who are your fave non-rock/metal bands?

First, I'll skip all the early killer bands simply because they were metal in that time and I don't feel like arguing. So here are my non-metal top bands:

- Archive
- Sophia
- God Machine
- Spiritualized
- Tindersticks
- Turin Brakes
- Mark Lanegan's solo work
- John Trudell (Native folk/rock singer)
- Fred Drake (the man solely responsible for the Desert Scene, Rancho De La Luna and Joshua Tree - RIP)
- Bark Psychosis
- SIANsperic
- GSYBE! (although they have moved the explanation point)
- Portishead
- Mazzy Star (Hope Sandoval)
- Aurore Rien
- Air
- Lupine Howl
- Air Liquide

The list is endless. As a well balanced person (*cough*) I like my music varied.
 
Soundgarden, Rush, Pink Floyd, Bjork, Queen, Matthew Good Band, Tears for Fears, The cure, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, Alice in Chains, Yes, RHCP, Eric Clapton, Andres Segovia, The Eagles, The Black Crowes, From Beauty to Ashes, Radiohead, Crash Test Dummies, Dillenger Escape Plan, From Autumn to Ashes, Zao, Hopesfall... shit, I could go on forever...
 
Ramones
Sex Pistols
The Cure
The Who
Rolling Stones
Bloodhound Gang
Bob Dylan
FatBoy Slim
Röyksopp
The Clash
R.E.M
Janez Detd
...
 
Ziller said:
lots of ROCK in there ;-)

...


Your original post was non hard-rock/metal but obviously people can't read or don't pay attention well. : /

I listen to mostly metal and rock, but there are a few stragglers here and there:

Sade.... She has the sexiest voice in the world.
Blessid Union of Souls... they write very emotic stuff. I like it.
Gordon Lightfoot....While I don't like country, I do like a little folk music.
Son Volt... some may consider them rock, but they are considered "insurgent" or punk country.
The first two Run DMC albums, though I would just assume be in jail
than listen to most rap.
Neil Young... the guy can't sing to save his life, but he writes some good songs.
I really love a couple of songs by The Smashing Pumpkins as well, but I have never owned any of their cds.

Of course there are a few rock bands I like, especially The Goo Goo Dolls and Brother Cane but all of the bands and artists I mentioned above dont get a lot of rotation by me. BC and TGGDs actually are the only non-metal (unless you consider AC/DC non-metal) that really get many spins by me. I'm a music fan and open-minded, but metal still dominates my player. You might want to check out "Wishpool" by Brother Cane. The lead vocalist/lead guitarist Damon Johnson is a gifted songwriter and wrote Stevie Knick's last single "Everyday." He is from Alabama so I am bit biased and BC does have a little Southern Rock influence, but they mix it with classic rock and modern rock. It's an interesting combination for someone looking for somrthing different.


Bryant
 
Jethro Tull
Pink Floyd
The Beatles
David Bowie
Squarepusher
Aphex Twin

Classical is great as well.
 
I listen to nu-metal which may be classed as non metal by some people here
I also like
Frenzal Rhomb
Radio Birdman
lots of punk stuff
lots of rock
Jebediah
John Butler Trio
 
Well I like a bunch of non-metal bands, but most are still rock bands. The non-rock/metal bands I like are:

Sade (what a silky voice)

Micheal W. Smith (He's a Christian pop artist, but I love his voice)

Blessid Union of Souls (R&B/Folk/Rock fusion)

Son Volt (insurgent or punk country but interesting stuff)

Neil Young (I guess he could be loosely considered rock and roll, but he's really a folk artist that has written a song in almost every genre one could think of)

Bryant
 
Except some posts, all I see is rock / metal bands here... Do you understand english, mates?

Anyway, here is my top 5 NON ROCK / NON METAL bands:

- Massive attack
- Sigur ros
- Dead can dance
- Antimatter
- Enya
 
Let's see...

James Brown
Curtis Mayfield
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Eagles
Evanescence
Lacuna Coil (yes the last two are considered metal/rock and I can see that, but I don't!)
Dido
Bone Thugs 'n' Harmony (haha)
Denali
Michael Jackson

I'm leaving a few out, it's almost 4:30... give me a break
 
Thortyir said:
Except some posts, all I see is rock / metal bands here... Do you understand english, mates?

Anyway, here is my top 5 NON ROCK / NON METAL bands:

- Massive attack
- Sigur ros
- Dead can dance
- Antimatter
- Enya

Sigur Ros is prog rock, too bad for you I guess.

And Antimatter has a very strong dark rock leaning as well.
 
My favourite non-rock/metal music is John McLaughlin (and bands/projects).


Here are the albums I own. I have 158 CDs, about 20 tapes and about 700 mp3s.

CDs (alphabetically):

AfroCelt Sound System - Volume 3: Further In Time
Aghora - Aghora
Alice In Chains - Dirt
Al DiMeola, John McLaughlin, Paco de Lucia - Friday Night In San Francisco
Fiona Apple - When The Pawn…
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Beatles - Revolver
Beatles - Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
Beatles - Abbey Road
Beatles - Let It Be
Beatles - 1
Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth
Björk - Debut
Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica
Eric Clapton and B.B. King - Riding With The King
Coldplay - Parachutes
Paolo Conte - The Best of Paolo Conte
Corrs - In Blue
Cream - Disraeli Gears
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis - Sketches Of Spain
Doors - Doors
Dream Theater - Scenes From A Memory
Dream Theater - Images And Words
Dream Theater - Awake
Dream Theater - A Change Of Seasons
Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
Dustin - Not Just a Pretty Face
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind
Bob Dylan - Love and Theft
Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits (with Peter Green)
Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour
Frank Gambale - Passages
The Gathering - Nighttime Birds
Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys
Jimi Hendrix - First Rays of The New Rising Sun
Iron Maiden - The Number of The Beast
Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
JJ72 - JJ72
Nigel Kennedy - The Kennedy Experience
Alicia Keys - Songs In A Minor
King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 2
Led Zeppelin - Zoso
Led Zeppelin - Houses of The Holy
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment
Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment 2
Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Rising Force
Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists
Manic Street Preachers - Know Your Enemy
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Glenn Miller - In The Mood: The Very Best of Glenn Miller
Moby - Play
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concertos 23 and 24
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - The Best of Mozart
Muse - Showbiz
Muse - Origin of Symetry
Dave Navarro - Trust No One
Nightwish - Wishmaster
Offspring - Smash
Offspring - Conspiracy of One
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Jaco Pastorius - Heavy'n Jazz
Pearl Jam - Ten
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd - Animals
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
Queen - Queen II
Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
Queen - A Night At The Opera
Queen - A Day At The Races
Queen - News of The World
Queen - Live Killers
Queen - The Game
Radiohead - OK Computer
Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
Randall Lee Rainwater - Rainwater Road
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way
Rhapsody - Symphony Of Enchanted Lands
Damien Rice - 0
Rush - 2112
Rush - A Farewell To Kings
Rush - Moving Pictures
Rush - Vapor Trails
Santana - Abraxas
Santana - Persuasion Live
Santana - Supernatural
Carlos Santana and Mahavishnu John McLaughlin - Love Devotion Surrender
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien
Joe Satriani - Not of This Earth
Joe Satriani - Flying in a Blue Dream
Joe Satriani - Joe Satriani
Joe Satriani - The Extremist
Joe Satriani - Crystal Planet
Joe Satriani - G3: Live with Eric Johnson and Steve Vai
Joe Satriani - Strange Beautiful Music
Andrés Segovia - The Gold Collection
Shakti - Natural Elements
Smashing Pumpkins - Rotten Apples: Greatest Hits
Starsailor - Love Is Here
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Spock's Beard - V
Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
Symphony X - The Odyssey [Limited Edition]
Poiter Ilych Tchiakovsky - 5th Symphony
Poiter Ilych Tchiakovsky - Serenade for Strings
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous
Turn - Antisocial
Turn - In Position EP
U2 - Boy
U2 - October
U2 - War
U2 - Under A Blood Red Sky
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
U2 - The Joshua Tree
U2 - Rattle And Hum
U2 - Achtung Baby
U2 - Zooropa
U2 - Pop
U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
Steve Vai - Passion and Warfare
Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground & Nico
Weather Report - Heavy Weather
Freddie White - My Country
Freddie White - Straight Up
Frank Zappa - Freak Out!
Frank Zappa - Son of Cheep Thrills
Tom Dunne's 30 Best Irish Hits

Total: 158 albums

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By Genre:

Rock

Alice In Chains - Dirt
Cream - Disraeli Gears
Doors - Doors
The Gathering - Nighttime Birds
Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys
Jimi Hendrix - First Rays of The New Rising Sun
Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
JJ72 - JJ72
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 2
Led Zeppelin - Zoso
Led Zeppelin - Houses of The Holy
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists
Manic Street Preachers - Know Your Enemy
Muse - Showbiz
Muse - Origin of Symetry
Dave Navarro - Trust No One
Offspring - Smash
Offspring - Conspiracy of One
Pearl Jam - Ten
Queen - Queen II
Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
Queen - A Night At The Opera
Queen - A Day At The Races
Queen - News of The World
Queen - Live Killers
Queen - The Game
Radiohead - OK Computer
Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way
Santana - Abraxas
Santana - Persuasion Live
Santana - Supernatural
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien
Joe Satriani - Not of This Earth
Joe Satriani - Flying in a Blue Dream
Joe Satriani - Joe Satriani
Joe Satriani - The Extremist
Joe Satriani - Crystal Planet
Joe Satriani - G3: Live with Eric Johnson and Steve Vai
Joe Satriani - Strange Beautiful Music
Smashing Pumpkins - Rotten Apples: Greatest Hits
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous
Turn - Antisocial
Turn - In Position EP
U2 - Boy
U2 - October
U2 - War
U2 - Under A Blood Red Sky
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
U2 - The Joshua Tree
U2 - Rattle And Hum
U2 - Achtung Baby
U2 - Zooropa
U2 - Pop
U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
Steve Vai - Passion and Warfare
Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground & Nico
Tom Dunne's 30 Best Irish Hits


Progressive Rock/Metal

Dream Theater - Scenes From A Memory
Dream Theater - Images And Words
Dream Theater - Awake
Dream Theater - A Change Of Seasons
Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment
Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment 2
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd - Animals
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
Rush - 2112
Rush - A Farewell To Kings
Rush - Moving Pictures
Rush - Vapor Trails
Spock's Beard - V
Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
Symphony X - The Odyssey [Limited Edition]


Pop

Fiona Apple - When The Pawn…
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Beatles - Revolver
Beatles - Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
Beatles - Abbey Road
Beatles - Let It Be
Beatles - 1
Coldplay - Parachutes
Corrs - In Blue
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind
Bob Dylan - Love and Theft
Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
Alicia Keys - Songs In A Minor
Damien Rice - 0
Dustin - Not Just a Pretty Face
Starsailor - Love Is Here
Freddie White - My Country
Freddie White - Straight Up


Fusion

AfroCelt Sound System - Volume 3: Further In Time
Aghora - Aghora
Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica
Frank Gambale - Passages
Nigel Kennedy - The Kennedy Experience
Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
Jaco Pastorius - Heavy'n Jazz
Carlos Santana and Mahavishnu John McLaughlin - Love Devotion Surrender
Shakti - Natural Elements
Weather Report - Heavy Weather
Frank Zappa - Freak Out!
Frank Zappa - Son of Cheep Thrills


Metal

Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth
Iron Maiden - The Number of The Beast
Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Rising Force
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Nightwish - Wishmaster
Rhapsody - Symphony Of Enchanted Lands


Classical

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concertos 23 and 24
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - The Best of Mozart
Andrés Segovia - The Gold Collection
Poiter Ilych Tchiakovsky - 5th Symphony
Poiter Ilych Tchiakovsky - Serenade for Strings


Jazz

Paolo Conte - The Best of Paolo Conte
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis - Sketches Of Spain
Glenn Miller - In The Mood: The Very Best of Glenn Miller


Blues

Eric Clapton and B.B. King - Riding With The King
Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits (with Peter Green)
Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour
Randall Lee Rainwater - Rainwater Road


Electronica

Björk - Debut
Moby - Play


Flamenco

Al DiMeola, John McLaughlin, Paco de Lucia - Friday Night In San Francisco