I guess I'm living in the past. I miss the music of the late 60's to early 80's. Intricate musical compositions weaving melodic tapestries. Yes, Styx, Kansas, Old-Old Elton John (and I do mean the ancient stuff like Madman Across the Water), Bowie (especially Ziggy Stardust), some Judas Priest and earlier Def Lepard, even Pat Benatar's first few albums and (a moment of silence please) Fleetwood Mac's Rumors ... and so many more. Individually musically creative, with their own unique sound, and just the right hooks.

I can't stomach most modern day, cookie-cutter cr@p - at least what I've been hearing. I just told you what I like; can somebody, anybody, make some current day recommendations? Please ... I'm desperate. I'm a rocker actually gravitating toward modern-day country because its more creative and musical than any modern rock that I'm hearing ... and you have NO idea how much it horrifies me to say that.

Please, Oh god's of music, answer my prayer.

Oh, by the way. The Beatles and Who were Pop? Give me a break. In a world of Frank Sanatra, Englebert Humperdinck and Bobby Vinton, Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, and Elvis, groups like the the Beatles, Who, Yes, Animals, Rolling Stones, etc. were hard rock. To look back from modern-day times with 35 years of musical evolution and call them "POP" is just ... well, ... just plain wrong.

PSS. I go to lots and lots of concerts, classic and modern, and if you have appreciated my musical tastes above then I've got to tell you, in the last few years, 3 concerts stand out. Heart, Nugent, and The Knack. The Wilson sisters are incredible. Anne still hits every note as hard and clearly, and Nancy is out on stage doing leg kicks over her head and spinning around, playing guitar like they were still in their twenties. Ted flat out rocks (including his short anti-drug message: "Ozzy did drugs now Ozzy's brain dead. I went hunting and I'm still Ted"). His guitar playing sounds like 2 guitars, and they both kick a$$. The Knack - it was the first time I'd ever seen them live - and they were true to their music, playing their hits and quite a bit of the realy good, obscure stuff off their first album, with sound quality that did their music justice. I highly recommend all three.

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Uhhh.... Ted Leo probably is too poppy for you, I guess? I'm trying to thin but everything that's coming to mind is post-punk, dance-punk, 80s punk, metal... haha, wanna try something kinda new?

Actually, Mastodon might fit the bill if you're open minded. They rock. Hard. I think everyone will agree.

And about the Beatles and the Who being pop, they're pop(ular). I doubt anyone was referring to them as the genre "pop".

EDIT: Unless they referring to the Beatles boy band days. That was pop... still good in it's own way though.

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I think you'd like PJ Harvey's Songs of the City, Songs of the Sea, You Am I's #4 Record, the Soundtrack of Our Lives' Behind the Music and, hopefully, Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire's The Swimming Hour. I'll think a little bit more and try to post others later.

bucyruss, if you like Fleetwood Mac, then check out Midlake's latest...definitely in thrall to that feel.

I reckon you would go for the Drive By Truckers also, as they bang out great guitar lines, and acheive a real muscular sound.

My Morning Jackets' Z is an excellent updating of classic rock.

Gov't Mule are a hard rockin' beast;

Monster Magnet are a throwback to classic Hawkwind & Sabbath.

Trust me with these, I share yr tastes listed, more or less.

I was thinking about the Raconteurs and the White Striped maybe?

One question:

Are you looking for something new that's just in kind of a similar style or do you want something that's an obvious throw-back?

If you want the latter, then why not just go back to those albums and also search for some similar albums from the same 60's/70's period?

You might try the sampler cd that comes with Classic Rock magazine. I'd also recommend the Black Keys and Radio Moscow.

As far as stuff that ROCKS goes, I can't suggest much modern music - it's all a bit 'commercial indie' right now so the music scene is tamer than usual.

However, the bands that always get me throwing the devil horns like it's 1989 are -

Ministry (particularly Psalm 69)
Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction
Queens of the Stone age (I think you'll like them a lot if you haven't heard them already)

These bands certainly aren't modern (One of them no longer exist), but their albums are great whatever year you're in. Caution though - they can be 'on the heavy side'.

For your country-tinged stuff try Hank Williams III 'Straight to hell' - it's country music, but it ROCKS in a severe way (AND it's modern). The fast bluegrass triggers adrenaline in much the same way as speed metal - seriously.

I should add that Judas Priest are still releasing good albums. Maybe go and hunt down some recent ones?

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Ministry (particularly Psalm 69)

Just put this album on.

I'll suggest the obvious: Wolfmother.

EDIT: Also, if you can handle Gothic Doom Metal, Type O Negative put out a very good album a few weeks ago. Very 80s.

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Have you listened to "Nuggets", that four CD box set? I think it to be right up your alley.

if you want a serious throw-back to 70's arena rock, try out Rye Coalition. they remind me a lot of AC/DC...like an indie rock AC/DC. They're a bit rough around the edges but I dig most of their stuff.

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Have you listened to "Nuggets", that four CD box set? I think it to be right up your alley.

Amazing boxset. Def. worth checking out if you're into garage psych

I'll second the Queens of the Stone Age recommendation, if your not already familiar with them. Wolfmother and Midlake are both good recommendations as well. They're pretty well throwback groups, so you shouldn't have much of a problem getting into them. My Morning Jacket are good if you're into long guitar solos and very upfront vocals (one of my favorite bands, by the way.)

I'm going to throw in a nod for The Hold Steady. Pretty straight-forward band with obvious classic rock influence. Plus, they've got one of the best lyricist around today. Check out "The Swish"or "Chips Ahoy!",two of their most immediate and awesome songs.

I think Ted Leo would probably be good. He rocks harder sleeping than many bands do while they're awake. Along the same lines are The Exploding Hearts, who sadly won't be making any more records ever again (car crash killed three of them). They've got hooks aplenty and massive guitar presence.

Also: Midlake's okay, "Roscoe" is good. The rest of their latest album kind of puts me to sleep, though... and this is from someone who listens to Iron and Wine and the National Lights.

Queens of the Stone Age
The Black Keys
The White Stripes
Wolfmother
The Sword
Eagles of Death Metal
Sam Roberts

Comets On Fire do some cool neo-psychedelic hard rock (Blue Cathedral is the album I liked a lot). Gotta second the Mastodon notion too.

Probably also up your alley, Death From Above 1979 (You're A Woman, I'm A Machine.) Got it for a friend who listens to nothing but classic rock/hard rock, he admitted he wasn't expecting much thinking my musical taste didn't "rock hard enough" but he was really wow'd, they ended up being one of his favorite bands for a while (I saw them live, they to' it up.) Also, Boris and Lightning Bolt are cool if you can deal with the weirder noise-rock sounds. Still good and loud/brutal though IMO.

You might like Clutch. They got a a stoner rock sound with some southern rock boogie thrown in. There early stuff is a bit rough, but anything after there first album is pretty solid.

Everyone has mentioned the Queens of the Stone Age, so i'll throw out Kyuss. Not terribly current but they're the progenitors of the Queens. Down tuned heavy riffs with plenty of extended guitar solos.

If you like Bowie, maybe you'll dig Destroyer. Rubies is very good, but it's more like Hunky Dory than Ziggy Stardust.

I agree with the Lightning Bolt comment, one of the best bands around right now.

Boris, QotSA, The Sword and Kings of Leon are all pretty solid rock/hard rock/metal bands with a good number of albums to choose from.

What's an of music? A.k.a Plurals don't have freakin' apostrophes.

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What's an of music? A.k.a Plurals don't have freakin' apostrophes.

RE:?

Pointing out grammatical errors kills rock and roll?