Interesting thread, though just listing could take hours....As there are so many good non-metal musicians out there.
Laibach cross my mind first, they're one of my favourite musical acts in general.
I'm gonna leave out rock and its derivates, because I think it's just too obvious (and meaningless and time consuming to list ) that rock gave us some of the best bands there are, right from the formation of the genre thorugh all the genres developing from it to nowadays creations.
The first band that comes to my mind is of course Laibach, I'm a huge fan of this musical act, combining industrial in so many different ways with so many different genres. They're simply amazing.
One of my fave pop bands is Duran Duran. I'm a huge fan of their 80s stuff as their current work, I have no idea why, I just think they're so coooooool! Can't wait to go see them live this year, yea, Duran Duran ROCKS! I have all their albums, so yea, I'm rad about them! Go DD!
David Bowie also had a pop era and his songs were just neat! All of his songs are neat though. Bowie rocks! Bowie pops! Bowie can do anything.
Michael Jackson is another pop artist that deserves nothing but glory. I'm not exactly a huge fan, but gotta admit all his hits were a success for a reason - because they were great songs.
I dislike modern pop such as Nicki Minaj and Bruno Mars. I could just shove something up the radio when playing that kind of music, but 80s gave us great pop music.
One of my fave pop bands is Duran Duran. I'm a huge fan of their 80s stuff as their current work, I have no idea why, I just think they're so coooooool! Can't wait to go see them live this year, yea, Duran Duran ROCKS! I have all their albums, so yea, I'm rad about them! Go DD!
I know a certain Doc who would disagree.
As for me, when ever they play on the radio my heart spins in a circular motion.
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Don't know how well-known these guys are, I didn't see them mentioned anywhere, so I might as well post 'em here. Empire Hideous, American goth rock band, one of the best I've heard in this field. Currently disbanded, unfortunately. You might know the main vocalist and songwriter, Myke Hideous, from when he was touring with the Misfits in 1998 as a live replacement for Danzing/Graves. Anyhoo, some pretty great stuff, although full albums are impossible to hunt down on the Webz, so you have to make do with Myspace/Youtube.
Been really getting into La Dispute recently, a screamo/post-hardcore band from the US, thanks to a co-worker of mine recommending this song to me a few days ago:
Been really getting into La Dispute recently, a screamo/post-hardcore band from the US, thanks to a co-worker of mine recommending this song to me a few days ago:
That's niiiice, really weird lyrics though. I know what the topic is but they way they are written.
Talking about screamo, I've been into this band lately:
Written by Uldreth on 16.06.2012 at 10:20 That's niiiice, really weird lyrics though. I know what the topic is but they way they are written.
According to my friend the album's lyrics are all stories from fans the band accumulated while on tour a year or two ago. Will check out that track you posted later by the way.
When I was younger my cousin got me into Velvet Acid Christ and Skinny Puppy. Going through my ipod, non-metal artists include: Clannad, Ash Dargan, Ani Di Franco, Dr. Dre, Modest Moussorgsky and Hans Zimmer (I usually love film scores).
) that rock gave us some of the best bands there are, right from the formation of the genre thorugh all the genres developing from it to nowadays creations.
