In a little chat with Sir MossY, I came to the realisation that I hardly listen to any music outside of that from the US, Canada or Australia. And few, if any of my most liked bands are from outside those areas.

SO WITH YOUR HELP I AM BROADENING MY HORIZONS.

I'm thinking first gimme some UK and European music that you consider to be most excellent. New or old. Also feel free to shoot me some from Africa or the Middle East or South America or Tibet or Antarctica or WHEREVER ELSE.

(Actually I guess I will also allow some Japanese bands but go easy ok)

and yes I know this is kinda broad. but DO IT.

If you like some heavier stuff, you should definately give Stonegard a try. Excellent vocals. Here's their Myspace. (http://www.myspace.com/stonegard)

British Sea Power are excellent, sort of indie-pop-rock but excellent stuff. Also check out Brakes (or BrakesBrakesBrakes in the US) as they are intense. Belle & Sebastian also? Oh and John Cale. JOHN CALE!!

Will give British Seapower, John Cale and STONEGARD a listen.

Brakes MossY recommended to me last night and they win the first prize thus far. PORCUPINE OR PINEAPPLE.


Also, Belle and Sebastian are a band that I will soon try again to get into because I feel like I should like them, but I just feel meh about them. =\

thx

Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Deep Purple, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Pink Floyd, Motorhead, Venom, AC/DC, Helloween, Led Zeppelin.

All British except Helloween who are German. Some of the bands may have members who are origned from America or elsewhere past and present though.

AC/DC is Australian.

A-Ha, BigBang, Kaizers Orchestra, Satyricon...

Can't remember anymore norwegian bands at the moment, my brain is still hibernating after 8 hours of work and lots of (I mean LOTS of) annoying customers (and non-customers just wanting to annoy me...).

cocteau twins (scotland) rec. album: heaven or las vegas
bonobos (japan) rec. album: electlyric
my bloody valentine (ireland) rec. album: loveless
can (germany) rec. album: tago mago
the notwist (germany) rec. album: neon golden

Here's some Psychobilly bands that are pretty cool. If you haven't heard of this genre, you'll pretty much like it or hate it. Also, there's a huge difference between US-Psychobilly and Euro-Psychobilly, so I would listen to both styles before judging.

Psychobilly:
The Meteors - UK and godfathers of Psychobilly
Demented Are Go - UK
Mad Sin - UK
The Klingonz - UK
Nekromantix - Denmark
Horropops - Denmark
Batmobile - Denmark
Asmodeus - Netherlands
Cenobites - Netherlands
Banana Metalik - France
Os Catalepticos - Brazil
The Mad Mongols - Japan
Scary B.O.O.M - Russia

try some Frenchy music

Air, Daft Punk, Phoenix

A-Ha, BigBang, Kaizers Orchestra, Satyricon...

Can't remember anymore norwegian bands at the moment, my brain is still hibernating after 8 hours of work and lots of (I mean LOTS of) annoying customers (and non-customers just wanting to annoy me...).

Postgirobygget, Trang F�dsel, Dum Dum Boys, CC Cowboys. But all of those have Norwegian lyrics, so they might not be ideal if you want to understand stuff.

Sigur R�s
Random Heroes
Sonic Dolls
The Apers
The 20 Belows
The Manges
Public Image Limited
Kraftwerk
The (International) Noise Conspiracy
Depeche Mode
The Kinks
Adam & The Ants
Akiakane
The Chinkees
Art Brut
The Libertines
Brian Eno
Talking Heads (Not sure if they're brittish)
Beres Hammond
The Mighty Mighty Diamonds
The Specials
Generation X
Blondie

AC/DC is Australian.

Only 1 person from the entire band is Australian though. They may aswell be British Considering The Young Brothers are Scots, Brian Johnson is English and Cliff Williams is also english.

Porcupine Tree (England) Recommended album: In Absentia
Opeth (Sweden) Recommended album: Blackwater Park/Still Life
Aphex Twin (England) Recommended album: Richard D. James
Jaga Jazzist (Norway) Recommended album: The Stix
Orphaned Land (Israel) Recommended album: Mabool
Alcest (France) Recommended album: Souvenirs d'un Autre Monde

oh, yeah, porcupine tree are neat

Rammstein
Dimmu Borgir
Mayhem
Children of Bodom
Impaled Nazaren
Marduk
Naglfar
Burzum
1349
Celtic Frost
Cradle of Filth
Immortal
Emperor
Satyricon
Akercocke
Hammerfall
Behemoth
Dark Tranquillity
Napalm Death
In Flames
At the Gates
The Haunted
Scar Symmetry
Sepultura
Soulfly
Arch Enemy
Soilwork

All are heavy metal bands, so if you dont like heavy metal, dont worry, you probably wont like them.

zazen boys (japan)
beatles (england)
bjork (iceland)
ravi shankar (india)

Blondie

lol what

and also no the talking heads weren't British. They came from the 70s NYC scene... just like Blondie.


Bigfoot: I hardly listen to any European bands! I'd say check out Stardumb I guess but you already know about that and frankly I don't think they are very good at all anymore anyway.

I can recommend Turbonegro though. They are from Norway and very good.

Rammstein
Dimmu Borgir
Mayhem
Children of Bodom
Impaled Nazaren
Marduk
Naglfar
Burzum
1349
Celtic Frost
Cradle of Filth
Immortal
Emperor
Satyricon
Akercocke
Hammerfall
Behemoth
Dark Tranquillity
Napalm Death
In Flames
At the Gates
The Haunted
Scar Symmetry
Sepultura
Soulfly
Arch Enemy
Soilwork

All are heavy metal bands, so if you dont like heavy metal, dont worry, you probably wont like them.

Just to correct your terminology, those bands fit into the nu metal category, for good or for bad I wont say. The post is to correct.

Def Leppard, Whitesnake, T-Rex, Billy Idol, Status Quo.

Just to add to my list.

also, you might find cocorosie interesting.

They're too avante garde for my taste but even I think they are at least interesting.

Thanks chaps and chappettes! Despite the surplus of metal bands (with both good and bad potential), there's a bunch of stuff here that either IS or SEEMS pretty snazzy, or stuff that I realised I actually do listen to. HOORAY FOR BROADER HORIZONS.

(and TK, cocorosie are actually from the US! But I do indeed find them to be a good kind of weird from the few songs I've heard!)


soo, keep it up if you want? i don't think you guys have recommended nearly enough zimbabwean or nepalese bands.

Mugabe don't allow the creation of music no mo

Just to correct your terminology, those bands fit into the nu metal category, for good or for bad I wont say. The post is to correct.

They are NOT nu-metal
Rammstein - Tanz-Metall (Dance Metal)/Idustrial Metal/Neue Deutsche H�rte
Dimmu Borgir - symphonic black metal
Mayhem - Black Metal
Children of Bodom - Melodic Death Metal
Impaled Nazaren - Black Metal
Marduk - Black Metal
Naglfar Black Metal
Burzum Black Metal
1349 - Black Metal
Celtic Frost - Extreme Metal
Cradle of Filth - Heavy Metal
Immortal - Black Metal
Emperor -Black Metal
Satyricon - Black Metal
Akercocke - progressive blackened death metal
Hammerfall Power Metal
Behemoth - Blackened Death Metal
Dark Tranquillity - Melodic Death Metal
Napalm Death - grindcore/death metal
In Flames - melodic death metal
At the Gates - melodic death metal
The Haunted - thrash metal
Scar Symmetry - melodic death metal
Sepultura - thrash metal
Soulfly - heavy metal
Arch Enemy - melodic death metal
Soilwork - melodic death metal

Nu-Metal are piss weak bands like Limp Bizkit Korn Linkin Park

You should check out Squarepusher. He's a English techno guy.

keep tedious arguments about metal sub-genres to the metal thread plz k thx.

You should check out Squarepusher. He's a English techno guy.

good call, pusher is amazing

(and TK, cocorosie are actually from the US! But I do indeed find them to be a good kind of weird from the few songs I've heard!)

Oh, you are correct. I wonder why I thought they were european. =/

well check out turbonegro at any rate.

I should of said that it's a sub genre not a genre.
Why do you think the term's so easily tossed around?

My fault.

Anyway...
Gillan is a good band to look into, short lived but quite good.
Actually the solo careers of Bruce Dickinson and Rob Halford are also quite good.

eamon from brakes gave me a thumbsup and stuff and noticed me because i was wearing my brakes t shirt from an earlier concert at a brakes show at a festival

it wasnt like one of those things where i was lame and wore their shirt to their gig because it was a festival and i just didnt have much to wear. obviously you dont ever do that because its like cool suicide

they played some songs twice because people were late and wanted to hear them. man i love brakes. ^__^

hi guys! i will recommend bands later

lol what

and also no the talking heads weren't British. They came from the 70s NYC scene... just like Blondie.


Bigfoot: I hardly listen to any European bands! I'd say check out Stardumb I guess but you already know about that and frankly I don't think they are very good at all anymore anyway.

I can recommend Turbonegro though. They are from Norway and very good.

BIG Big mistakes then. I tend to forget where bands come from most of the times

Volovan from Brazil.

It alllll depends on what you like Bigfoot my lovely.
You should give the Life Pursuit a listen by B&S and work your way backwards I think.
Also, Kraftwerk if you like eletronic music w/ minimal lyrics + vocoder effects.
Ermm.
Stereolab are an interesting post-rock..electronic.."indie" band from London. You might like them.
Boards of Canada are a lovely little duo of Scots who make wonderful instrumental ambient/downtempo music.
Gorillaz? You probably already heard them and have made a judgement!
Hm.

I always assumed Boards of Canada were from Canada. O those wacky ol' Scotsmen.

i second stereolab and boards of canada, both are amazin'

M.I.A. - India
Trentemoller - Germany
Ladytron - UK
Calexico - Mexico
She Wants Revenge - US...... but dont sound like they are.
Sigur Ros - Iceland
Minerve - Budapest..... i think
Doves - Scottland

most of the bands i like are from Europe
i dont listen to american music
about canada, i listen to Loreena McKennitt who is Canadian
for example
anathema, the gathering,peace orchestra,Juno Reactor..and many more
America doesnt suit my taste

most of the bands i like are from Europe
i dont listen to american music
about canada, i listen to Loreena McKennitt who is Canadian
for example
anathema, the gathering,peace orchestra,Juno Reactor..and many more
America doesnt suit my taste

You dont like American music? What is American music? I think you are generalizing America way too much, there is no "American" sound as music has its influences spanning the globe. I guess if your talking about POP
music, that would be something that could be localized & generalized. As we speak, top music countdowns have artists from countries all over the world, even songs in different languages. I bet canadian and european songs have "American" influences too. I never heard of say UK or Canadian music.... Is that a genre?

Try the www.lastfm.com player, pretty good music on there, and its Global. Its one of those players that taylor makes your radio station by rating songs.

Signed,
"Too much of anything will make you an addict"
-Nice N Smooth

I tried listening to North American bands, thats what i meant by saying american
and i really didnt like any of them. I dunno why.Oh wait ! I like a few blues songs. That's NA right? Okay I like some American songs then.But only those few.Northern American music just doesnt click to me.
Too much of European music?Lol we aint a village dude. Europe is vast and has so many different cultures , and is the oldest continent, all originated from here so don't try to say silly stuff thanks llol

FF Best of '87-'07
RELAXING COMPILATIONS:vol.1 vol.2 vol.3 vol.4
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Good compilation! Thanks for the link!

Czeck out:
Ultra Chilled Compilations
Ministry of Sound the Chillout Sessions
Hed Kandi Serve Chilled
Hotel Costes

Good compilation! Thanks for the link!

Czeck out:
Ultra Chilled Compilations
Ministry of Sound the Chillout Sessions
Hed Kandi Serve Chilled
Hotel Costes

thanks but i prefer to find my own stuff since there is no fixed type of music that i like, i like many genres

Too much of European music?Lol we aint a village dude. Europe is vast and has so many different cultures , and is the oldest continent, all originated from here so don't try to say silly stuff thanks llol

Africa is pretty old too homes. It probably originated there. Besides Indians and Mexicans, isnt everyone from America from somewhere else? That would make this a pretty divers place also. I still say your generalizing, your talking to someone with over 200GB's of music from all sorts of places and i DJ (not a very good one though). This is a very good discussion but all im saying is there is no such thing as American music or even North American music. Maybe country or rap..... But i've heard Russian country and rap songs and despite the language, could have been composed anywhere.

What bands are you talking about? You mentioned Juno Reactor, some of the cats in that band are from South Africa.....

Africa is pretty old too homes. It probably originated there. Besides Indians and Mexicans, isnt everyone from America from somewhere else? That would make this a pretty divers place also. I still say your generalizing, your talking to someone with over 200GB's of music from all sorts of places and i DJ (not a very good one though). This is a very good discussion but all im saying is there is no such thing as American music or even North American music. Maybe country or rap..... But i've heard Russian country and rap songs and despite the language, could have been composed anywhere.

What bands are you talking about? You mentioned Juno Reactor, some of the cats in that band are from South Africa.....

Lol.Don't mess with me about music?:-\
You may have 5yotabytes of music but I have 60 gigs of SELECTED music. i cant live without music dude.I dont like the things that a LOT of people listen like..my chemical romance. You know, junk food music.It's about quality not quantity. Juno Reactor is influenced in some songs but the main composer is British dude. Europe is my soul's home.Music from Europe is at the same level with my soul. Even if I say the name "Beethoven" I don't have to say anything else dude.
World music? Nah thanks. I dont like fucking cows dude.
America= not my kind of music.
Sorry . Even if u say many ethnicities went there, still, there isnt even any good imitation of a European song, you said they came from here, so why dont they make something deriving from here?Nah even if they did it would suck

I'd have to agree you on My Chemical Romance..... Not my eye liner, black t-shirt, tight pants wearing, slit your wrists when your girlfriend dumps you, cup of tea.... I see what your saying so now in understand what your talking about.

If music is your soul, then set it free.... The world is a pretty big place and im not telling you who what or when to listen to. People like Bethoven, Jellyroll Morton, the Beetles, Elvis and even Madonna were famous also because of when they did what they did. Granted musical genius has alot to do with it. Its like saying The SugarHill Gang are the greatest rappers of all time and Thomas Dolby the greatest Electronic producer of all time.

My Chemical Romance? Thats one band from New Jersey of all places... Its where Bon Jovi came from. For all intents and purposes they are the Bon Jovi of this generation. I have about 5 bands from the same hood that sound nothing like them. So is it American music? Emo music? Alternative or Rock? What makes a song European? Or American for that matter? I dont think music has a nationality unless they are specifically speaking to those people.... Like Peter Gabriel maybe. Hes and African trapped in a white guys body.

Dont get upset, im not judging you for what you like or dislike, i just dont get how someone can say they like a certain countries music or even a certain regions music Its a pretty big region of over 301 million.... Its not like saying you dont like pork or something. Either way, great discussion and i just downloaded that disc you posted.

"Its a freaking tightrope Spud" -
Signed,
Mark Renton (Trainspotting)

Okay then it's settled dude.High Five?=/

Oh yea, just remembered i have the Final Fantasy Relaxin Cd's too, the Blue and Peach Orange colored covers , either 1 and 2 or 2 and 3.

Oh yea, just remembered i have the Final Fantasy Relaxin Cd's too, the Blue and Peach Orange colored covers , either 1 and 2 or 2 and 3.

cool mate,although there are only two of them in existence

i have all FF and Nobuo music hehe:-D (well FF7DoC music is cow crap so I dont have it ,etc)

cool mate,although there are only two of them in existence

i have all FF and Nobuo music hehe:-D (well FF7DoC music is cow crap so I dont have it ,etc)


Ohh, crystals on the cover. bought them a while back... thought they were more discs since there are over 12 games..... winmx used to have a pretty good selection, itunes too.

YOu heard the AOLRadio Station?

Ohh, crystals on the cover. bought them a while back... thought they were more discs since there are over 12 games..... winmx used to have a pretty good selection, itunes too.

YOu heard the AOLRadio Station?

i dun listen to the radio cos no radio station represents my taste

I could have guessed that, but AOL.com (yes america online) has a free radio player, it has over 150 stations, including XM Satelite radio stations.

Well, one of the stations is an ALL Final Fantasy radio station. No commercials, and everything from ending to battle scores from FFI to FFXII

I could have guessed that, but AOL.com (yes america online) has a free radio player, it has over 150 stations, including XM Satelite radio stations.

Well, one of the stations is an ALL Final Fantasy radio station. No commercials, and everything from ending to battle scores from FFI to FFXII

i tried the FF radio thing, closed it after a min, the quality is crap since i have all of the decent FF stuff already in MP3,it eats my connection too, and..they play all sorts of songs..
you kknow, beer is good, meat is good,sweets are good, but not all together.
I like listening to F.F. music when my mood needs it, and some songs just pop into me mind.

Ha!! Cheers, im off to eat a gyro, humus and baclabites.

nice.
see ya man

you know, PMs are there for a reason, you guys.

reasons like: keeping chatting out of threads.

try the ''Australian-American Hicks''. they make mainly country music. but with some rock in it too.

Crimson Lotus (No one can take the #1 spot over these guys for me.)

www.crimsonlotus.org All of their music is free.

And if you don't mind Japanese lyrics and can get a hold of thier music...Abingdon Boys School. This is odd considering I had a hard time likeing Japanese lyrics, but these guys took a #2 spot for me.

might have already been listed but;

Super Furry Animals
Porcupine Tree
Muse
Riverside
Bjork
Nightwish
The Pillows
Opeth
Pain Of Salvation
Portishead
The Cruxshadows
The Flower Kings
The Smiths
Lacuna Coil