Favourite Melodic Rock Band
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Topic: Favourite Melodic Rock Band
Posted By: ProgFan
Subject: Favourite Melodic Rock Band
Date Posted: June 22 2006 at 18:16
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What's your favourite melodic rock band? Let's hear what your opinion is.
My Top5
1 Journey
2 Toto
3 Whitesnake
4 Styx
5 Aerosmith
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Replies:
Posted By: crucify_the_ego
Date Posted: June 22 2006 at 18:29
| Boston. |
Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: June 22 2006 at 18:35
| Aerosmith |
Posted By: Tony Fisher
Date Posted: June 22 2006 at 18:57
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Toto. Marvellous band. |
Posted By: _sam_
Date Posted: June 22 2006 at 19:45
| Heart! |
Posted By: Soul Dreamer
Date Posted: June 22 2006 at 19:48
| You forgot to put Yourney in the poll! I would have voted for them. Now I vote for Heart |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: June 22 2006 at 19:50
| Early Chicago is some outstanding stuff. |
Posted By: Nanook
Date Posted: June 22 2006 at 20:01
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Bad Company must be REAL good, they're in there twice.
I voted for Styx, by the way. |
Posted By: eddietrooper
Date Posted: June 22 2006 at 20:05
| Of these I choose Aerosmith, but I don't consider them as "melodic rock". Their classic albums are simply rock and roll or hard rock. |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: June 22 2006 at 20:16
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Journey would have to be mine. I put in Escape or Frontiers and I'm instantly transported to the early 80's. I know this decade takes some viscious hits from the members of PA, but it's really a great era for music.
The Cars are another favorite of mine. E ------------- 
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Posted By: Australian
Date Posted: June 22 2006 at 20:19
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To tell you the absolute truth I like Toto. <"> alien smile ------------- 
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Posted By: rushaholic
Date Posted: June 22 2006 at 21:05
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Man, there is some real garbage on that list. Boston, Aerosmith, Toto, Bad Company and Tom Petty are the only ones I like. Of those 5 - Boston. |
Posted By: MajesterX
Date Posted: June 22 2006 at 21:21
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This shouldn't be in this forum, as these are not prog bands. I really don't know... Maybe.. either Boston or Bad Company
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: June 22 2006 at 21:36
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How familiar are you guys with Aerosmith?
Back in their heyday in the 70's when they ruled arenas everywhere they played some mean blues rock. I don't think of them as melodic rock,but I also have never paid much attention to any of their later output since Night in the Ruts. -------------  |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: June 22 2006 at 21:39
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BTW...out of the list...Cheap Trick. ------------- |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: June 22 2006 at 21:41
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Overall, I'd say Boston.
I really like Chicago, but only their first 5 albums- after that they were stupid. Foreigner and Styx are great as well.
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: June 23 2006 at 01:37
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Easily Styx, The Grand Illusion is an absolute masterpiece. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: June 23 2006 at 02:00
I've never been a big fan of melodic rock, but here I voted for Whitesnake - who are, in many respects, much the same case as Aerosmith. They became a "melodic rock" (some say hair metal... ) band with the "1987" album, though before that they were a lean, mean hard-rock-blues band with strong British roots. I saw them live at Donington in 1983, and they smoked! The late, great Cozy Powell was on drums, and on bass they had the celebrated Colin Hodgkinson of Back Door fame (not to mention the legendary Jon Lord on keys...). That was the Whitesnake I loved, not the bleached, big-haired guys who released "1987" (which is quite a good album nonetheless).
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Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: June 23 2006 at 04:46
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Heart. Their two first albums are great. Aerosmith in the 70's are good too.
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Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: June 23 2006 at 05:01
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For me:
Toto
and in order (or not in order):
Foreighner
Boston
Cheap Trick
Whitesnake
Reo Speedwagon
Giant
and a canadian band of AOR: Aviator ------------- 
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: June 23 2006 at 06:49
| Boston. I don't see Aerosmith as a melodic rock band though, rather a hard rock band. |
Posted By: moodyxadi
Date Posted: June 24 2006 at 13:06
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what a mess in this list. First of all: what is "melodic rock"? AOR?
Vote for Whitesnake, that is a hard rock band, as Aerosmith, Bad Co. and, erghh, Styx. ------------- Bach, Ma, Bros, Déia, Dante. |
Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: June 24 2006 at 14:29
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Aerosmith, Bad Company, and Chicago (when they were still good) from this list. A lot of the bands here belong to my, rocked in the '70s / sucked in the 80's, list. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: June 26 2006 at 14:10
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1.Whitesnake (early blues stuff!)
2.Cheap Trick 3.Bad Company ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |