[kwitel]

Been so preoccupied with metal as of late-would like to get some good quality hard rock.
Really havent bought any rock in years, so am pretty much out of the loop.
Looking for good hard rock; no whining/emo, no 2 1/2 minute tracks-just high quality music-if it exists

What I still listen to and like in the genre:
Alice In Chains
Smashing Pumpkins
Queens of the Stone Age
Incubus

Havent heard any Interpol, The Strokes or for that matter-any new rock from the last 5-6 yrs.

So what are the "must have" releases since 2000?

 

[Enverxis]

This may be just me, but I wouldn't bother buying any Hard Rock post-2000, the quality of it is just terrible.

Stuff like The Darkness, Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins is probably the last "quality" stuff IMO

 

[Homeless]

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Originally Posted by kwitel What I still listen to and like in the genre: Alice In Chains Smashing Pumpkins Queens of the Stone Age Incubus

I like all those bands and then some...uh, you may like Chevelle, Deftones, and if you like Queens of the Stone Age try Kyuss if you haven't already.

 

[kwitel]

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Originally Posted by Enverxis This may be just me, but I wouldn't bother buying any Hard Rock post-2000, the quality of it is just terrible. Stuff like The Darkness, Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins is probably the last "quality" stuff IMO

Thats what I thought.
You into the Strokes?
Whats about some good space rock/avante garde rock groups...theres gotta be something good out there thats relatively recent, no?

 

[Enverxis]

I don't actually listen to any of it, and as for avantegarde/space rock stuff you might be best to ask someone else, the only such band I know of is Moonlight, who are sort of the European version of Tool musically, but they've got a female singer and sing in Polish

 

[lmilhan]

It is often difficult for me to categorize music (in my mind there is only two kinds of music: 'good' and 'not so good').

But based on what you have said, I believe you may find a few CDs in the following list that you may enjoy.

Granted some of these groups may border on metal and prog in some people's opinions, but I feel they can just as easily fit into the 'hard rock' category.


Allen / Lande - The Battle
Deadsoul Tribe - January Tree
Freak Kitchen - Freak Kitchen
George Lynch - Furious George
Glenn Hughes - Soul Mover
Gotthard - Lipservice
Jeff Scott Soto - Lost In The Translation
Joe Lynn Turner - The Usual Suspects
Jorn - Out To Every Nation
Pink Cream 69 - Thunderdome
Platitude - Nine
Redemption - The Fullness Of Time
Rob Rock - Holy Hell
Royal Hunt - Eyewitness or Paper Blood
Russell Allen - Atomic Soul
Ten - Far Beyond The World
The Mooney Suzuki - Alive & Amplified
Threshold - Subsurface
Impellitteri - Any Album

As far as the type of hard rock you might hear on the radio (IE popular stuff): I'm not very knowledgeable in that area, since I would rather eat worms than listen to the radio these days. And (as previously mentioned) most popular hard rock is crapola IMHO.

 

[breadcrumbs]

Interpol and The Strokes are not what you're looking for. Both are indie pop-rock; not hard rock by any means. That's not to say that you will not enjoy them, although you may find them a little tame in comparison to the bands that you have been listening to. I'm afraid I can't really help in this genre. You could try Wolfmother's S/T which was released recently.

 

[Enverxis]

The Gathering - Nighttime Birds, How to Measure a Planet? and If_then_else would also match the category I guess.

 

[Old Pa]

How about the remasters of the first five Led Zep albums? Great music and sound quality.

 

[kwitel]

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Originally Posted by Enverxis The Gathering - Nighttime Birds, How to Measure a Planet? and If_then_else would also match the category I guess.

cool...
BTW-I am LOVING Katatonia-The Great Cold Distance...would like the songs to be stratched out another min. or so, but excellent nonetheless.
This is my sound; im gonna try and see them in NY-I think they are coming around in a couple of weeks.

 

[proglife]

Melvins
Om
Comets On Fire
Witch
Boris
Orthodox
The Anarcticans
Bardo Pond

It's a good time for hard rock...try to keep up!

 

[Enverxis]

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Originally Posted by kwitel cool... BTW-I am LOVING Katatonia-The Great Cold Distance...would like the songs to be stratched out another min. or so, but excellent nonetheless. This is my sound; im gonna try and see them in NY-I think they are coming around in a couple of weeks.

I havent bothered following up with them since their early work, afterwards changed styles, their Death/Doom Metal stuff was good apart from me not liking the clean vocals

edit: I'll second Boris as well, they're pretty cool, I prefer their Drone/Doom stuff but the Stoner Rock side is alright as well.

 

[asmox]

I like Chevelle, actually.

 

[proglife]

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Originally Posted by Enverxis edit: I'll second Boris as well, they're pretty cool, I prefer their Drone/Doom stuff but the Stoner Rock side is alright as well.

Boris is so different from album to album. You could call a few releases Drone/Doom

 

[kwitel]

Im gonna give Chevelle a shot-although various music sites refer to it more as alt-metal rather than hard rock?
Eh, who cares-"Wonder whats next" has gotten universally good reviews.