Bands That I Like

32 Black Sabbath Black Sabbath Holy   Cuh-mo-li! It’s Tony Iommi! Iommi, Osbourne, Butler, and drummer Bill Ward. Four humans… one amazing band. They could do pretty much anything with just bass, drums, guitar and vocals. Black Sabbath are the Beatles of heavy metal. All roads lead back to Sabbath. Ozzy and the boys were inspired by Lennon and McCartney believe it or not: They just wanted heavier but just as catchier songs... and boy did they succeed. The title song of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (" Sabbath Bloody Sabbath ") has all the stuff a Sabbath fan bleeds for: It's rebellious and dark and wicked, but it's also gorgeous. Black Sabbath's rhythm section doesn't get enough props. If you listen to the way that Geezer Butler and Bill Ward play off of each other, that's the core of the heaviness right there. Add to that Ozzy's amazing voice and one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time, Tony Iommi, and it's an unstoppable force. They

31 Black Moth Super Rainbow Black Moth Super Rainbow I first got on board with Black Moth Super Rainbow with their 2009 release Eating Us . I loved that record so much, fell in love with the band right away. No matter how bong-friendly this band may be, one track off of Eating Us , their track " Twin of Myself " is as poppy as it gets… also it’s a good place to start with this band, that song displays their surprising pop capabilities. Fastening a fuzzy little beatbox to a veritable kaleidoscope of synth twinkles and sci-fi movie whirls, Black Moth Super Rainbow are a trip and a half. Though it might not be fair to grant BMSR the maligned "drug band" stamp, they sure sound under the influence of something [LSD]. It’s hard to be original and unique in the 21 st century, in an age where it feels like everything has been done before, but Black Moth Super Rainbow sounded original right away. I started to work my way backwards through their discography. I went

30 The Black Keys The Black Keys It’s hard not to compare the Black Keys to the White Stripes… both are a powerful duo, guitar and drums combo, out of the Midwest. But they could not be more different. For one- Pat is a boy not a girl like Meg! One is Black… the other White. So no: I shall not compare the two… but it’s hard not to. Let’s take it back to the beginning: It all started with their debut album, The BigCome-Up , which introduced the best version of The Black Keys: a combination of the garage-grime and "white Hendrix" croon of The Sonics to the unholy strut of some of B.B. King’s legendary guitar lines, fusing them into a spitting, spewing, 40-ton monster. Winners like " Heavy Soul " evoke an image of Godzilla dancing around, crushing unmanned Buicks. Soul cuts like " I'll Be Your Man " make you want to get in said Buicks and ride around town. With their second album, Thickfreakness , the once-massive guitar is exponentially weig