Mountain Biking - music for riding

Im want to update my mp3 player with some new music. So I'm wondering what are some of the bands you listion to when you ride.

Please: Rock music, Heavy Metal, etc. etc.

Pantera - Cowboys from Hell
ACDC - Back In Black
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Red Fang - Murder in the Mountains

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQPfQvLIseA

mostly punk and metal, stuff you would hear back when the warped tour was cool. i also have Queen, Sisters of Mercy, Deadmau5, and some other stuff that isn't punk or metal but still gets me stoked to ride.

Bands i like are:

Marylin Manson
Avoid one thing
Avail
Social Distortion
Guns n Roses
Iron Maiden

just to list a few

NOFX
Bad Religion
Bill Monroe

I dunno if you'd like an entire KC album, but 21st Century Schizoid Man from the USA album might be heavy enough for ya.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W04ZifAjKJg

I'm old and have enough trouble staying focused on the trail, much less try to listen to music and ride at the same time.
Besides, if I listened to Montovani I'm liable to fall asleep while riding through a hair pin turn and that would be real messy:D

How heavy do ya wanna get? I love Excoriate. Might be to deathmetal for tender ears.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN5g2K5Qo9M

This one's not heavy but crucial trail tunes if you ask me:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKbk_dQ8Mhg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otj5AiypX9M

i ride to get away from excessive noise and general loudness. Just the sound of my tires breaking sticks is enough for me. I kind of feel like listening to your ipod while riding could pose safety issues with being able to hear things/people that may be around you.

^ What he said. And not only would I never listen to music while biking; I even wish bad things upon the other jackasses being overly loud yelling with friends or the really unnecessarily loud freehubs and generally making tons of noise when I'm out trying to enjoy some nature. And if some idiot ever runs into me or close to it because he's too busy jamming to music while riding than hearing his surroundings and paying attention, it'll be hard not to grab the biggest stick I see near the trail and go to town on him. I do often listen to the types of music everyone has mentioned so far on my drive to the trial, though. I do like some good hard, fast music to get me ready to shred some serious gnar. And I feel like good metal can add a lot of energy to a cool video.

To contribute to the music part, though, for some reason I'm partial to White Zombie - Astro-Creep 2000 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRshPCM9lhk) or Black Dahlia Murder (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWjg-_7xtpo) on my way to the trail. But once in a while I like to rock some Cake or Beck for a change of pace. Both best listened to loud and with a sub.
Beck (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5U9QRiY46I)
Cake (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zStIm0gNnUw)

this song always gets me pumped
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnR91SAOkT0

On the way to the trail I'm generally listening to Delicate Steve, Cat Empire, Coheed, 311, Rage Against the Machine, Rebelution, Brand New, or the Dubstep station on Pandora. Just depends on what kind of mood I'm in. Maybe I'm just a n00b but I don't feel confortable losing one of my most important senses when mountain biking.

I'd be down to listen to some good pump music if I could listen via speaker rather than headphone, but that's just never going to happen at my trails.

This is the video that inspired me to really get into mountain biking, after I was already semi-hooked from my first ride. No songs gets me pumped like this one, & Johnny Law & I listen to it ritually right before we ride every time he comes home.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3nkzjACUG4

Having no car I have to ride out to the trails. I rock my mp3s while grinding out the road miles to the trail head. I keep the tunes on until I get out to country roads. While on the suburban roads, the 4-lane road is just a constant stream of traffic creating white noise so the tunes don't make me miss anything. Get out into the sticks and it's two-lane blacktop full of locals that run blind corners @ 50mph. Lotta beercans on the shoulder too. So I kill the tunes so I can hear a car coming. Usually hear 'em about a 1/4 mile away unless it's windy, then shorter lead time. Some spots on the road you really wanna get off the road when they come up on ya.

I don't run tunes on the trails very much, just occasionally on long dirtroad grinds I press play to help keep momentum. Cut tunes and take a break at top of hill. Take a sip of water and roll out with only the sound of wind.

NOFXApproved.

Add:
Wolfmother
The Offspring
Clutch
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition

Edit - - Pretty sure the big dude in the blue plaid and cap is gastro :lol:.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-YR0rPuuOI

No tunes while riding. Like some others I prefer sounds of the bike, the trail, breathing, natural environment.

I get plenty of music at other times.

Miles, Mozart, Monroe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-YR0rPuuOI[/video]

There are some pro level beards in that video.

oh, i want to add Clutch, just about anything from the Blast Tyrant album is great riding music.

+Muse, Incubus

"Let it roll" by Upper Class Racket:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MjCVqsezSI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MjCVqsezSI

Porcupine Tree is good riding music, but most of the time I prefer nothing.

No music until post ride, I need to know when people cuss me for clogging the trail. Then I knock em down.

Post ride, in the hot tub with a beer, cigar and nachos:

Santana
Eric Clapton
Iron Butterfly
Led Zep
Cream (redundant, I know)
Huey Lewis
Doobie Brothers (goes with the MTB thing)
QUEEN (Bicycle, hello)

Now that is music!

"Let it roll" by Upper Class Racket:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MjCVqsezSI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MjCVqsezSI

That is why cowboys uses horses and not bikes. Makes perfect sense now!

Fun Video!

Santana
Eric Clapton
Iron Butterfly
Led Zep
Cream (redundant, I know)
Huey Lewis
Doobie Brothers (goes with the MTB thing)
QUEEN (Bicycle, hello)

Now that is music!Gawd, you're old, dude.


:D


[Manuals of Bobby Root clip]From NWD I, IIRC. I have the 1-3 box set now - - fun to go back and watch those earlier ones.

[QUOTE=dminor;14052717]Gawd, you're old, dude.


:D

Ain't been no good music since '77.

I have two VHS players in the garage, anyone need a spare?

Huey Lewis


Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far much more bitter, cynical sense of humor.

pantera - cowboys from hell
acdc - back in black
iron maiden - powerslave
slayer - reign in blood
red fang - murder in the mountains

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqpfqvlisea


Outstanding!!!

Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far much more bitter, cynical sense of humor.

Hahaha!

One of the few books I read before the movie. Both ruled it.

I have two VHS players in the garage, anyone need a spare?I'll give you a shout when I go to build that cat feeder . . .


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj4IYZdGKXQ

Got some old Skyways too?

Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far much more bitter, cynical sense of humor.

Now, I NEED a New Drug! :lol:

OH, I forgot the best climbing song ever, KC and the Sunshine Band, Shake UR Booty! :thumb::thumb:

Gotta try that one sometime. My usual fave hillgrinder song is Psycho Killer by Talking Heads (keeping on topic :) )

^^ Foo Fighters' All My Life works good for that too.

^^ Foo Fighters' All My Life works good for that too.

:thumb:

over the mountain by ozzy is a good song to ride to as well....sort of apropos....

Right now the songs that are getting me pumped to ride are:

Metro- System of a Down
Tribute- Nonpoint
What a Day- Nonpoint
Black Thorn- Flatfoot 56
Smoke Blower- Flatfoot 56
Debonaire- Dope

Hahaha!

One of the few books I read before the movie. Both ruled it.


Agreed.

I personally wouldn't listen to music whilst riding. I too also enjoy the tranquil around me riding. If I were riding though with music, I'd definitely put on some old AFI, Op Ivy, Pennywise, Einherjer (Finnsh metal) and Summoning (would be perfect for overlooking the landscape resting) to get the ball rolling ;)

I was out on my fixed gear the other day and was having fun with Pandora. This cut came on and I went into superhuman mode. Forreals.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjl-FjN_YHE

I like the sound of the wind and tyres on the road. I don't need music to ride with. But, if I did I suspect I'd load up my MP3 player with Pink Floyd's "pulse" as a start. I'd follow it with a bunch of classic queen albums and then some Irish music. I also think that the music that has come out since 1990 has been less than stellar. I must be getting old.

Since my player is plugged in & charging, let's see what I currently have in there:

Negazione (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBqKk0ITykI) - 'Lo Spirito Continua'
Total Fury (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibb44bPE9yk) - '13 Songs'
Double Negative (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hH7wWFyY1Q) - 'Daydream Nation'
AC4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeaIbgyx6gQ&feature=related) - 'AC4'
OFF! - 'First 4 EPs' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmRGLKgM7dM)
Ufomammut - 'Godlike Snake' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66g1kidwItI)
G. Love & Special Sauce (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk9-28HgxfE) - assorted mix of my favorite jams
Babar Luck (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kznse_QFX8) - 'Frankenstanee'
Unsane (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0ZQcpVt1w0) - 'Wreck'

I listen sometimes on long boring climbs, but mostly when I'm pounding pavement - running errands or going places (like tomorrow nite, when Peelander-Z (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iawmOggGoeE&feature=related) is in town).
Silence on the downhills, so I can hear when flats happen, and when riding in groups.

I like the sound of the wind and tyres on the road. I don't need music to ride with. But, if I did I suspect I'd load up my MP3 player with Pink Floyd's "pulse" as a start. I'd follow it with a bunch of classic queen albums and then some Irish music. I also think that the music that has come out since 1990 has been less than stellar. I must be getting old.

Nah, you're not getting old. A comment like that indicates that you got old. There is plenty of great music from 1990 and afterwards. Sometimes you just need to dig a little for it.

Being somewhat of a geek, I had some pretty nerdy stuff on my ipod, like movie soundtracks. Sometimes they convey a sense of urgency, or like you're being chased by a T-rex...

An additional one right now is Sabotage- Beastie Boys

No music until post ride, I need to know when people cuss me for clogging the trail. Then I knock em down.

Post ride, in the hot tub with a beer, cigar and nachos:

Santana
Eric Clapton
Iron Butterfly
Led Zep
Cream (redundant, I know)
Huey Lewis
Doobie Brothers (goes with the MTB thing)
QUEEN (Bicycle, hello)


Now that is music!


I'd pedal to all that -- gettin' my trail romp on with "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (long version) would be EPIC!

Someone has to say it: Offspring - - One Fine Day.

Trance/Techno
Rap music
Instrumentals
Pandora Random Mix
Ipod Playlist

The Black Angels
The Jezabels
Sleater-Kinney
Placebo
Tool
Soundgarden/Audioslave
Florence and the Machine
Floater (go here (http://www.floater.com/)) you Spokane area folks should go to one of their shows coming up the 18th or 19th. awesome live shows. best band evar. seriously. go.

^^ At the Knitting Factory too. Good venue; may have to check that out, thanks!

^^ At the Knitting Factory too. Good venue; may have to check that out, thanks!

For sure, go, particularly if you like a kick ass live show. Based on the other stuff you posted in this thread, methinks you'd dig them. Plugged in, acoustic, doing their own stuff, whatever, they rock. They do the once in-a-while amazing cover of something as well. The have a cover of The Doors "Waiting for the Sun" that is ****ing awesome.

Sadly, now being on the other side of the country means it's a bit tough for me to see them... They get up into WA and down into CA, but that's about as far as they go. Haven't been to a show in a few years, but they never disappoint.

The only other folks I've like better Live were Sleater-Kinney with the Black Keys a few years ago in Prividence, RI. and Queensryche on the operation Mindcrime tour waaaaaay back in 90-91. Melted. My. Brain.

Enya or Yanni depending on my mood...