just the music of this so-called Rock that's out now. The emotion is gone. The passion, the Rock N' Roll just isn't there. Everything that Rock N' Roll was, should be, is gone. I cannot stand that these bands even call themselves Rock. 95% of these news 'Rock' bands sound absolutly terrible live, and the other 5% most likely weren't very good to begin with. I miss Rock N' Roll. Da' Newf Oowatanite[/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dark Knight Ian Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 i listen mostly to punk and i tend to like all the bands i hear. but right now my favorite iss probably either System of a Down or Green Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodbye, Face Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 [font=trebuchet ms]Modern rock... Not a big favorite, but I do listen to it. Some of my favorites include AutoDefe, Christiansen, The Mars Volta, and Circa Survive. AutoDefe is a band I happened to pass by one day at PureVolume, they're really good, I haven't really checked on them in a while, though. They have a progressive feel to their music. Christiansen started out as an Emo band, but moved into a more Hippie Rock band, if that is actually a genre. They changed their name to Your Highness Electric, but haven't really done anything since. I shouldn't have to tell you about Mars Volta, lol. A very good prog-rock band with members of The Movielife. Features some Latin music influences. Circa Survive is a supergroup fronted by Anthony Green, the former vocalist of Saosin. It definitely has a prog-rock feel, but the band denies it. I [i]love[/i] this band. Other than that, my tastes are just too weird to be called normal Modern Rock, lol. [size=1]And A7X blows.[/size][/font] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amorphous Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 The band that I have seen listed in this thread I think should not be consider modern rock they just do not have the proper qualities as such to be a modern rock band. Most of the bands that I listen to that would be considered modern rock really had the height of their career in the mid and late 90?s and some of the bands listed just happened to release stuff in the 90?s that would be considered modern rock as well even though they have been around forever and a day. Nine Inch Nails Marilyn Manson Radiohead Smashing Pumpkins Tool David Bowie (Outside, Heathen) The Cure (Bloodflowers, self titled album) Godspeed! You Black Emperor A Silver Mt. Zion Shalabi Effect Queens of the Stone Age The Eagles of Death Metal Kyuss (Though can be considered metal due to it's intensity) And that's really all I can think of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMNOMNOMALY Posted December 5, 2005 Author Share Posted December 5, 2005 [QUOTE=RiflesAtRecess][font=trebuchet ms] I shouldn't have to tell you about Mars Volta, lol. A very good prog-rock band with members of The Movielife. Features some Latin music influences. Other than that, my tastes are just too weird to be called normal Modern Rock, lol. [size=1]And A7X blows.[/size][/font][/QUOTE] [COLOR=Orange] [FONT=Trebuchet MS]Dunno who A7X is, so I guess I'm safe. I loooooooove love love the Mars Volta :animesmil :animesmil :animesmil I find that alot of so called "alternative" music, can also fit into the modern rock category. Some people think my music is weird >_>[/FONT][/COLOR] [quote name='Amorphous'] The band that I have seen listed in this thread I think should not be consider modern rock they just do not have the proper qualities as such to be a modern rock band. Most of the bands that I listen to that would be considered modern rock really had the height of their career in the mid and late 90?s and some of the bands listed just happened to release stuff in the 90?s that would be considered modern rock as well even though they have been around forever and a day. [/quote] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][COLOR=Orange]I consider modern rock to be well.. modern. It could be a band from the nineties or a band from this year. When someone is talking about modern rock though, I'll usually assume they mean something pretty recent.[/COLOR][/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gen. Andronicus Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 If you are looking for something to liken to The Arcade Fire (the softer songs), may I suggest Sufjan Stevens ([i]Seven Swans[/i]). If you want something truly bizarre, The Fiery Furnaces may be to your liking. However, if you have never heard them before, I recomend NOT listening to their newest release, [i]Rehearsing My Chior[/i]. Not that it is a bad CD (not by any account) but it is a VERY difficult composition. Instead try [i]Blueberry Boat[/i], or even their b-sides album [i]E.P.[/i]. But I still warn you, [i]Blueberry Boat[/i] is also quite the challenge. If you want Radiohead, try Lake Trout. Apparently they released a new album this year, something to the extent of [i]Not Them You[/i]. I still haven't gotten around to listening to it, but their last one [i] Another One Lost[/i] was fantastic. A "classic" psuedo-underground modern rock band (I assume that's what you are looking for) is Sunny Day Real Estate. An interesting little fact is that when Dave Grohl started the Foo Fighters, he enlisted Nate Mendel and William Goldsmith of SDRE to play bass and drums respectively. However, don't be thinking FF or you may be dissappointed. SDRE's [i]How It Feels to be Something On[/i], is one of the CDs I own. Based upon your examples, I think that you should stay away from Avenged Sevenfold. At first, their extremely dark feel and unappologetic metal influence worked well with their extremely poppy production, giving off an stylish evil nature to their music. However, they seem to be going the way of Metallica with their new crap. I'm not very affected, their music didn't mean that much to me anyways. I don't know how you feel about country or bluegrass, but if you're willing to experiment with them, I know a few rewarding bands. If you want something dark and almost gothic, checkout 16 Horsepower or Woven Hand. David Eugene Edwards is the frontman of both "apocalyptic" rock/country bands, possibly similar to some Nick Cave. I also recomend the band Nickel Creek. Good stuff from these guys. Other "weird" bands you might enjoy: Dredg, mewithoutYOU, Cool Hand Luke, Muse, TV On the Radio, Death From Above 1979, Minus the Bear, Hope of the States,Coheed and Cambria, These Arms are Snakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amorphous Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 [quote name='CoLoR_Me_EviL][FONT=Trebuchet MS][COLOR=Orange]I consider modern rock to be well.. modern. It could be a band from the nineties or a band from this year. When someone is talking about modern rock though, I'll usually assume they mean something pretty recent.[/COLOR'][/FONT][/quote] I find that when people mention modern rock bands that what automatically pops into my head is the mid and late 90's rock bands, I just haven't seen much for rock bands afterwards that I would really consider modern rock. Maybe that's just me, but most of these bands now that are coming out I just do not see being what rock should sound like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMNOMNOMALY Posted December 7, 2005 Author Share Posted December 7, 2005 [quote name='Amorphous']I find that when people mention modern rock bands that what automatically pops into my head is the mid and late 90's rock bands, I just haven't seen much for rock bands afterwards that I would really consider modern rock. Maybe that's just me, but most of these bands now that are coming out I just do not see being what rock should sound like.[/quote] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][COLOR=Orange]I think though, that modern rock has a far different sound and feel from the original "rock and roll" so if you grew up on the old stuff, you'll either hate or love the new stuff. And to Gen. Andronicus- I'll definitely have the check out some of the bands you listed! I'd love to check out the band that is sort of like Arcade Fire. And I love Coheed and Cambria and DFA 1979 =D[/COLOR][/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ailes de Velour Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 A7X = Avenged Sevenfold Just so joo's know. If you end up liking prog. rock, I might suggest Placebo (especially the album Sleeping With Ghosts). They're never too hard, and particularly cheeringupish on a not so great day (though I usually just go to the cow on Rasputina's website for cheerings up). Other than that, I can't really think of any other modern rock bands like you've described, and haven't been mentioned on here. I don't listen to too much of that, I mostly listen to 80s, 90s, obscure stuff, metal, folk, emo, whatever whatever. =D. Good luck on your noble quest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike speigel Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 [QUOTE=CoLoR_Me_EviL][FONT=Trebuchet MS][COLOR=DarkOrange]I A few of my favourite bands include Metric, Arcade Fire, Mobile, Murder City Sparrows, The New Pornographers, Death Cab For Cutie, Modest Mouse, Tegan and Sara, Billy Talent, etc. [/COLOR][/FONT][/QUOTE] listening to tegan and sara, modest mouse, and death cab makes you cool in my eyes. (as i type this, i'm listening to DCFC's newest, "Plans". That album is beautiful. So f'ing beautiful.) and, about the Mars Volta, i saw someone say there were ex-members of the movielife. If there are, this is news to me. I think you may have confused the movielife with At The Dirve-In. Cedric and Omar (singer and lead guitar, respectively) are ex-members of this band, and they started TMV. I'm pretty sure that the movielife disentegrated into Nightmare of You (awesome band, i suggest you listen) and I am The Avalanche (not as good as NOY, but they're decent.) anyway, some bands i suggest: Bloc Party (mellow indie rock), Tourmaline (dancey synth pop), SayAnything (probably the best emo/punk hybrid band in the world right now), The Blood Brothers (progressive hardcore, amazingly talented guys. pick up a copy of "Crimes". Music lovers will not be dissapointed.) There's a slew of others i could list, but i think i've made myself sound like an a-hole music snob enough already. sorry if i sound like a pretentious jerk with this post..i didn't mean to.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Shears Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 [QUOTE] I loooooooove love love the Mars Volta :animesmil :animesmil :animesmil [/QUOTE] [COLOR=Blue]Francis the Mute...next to Get Behind Me, Satan, is the best rock albums of 2005. As for Avenged Sevenfold...the music sounds so processed its ridiculous. I like music that's sorta rough around the edges. Take all the members of Cream. Eric Clapton has that impeccable guitar tone and Ginger Baker has spot on time, but when the two and the bass player (whose name escapes me), it sounds rough. I know Mars Volta doesn't really fit in this "rough-sound" category, but since the music is so free flowing and spaz-tastic, it makes up for it. Anything by Modest Mouse prior to Good News For People Who Love Bad News, I like.[/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gen. Andronicus Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 I don't understand why people don't like 'Good News For People Who Like Bad News'. Though it's not amazing, it's a really solid album from Modest Mouse. In other accounts, I really must say that 'Frances the Mute' Was probably my the crappiest release that I purchased this year. If you like it, that's great, but The Mars Volta have failed (again) to convince me of their greatness. There are some good parts, but that's all the cd is, a bunch of good parts in the midst of nothing. Sure they're all talented musicians but they don't know how to compose a cd that holds my interest. BOO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson River Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 These bands are kind of a mix of metal and softer rock. Fear Factory Scary Kids Scaring Kids Franz Ferdinand Bumblebeez 81 (rock and rap on their cd. very trippy. nothing like you have ever heard before) Okkervil River Turbonegro Nightwish Cradle of Filth Modest Mouse Beck INXS And there you have it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMNOMNOMALY Posted January 3, 2006 Author Share Posted January 3, 2006 [QUOTE=Crimson River] Nightwish Cradle of Filth [/QUOTE] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][COLOR=Indigo] Nightwish I think I may heard of. Are they screamo? And Cradle of Filth I really don't like. I just find that they come across as trying way to hard to be something they are not.[/COLOR][/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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