Favourite Musical Artist or Band

[Mofra]

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I knew that, also a band with Lightning Boy Ben Watkins from Warped, but then you probably knew that too

I was actually thinking of the Benny Boy connection when I included the band, had many a p!ssed night out when I'd bump into one of the Warped boys - almost became a running joke about a night when I wouldn't see one.

[Mofra]

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I love it someone mentioned Psychos before me. Fantastic, funny and loud. I didnt miss a gig they did anywhere in Victoria for about ten years in the '80s and early '90s and there wasnt a dud one amongst the lot-most consistant live band I've seen.

Yup, very good performers, real pub/drinking ethos that wouldn't exactly be too PC today (might scare the modern day JJJ crowd a fair bit), shame Billy Walsh had to wreck it by screwing his mates over & then gitting kicked out, but I suppose he's happy enough with his bars which I still end up gravitating too once the clock passes midnight.

I used to always see Robbie Watts busking with his banjo, used to always say gudday & throw a few coins in. Makes Bill's conduct even harder to understand.

Last I heard Ross Knigth was driving bulldozers up the bush & they still get together for the occassional gig (ex-Hoss drummer is with them, dunno about the new guitarist).

[Twodogs]

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When is this on Carl?
I'm interested.

Pretty sure it's march 29. You'll find me at the front with a beer in my hand.



They've also remastered Pilgrim's Progress with some live/unreleased/Dogman EP songs and I've listened to it about a 1000 times since last week. Superb, just superb.

[Twodogs]

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My best mate is a drum and bass DJ and producer over in Manchester, and he sends me a lot of great stuff from the local scene over there. There's this really funny old vinyl record he pulled out called 'How to Speak Hip'.. anyway, I digress.

Has your mate got any stuff by 'The All Seeing I'? Discovered them last year and I just cant track down their album or EP. It's somewhat frustating!


I got into a few 'light and sound' DJs a while ago. Really loving Cornelius and Fantastic Plastic Machine ATM, although I know they are fairly 'ten years ago'. Fuzz Townsend, Fluke Nightmares On Wax and Solex-who I all found through one TV show soundtrack are also high on my current rotation.

[CraigW]

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Silverchair, Foo Fighters, Jet and 30 Seconds to Mars are my favourite bands at the moment.

[Happy Days]

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Bit late in the piece, but this looks fun, sooo;

A-Architecture In Helsinki
B-Black Kids, The Black Keys, British India, Bloc Party
C-Cut Off Your Hands, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Common (Sense), The Cramps
D-Does It Offend You Yeah?, Deltron 3030
E-Eric B. & Rakim, Expatriate
F-Foals
G-The Grates, Good Shoes
H-Hot Chip
I-Iggy & The Stooges
J-J-Live, Jurrassic 5, Joy Division
K-Kasabian, Klaxons, Kanye West
L-Los Campesinos!, Little Red, Lupe Fiasco
M-Modest Mouse, MGMT
N-Nasty Nas, Nada Surf
O-of Montreal, Oasis
P-Peter Bjorn & John, Pinback, P.U.T.S, Phoenix, Public Enemy
Q-
R-Run DMC, The Ramones (early on, up until Too Tough To Die)
S-The Saints, Silversun Pickups, Souls of Mischief, The Strokes, Stars
T-The Teenagers, Tame Impala, Tokyo Police Club
U-UK Subs
V-Van She, Vampire Weekend
W-The Waifs, The Walkmen
X-X
Y-You Am I, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Z-

That took waaaaaaay too long.

[LostDoggy]

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Ok, here's mine:

A- AC/DC in all their alcohol soaked ***** glory
B- Beasts of Bourbon, Brant Bjork
C- Cog / Cosmic Psychos / Custard / Che (sound of liberation)
D- The Dirty Three, the Datsuns & D4
E- The Eels
F- Foo Fighters / The Fauves / Fort(e)
G- John Garcia's various projects
H- Hellacopters, Hermano & Hard Ons
I- Iggy Pop
J- John Spencer Blues Explosion
K- Kyuss (legends)
L- Legends of Motorsport
M- Motorhead, My Disco & Mark of Cain
N- Nirvana
O- Nick Oliveri & Osterburg (obscure enough for Melb rock types?)
P- Primus, Pornland, The Posies, early Pearl Jam
Q- Queens of the Stone Age (strictly early stuff / Nick Oliveri era only)
R- Rollins Band & Rollerball
S- Steve Malkmus & his various projects, Smashing Pumpkins
T- Tool (hello to Turbonegro)
U- Ugly Kid Joe (c'mon, they were fun at the time)
V- Violent Femmes
W- Warped (& hello to Ween, Weezer, Winterun)
X-
Y- You Am I
Z- ZZ Top

More to follow...

Well Mofra, I must say your choices are closest to my favourites.

Its interesting to see the different tastes.

I basically like rock, but also like a wide range of stuff from rap, jazz, dance, heavy metal etc etc

A few of my faves, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Powder Monkeys, The Cult, Midnight Oil (pre Diesel & Dust), The Casanovas, Even, Radiohead, Oasis, Supergrass

Also like also, a lot of 60's & 70's stuff (thanks to my parents) Beatles, Booker T & the MG's, Led Zepp, Hendrix, Herp Alpert & the Tijuana Brass.

Could have a list a mile long as well, been huge music fan since I was about 10...

[LostDoggy]

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A- After The Fall, Arctic Monkeys, Albert Hammond Jr, Angus & Julia Stone, Arcade Fire, Ash Grunwald
B- British India, Bloc Party, Babyshambles, The Beatles, The Beautiful Girls, Ben Folds Five, Bertie Blackman, The Black Keys, Blur, The Bravery.
C- Cut Copy, Cold War Kids,
D- Daft Punk, David Bowie, Death Cab For Cutie, Dizzee Rascal, The Doors,
E- The Exploders
F- Foo Fighters, Franz Ferdinand, The Fratellis
G- The Getaway Plan, Goons of Doom, Gyroscope.
H- Hot Chip, The Hives, Hiltop Hoods, Hole
I- Iggy & The Stooges
J- Josh Pyke, Justice
K- Kaiser Chiefs, Kings Of Leon, Klaxons
L- Ladyhawke, Lily Allen, Little Red
M- M.I.A, The Mars Volta, Michael Jackson(haha) MUSE (love!)
N- N.E.R.D, Nirvana,
O- Oasis
P- Placebo, Pnau, The Prodigy, The Presets
Q- Queens Of The Stone Age (love!)
R- Radiohead, RHCP, The Rolling Stones
S- Santogold, The Strokes, Spoon
T- uh...nothing?
U-...
V- The Vasco Era, The Verve, The Vines (love!)
W- Wolfmother (sort of..)
X- Xavier Rudd
Y- The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Z- ..

[mighty_west]

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Ernie respect to the Eric B & Rakim, Ice-T calls and I was a keen Pavement, Weezer, Smiths, Stereolab, Pulp, Portishead, Stone Roses, Underground Lovers, Hunter and Collectors fan

I felt with all those rappers down that Public Enemy would feature who are for me are still the best

For those needing some Eric B & Rakim the classic Paid in Full http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZElWBsoyvUo

Respect for Eric B & Rakim, Microphone Fiend & The R are classic hip hop tracks, another great Hip Hop group was BDP.

[mighty_west]

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A - AC/DC
B – Big Country / BDP
C – The Cure / CCRevival
D - Devo / Daft Punk
E – Eric B & Rakim
F – Fine Young Cannibals
G – Go West
H – The Hooters / Calvin Harris
I - INXS
J – Joy Division
K – The Killers / Kiss / Killing Joke / Kraftwerk
L – Led Zeppelin
M - Midnight Oil
N – Nine Inch Nails / New Order
O - The Offspring
P – Prodigy
Q – Queen
R – Real Life
S – Simple Minds / Sigue Sigue Sputnik
T – Tiesto / Talking Heads
U – U2
V – Van Halen
W – Wolfmother
X -
Y – Yello
Z – ZZ Top

[soupman]

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Well I can add a few more bands to my list of favourites.

Firstly Radiohead are just about my favourite band, pretty much collected all their albums mid last year and continue to be blown away. They are fantastic.

Also turned into a bit of a fan of Big Country thanks to my Dad. Steeltown is a great song.

The Cold War Kids are one I discovered through Triple J. Mexican Dogs and I've Seen Enough are both very good songs, and they're a bit different to most of the other stuff I listen to.

Bought the Foals album antidotes, which is pretty solid throughout.

Liam Finn is another very talented musician from his family. Good album and a nutcase live.

Don't mind a bit of the Mars Volta, but not a massive fan, likewise with Nick Cave.

Rise Against is one band that I found through Triple J, and they've got quite a good collection of songs.

Snow Patrol is a band that hasn't produced great albums as such (mind you their first is pretty good), but do manage to write some very good individual songs: Set the Fire to the Third Bar, Chasing Cars, Run, If There's a Rocket Tie me to it.

The Wombats have a couple of good songs, but some absolute crap as well.

Xavier Rudd is a more earthy John Butler, and has some really good music.

And then I discovered the Temper Trap, who are fantastic. Caught them as the support act at the Franz Ferdinand concert, and they were just as good. Saw them again on Friday at the Corner Hotel, and am convinced their first album is going to be great. Particularly recommend "Sweet Disposition", "Science of Fear", "Ressurection" and "Love Lost", whilst there are some other very good songs that I can't find a copy of anywhere on the net.