Is there one band that defies your music catalog?

[King Postwhore]

Well for me it is 311.

I'm not into reggae but there is something about the their hard rocking sound,  harmonies and and melodies that I love.  I was coming home and was cranking their album, Uplifter and I was singing and pounding my steering wheel driving home.


What band is it for you?

[Zyzzyva17]

Probably Dream Theater. Shocker.

EDIT:  I thought it said "band that defines your music catalog."

[TioJorge]

Definitely Gorillaz. They're catalog is so diverse and quirky and odd that it defines me and my tastes so very well. From the immensely depressive to awkwardly upbeat and cheery.

[TAC]

I still have the cassette single to Us3's Cantaloop. I loved that song.

[King Postwhore]

I still have the cassette single to Us3's Cantaloop. I loved that song.

Hot damn!  I remember that song.

[Jaq]

No.

If I like it, it's in my music catalog. 

[TAC]

I still have the cassette single to Us3's Cantaloop. I loved that song.

Hot damn!  I remember that song.

Yeah, I always liked it.

I also love Blondie! Turned a few heads when I listed Eat To the Beat as an Honorable Mention to The TAC Top 50.

[King Postwhore]

With Blonde, I just have my 2 disk greatest hits.  That's good enough for me.

Jaq, I don't believe that for one minute.  I know you'v got a "I'm getting it on" song that a girl you liked and you knew it would work.  I know your stories.

[Perpetual Change]

Dream Theater, probably.

I love prog, and I love metal. But 99 percent of prog metal bands get my gag reflex going pretty quickly.

[sneakyblueberry]

I have a shitload of music that the hardcore 17 year old Maiden/Megadeth/Metallica fan would've been embarrassed about, but since deciding that I don't really give a shit about what anyone else thinks, none of it really embarrasses me.  I kinda take pride in having an eclectic music collection.  Music is music, it either speaks to you in some way or it doesn't.  I get embarrassed for people who have a blinkered view of music, what a sad way to live. 

I have a lot of cheesy, kitsch-y records that I just keep for lols, tho.

[Anguyen92]

Not a band, but I'm growing a decent amount of liking to Justin Timberlake which is a different act from all of the modern hard rock bands that I listen to on a daily basis.

[orcus116]

There isn't a band but there is a song.

[Jaq]

With Blonde, I just have my 2 disk greatest hits.  That's good enough for me.

Jaq, I don't believe that for one minute.  I know you'v got a "I'm getting it on" song that a girl you liked and you knew it would work.  I know your stories.

I never needed that kind of song.

Mostly because in all my stories, I was truly getting lucky. Ya'll never heard about my failures 

[jsem]

No.

If I like it, it's in my music catalog. 

This. I also don't have any guilty pleasures. I don't make excuses for happening to enjoy something.

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

I can't speak for king, but I think the point of the thread isn't "guilty pleasures", but rather groups that are outside the norm for you.

[jsem]

I have no norm.

There are some things I listen to less than other stuff, but I have no general norm.

Nowadays, when people ask me what type of music I listen to, IDK what to say. I don't want to say cheesy stuff like "Oh, I can listen to anything" because I don't want to be associated with others who make such replies but don't actually have very varied tastes (IMO). I tend to list my main listening interests over the last few years though instead of saying that I like everything.

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

A rebel, huh?

[Tom Bombadil]

I listen to prog, metal, and some classic rock... and Blink182. Don't ask me why, cause I really don't know. But I love virtually every song in their catalog.

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

Have you heard Angels And Airwaves? They're Tom DeLonge's other band, and are (in my opinion) far better than Blink 182. You might like 'em.


That concludes my advertisement.

[King Postwhore]

I can't speak for king, but I think the point of the thread isn't "guilty pleasures", but rather groups that are outside the norm for you.

This but....

I have no norm.

There are some things I listen to less than other stuff, but I have no general norm.

Nowadays, when people ask me what type of music I listen to, IDK what to say. I don't want to say cheesy stuff like "Oh, I can listen to anything" because I don't want to be associated with others who make such replies but don't actually have very varied tastes (IMO). I tend to list my main listening interests over the last few years though instead of saying that I like everything.

I don't either but There are some style I just don't gravitate to.

There isn't a band but there is a song.

What the?!

[carl320]

The first thing that comes to mind is that I have the complete discography of The Offspring.  Sure there are one off CDs in my collection that are kinda out of place (Anberlin, Crossfade) but The Offspring have 9 albums, and in a collection dominated by prog and metal, punk stands out.

[Laich21DT]

There isn't a band but there is a song.

 

[King Postwhore]

I've always liked their serious songs but never bought any.  I think seeing them live and how bad Dexter's voice was turned me off.

There isn't a band but there is a song.

 

And again, WT ?!

[JayOctavarium]

This is the only thing that comes to mind...

[Prog Snob]

My tastes are all over the place so it's hard to pick one that sticks out the most.  I have Zappa, Glenn Miller, Bobby Darin, Paganini, Jewel, My Dying Bride, you get the idea.  So....yeah..

[Sir GuitarCozmo]

Dream Theater.

And Tony Toni Tone.

[growthmusic57]

It'd have to be Meshuggah for me.


DT is making their way back up there though after their self-titled release...

[rumborak]

I listen to German rap. That should suffice for this thread

[Buddyhunter1]

There isn't a band but there is a song.

I can already tell this will be my greatest musical discovery of the decade.
Thank you. Thank you so very much.

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

I listen to German rap. That should suffice for this thread

The fact the German rap exists makes me feel.... I.... really don't know how to feel about that.

[Nel]

In a sea of rock, metal, prog, jazz, folk, etc., Ellie Goulding's two albums definitely are the oddballs in my collection at the current time. But I really do love "Lights", so hey.

[Accelerando]

Probably Savage Garden for me 

[BlobVanDam]

Either Dream Theater or Michael Jackson would be the most anomalous artists in my collection (maybe DT more so because I listen to a lot more of them, and because I probably dislike their respective genre overall more).

[MoraWintersoul]

Not really, if I like something I usually find at least two or three more bands in that vein.

[Elite]

Kanye West.