Having lived in LA and LV for many years, I've been fortunate to see many great bands...And many of them are really my favorites, but if I have to pick just one it would be, ''The Band''
Please post a video of your favorite band...No individual performers, but a ''band''....
It is a tough question Jeremy..I didn't specify any particular genre of music...So you can have many more than one. I used a Rock and Roll/popular band for my choice.
That's why I just listed just a few that are normally playing around my house.
Post a video of one of the groups Jeremy.
Each band name is a link to a video.
Oh sorry, thanks for that...
I'll start going through them now.
Just found that out, AFTER I posted.
Excellent song !
I'm also taking my son to see Anthrax, Killswitch Engage and Havok on Wednesday.
You are into hardcore speed/thrash metal. A high school friend was into King Diamond, Slayer, and Mercyful Fate but that was just too much for me. I saw Motorhead as an opening act and except for Lemmy's mole, I didn't see the point to it.
King Diamond, Slayer, and Mercyful Fate
I am too. Was listening to them LOOOOONG before I heard of Metallica.
Just finished listening to some Corrosion of Conformity, Vote with a Bullet !
Jeremy I got through the first 5 and it's all head banger, metal music...
Question, you were a lawn dart for a number of years. Did you ever miss the DZ and land on your head? That music is painful...LMAO...
Question, you were a lawn dart for a number of years. Did you ever miss the DZ and land on your head? That music is painful...LMAO...
It calms me. I know it doesn't make sense but it works for me. As far as the missing the DZ? I have 82 jumps. Landed in the DZ every time with only 3 injuries. Broken tailbone, knocked out and a stick through my face (enlarge my avatar). All come long AFTER I started listening to the music I do.
knocked out and a stick through my face
My old man was knocked out and drug for over a mile Shhhh it happens!
I wasn't drug. I went into auto-pilot. Packed up my parachute and de-rigged my combat equipment. When I woke up (2 hours later) I had my phone in my pocked (it was wrapped in a shirt in my combat equipment) and the 9MM pistol I jumped was in my hand on my chest. It was my last night jump with the 82nd.
It calms me. I know it doesn't make sense but it works for me.
That's all that counts trooper...3 out of 82, damn good percentage. You must have stayed away from the NG pilots...
You must have stayed away from the NG pilots..
Couldn't avoid them. What I did though, was leave them presents in those little white bags (sometimes I missed).
Stryper? That is unexpected of a godless heathen like yourself.
That does kind of stick out there. A lot of what I listen to isn't about the lyrics. Stryper is the "in between". Lyrically they are good, musically they are REALLY good. Stryper's "To Hell With The Devil" album is one of very few that I will play from the first track to the last uninterrupted. "Theater of Pain" from Motley Crue, "Night Songs" from Cinderella and "Powerslave" from Iron Maiden are some others.
I saw Sixx A.M. with Apocalyptica a couple of years ago. Was never a huge Crue fan ... but Sixx A.M. was phenomenal!
The Hawks, later known as The Band, constituted by Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel, and Garth Hudson (the "originals"), a very tight and experienced group, certainly deserves high accolades, but there are so many great others such as The Who, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Grateful Dead, CSNY, even The Travelling Willburys, that it's SO hard to choose.
That's true Buzz, it's always a difficult decision but I enjoy the ''The Band'' because they were all excellent musicians, each had a myriad of talent.
I forgot about Led Zeppelin. Once I was picking up my son at high school and was listening to them (loud) on the radio. When my son came over to the car with his best friend Avi, Avi said, "Wow, you're so lucky to have a dad who likes Led Zeppelin."
Good question, it is the same as CCR was it the band or John Forgery?
Yeah, kinda.
Fogerty did an album on which he played all the instruments.
I saw Fogerty 7 years ago in LV...He can still put on one hell of a show.
Freddie had the voice and "Stage Presence" but the rest of Queen was outstanding talent!
No list would be complete without the Stones!
Another song on my U tube list
would have never guessed
until your music seed, that you would be so heavy banging ones head can be done
in many ways besides here, hear
It would seem my music is not so popular....friend.
not so popular
yea, mine neither, but who gives a fruk, never been here for the likes
of much.
Fact is, if we had a down vote option, igknorantzrulz , could/would rule there as well
keep on rocking in the 'free' world, as it may not continue to be
By decade:
60's: The Beatles, The Stones, The Moody Blues, The Hollies,
70's: Led Zep, Aerosmith, Queen, ELO, Styx, Yes, Doobie Brothers, America
80's: U2, Tears for Fears, The Police, REM, Talking Heads
90's: Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Foo Fighters, Fountains of Wayne
2000's: Green Day, Coldplay, Red Hot Chili Peppers
2010's: Arctic Monkeys, Imagine Dragons
Lately I've been keeping my Pandora station on 90's alternative
Aerosmith was the first concert I'd ever attended.
Probably The Who
Van Morrison always has a great band behind him. The musicianship on his live album "A Night In San Francisco" was fantastic.
E Street Band
So much Great Music from everyone here.......Hard to choose a favorite.....Here is one that you may not have ever heard of.....Sounds a lot like Black Sabbath....
In terms of output, this was probably the greatest band ever
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In the '60s and '70s, a should-be-legendary group of studio musicians dubbed The Wrecking Crew played on the era's defining songs. You might not have heard of them, but you've definitely heard them on hits by everyone from The Beach Boys, The Byrds, The Righteous Brothers, and the Mamas and the Papas to Elvis, Sinatra, Lennon, and The Monkees. They even provided Phil Spector's famed "Wall of Sound."
Today, nearly 60 years later, music fans are finally getting a chance to uncover the story of this incredible group of unsung session musicians in director Denny Tedesco's acclaimed documentary "The Wrecking Crew."
Coalescing in the heart of Hollywood during the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Wrecking Crew eventually came to include a revolving cast of close to 30-odd session players. But its core was musicians like legendary drummer Hal Blaine, guitarists Glen Campbell (who later found solo fame) and Tommy Tedesco, bass players Ray Pohlman, Lyle Ritz, and Jimmy Bond, and keyboardist Leon Russell.
Together the group rose to prominence within the L.A. recording community, working on thousands of hit songs across multiple genres for radio, television, and film. But it was as early champions of rock and roll that they really hit their stride.
"The year was 1960 and rock and roll was only five years old at that point," says Tedesco. "That was really the breaking point for a lot of the young musicians who went to Los Angeles to find work in the studios because they ended up taking jobs that the older guys wouldn't."
"As far as they were concerned, rock and roll was a dirty, filthy, nasty word," adds Hal Blaine. "The older generation of studio musicians were highly educated players, but what they didn't realize at the time was that we were highly educated too. We could read anything and we knew all about the music business, so when we showed up in our Levis and t-shirts, smoking cigarettes, they started saying, 'These kids are going to wreck the business' — hence the name The Wrecking Crew."
By the mid-'60s, word had spread about a hot new sound that was burgeoning on the sunny West Coast and as far as studio players went, The Wrecking Crew were the band in town. For years, pop music had been produced within the walls of New York City's famed Brill Building on Broadway Avenue, but as songs like Jan and Dean's "Surf City" and The Beach Boys "Surfin' U.S.A." hit the airwaves — both of which were Wrecking Crew creations — it wasn't long before musicians began making the mass exodus to the Golden State.
At the height of their careers, it wasn't uncommon for The Wrecking Crew to work 15-hour days, recording hit records in the morning, radio ads through lunch, television spots in the afternoon, and performing backup for various touring acts before going to bed. Before the decade was out, they had clocked well over 10,000 hours in the studio and worked on hundreds of hit singles, including 38 chart-toppers, nearly doubling the Beatles.
At one point, the Grammy Award for Record of The Year was awarded to a song performed by The Wrecking Crew seven years in a row."
I may be one of the few to remember the wrecking crew.
Lately, I'm into blues
Ahh Cheer up
listen to "The Record Company" 'Rita Mae Young' with Kati Sunshine
Tesla......Probably my all time favorite song......and a Favorite Band
I saw Tesla open for Def Leppard in 1989. It was a great show.
I'm very jealous.....I bet that was awesome!
I was wrong. it was 1988. Februrary 2nd. My ticket was free because I was a chaperone. Tesla was the better band that night.
They also paid for my ticket to Queensryche and Metallica the next year.
Queensryche and Metallica
Wow
pretty impressive
for an amphibious SSSHHHshhhhhhhh N Librarian,
and
probably a tad louder than most might actually permit
Queensryche was very good but we left before Metallica was finished because it was just overdriven noise. The sound system was so bad that we had a hard time telling when one song ended and another began. To say that it was a rough crowd was an understatement.
To say that it was a rough crowd was an understatement.
Sometimes....
ya gotta see how the other half of US live
and
it ain't always pretty,
and it isn't usually dull
Just kiddin, sorta
I've seen Metallica a number of times, not every0nes cup of T
I liked the Master of Puppets album and was looking forward to hearing those songs live.
Saw the supporting tour, but my favorite was Woodstock 99 in a most violent Moshing, as they were then followed by the Chili Peppers and a Giant Bonfire of the Vanities, as I felt like I was in a Roger Watters animation, as we faced off against hundreds of fully equipped Riot Police marching across a field reminiscing of a scene from Braveheart, when all I was doing was trying to use the ridiculously fee'd ATM to purchase as many $4 waters that I could afford, to try and put out the damn Trailer Fires Oh Good Times I tell U
So many great groups, particularly in 70's and 80's. My favorite group or band was ABBA, for the depth and breadth of their talent, both song writing and vocals. Forty years later and still a fan favorite because of their timeless music. Another band I really liked was Atlanta Rhythm Section. Fantastic guitar work and vocals.
Saw Skynard live quite a few times between the ages of 19 and 22. Always a great show and the opening bands were awesome and ones that I also grew up listening. Of course this was the very late 90's and early 2000's LOL
I saw the Original Skynyrd, ridiculously young.
David Gilmore is amazing.....His leads are so distinct.....as soon as you hear him play.....you know it is him......There aren't very many like that still alive....IMO....
Guys, it's my bedtime and I am psyched up now! What a RUSH!!! I am going through the catalogues in my mind righteously right now!
R U S H
Given I have played percussion my entire life (amateur), I am a major fan of Rush (and of course Neil Peart).
Here is Neil Peart giving one of his best drum solos on the R30 tour:
And here he is playing with Buddy Rich's old jazz band (showing his versatility):
Love Gilmore.. love Rush... too many bands for me to remember!
This is actually my favorite Floyd song.. Kind of a state of mind..
Also being a amateur bassest, who could not love Geddy? I mean how does he get his fingers to do what they do, while singing something totally different, is mind blowing.
This one is my favorite of theirs......(Hard to pick one.....they are so many masterpieces)
In college, my fraternity participated in an all fraternity entertainment show. This is the song we played. I played the drums of course (probably one of the most b o r i n g Pink Floyd songs for drums). But I do like the song.
OOOooo, Perrie! I'm a 'basket case' right now!
Remember being in 10 grade English class and the teacher kept me after class, and I hadn't a clue Y.
She then produces a quiz/test we had taken two days earlier. It had only my name on the one side of the paper, on the other, was scribbled
"One of theses days
I'm going to cut you
into little pieces "
.
She was curious as to why I might want to insert her into a wood chipper,
until I explained myself, and
she then,
became even more curious like a cunning cat,
so I had to 'silence' her, before curiosity killed her, oh the daze
when I deserved a heavy Medal
I like them too! Pretty sure I have their album in my dads vinyl collection. My favorite song by them is "Your Wildest Dreams". I have a specific memory listening to that song while my dad took my sister and me to a waterfall here in Georgia. 
Now this is really going to date me, but I saw the second to the last performance by Buddy Holly and the Crickets, Duluth MN....Two nights later he, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper were killed in a plane crash in Iowa.
Buddy was one of the true pioneers of Rock and Roll.
Crikey. That is too vast an ocean to be swimmin' in.
My favorite band/bands changes depending on mood, timing, activity, emotional state, truck or drawing table.
So, in the early eve of our Lard, 4-21-2018, this be them.
So, here's what rotating in this batch of favorite bands. There will be a few. Bear up to your bewildered best and bear wif me.....
There is no one favorite band or genre of music for me. The Allman Bros prior to Dwayne's demise maybe. Naw, just too much goodness out there.
These are also rotating album wise. The hot wax to watch. some have been worn out on vinyl or disc and replaced.
Matthew Grimm & The Red Smear - Honea Path
There are the scales. The fish come later.
Rock and roll progressed, grew up, until Led Zeppelin. Most of the progression was led by the Beatles, [just compare their early stuff to their later stuff, and Wings] but Led Zep was the pinnacle of rock and roll development. This isn't even an opinion, really, it's the history of rock. Led Zep is the greatest rock band ever, forever. This is just the way it is, whether or not they're your favorite band personally. Consider yourselves educated! You're welcome...
I drove from CO to the East Coast when the Matchbox 20 interview was all over the TV stations at night. So, I saw it several times. Rob Thomas talked about his wife, and how she was like .. oh wait, I'm dating a musician, I don't know if I can handle this .. sorry to hear about her health issues.
Wow, so many to pick from - there's no way I could name just one. I'm mostly into modern hard rock; I get tired of listening to the same bands I've listened to for decades and really am not into classic rock, so my "favorite" band changes over time. My second concert was Led Zeppelin when I was 13 ... I still think they're an amazing band, but I'm just sick of most of their songs (played them way too often and wore out almost all of their albums). Since I've Been Loving You is definitely one of my favorites.
Currently? Avenged Sevenfold is probably my favorite. Synyster Gates is an amazing guitarist, and I love their harmonies and melodies. I'm seeing them for the 6th time this summer; saw them last year with Metallica (who is still awesome), but I always prefer it when they headline. The video for their song The Stage is pretty cool - my brother, who isn't into hard rock, said he's never seen anything like it (and meant it as a compliment). It's not their most talented work from a musical standpoint, but .. wow. So Far Away is beautiful and kind of sad. Then there's Hail to the King - that's my ringtone, and since nobody expects me to be a headbanger, it is definitely a conversation starter.
I love Halestorm - Familiar Taste of Poison showcases Lizzy's voice better than their harder songs, and there's another one where she does a mean Janis Joplin. They don't have the raw talent of many other bands, but they're great. I'm going to see them this summer with In This Moment (Apocalyptic, Whore ... Maria Brink sang on the Papa Roach song "Gravity" as well as collaborations with others . . she screams some and sings some, so it's not my normal thing as I prefer melodies, but for some reason I love them).
My favorite "new" band (meaning newly famous, not that they just formed) is probably Nothing More. Their song "Jenny" is about the singer's sister and her struggles with drug use as their mother was dying.
I'd have to include anything with Corey Taylor. He's best known for fronting Stone Sour and Slipknot (both amazing bands), but he did a great song with Apocalyptica (I'm Not Jesus) and a great one collaborating with Dave Grohl (and Rick Nielson), From Can to Can't. I love the way the music builds and then winds back down a little. He is just phenomenally talented.
Also pretty much anything with Chris Cornell. His cover of Nothing Compares 2U is amazing. Most people just think of him as Soundgarden and Audioslave, but he's done so much. I particularly like Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart. It's just ... catchy, I guess.
Dear Friend Dean Moriarty: The Grateful Dead.
Or, as Count Dracula used to call them, "Our kind of people"!
Smiles.
Enoch.
Oh. I get it now. This means Old Folks Bands. Alrighty then. I'm a bonafide old folk.
Of those I gotta go with:
and,
even back in the day there were just too many great bands and musicians out there to pick one for all time. Most obscure and not heard on your top 40 hot wax to watch....
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Let's see your favorite band.
Saw Dylan and the Band in Denver back in 74. One hell of a show!
Have you seen the movie, ''The Last Waltz'' with The Band and dozens of the top performers including Dylan?
I too loved "The Band". Also The Allman Brothers, Moody Blues, Santana. Do I have to choose ???
Eagles, R.E.M., Fleetwood Mac, .......
Your making it more and more difficult to choose pat...LOLOLOL
They're good... but for rock 'n roll, there's only one band...
And what band is that, Bob? Text please.
The Rolling Stones Buzz.
Whadda ya mean, "What band is that?"
Stones, of course!
Bob, I thought you knew by now that I can't open YouTube, so how the hell would I have known what band that was when you didn't provide any text identification? You might notice that I have already named the Stones as a band worthy of high accolades.
There have been other bands for other musics... but only one band for rock 'n roll..
As NT's Gandalf, you must know this... even without the video...
I consider that a HUGE compliment. Thank you.
He reminds me of Johnny Winter, great guitar player.
That's funny!
Johnny Winter was once a guest in my home in Toronto. I gave him something that might well have improved his performance that evening...LOL.
You gave Johnny Winter Viagra...?
Damn Buzz
"God Damn, God Damn, the Pusher Man"
LOL. I guess I should have made my statement more complete - his performance on stage with his band that evening.
No doubt they are great, but I'll go with CCR.
LOL, I've heard that before...Classic.
Probably the greatest anti war song ever written.
CCR's Proud Mary is the only one that can stand against Tina's...
When it comes to anti-war songs, there are many, but I like this one:
Here is a good one....
Ooops.....No individuals......Sorry.
I misled you - Buffy is individual. Most anti-war songs are sung by individuals like Dylan, Ochs, Pete Seeger, etc, but as a group there's Country Joe and the Fish, etc.
Totally my Fault Buzz....
Fort Worth Billy Bob's ?
Who Is Your Favorite Band?
Ok that is really a tough question. My favorites really cover A LOT of different genres of music: