Heh, I like your tiers idea..

Tier 1 (best of the best only)
-Devin Townsend
-Dream Theater
-Opeth
-Led Zeppelin
-Rush
-Frank Zappa

Tier 2 (pretty damn good)
-Megadeth
-In Flames
-Pink Floyd
-Strapping Young Lad
-Porcupine Tree
-The Beatles
-Dredg
-The Mars Volta

Tier 3 (just getting into or only listen to occasionally)
-Pain of Salvation
-King Crimson
-Emerson, Lake & Palmer
-Smashing Pumpkins
-A.C.T.
-Queen
-Ayreon

Old Favorites that I've moved on from
-Our Lady Peace (though I still like)
-Tool (don't like much anymore)

These are all the people that I have millions (or all) of their CD's

Dream Theater
SYL
The Beatles
Iron Maiden
Steve Vai
Aerosmith
Led Zeppelin
Ayreon
Paul McCartney
System of a Down
Van Halen (the Dave Years)
Elevated Wood

(Notes: I hate emo and Metallica)

You...you guys mean there's OTHER stuff out there than Devins' ?:shock:
Sonic experiences...what did you call it..."Music"?
Hm...should I check out...? On second thought... NAH!

I'll go with the tiers idea too.

Tier 1 (best of the best only)
-Katatonia
-Opeth
-Die Apocalyptischen Reiter
-Soilwork
-Hollenthon
-Ayreon / Star One
-Amon Amarth

Tier 2 (pretty damn good)
-Pain of Salvation
-In Extremo
-Finntroll
-Ensiferum
-Moonsorrow
-Vintersorg
-Threshold

Tier 3 (just getting into or only listen to occasionally)
-Nine Inch Nails
-Samael
-Kataklysm
-In Flames
-Rapture
-Darkane

Tier 4 (old Favorites that I've moved on from)
-Tool / Perfect Circle
-Static-X
-Creed
-Fear Factory

And of course the Devin Townsend / Strapping Young Lad / Zimmers Hole stuff. Which are on tier 1 .

prince

For the last few weeks I have mostly been listening to:

Melvins
Thrones
Aerosmith (Old)
The Wildhearts
Corrosion Of Conformity
Melt Banana
Fantomas/Tomahawk/Mr Bungle
AntiProduct
Frank Zappa
Meshuggah
Secret Chiefs 3
Cardiacs
Opeth
High On Fire
Jesus Lizard
Faith No More
Soilwork
Men Of Porn

Just wondering what everybody else likes. If I could break my music into tiers this is how it would go.

Tier 1 (best of the best only)
-Devin Townsend
-Dream Theater
-Opeth
-Primus

Tier 2 (pretty damn good, maybe need more listening)
-Pain of Salvation
-Strapping Young Lad
-Rush
-Radiohead

Tier 3 (just getting into or only listen to occasionally)
-In Flames
-Nightwish
-Fate's Warning
-Rammstein
-Shadow's Fall
-Steve Vai
-Joe Satriani

Old Favorites that I've moved on from
-Sonic Youth
-Smashing Pumpkins
-Red Hot Chili Peppers
-Beck
-Nirvana

so, what do you guys like?

Other than your "Old Favorites" I would say we have identical music tatses!

Actually got an upfront copy of Meshuggah's Catch 33. Wicked good!

Actually got an upfront copy of Meshuggah's Catch 33. Wicked good!

OOOhhhh!!!! YOU LUCKY MAN, YOU!

prince

Hey, I'm not alone!

prince

Hey, I'm not alone!

Definitely not dude, the purple pixie of love rocks my world!

Everybodies top bands are very similar. this seems a bit strange, but kind of makes sense.

Everybodies top bands are very similar. this seems a bit strange, but kind of makes sense.

Seems to be right in general...but exceptions make the rule...
Take me as an example...Never dug into "melodic" metal
except for Devins' stuff...in general I'm into quite raw and
minimalistic stuff...Excessive grindcore ( to me all about
"look how fast we can go" shit) can kiss my ass as well as
so called "virtuose" fuckers like Satriani, Petrucci or Vai.
I'm not even into "metal" in general... I like music that moves
something inside me, no matter what genre...

So here's MY top ten:

1. Devin Townsend "Biomech" "City" "Infinity"
I won't part them, for to me it's the holy trinity of music

2. Type O Negative "October Rust"

3. Depeche Mode "Violator"

4. Kyuss "Blues for the red sun", "Welcome to Sky Valley",
" ...and the circus leaves town..."

5. Nine Inch Nails "The Downward Spiral"

6. Queens of the Stone Age "Rated R/Feel good hit of the summer",
"Q.O.T.S.A."

7. Schweisser "Autobahn zur Hölle", "Eisenkopf", "Willkommen im Club",
"Heiland", "Bitte warten"

8. Sepultura "Chaos A.D."

9. Grave Digger "Heart of Darkness"

10. Machine Head "The more things change"

Non-Devin favorites in a non-particular order:

Alice Cooper (all albums)
Soundgarden (all albums)
Usurper ("Cryptobeast")
Taraf de Haïdouks ("Band of Gypsies")
Spitalul de Urgenta (all albums)
Molotov (all albums)

...and a helluva lot more!

its so clear that when you change forums, there are distinct difference in music taste. there are many bands that overlap, but some which i would never see on other boards.

Ambeon
Blackfield
Chroma Key
Dream Theater
Genesis
Incubus
Isis
King Crimson
Opeth
OSI
Phil Collins
Porcupine Tree
Pulse Ultra
Rush
Silent Ceremony
Spocks Beard
Strapping Young Lad
The Offspring
Transatlantic