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Punk, Oi, Ska (60s), 2 Tone, Rocksteady, Skinhead Reggae, Northern Soul

"Turn the knob to 10 and break it off!" -Baja Marty

I keep wanting to post here, but can never think off all the stuff I listen to.
here is a shot at it.

Rock, classic rock, metal, alternative( if that is still a musical term) Grunge, Stoner rock, New wave, a tad of Trance and Electronica, but mostly on the radio) , (only have 3 cds of that stuff). I dont know what you would call their styles, but 2 bands I dig and listen to are Dead Can Dance, and Portishead. Jazz radio when driving sometimes, I have about 20 jazz cds but hardly ever listen to them. Exotica/Hawaiian/slack key, Rockabillyl (mostly live when they play with surf bands, but I have a few cds)
and Kristena's Old Ska when we are going to shows, I dig some of it, but not enough to buy it.

I'll think of more later probably.

Jeff(bigtikidude)

Jeff(bigtikidude)

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I thought I was the only guy hear into _Third grade teacher _

Danny Snyder

"With great reverb comes great responsibility" - Uncle Leo

Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta

Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party

Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF

Jon
What is 'doom'?

A computer game I played the hell out of in middle school.

Oh, 'doom' as in music. Sorry. Well, for once, All Music got something right--

"Inspired largely by the lumbering dirges and stoned, paranoid darkness of Black Sabbath, doom metal is one of the very few heavy metal subgenres to prize feel and mood more than flashy technique (though the latter can certainly be present). Even more indebted to Sabbath than most metal, doom metal is extremely slow, sludgy, and creepy, feeling so heavy it can barely move; its deliberate pace and murky guitars are meant to evoke (what else?) a sense of impending doom."

It's a lot less punk-influenced than stoner rock--Nebula, Fu Manchu, Kyuss, etc. I guess the simplest definition is that it's the sinister riff that oozes out 1:14 into "Iron Man."

Some cool stuff to check out: Pentagram (the Victor Griffin era), most of Wino's bands (The Obsessed, Spirit Caravan and especially St. Vitus), the first few Cathedral albums, Sleep's "Holy Mountain," everything Electric Wizard have ever put out, and, for something more recent, the Sword's "Age of Winters" (so long as you ignore the Metallica moments near the end).

-Warren

That was excessively violent and completely unnecessary. I loved it.

CaptainSpringfield
doom

I saw sun(((0 a while back. It was amazing. Many consider them the ultimate doom band.

Science friction burns my fingers.

--Rockabilly (50s greats like Bill Haley & the Comets, Jerry Lee Lewis,
Elvis, et al., as well as "newer" bands like the Cramps, Stray Cats,
Reverend Horton Heat, SCOTS, and lots of psychobilly groups)
--50s rock and roll (doo wop, etc.)
--Electronica (Vangelis, Larry Fast/Synergy, Tomita, Tangerine Dream,
David Arkenstone, Banco de Gaia, FSOL, the Orb, Dread Zone, etc.)
--"First wave" punk (Ramones, Sex Pistols, the Clash, the Circle Jerks,
Dead Kennedys, et al.)
--Heavy Metal (Rainbow/Dio, Black Sabbath/Ozzy, IRON MAIDEN (UP THE
IRONS!!!), pre-And Justice for All Metallica, Megadeth, Judas Priest, the
Scorpions, Saxon, Deep Purple, et al.--in other words, 70s and early 80s)
--"Classic rock" (Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Steely Dan, Steve Miller
Band, Rush, Styx, Foreigner, Lynyrd Skynard, Genesis, et al.--but I
DESPISE Yes, Moody Blues, Jethro Tull, Boston, and Aerosmith--blech!!!)
--80s guitar shredders (especially Steve Vai and Joe Satriani)
--70s/80s new wave and new romantics (DEVO, Blondie, the Cars,
Duran Duran, Gary Numan, the Human League, Berlin)
--"First wave" and "second wave" ska (especially Madness)
--Romantic-era classical (Wagner, Mussorgsky, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky,
Debussey, et al.)
--Frank Zappa

Best album of all time (IMHO): The Nightfly, by Donald Fagen.

Later!

Vincent

Is this something you can share with the rest of us, Amazing Larry?!?

tonybologna
I saw sun(((0 a while back. It was amazing. Many consider them the ultimate doom band.

Oh man, that must have been loud as hell. I think they tune their guitars down to something between a low B and a high whale call.

Personally, I think they're way more drone than doom, but that's just me.

-Warren

That was excessively violent and completely unnecessary. I loved it.

50's-70's country by the "big 5"...Cash, Jennings, Haggard, Jones, Owens
50's Rockabilly and skiffle
Rock and Roll and doo-wop...50's / 60's
Bluegrass 40's-current.
Acoustic and electric blues, all guitar.
Jazz, both Dixieland and Artie Shaw / Benny Goodman styles
Ragtime piano

A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory....

I'm currently in the process of falling in love with everything Lee Scratch Perry has ever done. (tip: (in the UK at least) you can get 50 free downloads first time you log onto eMusic.com. That gets you 'Return of the Super Ape'.)

Apart from that my music collection doesn't make much sense, but it starts with post-punk type stuff PIL, Cure, Fall through to Pixies etc.

P J Harvey is my main guitar playing influence outside surf.

mournblade

with a completely different lineup. Of course, Rob "Graves" Ritter
wouldn't have been able to participate regardless (unless they dose
him with some of that triox crap or whatever it was in the film Return
of the Living Dead, on which soundtrack 45 Grave's "Partytime" was
used extensively), but I'm bummed that the rest of the group didn't
come back with them.

For those who have never heard it, I HIGHLY recommend their
one and only studio album, Sleep in Safety, which was one of the
first "Goth" albums from the States. (I really like "old school" Goth,
'cause it was mostly tongue-in-cheek, although I'm not entirely
convince that that was the case for Christian Death and Nosferatu!)

Incidentally, "Surfbat" by 45 Grave was the first surf tune I ever
learned to play. I'll post my version of it sometime.

Vincent

Vincent - I had the pleasure of seeing the reunion show. Mary (Dinah Cancer) had Rikk Agnew playing, so that was quite interesting. "Surfbat" was a cool tune, but my favorite song by 45 Grave is "Evil." I have a not-so-great video I took last time I saw them (I think this was January this year) on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFEokRc6awI
As for a genre, we referred to that as deathrock.

-Kristena

"Turn the knob to 10 and break it off!" -Baja Marty

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