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Alternative rock recommendation/promotion

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  1. LiquidSwords

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    It's probably my favourite genre besides hip hop and I'm always keen to hear stuff I don't know yet. Basically I'd like people to post anything that qualifies as alternative rock which they think is good, and anyone who sees who's into it, can find some new music. Anything I haven't heard before that gets posted, I'll listen to.

    I'm using a pretty loose definition of alternative rock so don't worry about it, if you think it qualifies, it does. To get started, some of my favourites.

    Pavement - Summer Babe
    Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot
    Radiohead - Creep
    Guided By Voices - I Am A Scientist
     
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    Heres a few of my favourites, chances are you know alot of them :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes: But let me know if theres some you haven't and I'll post songs for them.

    Smashing Pumpkins
    The Cure
    R.E.M.
    Joy Division
    Coldplay (first couple albums, the new stuff sucks)
    David Bowie
    Depeche Mode
    Franz Ferdinand

    Btw, It's nice to see another Pavement fan ^_^
     
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    This is my genre too, mostly from about 1990-2004. I'll post some of the lesser-known songs in my music library:

    Better than Ezra-good (lyrics in description) - YouTube
    Ugly Kid Joe - Everything About You - YouTube
    Third Eye Blind - Crystal Baller - YouTube
    Grandaddy - A.M. 180 - YouTube (the opening to this song is my ringtone on my phone)
    Jet Black Joe - I know - YouTube
    Live - Turn My Head - YouTube
    Days Of The New - Touch, Peel And Stand - YouTube
    Social Distortion - Story Of My Life - YouTube
    candlebox - you lyrics - YouTube
    Our Lady Peace - Clumsy - YouTube
    Face To Face- Disconnected (HQ) - YouTube
    Seaweed "One Out Of Four" - YouTube
    Paw - Jessie - YouTube
    Weezer - El Scorcho (Director's Cut) - YouTube
    The Flaming Lips - She Don't Use Jelly [Official Music Video] - YouTube
    Fastball - Fire Escape - All The Pain Money Can Buy - YouTube (my sig is from this song)
    Jawbreaker : 'Kiss The Bottle' - YouTube
    Adema - The Way You Like It - YouTube
     
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    I highly suggest the band Morphine, and the album, Cure For Pain.

    What else?

    This Mortal Coil
    Cocteau Twins
    Bauhaus
    Joy Division/New Order
    Belle and Sebastian
    Psychic TV
    The New York Dolls
    Jobraith
    The Stooges
    The Cramps
    Velvet Underground/Lou Reed
    Laurie Anderson
    Kate Bush
    Anne Clark
    Add N to X
    Pizzicato 5
    Cornershop
    Daniel Johnston
    Syd Barrett
    Nick Drake
     
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    I will second the social distortion opinion, great band, great songs. As for others lets see...

    The replacements
    Those darlins ( look for the songs "tina said" & "screws get loose")
    The white stripes
    The kills
    The smashing pumpkins
    The strokes
    Wilco
    The von bondies
    And just about anything by johnny thunders
     
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    They're one of my favorite bands of all time. I've seen them live three times and it's like a religious experience.
     
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    They really are good. The song "story of my life" helped me through my depression when i couldn't find a job, and it seemed like my life was slipping through my hands so fast that i couldn't grab anything. I've never been to one their shows, but i bet it was awesome!
     
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    Maybe idek if it counts but


    You Me At Six
    "Loveryboy"
    You Me At Six - Loverboy (w/ Lyrics) - YouTube
    "Lived A Lie"
    You Me At Six - Lived A Lie - YouTube
    "Take Off Your Colours"
    You Me At Six - Take Off Your Colours - YouTube

    30 Seconds To Mars
    "Kings and Queens"
    Thirty Seconds to Mars - Kings and Queens Lyrics - YouTube
    30 Second To Mars - Do Or Die [Lyrics Video] [HD] - YouTube

    Blakfish
    "Jeremy Kyle Is A Marked Man"
    Blakfish - Jeremy Kyle Is A Marked Man - YouTube

    Billy Talent
    "Hanging By A thread"
    Hanging By A Thread (lyrics) - Billy Talent - YouTube
    "Fallen Leaves"
    Billy Talent - Fallen Leaves (Video) - YouTube

    Imagine Dragons
    "Amsterdam"
    Imagine Dragons - Amsterdam - YouTube

    Kingsfoil
    "A Beating Heart Is A Bleeding Heart"
    Kingsfoil - A Beating Heart Is A Bleeding Heart - YouTube
    "Albatross"
    Kingsfoil // Albatross // Limitless Agency - YouTube
     
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    i listen to rob zombie and the ramones but i like some of the bands listed. gonna try some of the other bands listed too
     
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    Love the green, like or am at least familiar with the blue. Pick a couple artists based off the green, post a couple tracks to convince me to love them, if that's ok, please :slight_smile:

    On Smashing Pumpkins, I've heard Mellon Collie and remember not enjoying it, but this was way back so might be persuaded to give them another chance. Appreciate all the tracks and specific recs people have already posted, enjoying Cure For Pain now, though I don't think it needs the brass tbh :confused:

    And finally, everyone else's liberal definition of alternative rock gives me a license to post these :icon_bigg
    Television - Marquee Moon
    The Jesus And Mary Chain - Never Understand
    Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
    The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner
    The Modern Lovers - Hospital

    Modern Lovers specifically for blond because you like replacements, lmk.
     
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    One single word: PLACEBO.

    Gosh, I just love that band. Their music speaks to me in such a way, they are very inovative from one record to another and it just feels like they really put their soul into the music that they make. Or maybe I'm just too much of a fan lol. I don't know, I think it could be catalogued as alternative rock.

    Check them out:slight_smile:.
     
    #13 Gia K, Jan 22, 2014
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    One of my favorite bands, Matchbook Romance, is a good band to check out. Their first album is more heavier than their second album. Their second album is really great - it has that alternative/rock vibe to it.
     
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    I listen to only rock, mainly alternative. Most of this is a bit older; some may describe it as pop but it really isn't imho. Just some bands, picking songs is too hard. Some may be a little bit harder than the others; hope that's okay. Some of the stuff that is considered pop I am recommending for older albums, from earlier in the century or even the 90s.

    Daughtry
    David Cook
    Matchbox Twenty
    Rob Thomas
    The Goo Goo Dolls
    Lifehouse
    Maroon 5
    The Fray
    Five For Fighting
    Default
    Switchfoot
    Secondhand Serenade
    Muse
    Kings Of Leon
    Mumford And Sons
    Nickelback
    Train
     
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    Imo if you wanna get into Smashing Pumpkins you should listen to Siamese Dream first... It's a much more accessible album than Mellon Collie, even though if you get into them you'll probably end up loving Mellon Collie more... Siamese Dream is a brilliant album as well, though, one of my favourite albums ever :slight_smile:

    ---------- Post added 24th Jan 2014 at 10:30 PM ----------

    Here are some of the best tracks off Siamese Dream, if you only listen to one though, make sure it's Disarm :slight_smile: One of my favourite songs evar!

    Disarm
    Cherub Rock
    Today
     
    #16 metalgrrl, Jan 24, 2014
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