I had the itch to start a thread geared towards collaborative music discovery focused on rock and metal bands that have released material since the 90’s. My hope is to get a fun conversation going with other people who are into a lot of the same stuff that I am, which happens to generally be associated with the Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal, Post Grunge, and Blues Rock genres.
This thread was started for two primary reasons. First, my active music discovery efforts have been on the decline over the years. Studies show this apparently happens for most people after ~30. Being 35 with young kids I guess I am guilty of becoming a statistic to a degree, and I know I am not alone. Second, and perhaps more importantly, most of the newer music that I do happen to discover casually is just not doing it for me as much anymore, which in turn decreases the incentive for new music discovery. I would mainly chalk this up to the interests of the majority of the active new music consuming population (i.e. the under 30 crowd) seemingly no longer aligning with mine as much, which means that if newer stuff is getting released that I might like, it is becoming more and more difficult to just stumble across. I am hoping that combining efforts with others in the same boat could help us keep the music discovery flame burning while also leading to a more successful result for anyone else that wants to engage in the discussion.
When I take an inventory of my top 50 favorite bands (excluding classic rock stuff and anything else pre-90s), 88% are classified as being associated with Alternative Rock (according to Wikipedia), 46% would also associate with Alternative Metal, 46% Post Grunge/Grunge, 26% Nu Metal, and 10% Blues Rock. I have attached an image of this list with a loose ranking applied that helps to outline my primary preferences.
For those who want to really dig in and get involved here, I pulled together an excel summary of all of the bands and songs that I currently have in my catch all playlist of stuff that I still have an interest in listening to today to some degree (1,234 songs out of a library of 6,866 songs). Dropbox link below. Can post a pdf or other file format if needed.
Whatever anyone can bring to the table to keep the conversation going is welcomed! It would be awesome to see similar songs lists from others who are into some of this same stuff or hear some recommendations from others of things that were not on this list. Alternatively, favorite band list from others could be another interesting way to help with the exploration here. Anything goes here, and we don’t need to make this just about me. I would love for this to become a resource for others with similar issues too.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/h5k6nh9f1pj3ccd/Music List (January 2020)_v2.xlsx?dl=0
Note, I have a number of CDs that I need to get loaded into my computer, so there is a good bit of stuff missing for Tool, Black Keys, Manchester Orchestra, and Great Van Fleet.
This thread was started for two primary reasons. First, my active music discovery efforts have been on the decline over the years. Studies show this apparently happens for most people after ~30. Being 35 with young kids I guess I am guilty of becoming a statistic to a degree, and I know I am not alone. Second, and perhaps more importantly, most of the newer music that I do happen to discover casually is just not doing it for me as much anymore, which in turn decreases the incentive for new music discovery. I would mainly chalk this up to the interests of the majority of the active new music consuming population (i.e. the under 30 crowd) seemingly no longer aligning with mine as much, which means that if newer stuff is getting released that I might like, it is becoming more and more difficult to just stumble across. I am hoping that combining efforts with others in the same boat could help us keep the music discovery flame burning while also leading to a more successful result for anyone else that wants to engage in the discussion.
When I take an inventory of my top 50 favorite bands (excluding classic rock stuff and anything else pre-90s), 88% are classified as being associated with Alternative Rock (according to Wikipedia), 46% would also associate with Alternative Metal, 46% Post Grunge/Grunge, 26% Nu Metal, and 10% Blues Rock. I have attached an image of this list with a loose ranking applied that helps to outline my primary preferences.
For those who want to really dig in and get involved here, I pulled together an excel summary of all of the bands and songs that I currently have in my catch all playlist of stuff that I still have an interest in listening to today to some degree (1,234 songs out of a library of 6,866 songs). Dropbox link below. Can post a pdf or other file format if needed.
Whatever anyone can bring to the table to keep the conversation going is welcomed! It would be awesome to see similar songs lists from others who are into some of this same stuff or hear some recommendations from others of things that were not on this list. Alternatively, favorite band list from others could be another interesting way to help with the exploration here. Anything goes here, and we don’t need to make this just about me. I would love for this to become a resource for others with similar issues too.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/h5k6nh9f1pj3ccd/Music List (January 2020)_v2.xlsx?dl=0
Note, I have a number of CDs that I need to get loaded into my computer, so there is a good bit of stuff missing for Tool, Black Keys, Manchester Orchestra, and Great Van Fleet.
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