I don't know what's up with the three people on top of the list, but right now we only have two roulettes running and Nekov's has been done for more than a week. So unless any of them object, I'm going to go ahead and start my thread.
I've been playing in almost every roulette recently, so this should be a nice change of pace. I'm going to do this a little differently than I did last time, and focus predominantly on older music. I was born about 20 years ago and didn't really get into intensive music-listening until I discovered DT a few years ago. Since then, music has become my most unrelenting obsession. I've discovered a ton of great bands, a lot of them here on DTF, and fully expect to keep that up. However, being so new to it all, I haven't been exposed to nearly as much old stuff. That's where this roulette comes in. I might change it up for the last couple rounds, but for the majority of this roulette, I will only accept pre-90s music.
Instead of giving you a list of off-limits bands (since most of those are more recent), I'm going to compile a list of my favorite bands. These are bands that would work if I was playing with myself but had dissociative identity disorder (picture that). A lot of these bands I've only heard one or two albums from. If that's the case, I'll identify which ones I've heard and if you think they've released stuff that is
vastly different you can try sending it. I do discourage that though, simply because I want to get music that I'd be less likely to check out on my own.
Billy Joel
Black Sabbath
Bob Dylan
Bob Marley
Bob Seger
Bruce Springsteen
The Cars
Cat Stevens
The Cure (Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me & Disintegration)
Dio (Holy Diver)
Dire Straits
Electric Light Orchestra (Out of the Blue)
Eric Clapton
Fleetwood Mac
Genesis
Iron Maiden
Jethro Tull (Thick as a Brick)
John Lennon
Journey
Joy Division
King Crimson (Red & ITCOTCK)
Led Zeppelin
Marillion
Megadeth
Metallica
The Moody Blues
Neil Young
Nick Drake
Pete Townshend (Empty Glass)
Queensryche (Empire & O:M)
Quiet Riot
REO Speedwagon
Rush
Savatage
Scorpions
Steely Dan
Styx (The Grand Illusion)
Supertramp
Triumph (Just a Game)
Yes
And if you just want to get a more comprehensive (but not complete) view of what my tastes look like, here's a link to my first roulette with its list:
https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=40831.0The Players:
Dr. DTVT
Elite
jingle.boy
jjrock
kingshmegland
LieLowTheWantedMan
lonestar
Nekov
Scorpion
TAC