Lists

List: Overrated Guitarists

I really enjoy talking to my friends that are musically inclined and have discussions about this and that. One of the constant things that always comes up is who we think are overrated in terms of players, bands, etc. Today I thought I’d focus on creating a list of those that are overrated guitarists. I’m not saying they aren’t good players, just that they aren’t all that “Great.” Keep in mind that this is just my opinion and it’s ok that you don’t agree…I won’t get mad! I’m sure there are others as well, so go ahead and add them in the comments.

1. Slash
2. Eddie Van Halen
3. Dimebag Darrell- Pantera
4. Kerry King- Slayer
5. Kirk Hammett- Metallica
6. Synster Gates- Avenged Sevenfold
7. Zacky Vengence- Avenged Sevenfold
8. Pete Townshend
9. Joe Perry

List: Best Vocalist

I’ve done lists about the greatest bassists, guitarists, and drummers but have yet to conquer the vocalist list. So here we go. In NO PARTICULAR ORDER, here is the list of the best vocalists. Again if I missed any add them in the comments, and I’ll add them to the list!

 

1. Jim Morrison- The Doors
2. Robert Plant- Led Zeppelin
3. Roger Daltry- The Who
4. Trent Reznor- Nine Inch Nails
5. Jon Bon Jovi- Bon Jovi
6. Philip Anselmo- Pantera/Down
7. Ken Andrews- Failure/Year Of The Rabbit/On
8. Chino Moreno- Deftones/Crosses/Palms
9. James Hetfield- Metallica
10. Layne Staley- Alice In Chains
11. Eddie Vedder- Pearl Jam
12. Chris Cornell- Soundgarden
13. Mark Lanegan- Screaming Trees
14. Thom Yorke- Radiohead
15. Jerry Cantrell- Alice In Chains
16. William Duvall- Alice In Chains
17. Jasan Radford- One Side Zero/Abloom
18. Jimmy Gnecco- Ours
19. Gavin Rossdale- Bush
20. Maynard James Keenan- Tool/A Perfect Circle
21. Kurt Cobain- Nirvana
22. Dave Grohl-Foo Fighters
23. Corey Taylor- Slipknot/Stone Sour
24. Johnny Rivers
25. Lajon Witherspoon- Sevendust
26. Clint Lowery- Sevendust/Call Me No One
27. Scott Kelly- Neurosis/The Road Home/Corrections House
28. Josh Homme- Queens Of The Stone Age
29. Scott Weiland
30. Mike Patton- Faith No More/Fantomas/Mr. Bungle/etc
31. David Bowie
32. Roger Waters- Pink Floyd
33. David Gilmour- Pink Floyd
34. Robert Smith- The Cure
35. Dave Gahan- Depeche Mode
36. Morrissey- The Smiths
37. Jonny Rotten- Sex Pistols
38. Joey Ramone- Ramones
39. Lou Reed- The Velvet Underground
40. Bob Dylan
41. Jack Bruce- Cream
42. Ian Curtis- Joy Division
43. Bruce Dickinson- Iron Maiden
44. Rob Halford- Judas Priest
45. Neil Young
46. Richard Patrick- Filter
47. Jimi Hendrix
48. Ozzy Osbourne
49. Ronnie James Dio
50. Grace Slick- Jefferson Airplane
51. Peter Steele- Type O Negative
52. Jesse Leach- Killswitch Engage/Times Of Grace
53. Brent Smith- Shinedown
54. Iggy Pop
55. Daniel Johns- Silverchair
56. Jim Ward- Sparta
57. Cedric Bixler- At The Drive In/The Mars Volta
58. Stephen Brodsky- Cave In/Mutoid Man
59. Bob Mould
60. Pete Loeffler- Chevelle
61. Aaron Lewis- Staind
63. Axl Rose- Guns N Roses
64. Perry Farrell- Jane’s Addiction/Porno For Pyros
65. Chuck Ragan- Hot Water Music
66. Ian Astbury- The Cult
67. Jeremy Enigk- Sunny Day Real Estate/The Fire Theft
68. Beth Gibbons- Portishead
69. Brian Molko- Placebo
70. Hope Sandoval- Mazzy Star
71. Ben Flanagan- The Trophy Fire/Black Map
72. Gavin Hayes- Dredg
73. Henry Rollins
74. Marilyn Manson
75. Jesse Hasek- 10 Years
76. Jonny Hawkins- Nothing More
77. Freddie Mercury- Queen
78. Don Henley- Eagles
79. Lindsey Buckingham- Fleetwood Mac
80. Stevie Nicks- Fleetwood Mac
81. Matt Berninger- The National
82. Matt Talbot- Hum
83. Walter Schreifels- Quicksand/Rival Schools
84. John Bush- Armored Saint/Anthrax
85. David Coverdale- Whitesnake
86. Sebastian Bach
87. Jeff Angell- Walking Papers
88. Scooter Ward- Cold
89. Billy Idol
90. Billy Corgan- Smashing Pumpkins
91. Jesse Lacey- Brand New
92. Jonathan Davis- Korn
93. Brandon Boyd- Incubus
94. Pepper Keenan- Corrosion Of Conformity
95. Shirley Manson- Garbage
96. Janis Joplin
97. Ann Wilson- Heart
98. Fiona Apple
99. Joe Elliot- Def Leppard
100. John Fogerty- Creedence Clearwater Revival

List: Best Track 1’s

I was recently watching High Fidelity and one of the top five lists they were discussing was the top track one side ones of albums. So I thought to myself what are my favorites. Below is a list IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER of the best track ones side ones. I know there are plenty more, so add them in the comments!

Alice In Chains- Them Bones (Dirt)
Alice In Chains- We Die Young (Facelift)
Alice In Chains- Rotten Apple (Jar Of Flies)
Brand New- Sowing Season (The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me)
Guns N Roses- Welcome To The Jungle (Appetite For Destruction)
Guns N Roses- Civil War (Use Your Illusion II)
Led Zeppelin- Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin II)
Led Zeppelin- Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin III)
Led Zeppelin- Black Dog (Led Zeppelin IV)
Led Zeppelin- Achilles Last Stand (Presence)
The Doors- Break On Through (The Doors)
The Doors- Roadhouse Blues (Morrison Hotel)
Cream- White Room (Wheels Of Fire)
Tool- Stinkfist (Aenima)
Tool- Vicarious (10,000 Days)
Rage Against The Machine- Bombtrack (Rage Against The Machine)
Rage Against The Machine- People Of The Sun (Evil Empire)
Metallica- Hit The Lights (Kill Em All)
Metallica- Fight Fire With Fire (Ride The Lightning)
Metallica- Battery (Master Of Puppets)
Metallica- Blackened (…And Justice For All)
Nirvana- Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nevermind)
Nine Inch Nails- Head Like A Hole (Pretty Hate Machine)
Nine Inch Nails- Mr. Self Destruct (The Downward Spiral)
Nine Inch Nails- Somewhat Damaged (The Fragile)
The Velvet Underground- White Light White Heat (White Light/White Heat)
Failure- Saturday Saviour (Fantastic Planet)
Failure- Let It Drip (Magnified)
Stone Temple Pilots- Dead and Bloated (Core)
Smashing Pumpkins- Cherub Rock (Siamese Dream)
Black Sabbath- Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath)
Black Sabbath- War Pigs (Paranoid)
Black Sabbath- Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath)
Black Sabbath- Neon Knights (Heaven and Hell)
Deftones- Bored (Adrenaline)
Deftones- My Own Summer {Shove It} (Around The Fur)
Deftones- Diamond Eyes (Diamond Eyes)
Foo Fighters- All My Life (One By One)
Bush- Everything Zen (Sixteen Stone)
Sunny Day Real Estate- Seven (Diary)
Korn- Blind (Korn)
Neurosis- Through Silver and Blood (Through Silver and Blood)
Neurosis- Burn (The Eye Of Every Storm)
Neurosis- We All Rage In Gold (Honor Found In Decay)
Down- Temptation’s Wings (Down I: NOLA)
Slayer- Angel Of Death (Reign In Blood)
Slayer- South Of Heaven (South Of Heaven)
Slayer- War Ensemble (Seasons In The Abyss)
Faith No More- From Out Of Nowhere (The Real Thing)
Faith No More- Land Of Sunshine (Angel Dust)
Silverchair- Israel’s Son (Frogstomp)
Silverchair- Emotion Sickness (Neon Ballroom)
Pearl Jam- Once (Ten)
Pearl Jam- Go (Vs)
Soundgarden- Rusty Cage (Bad Motor Finger)
Black Flag- Rise Above (Damaged)
At The Drive In- Arcarsenal (Relationship Of Command)
The National- Fake Empire (Boxer)
The National- Terrible Love (High Violet)
Filter- Hey Man Nice Shot (Short Bus)
Mad Season- Wake Up (Above)
Sparta- Cut Your Ribbon (Wiretap Scars)
Placebo- Meds (Meds)
Portishead- Mysterons (Dummy)
Incubus- Megalomanic (A Crow Left Of The Murder)
Quicksand- Fazer (Slip)
Far- Bury White (Water and Solutions)
Cave In- Jupiter (Jupiter)
Drive Like Jehu- Caress (Drive Like Jehu)

 

List: Best Double Albums

These are the best double albums, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER! These are also studio albums and not live albums.  I’m sure I missed some, so add them in the comments.

1. Pink Floyd- The Wall
2. Led Zeppelin- Physical Graffiti
3. Guns N Roses- Use Your Illusion I & II
4. The Beatles- White Album
5. Jerry Cantrell- Degradation Trip
6. Smashing Pumpkins- Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness
7. Nine Inch Nails- The Fragile
8. Failure- Fantastic Planet (According to Kellii Scott)

Most Anticipated Albums Of 2015

2015 is here with means lots of new music to sink our teeth into. Below is a list of bands who seem ready to release a new album in 2015. I’m sure there will be plenty more to add to this. This list is in no particular order!!!!

1. Marilyn Manson- The Pale Emperor
2. Radiohead-?
3. Metallica-?
4. Coal Chamber
5. Team Sleep
6. Deftones?
7. Killswitch Engage?
8. Refused
9. Failure
10. Alice In Chains?
11. Filter
12. Amen
13, Mutoid Man
14. 36 Crazyfists
15. Corrections House
16. Neurosis
17. 10 Years
18. Sumac
19. Faith No More
20. The Cure?

And The Winners Are…

What a great first year for my little site. Thank you all for taking the time to check out Audioeclectica. I hope you’ve enjoyed what you’ve read so far. There will be plenty more in the new year with some new features as well. The winners were picked based on fan votes and my personal opinion. And now the results of the first annual Audioeclectica Awards.

Best Guitar Duo:

1. Mastodon- Brent Hinds and Bill Kellher
2. With Our Arms To The Sun- Josh Breckinridge and Joseph Leary
3. And We Are Them- Chris Matalone and Nick Bradford
4. Aeges- Kemble Walters and Cory Clark
5. New Cathedral- Ricky Stevens and Scott Perez
6. Slipknot- Jim Root and Mick Thompson
7. Wovenwar- Nick Hipa and Phil Sgrosso
8. Sevendust- Clint Lowery and John Connolly
9. Every Time I Die- Jordan Buckley and Andy Williams
10. At The Gates- Andres Bjorler and Martin Larsson

And The Winner Is: Josh Breckinridge and Joseph Leary of With Our Arms To The Sun

Best Album Cover:

1. With Our Arms To The Sun: A Far Away Wonder (Justin Slattum)
2. Mastodon: Once More Round The Sun (Skinner)
3. And We Are Them- City Of Ghosts (Chris Matalone)
4. Every Time I Die- From Parts Unknown (Joby Ford)
5. Obliterations- Poison Everything (Derrick Snodgrass)
6. Wild Throne- Blood Maker (Orion Landau)

And The Winner Is: With Our Arms To The Sun: A Far Away Wonder (Justin Slattum) and Mastodon: Once More Round The Sun (Skinner)

Best Bassist:

1. Joseph Breckinridge- With Our Arms To The Sun
2. Ben Flanagan- Black Map
3. Austin Barber- Obliterations
4. Jeff Johnson- Wild Throne
5. Tony Baumeister- Aeges
6. Michael Kerr- Royal Blood

And The Winner Is: Ben Flanagan of Black Map

Best Drummer:

1. Chris Robyn- Black Map
2. Mike Land- Aeges
3. Brian Hollenbeck- And We Are Them
4. Ben Thatcher- Royal Blood
5. Noah Burns- Wild Throne
6. John O’Connell- He Whose Ox Is Gored
7. Morgan Rose- Sevendust

And The Winner Is: Chris Robyn of Black Map

Best Guitarist:

1. Mark Engles- Black Map
2. Pete Loeffler- Chevelle
3. Paul Balmer- Machines Learning
4. Joshua Holland- Wild Throne
5. Shaun Morgan- Seether
6. Shaun Lopez- Crosses

And The Winner Is: Mark Engles of Black Map

Best Vocalist:

1. Ben Flanagan- Black Map
2. Pete Loeffler- Chevelle
3. Brann Dailor- Mastodon
4, Troy Sanders- Mastodon
5, Kemble Walters- Aeges
6. Chino Moreno- Crosses
7. Corey Taylor- Slipknot
8. Gavin Rossdale- Bush
9. Lajon Witherspoon- Sevendust

And The Winner Is: Ben Flanagan of Black Map and Chino Moreno of Crosses

Song Of The Year:

1. Failure- Come Crashing
2. Failure- The Focus
3. Dekades- Red Trolley
4. Black Map- I’m Just The Driver
5. With Our Arms To The Sun- Tessellation
6. Aeges- Fault
7. Wild Throne- The Wrecking Ball Unchained
8. Crosses- Bitches Brew
9. Royal Blood- Out Of The Black
10. And We Are Them- So It Goes
11. Sidewave (Air)- Playground Love
12. Mastodon- Ember City

And The Winner Is: Failure- Come Crashing and With Our Arms To The Sun- Tessellation

Album Of The Year:

1. Mastodon- Once More Round The Sun
2. With Our Arms To The Sun- A Far Away Wonder
3. Royal Blood- Royal Blood
4. Crosses- Crosses
5. Black Map- And We Explode
6. Bush- Man On The Run
7. Slipknot- .5 The Gray Chapter
8. Chevelle- La Gargola
9. Aeges- Above and Down Below
10. Down- Down IV Part II

Honorable Mention:

11. The Last Internationale- We Will Reign
12. Sevendust- Time Travelers and Bonfires
13. Obliterations- Poison Everything
14. Every Time I Die- From Parts Unknown
15. And We Are Them- City Of Ghosts

And The Winner Is: Mastodon- Once More Round The Sun and With Our Arms To The Sun- A Far Away Wonder

End Of The Year List: Best Shows I’ve Attended In 2014

This is not part of the 1st annual Audioeclectica Awards. This is just a list of the top 10 concerts I’ve attended this year.

1. Nine Inch Nails @ Hollywood Bowl
2. Failure @ El Rey and Fonda
3. Abloom and With Our Arms To The Sun @ Velvet Jones
4. Corrections House and Author & Punisher @ Echoplex
5. Mastodon @ Club Nokia
6. Royal Blood and The Last Internationale @ Roxy
7. Chevelle and Black Map @ Wiltern
8. Palms @ Troubadour
9. Down @ Wiltern
10. Placebo @ Club Nokia

 

 

End Of The Year List: Album Of The Year

The first annual Audioeclectica Awards continues: The eighth category is album of the year. Here are the requirements to be in this category. The album/EP must have been released this year. And It doesn’t matter if the band is signed or not! With that in mind here are the nominees! Vote in the comments!!

 

1. Mastodon- Once More Round The Sun
2. With Our Arms To The Sun- A Far Away Wonder
3. Royal Blood- Royal Blood
4. Crosses- Crosses
5. Black Map- And We Explode
6. Bush- Man On The Run
7. Slipknot- .5 The Gray Chapter
8. Chevelle- La Gargola
9. Aeges- Above and Down Below
10. Down- Down IV Part II

Honorable Mention:

11. The Last Internationale- We Will Reign
12. Sevendust- Time Travelers and Bonfires
13. Obliterations- Poison Everything
14. Every Time I Die- From Parts Unknown
15. And We Are Them- City Of Ghosts

End Of The Year List: Song Of The Year

The first annual Audioeclectica Awards continues: The seventh category is best song. Here are the requirements to be in this category. The song must be on an album/EP or single released this year. And It doesn’t matter if the band is signed or not! With that in mind here are the nominees! Vote in the comments!!

1, Dekades- Red Trolley

 

2. Black Map- I’m Just The Driver

 

3. With Our Arms To The Sun- Tessellation

 

4. Aeges- Fault

 

5. Crosses- Bitches Brew

 

6. Royal Blood- Out Of The Black

7. And We Are Them- So It Goes

8. Sidewave (Air)- Playground Love

 

9. Wild Throne- The Wrecking Ball Unchained

 

10. Mastodon- Ember City

 

11. Failure- Come Crashing

 

12. Failure- The Focus

End Of The Year List: Best Vocalist

The first annual Audioeclectica Awards continues: The sixth category is best vocalist. Here are the requirements to be in this category. The nominee but have sung on an album/EP must released this year. And It doesn’t matter if the band is signed or not! With that in mind here are the nominees! Vote in the comments!!

 

 

1. Ben Flanagan- Black Map
2. Pete Loeffler- Chevelle
3. Brann Dailor- Mastodon
4, Troy Sanders- Mastodon
5, Kemble Walters- Aeges
6. Chino Moreno- Crosses
7. Corey Taylor- Slipknot
8. Gavin Rossdale- Bush
9. Lajon Witherspoon- Sevendust