The rock page.
Below are links to some rock music you might like and might not have heard,
organized into 6 loose categories. Let me know what you like and I'll send
more.
These lists are very scattershot. It's music I'm familiar with, the you likely
haven't heard,
that's available to play online.
The stuff
I posted
originally
is cyan or blue
The stuff added since is pink or red
Classical (not rock)
Nicholas Britell
Amazing: Middle of the World from
the Moonlight Score (I played this for you when you visited)
more from the Moonlight Score
Ryuichi Sakamoto
forgettable movie, unforgettable score: Snake
Eyes Score
Craig Safan
If the stuff above is too melancholy try this: The Last Starfighter Score
Elmer Bernstein
A
Symphony based on the Magnificent Seven Score:
it's not the original, but has
outstanding recording quality.
Jerry Goldsmith
The Chinatown Score
Hard Rock / Heavy Metal / Progressive Rock
Guns
N' Roses
By every tangible
measure the most musically successful rock band in history is not The Beatles
or
The Rolling Stones, it is Guns
N' Roses:
November
Rain Sweet
Child of Mine Welcome
to the Jungle Paradise
City Patience Estranged
Don't
Cry
Their Iconic
Albums: Appetite for Destruction Use Your Illusion I Use Your Illusion II
Alice in Chains
Goofy name, but their music is dark
and serious.
The first song on their first album
is called We Die Young: 2 of the 4 band members did.
The song we heard on the radio about the Vietnam Veteran: Rooster
Their iconic album Dirt, which is mostly about self-loathing and
self-destruction. Good times.
This list is mostly composed of their pop hits.
Mad Season
Same lead singer as Alice in Chains.
24 years ago you heard this song on
the radio and
liked it: I don’t know Anything
also check out: Wake
Up
Metallica
The 2nd most popular heavy metal
band ever (behind Guns N' Roses).
Nothing
Else Matters Unforgiven
Enter
Sandman Master of Puppets
Based on the Hemingway book: For
whom the Bell Tolls
Based on the Movie The Ten
Commandments: Creeping Death
Metallica's official list - WARNING there's a
song called One with a video you may find
disturbing.
Nightwish
The world's most successful
symphonic metal band, from Finland.
Aramanth
Nemo
Pink Floyd cover: High
Hopes
The musicians in this video are not
necessarily the actual band: Bye
Bye Beautiful
Way over the top: Phantom
of the Opera
List
Audioslave
Tom Morello may be the most
innovative guitarist in rock history: list
Black Sabbath
I don’t know if you'll like Sabbath,
but I had to include them because they are the most important
heavy metal band ever, though at
this point their music is more appreciated than enjoyed: list
Ozzy Osbourne
After leaving Sabbath Ozzy launched
a successful solo career: hitlist
Iron Maiden
Dad might like this one: Empire
of the Clouds (fan video)
The
Number of the Beast (the opening narration is much quieter than the song)
Hallowed
be Thy Name Run
to the Hills The
Trooper
A greatest hits album
Living Colour
Many bands tried to copy Guns N'
Roses formula, only Living Colour was good enough to succeed:
Cult
of Personality Type
Megadeth
some of the best guitar work
ever recorded: Hanger 18
A
Tout Le Monde In
My Darkest Hour Peace
Sells
A
greatest hits album
Queensryche
Their noir political thriller novel concept
album: Operation
MIndcrime (a
summary of the plot)
Their list
Rainbow
Deep Purple guitarist Richie
Blackmore founded this band and over the years has collaborated
with many vocalists and musicians. Here are 2 songs with Ronnie
James Dio’s lyrics and vocals
Stargazer Gates
of Babylon
Scorpions
German band that has had a lot or
personnel over the years and made a diverse catalog of music.
I’m just learning that they are
massively popular, there is a song on this list with 685 million hits.
Not near the top of that list is
their famous sports anthem (that you’ve likely heard): Hurricane
Van Halen
Their iconic first album Van Halen
Yngwei Malmsteen
Yngwie is best without a vocalist: Here’s an instrumental list
In 1989 Yngwie played 2 shows in
Leningrad and the his performances of Black Star are amazing:
Black Star Live Black Star Live
Frank Zappa
Avant-Garde rocker was famous for some of the best rock
musicianship ever recorded or played.
Awesome guitar solo stars at 1:53: Muffin
Man
Massively influential record from 1969: Peaches
En Regalia
Zappa's most popular song: Cosmik
Debris
This is hilarious, watch with anyone: Frank
Zappa on The Steve Allen Show
Best
of Frank Zappa
If you like Tommy Emmanuel (and you do) try…
Joe Satriani
Buckethead – Has recorded thousands of guitar
pieces, if you don't one try the next
Here’s a list with some more names (this list leans a bit
heavy)
Pop / Light Rock
Coldplay
Among the most popular bands ever: list
Duran Duran
Ordinary
World A
View to a Kill
Ordinary World was an outlier, Duran
Duran mostly makes dance pop: list
Eagles
I'm sure you've heard their music
before they were the kings of “South California Country Rock”
Hotel
Caliornia
list
Gerry Rafferty
Two huge hits: Baker
Street Right
Down the Line
Blues rock/ Classic rock
AC DC
The band’s first lead singer was Bon
Scott (who’s lower class Scotch-Australian accent takes some
getting used to). He wrote the lyrics
of Highway to Hell to celebrate his hedonistic lifestyle.
He's the
rock star who drank too much and
choked to death on his own vomit (not a legend). The band’s
next album was called Back in
Black and featured the song Hell’s
Bells that some American Christians
took literally.
Here’s their list. Warning: they have written
some sexually explicit songs that may be on this list.
Aerosmith
list
Black Mountain
They
made one really badass song:
Mothers
of the Sun
I haven't found anything else from the I like, but you
can try: list
Greta Van Fleet
I’m not a huge fan, but you might
like these guys: list
Led Zeppelin
list
PInk Floyd
One of the greatest albums ever: Dark Side of the Moon
This list
has some of hits from there diverse
catalog
Rival Sons
I don't know if you've kept up with them, but they've released 2
albums since I first introduced you:
Hollow Bones
Feral Roots
The Black Crowes
From Atlanta, popular in the 90s. Their
biggest hit songs.
The Black Keyes
An indie-blues band based in Nashville. Their official list.
Blues Traveler
Famous for John Popper's harmonica. Their
official list.
Brother Cane
From Alabama. You may remember their song "That Don't Satisfy Me"
from their self-titled
debut album.
On their second album, they changed their sound and scored a hit
single: And
Fools Shine On.
Collective Soul
Hippie-rock band from Atlanta. Maybe the hippiest band name ever.
Here's
a long list that starts with their biggest hits.
Hootie and the Blowfish
From South Carolina. Their first album was huge. huge.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Shepherd
is the guitarist
Lynyrd Skynyrd
You remember these guys don't you? From Jacksonville. Some of their hits.
Ted Nugent / The Amboy Dukes
You've heard these before: Stranglehold, Journey to the center of the
mind.
Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Had some hits in the 70s, including the classic "Jackie
Blue", The first song on this list.
Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam's first album is one of the greatest ever, 4 of the
first 6 songs are rock classics.
The album has some disturbing lyrics: Pearl
Jam - Ten
The band is famous recording and publishing every concert.
Some of those live recordings are included in this official
list. Don't miss Sirens.
They also covered the 1961 "road rock" song Last Kiss.
Queen
This extensive official list
begins with Queens' biggest hits. If you don't like a particular song,
try the next song because each of their songs is different.
Freddie Mercury's real name
was Farrokh Bulsara. He was from Zanzibar. Maybe your doctor knew
him.
Soul Asylum
Had one big hit: Runaway Train. You may
remember Somebody to
Shove. One more: Black
Gold.
Steve Miller Band
Steve Miller Band stayed together and kept making hits into the
80s (they're still at it). Their hits
Stone Temple Pilots
Known to rock fans as STP. Some love 'em. Some hate 'em. Decide
for yourself.
George Thorogood
Classic boogie rocker. list
Type O Negative
You might disapprove of this band's gothic & occult lyrics.
You might approve of their late 60s garage-rock sound.
Try one song: Black no.1
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Texas blues rocker who died young in a helicopter crash. Some of his biggest hits.
Jack White
White is unapologetically trashy. He's also a great guitarist.
He's been in numerous bands.
The
White Stripes Jack
White The
Dead Weather The
Raconteurs
Folk rock / Alternative rock / Indie Rock
Florence
& the Machine
You may remember the song Dog Days are Over
Nick Cave
I don't even know where to begin describing the vast catalog
on Nick Cave's work, except that
it is very diverse, if you don't like a
song try the next one.
Be aware: some of his songs are quite violent: list
The Tragically Hip
The most popular artists in Canadian history: official list
Weezer
Quirky guitar rock band (though the first song on this list
is uncharacteristically dark): list
4 Non Blondes
Many goods songs, only one hit, but what a hit.
Airborne Toxic Event
They've had one big hit so far;
this song is better if you DON'T watch the video: Sometime Around Midnight.
Barenaked Ladies
Canadians. Very Canadian. "If I had a Million Dollars"
is on this
list.
Jeff Buckley
Jeff published one
album in 1994. Great voice. In
1997 he drowned in the Mississippi river.
The album and other recordings became popular after he died.
Leonard Cohen
I'm not a big Cohen fan, but he kept making new music until he
died at 82.
Here's
an official list.
Counting Crows
Big in the 90s. Great band. Their official list.
Dave Matthews Band
Great band. Official
list
They have many good albums, here's 3: Under
the Table and Dreaming
Busted
Stuff (so named because this album was bootlegged on the internet before
they finished)
Big
Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
All
of their albums are posted official.
Everclear
Don't listen without
a hanky: Father
of Mine
Their official list.
Fair to Midland
Talented indie band from Midland, TX of course. Their
official list.
Album: Fables
from a Mayfly
Hozier
Young singer from Ireland has had one big hit so far. He sings
like Elvis.
You've probably noticed by now that songs and their videos don't
always match.
Take me to Church is a song about a man in a confused relationship with
his girlfriend.
The video is a protest of Homophobia. Neither the song or video is
about going to church.
Mazzy Star
They had one big hit: Fade into you.
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
They're kinda like Chicago. "The Impression that I get",
The first song on this official list,
is a classic.
The National
Very popular indie band. Their
official list.
Their most succesful song: Bloodbuzz
Ohio.
R.E.M.
The most influential and possibly most popular alternative rock
band of all time.
They were from Athens, GA. Their official list.
Shawn Mullins.
Lisa likes this guy (at least she did 20 years ago). Had one big
hit: Lullaby.
Sheryl Crow
After that she changed to a more mainstream sound: official list.
Spin Doctors
Had a hit album back in the 90s: A
pocket full of Kryptonite
Toad the wet Sprocket
Bad name, good band, again. Their official list.
The Toadies
You may remember Possum
Kingdom, a song about a vampires before vampires were cool.