Your Favorite bands/artists

[Diofan]

How big a fan are you? Post a little history of your favorite bands

Many who know me online would be surprised to learn that one of my favorite bands isn't metal at all. it's none other then Pink Floyd. "Floyd" probably ranks higher then Dio as a favorite. if I was to do a top 3 favorites, it would probably be:
1: Lynyrd Skynyrd
2: Pink Floyd
3: Dio

Starting in 1964, the band that would become Pink Floyd underwent various line-up and name changes such as "The Abdabs", "The Screaming Abdabs", "Sigma 6" and "The Meggadeaths". In 1965, Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett joined them as "The Tea Set", and when they found themselves playing a concert with a band of the same name, Barrett came up with the name "The Pink Floyd Sound" (later "The Pink Floyd"). He devised the name "Pink Floyd" by juxtaposing the first names of Pink Anderson and Floyd Council whom he had read about in a sleeve note by Paul Oliver for a 1962 Blind Boy Fuller LP.

However, as the band began to attract a large fanbase, the pressures on Barrett contributed to his experiencing increasing psychiatric illness. Barrett asked school friend David Gilmour to join as second guitarist to take pressures off Barrett.

Barrett's behaviour became increasingly unpredictable, partly as a consequence of frequent experimentation with psychedelic drugs such as LSD. Many report having seen him on stage with the group, strumming on one chord through the entire concert, or not playing at all. At a show at The Fillmore West in San Francisco, during a performance of "Interstellar Overdrive", Barrett slowly detuned his guitar. The audience seemed to enjoy such antics, unaware of the rest of the band's consternation. In March 1968 it was officially announced that he was no longer a member of Pink Floyd.

Singer and bass player Roger Waters gradually became the dominant and driving force in the mid-1970s, until his eventual departure from the group in 1985. The band recorded several albums, achieving worldwide success with The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals (1977), and The Wall (1979). In 1985, Waters declared Pink Floyd defunct, but the remaining members, led by Gilmour, sued Waters for rights to the name; they continued recording and touring as Pink Floyd and enjoyed commercial success with A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987) and The Division Bell (1994), eventually reaching a settlement with Waters over the use of the name.

Waters performed with the band for the first time in 24 years on July 2, 2005 at the London Live 8 concert, playing to Pink Floyd's largest audience ever.



1965
Syd Barrett – rhythm guitar, lead vocals
Bob Klose – lead guitar, vocals
Roger Waters – bass, vocals
Rick Wright – keyboards, vocals
Nick Mason – drums, percussion

1965–1968
Syd Barrett – guitar, lead vocals
Roger Waters – bass, vocals
Rick Wright – keyboards, vocals
Nick Mason – drums, percussion

1968 (January to March)
David Gilmour – lead guitar, lead vocals
Syd Barrett – rhythm guitar, vocals
Roger Waters – bass, lead vocals
Rick Wright – keyboards, lead vocals
Nick Mason – drums, percussion

1968–1979
David Gilmour – guitar, lead vocals
Roger Waters - bass, lead vocals
Rick Wright – keyboards, vocals
Nick Mason – drums, percussion

1979–1985
David Gilmour – lead guitar, vocals
Roger Waters – bass, lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards
Nick Mason – drums, percussion

1985–1987
David Gilmour – guitar, vocals, bass, keyboards
Nick Mason – drums, percussion

1987–present
David Gilmour – guitar, lead vocals, bass
Rick Wright – keyboards, vocals
Nick Mason – drums, percussion

[whistledog]

In today's music, my favourite band are the Manic Street Preachers. They are an Alternative Rock group from Wales who have been churning out hits since 1991. They are almost unknown in North America, but they still hold a massive fan base in the UK

Their version of the Theme From M*A*S*H (which was a hit for them in 1992) was pure genius.

[Shawn]

I'm a huge Queensrÿche fan.They have a new CD coming March 31st but some tracks have been streamed over the internet.The cd is called American Soldier,another concept CD but this is much different then anything I would imagine they would do.The lead singer interviewed Soldiers from WWII through the Iraq wars and put their thoughts in songs.So this is basically how the soldiers who fight for our freedom feel.
Anyways,this song was really a very touching song.Its called Home Again.Its a big download but well worth it.The lead singer and his 10 year old daughter do a duet on this song.
http://www.mediafire.com/?mzaaznzlvej
anyways just thought I would share.

[DJ Phoenix]

Journey(Steve Perry only)
Depeche Mode
Morrissey/The Smiths
Peter Murphy
The Cure
VH
Ratt
KISS-been a fan since age 7
RATM
A Flock Of Seagulls
Prince
The Fixx
The Psychedelic Furs

just to name a few.

[soloist]

It's difficult to select a particular
band or group for me since m-
y tastes in music vary so m-
uch even to the point of t-
hat I'll not get every alb-
um or like every song
of an artist who ha-
s a good deal of s-
ongs that I favo-
r. Right now t-
hough, I gue-
ss my favo-
rite can b-
e said t-
o be t-
his g-
rou-
p:

-Camp Lo

B-
ecau-
se I've b-
een listenin-
g to a lot of th-
eir music recently.
Last week it was K'na-
an and before him, it wa-
s The Go! Team. Still changi-
ng and on a basis determined by
too many factors to be deemed cre-
dibly listed here (laughs). We shall see.

[Monty007]

Too many Fave Bands too Mention (lol)

*Click on my sig below to have a Look

[maplegirl75]

The Police
INXS
Motley Crue
The Cure
Duran Duran
Fleetwood Mac

[Poison PJ]

Savatage
Avenged Sevenfold
Megadeth
Journey
Poison
Testament
Bon Jovi
Iron Maiden
Trivium
Bruce Springsteen
Dokken
Butch Walker
Within Temptation
Britney Spears
Kill Hannah
Coheed & Cambria

[Masamune]

^ H-h-h-how can you have Spears in the same list as Maiden?!?! O_____o

To contribute:

Nine Inch Nails (duh)
(Old school) Metallica
Black Sabbath
Slayer
Pantera
Ozzy
Dio
Rammstein
(Old school) Marilyn Manson (w/Twiggy)
Smashing Pumpkins
Apocalypica
Nightwish
Iron Maiden
David Bowie
Queen
Johnny Cash (to not like him is a crime punishable by Death. I'm pretty sure that's in the Bible somewhere.)
Anthrax

And a bunch more.