(insert your favorite band here) appreciation post

[GodOfRhythm]

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Metallica (80's metallica = best metalband of all time, imho)
Dream Theater
Megadeth
Anthrax

I'm a thrasher [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[hippietim]

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<ul type="square">[*]Steve Vai (he's #1 in my book, the rest are random order) - his music is intriguing, exciting, amazing, mystifying[*]Queensryche - great arrangements, vocals[*]Rolling Stones - greatest band of all time[*]Robin Trower - moody, soulful, stunning guitar work and with James Dewar on vocals they were simply amazing[*]Hendrix - we'll never know how great he could have been[*]Frank Zappa - quirky, complex, funny, brilliant composer plus he's how I heard of Steve Vai[*]AC/DC - shit-kicking kickass rock and roll[*]Judas Priest - one of the early metal masters[*]Anthrax - fun, fast, loud, tight[*]Iron Maiden - great vox, great dual guitars, they made galloping cool - plus anyone that pisses that many people off with an album cover is cool with me[*]Led Zeppelin - they did it all and did it VERY well[*]Dream Theater - they always make me go WTF? Nice guys, brilliant players[*]Van Halen - the greatest "good time" band of all time[*]Sabbath - they're why we're all here[*]Randy/Jake era Ozzy - two of the classiest guitarists ever making great music with one of the nuttiest singers ever[*]Vivian era Dio - ah, Vivian before he started playing teenie bopper music with Dio at his peak IMO[*]Pantera - crushing guitar, crushing drums, and before Phil was a douche[*]Annihilator - tight, focused, complex[/list]

[horns666]

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what got me staterd was..

Black Sabbath..my dad's records
Judas Priest
Frank Marino..worshiped him
Led Zepplin
Van Halen...that did it
Aerosmith.."rocks"
Kiss.
Triumph..the first two records
Thin Lizzy
AC / DC...bon years
Iron Maiden..Diano years
Hendrix...

the a couple years later Steeler and Alkatraz F'd me up with an "yngwie"..or was later replaced my Via...and that F'd me up too.

then I slipped right into..

Dokken
Ratt
Rough Cutt
Malice
Scorpions
Racer X
Gary Moore
MSG
Dio
Loudness

then to all the shrapnel guys and guitar gods..Becker , Freidman , Greg Howe , Tony MacAlpine , Vinnie Moore , Joe Satriani , Joey Tafolla , Via..and so on..

[Endrik]

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*ZZ Top - My alltime favourite band, big mean texas sound mixed with disco, thanks to Billy I started to play guitar.
*Van Halen - The coolest band EVER.
*Kiss - Awsome and cool songs.
*Motley Crue - Sex, Drugs &amp; Rock'N'Roll = MC
*The Beatles - The greatest songwriters EVER
*Extreme - funk, jazz, hendrix-ish blues, queen, van halen and the beatles mixed together. what more could you want.
*Frank Sinatra - Awsome songs and very cool orchestration
*Queensryche - Monster players, great arrangements and songs.
*King's X - prog mixed with Van Halen and the Beatles sounds badass.
*Whitesnake - I'm still amazed what Sykes and Coverdale did in ´87
*Pink Floyd - Roger Waters is one of the best songwriters and well I have no words to describe Gilmour
*Genesis - My first REAL band that I was a huge fan of, I was 5 or 6 years old when I started to dig them.
*Blue Murder - AMAZING players, great songs, badass sound.
*Miles Davis - now this is what I call a talent.
*Frank Zappa - GENIUS
*Thin Lizzy - Awsome songs, great melodys and players.
*UFO - They made some of the coolest rock songs with Schenker
*RATT - badass riffs and leads.
*Loudness - great songs and the best composed solos of all time
*Kitaro - amazing compositions
*Jimi Hendrix - SOUL
*Parliament/Funkadelic - they'r funky and funny as fuck.
*Stevie Ray Vaughan - the best blues ever made IMHO
*Racer X - awsome shred-metal
*TNT - great players, great songs.
*Dimond Head - The best heavy metal band ever IMHO
*Mr. Big - Awsome songs, awsome players
*Steve Vai - the best of all time when it comes to expressing emotions with musical instrument
*Jeff Beck - my fav. gtr playa'. He amazes me all the time
*Yes - I loved them with Trever Rabin, they made awsome songs then.
*X Japan - great rock compositions
*White Zombie - badass whacky stuff
*B'Z - Awsome rock/pop songwriters, and Tak is a badass player too.

[YetAnotherOne]

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Led Zep - Never before or since has there been a rock band that combined such breadth of influence, songwriting talent, and musicianship and did it in a way that produced such accessible music. There's no close second.

[Chrisb]

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Therion and Christopher Johannson specifically for his immense talent and unique vision. Of all the metal bands out there I think Therion is the one that is breaking the most new ground in blending styles of music

Pain of Salvation and Daniel Gildenlow specifically. An amazing lead guitarists, a brilliant songwriter, an amazing singer. Is there anything the man can't do? Another band breaking alot of new ground, particularly with their most recent album, BE.

Orphaned Land a band that came from a pretty war torn area of the world and has managed to mix death metal, middle eastern traditional music and orchestral metal is a way that is innovative.

[paulbag]

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I just also picked up the re-issue of the first 'Violence' cd, Eternal Nightmare. Violence was one of the great speed metal bands of the late 80's-early 90's. Highly recommend it [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img] Phil Demmel, their Jackson endorsed guitarist, is also in the band Machine Head.

[jwoods986]

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I can't believe no one has mentioned - RUSH!
I really got into them in 8th grade (1984) and bought my first record - Moving Pictures. For the next year, all I bought were Rush albums. I became totally infatuated with Neil Peart and wanted to play the drums more than anything. But my parents just split up and my Mom couldn't have afforded lessons and a kit. We had a no-name classical guitar laying around the house and they offered a guitar class at my high school, so I started guitar in the Fall of '85. I still remember the first riff I learned - Limelight intro. Rush is an incredible band and will always be my favorite.

[horns666]

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Yetanotherone , I hear ya..But I think Van Halen would be a close second when they came out..VH changed my life...I think they picked up Zepplin Ball on ran with it...

I think those three bands just about shaped any heavy music we know...who were inluenced by the Beatles , Cream , Kinks and the Stones ..I think Zep picked up that ball and ran with it.

As much as I like Zep..Sabbath invented my favorite music in the world..Metal..

Deep Purple/Rainbow , Rush , Aerosmith....No neo classical shred , No Prog , No Guns N Roses and the like...

They all had the hand in shaping the things to come

There is so many awesome guitarist..But I think The Divine Trinity of inspiring the majority is ..Jimi , Eddy , Yngwie.

[zeegler]

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It would be impossible for me to say any one band is my all time favourite band. Some of my favourites include:

Alice in Chains - Awesome songwriting, great vocal harmonies. Jerry Cantrell always sounds good.

Forbidden - One of the most overlooked, and underrated Bay area bands. Musically, they were probably the most technical, and Russ can sing like a motherfucker. I never get tired of listening to Twisted into Form.

Megadeth - We're talking about the true pre-Cryptic Writings Megadeth. yeah, I know some of you like the newer stuff, but I haven't been able to get into anything since Youthanasia. Old Megadeth just plain fucking ruled! I once heard Dave decribe Rust in Peace as like having a nest of hornets in your head. Classic!

Slayer - I totally wore out my LP of Reign in Blood.

Corrosion of Conformity - I was a fan back in the hardcore days. They have become a completely different over the years, going from hardcore to crossover, to thrash, to metal, to heavy southern rock, and have always been awesome. Their latest stuff is like a super heavy Lynyrd Skynyrd. Great songwriters. My favourite is probably Wiseblood.

[Top Jimmy B]

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Van Halen
Judas Priest
Metallica
King's X
Ronnie James Dio
Iron Maiden - I prefer Di'Anno's voice.
RUSH
George Lynch
COC
Alice In Chains
ZZ Top
Deep Purple
and many others...

[Drsracing]

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Still no love for Pretty Boy Floyd

[Megadeth79]

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1)Megadeth 2)Dream Theater 3)Metallica

[hippietim]

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Still no love for Pretty Boy Floyd

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[horns666]

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Paul..The Dicks of Death!!!!! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

yeah I got "oppressing the masses" and "torture tactics"!!! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Zeegs.. Tim Calvery held his own with Loomis..they were tit for tat..not kidding! [img]/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img]