Favourite rock, punk and heavy metal bands

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[Nigels]

Rock - STATUS QUO
Metal - Ozzy
Prog - Floyd
Synth - Tangerine Dream
Folk Rock - Roy Harper
Punk - Anti-nowhere League

[Queeaqueg]

Too much to name.
Led Zeppelin
Rolling Stones
Sex Pistols
Metallica etc....
Tones of other stuff.

[Nav]

Most of my favourites are indie bands, I don't really consider them rock and I doubt you would too. That said, the Datsuns are great fun and I've always liked Placebo, who lie somewhere along the line between Indie and proper Rock.

I like the punky/rocky women-band Sleater-Kinney a hell of a lot though, and am pimping them without respite at the moment due to their recent album release. There are some free downloads on their official website if anyone is interested.

I'm loathed to mention the gender thing, but I'm hoping I can get some of KW's resident feminists interested, if they aren't already familiar with the band. The truth is that when you rock as hard as S-K do, gender becomes entirely irrelevent.

[yoursovain]

The whole "post" thing discussed in earlier posts has always indicated to me a more ironic and free form take on a more earnest but influential previous movement - in this sense I am post-punk (talking heads, wire, television), post-(classic) rock (not jazzy noodling like Tortoise but prob a lot falling under the indie label: pixies, smashing pumpkins, arcade fire, spoon) and...well non-metal altogether. Life is too serious to be taken seriously! Two words: spinal tap!

[ProRider514]

as far as punk goes, the Ramones are the best...period
they r my favorite for sure but other punk bands i like are sex pistols, oingo boingo (which is a kinda punky newavey type thing) n so on. heavy metal and rock ones i guess would be led zeppelin, van halen, foghat, kiss, ozzy osbourne, black sabbath, def leppard, nirvana..... im not too big on the more modern rock, im just not a fan, its kinda all soundin the same to me at this point. every bands going for that unique maroon 5 guy's voice but everybody's got that now so its not that unique... o yea gotta put spinal tap in there
Kyrstie

[Queeaqueg]

Led Zeppelin are the best band ever.

[CovenantJr]

as far as punk goes, the Ramones are the best...period
they r my favorite for sure but other punk bands i like are sex pistols, oingo boingo (which is a kinda punky newavey type thing) n so on. heavy metal and rock ones i guess would be led zeppelin, van halen, foghat, kiss, ozzy osbourne, black sabbath, def leppard, nirvana..... im not too big on the more modern rock, im just not a fan, its kinda all soundin the same to me at this point. every bands going for that unique maroon 5 guy's voice but everybody's got that now so its not that unique... o yea gotta put spinal tap in there
Kyrstie

Some good choices Spinal Tap

[Queeaqueg]

Spinal Tap is not a band...

[dennisrwood]

is too! thay have albums out.

[StevieG]

Wasn't sure where to post this, but resurrecting an old thread seemed appropriate!

Frenzal Rhomb are a comic Punk band from my beloved Aussie town.

But this song rips my heart out every time I listen to it. It's typical aussie frankness - I urge you to listen to it

Lead Poisoned Jean

Lead Poisoned Jean

Grew up in an industrial town,
two blocks away from the industrial sounds.
Three generations in the same old home.
Seven kids mum feels so alone.
Six of them looked like they had a chance to do something with their lives.
Little Jeanie had a mind of her own, but it wasn't a very good one.

And we try not to be mean,
to our little lead poisoned Jean.
Little lead poisoned Jean.

No special school no one to understand,
her teachers tried to use the back of their hands,
she can't compute any information.

She likes pictures on the screen,
our little lead poisoned Jean,
little lead poisoned Jean.

One winters day it was the end of June,
her parents put together two and two.
She wasn't normal, no she's not the same,
the legal battle set the town aflame.
The company would be responsible for every time that Jeannie screams,
pollution so obscene. Little lead poisoned Jean.

Now the family's rich beyond belief
that sort of money's still a shallow relief.
Little Jeannie's got a new playstation so she

Stares at the screen
she's my little lead poisoned Jean.

[dANdeLION]

Metal: Uhh, I liked a Great White tune, but I can't remember its name.

Burning Down the House? (no wait that was the Talking Heads!)

I love that song, but yeah, it's not Great White (and yes, I get the reference). The song I was talking about is Rock Me. As for metal in general, I like Whitesnake and Zebra a lot, too.

[danlo]

I knew you were alluding to Rock Me, even way back then.

[stonemaybe]

Just to clear up a several years old argument - The Police were post-punk in the same way they were pre-techno, but their music was white reggae!

[sgt.null]

brit punk - clash

american punk - husker du

heavy metal - sabbath!

[matrixman]

Just to clear up a several years old argument - The Police were post-punk in the same way they were pre-techno, but their music was white reggae!

Thanks for the clarification, Stone. I made the mistake back then of starting an inane argument.

[The Dreaming]

as far as punk goes, the Ramones are the best...period
they r my favorite for sure but other punk bands i like are sex pistols, oingo boingo (which is a kinda punky newavey type thing) n so on. heavy metal and rock ones i guess would be led zeppelin, van halen, foghat, kiss, ozzy osbourne, black sabbath, def leppard, nirvana..... im not too big on the more modern rock, im just not a fan, its kinda all soundin the same to me at this point. every bands going for that unique maroon 5 guy's voice but everybody's got that now so its not that unique... o yea gotta put spinal tap in there
Kyrstie

Meeeh. The Clash stand out as the only punk act with an ear to me. They were the only of the original punk acts with any kind of melodic pop sensibility. Not that the Ramones are garbage, I just don't really think any punk creation holds a candle to London Calling. It's really Punk Rock's Magnum Opus.

There are too many different ways to make good Rock music. It's proven itself a remarkably elastic genre of music.

[dANdeLION]

The Clash is about the only punk band I still listen to. I don't know if the Jam or the Cult were considered punk, but I still listen to them too. Not much else held up in my mind; a few songs did, like Stiff Little Finger's Tin Soldier, and a few 999 tunes, and some Generation X. The Ramones and Sex Pistols were always overrated IMO. I enjoyed them for what they were, but I really didn't think that was very much as far as musicianship went.

Oh, and Oingo Boingo was never anywhere close to being punk, musically, or chronologically.

[stonemaybe]

Is punk still alive? Does anyone consider themselves a punk any more? I doubt it!

There were some classic punk tunes that still deserve an occasional listen when you have energy to expend. Alternative Ulster by SLF, Anarchy in the Uk by Sex Pistols, Ever Fallen in Love with Someone by Buzzcocks, The Kids Are United by Sham 69, White Riot by The clash, all get a go on my stereo when I'm in the mood, but i could never listen to a whole album any more.

Other bands took up the attitude but made more timeless albums, by taking other genres and injecting a bit of punk into them. The Pogues and The Pixies spring to mind, I'm sure I could list alot more if I thought about it a bit longer.

Green Day, though classed as American Punk, don't fit the category for me. I think they've written some amazing, classic, songs. But i would consider them more derived from ska and rock than punk.

[CovenantJr]

Is punk still alive? Does anyone consider themselves a punk any more? I doubt it!

Lots of people still consider themselves punks, but they're mostly under sixteen. I think punk evolved into something else, but kept the name.