What is your favorite band?

[texhooper]

schism is probably my favorite tool song. great mix of their atmospheric shit with actual rock-timed shit. i am not really a tool fan though.

i like a weird mix of stuff. sadly as much as i like music i can't honestly say i have a favorite band.

how about my favorite song at the moment? i swear to god if you can listen to this song and not feel anything you have water flowing through your veins.

[SBR_John]

[QUOTE=Roadtrip635;14368396]Nice list, growing up near San Antonio and listened to a lot of Rush, huge Rush town, still one of my all time favs. Triumph's "Fight The Good Fight" was our High School graduation song!
As far as Canada's best, got to add Fred Eaglesmith to that list, kinda like a Canadian Robert Earl Keen.

Yea? I grew up in San Antonio and Rush was definitely its favorite band. Saw them at Municipal Auditorium about a 100 years ago. Man they were/are great.

[djefferis]

Nice list, growing up near San Antonio and listened to a lot of Rush, huge Rush town, still one of my all time favs. Triumph's "Fight The Good Fight" was our High School graduation song!
As far as Canada's best, got to add Fred Eaglesmith to that list, kinda like a Canadian Robert Earl Keen.

Wondered how long it would be until a Fredhead popped up in the discussion of Canada's finest. Absolutely agree, Fred is absolutely representative of the small (relative to the US country market) alt-country market that Canada has churned out over the last decade or so. So many acts that are famous in Canada but unable to really break the stranglehold a few name labels have in the US.

And as far as fave' bands - add Thin Lizzy to mine, again - before my time to have seen them in their prime, but absolutely amazing group.

[Roadtrip635]

[QUOTE=SBR_John;14376322
Yea? I grew up in San Antonio and Rush was definitely its favorite band. Saw them at Municipal Auditorium about a 100 years ago. Man they were/are great.[/QUOTE]
Never saw them at the Municipal, but I did see them at the old Hemisfair Arena and at one of the Texas Jams at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. Good times...

Wondered how long it would be until a Fredhead popped up in the discussion of Canada's finest. Absolutely agree, Fred is absolutely representative of the small (relative to the US country market) alt-country market that Canada has churned out over the last decade or so. So many acts that are famous in Canada but unable to really break the stranglehold a few name labels have in the US.

And as far as fave' bands - add Thin Lizzy to mine, again - before my time to have seen them in their prime, but absolutely amazing group.

Fred's great, seen and met him several times, Fred's a great songwriter. One of my buddies used "Wilder Than Her" as their wedding song when he got married, totally appropriate.

[Judgejoebrwn]

Yeah okay. You're right. Danny Carey is horrible. LOL You my friend are an idiot. I am guessing you think there are 300+ better basketball players then Jordan too right?

Only difference in that argument is that Jordan is quantifiable as the best. He has statistics, highlights, and a career that prove that he is the greatest basketball player of all time. How does one actually determine the best drummer? What makes a drummer good?

Rhythmic ability? Pretty sure 99.9% of all drummers are equal.
Speed? Mudvayne and Slipknot have amongst the fastest drummers.
Ability to improvise? Probably the most likely candidate, but then that just comes down to preference.

I don't think dead can name 300 bands, much less 300 drummers of said bands. I seriously doubt that Carey and Barker are surpassed by too many drummers. However, I think the difference between the best drummer in the world and the 300th best drummer in the world (however you would quantify it) would be approximately equivalent to the difference between Michael Jordan and Kevin Durant (i.e. not much).

-Judge

[flyingillini]

Best band of all time by far is Tool. Nobody can c

[deadphish]

Yeah okay. You're right. Danny Carey is horrible. LOL You my friend are an idiot. I am guessing you think there are 300+ better basketball players then Jordan too right?

whatever kook, i did not say he was horrible.

[deadphish]

I don't think dead can name 300 bands, much less 300 drummers of said bands. I seriously doubt that Carey and Barker are surpassed by too many drummers.

-Judge

dude, i bet i could name 300 different styles of music. i was raised in a family band...like the partridge family. so there's 1 band....i can easily name 299 more....over 2,000 actually...without using the internet.

[smitch124]

1.) Lynyrd Skynyrd
2.) Metallica
3.) Black Sabbath

[deadphish]

ive seen Staten perform many more mind blowing solos than this one (in person)...this was the 1st i found on google search.

[deadphish]

wish the sound quality wasnt so bad...worth watching still

[acl123]

Dunno Danny Carey, but I know he's got nothing on Travis Barker.

Dumb. I have been playing drums for 30 years and carey blows barker away.

Tool is also my favorite band.

1.carey
2.pert

[deadphish]

Dumb. I have been playing drums for 30 years and carey blows barker away.

Tool is also my favorite band.

1.carey
2.pert

whoa now! r u referring to mr. neil "peart"? the only sample ive heard of carrey is what EZ posted....guess i will have to here some more of this carrey guy, but i cant imagine he is better than peart.

[Full Time Hobo]

Listen to just about everything but Rap and a little country

Rise Against
A Day to Remember
All that Remains
We Came as Romans
Killswitch Engage
Memphis May fire

All bands I've been listening to lately. . .

Rise Against my favorite probably.

[deadphish]

[deadphish]

[smitch124]

whoa now! r u referring to mr. neil "peart"? the only sample ive heard of carrey is what EZ posted....guess i will have to here some more of this carrey guy, but i cant imagine he is better than peart.

Ya 2nd side of Permanent Waves is a definite benchmark.

[Roadtrip635]

When you start talking about rock drummers the conversation begins and ends with Neil Peart!

[Ez Money 77]

whoa now! r u referring to mr. neil "peart"? the only sample ive heard of carrey is what EZ posted....guess i will have to here some more of this carrey guy, but i cant imagine he is better than peart.

This is funny. U say u can name 300+ better drummers than Carey but then now you say the only sample u heard is what I posted, which was after your comment too btw. LOL that was classic.

[Ez Money 77]

Peart is awesome. And in my original post I never said that Carey was the best or even my favorite of all time. I just said listen to the song, the drummer Carey is bad ass. He is imo top 5.

[deadphish]

This is funny. U say u can name 300+ better drummers than Carey but then now you say the only sample u heard is what I posted, which was after your comment too btw. LOL that was classic.

yeah, so whats your point? i was actually mistaken. i ve hear plenty of tool...didnt realize he was the drummer. i went to see them in 1993 at a venue that held less than 100.

[deadphish]

Peart is awesome. And in my original post I never said that Carey was the best or even my favorite of all time. I just said listen to the song, the drummer Carey is bad ass. He is imo top 5.

top 5 in what...drummers that played with tool?

[Ez Money 77]

You are a tool bro lol

[manny24]

g. love
beasties
zappa
deftones
sublime
tool

[Vitooch]

Don't have one band that's truly my favorite. I really like The Doors, Queen, Muse, The Black Keys, Foo Fighters, Arcade Fire, Aerosmith

[chipper]

Springsteen, Genesis, Talking Heads just to name a few...

[FrozenMAN]

ALL COMPLETE SHIT in this thread......

best band: JIMMY BUFFETT AND THE CORAL REEFERS

[deadphish]

ALL COMPLETE SHIT in this thread......

best band: JIMMY BUFFETT AND THE CORAL REEFERS

there has not been a debate on "best" band...it's about "favorite" band. and that's pathetic that u would say buffet is the best.

[Ez Money 77]

there has not been a debate on "best" band...it's about "favorite" band. and that's pathetic that u would say buffet is the best.

Not as pathetic as saying there are 300+ people that play drums better than Danny Carey, I said just kicks ass. Hater.

[MagicDiceFlow]

Arctic Monkeys
Black Keys
Interpol
The Strokes
Phoenix
Broken Social Scene

[Lookingtostart]

Primus.

[deadphish]

Not as pathetic as saying there are 300+ people that play drums better than Danny Carey, I said just kicks ass. Hater.

"YOU CANT HANDLE THE TRUTH!" Mr. "Jack" Azz

[DDT]

Dream Theater

[wtt0315]

I must be getting old because I havent heard of any of these people, but like I said earlier I listen to buffett pretty much and thats it. I get sirius radio and have it tuned to radio Margaritaville. I live in S. Florida and live just a little bit from the ocean and i spend my day playing poker,fishing and playing golf so it is a lifestyle for me.

[PittsburghPlayer]

What is your favorite band? Mine is Tool. Every time I listen to them they just make me feel the music. I have been to many concerts but there is nothing like being at a Tool concert. If you like them they are on tour right now and I really suggest seeing them live if you haven't already. My favorite song is Schism. Here is the video. It's long but listen to it if you don't even know who they are. The drummer is Danny Carey and he is just plain sick.

bump for good tunes!

Not difficult to pick up on
and appreciate the similarity to King Crimson