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Bands that see you through the hard times....

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 Sl@te Head 12 Jun 2018

For me.....

NiN

The Verve

Radiohead

Linkin Park

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 Stichtplate 12 Jun 2018
In reply to Sl@te Head:

The Pixies

Jane's Addiction

Queens Of The Stone Age

Mudhoney

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In reply to Sl@te Head:

Plus +1 for Radiohead

Also, I recently discovered Mark Lanegan which is uplifting despite its melancholy.

youtube.com/watch?v=I7JCndWHBRg&

There's a disconnect between the video and the tune though, I reckon. Best to ignore the vid and hear the lyrics/music!

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In reply to Sl@te Head:

Peter Hammill's been there for me a few times when I needed someone to articulate what I couldn't express.

T.

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 Stichtplate 12 Jun 2018
In reply to Phantom Disliker:

> Also, I recently discovered Mark Lanegan which is uplifting despite its melancholy.

Great voice. One of my favourite tracks fronting for QOTSA.

youtube.com/watch?v=r2mybZ3KT2E&

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pasbury 12 Jun 2018
In reply to Sl@te Head:

Spiritualized

Neil Young

PJ Harvey

Led Zep

Orbital

 ben b 12 Jun 2018
In reply to Sl@te Head:

Eels

Elbow

other bands beginning with E are available 

b

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I can eat 50 eggs 12 Jun 2018
In reply to Sl@te Head:

I am Kloot

The Beta Band

Here we go Magic

In reply to Sl@te Head:

Zeppelin and Soundgarden

Ice T, Bodycount, Dre, Snoop

Sepultura, Pantera, Korn

Stranglers, Damned and Dead Kennedys

see me through just about anything, even other people listening to Radiohead ;-(

In reply to paul_in_cumbria:

There's accepting your melancholy or there's using as fuel for your indignation (I suspect you indulge in the latter judging by your playlist) there's a place for both approaches I believe

 Tobes 12 Jun 2018
In reply to Sl@te Head:

At the drive in

Steely Dan

David Bowie

The Cure 

Zappa and Beefheart 

 ring ouzel 12 Jun 2018
In reply to Sl@te Head:

Yes

Genesis

Pink Floyd

Thunder

Yes (so important they needed to go in twice!)

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 MonkeyPuzzle 12 Jun 2018
In reply to Sl@te Head:

Tool - easy to lose yourself in the song structures and different time signatures plus plenty of cathartic shouty bits.

Dark Dark Dark - beautiful melancholy tunes and Nona Marie Invie’s lovely deep voice.

Toots and the Maytals - musical Prozac. Can’t stay sad listening to Toots.

Portishead - you want sad? We’ll give you sad.

 alanblyth 12 Jun 2018
In reply to Sl@te Head:

Matchbox Twenty

Placebo

Michael Kiwanaku

Nirvana

 
 Bobling 12 Jun 2018
In reply to Sl@te Head:

Joy Division

The Cure

Aphex Twin 

 Blue Straggler 12 Jun 2018
In reply to Sl@te Head:

Helen Love
K McCarty (specifically her Daniel Johnston covers album)
Alessi's Ark
allo darlin


and to give it some balance both in terms of gender and in style and material, The Triffids and Two Gallants

 Dave Garnett 12 Jun 2018
In reply to Sl@te Head:

Nick Cave

 Stichtplate 12 Jun 2018
In reply to MonkeyPuzzle:

> Tool - easy to lose yourself in the song structures and different time signatures plus plenty of cathartic shouty bits.

If you're going through hard times surely Tool would tip you over the edge?

Unless you're just going for the Henry Rollins pep talk on Bottom?

 

 Chris Harris 12 Jun 2018
In reply to ben b:

> Eels

> Elbow

> other bands beginning with E are available 

Elastic. 

 MonkeyPuzzle 12 Jun 2018
In reply to Stichtplate:

> If you're going through hard times surely Tool would tip you over the edge?

> Unless you're just going for the Henry Rollins pep talk on Bottom?

>

Ha! The early stuff is pretty bleak but from Aenima onwards I’d say some of it is pretty transcendental.

pasbury 12 Jun 2018
In reply to ben b:

Or just e.

 Andy Hardy 12 Jun 2018
In reply to Sl@te Head:

The red hot chilli peppers. Not been the same since jelly roll Morton left though...

pasbury 12 Jun 2018
 Stichtplate 12 Jun 2018
In reply to MonkeyPuzzle:

> Ha! The early stuff is pretty bleak but from Aenima onwards I’d say some of it is pretty transcendental.

A Perfect Circle recently released a new album. Not got round to it yet though.

Edit: unintended crap pun.

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pasbury 12 Jun 2018
In reply to Sl@te Head:

The beasties gonna sort you out

youtube.com/watch?v=Naf5uJYGoiU&

 JohnO1978 13 Jun 2018
In reply to Sl@te Head:

Foo Fighters

Iron Maiden 

ACDC 

The Verve

Choice is mood dependant...

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 Blue Straggler 13 Jun 2018
In reply to Sl@te Head:

Interesting gender bias on this thread. Aside from my female-heavy posting, plus others naming PJ Harvey and Portishead, and let's put Pixies in there too as Kim Deal was a key member, all these bands are very male (I don't know all line-ups, and I know Paz "new Kim Deal" Lenchantin was in A Perfect Circle)

I'm not really making any strong point here, it's just an observation

cb294 13 Jun 2018
In reply to Sl@te Head:

Hard times demand acoustic, folky stuff! So,

Bonnie Prince Billie

Willie Tea Taylor

Gillian Welch

Natalie Merchant

 

 

 Danm79 13 Jun 2018
In reply to Sl@te Head:

Some good suggestions above, but I think Massive Attack’s Mezzanine is perfect if you need a melodramatic soundtrack to wallow to.

OP Sl@te Head 13 Jun 2018
In reply to Phantom Disliker:

> There's accepting your melancholy or there's using as fuel for your indignation (I suspect you indulge in the latter judging by your playlist) there's a place for both approaches I believe

I think you're assumption is correct, it's amazing how musical tastes can be a reflection of our personalities....

Thanks for all the suggestions above, I'll check out the ones I'm not familiar with.

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