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ive been into grunge/post-grunge bands since 4th grade. i grew up with that stuff. ive been into punk rock since 8th grade, and thrash/hardcore/oi/streetpunk since 9th (these are the real crazy kinds of punk/metal/grunge type music). this is the stuff i love. i like the energy and fastsness and crustiness.

but lately emo music has been getting pretty popular. like saves the day, the ataris, and the new AFI cd sounds totally emo to me. i guess even simple plan and good charlette with those sissy ass vocals. emo is like the nice clean radio happy version of punk with the exception of a few bands. like AFI, they are all baby emo now but they still freakin rock, and they have been on MTV. that is really unexpected to me. i didnt realize just how popular good charlette was gonna make that style.

but my point is that even though i like the crazy bands, i listen to this "emo" band called hot water music. it is in my opinion the most coolest band i have heard in my life. if you like any of the emo playing on the radio and MTV, go download hot water music and they will kick your ass and teach you what real music is.

also, what are some of your guys's favorite bands?

Rage, Queens of the Stone Age, Nirvana, Audioslave, 311, NOFX, Dropkick Murphys, Face to Face, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, System of a Down, Operation Ivy, Bob Marley, Foo Fighters, Fugazi, Minor Threat, Cake, The Hives, The Strokes, Incubus, Tool, Rancid, Soul Coughing, Sublime, Primus, Transplants, and Prodigy are most that I can think of. If you like hard rock jams, you should check out Kyuss.

I have a odd music selection. Feel free to laugh.

2pac, eminem, Linkin Park, Mandy Moore, Do or Die, Nelly(even though he is a fag with a bandaide on his face), Trina, Rappin 4 Tay(they are old), Happy Hardcore, and Blank and Jones.

I thought emo has been around for ages? But anyway, I wanna make a list too: Blackalicious, Mos Def, Pharoahe Monch, Gangstarr - Guru & DJ Premier (Ownerz new cd!), KRS-One, Talib Kwali, Black Eyed Peas, Afu Ra, Souls of Misschief, Aesop Rock, Jedi Mind Tricks, Rakim (and Eric B), Arrested Development, Beasty Boys, Big L (rip), Easy E (rip), Run DMC, Busta Rhymes, Brand Nubian, Krewcial, Common, Cypres Hill, Dead Prez, Missy Elliot, Timbaland, Das EFx, Dilated Peoples, DITC, EPMD, Freddy Foxxx, Funkmaster Flex, Fugees, Gravediggaz, Ice T, Ice Cube, Jurassic 5, J-Live, Luniz, MOP, Nate Dogg, Mad Skillz, anything by the Neptunes, Nas, some Nappy Roots, Onyx, Pharcyde, Rhazel, Saian Supa Crew, Swollen Members, The Beatnuts, Tony Touch, The Roots, Warren G, Wyclef Jean, Xzibit, just to name a few
And I can stand the mega popular artist like Dre, Red & Meth and others I'm not gonna mention too ..

And 50 cent sucks major rectum!

50 cent sucks? You have to be joking son. He kicks butt.

i dont like half dollar either, if i was gonna listen to rap it would be dr. dre or three six mofia, that guy is a weiner.

has emo been around? i havent noticed til recently unless you count like weezer or something.

fleetwood mac, filth. thats my list, the 2 greatest bands of all time. okay maybe not but i love those two bands, and rancid, hot water music, screeching weasel, peter and the testtube babies, and inner circle. i am attracted to strange bands. total chaos? nausea? oi polloi? sandwhich boys? okay i made that one up.

I am a big EMinem fan and have almost all his cds except for the infinite...which i am tracking down...I listen to Godsmack which kicketh all butteth lets see...Nelly...and the bandaid is there as a sign for his friend in jail..dont you just luv VH1 anyway.. I like system of a down, linkin Park, DMX(even though he is a sissy)The Firday Night Gigolos..i like most of wc's but...mandy moore...yer scaren me..anyway i am pretty much a rap rock guy...i guess average

you are wrong

Right now I like this band called Rooney quite a bit... I'm going to their concert on Friday. It's my first concert ever. Teehee.
Um. Other than that I like Ben Folds *a lot*, Beastie Boys, the Beatles are cool... Tool... The only people I really can't stand and will not listen to are John Melloncamp and Dashboard Confessional (aka the Tonedeaf Monkeys).

Do we have to have the "favorite band" thread once a month?

I don't like 50 cent cause he's like the millionth gansta rapper, always yakking about the ice, the cars, the cash and how he's gonna kill someone. There have been too much of those guys already and they're hiphop's disease. I can understand why he's so popular though, with Dre and Eminem behind him, who can blame him..

I'm going to see Audioslave, A Perfect Circle, Queens of the Stone Age, and Jane's Addiction at Lollapalooza this summer...twice! Woo!

Post-grunge and grunge is cool, but in my opinion, emo music isn't really emo. Bright Eyes is emo. By god they are emo. Dear God I love Bright Eyes. Muwaha! I'm seeing them live this summer too.

And then I'm seeing NIRVANA this August. They're doing a new Unplugged with all new original material. I got the tickets for 27 dollars each. Woo!

Rammstein, KMFDM, Kidney Theives, Rage Against the Machine, Weird Al, Flogging Molly, Contry Joe and the Fish, Bjork, System of a Down, Serart, Rolling Stones, Beatles, Queen, Nirvana, Pink Floyd, In Flames, and many many more

as you can see i like a wide variety of music.

Whats so great about talking through a repeating beat over and over again? how can u consider that music? i dont get it

I wish Lollapalooza came to Minneapolis, I would have bought tickets to go see it. I checked through the dates a hundred times and they must've cancelled it there.

Well, sometimes I wish someone, anyone would come to Tennessee... all the concerts we get are country and pop performances, and that's not exactly my style.

"Whats so great about talking through a repeating beat over and over again? how can u consider that music? i dont get it"

Are you talking about hiphop? I think you am, so I guess I'll reply: Hiphop is more than that, in fact, hiphop is poetry, IF it's done right. Internal rhymes, metaphores, alliteration, all of these and more can be found in hiphop. But you won't find that in commercial rap, you have to dig deeper and seek out people like Mos Def, Rakim & KRS-One.

I don't really like too repetitive beats neither but atleast it's not as bad as house music.

S Club, Steps, Vengaboys, 5ive, Blue...I love you guys!

I usually don't like bands or artists, but more just their music. However, there is one band whose music I've really fallen in love with. And that's the opera-like metal music of Nightwish! Yah, that rulez.

i like to listening to underground music,that's not popular among the people.i like frekenbok-thats kinda SKA,bora-underground metal,lmp-reggae,zimbabwe-rock punkrock
i also like a few songs from other underground artist but for a few songs i won't link.
but i also like popular music
aphex twin,smashing pumpkins,red hot chilli,koRn[the old ones]
and many many many many more

I like punk, rock, rap, hip hop and grunge.
Some bands I like are:
Eminem, One Dollar Short, Nelly (until he started doing those stupid love songs), Mass MC, Papa Roach, Linken Park, Blink 182 and The Offspring.
Most of those I got from PC World cds.

I like all kinds of music ...except... country...its not even country anymore the CMT (country music network) should change its name to the Pop Music Net. I mean look them all Dixie chicks should change their name to the city chicks....though the short blonde one is hot...mmmm....wait...well anyway along with le ann rhymes or whut ever her name is....I like old country though....The Devil Went Down To Georgia...is numba 1 but i am still a "pretty" mainstream guy whut ever is new is fine with me mostly...

dude, i cant believe i forgot the cure, that band (are they a band?) kicks ass.

anyway, eattherats, they call it emo cause the vocals cry. thats how you know. otherwise its pop-punk like blink-182 except usually a little more talented. but i guess hardcore "emo" bands that try to be emo are like saves the day and at the drive in. you can feel the crying in the vocals.

but if you listen to lots of music, you see that all this is junk. all music is either good music or bad music, and its all related. if a band is talented, you cant call it any one type of music cause its original and has many different styles. thats why people call music hardcore, cause they dont know what the hell it is, (thrash, metal, grunge, punk???) when the first "hardcore" was straitedge NY skinhead music. even system of a down has parts with ska beats and emo vocals. and my brother used to claim that rancid was not a punk band. who cares? you shouldnt classify a music, and only listen to what conforms to that. come on. expand your musical interest and listen to it all.

so where's the punk gustav?

uh... papa roach?

yeah, sure.

the offspring was pretty dang punk. back in the day.

what is punk?

touch my skunk.

be a monk.

wc is a punk.

Nice lyrics!

I think joshriot was much more amusing when he claimed to believe in a god.

Perhaps that's just my sick and twisted sense of humor at work.

As I've said, and will say again, punk is me sticking my pee pee in your butthole when you tell me not to.

When did you say that?

Wouldn't you like to know?

I can write way better lyrics than that, in fact I did write a song, and I would post it, but many people wouldn't appreciate my views and I can't take the chance of someone copying it because I wouldn't have a lawyer to prosecute them. Maybe I'll post it if you all beg.

papa roach punk-lol

antother great band is Goldfinger, if you haven't seen the free me video i suggest that you go out and find it online somewhere.

hell yeah, ass rape is totally punk. i like to go around violating people anally right before i go to church. then i slamdance in the mosh pit, i go around punching people in the face and i pull my pants down and wave my wang all over the place. then people come up to me, say congratulations you are punk, dude. wanna go see pappa roach?

yeah i really am christian though its not funny go away.

goldfinger is aus
people of the world unite
put yer fist together and fight
get a chainsaw and kill yourself
thats what revolution is all about
you cant change a world you built yourself
human vs. human brings the cycle down
lower and lower, the end is doom
anything you do only causes more wounds
cause you are me, my sin, my brother
together we die and it wont get better
when you say they are wrong
you admit you are wrong
so pull out yer schlong
and let sheeps get it on
so we can spread sypholis
and we can spread aids
and we can get west nile
and we can get sars
we need mad cow
and we need the runs
as we eat helpless creatures
and we eat fruit funs
chop down all the tress
and clog the rivers with blood
actions speak louder
and ours lead to HHHHHHEEEEEELLLLLLLL
optimiism wears thin
when you open yer eyes
and see the real truth
government is aliens in disguise
the aliens have phasers
and you are most dead
a nuclear reaction
puts tumors in yer head
and disitigration
is on the rise
once I TAKE OVER
I AM YOUR MASTER
I WILL MAKE YOU ALL CRY
actually not
the enemy is YOU
the enemy is YOU
give me my shoes

Sounds like the deepest Blink 182 song I've ever heard.

well i don't realy like papa-roach and i just know the song last resort {not bad i might say } broken home and some other song and they don't seem punk to me.

my twisted image of a punk (looks at self) :

a punk dosnen't want to get famous and sell reords.through music he wants to announce his convictions,well and say what he wants to say.
punks stay under ground!!

or is it an anarchist?

both wrong

mmmm

crass is punk cause they say punk is dead. to be punk you have to think punk sucks. or else you are a poser and you try to hard. its like reverse punkology dude.

I wouldn't say you have to think punk sucks, but publicly voicing that the music you like is punk, saying "Punk rocks!" or "I'm a punk!", etc. would probably immediately reveal you to be a poser.