Help Me Select Some Good Rock Songs.

[dannybek2]

I got a Itunes gift certificate, needless to say I want to get some good songs.
Now I am not looking for some cheesy slapped together electric beats and whatnot with a voice modulator changing a hoarse voice into something like an angel. No I am looking for decent rock songs. Not rap, pop or techno, just rock, alternative, etc.

Examples of good songs in my opinion:

Deftones -Change
Creed My Sacrifice
Nirvana
System of a Down
Foo Fighters
311
Lynyrd, Bad Company, to name a few old
et cetera

Examples of no good songs in my opinion:
The Killers
Coldplay
Bon Jovi
Avril Lavigne
Jet
Et Cetera

 

[MetalMat]

How about some stuff from Stone Temple Pilots? Their first album was so awesome.

 

[dannybek2]

STP is good to go I want fairly recent songs.

 

[BRObedoza]

velvet revolver? audioslave?

 

[Zugzwang152]

Audiovent - Dirty Sexy Knights in Paris.

 

[TechBoyJK]

A hidden gem is a band called OSI. The singer and keyboardist is the first keyboardist from Dream Theater. He left cause he didnt like the singer, which is the usual complaint about that band. The guitar player is from Fates Warning. Drummer is Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater. Bass player is Sean Malone.

This is a super group, and they have written some pretty bad ass rock songs. I recommend "head" "the new math" and especially "shutdown"

these guys can groove. If you want a sample, check out seanmalone.net under the first section, grooving, check out the OSI track.

 

[MournSanity]

Just download the latest Bad Religion album, The Empire Strikes First. You won't regret it.

 

Eric Clapton - Layla

 

[JasonSix78]

Boston - More Than A Feeling
38 Special - Hold On Loosely

Those are old school but they sound good cranked up driving down the road.

-Jason

 

[sniperruff]

"good rock song" and "creed" don't mix.

 

[Deeko]

You're a dork

 

[Kipper]

Why are Creed and System of a Down on that list, in the company of Nirvana?

I don't even like Nirvana but that is just sacrilege.

 

[imported_Reck]

check out some dream theater.

 

[Kishan]

Originally posted by: Deeko
You're a dork

Agreed. What's wrong with the Killers and Coldplay. I like both and don't really hate other types of music. A good song is a good song regardless of "genre."

 

[cjgallen]

This thread needs more DragonForce - Sonic Firestorm

 

[se7en]

Unwriiten Law - Save Me, Seeing Red, Callin, Rest of my life
SNow Patrol - Run, Ask me how I am
Future leaders of the world - let me out, kill pop
Trust Company - anything.. .. nuff said
Alter Bridge (screw creed) - down to my last
Submersed (fvcking rocks) - deny me, complicated, hollow, to peace, divide the hate
Weezer - DO i even have to say this one.. i mean cmon its weezer.. ..say it aint so, beverly hills, my name is jonas.. ect ect
The exies - ugly, my goddess
pepper - give it up
Linkin Park - ummm yeah pretty much ALL there stuff
Deltron 3030 - virus, mastermind, turbulence
Breaking Benjamins, natrual life, skin, polyamourous,so cold,follow me, wish i may
Snoop Dog / doors - riders on the storm
third eye blind - slow motion
chevelle - the clincher, saturate, the red, send the pain below
skindred - nobody

good rock there some lighter but no collection is complete with some beats so here we go: ( i wouldnt put this into the techno category.. its just to dammmmmed good)

Happy Hardcore - tetris remix
motorcycle - as the rush comes
cystal method - name of the game, mortal kombat mix, to many to list really
DJ shadow - hehehe
Portishead - sonar blow job
Utada Hikaru - devil inside


just to name a few must haves.. .. just a taste of my playlists.. ..

 

[meltdown75]

Alice In Chains

 

[TechBoyJK]

Originally posted by: Reck
check out some dream theater.

OSI is more accessible than DT for the average listener, but the new one by DT, Train of Thought, is pretty rockin. As I am and This dying soul are pretty tough, this dying soul sounds alot like Muddvayne. I recommended OSI because most people that dont like DT dont like the singer, and Kevin Moore, DTs first keyboardist left that band for the same reason. Kevin Moore is the singer of OSI, and sounds very much like the singer of Pink Floyd or Maynard from Tool. www.osiband.com

btw, OSI has dream theaters drummer, Mike Portnoy, who in modern drummer polls is always #1 progressive rock drummer by a landslide (for 8 years in a row)

 

[imported_hscorpio]

The new Alkaline Trio song "time to waste", and Weezers "beverly hills" are good.

 

[TechBoyJK]

bmp for Yanni's Santoria. (jk)

 

[UglyCasanova]

Mogwai - Mogwai Fear Satan off of their Young Team album. 16 minutes 18 seconds of pure badassedness.

 

[Kishan]

Originally posted by: hscorpio
The new Alkaline Trio song "time to waste", and Weezers "beverly hills" are good.

yeah beverly hills was kinda weird the first time you listen to it-gets better and better though, however not as good as hash pipe as an opener for the album.

 

[UglyCasanova]

Originally posted by: KPSHAH316

Originally posted by: hscorpio
The new Alkaline Trio song "time to waste", and Weezers "beverly hills" are good.

yeah beverly hills was kinda weird the first time you listen to it-gets better and better though, however not as good as hash pipe as an opener for the album.

Which in turn sucked compared to "My Name is Jonas" as an opener.

 

[TechBoyJK]

Originally posted by: UglyCasanova
Mogwai - Mogwai Fear Satan off of their Young Team album. 16 minutes 18 seconds of pure badassedness.

what kind of rock music is this? just curious. Is it a 16 minute prog song or just repetitive?

 

[UglyCasanova]

Originally posted by: TechBoyJK

Originally posted by: UglyCasanova
Mogwai - Mogwai Fear Satan off of their Young Team album. 16 minutes 18 seconds of pure badassedness.

what kind of rock music is this? just curious. Is it a 16 minute prog song or just repetitive?

Post rock is what it falls under. Instrumental guitar rock, focuses on the melody instead of just trying to be loud and obnoxious, and I dunno kicks ass. It's not repetitive or anything, just lots of guitars and flutes and drums and sh!t goin off. Also try Helicon 1 by them if you want to get all teary eyed.

Here is a live version of their song 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong. It's pretty good, the cd version is amazing.