Mountain Biking - what type of music do you listen to??

whether it's on the trail, to the trail, home from the trail, wishing you were going to the trails, on roads, whatever. Just curious as to what you fellow riders are jamming to. To do so my favorite thing about forums....a POLL!

oh ya, i chose heavy metal. I do like to listen to almost every kind of music but listen to double bass and blast beats with vocals to match.

Hmmmmm........no category for jazz. That's what I listen to in the car, in addition to classical and NPR.

No music while riding. I like the quiet, the sound of the trail under my tires, the sound of the mechs, and the sound of my own breathing.

Sometimes classic rock while working (carpentry).

aye, i knew i forgot classical. I LOVE classical music. You can edit and add if you would like.

Bob Dylan, Jerry, Ryan Adams & the Cardinals, Phish, Wilco, and lots of bluegrass.

Mostly metal, with some 80's-90's punk. And once in a while I get in a weird mood and put on some pop-punk. (Oooh...and there goes all my music cred!) No matter what it is, I set my equalizer like some basshead hip-hop or techno fan would. Totally inappropriate for the music, but I grew up in a house with a bass-loving dad and got so used to extra bass that normal levels of bass sound empty to me. I don't ride with it though; I enjoy the ambience while on the trail.

VanHalen, Jack Johnson, Aerosm, Plumb, Skynard, SRV, Chris Duarte, Kravitz, Earthsuit, Brian Setzer

Rock / metal Not speed metal...it has to have some fluidity...Anthrax Bee'z, :lol:

Rock/with a HipHop flair

Love guitar oriented music w/ some craZ fly beats laid down in the b.ground.

Big fan of modern acoustic fingerstyle...none of that classical crap.




I also really like Brad Paisley and George Jones...that's about the only country I like. Dunno why I like George...probably b/c of growing up listening to it w/ Dad. Brad is a sick guitarist.


Some other random crap too.

Mostly Barry Manilow, although I do have my Streisand days!

Where is the POLKA selection?

Who listens to only one type of music?

My tastes are pretty eclectic. Right now I'm mostly into:
Switchfoot, Offspring, the Fray, Clutch, Bowling for Soup, Smashmouth, Finger Eleven, Simple Plan, P.O.D., Nickelback, etc.

For classic rock - - mostly Boston, Molly Hatchet, Skynyrd, BTO, Styx, Foreigner, Journey, Kansas, Yes, etc.

I'm a rabid surf and car music fan still: Jan & Dean, Beach Boys, Ripcords, Ronnie & the Daytonas, The Sunrays, etc.

And I like George Strait, The Gatlins and the Statler Brothers. What can I say?

Oh, and Ed - - speaking of Anthrax: Fueled is still one of my all-time favorite cuts. Kinda my riding theme song: "What doesn't kill me makes me stronger."

i listen to both kinds.
country and western.

Kansas

Kerry goes to my church. CVA...doing well though.

I'm all over the place with my music.

Been on a metal kick as of late.

Currently listening to Watershed- Opeth, Song: Heir Apparent.

interesting mix of bands you have there D, I can get down with some Opeth as well Dann.

Watershed is 54 minutes and 58 seconds long and is 7 tracks long and is one of their shorter releases. The previous release was one hour, six minutes and 46 seconds long at 8 tracks.

Kinks, Nirvana, Caribou, Guided by Voices, J Dilla, Wu-Tang, Ween, Phish, Metallica, Pavement, Aphex Twin, Animal Collective, Art Tatum, Skip James, Jay Munly, Beatles, Spacemen 3, Mclusky... a lot of things really. Mostly rock oriented music, but I also love jazz, classical, electronic and country.

J Dilla! yes!!!

I've since switched to:

Johnny I Hardly Knew Ya'- Dropkick Murphys

Well, since there was no entry for Classical or Jazz I voted "OLD stuff, 60's and before" since most Classical and a significant portion of Jazz was written or recorded WELL before the 1960's. In the case of classical most of it was written before the 1860's!

Instrumental jazz when I have a choice and there's no family along to complain about my music choices. Next choice is classic rock, and some limited choices from the country scene (mostly female voices :-). Since no choice for jazz, I chose not to vote.

I love to pick bluegrass and I listen to a lot of that.I also like just about everything else except for mainstram country(that crap blows).A good indy/county artist is Matt King, we grew up playing music together.I love Iron Maiden,Anthrax, Pink Floyd, Bela Fleck,Ramones.........anything really.

Definitely the heavier side of things.

But i also have been known to throw in some contemporary and east coast music.

ZZ Top, Creedance, Blue Oyster Cult, Huey Lewis, MC Hammer, Donna Summers, Kansas (the band, not the state), Journey, Aero Smith, Sting, U2, Stones, to psych for a ride.

Then what Kenhill said on a ride.

You church boys, ever listen to Newsboys, Petra or DC Talk?

I listen to just about everything except county and rap.

Mostly classical and opera...

As a piper, I also enjoy bagpipe music. There is some great contemporary stuff out there from the Red Hot Chili Pipers and Chris Armstrong.

DC Talk?

I am not as big a fan as I was about 8 or 9 years ago but DC Talk was my favorite band for a long time. Still have their autographs on my wall at my parents house from a concert I went to.

I am not as big a fan as I was about 8 or 9 years ago but DC Talk was my favorite band for a long time. Still have their autographs on my wall at my parents house from a concert I went to.

Ditto, tick tock tickity tock, that and the Doobeys Bros remake still motivate me.

I listen to different types of country,
I got everything from Charlie Daniels and J. Cash, to Toby Keith, Craig Morgan and Justine Moore.

I also have some Classic Rock.

Mine is pretty much all hard and heavy. Here lately its been Mower's first album, DevilDriver, and Chimaira....those 3 have a constant rotation while I'm riding.

best riding music of the day:

War of Ages; Hate, Malice, Revenge.

Nothing while riding, working or reading. Leonard Cohen, Terry Allen, John Coltrane while sitting and listening.

. . . I got everything from Charlie Daniels. . . .

I also have some Classic Rock.Charlie Daniels is classic rock - - at least that's how he first got on the charts back in the day. Take a listen sometime to a little ditty titled "Uneasy Rider." :lol:

Right now: Black Flag.

Right now: Black Flag.

i have a friend who has a black flag tattoo. Done at home. With a homemade tattoo gun. It looks terrible.

I'm listening to one of two CDs my son compiled for me a few years ago. Great biking tunes:

One Minute Silence: Waste of things to Come
Five Foot Thick: Track 4
Soil: Breaking Me Down
Methods of Mayhem: Crash
Blood for Blood: Living in Exile
Queen: Bicycle
Soundgarden: Rusty Cage
Rage Against the Machine: Killing in the Name Of
Dope: Intervention
Foo Fighters: All My Life

. . . and a bunch more. You get the idea. Good stuff.

When I'm not working I'll listen to a variety of stuff from classical, swing, jazz, pop, classic rock, bagpipes... pretty much anything other than Heavy Metal, or Hip-hop or rap.

I rarely listen to music when riding.

Charlie Daniels is classic rock - - at least that's how he first got on the charts back in the day. Take a listen sometime to a little ditty titled "Uneasy Rider." :lol:

Yes I know the song.
But hes also one hell of a "country" singer to,
Legend of wooley swamp
Stroker ace
Big John,
Devil Went down to Georgia
Long Haired Country Boy
In America, could be a bit of both

My favorite is Simpleman, and In America.

Mariah Carey, Celine Dion or Mayhem.

Chelboed: I wouldn't have thought anyone else here would know who Plumb and Earthsuit are. +1 on those. BTW, a friend says half the members of Earthsuit are now in Mute Math.

I couldn't answer the poll cause I don't know if my tastes really fit any of those categories. I guess the closest one would be metal, but I like a lot of other stuff too. Lately I've been flip flopping a lot between hard rock (STP, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains) and ... what would I even call it ... maybe folk/classic rock/70s/IDK (James Taylor, Simon and Garfunkel, Jim Croce, a touch of Beatles, McCartney, Gordon Lightfoot, Cat Stevens, etc.)

It this the Plumb you're talking about? Been listening to them for awhile, used to be played on a listener supported only Christian station here until the listeners quit supporting...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6aI_Liknfw

Yeah, that's them.

Chelboed: I wouldn't have thought anyone else here would know who Plumb and Earthsuit are. +1 on those. BTW, a friend says half the members of Earthsuit are now in Mute Math.

I couldn't answer the poll cause I don't know if my tastes really fit any of those categories. I guess the closest one would be metal, but I like a lot of other stuff too. Lately I've been flip flopping a lot between hard rock (STP, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains) and ... what would I even call it ... maybe folk/classic rock/70s/IDK (James Taylor, Simon and Garfunkel, Jim Croce, a touch of Beatles, McCartney, Gordon Lightfoot, Cat Stevens, etc.)

Yah...I've heard a bit of Mute Math, but haven't been able to get an album yet. When they were Earthsuit though...talk about variety.

Today's drive to school consisted of Kanye West- Spaceship and The Chariot- The Dead Policeman.

U name it-bluegrass,psychobilly,metal,classical,60-80's cheese pop...I just had on Carpenters,R.L Burnside(Mississippi Hill Blues),Hank Williams III and Kamelot(symphonic metal) on...grew up listening to all types of music and can appreciate something in every style...

Does anyone else like Green Day - - or am I just too hopelessly old skool / mainstream?

The old Green Day was good but I just cant seem to stomach anything they have done in like the past 5 years

the old green day was good but i just cant seem to stomach anything they have done in like the past 5 years

+1

Does anyone else like Green Day - - or am I just too hopelessly old skool / mainstream?

Brain Stew is one of my (many) favorite songs.

Them Crooked Vultures, strangely good new group.

I'm kinda into Reinkaos (http://www.myspace.com/reinkaosspokane) and Sonic Death Ray (http://www.myspace.com/sonicdeathray) right now.

Might be because my friend Devin is the drummer in both bands.

NOFX
Ugly Duckling
*****en Family Bluegrass Band