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"Good Bands"

Discovering new bands can be a tricky thing unless you type random buzzwords into Kazaa or watch music channels forever with a pen and paper in your hands. So here is a way of sharing knowledge of newish (up and coming) or unrecognised bands and allowing other people to enjoy a wider variety of music.

Just post the name of a band, the style of music they play (rock, metal, punk, etc) and which other bands they are similar to. Then we can all enjoy new music. Simple.

I'll get the ball rolling.

Finger Eleven -Grunge/metal - Similar to Staind/Creed

InMe - Nu Metal - Similar to Korn, early Limp Bizkit

3 doors down - rock - Similar to Alkaline Trio

Slick Shoes - Punk rock - Similar to Sum 41, American hifi

Add your own, spread the word.

Children Of Bodom - Happy sounding black(ish) metal from Finland

Nightwish - Also Finnish, also metal. But not black, oh no. What sort? No idea. They have a female vocalist with an amazing voice, operatic and all that. And she plays air guitar too.

Graveworm - Atmospheric black metal from Germany (Think Cradle Of Filth but minus the crappyness)

Not exactly new bands, they both have a few albums behind them but they are massively talented and do seem to be largely unknown by people I talk to. Maybe that says more about the sort of people I talk to than anything else.

I didn't think InMe were still around.

InMe
Funeral For A Friend
Incubus

Well they are all bands i listen to...

Cyclone wrote:
> And 'unrecognised' is a pretty generic term, and certainly not the
> same as 'newish'.
>

Very generic...I don't listen to ANY chart music at all...so many popular and well known bands are unrecognised by me.

Unknown bands who rule:

Full System Purge -Even though they split up last year, their music still rawks!

Jimmie's Chicken Shack -Punk, influence on Good Charlotte allegedly

Three Dead Trolls In a Baggie- Canadian comedy trio; they've done stuff that sounds like Tenacious D, but also a lot of hilarious mickey-takings

Bums- German punk band. great talent.

The Grand Pr*cks- Vulgar pop punk. Hilarious lyrics, very creative.

Rage Against The Machine - A mix between metal/rock and hiphop. Amazing
Prodigy - Dance/drum n' bass
Placebo - Chill rock
Gun's n Roses - Everyone knows these :P
Iron Maiden - " " "
System of a Down - Mental metal.
Incubus - Rock.

I'll post more later.

I suggest

"Stupid Kid" by Alkaline Trio - my "song of the day"

And 'unrecognised' is a pretty generic term, and certainly not the same as 'newish'.

Eg, 'Elliott' - borken up now, went for 8 years, known by people who like good music. I.e not many.

I kinda like Me First And The Gimme Gimmes too...good for a laugh.

I suggest everyone should acquire "Just a Girl" by No Doubt if you don't already have it. Funky song, which I would normally never listen to.