Lets Talk Music?

Since I work in radio, it's impossible for music to be off my mind for longer than a few minutes. The first thing I notice on commercials is the song they use. The most fun I've ever had has been a big music festivals. And music is the one thing I can talk to anyone about, without being shy or nervous because I've never met the person.  Needless to say, music is my biggest passion. I was just curious as to what some of you are currently listening to, maybe your all time favorites artist or songs.

My favorite bands are The Doors, The Black Keys, Megadeth, System of a Down(they had an effect on me in high school) The Beatles and Pink Floyd.

Currently I'm listening to a lot of Metric,  Rush, The White Stripes, twenty one pilots, Death Grips, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis....actually the list could go on for days.

Would love to hear what you guys think, as long as there is no bashing on other peoples taste in music!

SOAD, SOAD, SOAD!
That's pretty much all I listen to. Throw in some Johnny Cash, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Mathis, Richie Havens and sprinkle it with some WWE themes and that's my music scene.

I don't listen to SOAD like I used to, but I get though a kick every couple months were I listen to them a few days nonstop! Like I said, they kinda got me through tough times in high school.

what do you do in radio? On air stuff? I'm in Communications at College, and i've done a bit of radio stuff, but not a ton. People always told me I have a "radio" voice. But mostly i'm doing advertising and public relations related stuff.

As for music, my favourite bands/artists in no particular order and not divided into respective genres are:

Deftones
Smashing Pumpkins
Radiohead
Alice In Chains
Tool
Elliott Smith
Matthew Good
Iced Earth
Iron Maiden
Sonic Youth
Fugazi
The Bad Brains
The Misfits
Machinehead
The Sea And Cake
Tiamat
Mastodon
City and Colour
Rage against the machine
Pink Floyd
Dropkick Murphys
Warbringer
System of a Down
Minor Threat
Jawbreaker
Minutemen
John Frusciante
...list could go on and on and on

People often think i'm trying to be trendy when I say I listen to a lot of different stuff, but its the honest truth. Except I hate country music. Hate, hate, hate.

That's an impressive list! How could I forget to mention Iron Maiden?!?! I also listen to quite a bit, just about anything but country haha. Dropkick Murphys is amazing live, as is Iron Maiden and City and Colour....actually, the list of bands I've seen could go on wayyy too long.

I do on-air work. I was on-air at my college station for two years which played a lot of indie/alt/college rock stuff. Now I work at a station in west central Illinois(where I've been for just over a year), and it sucks. I work on air, but I'm pretty much a glorified board op for shitty high school sports.

I like two country songs, Red Solo Cup (it's just hilarious) and I've Been Watching You by Rodney Atkins and I only like that because it's mine and my dads song. All other country music can fuck off, it's awful. 

What's your guys' favorite System of A Down song/album? Mine's got to be a tie between Mezmerize and Toxicity. My all time favorite song by them is Prison Song/Science.

Edit: I also hate rap. I like little to no songs in that genre.

favourite song is probably either Spiders or Lost in Holywood, but favourite album as a whole is Toxicity. Im not a fan of rap either, but I don't dislike it as much as country

You two are listening to the wrong rap! My favorite song varies, I really like Mind, Suite-Pee, Lost in Hollywood, Atwa....as for album, it depends on my mood really. I would have to say most of the time their self-titled one. But sometimes it's Mezmerize/Hypnotize...and somedays it's Toxicity lmao

Anything by Thousand Foot Krutch

Well.
I love music.
I'll try and separate it into genres as best as I can, but it's so varied it'll probably be just a jumbled mess. Anyway.

Rap
(yep. Arguably one of the whitest members is very big into rap. Bite me.)

2Pac (obviously)
Biggie (obviously)
Hopsin
Earl Sweatshirt
Immortal Technique
Tech N9ne
Tyler Cassidy
Frank Ocean (his raps are great)
Domo
Freddie Gibbs
Lil B & RiFF RAFF (comedic)

Metal
Motorhead
Danzig
Dio
Pantera
Megadeth
Judas Priest
Krokus
Anthrax
Saxon
Ghost B.C.
King Diamond
System of a Down (sorta metal, sorta Alt)

Alternative
Deftones (one of my favourites)
Nirvana (c'mon now)
A Perfect Circle
Nine Inch Nails
Tool
Faith No More
Queens of the Stoneage
Cake
Smashing Pumpkins
Silversun Pickups
Alice In Chains
Incubus
Stone Temple Pilots
Rise Against
Soundgarden
Red Hot Chili Peppers
AWOLNATION
Staind
The White Stripes
Blue October
Foxy Shazam
Beck
Florence + The Machine
Janus
Young the Giant
Counting Crows
Wheatus
Volbeat
The Killers (favourites)

Soft
(Not sure how to generalize it)

Walk The Moon
The Smiths
New Radicals
Cold War Kids
The Wallflowers
Presidents of the United States
Jack White
Citizen Cope
Redlight King
The Creepshow
The Dear Hunter (Favorites)

Ska/Punk
Green Day (favourites, especially Dookie/Insomniac)
311
Everclear
Sublime (Another one of my favourites)
Weezer
Reel Big Fish
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Agnostic Front
NOFX
The Distillers
Agent Orange
Misfits
Bad Religion
Operation Ivy
Descendants
Lagwagon
Millencolin
Rancid
The Unseen
Bigwig
Downset
Anti-Flag
Social Distortion
Pennywise (WWE '13 killed them for me though)
Screeching Weasel
Voodoo Glow Skulls
Dwarves
Satanic Surfers
At The Drive-In
Sick of it All
Samiam
Against Me!
All
The Vandals
Dead Kennedys

Pop Punk/Post-Hardcore
The Wonder Years (favourites)
Handguns
Real Friends
Fireworks
The Front Bottoms
Man Overboard
Title Fight
This Time Next Year
The Swellers
City Lights
Tigers Jaw
Secrets
A Day to Remember
Bring Me The Horizon
Silverstein
Atreyu
From First to Last
Sum 41

Jazz/Country
Frank Sinatra
Dean Martin
Sammy Davis Jr
Peggy Lee
Louis Armstrong
Nat King Cole
The Rat Pack (too lazy to list the rest)
Billie Holliday
Johnny Cash
The Highwaymen

Fuck yeah man! Lots of good stuff, Odd Future has some great stuff. And I was surprised to see Foxy Shazam!

EnemyIYH wrote:

(yep. Arguably one of the whitest members is very big into rap. Bite me.)

I'm with you here.

I like Tyler The Creator, he's one of the few rap artists I can tolerate. Mainly because he doesn't talk about money, cars, drugs and hoes, he's just fucking nuts. Does anyone watch his adult swim show? Fucking hilarious.

I also forgot to mention Coldplay, Bon Jovi and (bite me) Justin Timberlake.

DJ wrote:

I like Tyler The Creator, he's one of the few rap artists I can tolerate. Mainly because he doesn't talk about money, cars, drugs and hoes

I just want you to know that not a lot of rappers do that as much. Or if they do, it isn't nearly as much as the stereotype surrounding it.

DJ wrote:

I like Tyler The Creator, he's one of the few rap artists I can tolerate. Mainly because he doesn't talk about money, cars, drugs and hoes, he's just fucking nuts. Does anyone watch his adult swim show? Fucking hilarious.

I also forgot to mention Coldplay, Bon Jovi and (bite me) Justin Timberlake.

Nobody's biting anyone but.. hm

Justin Timberlakes new music is put together REALLY well, very catchy tunes

By the way, have all the people here who said they like SOAD listened to Scars on Broadway? Really, really good stuff. I actually think I personally like Scars on Broadway's self-titled album more than anything from System.

EnemyIYH wrote:

2Pac (obviously)
Biggie (obviously)
Hopsin
Earl Sweatshirt
Immortal Technique
Tech N9ne
Tyler Cassidy
Frank Ocean (his raps are great)
Domo
Freddie Gibbs
Lil B & RiFF RAFF (comedic)

I think I like you again lol

music is a huge part of my life , i play guitar even my favorite bands , some our obscure but look them up if you dont know them becaus ethey are awesome

mushroomhead
slipknot
the dirty heads
sublime
scotty dont (there ska music )
tech 9
eminem
led zepplin
the beatles
pink floyd
trivium
lamb of god
killswitch engage
children of bodom
slipknot
unearth
NOFX
flogging molly
operation ivy
the dropkick murphys
sex pistols
upon this dawning
asking alexandria
a day to remember
hed pe

alot of this is either punk metal or obscure rap , and its the most played shit on my ipod

ah and fall out boy and panic at the disco ( suck my dick they are awesome

Killswitch with Howard or Jesse? (I already know it's Jesse)

i wont suck your dick, nor will i confirm they're awesome.

Also, my favorite punk band is Dead Kennedy's. They are fucking amazing.

i like them both honestly if you do a side by side comparrison of some of the remakes like my last seranade , its hard to decide i love that classic metal feeling jesse brings but howard has such a theatrical voice that its really kinda haunting and drawls you in


and @ merciless , i guess you dont have to do either ill let you off the hook cuz you seem like a good guy lol but if you have never listened to some of fall out boys non popular music ( anything thats never sceen a radio ) its actually great music with awesome lyrics

JOHNmicheals_CMpunk wrote:

i like them both honestly if you do a side by side comparrison of some of the remakes like my last seranade , its hard to decide i love that classic metal feeling jesse brings but howard has such a theatrical voice that its really kinda haunting and drawls you in


and @ merciless , i guess you dont have to do either ill let you off the hook cuz you seem like a good guy lol but if you have never listened to some of fall out boys non popular music ( anything thats never sceen a radio ) its actually great music with awesome lyrics

Its all good man, to each their own. I'm just bullshitting.    Truth be told, I can respect the fact that you have a wide range of musical interests based on the list of bands and artists you posted