who are your fave non-rock/metal bands?

[Ava Adore]

I"ve noticed a few of you have mentioned Dream Theater. Although they are a good band, would you class them as non metal? I thought they would more so be progressive metal?

You could just as easily call them Progressive Rock.

SMASHING PUMPKINS!!!!

 

[Russell]

Originally posted by Ava Adore
SMASHING PUMPKINS!!!!

Yus! And Ava Adore is blatantly one of their best albums

 

[Ava Adore]

Yus! And Ava Adore is blatantly one of their best albums

And probably one of their best singles too.

 

[Russell]

Originally posted by Ava Adore
And probably one of their best singles too.

trOO as well They were a great band

 

[Cheese]

Ummmm, to name but a few:
Marillion
Porcupine Tree
The Police
Yes
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Dead Kennedys
Sex Pistols
Pink Floyd
Jimi Hendrix
Loads of others too, but as VoltronLions said, I have heard mention of metal bands on this page.

 

[falling bird]

Good to talk about something else than Metal for once too

Songs:Ohia
Graham Coxon
Deus
Damien Jurado
Radiohead
The Notwist
Leonard Cohen
Bob Dylan
Nick Drake
Neil Young
Ulver

 

[FailingAcension]

I LOVE most classical stuff, new or old. Most recently the Lord of the Rings sound track. I also enjoy NOFX from time to time

 

[Folklore]

Tori amos... splendid artist!!

 

[RealmArchitect]

alright here we go:
godspeed you black emperor!
tori amos
nick cave and the bad seeds
the sugarcubes
bjork
leonard cohen
sigur ros
yoyo ma
david sylvian
& more...

 

[FailingAcension]

The London Symophony Orchestra and the London Voices .....thats who! (they did LOTR that i mentioned earlier)

 

[kollex]

the cure
Bauhaus
sisters of mercy
joy division
the smiths
radiohead
propaghandhi
dead kennedys
mainc street preachers
placebo
tricky
team dresch
fields of the nephilim
nirvana
alice in chains
david bowie
velevet underground

 

[Pancakes]

If I'm not allowed any rock, then Green Day, The Clash, Nirvana (it is, technically, 'grunge' ), Offspring, Rage Against the Machine, and a bunch more like that...and I also really like punk covers of oldies tunes

 

[RealmArchitect]

tweaker
paul simon
sarah macglachlan
asylum & architechture (hear em at mp3.com)
medeski martin & wood
prodigy
air
gary neuman
recoil
aphex twin
einstrzende neubraten

 

[dimensionidol]

-rush
-tool
-alanis morrisette
-bill laswell
-diamanda galas
-john zorn
-suzanne vega
-king crimson(expecially before 80's but the last album is awesome)
-buckethead
-bjork
-klaus schultze

etc.

 

[hendrixfreak]

Temple of the Dog
Soundgarden
Solo Chris Cornell
Alice in Chains
STP
Radiohead
Pink Floyd
Tool
Nine Inch Nails
Coldplay
Deftones
Stabbing Westward
COC
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Guns N Roses

 

[XprettylushX]

silverchair
Poison the Well
311
AFI
Less Than Jake
H2O
Tool
New Found Glory
NOFX
taproot
Blink-182
Glassjaw
Atreyu
Dashboard Confessional
Thursday
E-town Concrete
Jimmy Eat World
Rancid
Massive Attack
Biohazard
Saves the Day
Taking Back Sunday
Finch
Our Lady Peace

list goes on and on. Hell, most of the stuff I own is non-metal to begin with..heh.

 

[Yara]

Hi, cool to meet so many open minded people here!
Although I am a metal fan (most of all I love the music of Peter Tägtgren!), I also like for example:

Dead can dance
Placebo
Nick Cave
Pink Floyd
Sisters of mercy
The Mission
Fields of Nephilim
Faithless
Gary Numan
... : spin:

 

[King Of Terror]

the smiths
frank sinatra
raffi
AFI
Radiohead
and alootttt more

 

[steve112sms]

How has this entire thread passed without Skinny Puppy? Also:

VNV Nation
Frontline Assembly
NIN
Stabbing Westward
Wumpscut
Radiohead
King Crimson
Pink Floyd
Alan Parson's Project
Rush
Vision
98 Mute
Beatsteaks
Bad Religion
AFI
Strung Out

 

[the G Scott]

Sade, Seal, Bowie (until aboot 1986ish), Lionel Ritchie, lots of soul-esp Stax label, Madness, Specials, Lots of Hip--Hop, Beverly Craven, Duran Duran, some Ultravox, some U2, Dire Straits (tho they're probably rock), Happy Mondays, Stone Roses, EMF, Prodigy, Leftield, Ocean Colour Scene, Tracy CHapman, Jamiroquai, newer Moby, flamenco stuff, Keith Caputo, Ladysmith Black Mombazo, Apu, Aphex twin, Terence Trent D'Arby , Blur....