Other Music...and Bands

Personally, I like most of what you like too... You mentioned some of my all-time fav bands, as most longtime PA members know. I like many classic hard rock and heavy metal groups, and to your list I'd like to add Judas Priest, Metallica, Megadeth, Thin Lizzy, early Ozzy Osbourne, Gillan (until 1982), Whitesnake (up to "1987"), Gary Moore (my favourite guitarist after Blackmore), Glenn Hughes (my favourite vocalist), and the mighty Blue Oyster Cult.

I also like other kinds of rock, but the bands and artists mentioned above remain my favourites. And I'm a woman too...

rainbow111 wrote: Man, you don't get to see girls with great tastes like that! If you like Gillan, you should look into Born Again (the Black Sabbath album) he sings better on there than anything he has ever done! Seriously!

 I own "Born Again" in vinyl, and saw Black Sabbath performing with Ian Gillan at Reading Festival in 1983. I can't say I was very impressed, though... especially when they played "Smoke on the Water"!

Wow...Im a bit shocked Ghost rider did not mentioned Led Zeppelin...maybe...maybe she doesnt like them?!?!?!

Blind Guardian
Sonata Arctica
Coheed And Cambria
At The Drive-in
Ensiferum
Korpiklaani

Some of my favourites, in alphabetical order:

The Beatles
David Bowie
Kate Bush
Johnny Cash
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
CMX
Leonard Cohen
Depeche Mode
The Doors
Echo and the Bunnymen
PJ Harvey
Chris Isaak
Japan
Joy Division
Led Zeppelin
Manic Street Preachers
Morrissey
Tuomari Nurmio
Queen
Radiohead
Lou Reed
R.E.M.
Kauko Röyhkä
Simon & Garfunkel
The Smiths
Bruce Springsteen
David Sylvian
Talking Heads
U2
YUP

Well in the bowels of my collection are the following non - Prog artistes (mix of cd's and vinyl)..........

 

JAZZ

THE BAD PLUS, ART BLAKEY, DAVE BRUBECK, DON BYRON, BILLY COBHAM, JOHN COLTRANE, MILES DAVIS, DEXTER GORDON, HERBIE HANCOCK, CHARLIE HUNTER, JOE LOCKE, THE LOUNGE LIZARDS, (JOHN McLOUGHLIN, MAHAVISHNU), BRANFORD MARSALIS, CHARLES MINGUS, LEE MORGAN, (RETURN TO FOREVER), MATTHEW SHIPP, HORACE SILVER, MIROSLAV VITUS, WEATHER REPORT, (FRANK ZAPPA).

 

ROCK / METAL / BLUES / POP

AC/DC, AEROSMITH, ALLMAN BROS., ANGELWITCH, THE ANIMALS, BAD COMPANY, BAKERLOO, THE BEACH BOYS, SOPHIE ELLIS BEXTOR, CHUCK BERRY, BLACK SABBATH, BLIND FAITH, BLUE MURDER, BLUE OYSTER CULT, BLUR, GRAHAM BONNET, BON JOVI, DAVID BOWIE, BUDGIE, THE BYRDS, CANNED HEAT, CHICAGO, CLIMAX BLUES BAND,  COCHISE, EDDIE COCHRAN, COLDPLAY, RY COODER, ALICE COOPER, ERIC CLAPTON, STEVE HARLEY & COCKNEY REBEL, PHIL COLLINS, ELVIS COSTELLO, CREAM, CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL, CSNY, DANDY WARHOLS, THE DARKNESS, DDDBMT, DEF LEPPARD, DIAMOND HEAD, DIDO, DIRE STRAITS, DIO, DIXIE DREGS, FATS DOMINO, THE DOORS, BOB DYLAN, EUROPE, EAGLES, EVANESCENCE, FACES, FEEDER, THE FIRM (JP), FLEETWOOD MAC, FOO FIGHTERS, FRANZ FERDINAND, FREE, IAN GILLAN/GILLAN, GORDON GILTRAP, GORILLAZ, GOVT. MULE, GRATEFUL DEAD, GROUNDHOGS, THE GUN, GUNS'N'ROSES, BUDDY GUY, ROY HARPER, GEORGE HARRISON, BILL HALEY, JIMI HENDRIX, JOHN LEE HOOKER, HUGHES THRALL, THE HOLLIES, BUDDY HOLLY, IF, IRON MAIDEN, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY, MICK JAGGER, ELMORE JAMES, JANE'S ADDICTION, ROBERT JOHNSON, JUDAS PRIEST, JUICY LUCY, THE KINKS, FREDDIE KING, KINGS OF LEON, LEO KOTTKE, KROKUS,  LED ZEPPELIN, LEAFHOUND, JOHN LENNON, LOVE, THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL, LITTLE RICHARD, LYNRD SKYNRD, PAULMcCARTNEY, MANNFRED MANN (60'S), JOHN MAYALL, MERCYFUL FATE, METALLICA, MIDNIGHT OIL, GARY MOORE/ BAND, MUNGO JERRY, THE MOVE, GRAHAM NASH, NAZARETH, NIRVANA, OZZY OSBOURNE, OASIS, JIMMY PAGE /ROBERT PLANT, THE POLICE, ELVIS PRESLEY, THE PRETENDERS, PRETTY THINGS, PRODIGY, PUDDLE OF MUDD, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE, RAINBOW, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, ROLLING STONES, SANTANA, SAXON, MICHEAL SCHENKER, SCORPIONS, THE SHADOWS, SQUEEZE, STATUS QUO, STEELY DAN, STEREOPHONICS, SOUNDS ORCHESTRAL, THE STRANGLERS, STRAY, SUPERGRASS, THIN LIZZY, T REX, THE TROGGS, TYGERS OF PAN TANG, TURIN BRAKES, UFO, THE UNDERTONES, VAN HALEN STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN, WAR, WEATHER REPORT, WHITESNAKE, JOHNNY WINTER, THE WHO, THE YARDBIRDS, NEIL YOUNG, ZZ TOP.

 

 

Led Zep, Black Sabbath, Megadeth, Jeff Buckley, John Hiatt, Foo Fighters, Rainbow and Cream are some.

Some of my pop/rock/new age favourites not on this site:

ABBA
Alanis Morisette
Al Stewart
Apocalyptica
Billy Joel
Bryan Ferry
Carpenters
China Crisis
Clannad
Cocteau Twins
Connie Dover
Cranberries
David Bowie
Dire Straits
Duran Duran
Eels
Elton John
Enya
Fischer Z
Garbage
Green Day
Heather Nova
Iron Maiden
Janis Ian
Japan
Jim Croce
Joe Jackson
Katie Melua
Lacuna Coil
Laurie Anderson
Loreena McKennit
Maire Brennan
Martha and the Muffins
Meat Loaf
Nathalie Merchant
Oasis
Paul Simon
Paul Winter
Placebo
Pulp
Rammstein
REM
Santana
Sarah McLachlan
Simon and Garfunkel
Sinead O'Connor
Steely Dan
Steve Roach
Sting
Suede
Talking Heads
10000 Maniacs
The The
This Mortal Coil
Tingstad and Rumbel
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Toten Hosen
Tracy Chapman
U2
Vienna Teng

Well I'm getting away from prog once in a while with classical music, the essential music that is.

Laurie Anderson isn't prog, probably won't ever be prog, she's my main "off-topic" admiration.

I also go lately with some jazz. Some (Abercrombie, McLaughlin) are of a Jazz-Rock identity over here, still it's a detachement for me and a different flavor: Surman, Dennerlein, Haden, Corea, Weber et caetera

I'm into metal...