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Sadchild's "high fives" (every artist I like at least five songs from)
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Cyndi Lauper
Genre: pop, new wave
Discovered: MTV
Other: It's good enough for me. Ai yi yi yi yiiiaaa
HIGH FIVE:
1. I Drove All Night
2. Time After Time
3. Girls Just Want to Have Fun
4. The Goonies 'R' Good Enough
5. Money Changes Everything
Cypress Hill
Genre: hip hop, occasionally rap rock
Discovered: Don't remember, but it was "Brain" back in '93 or '94. I didn't get into anything else by them at all until "Rock Superstar" on MTV in 2000. That's when I began to dig into their back catalogue, especially when a drummer in a former band suggested covering "I Ain't Goin' Out Like That" somewhere around 2003.
Other: I may own more songs that feature a guest appearance of a rapper from Cypress than I own actual Cypress songs. They've both done a ton of collabs with other artists and also a few side projects.
HIGH FIVE:
1. Rock Superstar (rap rock)
2. Insane In The Brain (hip hop)
3. Rise Up (rap rock)
4. A Man (rap metal)
5. Armada Latina (hip pop, aka pop rap, which is rare for them)
Danzig
Genre: stoner rock, hard rock (some say he's metal, but I think most of his songs aren't)
Discovered: friend
Other: Good ol' fashion hard rock about devils and the PMRC
HIGH FIVE:
1. Mother
2. Soul Eater
3. Can't Speak
4. Twist Of Cain
5. How The Gods Kill
The name is a bit familiar, but I'm not sure if I've heard them before.Balls out rock & roll.
Muh-therrrrr!
Dave Gahan
Genre: alt-rock, alt-AOR (what I like of his), alternative (what I didn't get into)
Discovered: knew him already as frontman of Depeche Mode
Other: His first solo album is great, mix of alt-rock/alt-AOR (aka AAA). After that, he got decidedly more off-beat and lost me.
HIGH FIVE:
1. Dirty Sticky Floors
2. Hidden Houses
3. Stand Up
4. I Need You
5. Closer
David Bowie
Genre: art-rock, then pop rock, then alt-rock/electronic-rock
Discovered: MTV "Ashes To Ashes"
Other: Not a fan of his pop rock era
HIGH FIVE:
1. Heart's Filthy Lesson
2. I'm Afraid Of Americans
3. Ashes To Ashes
4. Lazarus
5. Fame '90
There's a version of that with another artist (exactly who escapes me at the moment) that is heavier with more of a electronic/club feel that I really liked. I'll have to see if I can find it.
That's a great track. David and Trent FTW!
David Lee Roth
Genre: hard rock
Discovered: knew him from VH
Other: His 1991 album Little Ain't Enough was the beginning of the end for him. Yes the album ain't good, but the title track is awesome. BTW his 1998 album DLR Band is all right, worth owning. You can hear his voice starting to go in a few spots but overall it's a good listen.
HIGH FIVE:
1. Yankee Rose
2. A Lil' Ain't Enough
3. Goin' Crazy!
4. Just Like Paradise
5. Bump And Grind
De La Soul
Genre: hip hop
Discovered: MTV "Me Myself & I"
Other: Two members released Plug 1 & Plug 2 Present... First Serve in 2012 and it's real good. I bought the actual CD. But I didn't include any songs from it on my list below since it isn't technically De La.
HIGH FIVE:
1. Me Myself & I
2. Oooh
3. Keepin' The Faith
4. A Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays
5. This Is A Recording 4 Living
Dead Sara
Genre: rock, hard rock
Discovered: Don't remember, but her voice immediately knocked my friggin' socks off!
Other: In 2011, when singer Grace Slick was asked by The Wall Street Journal which contemporary female singers she admires, Slick named Dead Sara vocalist Emily Armstrong.
HIGH FIVE:
1. Weatherman
2. Sorry For It All
3. Mona Lisa
4. We Are What You Say
5. Something Good
Dead Weather
Genre: alt-rock (bluesy-retro-garage-rock)
Discovered: Knew Jack White from White Stripes already.
Other: He forged his own cool modernized-retro sound with DW, White Stripes and his solo stuff. I like DW more than the other stuff. DW > solo > WS
HIGH FIVE:
1. Blue Blood Blues
2. Treat Me Like Your Mother
3. I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)
4. Hustle And Cuss
5. The Difference Between Us
Dead Sara
Genre: rock, hard rock
Discovered: Don't remember, but her voice immediately knocked my friggin' socks off!
Other: In 2011, when singer Grace Slick was asked by The Wall Street Journal which contemporary female singers she admires, Slick named Dead Sara vocalist Emily Armstrong.
HIGH FIVE:
1. Weatherman
2. Sorry For It All
3. Mona Lisa
4. We Are What You Say
5. Something Good
When Grace Slick likes you, that's saying something!
Might be worth checking out.
Dead Weather
Genre: alt-rock (bluesy-retro-garage-rock)
Discovered: Knew Jack White from White Stripes already.
Other: He forged his own cool modernized-retro sound with DW, White Stripes and his solo stuff. I like DW more than the other stuff. DW > solo > WS
HIGH FIVE:
1. Blue Blood Blues
2. Treat Me Like Your Mother
3. I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)
4. Hustle And Cuss
5. The Difference Between Us
Jack White's doing the Dave Grohl thing, playing a different instrument in a side project. Ty Segall (Ty Segall Band and Fuzz) does it too. Talented guys.
Def Leppard
Genre: hard rock
Discovered: cousin
Other: One of my favs as a teen but don't listen much any more as an adult. If I'd made a 333 in the early 90s, it would be loaded with tracks from Pyromania and Hysteria instead of just one song from the band.
HIGH FIVE:
1. Photograph
2. Billy's Got A Gun
3. Die Hard The Hunter
4. Foolin'
5. Tear It Down (1987 Version)
Deftones
Genre: alt-metal, nu-metal
Discovered: same friend who gave me the Circle Of Dust cassette got me started. I went to see Pitchshifter and Quicksand live back in 1998 and Deftones were the headliner. I thought "I'll hang around for a few songs and if they're good I'll stay". I stayed for their whole set, it was amazing.
Other: Big fan of the first two albums. Third one is 50/50. Since then, they've become a two-or-three-good-songs-per-album band since. Too sluggish lately, not as much adrenaline. Or when they do give it some adrenaline, it has no groove you can get into. TRIVIA: they were signed by Madonna's record label: Maverick Records.
HIGH FIVE:
1. Head Up
2. My Own Summer
3. Nosebleed
4. Change (In The House Of Flies)
5. Back To School
Genre: alt-metal, nu-metal
Discovered: same friend who gave me the Circle Of Dust cassette got me started. I went to see Pitchshifter and Quicksand live back in 1998 and Deftones were the headliner. I thought "I'll hang around for a few songs and if they're good I'll stay". I stayed for their whole set, it was amazing.
Other: Big fan of the first two albums. Third one is 50/50. Since then, they've become a two-or-three-good-songs-per-album band since. Too sluggish lately, not as much adrenaline. Or when they do give it some adrenaline, it has no groove you can get into. TRIVIA: they were signed by Madonna's record label: Maverick Records.
HIGH FIVE:
1. Head Up
2. My Own Summer
3. Nosebleed
4. Change (In The House Of Flies)
5. Back To School