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Originally posted by PETRAN The Cure The Smiths Joy Division/New-Order Dead Can Dance (first albums) Simple Minds (did you know that these irish guys were the major influence of U2?) A Flock of Seagulls

oh no these arent mainstream at all

They are not AS mainstream as coldplay and oasis for god's sake!Maybe they used to be in the 80s but not anymore

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Originally posted by Ian What's that got to do with it though? The guys asked us for our opinions, and not just to list the ones that you yourself consider the coolest. If you look at the ones n0bben has listed, i'm pretty sure that however legitimate your suggestions, that they may not even be as close to what he's looking for as some of the 'mainstream/cheesy/usual that the rest of us have said.

So, what's your problem? I've just made a statement towards Allied Nations not YOU, and i surely didn't have in mind to "stop YOU or anyother from having fun in the thread". If my big list was irrelevant then fair enough, it was me who has put the effort not YOU. the only reason i've compiled this catalogue is to state that there is more to rock then oasis and coldplay, a kind of rock which i personally,(and many others), find more fulfilling and deep. It may be that the threadstarter someday searches through some of these bands and find them very interesting. If you somehow find my sayings somehow disturbing then it was YOU not me.That's all there is to it, cheers.

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Originally posted by PETRAN They are not AS mainstream as coldplay and oasis for god's sake!Maybe they used to be in the 80s but not anymore

what does mainstream have to do with it anyways? theres plenty of good bands that have been in the mainstream.

My point was that these bands were not AS mainstream as other ones mentioned. What's your point?

my point is that using "mainstream" as a negative thing when it comes to rock is pretty laughable considering the most great rock bands have been mainstream at one time or another

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Originally posted by PETRAN My point was that these bands were not AS mainstream as other ones mentioned. What's your point?

The point is it's fucking irrelevant how mainstream they bloody well are, because that has dick all to do with how good they actually are. And you dismissed RATM, so your opinion is worthless anyway.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J The point is it's fucking irrelevant how mainstream they bloody well are, because that has dick all to do with how good they actually are. And you dismissed RATM, so your opinion is worthless anyway.

dismissing TMV and CoCa is pretty ignorant as well but whatever...they shit over most of the bands he listed.

Some of my favourite rock bands in no particular order:

Pink Floyd
The Who
P.O.D.
Keane

U2
Coldplay
Bloc Party
The Verve (Urban Hymns is probably one of the best cds i own)

Some very diverse groups within rock, kinda reflects how diverse music i listen to in general. You mentioned the last four too, so i guess our taste coincides to some extent.

I'll give you two album recommendations:

Pink Floyd - PULSE (double cd of crystal clear sounding live recordings from the Division Bell tour, for me personally this is a "best of")

P.O.D. - Testify (awesome album they released this year, emotional rock tunes, banging rap-metal, a beautiful reggae-rock prayer and more, all on one album)

Maybe you're already familiar with them, then i've wasted my time.

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Originally posted by r5a POD - Alive (album)

And wtf's up with that? Alive is a single from the album Satellite.

Ah. How the hell has nobody recommended The Stone Roses yet?

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ok, the stone roses then.
why you are at it: all ian browns solo stuff.

shit, there are SO MANY GREAT BANDS!

you guys are turning this into a omg i can't believe you never heard of: etc and so and so.

I was trying to recommend stuff i know and love in the vein of what the OP recommended.

i see he has a bit of poppyer rock, and some older stuff so i tried to base recommendations from what i hear onm sirius and what pitchfork recommends and so on.

have a nice day!! :-D

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Originally posted by SMC And wtf's up with that? Alive is a single from the album Satellite.

WOOPS. My bad, that was my FUCK UP. Still a good album.