Musical Nations

[amberleaf]

Reading a recent post made me think about the subject of which countries have a good musical history. Im proud of the british rock and pop history.......

what are the top 10 bands/artists in your country, in your opinion????

British

-Led Zepellin
-Black sabbath
-The Beatles
-The Rollin Stones
-Queen
-Iron Maiden
-The Clash
-David Bowie
-The kinks
-The Who

these arent my favorite but i'd consider them the biggest/most talented.

[Fredrik]

Um, I don't think there are any good ones.

[amberleaf]

are you dutch.......???

[Batman]

Fredrik said:

Um, I don't think there are any good ones.

That's bullshit. Sweden has several great musicians, like Günther or Vikingarna..

[Fredrik]

amberleaf said:

are you dutch.......???

No. Anyway, in the context of this thread, I wish I were either American or Japanese.

[Fredrik]

Wait, there's one good Swedish musical group.

Philemon Arthur and the Dung.

[Bucket]

Cube Squared is a good Swedish band.

Given, they don't exist-- but their one single KICKED ASS.

[Remilia Scarlet]

My home country:
-Slayer
-Duke Ellington
-Glen Miller
-Billy Vaughn
-Omar Santana
-Juan Atkins
-Derick May
-Louis Armstrong
-Arturo Sandoval
-Frankie Knuckles

Half of those I don't listen to much at all anymore, but I consider them pretty important.

And wat I will call my adopted home country since I doubt anyone else will list from here:
-Kazumasa Oda
-Hamasaki Ayumi
-Utada Hikaru
-Melt Banana
-Loudness
-Agatsuma Hiromitsu
-Porno Grafitti
-Gackt
-Hyde/L'Arc~En~Ciel
-Mana/Moi Dix Mois

[Bank]

Hmmm...America has already been done, so, I guess I'll leave Soviet Russia up to Captain Red...

[Quast]

Comiclez said:

I guess I'll leave Soviet Russia up to Captain Red...

except he's an aussie

[DooMer87]

i'm splitting this.

Ireland

1.U2
2.(my uncle's cousin's friend is in this) Fields of Green
3.U2
4.U2
5.U2

USA

1.Green Day...?
2.Blink 182
3.Michael Jackson...yeah right
4.U2
5.uh...frankie goes to hollywood?

[Ed]

Amerika:
- Nine Inch Nails
- Frank Zappa
- Captain Beefheart
- Dick Dale
- Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
- My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult
- Butthole Surfers
- Ministry
- Velvet Acid Christ
- The Jesus & Mary Chain
- The Doors

There are plenty of good Sweedish metal bands:

- Dimmu Borgir
- Opeth
- Children of Bodom
- Amon Amarth
- Månegarm
- Yngwie Malmsteen
- Meshuggah
- In Flames
- Dark Tranquillity
- Mayhem (Norway, close enough.. Hellhammer is one of the fastest recorded drummers ever)

[baronofhell]

U.S.

Korn
Tool
Nine Inch Nails
Eminem
Dr. Dre
Queens of the Stone Age

[Alboroto]

Ecuadorian bands:

-Rocola*Bacalao http://www.rocolabacalao.com/home.html
-Can-Can http://www.can-can.org/
-Kruks en karnak
-Verde 70
-Mama Vudu mamavudu.com
-38 que no juegan 38quenojuega.com

My personal favorite is Rocola*Bacalao. Funny lyrics.

[TawmDee]

British bands lolz

-Desecration
-Napalm Death
-Carcass
-Iron Maiden
-Judas Priest
-Gorerotted
-Motorhead
-Black Sabbath
-Bolt Thrower
-Extreme Noise Terror

NOT BIASED FOR SURE

[Bank]

Quast said:

except he's an aussie

And I'm Alf, it really doesn't matter.

[david_a]

Canada, specifically Vancouver.

Front Line Assembly + 100 side projects
Skinny Puppy + 100 side projects
Numb
Strapping Young Lad

EDIT: Well I'm not Canadian nor do I live there, but whatever. It needed to be mentioned.

[Sharessa]

Err...there are good bands from America?

I'm kidding...kind of...

- Alice in Chains
- Frank Zappa
- Cake
- The Velvet Underground
- Nine Inch Nails
- Monster Magnet
- Soul Coughing
- Tool
- cEvin Key (I think he's American)
- Failure

Most bands I listen to come from Britain, Germany, or Belgium. o_o

[pilottobombadier]

Canada:

Voivod
Annihilator
Rush
Big Sugar
Anvil
The Tragically Hip

That's about all I like from my own country. Most of what I listen to is American prog-metal and European (mainly British and German) power and thrash metal.

Although, from the UK, the bands/Musicians I respect the most are:

Judas Priest
Dire Straits/Mark Knopfler
Bruce Dickinson
Eric Clapton
Jeff Beck
Elton John before his wrist went limp

From the US:

Testament
Overkill
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
Dream Theater
Alice Cooper

From Germany:

Rammstein
Kreator
Nevermore (i'm pretty sure htey were German...)
Primal Fear

From Scandinavia:
Stratovarius

[Ed]

Goddamn you Canada for having Rush and Skinny Puppy..

[Dittohead]

amberleaf said:

these arent my favorite but i'd consider them the biggest/most talented.

Please don't confuse "biggest" with "most talented".