What bands are really good for musicians?

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  • El Riot Actor
    El Riot Actor Posts: 246
    TestAment, PanterA....
  • carolinabeerguy
    carolinabeerguy Kernersville, NC Posts: 2,517
    Check out this White Stripes performance from the '04 Grammys. Jack White is amazing.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=QY5b5VUCCRU&search=white%20stripes
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  • i_am_a_wishlist
    i_am_a_wishlist Posts: 628
    I hear Pearl Jam is pretty good musicaly.
  • mookievedder
    mookievedder Posts: 22
    The Everly Brothers- a lot of the melodies from their songs are derived from old Irish folk songs and that's a good place to start.

    Definitely The Who and The Doors. Not to mention Pearl Jam...
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Shwn wrote:
    Tool, especially for Danny Carey on drums, and Adam Jones on guitar.
    Not so sure about Adam Jones although he is proficient and he has to play in Danny's time sigs! Danny Carey is fuckin' mindblowing. You guys know that on the song lateralus he is playing a fibonacci sequence? (1,1,2,3,5,8) as does maynard on vocals (black/then/white are/all I see/ In my infancy/red and yellow then came to be) hell, Maynard's lyrics are technical too!!!
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • enharmonic
    enharmonic Posts: 1,917
    PatrickBateman wrote:
    someone played me a song of theirs once....the drums were like jazz on acid at 300mph...friggin incredible.

    Oh yeah...Kenny is a sick drummer, and way under the radar. He's easily as good as many of the drummers we all frequently discuss...if not better than some. I put him in the same catergory of reverence that I hold for Matt Cameron, Danny Carey, Matt Chamberlain, John Bonham, Billy Cobham, Jack Irons, and Keith Moon.
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  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,581
    Primus,
    smashing pumpkins
    rush
  • Oh, Jimmy
    Oh, Jimmy Posts: 957
    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.

    True, but take away every bit of technical ability and you still have more than creativity and mad riffery. That is more of an inspiration to. Besides, how many people have picked up a Les Paul based solely on their love for Jimmy Page. Music is played by humans and there is nothing wrong with a few mistakes here and there. Hendrix was outta tune no less than half the time.
  • Jerzdevil
    Jerzdevil Posts: 59
    Hmmm, let's see...

    Nobody has mentioned Yes, they're rediculous, especially Relayer.

    Dream Theater is crazy, as well as Portnoy and Petrucci's side projects.

    Tool rocks.

    In the realm of punk, early 80s punk guys were actually technically talented and did more than just 3 power chords, like the Dead Kennedys and Agent Orange.

    Primus is awesome, the way that the drums and bass come together and their guitarist knows to stay out of the way and when to shine.

    Bjork is really interesting, no crazy technical shit but just the song structure, the production, the uniqueness.

    Mahavishnu Orchestra is really good, their guitarist plays chords with notes on the 2nd and 14th frets at the same time really fast, crazy shit.

    Basically any jazz, like Miles Davis and John Coltrane to lesser known jazz artists, they'll make your head spin.

    Classical music is also awesome, composing those songs must have been difficult.

    Get some good funk music too, the rhythm is awesome (start with Parliament)

    That's all off the top of my head for now.
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