Bands/artists You Might Like If You Like Weird Al

Post by **M_Robertcop** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 4:58 am

We are alive and well my friend

Post by **Keir** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:34 pm

This is a bit off-topic but if you ever found yourself wishing that there was more accordion in heavy metal, here are a few bands for you:

The most widely known example is definitely Finntroll, which is rather annoying since they don't even use a real accordion (it's all done with keyboards). However, if you want to hear them, the best place to start is probably the song "Jaktens Tid" (just ignore the totally unfitting anime video that someone attached to it.)

Korpiklaani on the other hand has a full-time accordionist and is an actual folk metal band, whereas Finntroll plays black metal with some folk/polka influences. Watch the video for "Hunting Song". It polkas!

A similar band is Turisas who recently made an interesting video for their cover of the disco song "Rasputin".

Fratres is another Finnish band that covers 70s hard rock/heavy metal bands (Black Sabbath, Uriah Heep, etc.) using an accordion. Some of them are quite good. Listen to this sample from "Paranoid"!

I'd also like to mention VII Gates even though they also use keyboards, not a real accordion, because it's not often you hear an accordion solo of any sort in a power metal song.

That's all for now

HappyGilmore · Post by **HappyGilmore** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:17 am

Evan Wecksell is okay. More for mature audiences though.

Cledus T. Judd is decent.

Post by **childofthespiral** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:49 am

Cledus T Judd is great.

MarlinsGirl · Post by **MarlinsGirl** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 4:07 am

childofthespiral @ Oct 18 2007, 09:49 PM wrote: Cledus T Judd is great.

"What kind of man takes somebody's lyrics and... CHANGES them around to make them funny? THAT'S PATHETIC!"

Post by **KnottyEmily** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 4:34 am

Keir @ Oct 19 2007, 04:34 AM wrote: Korpiklaani on the other hand has a full-time accordionist and is an actual folk metal band, whereas Finntroll plays black metal with some folk/polka influences. Watch the video for "Hunting Song". It polkas!

These guys sound pretty cool

minnick27 · Post by **minnick27** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 12:46 am

childofthespiral @ Oct 18 2007, 08:49 PM wrote: Cledus T Judd is great.

Great artist, not so great guy.

HappyGilmore · Post by **HappyGilmore** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 1:43 am

minnick27 @ Oct 19 2007, 11:46 PM wrote: Great artist, not so great guy.

Why do you say that?

I knew he had a bipolar problem, which led him to drugs. But he seems to have cleaned up his life.

Something like that.

Still a decent artist though.

minnick27 · Post by **minnick27** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 3:24 pm

He was very rude to me when i got to meet him. He was my second favorite comedian behind Al and the reason I got into country music, but I was very disappointed when I saw how he treated his fans. And it wasnt just me, there were others that he wasnt nice to. He was very nice to the girls in bikini's though.

HappyGilmore · Post by **HappyGilmore** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 5:10 am

I never heard he was like that. Shame,

Sucks though, cause I do like his music.