What bands are really good for musicians?

schnitz
schnitz Posts: 4
edited March 2006 in Musicians and Gearheads
By that, im asking which bands have the most technicalty and will make me go, "one day i wanna learn how to do that"
The only bands i know of like this are the mahavishnu orchestra and rush. Anyone got any others i should get into?
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  • The Man
    The Man Posts: 15
    what kind of music?
  • smc
    smc Posts: 4
    phish amazes me personally
  • Elderly Man
    Elderly Man Posts: 235
    every member of dream theater is incredible at what they do
    MSG 2 - 03
    Ed Sullivan Theater - 06
    Irving Plaza - 06
    Albany - 06
    Hartford - 06
    East Rutherford 1 & 2 - 06
    San Francisco 1 & 2 - 06
    Bonnaroo - 08
    MSG 1 & 2 - 08
    Hartford - 08
    Mansfield 1 - 08
  • KillerIsMe
    KillerIsMe Posts: 208
    afghan whigs, alice in chains are my two that im constantly in awe over.
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  • puremagic
    puremagic Posts: 1,907
    Elderly Man wrote:
    every member of dream theater is incredible at what they do

    especially their drummer.


    I would say the Allman Brothers, plus you get variety.
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  • mccreadyisgod
    mccreadyisgod Bumfuq, MT Posts: 6,395
    Tool.

    311, if you can ignore the vocals.
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • dont_go_on_me
    dont_go_on_me Posts: 877
    i agree with 311...i watched some of their wicked long DVD and they are a tight group musically...but i just can't stand the dude's voice.

    i don't believe anyone has mentioned Radiohead...
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  • Beav
    Beav Posts: 223
    The Mars Volta. Killer drummer. Omar sounds kinda sloppy on guitar but the stuff he's doing is very unique.
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  • Shwn
    Shwn Posts: 37
    Tool, especially for Danny Carey on drums, and Adam Jones on guitar.

    Killswitch Engage- The guitarists come up with very unique ideas for that heavy of music

    Slayer- Listen to raining blood, and then try to play everything as fast as they do
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  • MetalGod75
    MetalGod75 Posts: 262
    Dream Theater
    Megadeth
    Jason Becker
    Nuno Bettencourt
    Cornell pwns u
  • enharmonic
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    Candiria...'nuff said
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  • who's_pearljam?
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    King Crimson in any of their incarnations. Lately, stuff with Robert Fripp and Adrian Belew playing alternating notes really fast, the drummer in a different time signature on each hand, Trey Gunn and Tony Levin in yet different signatures on bass. They're incredible.

    Frank Zappa's bands were incredibly complex.

    Check out the California Guitar Trio. There's nobody like them.
    They play 3 identical acoustic guitars and play notes in circulation.When you here a melody, they're rotating the melody among the 3 of them, so each one is only playing every third note. It makes the notes ring longer and sounds a bit like a harpsichord. They're breathtaking live.
    http://www.cgtrio.com


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  • Edved82
    Edved82 Ireland Posts: 1,279
    Led Zep is surely the ultimate musician's band :)
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  • viggs20
    viggs20 Posts: 1,296
    King Crimson.
    Led Zeppelin.
    Tool.
    Rush.
    Cream.
    Opeth.
    Hella.
    Mastodon.
    Primus.
    Jimi Hendrix Experience.
    The Police.
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  • StoneG82
    StoneG82 Posts: 806
    wilco is really good musically.
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  • enharmonic
    enharmonic Posts: 1,917
    Mahavishnu Orchestra
    The Headhunters
    Eleven
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  • jodi
    jodi Posts: 183
    muse, great cords and riffs
    placebo, very good rhythm guitar
    hendrix, should i say more?
    nirvana, dave grohl is good
    RHCP, great guitar flow and very good bass
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  • Stinkfoot
    Stinkfoot Posts: 546
    Zappa's band from the 70's!!

    Frank/Napolean Murphy Brock/George Duke/Chester Thompson/Ruth Underwood
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  • TobiasClown
    TobiasClown Posts: 2
    dave matthews band
    Jack
  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    ad_rock wrote:
    i'm in for the mars volta, the police, rush, muse and tool.

    *CONTRAVERSIAL STATEMENT ALERT*

    led zep are great and all but page was a bit sloppy at times. his left hand was often moving much faster than his right.


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