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Fyrus 
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 Posted: May 07 2011 at 14:19 |
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Riverside, Beardfish, and Porcupine Tree are the only bands I can think of that have never ever let me down with even one song.
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Leo J.
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Posted: May 07 2011 at 17:46 |
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GY!BE and The White Stripes are the only ones for me.
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verslibre
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Posted: May 08 2011 at 11:52 |
 Alitare wrote:
I don't know a single band that has had a (relatively) prolific career and not given me something I don't like. King Cimson had Islands. Jethro Tull had... anything after Heavy Horses. |
Don't forget Stormwatch ('79) comes after HH. Great album!
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kolossusuk
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Posted: May 09 2011 at 09:35 |
Porcupine Tree
Gabriel era Genesis
Bardens era Camel
Wish i could name King Crimson as one, but I just hate Lizard no matter how hard i try
Gentle Giant up to Interview
On the subject of King Crimson, anyone here got the collectors' club releases. Seems that one cannot get them on eBay in UK, though no such restrictions seem to apply to the rest of the world?!
Good old Fripp.....
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Mosis
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Posted: May 14 2011 at 00:37 |
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anyone who said "tool" obviously hasn't listened to 10,000 days
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leonalvarado
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Posted: May 14 2011 at 18:03 |
harmonium.ro wrote:
Led Zeppelin. Every second of Zeppelin music is a ***** experience for me, including the lamest bootleg!
Also, most of the solo discography of the former Zeppelin members is very rewarding for me.
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I think Led Zeppelin is the most consistent band regarding how good their output was so I'll agree with you on that with a couple of exceptions. The one Zeppelin song I never liked was "Hot Dog". Also, when playing live, they never captured the same magic as on an album. Robert Plant's voice never sounded as high live, Jimmy Page's playing would vary from brilliant to mediocre within the same show and the mix was often awful. Not until Plant toured with Page and an orchestra that the Zeppelin songs sounded great live. The advent of extra musicians and a much better sound system did wonder for it. However, I saw John Paul Jones once with his own band covering instrumental versions of some Zeppelin songs. It made me realise how much of the Zeppelin sound was in part because of him.
Regarding other bands, there were some periods for certain bands when they could do no wrong. For example: Genesis - From Nursery Cryme until Wind & Wuthering Yes - From The Yes Album until Drama Brand-X - all albums are great Pink Floyd - From Meddle until The Division Bell (The Final Cut is a little weaker than the rest but still a pretty good album).
Many people would disagree with some of my choices here but that's my two cents anyhow.
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kub
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Posted: May 15 2011 at 02:47 |
Less is sometimes more.
I'd like to know such a band, but it's impossible. According to leonalvarado, he said that in some periods of time bands haven't created poor records. That's of course true, but I really dunno any artist who after 5 or more albums still maintain the same quality.
I'd say there isn't band that can do no wrong, but still there are tens of brilliant one shot gems which are considered as masterpieces. In this case, may I say Dun or Museo Rosenbach ?
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Sing To God
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Posted: May 16 2011 at 05:03 |
1. Kate Bush
2. Cardiacs
3. Karda Estra
4. Uriah Heep
5. Jethro Tull
6. Madness
7. Roger Waters
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
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verslibre
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Posted: May 18 2011 at 12:58 |
Mosis wrote:
anyone who said "tool" obviously hasn't listened to 10,000 days
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I agree. Very uneven, that one.
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Big Ears
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Posted: May 23 2011 at 14:22 |
Tony Bourge-era Budgie
Post-sixties pop Golden Earring
Man/ Iceberg
Groundhogs up to Black Diamond
Pink Floyd with or without Roger Waters (except The Final Cut)
Black Sabbath
Ronnie James Dio
Most Yes albums, but not Tormato
Atomic Rooster
City Boy - they never made a bad album
Blue Oyster Cult - consistent
The Beatles except that bad montage track on the white album
Pat Travers
Robin Trower
Montrose/ Gamma
Nektar
Deep Purple
Wishbone Ash
Pre-pop ZZ Top
Three Man Army/ Baker Gurvitz Army
Greenslade
Rick Wakeman
Glenn Hughes
SAHB
Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Alice Cooper
Captain Beyond
Jimi Hendrix
Quintessence
Status Quo up to Blue for You, then they couldn't do anything right
TYA
21st Century Schizoid Band
Wigwam with Jim Pembroke
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Big Ears
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Posted: May 23 2011 at 14:24 |
I nearly forgot Roxy Music up to Manifesto
Mountain
UK
Seventies Hawkwind (I haven't heard the later stuff)
Edited by Big Ears - May 23 2011 at 14:28
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Speedking
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Posted: May 23 2011 at 15:04 |
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Deep Purple Mark 1 and Mark 2, Uriah Heep's first 4 albums and Jethro Tull's first 6 albums I can find very little to fault.
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presdoug
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Posted: May 23 2011 at 20:30 |
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Anything with the late Helmut Koellen on it (Triumvirat, Jail, solo album)
All of his music is a constant source of meaning and inspiration for me
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Fyrus
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Posted: May 23 2011 at 23:01 |
Mosis wrote:
anyone who said "tool" obviously hasn't listened to 10,000 days
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That's like, your opinion, man.
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seb2112
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Posted: May 27 2011 at 12:36 |
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I'm pretty picky and it's hard to find a band with more than a 2 album career that I enjoy everything from. If we include bands with short careers, then I enjoy everything Anglagard has released. Same with Aera and Agora, who both released only 2 albums. Same with Amygdala, The Cancer Conspiracy, cheval De Frise (2 albums and an EP)The Eleventh House, Giraffes? Giraffes!, Mouse On They Keys, One Shot, Rumah Sakit,Sleeping People, Te, . 2-3 weeks ago I would've given the title to Ahleuchatistas but their latest release is such a pile of garbage!
To find longer discographies I enjoy we'd have to go to the heavier side of things, and disregard badly recorded debut albums. Dillinger Escape Plan hasn't done any wrong since their release of genre-defyning Calculating Infinity and I can say the same about Cephalic Carnage as well. Both bands have been releasing albums that I enjoy from top to bottom for about a decade now
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Slaughternalia
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Posted: May 29 2011 at 12:11 |
presdoug wrote:
Anything with the late Helmut Koellen on it (Triumvirat, Jail, solo album)
All of his music is a constant source of meaning and inspiration for me
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He didn't actually write any of the music for Triumvirat. I wouldn't call it "his"
Edited by Slaughternalia - May 29 2011 at 12:36
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presdoug
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Posted: May 29 2011 at 16:30 |
Slaughternalia wrote:
presdoug wrote:
Anything with the late Helmut Koellen on it (Triumvirat, Jail, solo album)
All of his music is a constant source of meaning and inspiration for me
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He didn't actually write any of the music for Triumvirat. I wouldn't call it "his"
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Just before the intro to the live track of "The Deadly Dream Of Freedom", Jurgen Fritz introduces the song as "written by our guitar player, Mr. Helmut Koellen" On the notes for the 2002 remastered Spartacus cd, Helmut is listed as a part composer for tracks 4,7, and 11. On "Illusions On A Double Dimple", Koellen is part composer for the track "Lucky Girl", and the single track from that period called "Timothy". In some cases, it is lyrics only, but i still call the writing and singing of lyrics part of the music. Even if he was never a direct composer himself at all of what he played, his unique and spirited way of playing music makes it at least partially "his".
Edited by presdoug - May 29 2011 at 17:12
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Slaughternalia
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Posted: May 29 2011 at 22:45 |
presdoug wrote:
Slaughternalia wrote:
presdoug wrote:
Anything with the late Helmut Koellen on it (Triumvirat, Jail, solo album)
All of his music is a constant source of meaning and inspiration for me
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He didn't actually write any of the music for Triumvirat. I wouldn't call it "his"
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Just before the intro to the live track of "The Deadly Dream Of Freedom", Jurgen Fritz introduces the song as "written by our guitar player, Mr. Helmut Koellen" On the notes for the 2002 remastered Spartacus cd, Helmut is listed as a part composer for tracks 4,7, and 11.
On "Illusions On A Double Dimple", Koellen is part composer for the track "Lucky Girl", and the single track from that period called "Timothy". In some cases, it is lyrics only, but i still call the writing and singing of lyrics part of the music. Even if he was never a direct composer himself at all of what he played, his unique and spirited way of playing music makes it at least partially "his".
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Fair enough, but I sometimes think it too easy to label the lead vocalist the driving force behind a band, just because they're always in the spotlight.
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idoownu
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Posted: May 30 2011 at 02:54 |
Beatles Gentle Giant (yes including there later commercial stuff) Moon Safari Mike Oldfield (amazing sense of melody) Miles Davis U2 Pink Floyd Richard Strauss (not really a band but whatever, a good composer :)) Robert Wyatt And thats just off of the top of my head :)
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shadow king
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Posted: May 30 2011 at 05:04 |
Bands that can do no wrong for me are Dream Theater, Arena, Shadow Gallery, Porcupine Tree, King Crimson, Pink Floyd and Transatlantic.
I've did have some troubles with DT after the resigning of Mike Portnoy but that lasted about a year and everythings fine right now.  |
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