Starting over musically

Okay, so following my last post, I wanna talk about some good bands that people really should know about. I always suggest all these bands, and for some reason very few people have heard of them, or listen to them. These bands are mainly rock so if you’re looking for some alternative, or new, rap, country, pop, etc… these probably aren’t for you.

Led Zeppelin

Guns and roses

Jethro Tull

The Bends

Radio Head

Muse

Rise Against

Jack Johnson

After the Fall

Family Force Five

Switch foot

Halestorm

Black Keys

Cake

Neutral Milk Hotel

White Stripes

Survivor

All of these artists are very good, in their own way. Granted you might have heard of some of these groups (props if you’ve heard of them all), but I bet there is at least one group you can look up. These are just off the top of my head so there ARE more out there, I just haven’t named them. If people actually want me to, I can though.

                The reason why I support listening to these groups as opposed to groups such as Nickel Back is not because they are necessarily BETTER…. But they are!!! No, its actually the message that the group itself projects to its listeners. Here is an example…

Nickel Back = drinking, drugs, and parties (for the majority of their songs)

Rise against = standing up for what you as a person believe in, regardless of what other people say or do

Which one do you think is a more positive message??? When you listen to both groups you’ll realize that you aren’t losing much by listening to rise against instead of Nickel Back, in fact, rise against is far more creative with the actually music aspect of their work. Intros, main lines, (MUSIC TERM ALERT) dynamics… rise against does much more with these things than Nickel Back. Granted they definitely aren’t anything like Led Zeppelin, but they’re a little bit more creative.

                If you wanna see some major contrast, take a chance and see if you like it, go ahead and look up some groups like Led Zeppelin, Jack Johnson, Radio Head, The bends, White stripes, etc. If you’re into rock, and want to see just how diverse the genre is, these groups are a good place to start. Led Zeppelin is especially different than the modern bands of today. See what it was like back in the 70’s… I think you’ll be surprised at what you find. A good place to start would be songs like “Whole lotta love”, “Black dog”, etc., songs that would be familiar to you (hopefully). If you like what you hear, keep going and look at some of the songs that you’ve never even heard of.

                If you get nothing out of these posts, at least understand that there is more to music than what you already know about…trust me. Don’t be afraid to stray away from that band that you’ve listened to for the past two years. I think you’ll find something that you like way better. There’s a lot of stuff out there… start listening.