Yes, I am sure there are those of you who listen to artists out-side-the-box of metal. Thought a poll may yield some interesting results. I'll start some off...

Johnny Cash
Elvis
U2
CCR....

CCR
Hendrix
Joplin
Cream
Steppenwolf
Skynyrd
Allman bros
The outlaws

Nick Cave and the bad seeds
leonard cohen

been really into The Revival Preachers, and The Raging Teens lately, both are playing in Cambrindge on the 11th. Also I have always liked Rev. Horton Heat...keeping with theme.

Where to start?

MOTORHEAD (The greatest Rock And Roll band EVER... fact!)
THE MISFITS
SKINNY PUPPY
NON
LAIBACH
BILLY IDOL
PLASMATICS
CRO-MAGS
FRONTLINE ASSEMBLY
DEATH IN JUNE
BERLIN
DEEP PURPLE
WAGNER
GRIEG
HOWARD SHORE
GOBLIN
JOY DIVISION
WUMPSCUT
PAT BENATAR
THE GO-GOS
TATU
IRON BUTTERFLY
PINK FLOYD
and on and on...

ween, silent drive, glassjaw, head automatica, blink 183, the used...i cant think fo what else

pink floyd
modest mouse
mogwai
kary
wintersleep
explosions in the sky
cake
beastie boys
fatboy slim
the chemical brothers
orbital
the jungle brothers
de la soul
krs-one
the funky white honkeys
primitive radio gods

explosions in the sky are AMAZING.

AC/DC
Journey
Huey Lewis
Faith No More
Dick Dail
Sam Cook
Quicksand
NoFX
Lagwagon
Nashville Pussy

black flag
wu tang
wasted youth
DK's
kool keith
run dmc
curtis mayfield
david bowie
iggy pop
misfits/samhain
crass

bon jovi, because his hair is so awesome.

alice in chains
hendrix
miles davis
pink floyd
tool
perfect circle
gov't mule
nick drake
deftones
thelonious monk

.... all i can think of right now

umm...3/4 of the bands i listen to

Boston
Rammstein
Meatmen
Dead Kennedys

I lsiten to those regularly, but I like alot more non metal that I dont listen to often

Ohh ya, and Survivor

BestialOnslaught said:


How are Motorhead not metal?

Motorhead's an incredibly loud blues band.

They aren't blues... do you know what blues is? Robert Johnson is blues.

self, mr. bungle, minus the bear

Nirvana and Prong. thats all I can think of. And I barely listen to nirvana anymore.

Blues-based you shithead. You ask Lemmy, the singer from Motorhead, what Motorhead is, he'll tell you a loud ass blues rock band. Now, about this "blues" thing.... I'd like to subscribe to your newsletter.

swans, joy division, wumpscut, skinny puppy, non, death in june, der blutharsch, laibach, puissance, merzbow, spk, throbbing gristle, in slaughter natives, grunt, taint, slogun, control, funker vogt, front line assemply, velvet acid christ, misfits, samhain, bad brains, cro-mags, mr bungle, whitehouse, nurse with wound, my bloody valentine, slowdive, turbonegro, life of agony, faith no more, godflesh, jesu, naked city, painkiller, scorn. tons more.

joe stump. bellini. pretty girls make graves. q and not u. fugazi. bad brains. the bad plus. aesop rock. vnv nation. nirvana.

westley willis

lets see...

the smashing pumpkins, AIC, pearl jam, STP, floyd, hendrix, cream, tool, APC, ludacris, wu-tang, dead prez, blah blah.

I won't even attempt to make a list.

Hooker said:

Wow, sorry if I offended you? Saying a band is "blues" and saying they are "blues-based" is completely different. How was I to know that when you say blues you mean blues-based? I love you by the way.

KeithMutiny said:


Rock on Chicago, Rock over London! Haha

klimt 1918, porcupine tree, anathema, agalloch (kind of metal?), pink floyd, phil collins, cream/derek and the dominoes/any clapton blahblahblah










and oh yeah...
http://www.returntothepit.com/view.php?formid=11723

Tough one...but let's do a quicky
Motorhead
Pink Floyd
Tangerine Dream (and side projects)
Joy Division
Bauhaus
Pixies
The Who
The Rolling Stones
Ramones
Buzzcocks
The Damned
tons of UK punk
tons of Scandinavian hardcore, almost as much as metal
some noise as well...

Retzam: Motorhead is metal in their attitude and because every fucking metalheads like them (well, almost), but otherwise it's a very loud rock band. Most of their influences are blues, I don't know if you ever listen to Inferno, that very last song "Whorehouse blues" they do it incredibly well...

acdc
billy idol
boston

can't think of anymore unless hair metal doesn't count as metal

Oh ok, I didn't realize they were rock, I always just thought they were metal. It makes sense now though, cause I think they started in the early 70s.

There is a lot of Metal and Punk in MOTORHEAD, and I can understand why they could fall into either category, but overall I think Rock And Roll or Hard/Heavy Rock is the best way to describe them... Some riffs/songs are really heavy or punky, but they've pretty much stuck to a straight up Rock and Roll formula, the basic Blues Rock scales, etc.

Scissorfight.

I don't what they are, but they rock.

The Free Rads

From Monument to Masses
Antibalas
Pearl Jam
National Blue
Cancer Conspiracy
...just about any "classic rock" Zeppelin, Deep Purple (wait they're the first metal band ever) Boston, The Stones, The Beatles...etc..etc.

...and Debbie Gibson. She is my Goddess......

Frank Zappa
The Beatles
Pink Floyd
King Crimson
Deep Purple
Motorhead
AC/DC
Classical
Led Zeppelin
Misfits
The Stones
Johnny Cash
Alice Cooper
Blue Oyster Cult
ELO
David Bowie
Queen
Kiss
The Pogues
Bob Dylan
Hendrix
Black Sabbath

Thats all i can think of right now. I know theres more. I hardly ever listen to metal on my own unless its Judas Priest or Mercyful Fate or something like that.

Zappa is awesome

or was oops

OH shit Christraper brought up Kiss....yeah them too. Greatness if you ask me.

swamplorddvm said:

They are from the New Market, NH area. Iron Lung's the leader singer, Paul Jarvis? in the bassist. Seen them many times, last time at Sharp Shooters in Nashua, NH. They joke around and say they are from Mt. Washington.

Scissorfight is great. I haven't seen them since '01 at the hempfest.

Free
Mott
Humble Pie
Tull
BOC
Aerosmith
Cream
Cheap Trick
King Crimson
Rush
Thin Lizzy
and so on
and so forth

a billion different eurobeat artists
tons of prog rock bands
too many oldies to list
too much classical
a little rap
video game music

Video game music is almost Metal. well it depends.

rhapsody style metal

my roomie was playing the Yeah Yeah Yeahs this morning

I actually liked it, the singer sounds like Chrissie Hynde only with a lot more estrogen

fantomas
kool keith
wu-tang
cage
wolf eyes
roy orbison
johnny cash
c&c music factory
rex and effects
explosions in the sky
7000 dying rats

journey
van halen
Boston
johnny cash
johnny rebel
public enemy
pink floyd
tom waits

Hahaha! Johnny Rebel!

he's the greatest!

i've been listening to black heart procession all morning.

metal is gay.

Plenty. But to avoid being redundant, I'll only mention Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever, Weather Report, Spock's Beard, Marillion, Yes, and Genesis.