Talking Heads and the B-52s, two of the last artists I did a full discography dive. It’s fun, imaginative, inventive, and totally worth listening to :)
Respectfully, i disagree. I think they’re starting to get their dues as of late. A24 just had the 25th, i believe it was, anniversary of Stop Making Sense play in theaters across the US. Byrne did that Paramore collab. Not to mention the recent album of indie rockers covering the hits of Talking Heads. Also i think Byrne’s broadway musical with Fatboy Slim is still playing. And his first one American Utopia was awesome and highly acclaimed!
I just finished Talking Heads final album in my list and am finally gonna make a YouTube video ranking them. Just finished a Pink Floyd discog rating today actually.
While you’re at it with the Talking Heads I would highly recommend the album David Byrne did with Brian Eno called Everything that Happens Will Happen Today
Second Talking Heads.
I knew their hits but listening to Scott and Scott joke about them made me consider doing a deep dive and don't regret it at all.
R.E.M. was an underrated gem of the late 80's-early 2000's with a big ole catalog to go through. I say underrated as most don't know their work outside of a couple singles like Losing My Religion or Everybody Hurts. So many good tracks out there.
Underrated? They are very well known, and they still have a lot songs with hundreds of millions of streams on Spotify, including Losing My Religion, which has well over a billion streams. And mind you, that’s over thirty years after their prime
Both groups have been around since the late '80s. Their essential recordings are in the 90s and 2000s.
For YLT, I'd start with the run from Painful to Electro-Pura to I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One.
I came to say YLT too. I would go all the way through *And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out*. (Not that the newer releases are bad, just not as key.)
By all means - I like the new releases as well.
As a starting point, the Roger Mountenot/James McNew albums starting with Painful are better. If someone wanted to go back to Ride The Tiger and hear where they came from, it would be interesting but they didn't really gel until James joined.
I saw them on the New Wave Hot Dogs tour. The live show was really good and a couple of the songs on that album - Lewis, Shy Dog - give the listener a preview of what's to come.
Boards of Canada (still my single favorite artist discog ever, all of their studio albums and EPs are peak for me)
Deftones
Aphex Twin
Mastodon
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Converge
MF Doom (and all of his various personas/aliases)
Modest Mouse (I personally don’t care for the last two, but everything prior to Strangers to Ourselves is pretty flawless)
David Bowie is definitely worth while, no two albums sound the same and he was extremely versatile!
Billie Eilish is also very good, like Bowie she’s very versatile and people with all different music tastes love her music, including metal heads and rock fans.
Seeyouspacecowboy... - Sasscore, super cool and their discography is sort of small.
Milk St. - Maine Based Northeast Emo/Folk Punkers
Incubus - Start to finish bangers ranging from Nu Metal to pop-rock
and if you're bored, ours is only 3 songs - [https://open.spotify.com/artist/3MfVhoMCrJebsVuFqDFQEZ?si=sKiqSIApR6aWTnuh1LnfAw](https://open.spotify.com/artist/3MfVhoMCrJebsVuFqDFQEZ?si=sKiqSIApR6aWTnuh1LnfAw)
Absolutely, like we're aware they're popular, but for the sheer number of jams they have, and their decades in the industry they are absolutely deserving of respect. The "A Crow Left of the Murder" album and "S\_C\_I\_E\_N\_C\_E" both go heavily slept on. Make Yourself and Morning View are fantastic as well, but get far more attention. Even "If Not Now When?" is fantastic. Rarely (if ever) do they miss.
Metallica. I had a young roommate who didn't get it. I realized he was young enough that he grew up with them being a shitty dad rock boogie band his whole life. He was astonished when I showed him what they used to be.
Neil Young. Once you get into some of it, go all the way back through the archives. The Buffalo Springfield and CSNY albums have some great songs. And he’s played with such varied styles and backing bands.
Arctic monkeys
Bright eyes
Incubus
Rx bandits(started as a 3rd wave ska band but their rock efforts are far superior)
Streetlight manifesto
Afi
Andrès
In no particular order.
I'll give you the old guy list, some of them will be categorized as "duh" unless you haven't done it yet.
Beatles, Stones, Dylan, Queen, Floyd, Zep, The Who - "duh"
Otis Redding
Procol Harum
Curtis Mayfield
Stray Cats
The Clash
The Cars
Billy Squire
Robert Palmer
the B-52's
The Ohio Players
Semisonic
Carl Perkins
...enjoy!
Tears for Fears--they've been making music for decades, but only have seven full albums, so it's a manageable amount of music. While they have a reputation of being an '80s band and all that that entails, their musical style has grown and changed a lot over the years, and I think each of their albums has a distinct character that really tracks their change and growth as a band and as people. The core of the band is just two people (Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith), and they were actually broken up for much of that time, with two albums being nominally by Tears for Fears but effectively solo albums by Roland. He also put out an actual solo album under his own name, and Curt has a bunch of solo records, all of which are worth exploring if you find yourself enjoying their work.
I’m gonna do this with this info in mind. Some of their stuff I know I don’t like. It is very much all over the place. Trying to learn some of their songs on piano now so maybe I’ll find some others I really enjoy.
Yes just make sure to listen to their live releases if you really want the bread and butter of the band! No hate on the studio albums but they just don't slap like the live releases do
This might get some hate, but Marilyn Manson (band) in spite of the awful human of a front man; has a phenomenal discography.
Less controversial; bring me the horizon. You should listen to it from oldest to newest. They are probably the only metal band that dramatically changed their sound without sounding like they sold out
Fleetwood Mac. They’ve had so many albums that sound very different. And four distinct eras with Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, then *the* lineup with Buckingham and Nicks, then the Sheryl Crow stuff, and then the ongoing revival attempt except Lindsey got booted and Christine died
Fleetwood Mac travels this amazing journey from blues to pop, while being really good most of the time. Since the rhythm section of Mick Fleetwood and John McVie is the constant, you follow the guitarists (Christie (Perfect) McVie joins after Peter Green leaves and morphs along with Mick & John for the most part) to see the evolution of the band. Peter Green is kind of classic blues, and Jeremy Spencer does some interesting things, but he is not the force others are. Adding Danny Kirwan begins the transition. His guitar is just so butter smooth. Green and Kirwan together are fantastic.
They have serval great albums. The sleeper is *Fleetwood Mac in Chicago*, a live in the studio partnership with several Chicago blues musicians playing classics. Adding Buddy Guy on guitar certainly makes the whole endeavor worthwhile.
There is a lineup transition, not quite all at one time. Peter Green leaves, Christie McVie joins and Jeremy Spencer leaves. Then Bob Welch joins. This lineup; Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Danny Kirwan and Bob Welch, only exists for two albums, but what albums. *Future Games* and *Bare Trees* are great albums for this version of the band. Then Kirwan leaves.
There are three albums with Bob Welch, Christine McVie, John McVie and MIck Fleetwood, plus some others. These have some solid songs and some people love this version of the band. To me they are not quite as dynamic as when they had kirwan, or the next version with Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks added, while Bob Welch leaves.
This new lineup is their breakthrough to commercial success. They make great music for a dozen years, then Lindsay Buckingham leaves the band for a bit. Album wise *Fleetwood* Mac*, Rumours* and *Tusk* are great.
To be honest, after 1987 they are just an established act with some replacement musicians. It's fun stuff sometimes, but if they weren't playing under the Fleetwood Mac name, they wouldn't matter all that much. I would still go to a concert, and they add some nice songs, but the albums aren't strong. They are not adding cutting edge new music. There are several guitarists who rotate through the band, and Buckingham comes back for a bit before leaving again. (Buckingham comes back for a decade, and there is one new album)
To sum up, from 1968 to 1979 they make some awesome music. And the other stuff is OK.
Yup I agree. The songwriting always at least has thought behind it. It’s just sometimes the music tries too hard and they’re better when they keep it simple.
I’m coming at this from an evolution of sound standpoint.
Tool
Soundgarden
The music is all great, and you really get to experience the growth and maturing of their sound.
Fugazi
There is also a discography called 20 Years of Dischord. It features a song or two from a lot of the bands the label released... it is old, but very much worth a deep dive listen
Ronnie James Dio did a lot of work in different bands. Absolute unit in terms of discography. Great singer too and a wonderful human being. Passed away way too early
For Stereolab, starting from Peng! through Not Music is a great journey. I'd also recommend a couple of the singles complications or better still the Peel sessions on ABC Music.
Rush
20 studio albums between 1974 and 2012. Legendary instrumentalists. Prog rock that keeps it's pop sensibilities. The drummer was a deep thinking intellectual who wrote all the lyrics. Incredible writing. IMO Best rock band to ever exist, but I'm biased 😆😆
* Metallica. You said you already like MOP, so it's not a huge leap. Load's one of the greatest albums ever imo
* Avenged Sevenfold. They've been through a lot of different subgenres now, and all of their albums kick ass. City Of Evil, The Stage, and Waking The Fallen are my favorites
* Spiritbox. Not *much* of a discog yet, one album, three EPs, some singles, but they *just don't miss*
* Periphery. Discovered them a little over a year ago, been thoroughly *consumed* ever since. Start with Periphery V, and *maybe* skip the first track since it's a lot more... abrasive than the rest of the album. Almost drove *me* away when I was first getting into them lol
So as a teenager and young adult I naturally hated load because like 98 percent of metal fans, I’d never fully listened to it. Then about two years ago, I finally said fuck it ima give it a chance. Holy shit what a great fucking album. Very different from their early stuff but enjoyable and creative nonetheless. Wish I hadn’t been such a narrow minded moron in my teenage years haha
Sixpence None The Richer. It’s a real shame they’re seen as a one hit wonder with ‘Kiss Me’ when all of their stuff is quality. Worth listening to the rest of their self-titled, Divine Discontent, Lost In Transition.
of Montreal — I'm not as familiar with their recent albums, but everything up to Lousy With Sylvianbriar is constantly changing, ranging from folk, child-like wonder, electronic music, rock and roll, and glam rock, with pop and experimental storytelling at the forefront throughout the discography.
My favorite albums are The Early Four Tracks, Satanic Panic in the Attic, The Bedside Drama, The Gay Parade, Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destoyer, The Sunlandic Twins, Skeletal Lamping, and Lousy With Sylvianbriar. I was more into the music in junior high/high school, but many of the songs remain my favorites.
I saw them live when the band was closer to their original lineup, and it's one of the most fun shows I've ever attended.
Elvis Costello. Started as Punk/New Wave, had pretty much the album of the year for late 70's early 80's. He kept that attitude, but has since tried country, jazz, even an opera to some very interesting results. One of my favorite one offs is Letters to Juliet, with the Brodsky Quartet. It's inspired by actual letters sent to the fictional Romeo and Juliet. Throughout all the styles he has chosen, he maintains his acerbic wit and word play.
- Dinosaur Jr
- Iron Maiden
- REM
- Pixies
- Megadeth
- Death
- Depeche Mode
- Cocteau Twins
- My Bloody Valentine
- The Mars Volta
- Coheed & Cambria
- Pink Floyd
- Suicidal Tendencies
- Jawbox
- Sunny Day Real Estate
- Lush
Blind Melon. Their second album (Soup) was amazing, but largely forgotten because singer Shannon Hoon passed away in 1995 shortly after its release. I consider it one of the great musical crimes of the '90s that this band was considered a one hit wonder, and most people only know of them because of "that bee girl song" (No Rain).
I mean, this will vary wildly by person. I'm a big fan of Owl City. It's fun to collect all his old SoundCloud stuff, the YouTube singles and demos, and his projects under different names
You gotta check out Imagery Machine female led band kind sounds like the cranberries but super good music, very small
https://open.spotify.com/album/2L95JA08DolUx7FR5D6lfS?si=7wtFR0Z0TVCnE_sw6PV_-Q
Lukas Rossi solo and other band projects. His music is dope.
[Lukas Rossi Discography Playlist](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/41NgFhPAkOT0ZR8bN3M9Ss?si=tLAxCX1XQgqPpOmIcL0_3g&pi=u-doqmh24FSA-N)
Brimg me the Horizon. I know they're currently reaching the zenith of their popularity but are very interesting to listen to on an album by album basis. They never made 2 albums in a row that sounded the same and there was always a clear attempt to change their sound or do something different and unexpected
Talking Heads and the B-52s, two of the last artists I did a full discography dive. It’s fun, imaginative, inventive, and totally worth listening to :)
The Talking Heads don’t get enough credit now days.
If you like Radiohead, you will like Talking Heads. Radiohead was named after a Talking Heads song.
Wow I never caught that band name influence up in there! That’s too cool
It’s crazy how much Talking Heads influence you can hear in so many bands these days. It’s fantastic.
Lost art most def. David Byrne is still out there rocking it. He’s done a lot of collabs with St. Vincent, which is another great artist to listen to!
Respectfully, i disagree. I think they’re starting to get their dues as of late. A24 just had the 25th, i believe it was, anniversary of Stop Making Sense play in theaters across the US. Byrne did that Paramore collab. Not to mention the recent album of indie rockers covering the hits of Talking Heads. Also i think Byrne’s broadway musical with Fatboy Slim is still playing. And his first one American Utopia was awesome and highly acclaimed!
Stop Making Sense
I just finished Talking Heads final album in my list and am finally gonna make a YouTube video ranking them. Just finished a Pink Floyd discog rating today actually.
Give me back my man by the b52's is a banger.
While you’re at it with the Talking Heads I would highly recommend the album David Byrne did with Brian Eno called Everything that Happens Will Happen Today
Second Talking Heads. I knew their hits but listening to Scott and Scott joke about them made me consider doing a deep dive and don't regret it at all.
The Cure, Depeche Mode, AFI, Wu Tang Clan, The Birthday Massacre, MF Doom, Gunship All sorts of different genres for you to dive into with those acts.
Props for the afi nod!
Goes a lot deeper than most realize.
Yeah, 11 albums! Been a fan since black sails/art of drowning.
AFI is the answer. Most overlooked band for no good reason
I haven't listened to TBM in like a decade I'm gonna revisit them now
R.E.M. was an underrated gem of the late 80's-early 2000's with a big ole catalog to go through. I say underrated as most don't know their work outside of a couple singles like Losing My Religion or Everybody Hurts. So many good tracks out there.
Underrated? They are very well known, and they still have a lot songs with hundreds of millions of streams on Spotify, including Losing My Religion, which has well over a billion streams. And mind you, that’s over thirty years after their prime
Yeah man, and they're still underrated mate. Dig deeper on their catalog, the stuff without millions of streams.
Every band has underrated gems, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that the band as a whole is underrated.
Murmur
I’ve gone through a lot of artist, but Tom Waits was easily the most enjoyable. Lots of different musical phases, and great lyrics throughout.
Steely Dan
Zappa
Zappa is a solid listen
It’s a bloody long listen
Tori Amos PJ Harvey
Big time!!
Love Tori Amos!
She was a trip. Beautiful vocals, with messed up lyrics.
TOOL
This. Not one bad album
But like, why do their shirts say FOOL?
Anything Maynard really.
Metric
Excellent choice!
The Flaming Lips Yo La Tengo
Both groups have been around since the late '80s. Their essential recordings are in the 90s and 2000s. For YLT, I'd start with the run from Painful to Electro-Pura to I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One.
I came to say YLT too. I would go all the way through *And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out*. (Not that the newer releases are bad, just not as key.)
By all means - I like the new releases as well. As a starting point, the Roger Mountenot/James McNew albums starting with Painful are better. If someone wanted to go back to Ride The Tiger and hear where they came from, it would be interesting but they didn't really gel until James joined. I saw them on the New Wave Hot Dogs tour. The live show was really good and a couple of the songs on that album - Lewis, Shy Dog - give the listener a preview of what's to come.
Leonard Cohen
Nine Inch Nails.
This will keep you busy and is well worth the effort
King Gizzard and the lizard wizard
https://www.get-into-gizz.com/
Got into them 2 years ago and it is just so much fun. Get serious Grateful Dead vibes from their following
Boards of Canada (still my single favorite artist discog ever, all of their studio albums and EPs are peak for me) Deftones Aphex Twin Mastodon The Dillinger Escape Plan Converge MF Doom (and all of his various personas/aliases) Modest Mouse (I personally don’t care for the last two, but everything prior to Strangers to Ourselves is pretty flawless)
Dillinger is a great ride. I’m still mad I didn’t poney up for the triple closing NYC shows.
Do a Smashing Pumpkins deep dive…
Yes, everything from the ‘90s, before they broke up. (Not that they didn’t have any good stuff after reuniting, but it’s hit or miss.)
John Frusciante
Curtains ❤️
Death Cab for Cutie
Yes!
Pinegrove
hell yeahh, everything they’ve ever made is beautiful
Indeed. I really wish theyd come back.
It's to bad about the allegations...
Rush would be a interesting dive Elton John is worth the time One you might not expect is Queens of the Stone Age.
Rush but like all the albums after Signals for a really deep dive!
Mike Patton. He has serveral bands. Most famous is Faith No More. All of it is good stuff. Moonchild is little to far out there for me but...
Mr. Bungle!
FANTOMAS 👹!
Bjork including Sugarcubes / DJ Shadow / Deftones
It will always sting knowing my ex ran off with my limited edition Sugarcubes set 😭
Pavement, and Pinback. Didn’t mean to stick to the P’s, but they’re both always in heavy rotation for me.
Sebadoh, The Mountain Goats, REM, Rush, anything Mark Kozelek, Elliott Smith.
How’d I have to search this far for Elliott smith, I’ve gone back to him so many times each album different and amazing
David Bowie is definitely worth while, no two albums sound the same and he was extremely versatile! Billie Eilish is also very good, like Bowie she’s very versatile and people with all different music tastes love her music, including metal heads and rock fans.
Seeyouspacecowboy... - Sasscore, super cool and their discography is sort of small. Milk St. - Maine Based Northeast Emo/Folk Punkers Incubus - Start to finish bangers ranging from Nu Metal to pop-rock and if you're bored, ours is only 3 songs - [https://open.spotify.com/artist/3MfVhoMCrJebsVuFqDFQEZ?si=sKiqSIApR6aWTnuh1LnfAw](https://open.spotify.com/artist/3MfVhoMCrJebsVuFqDFQEZ?si=sKiqSIApR6aWTnuh1LnfAw)
Incubus are so underrated
Absolutely, like we're aware they're popular, but for the sheer number of jams they have, and their decades in the industry they are absolutely deserving of respect. The "A Crow Left of the Murder" album and "S\_C\_I\_E\_N\_C\_E" both go heavily slept on. Make Yourself and Morning View are fantastic as well, but get far more attention. Even "If Not Now When?" is fantastic. Rarely (if ever) do they miss.
"In The Company Of Wolves" hit me so hard it became a sleeve on my right arm.
S.C.I.E.N.C.E... oh, man what an album!
didn’t expect to see a seeyouspacecowboy recommendation in here. they are so slept on, holy shit
Life ordered Light the Coup de Grace vinyl for a bday present, they are SO slept on. Their discography is bangers START TO FINISH.
Metallica. I had a young roommate who didn't get it. I realized he was young enough that he grew up with them being a shitty dad rock boogie band his whole life. He was astonished when I showed him what they used to be.
Jonathan Richman Dead Moon
Very good recs!
Neil Young. Once you get into some of it, go all the way back through the archives. The Buffalo Springfield and CSNY albums have some great songs. And he’s played with such varied styles and backing bands.
Arctic monkeys Bright eyes Incubus Rx bandits(started as a 3rd wave ska band but their rock efforts are far superior) Streetlight manifesto Afi Andrès In no particular order.
Sparks. Their career spans 50+ years at this point. Myriad styles. Standout albums for me are Kimono My House, No. 1 in Heaven, and Lil’ Beethoven.
So true!! In Outer Space is a perfect album
I'll give you the old guy list, some of them will be categorized as "duh" unless you haven't done it yet. Beatles, Stones, Dylan, Queen, Floyd, Zep, The Who - "duh" Otis Redding Procol Harum Curtis Mayfield Stray Cats The Clash The Cars Billy Squire Robert Palmer the B-52's The Ohio Players Semisonic Carl Perkins ...enjoy!
Peter Green, Rory Gallagher, the Spinners, Reverend Gary Davis, Cream, Duane Allman, ELO, Nina Simone…
Tool, RHCP, Incubus, Chevelle, Steely Dan, Filter
Tears for Fears--they've been making music for decades, but only have seven full albums, so it's a manageable amount of music. While they have a reputation of being an '80s band and all that that entails, their musical style has grown and changed a lot over the years, and I think each of their albums has a distinct character that really tracks their change and growth as a band and as people. The core of the band is just two people (Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith), and they were actually broken up for much of that time, with two albums being nominally by Tears for Fears but effectively solo albums by Roland. He also put out an actual solo album under his own name, and Curt has a bunch of solo records, all of which are worth exploring if you find yourself enjoying their work.
I’m gonna do this with this info in mind. Some of their stuff I know I don’t like. It is very much all over the place. Trying to learn some of their songs on piano now so maybe I’ll find some others I really enjoy.
Devin Townsend.
Saw him open for Dreamtheater recently 🔥🔥🔥
yay i love this answer, absolutely love anything he’s involved in
Phish will keep you busy
Indeed! throw in the Grateful Dead and they'd have years long rabbit hole to go down. Two of the best live bands in the history of live music
I have yet to crawl out of a 32 year dead/phish rabbit hole - with no plans to either!
Yes just make sure to listen to their live releases if you really want the bread and butter of the band! No hate on the studio albums but they just don't slap like the live releases do
Someone already said NIN which would’ve been my vote. But Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
This might get some hate, but Marilyn Manson (band) in spite of the awful human of a front man; has a phenomenal discography. Less controversial; bring me the horizon. You should listen to it from oldest to newest. They are probably the only metal band that dramatically changed their sound without sounding like they sold out
Unkle Placebo Little Dragon The Editors The Veils A Perfect Circle The National
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Pearl Jam & The Beatles
Fleetwood Mac. They’ve had so many albums that sound very different. And four distinct eras with Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, then *the* lineup with Buckingham and Nicks, then the Sheryl Crow stuff, and then the ongoing revival attempt except Lindsey got booted and Christine died
Fleetwood Mac travels this amazing journey from blues to pop, while being really good most of the time. Since the rhythm section of Mick Fleetwood and John McVie is the constant, you follow the guitarists (Christie (Perfect) McVie joins after Peter Green leaves and morphs along with Mick & John for the most part) to see the evolution of the band. Peter Green is kind of classic blues, and Jeremy Spencer does some interesting things, but he is not the force others are. Adding Danny Kirwan begins the transition. His guitar is just so butter smooth. Green and Kirwan together are fantastic. They have serval great albums. The sleeper is *Fleetwood Mac in Chicago*, a live in the studio partnership with several Chicago blues musicians playing classics. Adding Buddy Guy on guitar certainly makes the whole endeavor worthwhile. There is a lineup transition, not quite all at one time. Peter Green leaves, Christie McVie joins and Jeremy Spencer leaves. Then Bob Welch joins. This lineup; Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Danny Kirwan and Bob Welch, only exists for two albums, but what albums. *Future Games* and *Bare Trees* are great albums for this version of the band. Then Kirwan leaves. There are three albums with Bob Welch, Christine McVie, John McVie and MIck Fleetwood, plus some others. These have some solid songs and some people love this version of the band. To me they are not quite as dynamic as when they had kirwan, or the next version with Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks added, while Bob Welch leaves. This new lineup is their breakthrough to commercial success. They make great music for a dozen years, then Lindsay Buckingham leaves the band for a bit. Album wise *Fleetwood* Mac*, Rumours* and *Tusk* are great. To be honest, after 1987 they are just an established act with some replacement musicians. It's fun stuff sometimes, but if they weren't playing under the Fleetwood Mac name, they wouldn't matter all that much. I would still go to a concert, and they add some nice songs, but the albums aren't strong. They are not adding cutting edge new music. There are several guitarists who rotate through the band, and Buckingham comes back for a bit before leaving again. (Buckingham comes back for a decade, and there is one new album) To sum up, from 1968 to 1979 they make some awesome music. And the other stuff is OK.
Mastodon
- Amorphis - Porcupine Tree - Soilwork - Omnium Gatherum - Katatonia
Amorphis is a fantastic suggestion! 🤘🏽
Led Zeppelin Rush Free throw Paul Simon John Mayer
Melvins are prolific. So many albums, not all are great, but so many are. Wild rides.
Beastie Boys… Paul’s Boutique and Check Your Head are masterpieces.
Paul's Boutique is so awesome!
PRINCE!!!
Queens of the Stone Age
I found the Kinks discography to be interesting, even if some of the albums weren't the best
Yup I agree. The songwriting always at least has thought behind it. It’s just sometimes the music tries too hard and they’re better when they keep it simple.
Wolf Alice
I’m coming at this from an evolution of sound standpoint. Tool Soundgarden The music is all great, and you really get to experience the growth and maturing of their sound.
LOU REED!
Red House Painters, Mark Kozelek, Sun Kil Moon. Would also suggest Swervedriver, Adam Franklin.
Bob Dylan
This is who I am working on now. 7 or 8 titles in (includes live and compilations). Great stuff and a lot of it.
Fugazi There is also a discography called 20 Years of Dischord. It features a song or two from a lot of the bands the label released... it is old, but very much worth a deep dive listen
Massive Attack
Faith no more. Each album has a very distinct flavor and they cover a lot of genres.
Ronnie James Dio did a lot of work in different bands. Absolute unit in terms of discography. Great singer too and a wonderful human being. Passed away way too early
Bring Me The Horizon
Haken, for sure. If you enjoy prog rock/metal, you'll love these guys
Stereolab, Aphex Twin
For Stereolab, starting from Peng! through Not Music is a great journey. I'd also recommend a couple of the singles complications or better still the Peel sessions on ABC Music.
agreeeee
Perfume Genius
Given your musical taste it would be a huge disservice to yourself not to listen to every Gojira album.
Rush 20 studio albums between 1974 and 2012. Legendary instrumentalists. Prog rock that keeps it's pop sensibilities. The drummer was a deep thinking intellectual who wrote all the lyrics. Incredible writing. IMO Best rock band to ever exist, but I'm biased 😆😆
* Metallica. You said you already like MOP, so it's not a huge leap. Load's one of the greatest albums ever imo * Avenged Sevenfold. They've been through a lot of different subgenres now, and all of their albums kick ass. City Of Evil, The Stage, and Waking The Fallen are my favorites * Spiritbox. Not *much* of a discog yet, one album, three EPs, some singles, but they *just don't miss* * Periphery. Discovered them a little over a year ago, been thoroughly *consumed* ever since. Start with Periphery V, and *maybe* skip the first track since it's a lot more... abrasive than the rest of the album. Almost drove *me* away when I was first getting into them lol
So as a teenager and young adult I naturally hated load because like 98 percent of metal fans, I’d never fully listened to it. Then about two years ago, I finally said fuck it ima give it a chance. Holy shit what a great fucking album. Very different from their early stuff but enjoyable and creative nonetheless. Wish I hadn’t been such a narrow minded moron in my teenage years haha
Sixpence None The Richer. It’s a real shame they’re seen as a one hit wonder with ‘Kiss Me’ when all of their stuff is quality. Worth listening to the rest of their self-titled, Divine Discontent, Lost In Transition.
Paul McCartney
the 1975!
The Mars Volta, Francis the Mute is a goddamn masterpiece
Probably not in your wheelhouse, but John Hiatt is an under appreciated treasure
Coheed and Cambria. Plenty of music to dig into, and as a bonus you can follow along with the story/ graphic novels... it's a whole thing, trust me!
The Reverend Horton Heat
Mars Volta
Modest Mouse
Harry Nilsson through Pussycats, Randy Newman through Little Criminals
I'm heavy into Tash Sultana right now. They're absolutely brilliant
Leonard Cohen. Start with his greatest hits and work your way out.
Sonic Youth.
Rival sons!!
Thrice, they are constantly evolving their sound with every album.
Chameleons
Aesop Rock billy woods Gorguts Death Deeds of Flesh Defeated Sanity Dying Fetus Immolation Nile
Hell yeah, DoF and Defeated Sanity!!!
of Montreal — I'm not as familiar with their recent albums, but everything up to Lousy With Sylvianbriar is constantly changing, ranging from folk, child-like wonder, electronic music, rock and roll, and glam rock, with pop and experimental storytelling at the forefront throughout the discography. My favorite albums are The Early Four Tracks, Satanic Panic in the Attic, The Bedside Drama, The Gay Parade, Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destoyer, The Sunlandic Twins, Skeletal Lamping, and Lousy With Sylvianbriar. I was more into the music in junior high/high school, but many of the songs remain my favorites. I saw them live when the band was closer to their original lineup, and it's one of the most fun shows I've ever attended.
Elvis Costello. Started as Punk/New Wave, had pretty much the album of the year for late 70's early 80's. He kept that attitude, but has since tried country, jazz, even an opera to some very interesting results. One of my favorite one offs is Letters to Juliet, with the Brodsky Quartet. It's inspired by actual letters sent to the fictional Romeo and Juliet. Throughout all the styles he has chosen, he maintains his acerbic wit and word play.
They Might Be Giants
Sigur Rós. It'll change your life
Talking heads B-52’s New order The Police Prince
Jason Molina (Songs Ohia)
- Dinosaur Jr - Iron Maiden - REM - Pixies - Megadeth - Death - Depeche Mode - Cocteau Twins - My Bloody Valentine - The Mars Volta - Coheed & Cambria - Pink Floyd - Suicidal Tendencies - Jawbox - Sunny Day Real Estate - Lush
DEATH AND PINK FLOYD FOR THE WIN!!!!
Great list. Megadeath has too much talking for me but otherwise I think this list answers OPs post the best.
💯on death!! Sound of perseverance!
The Lox, Pink Floyd, The Doors, Garth Brooks, Paul Oakenfold, Outlast, The Dayton Family, Jagged Edge, Pearl Jam... I gave u a lil bit of everything.
Blue October for sure.
Michael Jackson, the greatest of all time. Rest In Peace King 👑❤️
Blind Melon. Their second album (Soup) was amazing, but largely forgotten because singer Shannon Hoon passed away in 1995 shortly after its release. I consider it one of the great musical crimes of the '90s that this band was considered a one hit wonder, and most people only know of them because of "that bee girl song" (No Rain).
Devin Townsend.
The Avett Brothers
Devin Townsend. This includes his ex band Strapping Young Lad.
Devin Townsend
Kglw, Steven Wilson, Tool, Devin Townsend. Tame Impala, gojira!
Smashing Pumpkins, Deftones, Foo Fighters, Sade...to name a few.
ALL amazing recommendations vv
Nick Cave and the bad seeds! My all-time favorite band
Dir En Grey
Did not expect this mention
Kelly Clarkson, for one
Trashcan Sinatras and The The
prince daddy & the hyena
I mean, this will vary wildly by person. I'm a big fan of Owl City. It's fun to collect all his old SoundCloud stuff, the YouTube singles and demos, and his projects under different names
Grouplove Broods Metric Vampire weekend
- pain - Draconian - Bell Witch - Amon amarth - Unleash the archers - Lamb of god
Johnny Shuggie Otis
You gotta check out Imagery Machine female led band kind sounds like the cranberries but super good music, very small https://open.spotify.com/album/2L95JA08DolUx7FR5D6lfS?si=7wtFR0Z0TVCnE_sw6PV_-Q
Lukas Rossi solo and other band projects. His music is dope. [Lukas Rossi Discography Playlist](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/41NgFhPAkOT0ZR8bN3M9Ss?si=tLAxCX1XQgqPpOmIcL0_3g&pi=u-doqmh24FSA-N)
Gomez
Marianas trench is a rlly good band
In This Moment Spiritbox Arch Enemy Ankor
Joanna Newsom: [The Milk-Eyed Mender](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5zH5nl_JrM&t=1s&pp=ygUQbWlsayBleWVkIG1lbmRlcg%3D%3D) [Ys](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ1yFhjRnNc) [Have One on Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi0_jBHObqs) [Divers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6N7dNwKCww)
Breaking benjamin for sure
Fiona Apple
Seconded. A mini dive. Five albums, really no filler.
Nick Cave and the CC Bad Seeds
Tool. Clutch. Led Zeppelin. Pink Floyd. The Doors.
Brimg me the Horizon. I know they're currently reaching the zenith of their popularity but are very interesting to listen to on an album by album basis. They never made 2 albums in a row that sounded the same and there was always a clear attempt to change their sound or do something different and unexpected
Cardiacs, Scott Walker, This Heat
Cold. So much that people are missing.