My all-time favorite band is The
Beatles. To me, no band ever in the history of
rock music has done what the Beatles did. To study their
music is like a
lesson in Music Theory because they seemed to use every
aspect of music
in their music. And plus, any band that can re-invent
itself as much
as the Beatles did and still churn out such fabulous
music is amazing!
This is my #1, all-time favorite album ever, the Beatles'
"Rubber Soul"
album. If you've never heard it, do yourself a favor
and buy it!
You can say whatever you want about Nirvana,but
in my opinion,
they did almost as much for music in the early 1990's
as the Beatles
did in the 1960's. My personal favorite Nirvana CD is
"Bleach".
Jimi Hendrix
is my all-time favorite rock guitar player. But the thing
that so many people forget about Jimi is that he really
wrong some
very beautiful songs.
For a prime example of Jimi's songwriting skills, I highly
recommend
picking up a copy of his 1968 album "Axis, Bold as Love"
(pictured above).
This is PJ
Harvey. She's my favorite songwriter. Her
newest CD is called "Is This Desire?" But, in my opinion,
her best CD is, by far, "Dry".
PJ's "Dry" CD is right up there with The Beatles' "Rubber
Soul",
in my opinion.
I've been a fan of Garbage
since I first heard "Vow" back in 1995.
Recently, I've really gotten into them again, mostly
because my
friend Elsa is so into them. They're a great band! The
coolest thing
about them to me is that under all the techno drum beats
and keyboard
parts, they write really good songs! You can also click
here
for another
great Garbage page or check out Elsa's
page for more cool pictures!
Thanks to her for letting me steal a couple of them!
I saw Tori Amos play
live at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis, MO in
June of 1996. The place was sold out and me and my friends
had
front row seats. She was positively mind blowing! I highly
recommend her "Little Earthquakes" CD. It's great!
I saw Smashing
Pumpkins play live back in 1994. They were
great! Billy Corgan seems to have mellowed some in his
older
age but if you wanna hear them at their rockin' best,
you must
get a copy of their first CD, "Gish". The picture I used
of
them is from their "Gish" era.
In my opinion, R.E.M.
is one of the classiest bands in music.
Sure, they're a little too political at times, but who
cares?
Their music is what really counts! Some of my favorite
songs
by them include, "So. Central Rain", "Radio Free Europe",
"Fall On Me", "Man on the Moon" and "Everybody Hurts".
It's WAY too hard for me to pick one of their CDs as
their
"best". They're all good in their own ways!
Like R.E.M., U2
puts a lot of class into their music. To me,
their songs are powerful and emotional. Some of my favorite
CDs by them are, "War", "The Joshua Tree" and "Achtung
Baby".