Bands you dig in genres you normally dislike

Kreator (I don't usually like music with that vocal style, but I really like Pleasure To Kill and Terrible Certainty).


Not a country music fan, but I like Mary Chapin Carpenter and Dwight Yoakam.

Not a band, but I generally dislike any form of country music, though I absolutely LOVE "The Thunder Rolls," by Garth Brooks.

For me it's Enigma.

I don't really know how to classify what they do. Is it electronica? Is it symphonic electronica? I have no idea what to call their music but I generally dig it.

Don't really like Doom but really LOVE Candlemass' Tales of Creation.

Don't really like folk/americana music but LOVE Vigilantes of Love (and also REM).

Not sure how to categorize it but Robert Randolph has some great music.

allthingsmetal wrote:

Don't really like Doom but really LOVE Candlemass' Tales of Creation.

Get Epicus Doomicus Metallicus and Nightfall next.

Eyesore wrote:

Not a band, but I generally dislike any form of country music, though I absolutely LOVE "The Thunder Rolls," by Garth Brooks.

I've always liked that song too. His stuff got played around my house a lot when I was little.

MACHINE HEAD - Burn my Eyes

Required Fields wrote:

allthingsmetal wrote:

Don't really like Doom but really LOVE Candlemass' Tales of Creation.

Get Epicus Doomicus Metallicus and Nightfall next.

I have had those in the past. ToC is the only one I really even liked and I LOVE it.

System of a Down
I seriously think these guys were very talented musically.

Motley Crue (first two only)
Keel - The Right To Rock
Not into glam at all, but I really consider these first two Crue albums just metal. I guess I think Keel was too.

80s Metal Lady wrote:

Kreator (I don't usually like music with that vocal style, but I really like Pleasure To Kill and Terrible Certainty).

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IMO those are the two best Kreator albums. Good call!

Man, I think everyone in the world likes 'Thunder Rolls', let's just be honest here, am I right?

tohostudios wrote:

For me it's Enigma.

I don't really know how to classify what they do. Is it electronica? Is it symphonic electronica? I have no idea what to call their music but I generally dig it.

I'm kind of an Enigma freak and I agree, especially the last..3-4 records, it's just this rich, incredibly produced blend of amazing sound that still manages to - in some way - be pop of some type. It can also get incredibly dark. I LOVE the later Enigma stuff.

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

Man, I think everyone in the world likes 'Thunder Rolls', let's just be honest here, am I right?

Honestly, I hate it.

I am a fan of both Adelle and Tim McGraw

I'm not normally a fan of grunge, but I really dig Soundgarden.

Alice in Chains, Paramore, System of a Down, Lucifer's Friend.

Yeah, I'll go with Alice in Chains too.

S.D. wrote:

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

Man, I think everyone in the world likes 'Thunder Rolls', let's just be honest here, am I right?

Honestly, I hate it.

Not sure I know it, but I'll just assume I don't like it because it's Garth Brooks.

S.D. wrote:

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

Man, I think everyone in the world likes 'Thunder Rolls', let's just be honest here, am I right?

Honestly, I hate it.

This^^^^^^ xTen Million. Garth Brooks is the Spawn of Satan and the root of everything foul and filthy.

OK, a little overboard - but he really was the single biggest reason so many great rock n roll bars turned into trendy hillbilly pubs in 1990 around here.

I like some country, usually the outlaw stuff but I detest Garth.

UNCLE SAXON'S KICKASS CDS wrote:

S.D. wrote:

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

Man, I think everyone in the world likes 'Thunder Rolls', let's just be honest here, am I right?

Honestly, I hate it.

This^^^^^^ xTen Million. Garth Brooks is the Spawn of Satan and the root of everything foul and filthy.

OK, a little overboard - but he really was the single biggest reason so many great rock n roll bars turned into trendy hillbilly pubs in 1990 around here.

Now that I think about it, he did kind of lead the pack of "modern country", didn't he? I remember when he played 6 consecutive sold-out 20,000 seat shows in Philly. I was wondering where all these big hats and bigger belt-buckled folks were coming from. Ick.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

UNCLE SAXON'S KICKASS CDS wrote:

S.D. wrote:

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

Man, I think everyone in the world likes 'Thunder Rolls', let's just be honest here, am I right?

Honestly, I hate it.

This^^^^^^ xTen Million. Garth Brooks is the Spawn of Satan and the root of everything foul and filthy.

OK, a little overboard - but he really was the single biggest reason so many great rock n roll bars turned into trendy hillbilly pubs in 1990 around here.

Now that I think about it, he did kind of lead the pack of "modern country", didn't he? I remember when he played 6 consecutive sold-out 20,000 seat shows in Philly. I was wondering where all these big hats and bigger belt-buckled folks were coming from. Ick.

I'd say it was kind of a team effort between Garth and Billy Ray ("Achy Breaky Heart") Cyrus. They both hit it big around the same time if memory serves.

The difference, of course, is that Garth hung around for a good long while, but Billy Ray quickly went off to One Hit Wonderville until his daughter became old enough to exploit on the Disney Channel.

allthingsmetal wrote:

Not sure how to categorize it but Robert Randolph has some great music.

I would classify Robert Randall and the Family as a blend of Funk/Rock/Blues/Soul as each of these elements are very prevalent in the music. I hope that is the musician that you are referring to anyway.

Dark Horseman wrote:

I like some country, usually the outlaw stuff but I detest Garth.

Not quite what you mean by "outlaw stuff" but to me I assume you mean more of the honky-tonk variety of country? Kentucky Headhunters, Confederate Railroad, early Travis Tritt, Kris Kristofferson and so on?

I do like Chris Ledoux quite a bit, but Garth is horrible.

jettafiend wrote:

Dark Horseman wrote:

I like some country, usually the outlaw stuff but I detest Garth.

Not quite what you mean by "outlaw stuff" but to me I assume you mean more of the honky-tonk variety of country? Kentucky Headhunters, Confederate Railroad, early Travis Tritt, Kris Kristofferson and so on?

I do like Chris Ledoux quite a bit, but Garth is horrible.

He was definitely speaking of Waylon, Willie, and the Boys. The Highwaymen, David Allen Coe, 60s/70's Cash, etc. I also love the Outlaw stuff.

jettafiend wrote:

Not quite what you mean by "outlaw stuff" but to me I assume you mean more of the honky-tonk variety of country? Kentucky Headhunters, Confederate Railroad, early Travis Tritt, Kris Kristofferson and so on?

I'd say he means the likes of Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, David Allen Coe and Jesse Colter. The original "ootlaw" country of the early/mid 1970's