Metal up your ass - a thread that Mr K can join in with :)

mel the bell · January 2009

So....
what rock/metal do you like?
what bands? albums? genre?
do you like classic rock/metal? prog rock, psychedelic, glam, thrash, black, doom, death, battle metal?
do you like old stuff or new stuff as well?
is new stuff too noisy?
can you rock with the kids anyday of the week.

hypostomus · January 2009

Mainly 60's and 70's stuff, classic rock, prog, folk, blues, Canterbury. As time goes by there's less and less new music worth listening to. New rock/metal seems to be mainly shouty aggression without any substance behind it. I don't bother getting down with the kids, they can't keep up, no stamina you see...

rich_chandler · January 2009

I prefer Mongolian nasal flute music...

bigjon · January 2009

I started playing guitar in the late eighties, so major influences were Guns and Roses, Mr Big, Joe Satriani, David Lee Roth / Whitesnake with Steve Vai on guitar, Extreme, and Allan Holdsworth as mentioned on the jazz thread (!), his heaviest albums are Metal Fatigue and Wardenclyffe Tower. You need to listen to the opening 10 seconds of the track 'Metal Fatigue', 1st track on the album off that name, to truly understand the power of an open A power chord!

Also blues-rock like Stevie Ray Vaughan, Gary Moore, Jeff Healey, and (nowadays) Johnny Lang and Robben Ford

My heavy rock guitar playing is on the website www.soundclick.com/jonkingsman

dekh · January 2009

I have soft spots for Alice Cooper (pre Poison) and Motorhead.

Metalbrain · January 2009

I love most kinds of metal & rock, from classic rock to death metal, from progressive rock & metal to doom, old and new. Bands/albums: way too many to be listed, but my favourites would include Dream Theater, Blind Guardian, Savatage, Skyclad, Therion, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Sex Machineguns, Amorphis, Dark Tranquillity, Racer X, Judas Priest, Joe Satriani...

About the new stuff, I don't like Nu-metal or hardcore, but I love the symphonic and boombastic metal (such as Hollenthon or Therion), and also love the weird and avantgarde (Arcturus, Unexpect, Sebkha-Chott...).

Can I rock with the kids? Well, I still go to concerts, if that counts...

GreenCard · January 2009

Some metal/rock bands I like: Pantera, Damageplan, Sepultura, Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, System Of A Down, Slipknot, Korn, Turbonegro, HIM, Faith No More, GNR, Velvet Revolver, Rage Against The Machine, Soundgarden, Audioslave... the list goes on and on!! I like most metal really, although apart from Sepultura I'm not mad about death-metal (Nepalm Death, Satyricon etc).

... and yes, I still rock (and throw beer) with the kids!! :D

zx1 · January 2009

I got into metal around 1990. The first metal album i bought iron maiden's iNo prayer for the dying'. Started listening to bands such as Iron Maiden, black sabbath, led zeppelin and def leppard. Then i started getting into heaver stuff like megadeth, testement and slayer. I don't listen to much anymore but i still like iron maiden and led zeppelin but i prefer listening to the 60's/70's stuff like deep purple and jimi hendrix.
I also like Ash and Pink Floyd

dm_boozefreek · January 2009

I've always liked mainly Hip Hop, and Punk, with a few weird things on the side, but I went through a grungy stage between the ages of 14 and 15, grew my hair out listened to a lot of Nirvana and Pearl Jam. I've always had a bit of a soft spot for stuff like Sabbath and Zepplin, since I grew up listening to stuff like that.

Rock/metal bands I'm quite picky with as I tend to only like one or 2 tunes by them, and think the rest are utter shite. Like for instance System of a Down I love Toxicity, BYOB, Cigaro, and legend of Zelda, but I can't stand any of their other stuff.

I used to like crossover before the term was invented, stuff like the Judgement Night Soundtrack, and Senser. But all that crossover and Nu Metal stuff can bollocks right off, what a pile of cacka! All that poppy emo punk stuff like My chemical Romance, and Panic at the disco can go eat a fat poo as well, what a pile of nob!

def chris · January 2009

dm_boozefreek wrote: »

Senser.

bought their CD the other day in some 2nd hand shop. the one with their big tune 'Eject' on it. hadnt heard that since school! sounds a bit dated now though

Metal I like: ACDC, Van Halen, Megadeth, Pantera, Slayer, and new death metal like Lust Of Decay and Brodequin., I don't like old death metal it sounds so badly recorded and amateur. but the new stuff seems a lot better. juat like a swirling mass of noise

bands I don't like: Dream Theater (big posers with all technique and no feeling) and some terrible scandinavian band called Nightwish. also agree about the Nu:Metal stuff, rubbish. Limp Bizkit :evil: crap!

def chris · January 2009

@thread title, Metal Up Your Ass, isnt that the original title of Metallicas first album? remember my friend telling me that ages ago

Matt_B · January 2009

def chris wrote: »

@thread title, Metal Up Your Ass, isnt that the original title of Metallicas first album? remember my friend telling me that ages ago

It's the name of one of their early demos; a live set recorded on November 29, 1982, at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco back when Dave Mustaine was still in the band.

Arjun · January 2009

mel the bell wrote: »

what bands? albums? genre?

Megadeth, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Dreamtheater, Muse, Led Zepp, Deep Purple, Rainbow, AudioSlave, Pink Floyd, The Doors, a bit of Marilyn Manson, a bit of Rob Zombie, et al

do you like classic rock/metal? prog rock, psychedelic, glam, thrash, black,
doom, death, battle metal?

More of a classic rock fan myself. I can't stand doom/death/thrash metal.

do you like old stuff or new stuff as well?
is new stuff too noisy?

Old stuff I can take. The new stuff is way too much noisy and incomprehensible to me. Maybe I'm just growing old.

can you rock with the kids anyday of the week.

Not if they are into this death metal stuff.

VincentAC · January 2009

The first metal stuff I started listening to was GnR's UYI. Then I went straight into Sepultura :lol:

Stuff I like:
GnR, Sepultura (max era), Alice Cooper (70s stuff), Iron Butterfly, Sabbath (Ozzy only), Ozzy (80s only, although Ozzmosis has grown on me), Muse, Metallica, AC/DC, Aerosmith (the first Columbia years (1971-85)), Alice In Chains, Bathory, Deicide, Burzum, Mad Capsule Markets, The Black Crowes (although I don't have anything by them now), Cannibal Corpse, Celtic Frost, Cradle Of Filth, Zao, Iron Maiden, Excrementory Grindfuckers, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Pantera, Damageplan, Pearl Jam, Pig Destroyer, the WiLDHEARTS, Rammstein, Rockbitch, Slayer, Stormtroopers of Death, W.A.S.P., Type O Negative, Therapy?, White Zombie (not so much Rob's solo stuff though), Nile, Ministry (NOT the dance era!!), Lawnmower Deth, Machine Head (the first album is fucking brill), G.W.A.R., Meshuggah, Garbage, Green Day, Bad Religion, Juliette & the Licks.

Probably loads more that I've forgotten about.

At the moment I've been playing Metallica and GnR the most.

mel the bell · January 2009

ooh blimey this threads had a few posts over night/day :P
ive been into metal quite a bit over the years (even tho ive been a punk/raver aswell for nearly as long)

i first heard iron maiden when 2 minutes to midnight was on the radio back in the early...ish 80's, also countdown / tom sawyer by rush i remember loving on the radio too.
when i left shcool i went to college for a while and met a metaller who wanted some punk stuff......so i gave him a tape with gbh/english dogs and i think exploited on, and he gave me a tape with i think metallica/slayer on.....later on i remet him cos he drummed in my mates thrash metal band.
which brings me on to my 87 - 1990 years where i was into crusty music .......grindcore and thrash metal etc
bands like carcass, godflesh, napalm death (which i have the 2nd album logo tattooed on my arm) aswell as bands like celtic frost, venom, sodom, acid reign, reanimator etc.
but i also have quite a large metal section which encompasses thrash/doom/death/black aswell as a glammy section, a classic rock section (led zep, acdc, lynerd skynerd etc) and even a nwobhm section :P ) jaguar, venom, motorhead, black rose among others)
i also have a prog, kraut, jazz, electronic rock box with stuff like rush, sky, yes, pink floyd, tangerine dream, tomita and enid in

Bermondsey Bob · January 2009

I'm a massive metal fan (some of you may have guessed already :D ) It's probably easier to list the kind of rock/metal that I don't like. I'm not a fan of:

Nu-metal
Emo
Metal-core/Scream-core
70's rock, apart from Ozzy era Sabbath and Alice Cooper (ok, a little Status Quo and Deep Purple too)
Machine Head from Supercharger onwards
Most of what's in Kerrang each week (not because it's in Kerrang but most of it is kiddy metal)
I'm not a massive fan of hard rock either. Only Guns N' Roses, Meat Loaf and Bon Jovi are bands that I'll listen to and even then, I need to be in the mood to.

My main likes are Black Metal, early 90's in particular, Death Metal, again, 90's Death Metal as not much after 2000 is worth listening to.

80's Thrash is also a good choice. Metallica, Megadeth, Tankard, Slayer etc (Slayer havn't put out a decent record since Divine Intervention (the punk covers album doesn't count).

Oh, I love a but if Iron Maiden too :D

bigjon · January 2009

Tomorrow night I'm off to see King's X. Lucky me!

rich_chandler · January 2009

ACDC
Aerosmith
Alice In Chains
The Angels
Audioslave
Backyard Babies
Jimmy Barnes
Black Crowes
Black Sabbath
Blind Melon
Bon Jvi
Jon Bon Jovi
Britny Fox
Cheap Trick
Clawfinger
Cold Chisel
Alice Cooper
Creed
The Darkness
Down
Dream Theater
Def Leppard
Bruce Dickinson
Extreme
Fish
John Frusciante
G3
Green Day
Guns N'Roses
Home
Ian Hunter
Iron Maiden
Jet
Judas Priest
Kiss
Little Angels
Living End
Manic Street Preachers
Marillion
Metallica
Midnight Oil
Gary Moore
Ian Moss
Motorhead
Nirvana
Oasis
Ozzy Osbourne
Pantera
Pearl Jam
Prince
Queensryche
Rage Against The Machine
Rainbow
Ramones
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Rose Tattoo
David Lee Roth
Rush
Joe Satriani
Scorpions
Silverchair
Bon Scott
Slaughter
Slayer
Soul Asylum
Bruce Springsteen
Staind
Jim Steinman
Stone Temple Pilorts
System Of A Down
Tenacious D
Tesla
Therapy?
Thunder
U2
Steve Vai
Van Halen
Don Walker
Whitesnake
Neil Young
Yes
ZZ Top
The Almighty
Anthrax
Bush
Bad Religon
Gun
Machine Head
Dogs D'Amour
Faith No More
Meat Loaf
Megadeth
Monster Magnet
Motley Crue
The Offspring
Jimmy Page
Robert Plant
The Aints
Poison
Presidents Of The United States Of America
Reef
Rocket From The Crypt
Richie Sambora
Terrorvision
Warrior Soul
Ugly Kid Joe
My Chemical ROmance
Sikth
Johnny Cash
No Doubt
Shadows Fall
Janes Addiction
Ian Gillan
Dragonforce
Porcupine Tree
Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs
Queen
Led Zeppelin
Black Label Society
Red Phoenix
Damageplan
Alter Bridge
Bryan Adams
Kings X
Montrose
Trivium
Damn Yankees
Skyhooks
Wildhearts
Biohazard
Evanescence
Rob Halford
Boston
Bad Company
Skid Row
Cinderella
Deep Purple
White Lion
Warlock
Twisted Sister
Mercyful Fate
Korn
Airborne
Sammy Hagar
Ratt
Pink Floyd
Jerry Cantrell
Nickelback
Manowar
Linkin Park
Black Stone Cheery
Fastway
Stereophonics
Janis Joplin
Accept
The Saints
Dare
Dokken
Giant
Gillan
Demon
Exciter
Vengeance
The Firm
Helloween
Kingdom Come
Thin Lizzy
Warrant
Y & T
Dio
The Cult
Senstational Alex Harvey Band
Catfish
Saxon
Sepultura
Hunters And Collectors
Danger Danger
Rhino Bucket
Danzig
Europe
Riot
Quiet Riot
Shotgun Messiah
Jeff Healey Band
Heart
Girlschool
Mordred
Quireboys
Mott The Hoople
Savatage
Raging Speedhorn
Phil Lynott
Sabbat
Faster Pussycat
Prong
Dan Reed Network
Zodiac Mindwarp
Mutha Day Out
Magnam
Testament
Screaming Jets
Jagged Edge
Skin
Nepalm Death
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Roadhouse
Nine Inch Nails
Diamond Head
Toyko Blade
Tygers Of Pang Tang
Dire Straits
No Sweat
Dirty White Boy
Nuclear Assault
Ted Nugent
Dread Zeppelin
Alcatrazz
Anvil
April Wine
Argent
Armoured Saint
Asia
A.S.A.P.
Autograph
Bad English
Bang Tango
Jeff Beck
Blackfoot
Blue Murder
Tommy Bolin
Bow Wow
Budgie
Chastain
D.A.D.
Doro
Uli Jon Roth / Electric Sun
Lita Ford
Foriegner
Great White
Hanoi Rocks
Jimi Hendrix
Kick Axe
King Diamond
Kings Of The Sun
LA Guns
Legs Diamond
Living Colour
Lynard Skynard
Masters Of Reality
Max Webster
Mekong Delta
Metal Church
Molly Hatchet
Mr Big
MSG
Onslaught
Overkill
Suicidal Tendencies
Soundgarden
Tank
Tea Party
Twiated Sister
UFO
Uriah Heep
Vain
Rage
Rock City Angels
Venom
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Vixen
Voi Vod
Living Loud
Vow Wow
Incubus

I own legimate recordings by all these artists (unlike some people I could mention).

I may have missed a couple...

IN31 · January 2009

I had hundreds of CDs untouched the wardrobe for years and we are having a big massive sale on Amazon.

I know I never ever listen again to:
The Stranglers
Talking Heads
David Lee Roth
Led Zep
Deep Purple
Def Leppard

My iPod is now full of Podcasts and Rush and the occasional Iron Maiden and Fish. That's it.

alanspec · January 2009

karingal wrote: »

I own legimate recordings by all these artists (unlike some people I could mention).

I may have missed a couple...

:lol: That's some whacking great list you've got there! It's more of a catalogue :lol:

I'm gonna keep my embarrassingly small list under a towel or something :) (Although it does feature so quality stuff - just not THAT much of it!)

Is a lot of that on vinyl? I hope it is :) (deja vu creeps in......)

Pilsener · January 2009

Karingal: You got nothing from Exodus ? Shame on you.

rich_chandler · January 2009

alanspec wrote: »

:lol: That's some whacking great list you've got there! It's more of a catalogue :lol:

I'm gonna keep my embarrassingly small list under a towel or something :) (Although it does feature so quality stuff - just not THAT much of it!)

Is a lot of that on vinyl? I hope it is :) (deja vu creeps in......)

The large percentage used to be vinyl but CD's are now becoming the majority. I reckon I've got around 1200 vinyl albums and 12" singles.

I had to write a program to catalogue it all cos sometimes I find stuff I never realised I had and on occasion end up with 2 of something.

VincentAC · January 2009

Dammit, I forgot about SikTH and Tool!

@karingal - that's one hell of a list!

I thought me having about 250 vinyl albums and over 1000 CDs was bad!

Tried to have a clear out of my CDs a few months back and only wanted to get rid of about 20! :lol:

--edit--
Dammit again, forgot about Les Claypool's stuff (Primus, Oysterhead, Frog Brigade)

GreenCard · January 2009

VincentAC wrote: »

Tool!

A mate gave me a bunch of discs once of their whole discography... still haven't actually listened to any of it though!!

DEATH · January 2009

Mr K, shame on you

No Dragonforce? Turisas or Amon Amarth? :O

mile · January 2009

metal i like and own. prolly not all classed as metal, i don't know what its all supposed to be these days.

metallica
megadeth
typ o negative
iron maiden
soulfly
sepultura
man o war
white zombie
rob zombie
black sabbath
korn
rage against the machine
audio slave
deftones
machine head
rammstein
straping young lad
disturbed
marylin manson
canibal corpse
NIN
guns n roses
soil work
spineshank
slipknot
terrorvision
faith no more
the almighty
girls aloud
and some others i can not remember.

Ian Hamilton · January 2009

Makes a change from Girls Aloud. :p

Bermondsey Bob · January 2009

karingal wrote: »

The large percentage used to be vinyl but CD's are now becoming the majority. I reckon I've got around 1200 vinyl albums and 12" singles.

I had to write a program to catalogue it all cos sometimes I find stuff I never realised I had and on occasion end up with 2 of something.

I've often thought about doing that myself, but it's going to take me ages to catalogue all mine. I do own one or two dupes, but I knew that when I brought them (promo's, LTD's etc). I suppose I should make a proper list of my stuff, just incase (God forbid) that I get robbed. That way I'll have a list to give to the police ready for them to file it away ;)

Arjun · January 2009

DEATH wrote: »

Mr K, shame on you

No Dragonforce?

Did see Dragonforce on his list somewhere in the middle. :)

That reminds me, did *anyone* manage to play "Through Fire and flames" on hard (if you did expert I bow down to thee!) in Guitar Hero 3? Absolutely finger cracking even on medium!

Ok back to topic now: Mr K's list reminded me of some more favs: Queensryche, Rush, Scorpions, Rainbow, GNR, Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, and others that I forget at the moment.

dm_boozefreek · January 2009

mile wrote: »

girls aloud

You know the sad thing is, I don't think you're lieing either :p

mel the bell · January 2009

karingal wrote: »

ACDC
Aerosmith
Black Sabbath
Cheap Trick
Alice Cooper
Def Leppard
Extreme
Guns N'Roses
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Manic Street Preachers
Marillion
Metallica
Gary Moore
Motorhead
Nirvana
Oasis
Ozzy Osbourne
Pearl Jam
Prince
Rage Against The Machine
Rainbow
Ramones
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Rose Tattoo
David Lee Roth
Rush
Scorpions
Slayer
Jim Steinman
Tesla ?(i think)
Therapy?
Thunder
U2
Steve Vai
Van Halen
Whitesnake
Neil Young
Yes
ZZ Top
The Almighty
Anthrax
Bush
Machine Head
Dogs D'Amour
Faith No More
Meat Loaf
Megadeth
Motley Crue
The Offspring
Robert Plant
Poison
Reef
Rocket From The Crypt
Warrior Soul
Ugly Kid Joe
Johnny Cash
No Doubt
Ian Gillan
Queen
Led Zeppelin
Wildhearts
Skid Row
Cinderella
Deep Purple
White Lion
Twisted Sister
Sammy Hagar
Pink Floyd
Fastway (? think i have an lp)
Stereophonics
Accept
The Saints
Dare
Dokken
Gillan
Thin Lizzy
Dio
The Cult
Saxon
Sepultura
Danzig
Europe
Quiet Riot
Heart
Girlschool
Quireboys
Phil Lynott
Faster Pussycat
Prong
Dan Reed Network
Zodiac Mindwarp
Magnam
Napalm Death
Nine Inch Nails
Diamond Head
Tygers Of Pang Tang
Dire Straits
Nuclear Assault
Ted Nugent
Anvil
Argent
Tommy Bolin
Budgie
Lita Ford
Foriegner
Great White
Hanoi Rocks
Jimi Hendrix
Living Colour
Lynard Skynard
Mr Big
MSG
Soundgarden
Tank
Twiated Sister
UFO
Uriah Heep
Venom
Voi Vod
Vow Wow

I own legimate recordings by all these artists (unlike some people I could mention).

i have 1 or more vinyl, tape, cd by all of the above, some i deleted cos i no longer have said articles by since selling shit off at least twice, and theres plenty more not on your list :P

Metal up your ass - a thread that Mr K can join in with :)

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