Be album specific if you like. I'm looking to raid other peoples' music taste, and who knows, maybe someone else wants to, too.
For bands, I guess Radiohead and The Beatles. Generic critically acclaimed stuff.
A couple specific albums I like are You're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur Jr. and Guitar Romantic by Exploding Hearts.
I recently discovered LANY. They're awesome.
shareThe Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Rolling Stones
The fucking Who
Allman Brothers Band
.38 Special
Traffic
Molly Hatchett
The Doors
The Dorsey Brothers’ Big Band (my father played trumpet, composed and arranged for them)
QUEEN
The Mothers of Invention
Led Zeppelin
Cream (first supergroup, first power trio)
Mountain
Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac
Post-Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac
Spirit
Ten Years After
The O’Jays
The Temptations
The Four Seasons
The Four Tops
AC/DC
The Count Basey Orchestra
AeroSmith
Les Brown and His Band of Renown
The Kinks
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
The Moody Blues
Jonathan Ruchman and the Modern Lovers
The J. Geils Band
Phil Folds Five
Tom Scott and the LA Express
The Supremes
The Righteous Brothers
Weather Report
The Boston Symphony Orchestra
The Boston Pops
The New York Philharmonic
The Royal Symphony Orchestra
Footnote: The Symphony Orchestra is the greatest musical instrument that our species has yet to create. Please don’t overlook it in your search for musical ecstasy and enlightenment. You may also be surprised at how much Jazz influence there is in the pop music that you know and like.
I would say an orchestra is a group of musical instruments. 😉
Nice group of bands. 😊
No, darlin’, an Orchestra is directed by one conductor, and is more of a coherent instrument and a “band” than any other listed in this topic. The orchestra is playing from sheet music that they have all memorized. They are playing as a team, as a single instrument. Evidence? I submit the album If I Can Dream, by Elvis Aaron Presley, backed by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
shareAh ok I see what you mean.
I can't stand Elvis so I'll pass on that.
Edit:I do like orchestral back up with artists though...
It’s okay. What matters is that we communicated effectively. Thank you.
You might want to check out Count Basie and The Dorsey Brothers as Jazz Orchestras fronted by top singers (Frank Sinatra and Doris Day, respectively). Orchestras don’t have to be highbrow.
PS to your Edit. Exactly! Just as Rhythm Guitar is the hardest, most audience-thankless job in all of rock n’ roll—and also the most valued and appreciated by rock fans—so too is the platform provided by a Symphony Orchestra loved and embraced by so many who don’t even realize they are. The Elvis album I recommended exemplified the power of a Symphony Orchestra as “background music/rhythm guitar, to transport the melody/performance that it supports and sustains to a higher level.
I like Count Basie, and I know what you mean by orchestras not having to be high brow all the time. I think the orchestral backup behind Isaac Hayes might be classified like that.
The last orchestra performance I went to see was pretty spectacular. The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra playing various horror themes for 2 hours. That was AMAZING.
Yes. Isaac Hayes was a SUPURB arranger (music editor) and producer (what the music sounds like when it hits your eardrums in your listening environment). The former is an editor. The latter is an audio technician. They are both artists. They are both necessary, in both digital and analog domaines
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Celtic Woman and Two Steps from Hell.
shareReading your OP shined a light on Patton's other bands for me. I am a big fan of FNM but not so much Mr Bungle (which sounds like sour calliope music with the Tasmanian Devil spazzing out with it). I was aware of Fantomas but not Peeping Tom nor Lovage. How do these other bands compare to FNM or Mr B? Given my distaste for Mr B, should I try them out?
I will give a listen to some of these other bands you mention that I have never heard of based on your tastes I recognize.
I'm class of 87 so Lots of my tastes range into old hair metal so start with the obvious
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Scorpions
Ratt
Raven
Queensryche
etc ...
But the hard core hooks to my brain are well in:
Metallica (first 4 albums only)
Anthrax
Slayer
Megadeth
Exodus
Overkill
Metal Church
Suicidal Tendencies
Testament
My years of childhood with the headphones on and fingers poised to hit RECORD during hours of radio:
Led Zep (still in my top)
Queen (gateway to my later heavy tastes believe it or not)
Rush
Jethro Tull
Aerosmith (no thanks to the later stuff)
Ted Nugent
Foreigner
The Firm
Styx
38 Special
BTO
Lynard Skynard
Steve Miller
too many to list
Currently in my rotation:
Meshuggah (changed the way I listen to music and has become a major favorite)
Down/Pantera
Lamb of God
The Sword
Soundgarden
Tool/Perfect Circle
Rage Against the Machine
Kittie (early stuff)
Prong
Lenny Kravitz
Throwdown
The Cult
NIN
Outside my norm:
Earth Wind and Fire
Souxie and the Banshees
Adam Ant
The Gogos
Generation X
assorted big-band/swing stuff like Chatanooga Choo choo, In the Mood, Sing Sing Sing, Little Brown Jug, Pennsylvania 6-5000, Jumpin Jive and most anything from Louis Prima
Classical:
Vivaldi (obsessed)
Beethoven
Bach
Brahms
Oooh I love Meshuggah. And The Sword, Tool/APC, Prong, RUSH (omg I love Rush).
As for the Patton bands, I'd say for you Peeping Tom is safe, as is Lovage (which is a cheesy awesome sexy spoof kind of thing with Jennifer Charles from Elysian Fields and Dan the Automator), and even Tomahawk's first 2 albums I'd say are pretty safe. Dead Cross is awesome (more like hardcore punk), Fantomas's second album (This Director's Cut) might be pushing the line for you, but it's worth a listen for the wild versions of movie themes. Mondo Cane is him doing Italian crooner stuff, and let's see what am I missing...haha. It's always a lot with him.
Wow, the guy's prolific. I will check some these out on your recommendation.
I saw FNM open for Metallica at Irvine Meadows (now gone) in 89. I had not yet gotten into them. It was one of the worst live performances I've ever seen :D Pretty sure they were utterly drunk. Audience boo'd. Thankfully I had my mind changed during a stint of employ at Music Plus.
I've seen them a couple of times...they were fantiastic each time!
I read that Chuck Mosley fell asleep on stage once... 😅
On the trip hop/electronic side:
Portishead
Zero 7
Esthero (used to be a duo and their debut is the best)
Little Dragon
Soulstice
Etro Anime
Beady Belle
Love Portishead, Zero 7, Beady Belle and Esthero. 👍
shareThanks. :) I’d highly recommend Clara Hill if you’re not familiar with her already.
shareNever heard of her. Will check her out!
(I gathered from your username that you must love Esthero...Great album, that...)
Hope you like her! :)
Yeah, I’m a huge Esthero fan. A friend bought that CD for me in high school and I’ve loved it ever since.
Have you listened to her last two records? I love “Wikked Lil’ Grrrls” but “Everything is Expensive” didn’t connect with me. It felt too flat.