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    I'm trying to put together a set list for a new band. After the U.S. hard rock scene died, I went almost exclusively to European and underground albums for new music. I simply don't know what's popular here, so I'm begging for recommendations.

    Here are my criteria:
    - new(ish)...say within the last ten years
    - was/is commercially successful in the U.S.
    - sung vocals (no screaming, shouting, grunting, etc.)
    - lead vocals can be male or female
    - guitar is dominant in the arrangement
    - has some appeal to an aging 80s rocker (optional)

    This electric phase ain't no teenage craze -UFO

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    Sweet Child o' Mine
    Tush
    Wishing Well
    Song 2
    Teenage Dirtbag
    Run to the Hills
    Enter Sandman
    That one by Radiohead that Beavis & Butthead love

    Oh, also one with swearing in it, to make you look hard. - She Hates Me, maybe?

    Encore:
    Smells Like Teen Spirit
    Smoke on the Water
    Dicks of Death


    Trust me, solid gold!!
    So I woke up,rolled over and who was lying next to me? Only Bonnie Langford!

    I nearly broke her back

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    • #3
      Here's a thread where someone asked about good 80's song suggestions. Look thru the whole thread, there's some good ideas there:
      http://www.jcfonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78669

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      • #4
        You can throw out your "newish" criteria

        Iron Maiden, Iron Maiden, Iron Maiden...

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        • #5
          The newish thing is the toughest part... hmmm... maybe something by the Foo Fighters? Velvet Revolver? Depending on how strong your vocalist is, something by AIC or Soundgarden might work (more than 10 years old, but still popular here).

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          • #6
            Only things after 1998? Umm...Korn, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Slipknot, Nickelback, Puddle of Mudd, Mudvayne, Soil...nothing for 80s rockers in there, just a whole lot of crap.
            Scott

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            • #7
              Ach du lieber...

              Definately don't need 70s/80s rock suggestions. I've been living and breathing that stuff since puberty.

              So basically you're tellin' me that it's not possible? Aren't there a handful of catchy "normal" tunes to be had in the last decade or so?

              A few that I've come up with:

              Evanescence - Bring Me to Life
              The Darkness - A Thing Called Love (de-ghey-ified, of course)
              like dg said, Velvet Revolver - Slither
              Last edited by petedz; 03-11-2008, 03:38 PM.
              This electric phase ain't no teenage craze -UFO

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              • #8
                Stone Sour.

                Call me a homer but I think they meet all your criteria.

                Nickleback would too but I find them so bland, I can't even taste them.

                Foo Fighters is a good suggestion.
                I'm angry because you're stupid

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                • #9
                  Bengal, after a quick youtube check your three sound promising.

                  What are the "money" hits from those guys?
                  This electric phase ain't no teenage craze -UFO

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by MountainDog View Post
                    Here's a thread where someone asked about good 80's song suggestions. Look thru the whole thread, there's some good ideas there:
                    http://www.jcfonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78669
                    Hey hey!!! That was my thread!

                    If you are looking for newer stuff... Korn, Chevelle, Three Days Grace, Breaking Benjamin, Godsmack, Seether... They all have some catchy tunes...

                    Play some Tool songs too... Sober and Stinkfist get the attention from the crowd.
                    JB aka BenoA

                    Clips and other tunes by BenoA / My Soundcloud page / My YouTube page
                    Guitar And Sound (GAS) forum / Boss Katana Amps FB group

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                    • #11
                      +1 to Stone Sour. One of the few radio bands that I like these days. Funny you mentioned The Darkness. I thought of them & said "Nah, too ghey."

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by petedz View Post
                        Bengal, after a quick youtube check your three sound promising.

                        What are the "money" hits from those guys?
                        Stone Sours "hits" from the first album are Bother, Get Inside, and Inhale.

                        The "hits" from Come What(ever) May are Through Glass, Made Of Scars, 30-30-150, Silly World and Zzyxx Road.

                        I'm not sure what to tell you about Nickleback except do a Wiki search. I'm not a huge fan of them, but they do move a shit ton of units.

                        Foo Fighters? All of them.
                        I'm angry because you're stupid

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                        • #13
                          Foo Fighters biggest hit is probably Learn To Fly

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                          • #14
                            Disturbed
                            Godsmack
                            Tool
                            Stone Sour
                            Slipknot
                            Sleep!!, That's where I'm a viking!!

                            http://www.myspace.com/grindhouseadtheband

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                            • #15
                              Oh yeah, and Picklecrack.
                              Sleep!!, That's where I'm a viking!!

                              http://www.myspace.com/grindhouseadtheband

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