# Suggest me some MUSIC! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 25, 2008, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-music/461174 "2008-08-25T06:41:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-music/461174/1 "2008-08-25T06:41:00Z")
That’s right, I need to expand my music collection. I like music, but I’m afraid of trying new things, so I need your help to suggest songs/bands I should check out. Here are some groups I currently enjoy: ACDC Aerosmith Bad Religion Beatles Eiffel 65 Led Zeppelin Muse (well, maybe only their Knights of Cydonia track…so good) Nirvana Offspring Optimus Rhyme (ultra nerdcore…I’m not usually a fan of this genre) Queen Queens of the Stone Age Rolling Stones Seether Spoon Sponge Rush Who Who else should I be listening to? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanTigerTamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@SuntanTigerTamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanTigerTamer)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-music/461174/2 "2008-08-25T06:59:51Z")
\*\*The Black Angels \*\* - First album released in 2006, I believe, but sounds like it could have come out in 68. Psychedelic. Turn on, tune in, drone out. \*\*The Arcade Fire \*\* - Neon Bible \*\*The War On Drugs \*\* - Wagonwheel Blues —Both of these albums have a Springsteen-y feel; the War on Drugs have a smattering of Dylan for colour. \*\*Deadboy and the Elephant Men \*\* - We Are The Night Sky. Like Leonard Cohen singing AC/DC songs, but way better than that sounds. **Entrance** - Grim Reaper Blues. **Mclusky** - Mclusky Do Dallas. Riff heavy stadium rock with outstanding and sometimes laugh out loud lyrics. The title of thier second album “The Difference Between Me And You Is That I Am Not On Fire” is a good indication of thier sense of humor. **Wolfmother** - Wolfmother \*\*The Sword \*\* - Age Of Winters ----------Both bands are very Black Sabbath influenced. Great stoner metal. \*\*Turpentine Brothers \*\* - We Dont Care About Your Good Times If you like any of this, I gots more 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_Samaritan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bad\_Samaritan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_Samaritan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-music/461174/3 "2008-08-25T07:11:26Z")
Similar music tastes here, so I’ll be watching this thread closely. I’ve been rocking out a lot to all the incredible \*\*Dream Theater \*\* music I’ve somehow managed to overlook over the last 15 years. ---
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-music/461174/4 "2008-08-25T11:25:42Z")
I see you have Muse there. Spend a little more time on them, try maybe their Origin of Symmetry album. They are fantastic. Another band I just was introduced to is the Belgian band **dEUS**. Think of a mix Radiohead meets Talking Heads. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-music/461174/5 "2008-08-25T13:26:33Z")
Talking Heads Kyuss (the band that Queens of the Stone Age used to be) ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-music/461174/6 "2008-08-25T13:53:42Z")
You must – absolutely must – take a listen to Parliament/Funkadelic Their live stuff (they allow taping, so it’s easy to find legal, free, and high quality boots) will blister your eardrums from excessive listening. It’s a bit nuanced, but Parliament leans a bit more to the funk side of things, while Funkadelic leans more toward rock/metal–but they’re all soooooo good. You’ll see lots of incarnations/names out there (e.g., P-Funk All Stars, Funk Mob), but it’s pretty much Label’s legal hassles over names and various incarnations and flavors of the same basic band. And they’re just your introduction to the wide world of funk. For junior funkateers, let me introduce you to Betty Davis. No, not the actress, nor the bland “eyes” song. For context: Married to Miles (yes, that’s where the Davis comes from), had an affair (?) with Hendrix, introduced the two of them, and is the inspiration for the electric sound that came to be Bitches Brew. If you think her backstory is interesting, just wait 'till you hear her. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-music/461174/7 "2008-08-25T18:19:01Z")
The Misfits; they influenced a lot of 80’s and newer rock bands such as Metallica, Rob Zombie, and Guns and Roses The Breeders, excellent alternative rock band Metallica, although I assume you probably already know them The White Stripes, Jack and Meg White, simple basic loud rock, especially the first couple albums. Sort of like Zeppelin mixed with Nirvana. The Raconteurs, especially the second album ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-music/461174/8 "2008-08-25T18:22:48Z")
Boston Creedence Clearwater Revival They don’t fit in super great with what you have, but I like them along with some of what you have up there, so I say give it a shot. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-music/461174/9 "2008-08-25T19:23:07Z")
[QUOTE=control-z] The White Stripes, Jack and Meg White, simple basic loud rock, especially the first couple albums. Sort of like Zeppelin mixed with Nirvana. [/QUOTE] Seconded By the way, have you been to [Pandora.com](http://www.pandora.com) yet? IMHO it’s one of the top, oh, five things that are great about the Internet. Lessee… The Dope, Google, Wiki, Pandora, YouTube. Yeah, top five sounds right. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-music/461174/10 "2008-08-25T20:07:26Z")
Here are a few that I’ve recently come to like: [Low vs. Diamond](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LvELOEqHrA&feature=related) [Ludo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njrMKb49vh8) - Especially love the lyrics in this one [Flobots](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuK2A1ZqoWs&feature=related) [MGMT](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnXRfhIDLtA) ---
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-music/461174/11 "2008-08-26T04:49:56Z")
Band of Horses ---
**Author:** ![SuntanTigerTamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@SuntanTigerTamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanTigerTamer)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-music/461174/12 "2008-08-26T04:54:18Z")
[QUOTE=Runs With Scissors] Band of Horses [/QUOTE] Seconded. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-music/461174/13 "2008-08-26T05:08:38Z")
I won’t bother to blast you with an exhaustive list of bands obscure or otherwise, but one look at your list, you should really be spinnin’ some **Foo Fighters,** post haste. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-music/461174/14 "2008-08-26T05:18:12Z")
How stuck are you on rock? There are a lot of other great styles of music out there; folk, bluegrass, rap, blues, reggae, whatever the hell Sufjan Stevens is . . . ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-music/461174/15 "2008-08-26T13:30:41Z")
[QUOTE=SuntanTigerTamer] \*\*The Black Angels \*\* - First album released in 2006, I believe, but sounds like it could have come out in 68. Psychedelic. Turn on, tune in, drone out. [/QUOTE] I’d heartily agree with this characterization. And yet, I like psychedelic music but didn’t like this band when I saw them live (I saw them for an opening band, The Warlocks, who are like the Black Angels but with more Cure-ish melodies.) Perhaps if their albums are not all turned up to 11 so that your ears ring too much to actually hear the music being played they might sound good. And I mean that in the best way possible 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SuntanTigerTamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@SuntanTigerTamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanTigerTamer)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-music/461174/16 "2008-08-26T19:46:12Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] I’d heartily agree with this characterization. And yet, I like psychedelic music but didn’t like this band when I saw them live (I saw them for an opening band, The Warlocks, who are like the Black Angels but with more Cure-ish melodies.) Perhaps if their albums are not all turned up to 11 so that your ears ring too much to actually hear the music being played they might sound good. And I mean that in the best way possible 🙂 [/QUOTE] I have also seen them live, and agree that it wouldn’t be everyone’s bag. I think they’re wonderful. The Warlocks on the other hand… ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-music/461174/17 "2008-08-26T20:08:28Z")
[The Stone Coyotes](http://www.stonecoyotes.com/) - just because. [Dragonforce](http://www.dragonforce.com/) - so you can master GuitarHero3 on Expert. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-music/461174/18 "2008-08-26T20:11:35Z")
The Clash Social Distortion Supersuckers The Raveonettes ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-music/461174/19 "2008-08-26T20:14:33Z")
[QUOTE=Dinsdale] The Clash Social Distortion Supersuckers The Raveonettes [/QUOTE] Definitely Social Distortion! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-music/461174/20 "2008-08-26T20:40:41Z")
[QUOTE=Rhythmdvl] By the way, have you been to [Pandora.com](http://www.pandora.com) yet? IMHO it’s one of the top, oh, five things that are great about the Internet. Lessee… The Dope, Google, Wiki, Pandora, YouTube. Yeah, top five sounds right. [/QUOTE] Great idea, because you can put in what you know you like and it will find similar styles of music. I was going to say Wagner, since it’s in a different direction but big and overpowering like some of that rock and/or roll you mentioned. > **[Richard Wagner - Twilight of the Gods: The Essential Wagner Collection -...](https://www.amazon.com/Twilight-Gods-Essential-Wagner-Collection/dp/B000009ON7)** > > Amazon.com If you like your Wagner served up in bleeding chunks or if you're simply in a hurry to hear the tunes, then this compilation is for you. The performances, drawn from the Polygram (mainly Deutsche Grammophon) back catalog, are... [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-music/461174.md?page=2)