Recommend me some music please

[dtcarson]

I'm rediscovering a lot of music that I have not listened to in a long time.
However, I'm also feeling the need to discover something new as well. (It doesn't have to be "new" as in current or recent release, just new to me.)

I don't have satellite radio so I can't just browse, and I haven't had much luck with Spotify.

Here's a list of the artists in my collection, along with album counts. Doesn't necessarily equate to level of liking, but there is a correlation to some extent. I've deleted some things like anime or video game soundtracks. Primarily I like 'classic' heavy metal/hard rock, punk, 80s alternative/metal, a little bit of speed - but I also like things like Dave Brubeck, Pet Clark, and Keiko Matsui.

Any suggestions would be appreciated, I need some new musical inputs.
Thanks in advance.

List:
ARTIST Albums
AC/DC 12
Ace Of Base 1
Alice Cooper 28
Alien Sex Fiend 3
Annihilator 2
Anthrax 11
Anti-Heros 4
Astro Zombies 1
Bad News 1
Band of Pain 2
Bangles 3
Bauhaus 3
Beastie Boys 3
Beatles 7
Beki Bondage 1
Bernard Herrmann 1
Big Black 3
Bing Crosby 2
Bing Crosby&The Andrew Sisters 1
Black Flag 11
Black Sabbath 11
Black Tape for a Blue Girl 6
Black Tide 1
Blade Runner 2
Bleu 1
Blues Brothers 1
Body Count 2
Bomb Party 1
Brenda Lee 1
Bruce Dickinson 1
Bryan Ferry 3
Buckner & Garcia 1
Bulletstorm 1
Burn Witch Burn 1
Butterfly Joe 1
Butthole Surfers 7
Buzzcocks 4
Caprice 3
Carcass 2
Cats 1
Cellador 1
Celtic Frost 2
Charles Manson 1
Charley Pride 1
Chobits 1
Chobits 2 1
Christian Death 23
Christmas Classics 1
Circle Jerks 4
Clan Of Xymox 2
Combichrist 9
Contagion 1
Corky And The Juice Pigs 1
Coven 13 1
Cradle of Filth 10
Cramps 1
Dance Hall Crashers 3
Danzig 9
Daphne in the Brilliant Blue 1
Dave Brubeck 2
David Axelrod 1
David Bowie 16
David Byrne 1
Dead Combo 1
Dead Kennedys 5
Dead Milkmen 8
Death 3
Death Angel 1
Death Piggy (GWAR) 1
Dee Dee Ramone 1
Defenestration 1
Deine Lakaien 1
Demented Are Go! 1
Demonix 1
Depeche Mode 19
Devo 1
Diablo 1
Diary Of Dreams 1
Digital Devil Saga 2
Doa And Jello Biafra 1
Dominator 1
Dragon Age II 1
Dragon Quest VIII 2
Dragonforce 3
DRI 4
Drill 2
Eazy-E 1
Echo & the Bunnymen 1
E-Craft 1
Eddy Arnold 1
Einstuerzende Neubauten 9
Electracult 1
Electric Hellfire Club 1
Electric Sex Circus 2
Electric Six 1
Electrik Funk 1
Elvis Hitler 2
Elvis Presley 2
Emilie Autumn 2
Emma Bunton 1
Eric Serra 1
Every New Dead Ghost 1
Exodus 3
Faith No More 7
Final Fantasy Tactics 3
Fireball Ministry 1
Foetus 8
Frank Black 1
Freezepop 7
Front Line Assembly 4
Gene Loves Jezebel 2
Genitorturers 3
Genocide 1
Gitane Demone 2
Go Betty Go 2
Godflesh 1
Graveyard Boulevard 1
Grease 1
Groovie Ghoulies 1
Guns N' Roses 1
GWAR 11
Hekate 2
Hole 1
Holst 1
HorrorPops 2
Huey Lewis 1
Human League 1
Iggy & The Stooges 1
Infectious Grooves 2
Inkubus Sukkubus 10
Iron Butterfly 1
Iron Maiden 18
Jello Biafra & Mojo Nixon With The Toadliquors 1
Jello Biafra w/ D.O.A. 1
Jeremy Soule 5
Jesus And Mary Chain 5
Jim Gaffigan 1
Jimmy Buffett 1
Joey Ramone 1
Johnny Cash 1
Joy Division 5
Judas Priest 5
Julee Cruise 2
Kathleen Madigan 2
Keiko Matsui 6
Kiki's Delivery Service 1
Killswitch Engage 4
King Diamond 14
King Missile 6
Kirill Pokrovsky 1
Kiss 24
Kittie 1
KMFDM 17
Kreator 3
L7 2
Lacrimosa 4
LARD 1
Lawnmower Deth 1
Lazy Town 1
Leaves' Eyes 2
Lene Lovich 3
Lord Of The Rings 3
Lordi 2
Lori Pappajohn 1
Louis Armstrong 1
Lucinda Williams 10
Lucyfix 2
Luis Bacalov 1
Lum: Urusei Yatsura 1
M.O.D. 4
Machine Head 2
Maniac Spider Trash 1
Manitoba's Wild Kingdom 1
Manowar 7
Marie Saganne 1
Marionettes 2
Mark Morgan 2
Martina McBride 11
MATRIX 2
MC900ft Jesus 1
Meat Beat Manifesto 1
Megadeth 2
Melora Creager 1
Men at Work 2
Mercyful Fate 10
Metallica 1
Michelle Shocked 1
Midnight Configuration 1
Ministry 6
Minutemen 1
Misfits 9
Mojo Nixon 6
Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper 2
Mojo Nixon & the Toadliquors 1
Monster Klub 1
Monty Python 4
Moonspell 6
Morrissey 9
Mortal Kombat Soundtrack 1
Morton Downey Jr. 1
Morton Gould 2
Mötley Crüe 3
Motorhead 27
Mr. Bungle 1
Muffs 5
Murderdolls 1
Murphy's Law 1
Mussolini Headkick 2
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult 11
Nekromantix 1
NEU! 1
Nightwish 9
Nine Inch Nails 2
Nitzer Ebb 1
Nobuo Uematsu 4
Noriko Matsueda & Takahito Eguchi 1
Nuclear Assault 3
Oneiroid Psychosis 1
Ozzy Osbourne 9
Patty Loveless 3
Paul Dianno 1
Penetration 2
Perry Como 2
Pet Shop Boys 2
Petula Clark 2
Phantasm 1
Play Dead 2
Poets of the Fall 1
Polystar 1
Pop Will Eat Itself 5
Powerpuff Girls 1
Project A-KO 1
Public Image Ltd. 2
Pzychobitch 2
Queen 2
Quiet Riot 4
Radiskull and Devil Doll 1
Rainbow the Clown 1
Ramones 20
Rasputina 13
Reba McEntire 2
Red Hot Chili Peppers 4
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry 2
Reverend Horton Heat 4
Revolting Cocks 1
Rez 1
Rita Lynch 2
Ritual 1
Rob Zombie 2
Rocky Horror Picture Show 1
Rollins Band 10
Rossano Sportiello 1
Roxy Music 3
Run DMC 1
S.I.N. 1
S.O.D. 3
Sam & Dave 1
Sanguis et Cinis 2
Santa Esmeralda 1
Scarehead 2
Schoolhouse Rock 5
Screaming Dead 2
Sex Gang Children 1
Sex Pistols 1
Shania Twain 1
Shoji Meguro 1
Shonen Knife 3
Sid Vicious 1
Siouxsie and the Banshees 5
Sisters 1
Sisters of Mercy 1
Skeletal Family 2
Skinny Puppy 2
Skrewdriver 1
Slayer 6
Slugbait 2
Solas 1
Sonic Youth 1
Soul Calibur 1
Souls at Zero 1
Specimen 1
Spike Jones 4
Spinal Tap 2
Squaresoft 1
Starship Troopers 1
Stellvia 1
Styx 3
Suicidal Tendencies 8
Suicide 2
Suicide Sanctum 1
Suspiria 1
Suzanne Vega 6
Swans 1
Switchblade Symphony 4
Talking Heads 4
Tankard 1
Tesla 1
Texhnolyze 1
The 5.6.7.8's 1
The Art of Noise 3
The Beach Boys 2
The Crue 1
The Crüxshadows 7
The Damned 2
The Danse Society 1
The Dave Brockie Experience 1
The Dick Nixons 1
The Dominator 1
The Donnas 2
The Electric Hellfire Club 1
The Fiends 3
the Ghost Storys 1
The Graveyard Boulevard 1
The Happy Wanderer 1
The Koffin Kats 1
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 8
The Mission UK 1
The Nightcrawlers with the Big Band Sound 1
The Phenomenauts 1
The Pixies 1
The Proclaimers 1
The Rapture 1
The Reverend Horton Heat 1
The Rollins Band 1
The Simpsons 3
The Smiths 6
The Southern Death Cult 1
The Stranglers 1
The Sugarplastic 1
The Swarf Sisters 2
The Texas Chainsaw Orchestra 1
The Tiger Lillies 6
The Toasters 1
The Vienna Boys Choir 1
The Waitresses 1
The White Stripes 2
Theatre of Hate 2
They Might Be Giants 8
Thirty Nine Clocks 1
This Ascension 1
Throbbing Gristle 3
Tiamat 1
Tina & The Total Babes 1
Tom Tykwer/Johnny Klimek/Reinhold Heil 1
Tomoyasu Hotei 1
Toy Dolls 1
Trans-Siberian Orchestra 3
Tropical Breeze - The UGA Steel Band 1
Tsunami Bomb 3
Twisted Sister 3
Type O Negative 8
Velvet Revolver 1
Vince Guaraldi 1
Vince Guaraldi Trio 1
Virgil Fox 1
Warbeast 1
Wartime 1
WASP 17
Weird Al Yankovic 15
Wendy Carlos 1
White Zombie 3
William Shatner 1
Willie Nelson 1
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 1
Within Temptation 5
WrathChild America 1
Xandria 1
X-Cops 1
X-Ray Spex 4
Yoko Ishida 1
Zero Le Creche 1

[inri222]

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[UAIOE]

KMFDM? Try some Lords of Acid, specifically "VooDoo-U"

Skinny Puppy? Ohgr seems to be missing from that list.

Ministry/RevCo? If you don't have it, get the "Ministry Side Trax" disc. Awesome version of "Supernaut". And do seek out the banned version of "Physical", because it puts the Olivia Newton-John version to absolute shame.

[walletboyniac]

You seem to have similar interests as me. My rateyourmusic page is here (http://rateyourmusic.com/~frinkslab), for maybe some ideas.

It appears that you like a dose of humor with your music. I would try The Vindictives, Boris the Sprinkler, and The Queers. All punk.

[walletboyniac]

Oh yeah, if you're into Anthrax, try Gama Bomb.

[JANK]

You have no Yeah Yeah Yeahs or Tegan and Sara.

[dom56]

Can't believe you have no Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, and Jimi Hendrix in your collection.

[Imprint]

You have a lot of late 70s and early 80s hard rock/heavy metal, so I was surprised to see these missing:

Def Leppard - High and Dry
Saxon- Wheels of Steel, Denim and Leather
Dio - Holy Diver, The Last in Line
Early Van Halen

[sniper007]

Accept - Breaker to Russian Roulette

[Trout]

Wolfbrigade

[dtcarson]

Thanks for the suggestions, some good stuff. I've got a lot to check into.

I think I had that Bad Brains release on cassette way back when, it didn't do anything for me. Maybe I'll give it another shot, I know they're a seminal band.

Cro-Mags - I'll definitely pursue them. They (I know they have had multiple lineup changes) are actually playing here in June, along with 9 other punk/ska bands.'

Agnostic Front - Not sure if I like them or CroMags more on my first brief listens. The first album I sampled was last year's, I'll need to compare with some of the older stuff.

Lords of Acid - OK I like them. Quite varied, some of the faster techno type stuff, then some "lighter" ambient type mood/soundscape tracks.
Same with Ohgr, aggressive like some of the industrial I'm familiar with, but not quite as overpowering, with some electronic/alternative mixed in.

I do like a little humor in my music, I'll definitely check out some of the humorous punk bands you suggest. Actually The Queers are also playing on that bill with the Cro-Mags.

http://dirtysouthfest.com/

Tegan and Sara - hmm there's something there. I'll give them a deeper listen.

Not sure the yeah Yeah Yeahs do anything for me.

I dabbled with Zeppelin and had a couple Hendrix tapes, but never got around to getting them in MP3. I had a neighbor who was a hardcore Zep fan and I think I got burned out :) Though I'll still sing along if I hear a track like in a bar or something. Hendrix seemed like I always had to pay more attention to it, and while I like doing that sometimes, I also like to be able to listen with only one ear sometimes. But I do need to fill in a few gaps with some of the true classics and original innovators.

Dio - of course there's some Dio-fronted albums in my Sabbath collection, and while I used to be a hardcore Ozzy supporter, and still like his music, I have gotten a better appreciation for Dio's work.

Def Leppard - listening to music in the 80's, of course I'm familiar with them ;) I will be avoiding them though.

Van Halen - I did listen to them in the 80's, so it would be revisiting work I'm familiar with.

Accept - I recall hearing them on the radio years ago and liking them, I'm not sure why I never followed up on them.

Good stuff, thanks y'all. I've got about half dozen to chase down that I had never really heard before, and another half dozen that I had some passing awareness of but not any deep familiarity. And there's some diversity even within the styles I like.

[DaveWadding]

Def Leppard - listening to music in the 80's, of course I'm familiar with them ;) I will be avoiding them though.



High & Dry =/= Pyromania & Hysteria. It's like 2 entirely different bands.

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[Jason]

Accept - Breaker to Russian Roulette

I'd also recommend Blood of the Nations and Stalingrad. Excellent stuff, and it proves they can make good music without Udo.

[dhmac]

The Velvet Underground

[nodeerforamonth]

First of all, you have EXCELLENT taste.

Second of all, you seem to be open-minded.

Third of all, there's a whole freakin' world of great music out there that you need to know about!

Based on your tastes and what you've said, I STRONGLY recommend the following:

The Queers: start with "Love Songs For The Retarded", but anything by them is excellent. Well written Ramones meets Beach Boys songs that are catchy and at times funny.

Goo Goo Dolls: don't let their soft ballad crap turn you off. Check out their first three albums. s/t, "Jed", and "Hold Me Up"

Chixdiggit: check out their first album (on Sub Pop, since re-recorded and released on their own label, I think). Fast, catchy, punk rock with a great sense of humor (i.e. every song mentions the singer's mom & goes into a "let's rock" before the solo)

Screeching Weasel: more aggro than the Queers, but still a must. Especially their mid-period stuff ("Wiggle", "Anthem For A New Tomorrow", & "My Brain Hurts"))

The Wildhearts: since you love AC/DC so much, you MUST love the power of the riff. Albums to check out are "Earth Vs The Wildhearts", "Fishing For Luckies", "The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed" and ALL their b-sides. You may want to check out a live album or two. HUNDREDS of great riff driven songs here by one of the greatest songwriters ever. From their you can check out their side projects (Ginger, Silver Ginger 5, Yo-Yos, & more)

The Hellacopters: same thing regarding the riff. Like the Wildhearts, there's excellent songwriting here, but in their latter period, they're not as riff driven as the Wildhearts. I would start off with "Payin' The Dues" and follow up with the "Supershitty To The Max" if you want the rougher stuff and anything afterwards for "cleaner" stuff. Also, check out ANY and ALL of their b-sides. Lots of gems there.

Rocket From The Crypt: high energy riff driven punkish music

[TerryW]

I see you have GnR on your list but only one album. I'm guessing AfD. You should definitely try Use Your Illusion I&II.

Goblin is an Italian prog-rock '70's band that you might like that did soundtrack music for Dario Argento horror films. Profondo Rosso, Suspiria, Tenebre, Phenomena, Opera.

No Jethro Tull on your list. You should try at least Thick as a Brick, Minstrel in the Gallery, Benefit, Stand Up and Aqualung.

Some more Queen and Queensrÿche for sure. Queen's first 8 albums plus The Works, The Miracle and Innuendo. Queensrÿche's EP, The Warning, Rage for Order, Operation: Mindcrime and Empire.

[Toddarino]

The Dead Boys - Young Loud and Snotty, We Have Come For Your Children
The Stooges - S/T, Funhouse, Raw Power
The Dictators - Bloodbrothers, Go Girl Crazy
Radio Birdman - Radios Appear, Burn My Eye

[walletboyniac]

Turbonegro :thumbsup:

[musick]

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[inri222]

Since you already have stuff by The Misfits, The Sisters of Mercy & Joy Division.
You should check these out :

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[Imprint]

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That is a great recommendation that I think he'd like. Check out the live youtube videos of them playing covers to get a taste.

[Michael Corvin]

Didn't pour over your list but I'll toss out 3 that I recently discovered:

Black Country Communion
Animals as Leaders
Sully Erna - lead singer of Godsmack, mellow solo album. I can't stop listening to this one.

That is a great recommendation that I think he'd like. Check out the live youtube videos of them playing covers to get a taste.

I'll save him some time (and third the vote for RyG). Covers are cool but 11:11 is an amazing album, here's one track:
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[gmanca]

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[Rocketdog2000]

Goo Goo Dolls: don't let their soft ballad crap turn you off. Check out their first three albums. s/t, "Jed", and "Hold Me Up"

I'd up that to the first four, personally. Superstar Car Wash has some stuff I think you would appreciate, too.

Along those same lines, I don't see any Replacements or (early) Soul Asylum on your list, either.

[orangecrush]

+1 to R&G. They are amazing.

I'd recomend one of my favorite bands (who I will be seeing later next month):

mewithoutYou

They are a post hardcore band out of Philly. The lead singer speaks loudly more than sings on most of their songs. Their first album is ok, but their last 3 records have all be great. They have a new record comming out next month.

Sorry I can't embed these:
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You can stream a bunch of their songs on their facebook page

[bunkaroo]

Since you're into metal I have to suggest the best metal band IMO of the past decade or so:

Opeth

Not an easy listen though. I'd start with Blackwater Park and if you dig that, try out both Deliverance and Damnation (sister albums) at the same time.

[Maxflier]

You definately need to check out The Sword.