Porridge, Næstved, music, Horten, medical science, daughter, climbing, holy terror, photography, art, Q & Not U, Florida fucking hardcore, Fruityloops, russian prison tattoos, "you're doin a good move out".
As far as bands are concerned, we're talkin (in no particularily particular order):
Wait a minute - let's be totally insane, and categorize for a change. First, I'll list the primary bands, then the secondary. Maslowstyle. Nifty.
PRIMARY:
Rival Schools
Q And Not U
Hot Water Music
Fugazi
Death Cab For Cutie
The Mars Volta
Hail Mary
At The Drive-In
Karate
Frank Zappa
AND THEN THERE'S:
The Dismemberment Plan, Warzone, Sick Of It All, Assück, Jim protector, Children of bodom, Talib Kweli, Decendents, Amulet, The Juliana Theory, Georgie James, Men's recovery project, Integrity, Turbonegro, Gorilla biscuits, A perfect circle, Dropdead, Steely Dan, Placebo, Stephen Malkmus, Sparta, Dillinger Escape Plan, The Cure, Rites of spring, Shiner, Mustash, Logh, The Hellacopters, Naked Raygun, Bullet Train To Vegas, Interpol, Elliott Smith, His Hero Is Gone, Small Brown Bike, Burning Airlines, Soilwork, Pretty Girls Make Graves, JR Ewing, Samiam, Geoff Farina, Maritime, The Fiery Furnaces, Ochre, Jeff Beck, Strikeforce Diablo, Neurosis, The Decemberists, Halo Benders, ALL, And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Appleseed Cast, Bob Hund, Bergman rock, 108, Black flag, Gamma Ray, Explosions In The Sky, Born Against, Frodus, The Shins, Glassjaw, Strike Anywhere, Poison Idea, Lifetime, Kid Dynamite, Current, Unwound, Suffer, Ikara Colt, Los Crudos, The Locust, Jud Jud, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Aftershock, The Icarus Line, Alicia Keys, Hüsker Dü, The Get Up Kids, Steve Vai, Quicksand, Ink And Dagger, Racing Ape, Propagandhi, Built To Spill, Converge, Faraquet, Hot Hot Heat, Further Seems Forever, Killswitch Engage, Jenny Piccolo. And a bunch more.
Hardcore punkrock changed my life bout 10 years ago. It started out with the legendary NYC-band Gorilla Biscuits and DC's Minor threat - needs no presentation I think. American and scandinavian straight edge/hardcore bands were the shit. Youth Of Today, Onward, Bold, Abandoned. That ol' story. As with drugs, you eventually need something stronger - this being bands like Hail Mary, Dropdead, Assück , Los Crudos etc. Later came post-hardcore, when bands like Rival Schools and At The Drive-In got stuck in me throat, and that's probably the genre I'm chokin on mostly nowadays. I wouldn't say I've jumped from one stage to another during my musical socialization (wich'll go on 'till the day I d-d-die), it's more like my taste has broadened. You don't just ditch 7 seconds and Judge over the night, but they might move a few centimeters backwards in the record collection for a short while, if you kna'n'mean.
I also like some of the not-so-braindead hiphop artists, like Black Star. Progressive indie like Broken Social Scene or ..And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead is not a bad idea. The good ol' emo stuff like Rites of spring, Moss icon and Still life is a nice choice for a sunday morning. Emo's become a stupid trend-show, and that's very sad, but still.
If I was gonna recommend one band to you from the bottom of my heart, it would be Q And Not U. They've stopped playing together, but check out Ris Paul Ric and Georgie James. Band members from Q.
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