It’s April 1st.
This is the day I’m supposed to post an article like “How to Save Money” and tell you to steal your neighbor’s cable, or rob a bank to pay off your debt. Yes, it’s April Fools’ Day, but since I write about things like money, I don’t want to risk posting a joke that actually leads someone to make a bad choice.
So in opposition to playing a joke on you, I’m just going to posting something purely for fun.
Here’s a look into my musical taste for no reason other than fun…and maybe for my personal reference.
I’m a musician, so I take my music very seriously, whether writing or listening. And I listen to all kinds of music.
I’m aware that my musical taste is strangely eclectic. My favorite genres include heavier music such as black metal, hardcore, thrash, metalcore, and punk. However, I also listen to a lot of blues, rock, classical, rap, jazz, electronic, and country. It’s hard to pinpoint any of my favorites when it comes to music, so this is just an attempt.
I try not to make blanket statements like “I don’t like country music” or “I listen to everything,” because I don’t literally listen to everything, but I know that there is good music in every genre I’ve heard, even dubstep…and I do listen to some dubstep.
Everything is in alphabetical order, because I don’t have the mental capacity to rank these lists. It was difficult enough to create them in the first place, and I’m sure I will be updating them as artists and albums that I’ve overlooked come to my mind. If the name is in bold, that means I’ve seen them live. I have a lot of work to do to see the other bands!
My Top 20 Bands
- A.F.I.
- The Acacia Strain
- Aerosmith
- Amen
- Blue October
- Evergreen Terrace
- For Today
- He is Legend
- Katatonia (if I had to pick my favorite band it’s these guys)
- Living Sacrifice
- Metallica
- Once Nothing
- Paradise Lost
- Parkway Drive
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Say Anything
- The Smashing Pumpkins
- Strapping Young Lad
- System of a Down
- Type O Negative
My Top 20 Favorite Albums to Listen to Repeatedly
- …Is a Real Boy by Say Anything
- Big Ones by Aerosmith
- Blue by Weezer
- Consent to Treatment by Blue October
- Death Before Musick by Amen
- Deep Blue by Parkway Drive
- Draconian Times by Paradise Lost
- First Came the Law by Once Nothing
- The Fragile by Nine Inch Nails
- I Am Hollywood by He is Legend
- It’s Time to Decide by At All Cost
- Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette
- Night is the New Day by Katatonia
- Reload by Metallica
- Machina – The Machines of God by The Smashing Pumpkins
- Stadium Arcadium by Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Ten by Pearl Jam
- The End of Heartache by Killswitch Engage
- The Price of Existence by All Shall Perish
- Toxicity by System of a Down
The Top 20 Albums That Shaped Me Musically
- Aerosmith (Every album, but mostly Get Your Wings and Permanent Vacation)
- Blood Sugar Sex Magik by The Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Collective Soul by Collective Soul
- Cowboys from Hell by Pantera
- Dookie by Green Day
- Green by Days of the New
- I Am Hollywood by He is Legend
- Mechanical Animals by Marilyn Manson
- Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins
- Metallica (Every album, but mostly ReLoad and Master of Puppets)
- Midian by Cradle of Filth
- Nevermind by Nirvana
- Razorblade Suitcase by Bush
- The Dead Walk by The Acacia Strain
- The Hammering Process by Living Sacrifice
- The Price of Existence by All Shall Perish
- Toxicity by System of a Down
- Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest by Zao
- White Pony by Deftones
- Whitey Ford Sings the Blues by Everlast
My Overall Favorite Top 100 Bands
- The Absence
- The Acacia Strain
- Aerosmith
- AFI
- The Agony Scene
- Alanis Morissette
- Alice in Chains
- All Shall Perish
- Amen
- American Me
- As I Lay Dying
- At All Cost
- August Burns Red
- Bad Religion
- The Black Dahlia Murder
- Bleeding Through
- Blue October
- Bush
- Casting Crowns
- The Chariot
- Chevelle
- Collective Soul
- Cradle of Filth
- The Cranberries
- Dave Matthews Band
- David Crowder Band
- Days of the New
- Deftones
- The Devin Townsend Project
- DMX
- Eagles
- Eisley
- Elvis
- Evergreen Terrace
- Everlast
- Foo Fighters
- For Today
- Full Devil Jacket
- The Ghost Inside
- Goo Goo Dolls
- Green Day
- Gwen Stacy
- Haste the Day
- He is Legend
- HIM
- Hootie and the Blowfish
- House of Pain
- Impending Doom
- Iron Maiden
- Jewel
- Johnny Cash
- The Joykiller
- Katatonia
- Killswitch Engage
- Letlive
- Live
- Living Sacrifice
- Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Metallica
- Misery Signals
- Modest Mouse
- Motionless in White
- Mudvayne
- Nine Inch Nails
- Nirvana
- Norma Jean
- The Offspring
- Once Nothing
- Pantera
- Paradise Lost
- Parkway Drive
- Pearl Jam
- A Plea for Purging
- The Prodigy
- Queen
- Rammstein
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Rush
- Say Anything
- Seven Mary Three
- Sleeping Giant
- Smashing Pumpkins
- Soundgarden
- Stone Temple Pilots
- Strapping Young Lad
- Sublime
- System of a Down
- Tech N9ne
- Texas in July
- Third Eye Blind
- Tiamat
- TobyMac
- Type O Negative
- U2
- Ugly Kid Joe
- Underoath
- Weezer
- Whitechapel
- Your Memorial
- Zao
List your top 5, 10 or 100 favorite bands and albums below…