Soul Asylum has an impressive back catalog that puts most bands to shame. Still, I'm guessing most of you listen to other music as well. (Looking at my Last.fm profile, you'd think I don't. )
My question: What do you listen to apart from Soul Asylum?
Me, I've long been a big fan of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Love everything they've done past One Hot Minute, and like everything before that. Their song "Tear" on By the Way is one of my absolute favorites, though I naturally love all their singles as well.
I've also listened on and off to Maroon 5, Foo Fighters, andâ€â€
Smashing Pumpkins
Weezer (old Weezer... so basically only their first two albums)
Silverchair
Pearl Jam
Nada Surf
Keith Caputo
Guns N' Roses (yes...)
REM
There's so much more... these are just the first names that come to mind. I love the Peppers too.
I think i'm going to fall into the classic soul asylum fan mode here with a list of tons of bands that are from minneapolis, or wish they were. Here goes:
Jayhawks, replacements, husker du, wilco, uncle tupelo, bottle rockets, slobberbone, drams, grand champeen, honeydogs, hang ups, grace potter, richard thompson, fairport convention, teddy thompson, jessy greene, geraldine fibbers, leo kottke, run westy run, zuzu's petals, old 97s, rhett miller, marah, Lucinda Williams, Victoria Williams, steve earle, elvis costello, gram parsons, Big Star, Alex chilton, Drive-by truckers, gear daddies, martin zellar, paul westerberg, bob mould, sugar, harry nilson, jethro tull, neil young, jerry jeff walker, joe henry, kevin devine, trip shakespeare, matthew ryan, ryan adams, whiskeytown, michal, neko case, mike watt, tom petty, tim O'reagan, vic chesnutt, and I'm sure I'm missing a lot of others.
Dinosaur Jr., XTC, Sonic Youth, Pixies, Mission of Burma, Nirvana, Radiohead, Count Zero, Husker Du, the Replacements, The Jam, Wire, The Smoking Popes, The Go-Betweens, Tom Waits, Robyn Hitchcock, Beck, The Hives, The Figgs, Sugar, The Flaming Lips, the Outlets, the Prime Movers, 50 Foot Wave, The Buzzcocks, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, X, The Soft Boys, The Dresden Dolls, The Goodnight Loving, The Tomatoes, Spitzz, Think Tree, Christmas, The Velvet Underground, Talking Heads, Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, Chet Baker, Professor Longhair, Dr. John, Henry Butler, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Etta James, Dinah Washington, Sonny Boy Williamson, Mississippi John Hurt, Billy Bragg, the English Beat, The Specials, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Elastica, The White Stripes, Oasis, The Butthole Surfers, Naked Raygun, The Cocteau Twins, Pernice Brothers, Belle & Sebastian, The Bon Savants, Prefab Sprout, Volcano Suns, The Breeders, La Peste, Pinback, Squirrelbait, The Gun Club, Stiff Little Fingers, Iggy and the Stooges, YeahYeahYeahs, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Patsy Cline, k.d. lang, Joe Jackson, Elvis Costello, David Bowie, Van Morrison, Tanya Donnelly
My list looks like I'm still stuck in the 80's. Just a few in no particular order.
Phil Collins, Genesis, Foreigner, Peter Gabriel, Sting, The Police, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Golden Smog, Hootie and the Blowfish, Heart, Jefferson Airplane/Starship, Mike & The Mechanics, Journey, The Cars, REM.
Aerosmith (old)
Beatles
Cheap Trick
Def Leppard
Everclear
Flaming Lips
Green Day
The Jayhawks
Korn
Led Zeppelin
Motley Crue; John Mellencamp
Nirvana
Oasis
Pulp
Queen
The Rolling Stones
System of a Down; Smashing Pumpkins
Tesla; Tripping Daisy
Van Halen
Weezer
Werd Al Yankovich
Oh man, I know I'm stuck in the 80's, but I can't help it! I graduated high school in 1984!
Aerosmith
Blackfoot
Def Leppard
Fleetwood Mac
Lynyrd Skynrd
Molly Hatchet
Tesla
LA Guns
Cheap Trick
U2
Counting Crows
Black Crows
Coldplay
Stabbing Westward
Candlebox
Nine Inch Nails
and a small indie folk group called Uncle Bonsai
(so I guess I did dip into the 90's too)
My list would be longer but the hour is late and the fingers are tired....