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#1 Xeros606
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i like grunge, post grunge, ebm, industrial, and synthpop but i would like to broaden my music tastes. recommend me 20 bands or more. i was going for 100, but 20 is good. if you can go for more, go for it.
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if you like synthpop check this out (not a rick roll):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB1NZsXiriM

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#3 dissonantblack
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20 EBM and synthpop bands. i'm assuming you know the big name bands so i'll get more abscure

Culture Kultur. Necassary Response, Straftanz, Dawn of ashes, Unter Null, Impact pulse, Tau Factor, anti mechanism, lights of euphoria, skektralized, Noghint nada, Wavefall, Mulphia, backlash, necro stellar, punto omega, Novakill, Tamtrum, Eden synthetic corps, Siva six.

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#4 dissonantblack
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if you like synthpop check this out (not a rick roll):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB1NZsXiriM

skullkrusher13

that's not synthpop.

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#5 Xeros606
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if you like synthpop check this out (not a rick roll):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB1NZsXiriM

skullkrusher13

umm.... no, but thank you. :|

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#6 Crash6
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do you mean bands of the genres you listed or bands of different genres?
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#7 Xeros606
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do you mean bands of the genres you listed or bands of different genres?Crash6

any recommendations are welcome, but id prefer if they were from different genres.

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#8 Crash6
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The Go! Team Interpol Le Tigre Silversun Pickups Postal Service Gorillaz Weezer Yeah Yeah Yeahs Wolfmother Death Cab for Cutie Modest Mouse Page France Rage Against the Machine It's not 20 but I hope you find interest in at least some of them
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#9 gasmaskman
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Pixies, Faith No More, Circle Takes the Square, Streetlight Manifesto, Converge (really hard to get into, very heavy metalcore), Botch (same as before), Godspeed You! Black Emperor, American Steel, Minus the Bear, Tera Melos, Neurosis, Isis, Jesus, Baroness, Porcupine Tree, Wolves in the Throne Room, The Fall of Troy, The Pax Cecilia

A wide range of bands.

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#10 Bill900
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Queens of the Stone Age
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#11 Luka-Kovach
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Here's a little bit of everything:

Fiona Apple

Michel Camilo (specifically, On Fire)

Tool

Jerry Garcia & David Grisman

Buckethead

Jimi Hendrix

Jeff Beck

Katatonia

Sure they're not 20... but they're all good ;)

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Louis Armstrong

Miles davis

Dizzy Gillespie

Charlie Parker

John Coltrane

Clifford Brown

Freddie Hubbard

Gordon Goodwin

Theloneus Monk

Herbie Hancock

Duke Ellington

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Ensiferum

Wintersun

Opeth

Blind Guardian

Sonata Arctica

Stratovarius

Nightwish

3 Inches of Blood

Hamerfall

Therion

Rhapsody of Fire

Kreator

Gojira

Dream Theater

Behemoth

Necrophagist

Dark Moor

Iced Earth

Kamelot

:)

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#14 Cerussite
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Every band in this list.

Here's what you can expect from most of the bands on that list.

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Smashing Pumpkins
Maximum the Hormone
Nine Inch Nails
The Pillows
abingdon boys school
Daft Punk
Crystal Castles
The Doors
The Clash
Polysics
Tool
System of a Down
In Flames

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#16 LJS9502_basic  Online
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The Cure, Placebo, Depeche Mode, New Order, Joy Division, Gary Numan, Cruxshadows, Mogwai, The Clash, Pixies, Sisters of Mercy, Mission UK, Echo & the Bunnymen, Nine Inch Nails, Bella Morte, Rosetta Stone, London After Midnight, Social Distortion, Sublime, Love & Rockets, David Bowie, Smashing Pumpkins...etc.
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#17 metallica_fan42
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A few bands I enjoy-Alice in Chains,Silverchair(Especially the album Frogstomp)Deep Purple,The Allman Brothers,Steppenwolf,Megadeth,Pantera,Antrax,Black Sabbath,Rage Against the Machine,The Who, The Guess Who, and, well you get the idea, I'm done listing bands.
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#18 Thechaninator
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Here is some good rock:

Muse

Incubus

The White Stripes

Earshot

Chevelle

Crossfade

Staind

Lostprophets

Alice In Chains

Stone Temple Pilots

Some good metal:

Static-X

The Human Abstract

Nevermore

Machine Head

Opeth

Solwork

Nightrage

In Flames

The Dillinger Escape Plan

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#19 nirvana563
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Freezepop is synthpop

The Prodigy is techno/industrail
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Paramore is really cool and they have a different sound.
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#21 Large_Soda
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Faith No More, Isis

gasmaskman

Me likeeeeeee.

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#22 kurtoronie
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Adam Green-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKmSAHaw8fI

the strokes-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErEnYkE7z_I

the libertines-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwhHdeHJ1Yk

babyshambles-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am8C47g41Nk

red shag carpet

the vaselines-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPRfo71SpRI

the velvet underground-

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#23 Cerussite
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Paramore is really cool and they have a different sound.Cpt_Apollo
I found it funny how they ripped off At the Drive-In, though. Especially the lyrics.
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#24 Severed_Hand
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Ensiferum

Wintersun

Opeth

Blind Guardian

Sonata Arctica

Stratovarius

Nightwish

3 Inches of Blood

Hamerfall

Therion

Rhapsody of Fire

Kreator

Gojira

Dream Theater

Behemoth

Necrophagist

Dark Moor

*************Iced Earth**************

Kamelot

:)

dante_123456

that is some epic power metal in there, i do say.

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#25 Shiggums
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1. Led Zeppelin

2. Pink Floyd

3. The Doors

4. The Verve

5. Collective Soul

6. The Rolling Stones

7. The Who

8. Black Sabbath

9. Queen

10. Van Halen

11. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

12. The Eagles

13. The Edgar Winter Group

14. Deep Purple

15. CCR

16. Alice Cooper

17. Blue Oyster Cult

18. Cream

19. Jimi Hendrix

20. Bob Seger

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#26 Orlando_Magic
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Since you're trying to broaden your tastes, try these:

1. Funkadelic
2. Sly & the Family Stone
3. Stevie Wonder
4. Marvin Gaye
5. Miles Davis
6. John Coltrane
7. Jimi Hendrix
8. Velvet Underground
9. Gil Scott-Heron
10. Donny Hathaway
11. Pink Floyd
12. Nick Drake
13. Curtis Mayfield
14. Isaac Hayes
15. Outkast
16. A Tribe Called Quest
17. Public Enemy
18. Tupac
19. Notorious B.I.G.
20. Nas
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I think you would like Husker Du. They paved the way for all those grunge bands and they are better than all of them put together.

Also, The Beatles

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#28 someotherguy654
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Definitely Hüsker Dü. Thumbs up to zepman.

Also, you might like Kyuss, High on Fire, Baroness, and Fu Manchu.
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#29 tzar3
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Heres some metal for you: Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Saxon, Accept, Motorhead, Scorpions, early Metallica, Megadeth, Sodom, Anthrax, Black Sabbath, Amon Amarth, Metalium, Slayer, Dio, Iced Earth, Primal Fear, Wizard, Deicide, Testament.
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#30 Greyhound222
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Queens Of The Stone Age:**** Red Hot Chili Peppers:***** Metallica:***** Pearl Jam:**** Rage Against The Machine:*** Muse:*** R.E.M:**** The White Stripes:*** Joe Satriani:*** Stevie Ray Vaughan:**** Guns n' Roses:**** Thin Lizzy:***** U2:*** Faith No More:** Umm,that's all I can think of now.
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#31 Xeros606
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alringht thanks everyone! :) most of the musicians listed were already known to me though. i already know of (and like) half of the suggestions and knew of but did not like about 10%. theres still a lot of artists i should check out in this list though!
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#32 fat_rob
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The GZA
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Bad Religion, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, The Misfits, Samhain, Agent Orange, The Adolescents, The Germs, X, The Stooges, The Avengers, The Lurkers, Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Circle Jerks, Crass, TSOL, The Dead Milkmen, 45 Grave and oddly enough, Freezepop.

I bet no one expected me to put that last one on here.

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#34 Panzer-schreck
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I'll only give you 10, even though this is only a microcosm of the entire scope of my musical tastes.

Alice in Chains

Pearl Jam

Nirvana

Soundgarden

Santana

Red Hot Chili Peppers

The White Stripes

Jimi Hendrix

Stevie Ray Vaughan

ZZ Top

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#35 SuperVegeta518
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Lately I've been listening to

Billy Talent

Breaking Benjamin

Sick Puppies

Red

Killswitch Engage

Wolfmother

Anberlin

Foo Fighters

The Killers

Three Days Grace

Lostprophets

Powerman 5000

Papa Roach

30 seconds to Mars

Escape the Fate

Godsmack

Linkin Park

Seether

The Used

Finger Eleven

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Streetlight Manifesto, and Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution.
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#37 Robert-ace
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maximo park 1208 the futureheads anything NME can throw at you
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#38 musicalmac  Moderator
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Dylon, Dylon, Dylon, Dylon, Dylon.. That's all I got.
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TEMPLE OF THE DOG ( Chris oconell and the dude from peal jam) download this song

Hunger strike- temple of the dog

and then... mmmmm freedoom by rage agains the machine

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Nine Inch Nails, Trent Reznor should keep you busy enough.
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#41 btaylor2404
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Nine Inch Nails, Trent Reznor should keep you busy enough.
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#42 Nifty_Shark
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The Strokes, Soul Asylum, Sublime, The Cardigans. Those are some bands that don't get mentioned too much on Gamespot so I just threw them out there.
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#43 Bellatrix13
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I personally love A.F.I. They consistently make great music.
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Dream Theater

Cynic

Atheist

Fates Warning

Suffocation

Faith No More

Mr. Bungle

King's X

Melvins

Porcupine Tree

Slint

Symphony X

Public Enemy

Gorguts

Autechre

Damian Marley

Isis

Pelican

King Crimson

Kyuss

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#45 Cerussite
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Melvins

Slint

Autechre


Pelican


brettlotr
Nice choices.
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#46 Whight_Knight
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I dunno if anyone has listed the Melvins , but you should try them.

Also , The Pixies , White Stripes , R.A.T.M , Raconteurs etc ....

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#47 Whight_Knight
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Melvins

Slint

Autechre


Pelican


Cerussite

Oh , someone DID mention the Melvins :P

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NIRVANA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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#49 Lyphe2k
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Soul Coughing

Daft Punk

The Servants

Jamiroquai

Sly & The Family Stone

Matchbox 20

Michael Jackson

Disturbed

Muse

Gorillaz

Beck

Coldplay

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#50 1stCommando
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1. Corey Smith
2. Jimmy Buffet
3. Hank Williams Jr.