@Zsone Big fan of your choices! I love all that stuff.

I grew up learning Rise Against and Bad Religion on the guitar. I played guitar in mainly punk and metal bands. Iron Maiden and Children of Bodom were two of my favorite Metal acts mainly for the guitarists.

I eventually switched to the bass and I became a little more laid back in my music choices. Muse is a band that I think is pretty awesome. Great vocals and they've got a great bassist. Very talented 3 piece.


now I'm really into alternative stuff that is probably not well known. Fitz and the tantrums, Hollerado, Metric, The Arkells.

Other stuff I go back and listen to once in awhile...

Blink 182, Foo Fighters, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Dream Theatre, The Offspring, Rush, Bruno Mars and... sometimes Katy Perry... haha

I also play actually bass gitar,but it was long ago with some friends in a cold small garage:)

I started punkrock with offspring,green day,blink182,nofx,rancid but than moved to faster and more less commercial staff. Although now that i'm "older" sometimes it's again good to listen to some slower bands.

I completely forgot about Rancid! I love Rancid! I still really enjoy picking up the bass and rocking out with some of those bass lines.

"...And out comes the wolves" Is easily in my top 5 favorite albums of all time.

when i first listened to ...and out come the wolwes i was in love with that album but from rancid for me its Rancid 2000. Matt Freeman rules on bass...

You rock, Zsone :-) I love all of those bands (older Green Day stuff, especially), and I would truly recommend giving a listen to The Living End. Amazing band from Oz. Their selftitled album is by far their best, in my opinion. I also had the privilege of watching them perform live, and their energy is amazing. Especially the skill of their singer/guitarist is bar none.

I also like some of punk rock but mostly easier stuff like NoFX, Bad Religion, older albums of The Offspring.

As for other non-metal genres, I like System of a Down, Korn, first H.I.M. album, first Linkin park album, Nirvana.

I will check them Garf for sure and now as i read Jaxs comments i realize i didn't wrote his Canadians,for me the best political lyrics is from them,Propagandhi.They are awesome!

Good one, Propagandhi had some very nice songs as well :-) I particularly remember the song Ska Sucks. Hilarious :-D

I feel strange with all you guys here. I only play piano...

I went to music school for piano as a kid but gave up after 2 years. Didn't like the rehearsals. :)

But I play my vocal cords.

Why strange, Peter? Philip Glass has made some amazing pieces on piano, for one :-) I played keyboard myself, which is akin to piano :-)

@Garfman, that's what I started learning on, my good old portable Casio keyboard :) I have Philip Glass's Glassworks on as we speak.

Other good pianists I like are Thelonious Monk, especially The London Collection; Jose Meer Perez, especially his album Pianoscapes; Dr. John; and Albert Ammons (I just wish some of his recordings were better quality).

with so much musical talent here, vincent should make RockingViolin and then be inactive over 2 years

@Peter it takes much more skill to Play the Piano/Keyboard well. I may not be that into the Piano and people who play but I certainly have a lot of respect for those who do play.

@Garfman My best friend that I played in a band with for many years was obsessed with The Living End and Chris Cheney. I remember Cheney specifically always going for a beer bottle and playing a solo to one of their songs with it.

@Zsone I like a lot of Rancid's albums but Wolves has always stood the test of time for me. Their 2009 album Let the Dominoes Fall was really enjoyable for me as well.


A band that I throw in with Blink 182 and Green Day is (obviously to a lesser extent) Sum 41. They had 3-4 really decent albums before it started going downhill.

Not that I watch a ton of music videos but they most definitely made my favorite of all time... Check this out if you have a couple minutes lol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5A70JsKtPw (The Hell Song- Sum 41)