Bands that are loved by you, hated by many

That vince gill video is great...if you don't have that dvd (the players live in nashville) I highly reccomend it. Johnny Hiland is great, love his stuff. He came to my school about 2 months before I got here...the bastard! I like his PRS signature model a lot too. That other guy is (i believe) Arlen Roth. Pretty awful tone there....the playing wasn't exactly stellar either. I think my favorite country lead tone is Paisley's....those Dr. Z amps kill.

That does look like Arlen Roth.

Gotta check out Paisley.
 
I might have heard bits of it....the only album I've given a good listen to is ?

Listen to it man, its my favourite of his I reckon, though ?, One & Testimony are all brilliant as well...


i guess people don't tend towards the high end technical stuff so, i'll say:

Spastic Ink
Blotted Science
Thought Chamber

I lurve that stuff, also Spiral Architect...
 
Anyone that doesnt like Vince Gill needs their head examined or at least their ears cleaned out.... lol. I will say I thought that one song was going to be Lay Down Sally at first. Nashville has always had great players, Atkins and Reed if you reach back. I can remember 2 or 3 times in my youth watching HeeHaw (yea, Im a country boy) that I actually got to see Roy Clark come out and play his guitar and he blew my mind, made me realize that Jimi and Jimmy werent the ends all of guitar playing. Anyone old enough to remember the early 70's pop song Nashville Cats, was about Nashville guitar pickers. We saw its influence in quite a few great Southern Rock players. Country style was a strong influence on Steve Morses playing as well, to me he is the king of chicken pickin' though he may be limited compared to those that stick to the one style. I was always impressed by country players and I dont have a feel for it whatsoever. The nice thing about Country is the clarity. Bluegrass has some intense musicians as well, vocals can be a bit grating. Hell I like alot of the stuff I've watched Willie Nelson play, good example of when less is more.
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I like Seal alot... few songs I've heard, great voice
Chapman, though I was pissed they robbed Etheridge of that grammy, emmy, whatever in their debut year, her work was far more significant in my opinion.
Greendays had some great songs.
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What about Crack the Sky ? Nobody likes Crack the Sky
 
Avenged Sevenfold...City of Evil is a great album...metal folks hate them.

See...I kind of hate them, now. There first album was slop. City of Evil had great music, but the strain on Shadow's voice is unbearable for me to listen to. I still haven't picked up the self-titled new one.

HOWEVER, I think Waking The Fallen could very well be one of my favorite metal records of all time. Seriously a masterpiece, screw the haters.

I like Seal alot... few songs I've heard, great voice
Chapman, though I was pissed they robbed Etheridge of that grammy, emmy, whatever in their debut year, her work was far more significant in my opinion.

Seal's has definitely missed the mark a few times, but he's a talented dude.

Which Grammy was this for? I don't know much about Etheridge, though I equate Chapman to folksy-god status.

EDIT: I'm adding another to the list: Thrice
 
Which Grammy was this for? I don't know much about Etheridge, though I equate Chapman to folksy-god status.

possibly new female artist of the year, probably ? 87 or 88. They both debut the same year. Chapman had this interesting but very snoozy hit called Fast Car or something of that nature, you know how she sings, almost like shes just swallowed an entire bottle of sleeping pills. Etheridge released a album that had 2 or 3 songs with major air play and provided soulful energy we had not heard the likes of since Joplin, with great lyrics to boot. They were both nominated but Chapman got it, just seemed like there was some underlying politics going on there. Maybe there was other stuff going on in Chapmans record I never heard, I dont know.