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I want some more artists to listen to – I love old rock and blues-rock, but I’m running out of songs by them!
Posted by RockFan under Rock and Pop
q v asked:
I don’t want artists who only have one good song – I want their whole discography to be amazing (but if you do know any AMAZING one hit wonders, then say them as well, for example Radar Love)!
My favourite bands/artists are:
AC/DC
Led Zeppelin
The Doors
Janis Joplin
Jimi Hendrix
Bob Dylan
Black Sabbath
Paul Rodgers/ Free / Bad Company
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Deep Purple
Van Morrison
Aerosmith
Beatles
The Eagles
George Thorogood
Please give me some artists – I would love some more songs to listen to!
October 28th, 2007 at 12:44 am
Queens of the Stone Age- Make It Wit Chu. Not a song you would expect by this band, but it’ very blues-y, and kinda of seductive. It’s one of my favorite songs.
October 31st, 2007 at 11:58 am
Check out Alice Cooper.
November 2nd, 2007 at 1:07 am
Try some of these:
Kashmir, Stairway to Heaven- Led Zeppelin
Any Beatles
‘Maybelline’- Chuck Berry
‘Keep a-Knockin’, ‘Tutti Frutti’- Little Richard
Good Lovin Gone Bad, Feel Like Making Love- Bad Company
‘Go Your Own Way’, ‘Rhiannon’, ‘Gold Dust Woman’- Fleetwood Mac
We Are the Champions, Now I’m Here- Queen
Nights in White Satin, Story in Your Eyes- Moody Blues
Burn, Smoke on the Water (live)- Deep Purple
Baba O’Riley, Pinball Wizard, Squeeze Box, Naked Eye- The Who
‘Carry on Wayward Son’, ‘Dust in the wind- Kansas
‘Logical Song’, ‘Breakfast in America’- Supertramp
‘Solid Rock’, Expresso Love’- Dire Straits
‘Oh!’- Sleater Kinney
‘Black Magic Woman’- Santana
‘Peace Train’, ‘Morning Has Broken’- Cat Stevens
‘Come Sail Away’- Styx
‘The Boys Are Back in Town’, ‘Jailbreak’- Thin Lizzy
‘Limelight’, The Spirit of Radio’, ‘New World Man’- Rush
‘I’ve Seen All Good People’- Yes
‘Magic Man’, ‘Crazy on You’, ‘Barracuda’- Heart
‘All Along the Watchtower’, Purple Haze’, Manic Depression- Jimi Hendrix
‘School’s Out’- Alice Cooper
‘More Than a Feeling’, ‘Don’t Look Back’, ‘Foreplay/Long Time Gone’- Boston
‘Karn Evil 9′- ELP
‘Highway to Hell’, ‘Shook Me All Night Long’, ‘It’s a Long Way to the Top’- AC/DC
‘Gimme Shelter’, ‘Miss You, Rocks Off’- Rolling Stones
‘Little Guitars’, ‘Unchained’- Van Halen
‘Get It On (Bang a gong)’- T-Rex
‘Deceptacon’- Le Tigre
‘Too Kool to Kalypso’, ‘Away From Home’, ‘Don’t Care’- Klark Kent
‘Blue Morning, Blue Day’, ‘Cold As Ice’- Foreigner
‘Stay With Me’, ‘Maggie May’- Rod Stewart
‘American Girl’, ‘Breakdown’- Tom Petty
‘Queen B1tch’, ‘Hang on to Yourself’, ‘Star’- David Bowie
‘Positively 4th Street’- Bob Dylan
‘Just What I Needed’- The Cars
‘Do Ya’, ‘Mr. Blue Sky’- ELO
‘Pulling Mussels from a Shell’, ‘Another Nail in My Heart’- Squeeze
‘Wish You Were Here’, ‘Brain Damage/Eclipse’- Pink Floyd
‘Draw the Line’, ‘Back in the Saddle’, ‘Dream On’- Aerosmith
‘Alright Now’- Free
‘Surrender’, ‘I Want You to Want Me (live)- Cheap Trick
‘Living in the Past’, ‘Aqualung’- Jethro Tull
‘Reelin In the Years’- Steely Dan
‘Hotel California’, – The Eagles
;Ace of Spades’- Motorhead
‘Layla’, ‘Mainline Florida’, – Eric Clapton
‘Carry On’, Wooden Ships’- CSNY
‘Old Man’, ‘Heart of Gold’- Neil Young
King of Pain’, ‘Roxanne’- The Police
November 4th, 2007 at 11:58 pm
Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR)
-Have you ever seen the rain?
-Who’ll stop the rain?
-bad moon rising
Eric Clapton
Crosby, Stills, and Nash
Def Leppard
Dire Straits (Sultans of Swing)
R.E.M.
November 7th, 2007 at 2:37 am
Queen, Alice Cooper, The Who, Neil Young (Rock God), Moody Blues, Pink Floyd (I like their early stuff when Syd barret was still in the band),Cat Stevens, James Taylor, Elton John, etc… those are just a few that I can think of off the top of my head. I like the bands that you like so you’ll probably like these as well
November 10th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
I Just Want to Make Love to You by Foghat
Fool for the City by Foghat
Slow Ride by Foghat
Drivin’ Wheel by Foghat
Truth album by Jeff Beck
Beck-ola album by Jeff Beck
November 13th, 2007 at 10:07 am
The Kinks (Face to Face through Everybody’s In Showbiz, can’t go wrong with any of those albums)
Warren Zevon
Badfinger
Jackson Browne (try Running On Empty first, but any of his 70’s albums are great)
The Beach Boys (anything from about ‘63 – 72)
Simon Garfunkel / Paul Simon’s solo albums
Steve Miller Band
The Band
The Small Faces
Paul McCartney solo albums
John Lennon solo albums
George Harrison solo albums
Ringo Starr (Ringo, Goodnight Vienna)
Joe Walsh (check out But Seriously Folks first)
And everyone else listed some good ones too
November 15th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
I love blues rock stuff too. Here’s a couple good artists:
Eric Clapton – Pretty famous, but you didn’t have him on the list. The best blues rock singer of the last decades.
Bruce Hornsby – Alternates between blues and jazz rock, but its all really good. He’s a very talented piano player. Look for Scenes from the Southside and Spirit Trail for his good blues stuff.
Blues Traveler – Not as blues as one would think, but are still neat with a good sound. Four is their best album.
Tom Waits – Not blues at all, but I like stuff similar to you, and I love Tom Waits. One thing – he is VERY, very out there. It really does take a while to grow on you (like Bob Dylan). Just keep listening – its rewarding in the end. Rain Dogs is a good starting album. Listen to it all the way through a few times before you judge it – its very different, and does take some getting used to.
U2 – Look for their older stuff. Joshua Tree has a lot of blues themes. The Unforgettable Fire is a different, but has a very unique and interesting sound to it. And Bad is the greatest song ever (though I never appreciated it until I saw the live version – its such an emotional song).
Lynyrd Skynrd – A very talented southern-rock blues band. They have some really good blues stuff. I really like them for their blues songs.
Amos Lee – I saw a Dylan concert, and he opened. Not sure if he has many CDs out, but he and his band were VERY good.
Sonic Youth – Again, not blues, but I would recommend it. Daydream Nation is fantastic.
Iron Maiden – A band similar to AC/DC but MUCH better. They didn’t have all the one hit wonders but their albums are MUCH more consistent and they have some great rock songs.
Cream – Eric Clapton’s early band. Disraeli Gears is an amazing album, and Badge is a great song.
Creedence Clearwater Revival – A very good band, with a southern-blues feel to them. Singer has a unique voice.
Allman Brothers Band – also a southern-blues band, but with Duane Allman – the 2nd greatest guitarist of all time (Rolling Stone). Great guitar stuff.
The Kinks – Not blues at all, but one of the great forgotten 60’s bands. Check out The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society. They are an amazing band. Also listen to the song Lola – it really got me into them.
The Velvet Underground – Not blues, but a 60’s avant-garde (sp?) band. They take a long time to get used to, but once you do, you love them. They might be hard to get into, but if you like the 60’s stuff then they are a must-have. Give them time – I hated them at first but now they are one of my favorites.
The Rolling Stones – Some good rock and blues. Famous – enough said. Check out Exile on Main Street – one of the best albums ever made.
The Band – A must have for any blues rock fan. Listen to The Band and Music From Big Pink. They are phenominal. Such a great sound, great musicians (they recorded Blonde on Blonde with Dylan). They’re awesome.
The Who – They are very good, one of the defining bands of the 60’s. Start off with Who’s Next, and when you appreciate them, listen to Tommy. Its a rock opera – the entire album was made to tell a story. Its different and out there, but its one of the best. I love it.
This was a very good question – you and me seem to have almost identical tastes. I’m the same way – I like consistent albums, not songs. Check these out, good luck. If you have any questions, feel free to email me.
November 19th, 2007 at 2:32 pm
Check out Ray LaMontagne. He reminds me a lot of Van Morrison in the 1970s. Also, check out Wilco’s latest album, Sky Blue Sky. Oh, and check out Josh Ritter: people have made a lot of comparisons between him and Dylan and, for once, it’s not just a lot of hype.
November 19th, 2007 at 5:13 pm
Try the Goo Goo Dolls…some of their new stuff might be a little too pop for you, but they have some really good older rock/punkish CDs like Superstar Carwash. They have a lot of variety in their music.