First, we have Elbow. Irish/Brit lounge punk/pop. Extremely fun if you want to hear something that isn't a caricature of the Irish Punk sound.
Then you have White Lies. Very U2ish without all the political faggotry.
For Industrial, Deathboy. He's a commenter on my LJ and, apparently, a bit of a thing in the UK scene. Kickass bastard - he lets his fans download all his music for free.
Ten Masked Men. Death metal covers of pop songs. I think I've forced you to watch their videos before.
If you don't know this band already, shame on you. Iced Earth is the only power metal band that I don't find fucking horrible.
A couple boys of Sepultura did an industrial/metal gig called Nailbomb for a while. You might like, might not. It's harsh and good.
For melodic Nu-Metal, check Nonpoint. I find it silly that Nu-Metal is considered a pejorative, especially as bands like Slayer and Fear Factory have been hit with the label.
Finally, for no reason at all, I submit Stuck Mojo, a band that epitomizes what RAtM could have been if they
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I <3 VAST In case you haven't heard of him, Jonathan Coulton (particularly his songs: Code Monkey, Skullcrusher Mountain, RE: Your Brains) and my favorite Japanese rock bands: L'arc en Ciel, Gackt, Pierrot (who is now Angelo), Buck-Tick, Miyavi, and Kaggero,
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Name five bands you enjoy, the farther from the norm of pop music, the better.
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Guster
Aerosmith
U2
VNV Nation
Have fun with that.
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First, we have Elbow. Irish/Brit lounge punk/pop. Extremely fun if you want to hear something that isn't a caricature of the Irish Punk sound.
Then you have White Lies. Very U2ish without all the political faggotry.
For Industrial, Deathboy. He's a commenter on my LJ and, apparently, a bit of a thing in the UK scene. Kickass bastard - he lets his fans download all his music for free.
Ten Masked Men. Death metal covers of pop songs. I think I've forced you to watch their videos before.
If you don't know this band already, shame on you. Iced Earth is the only power metal band that I don't find fucking horrible.
A couple boys of Sepultura did an industrial/metal gig called Nailbomb for a while. You might like, might not. It's harsh and good.
For melodic Nu-Metal, check Nonpoint. I find it silly that Nu-Metal is considered a pejorative, especially as bands like Slayer and Fear Factory have been hit with the label.
Finally, for no reason at all, I submit Stuck Mojo, a band that epitomizes what RAtM could have been if they ( ... )
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In case you haven't heard of him, Jonathan Coulton (particularly his songs: Code Monkey, Skullcrusher Mountain, RE: Your Brains)
and my favorite Japanese rock bands: L'arc en Ciel, Gackt, Pierrot (who is now Angelo), Buck-Tick, Miyavi, and Kaggero,
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Devotchka http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Devotchka#g/u
Red Cliff Movie Soundtrack http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7ed8WOSz4c; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Oc0tBsc91s&feature=related
Fanfare Ciocarlia http://derfreshcreamy.blogspot.com/2008/04/fanfare-ciocarlia-007-james-bond-theme.html
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