3 cheers for your favourite new music discovered in 2006

[gavb]

Never heard of these artists/bands in 2005 and now they have swiftly become my favourites. Who have you found this year that you just cant get enough of?

3 cheesr for

Reverend Horton heat
The ledgendary Shack shakers
Old crow medicine show
The Sadies
Neko Case
Tommy Emmanuel
Alisson Krauss and union station

[_ben]

Muse Muse Muse

[Prez]

Johnny A.
Eric Johnson
John Petrucci

I'd heard of Eric Johnson and John Petrucci before, but never listened to them before this year. Now, I love 'em.

[Robot_Boy]

Meshuggah
Frank Zappa
King Crimson
Bubblemath
Chris Clark
Necrophagist

I'd heard bits and pieces by zappa and king crimson before, but never really gave them a proper listen. now im hooked.

[nitro juiced]

Bodom,zappa,trivium...

[Flair]

Satch.
Vai.
Zappa.

I've had a good year for discoveries. :D

[nitro juiced]

^^yes you discovered music :D

[Monkeyboy]

Dragon Force, Necrophagist and Stratovarius are the 3 I was most impressed with.

I've absolutely no idea why I took so long to discover stratovarius. I've been into "power metal" for a long time, and knew of their existance for years, but for some reason never had a listen to one of their albums. I eventually got one, and now I can't believe it took me so long!

[Screw]

killswitch engage
end ever after (real cool guys, got to meet em after a show)

GAVB--if you get the chance, check out union station live-- i'm not a country fan, but ,some great musicians there!!)

Wes Montgomery

[Blisterfingers]

Audioslave (thier first CD)
Godsmack (IV)
Disturbed (Believe)


I never heard of note of anything these guys put out prior to September of this year....

[Zappa]

i might just shed a tear.....look at all the new zappa fans.

for me and every single one of these i have discovered via members of this forum

hilary hahn
gary moore
trey(getting there)
tenacious d
jackson browne(not just discovered, just started paying attention
buckethead
mcalpine


edit*i've known about jackson for a long time

[Screw]

Jo Dee Mesina
Bill Withers
Al Green
Blackfoot
Captian Beyond
Dusty Springfield
KT Tunstall
Joss Stone
Toto (hold the line kicks a$$)
Um, that's all i can remember for the moment

[Frethead]

Mars Volta, Syd Barrett, The Fumes, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Imogen Heap and lots of others i cant remember

[Flair]

Satch.
Vai.
Zappa.

I've had a good year for discoveries. :D

Oh yeah forgot to add SRV to my list...

[justIam]

the Arcade Fire******<- check these guys out if you havent already, it will be worth it
whom else did I start listenin to in 2006...
John Mayer***,
Peter Tosh, Lee "Scratch" Perry.. some more reggae artists*****
Midlake****
Mogwai *****
Philip Glass *****
Sigur Ros ****
Sufjan Stevens *****

That's pretty much all the discoveries I made this year that are worth mentioning.

[Arc]

To be honest with you. I'm an 'anti-indie' guy, but The Kooks was just the most bloomin amazing thing all year.

[justIam]

Meshuggah

King Crimson


:wub:
they are more than awesome.

[tdu]

I really haven't found a ton of music this year. As far as 'new' bands go, I really like The Sword . As far as rediscovering older music, my favourite CD I bought this year was "The Instrumental Hits of Buck Owens and His Buckaroos".

And on the bizarre side, I listened to Manowar so much as a joke that I actually started really liking them now :rotf: . I even bought a DVD they put out.

I have had real problems finding new music I like though the last couple of years.

[Robot_Boy]

:wub:
they are more than awesome.

i wish i could say the same about yours, but sigur ros are disgusting :eek:

[bob123132]

Muse Muse Muse
agreed agreed agreed
:D

[Fender Floyd]

Don Henley
Motorhead
Roger Waters(Ok I knew of him obviously but I discovered his solo career)
Nazareth
Joe Walsh
Steve Vai

[justIam]

i wish i could say the same about yours, but sigur ros are disgusting :eek:
why ? :D

well they arent for everyones taste but i love to listen to them while playing guitar/reading.
but when say, im doing something on the pc, or just walking outside/going to someplace and listening to music.. I dont listen to that type of music

[TeleTristan]

Detroit Grand Poobahs
Junior Brown (gavb if you like Rev. Horton Heat, this guy is great)
Fotheringay
Arthur Lee and Love
Dan Zanes and Friends
Hank Williams III

[mcmurray]

2006 is my Buckethead year. To these ears, it's the best music ever heard.

[gavb]

Detroit Grand Poobahs
Junior Brown (gavb if you like Rev. Horton Heat, this guy is great)
Fotheringay
Arthur Lee and Love
Dan Zanes and Friends
Hank Williams III

Cheers, looking into him now.

[KeithB]

Never heard of these artists/bands in 2005 and now they have swiftly become my favourites. Who have you found this year that you just cant get enough of?

3 cheesr for

Reverend Horton heat
The ledgendary Shack shakers
Old crow medicine show
The Sadies
Neko Case
Tommy Emmanuel
Alisson Krauss and union station

Alisson Krauss came here earlier this year; I got 2 tickets for the show and gave them to my wife and her mom. They enjoyed it a lot.
She does have a great voice, but I'm not really into the genre.
OCMS is good too... the wife got into them last year. I don't mind them at all, but don't know that I'd actively seek them out.

[Muymal]

eric clapton, led zeppelin, ac/dc, black sabbath, dragonforce, dream theater, pearl jam, metallica, vai, jerryc, neil zaza

i think that's it, and yep i pretty much live under a rock. it's amazing what guitar brings me into

[mishmannah]

Tommy Emmanuel, when some muppet posted a "Woodsongs" vid in the Unplugged forum sometime in January, last year. I was kinda stunned to say the least...

Heard recently he played in a venue an HOUR'S drive away from me, and I did not know it. When am I gonna get an opportunity again to attend such a gig? Like the next Solar Eclipse!!! :p

Steve Knightely and Phil Beer blew me away at a gig recently, consummate musicians, found out they hailed from the same town El Hubbo was brought up in...some massive magic happens when they jam with Martyn Joseph...

Went through a little Michael Hedges phase...

Rodrigo i Gabriella

[tomac62]

new bands wolmother and muse

[irisfreamon]

Most of these musicians I knew about but I didn't listen to their music. Now I love them all.

Suffocation
Led Zeppelin
Steppenwolf
Three Dog Night
Hypocrisy
Peggy Lee
The Guess Who
The Senate
Van Halen
Warrant
Def Leppard (SP?)
Sweet
The Kinks
The Yardbirds
Paul Simon
A Street Named James

[Mr. Boston]

Keller Williams
Leo Kottke
Derek Trucks

[scott_c]

I think I started listening to Wishbone Ash this year...

Allman Bro's Band
Jethro Tull
John Lee Hooker
Johhny Winter
The Reverse Engineers
Paul Weller
Dragonforce

[Turbo7MN]

Didn't really "discover" much this year. Wolfmother and Psychostick are pretty good though :)

[ShiggityShwa]

Dragonforce
Racer X
Mr. Big
Satriani
Vai
Dream Theater
Eric Johnson

[Plain G]

Jack Johnson, heard him before but not a full album till a month ago.

[0.1 watts]

It's been a breakthrough year:

The Velvet Underground
Marvin Gaye
Gill Scott Heron
Return to Forever
Rush
Jethro Tull
Camel
Tangerine Dream
Genesis
Bacamarte
The Beatles
The Byrds
Dream Theater

[Bballdude]

SRV/Zeppelin/ACDC just about any classic rock you can think of :)

[AMusicalViking]

Buddy Guy (I knew about him, of course, but never really listened much)

Nile

Suffocation

Hypocrisy

The Crown

Dark Tranquillity

[jay.dot]

Opeth
Tool
Rise Against
Bloc Party

I've also started to get into Killswitch Engage, Borknagar, Lamb of God, The Catherine Wheel and King Crimson. It's been a good year.

[Zeppelin9725]

Mountain, SRV, Deep Purple, Cream, Foghat, GN'R, Iron Maiden, The Allman Brothers Band, and the Who. I love all of the bands i just listed so much, makes me sad i didn't like them earlier, but wow, they all are so great.

[Raycing]

* K.T.Tunstall
* I knew of Allison Krauss but she made a great comeback this year
* Never actually listened to John Mayer before but I figured if he had his own signiture strat he was worth a listen ....glad I did
.
By the way good thread ..

[Garriq]

Satch
Vai
Dire Straits
Gnarls Barkley
Sabbath
The Flower Kings
Jeff Beck
The individual members of Pink Floyd
Megadeth
Ozzy
Spock's Beard

I made huge strides in my musical tastes this year!

[EKrim]

the band

stevie wonder

gov't mule

[amo-guitar]

Malmsteen, Arctic Monkeys, quite a few others really.

[Livetorock]

Avenged Sevenfold
Creed
3 Doors Down
Matchbox 20
AFI

[Highway Star]

Steelheart
Fastway
Lizzy Borden
Killer Dwarfs
Vinnie Vincent Invasion
Don Ross
Gordon Lightfoot
Cat Stevens
Simon And Garfunkel
Bob Dylan


Alot of these I'd heard of, but had never heard their music.

[socialmisfit]

Opeth, Stratovarius, Dark Tranquility, Skyfire, and Obituary.

[scott powell]

Lazy Bee

Gavb

[Highway Star]

Lazy Bee

Gavb

While we're at it, how about:

Smokin' Scott Powell
Bassman
Nunoslash
Fretboardonfire
Plain G

and countless others...

[Priesty]

Robert Randolph & The Family Band is the first thing that springs to mind for me....

Ummm...

Eric Bibb,

hmmm....Last year was probably a bigger year for me...

[gavb]

It's been a breakthrough year:

The Velvet Underground
Marvin Gaye
Gill Scott Heron
Return to Forever
Rush
Jethro Tull
Camel
Tangerine Dream
Genesis
Bacamarte
The Beatles
The Byrds
Dream Theater

Congratulations fella, that is a huge break through in musical discoverey. :)

[t_shirtsnjeans]

I wassa fissin ta say "What about those JamSession musicians huh!!!!"
But yeah, you guys here are the best and I'm hornin' my own toot! :drunk:

[0.1 watts]

Congratulations fella, that is a huge break through in musical discoverey. :)

Thanks, it's all from thunder_birds awesome music collection :D

[doakwolf]

Gary Moore for me this year.

[gavb]

Lazy Bee

Gavb

Why thanks :)

All the Jam Session Blues men and pickers :)

[Jeebas_13]

i noticed someone said toto..

for me it was a big year..
al di meola
genesis(gabriel era)
bruce springsteen
atreyu
emerson lake and palmer
chopin
herbie hancock
john schofield
ozzy osbourne
the smiths
yes
marvin gaye
stevie wonder...

[Robot_Boy]

Opeth
Tool

I've also started to get into Killswitch Engage, Lamb of God and King Crimson. It's been a good year.


yeah man, all ******* awesome bands

[LoveisDead]

Just recently someone got me into Gabriel era Genesis and King Crimson. Very interesting stuff there.

I ended up getting back into Japanese Metal, and thus finding Psycho le Cemu, even if they're more pop-metal than the usual Gothic stylings. Plus, Aya's cute.

I've liked the few Avenged Sevenfold songs I've heard. Can't say much for their visual style or band names (Synester Gates? *groan*) but musically it's pretty close to the japanese style so I can deal.

And on a final note, I'm pretty sure learning to get good at Expert mode Guitar hero is MUCH harder than actually learning how to play guitar. Seriously.

LiD

[ZampraZ]

Eric Johnson Steve Vai John Petrucci

[Mr. Boston]

* K.T.Tunstall



I was wonderin' if someone would mention her. I saw her on Jay Leno or something and she played that single of hers without a band, just using a looper to lay all the parts down. It was pretty damn intense, she definitely won me over.

[shiggity]

I would have to say,


Ben Harper, knew of him but really started listening to.

Tommy Emmanuel, Thanks to good ole JS

Life of the Mind, a.k.a. JimiHaynes

[scott powell]

in all sincerity, i have picked up MUCH more from the players on this forum since i joined than listening to'signed' artists. i have a wah wah lick from hell i picked up from Mr Boston, Gavb gave me a good lesson in musicality, Lazy Bee reinforced with out the song its nothing, Crow Barr and Fretboard on Fire reminded me its not always the number of notes you play,or the speed you play, but WHAT you play,as well as not using the same tones in every song. Jose Curervo taught me how authentic blues SHOULD sound , Plain G gave me a great lesson on playing and singing at the same time,and made me reflect on my shotcomings in that area and Bassman showed me that playing from the heart is a musicians BEST attribute. thanx for a great 2006,and i'm REALLY looking foward to 2007!

[long hair guy]

Zappa, Cake, Buckethead, Guster

[Les_Is_More]

dream theatre, pantera, streetlight manifesto, reel big fish, rage against the machine, OLD chili peppers, sublime, incubus, U2, counting crows, YES, Neil young, black crows, Aerosmith, ZZ top, Dire Straits, Satriani, Bad religion, tom Petty, James Taylor, Bob Marley, Stevie Ray Vaughan, wolfmother, Van Halen, Stone Temple Pilots, Steeley Dan, Iron Maiden, Doobie Brothers, SAntana, Bob Dylan, Black Label Society, Steve Miller Band, CSNY, George Thorogood, A Tribe Called Quest, N.W.A., The Offspring, Chuck Berry and a WHOLE lot more.


ALL cause you guys! :D

[indie_natty]

The View,
The Klaxons,
The Kooks,
Muse,
The Fratellis.

:P

[csloce23]

Had a big year, actually.

James Brown
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Kings Of Leon
Pearl Jam
Smashing Pumpkins
Funk-era RHCP
Soundgarden
TV On The Radio
Sly and The Family Stone
Neil Young
Pink Floyd

[KeithB]

I discovered The Ziggens in 2006, after hearing references to them in Sublime songs for several years.
Good stuff... here's a link: http://www.cornerstoneras.com/ziggensite/
Click on "media" on the top bar thing to download songs for free!

I also got me some (for the first time) ...

Link Wray
Yardbirds
Animals
Ventures
**** Dale

[Acoustic]

Never heard of these artists/bands in 2005 and now they have swiftly become my favourites. Who have you found this year that you just cant get enough of?

3 cheesr for

Reverend Horton heat
The ledgendary Shack shakers
Old crow medicine show
The Sadies
Neko Case
Tommy Emmanuel
Alisson Krauss and union station

+ 1 for union state and ocms.

[Cizzie]

I discovered my daddy's Metallica CD's.. blow them crap a$$ bands I only knew away!!

[schneefux]

I discovered my daddy's Metallica CD's.. blow them crap a$$ bands I only knew away!!


when i saw it was you replying to this thread i knew you´d write metallica :D ALL your vids are metallica stuff ^^

i´d have to say john mayer.

[oar5225]

Slightly Stoopid
Stone sour.....best band to come out this year
The Fray

[blind0_0penguin]

tool
thin lizzy
there's more but i can't remember right now

[mk-ultra]

arctic monkeys

[Hobolad]

Devendra Banhart- took me till '06 to discover the genius of him :(

[saintal]

Never heard of these artists/bands in 2005 and now they have swiftly become my favourites. Who have you found this year that you just cant get enough of?

3 cheesr for

Reverend Horton heat
The ledgendary Shack shakers
Old crow medicine show
The Sadies
Neko Case
Tommy Emmanuel
Alisson Krauss and union station


Congrats on the Reverend and Shack Shakers!!

Let's see, new to me this year... well last year now:

Muse
Ministry
Skinny Puppy
Thom Yorke(solo project)
The Postal Service
VCR
Strife
Champion
Others

[bturner4shortys]

I just recently been into the whole metal/hardcore/death metal scene. I guess headbanging, breakdowns and screeching guitars just make me happy.
I havent lost my oldies though!

- the black dahlia murder
- animosity
- suicide silence
(please dont listen to any of those bands, they will hurt your ears )

[iam2phat]

Dragonforce, Paul Gilbert, Marty Friedman (solo stuff).

[justinsmith47]

Dragonforce sucks

[PhantomThief]

2006 was the year when I really heard and got into Avenged Sevenfold and Muse. Superb stuff, love em.

[plhaug]

THe Hold Steady, The Mars Volta

[Krafty]

Wolfmother, The Sword, The Hives, The MC5, Kyuss, Radiohead. I can't believe I'd never heard of some of those bands, some are also some great new bands that released their first CD around '06.

[Kulyeh]

I've absolutely no idea why I took so long to discover stratovarius. I've been into "power metal" for a long time, and knew of their existance for years, but for some reason never had a listen to one of their albums. I eventually got one, and now I can't believe it took me so long!

Because until fairly recently Finnish metal was non-exsistant to people here in the states due to the way the music industry works here.

I think I discovered Stratovarius a couple years ago myself (or at least I have one of their albums somewhere around here).

[Kulyeh]

Spock's Beard

I made huge strides in my musical tastes this year!

OMG, someone else actually has heard of this band (even though they are a rather odd prog band). :D (Now look what you did, you made me go find the mp3's I have of them)
s

[Kulyeh]

I had to go look in my amazon account to even remember what I ordered last year.

For me it just looks like (in early 2006):
Kalmah
Insomnium
Arsis

[AMusicalViking]

WHOA someone else has actually heard of The Sword! I picked up their album Age Of Winters off of Amazon a couple weeks ago. Sabbath-inspired metal with Norse mythology lyrics :D

[breedlovelove]

Groundation, Broken Social Scene, Kaki King, Ted Greene, and Detholz!

[Plain G]

Big Jack Johnson live in Chicago

[Kulla]

Savage Circus and Six Black Crows are the only two bands that stand out in my momory that I heard in 2006. But there were so many, especially sence i started listening to jazz radio. Heard so many good song and band/trios/ect and most of them i can not put a name too but their melody lines still linger in my mind.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=121712886&MyToken=a4b7f1b4-442c-4043-94b9-042e2b5a5818

Six Black Crows Myspace page. The coolest poser emo band you will ever find!

[Ogier]

Three Huzzah's for:

Vanessa Mae

[Krafty]

WHOA someone else has actually heard of The Sword! I picked up their album Age Of Winters off of Amazon a couple weeks ago. Sabbath-inspired metal with Norse mythology lyrics :D

Yep, heard them on Guitar Hero II, seriously thought it was an early metal band from the 70's, was surprised to hear that they released their first CD last year. Good to hear of new bands playing some good ol' fashion riff rock.

[MSPaintClock]

The list is large because I only started to enjoy music last year. The years before I was listening to what other people liked, and it sucked so I assumed I didn't like music. But then I found something I like and found sounds that were like it.

[SirSkatesALot]

Guess Who
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Keller Williams
Grateful Dead
ICP (No Lie)

Without my freinds, these would still be undiscovered bands.

[tinsmith]

Susan Tedeshi
The Derek Trucks Band

[fretflyer]

necrophagist, threat signal, black dahlia murder, opeth, machine head, meshuggah, unearth, fear factory, dillinger escape plan, all that remains, children of bodom, in flames, soilwork, trivium

plus i got more into dream theater last year

theres probably a few more, but its been a productive year id say

[fretflyer]

Without my freinds, these would still be undiscovered bands.

+1^ id probably wouldnt be obsessed with metal if i didnt join this forum too

[Bound]

I know these guys aren't too new, but I've recently started listening to Mastodon.

Freakin sick band.

[Harris]

Danish band called Mew. Probably some of the best stuff I've come by in a while.

And of course, Albert Hammond Jr.

[KcMsterpce]

I don't know, I still celebrate SUPER COLOSSAL. That's 2006, right?

[baudday]

Guess Who
RHCP
Allman Brothers
George Thorogood (i remembered him more than discovered)
SRV
Journey?

[OldLove]

SRV
Fela Kuti
Funkadelic
Simon and Garfunkel
John Scofield