Don't Do Me Like That

This one is about the worst musical heart break I've ever experienced... I still get a little emotional just thinking about it. :'(

"Come on everybody get loose tonight, throw a hand in the air if ya feelin alright" most of you know this song or are at least familiar with it. This, "Get Loose" along with "Roth Kung Fu" were The Salads first big hits. I didn't take anytime for me to love them, it was instant and easy. I loved ska anyway and these guys were a toned down version of it with all the fun but not as many instruments. Fold A to B never left my stereo.

They made their way out east a few times and I made it a point to attend the show everytime. The first time was at the now defunct Chestnut Club on their Jagermiester tour a show at which my fiances band had the pleasure of playing, back when they were still called El Diablo. The whole show was great, everyone was so full of energy and alcohol. I bought a shirt and I managed to get some pretty great pictures. It was this night that my huge love for The Salads expanded.

Remember how the Chestnut was three floors? Well this night the top floor was for the bands complete with a big screen TV, pool table and a huge spread of alcohol, like buckets of it! I found my way upstairs eventually and somehow lost Breagh on the way. So there we are (by "we" I mean bands, band members girlfriends and random people) hanging out with The Salads, chatting and drinking copious amounts of Jag (which The Salads were sick of by now). A great night for sure.

The next time they came through town I made sure I freed that night on my calendar, there was no way I was going to miss this show. One downfall to the show was that it was being held at Sweetwaters, for whatever reason. But I was still willing to brave hanging out in the worst bar in Fredericton for the Salads. I'm pretty sure the bar and/or the promoters for this show randomly picked where the "stage" would be set up. The band was to play on a lower level of the bar while fans/patrons looked down at them while sitting down. THIS BAR IS NOT CONDUCIVE FOR A ROCK SHOW!! It seemed as though my friends and I were the only ones enjoying the show and letting the music move us. Despite not feeling as though I could really let loose at this show or the next show they played there, I still enjoyed myself because it was The mutha fuckin' Salads!! Oh I almost forgot to mention that shows at Sweetwaters fail miserably in the promotion department.

So after two horrible shows at Sweetwaters I said "fuck it" and decided to get a hold of The Salads and put them in contact with the many promoters I knew in Fredericton. Chuck got back to me and was stoked about getting better shows in the Maritimes. That was in 2005 and they haven't been back since.

In 2006 they released The Big Picture. As soon as it came in the music store I was working at at the time I opened it and played it. As soon as the first track started to play I knew that the Salads I knew and loved were no more, yet I continued to listen thinking that maybe there was a chance that Growing Up was the only track that sounded like Simple Plan. I gave them the benefit of the doubt and let the album play through. I wanted to like this album, I really did 'cause I loved The Salads. They sold out long before this album by selling their songs to Zellers commercials and Dawson's Creek but I was ok with that. Was I was not ok with was they're decision to make a radio-friendly pop-rock shit album. Not only was the music shit, the vocals sounded like some shitty Theory of a Nickel Creed wanna be. It's like they completly forgot about their reggae sound and influences and started only listening to Nickelback (shitty rock) and shitty metal. I could not bring myself to like this album, not even one song or one part/riff of one song. I'm just glad that I didn't go ahead and buy the album before hearing it.

I'm sure they wrote this album to break into the Top 40 and gain themselves a ton of mainstream fans but that didn't even work. Do you hear anything from them now? I don't even think they got medium rotation on the two singles they released. I guess that kind of backfired.

I am obviously getting a little angry writing this so I will leave it at that. Now you know the story of my biggest musical heart break.

Good night.

Banana

It's my Rock 'n Roll Duty...

... to rock out to Kim Mitchell!! Although I'm not sure it will be the same without the bald head mullet, I'll just imagine it.




So today the city of Bathurst, New Brunswick announced that the headliner for Hospitality Days in July will be none other than Kim Mitchell. I think anyone who grew up in the 1980's owes it to themselves to see Kim Mitchell live if they haven't already. Fuck it! Even if you have you should go again.

Go For Soda, Patio Lanterns and Rock 'n Roll duty were like 3 of my favorite songs as a kid. I know all of you reading this loved those songs too. There's no shame in a fondness for Kim Mitchell. I remember cranking the radio whenever those songs came on then singing and dancing all over my bedroom. Ahh those were the days. Dance parties for one aren't quite the same anymore. In an apartment like mine anyone eating on Dimitris patio or leaving the building out the back are going to witness my wonderful dancing skills... (my apologies I seem to have gotten a little off track, phew, dancing takes a lot of energy)

I've never been to Bathurst but Kim Mitchell seems as good a reason as any to take a trip there. I hope to see some of you obeying your rock 'n roll duty on July 28th along with me and whoever I manage to drag with me. Kyle, you know you wanna go!

Banana

Disaster is an Addiction

(My apologies for not writing lately, I promise to try to try harder from now on)

For those regular readers of my blog you may also know what I mean by Exclaim! Readers Poll. (For those of you who don't, get to know Exclaim! it's awesome!). Every year Exclaim allows readers to imput their opinions on the best albums and films of the past year. For some reason I decided to give them my two cents worth on what I thought about the releases in 2006. I thought why not I have nothing better to do right now, I would love for people to read what my favorite albums of the past year were and I get a change to win a great prize by doing it. So I made my way to the computer and began my Readers Poll adventure.

After asking the obvious Exclaim! reader questions about your Exclaim! reading habits the form got down to what I was in this adventure for the music categories. They looked a little something like this:

Pop/Rock Album of the Year:
Avant Garde/Experimental Album of the Year:
Electronic Album of the Year:
Punk Album of the Year:
TV collection on DVD of the Year:
DVD reissue/collection of the Year:
Music DVD of the Year:
Soul/Reggae/Global Groove Album of the Year:
Folk/Country/Blues Album of the Year:
Hip-Hop Album of the Year:

Metal/Hardcore Album of the Year:
Film of the Year (movies that were theatrically released in 2005):

Of course Exclaim! knows that not everyone knows what all the releases for all genres are all the time so in order to qualify for a prize they only expect a minimum of three categories to be answered. Being somewhat keen I ended up answering 4 or 5 of course at this point I can't remember any of the answers I provided. I'm sure most of my answers are included somewhere in my Things That Made 2006 That Much Better post.

15-20 minutes later I am finished and it's time to pick my top three prizes. I can't remember exactly what the prize packs were but I'm sure they included a couple instrument packs (ie. Fender, Premier), a couple record label packs (ie. Epitaph, Relapse) and a couple TV/Movie packs (ie. Paramount, 20th Century Fox). After a lot of thinking and a little talking with J-Woo I decided on a couple prize packs.

I didn't give the readers poll a whole lot of thought after I submitted my answers, it was just nice to put my opinions out there. That was until I receive an e-mail from some guy called Cam Lindsay who claimed to be from Exclaim telling me "Congratulations! You've won a prize from Exclaim!'s Readers Poll" and "we just need a little more personal information". Hooray!! See, I am one of those people that don't win a god damn thing regardless of the number of contests etc. I enter. It seems it was my lucky day. So I replied with the information requested with no regard for the possibility that this very well could have been a scam. I was too excited about winning a prize to think about something so negative. This was back at the beginning of February and I assumed that in a few weeks I would be receiving my prize. A week came and went and then another and another. On February 24th I decided to e-mail this Cam fellow to see where the hell my free stuff was and expected a reply shortly after he received the e-mail. I think he went on vacation this week 'cause I didn't hear anything back and ended up forgetting about the prize all together.

A month goes by and I came home for lunch like I always do and there is a box proped up against my apartment door. My first thought is "what have I ordered off the internet lately" of course nothing came to mind. So I picked up the box and carried it inside. I wanted to build the suspense for a little longer so I took the time to take off my shoes and coat and start my dinner. I glanced at the box and right away notice the label, it read "Relapse Records". I obviously had picked the Relapse prize pack when I filled out the readers poll. Yay! FREE STUFF!! I wasted no time in tearing into the box to see what they had sent me. After having pieces of all that wonderful styrofoam sick to me and wading through layers of my favorite wrap, the bubble type I finally find my first prize. A pile of stickers and some pins. They're obviously pushing The End really hard because they included like 8 Elementary stickers compared to the other bands in which they only included 2. The second thing I spotted was a T-shirt, I'm already well aware that there is no way they included a shirt that would even come close to fitting me. It was a large, at least it will fit J-Woo. Next! I then find 4 7" singles from a couple bands that I've never heard of nor can barely read their name because of the metal font they used. We own a record player so at least I can listen to them. After looking at my new 7"s I dive into the box again to find 4 piles of CD's. Jackpot! There's like 16 CD's in there!! I almost shit my pants. Many of the bands I hadn't heard of but who knows my new favorite band might be hiding in there somewhere.

I decided not to open the CD's just yet. Because I'm such a great girl I decided to wait until J-Woo was home and we would open them together. J-Woo and I have this weird thing where we really enjoy opening new CD's and DVD's and there's hell to pay if one of us opens a new CD that was purchase by the other person. So just like that our night was all planned out, thanks to Relapse and Exclaim! Being able to open this many CD's is like every OCD's dream come true but proved to be more of a pain in the ass than pleasurable experience. For some reason Relapse likes to put their promotional stickers onto the actually CD case instead of the plastic. So because J-Woo is better at taking stickers off we decided that would be his job for the night and I would get to take the wrapper and sticker across the top off (He totally got the shitty end of this deal).

And so it began, hours of unwrapping my box of new CD's. I love opening CD's, I probably wouldn't had I not learned a neat little trick while working at Music World. Thanks Patrick! You thought I was going to tell the secret didn't you? Fat chance! If you really want to know you'll have to ask.

The excitement began but I'm sorry to say it was short lived. After 6 CD's or so it started to feel more like a chore. I can only imagine what it would have been like for those who hate opening CD's. It's hard enough for those who don't know the trick to get the wrapper started but when you do you feel like you're in the home stretch. Sadly that's not always the case because sometimes you get half the wrapper off and the rest stays in place and you can't just pull it off like a pillow case. You either have to wiggle it off or try to start another rip to get it off. I really don't recommend trying to open a CD while driving, this could prove to be very dangerous. This task takes all of ones concentration. And as if it weren't bad enough having impossible plastic to deal with you then have a sticker that covers three sides of the case. Arrggg! Of course thanks to Patrick yet again there is a simple way to get these off. Without this advice you're stuck with a sticker that is coming off in pieces. I've seen many people just cut the sticker with a knife to get into the CD and then the sticker remains a part of the CD for as long as that person owns it. I'm sure these are the same people who cut the stickers on their DVDs as well. I don't know what it is, maybe a little OCD but I can't stand having any sort of packaging left on my stuff. It's like the people that used to leave the wrapper on their VHS tapes and leave an opening at the bottom to get the tape out of. Really what is the point of this? My apologies, I've gotten slightly off track.

So needless to say I had difficulties with my task of opening the CD's. J-Woo had even more trouble than I. Sticker duty is the worst especially when the don't come off cleanly the first try. I've tried numerous tricks for this including cooking oil, and tape but neither trick has worked 100% of the time. I'm still searching for that perfect trick. Maybe I should call the ladies that host How Clean is Your House? they have all kinds of tricks.

Anyway the moral of the story is most of the bands on Relapse are dirty, dirty metal. :)

Hope you enjoyed my story.

Banana

Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song

"But some of my friends are big people. They are famous, sensitive and talented
Their names are household words"

Those of you that keep up with my ramblings here might know that the title of my previous blog was taken from a line from a Squaredance Kid song, "A Song For Oak Point". For those of you that don't know, Squaredance Kid is my friend Jon Bowie and this blog is dedicated to him because he finally has a recording up on his myspace. I'm so proud and excited. I want the whole world to experience and enjoy his music as much as I do. So please check him out.

Luv Banana

We are all friends, brothers and cousins

Like most of my blog titles this title was borrowed from a song I know, by a guy I love dearly



So last week I attended a potluck at a friends house and to be honest it was probably the best party I've been to in a really long time if not ever. This entire house is so musical. Everyone who lives there plays some sort of instrument and has an amazing passion for music. The entire night consisted of listening to, watching and/or talking about music. We couldn't get through an entire song/album without one of the guys getting super excited about a band or song they just thought of that had to be played at that moment. I felt completly comfortable there with my own kind. Although I don't play an instrument (though I am learning) I have a great passion for music, that's why I write about it on here because I'm not yet at the point where I can express myself musically. Another thing that really stuck out to me about these people was that even though they clearly know a lot about music they weren't arrogant about it nor did they make other people feel less than just because they may not be as well versed in music as they are.

Why this party is so significant to me is because I'm used to parties at our house that usually consist of us playing Nintendo and watching cartoons or sitcoms on TV. I don't mind this, but I much prefer to talk to the people at my party and have music playing at the same time. Although many of our friends are musical many are not and thus we can't have parties like the one I attended last week.

I'm possibly going to a party tomorrow night and many of the people there will be the friends I spoke of who are very musical. So needless to say there will be a lot of music being played and talked about. However I don't think that some of these people realize that I do in fact know a lot about music. There are some things I don't know and am still learning. I think these things will come as I get better at guitar. There are a lot of things that just listening to music can't teach you, things that you have to play to understand.

When I was growing up I didn't realize that music existed beyond the radio or high school kids who played shows. The people in my life that would have been the ones to introduce me to music outsde my little box were sheltered musically themselves. My family has never been a very musical family on my mom or dads side there were always more important things to do with your time than listen to music. Now that I think of it there were a few family members who played instruments but it was never shared with the family. In her younger years my grandmother played piano, my grandfather played steel guitar and one of my uncles played guitar. But like I said it was strictly a solitary activity, they played/practiced in a bedroom by themselves. I wonder what family gatherings would have been like had these abilities been shared with the rest of us?

It might seem that I'm using my musically sheltered childhood as an excuse but I'm not. I want people who have sharing musical families to realize how fortunate they are to have them. (*you know who you are) I love you guys! :)

And on that note, I'm done.


Banana

Blame it on the rain

I never thought I would ever see this.

Milli Vanilli film 'in pipeline'

Milli Vanilli sold 30 million singlesNotorious pop duo Milli Vanilli are to be the focus of a film about their fall from grace, reports say.

Universal Pictures is developing the film about the pair who were stripped of a Grammy award after it emerged they had never sung on their records.

The duo lip-synched on hits including 1989 single Girl You Know It's True.

Hollywood trade paper Daily Variety said the film had the backing of former member Fabrice Morvan and the estate of colleague Rob Pilatus who died in 1998.

Overdose

The paper reports the film will be written and directed by Jeff Nathanson, who wrote Catch Me If you Can starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks.

"I've always been fascinated by the notion of fakes and frauds, and in this case, you have guys who pulled off the ultimate con, selling 30 million singles and 11 million albums and then becoming the biggest laughing stocks of pop entertainment," Variety reports Nathanson as saying.

Milli Vanilli lost their Best Newcomer Grammy in 1990 after it was revealed that neither actually sang on the Milli Vanilli album. The tracks had been recorded by session singers.
Pilatus died of a drug and alcohol overdose in a hotel room in Germany in 1998.

Shout at the Devil

This is an article sent out by Agnostic Front through myspace. This is probably the funniest thing I've ever read. I'm going straight to hell... man I love the Devils music!!!

GOTH MUSIC - THE DEVIL'S GREATEST TRICK
Over 30 years ago a woman named Dorothy Retallack conducted experiments using music, plants and their combined environment. These results are famous. Taking two identicle sets of plants in two separated but identicle rooms, she exposed them to music. The first set of plants were played quiet placid subdued devotional "religious" classical music, while the other set were subjected to loud aggressive rock music played at full deafening volume 24 hours a day. The plants exposed to rock grew away from the music source, withered and died, while the plants that were played religious music grew towards the music source and thrived.

The lesson? If rock music attacks and kills plants, what does it do to people? I think it's rather obvious - it does the exact same thing!

THIS ARTICLE STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WHEN COMPLETE IT WILL INCLUDE A HISTORY OF GOTH AND ROCK MUSIC, WHERE GOTH MUSIC REALLY COMES FROM, IT'S LINKS TO VOODOO AND RITUAL SACRIFICE, AND WHAT THE BIBLE HAD TO SAY ABOUT IT.

IN THE MEANTIME, HERE IS A SHORT LIST OF ANTI-CHRISTIAN MUSIC THAT SHOULD BE AVOIDED LIKE THE PLAGUE TO ALL WHO WISH TO BE IN GOD'S FAVOUR.

People have been asking us what albums are 'safe' to listen to. Obviously we feel it's not who you should be listening to, it's who you should be protesting against that counts.Burning records and smashing up CDs of the most sick and anti-Christian artist.

As a good guidline, if you are unsure in any way ask yourself this. Does the band / music you wish to listen to include any of the following themes - RebellionViolenceNihilism (belief in nothing)EscapismDrugs / AlcoholismSexual Perversion, Self-MutilationDissonant / Offensive SoundThe OccultAnti-God / Anti-AuthorityCult-like Organization, Terrorism

If so, you should steer well clear. As the Bible teaches us anything that promotes or embraces any of these factors is prodominantly anti-Christian, and against all that God stands for. Obviously we cant name every band we would like to see banned or made child-safe, so we will give but a few you should definetly avoid like the plague.

AC/DC: song Hell's Bells, inspired "Night Stalker" serial killer, pentagrams on album art (Highway to Hell), violent cover art (If You Want Blood You Got It), guitarist admitted to being 'possessed' while on stage.

Aerosmith: drug and alcohol abuse, equating sex and religion on "Angel"

Agnostic Front: violent and rebellion-themed album art (Cause for Alarm)

Amen: objectionable album art (Disorderly Conduct)

Anthrax: violent album art (Fistful of Metal)

Bad Religion: objectionable band name, objectionable album art (Back to the Known)

Bauhaus: backwards Latin Satanic incantation in "Father, Son & Holy Ghost", Satanic imagery, anti-christian lyrics

Beastie Boys: more than 90 references to drug and alcohol abuse on Licensed to Ill

Birthday Party: likened Jesus to "bad seed", indecipherable lyrics about "post-crucifixion baby"

Black Flag: violent and suicide-themed album art (Family Man)

Black Market Baby: objectionable band name and album art (Senseless Offerings)

Black Sabbath: number of the beast, crucifixion imagery, objectionable album art (Born Again, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath)

Blaspheme: objectionable band name and album art (Last Supper)

David Bowie: occult, recorded "Quicksand" about Crowley

Celtic Frost: use crucifix as slingshot on album cover (To MegaTherion), occult links, rebellion

Christian Death: Gnosticism, sex- and occult-themed album art (Only Theatre of Pain, The Scriptures, Sex and Drugs and Jesus Christ, What's the Verdict)

Coil: devotees of Aleister Crowley

Alice Cooper: on-stage mutilation, rebellion, "School's Out"prevents mice from solving mazes, objectionable album art (Constrictor)

Cramps: "degraded" sexuality (Date With Elvis)

Crass: crucifixion-themed album art (Christ the Album, Yes Sir I Will)

Crown of Thorns: objectionable band name and album art (Pictures)

Cure (The): alcohol abuse, blasphemy in "The Blood" and "Holy Hour", Satanic imagery in artwork

Cradle of Filth: openly satanic music, tshirts proclaiming 'jesus is a c*nt, mockery of Christ, anti-christian lyrics

Danzig: Use satanic imagery

Damned: crown of thorns imagery (Grimly Fiendish)

Dark Angel: objectionable band name and album art (Darkness Descends)

Dark Wizard: objectionable album art (Reign of Evil)

Dead Kennedys: objectionable album art (In God We Trust, Inc.)

Death: objectionable album art (Scream Bloody Gore)

Death Cult: objectionable album art (Death Cult)

Depeche Mode: songs about sex and sadomasochism, recorded "Blasphemous Rumors"

Deftones: rebellious message, encourage violence

Deicide: vocalist claims to be antichrist, burns inverted crosses on his head, blaspemous lyrics, satanic imagery

Dickies: mock Jesus on album art (Second Coming)

Electric hellfire club - promote satanic ideologies

Eurythmics: "Missionary Man" warns listeners away from salvation

Exodus: album art shows union of God and Satan

Frankie Goes to Hollywood: rebellion, songs about sex and sadomasochism, objectionable album art (Welcome to the Pleasure Dome), ruined Live Aid, homosexuality

Diamanda Galas: recorded album Litanies of Satan, proclaimed herself the Anti-Christ ("Sono l'Antichristo"), provided music for voodoo-themed movie The Serpent & the Rainbow, objectionable album art (Divine Punishment)

Good Charlotte: nihilism, rebellious lyrics 'young and hopeless'

Godsmack: voodooGeneration X: objectionable album art (Valley of the Dolls)

Guns n Roses: "sexual violence" in music, album art; inverted cross (Appetite for Destruction)

Helloween: objectionable album art (Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part 2)

Jimi Hendrix: hypnotizing people through music, choking on own vomit, voodoo rhythms, rebellion, violence, "If 6 Was 9" used in interstitials

Billy Idol: rebellion, fake crucifixion in "Hot in the City" video, mock crosses in "White Wedding" video

Impaler: objectionable album art (Rise of the Mutants EP), eating raw meat on stage

INXS: recorded song "Devil Inside", comitted suicide

Iron Maiden: mascot Eddie told fan to kill himself; neuromancy, occult, rebellion, objectionable album art (Killers, The Number of the Beast, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son)

Janes Addiction: drug abuse, objectionable album art (Nothing's Shocking)

Judas Priest: suicide, rebellion, objectionable album art (Hell Bent for Leather, Sin After Sin)

Killing Joke: mock Christianity in video, promote satanic ideologies

KISS: bloody stage show, sex, rebellion, violence

KMFDM - promote satanic ideologies

Kreator: objectionable album art (Pleasure to Kill)

Led Zeppelin: backmasked messages and references to Pan on "Stairway to Heaven", Zoso = number of the beast

Marlyn Manson - too many to mention here, blasphemy, ties to Church of Satan, mocks God, rebellion

Megadeth: occult, rebellion, objectionable album art (Killing Is My Business...And Business Is Good)

Mercyful Fate: "take their Satanism seriously", rebellion, occult, objectionable album art (Don't' Break the Oath)

Metal Church: objectionable album art (Metal Church)

Metallica: promote suicide on "Fade to Black"

Monster Magnet - Use occult symbols on album art

Moonspell - songs about vampirism, paganism

Motley Crüe: equate sex and violence, used pentagram in album art (Shout at the Devil)

Motörhead: crucifixion-themed album art (unknown source)

Mudvayne - promote satanic ideologies

My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult: Satanic message, objectionable album art (I See Good Spirits & I See Bad Spirits)

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Satanic imagery

Ozzy Osbourne: rebellion, attacking Jim Bakker in "Miracle Man", satanic imagery on album art (Blizzard of Ozz, No Rest for the Wicked), promote suicide on "Suicide Solution", released album Mr. Crowley devoted to Aleister Crowley, scary face

Offspring: rebellion

Papa Roach - Use occult symbology on album art

Jimmy Page: "one of the leading occultists of the rock generation," owns occult bookstore, bought Aleister Crowley's former home and had it refurbished by a Satanic decorator

Pink Floyd: lyrics about rebellion

Poison Idea: mutilation-themed album art (Kings of Punk)

Iggy Pop/the Stooges: bloodletting at concert

Linkin Park: encourage violence, rebellious lyrics

Nirvana: nihilism, anti-christian lyrics, violent lyrics, song 'rape me', mock the crucifixion, singer committed suicide, hardly a role model for fans everywhere, and lead to fans commiting suicide to emulate him.

Nine inch Nails: rebellious lyrics, nihilism, sex, sick lyrics 'f*ckyou like an animal/closer to God'

Possessed: general Satanism and witchcraft

Psychic TV: music arm of Crowley-linked sect Thee Temple of Psychick Youth, objectionable album art (Live at Thee Circus)

Queen: backmasking, drug abuse, open homosexuality, singer died of aids

Rammstein - all lyrics in German (The language of Hitler)

Red Hot Chili Peppers - use occult symbols on album art, rebellion, inspired violence and arson at Glastonberry '99

Rolling Stones: recorded song "Sympathy for the Devil" on At Her Satanic Majesty's Request, objectionable album art (Goats Head Soup, Undercover, Tattoo You), bankrolled sect called the Process, made satanic movie Invocation of My Demon Brother

Sex Pistols: rebellion, self-mutilation, Rotten designed t-shirt with upside-down crucifixion

Sepultura - promote satanic ideologies

Siouxsie and the Banshees: recorded song "Sin in My Heart"

Sister: pentagrams

Sisters of Mercy: Satanic imagery

Slayer: used pentagram on album art, lyrics glorifying the Devil (Reign in Blood)

Slipnot: use satanic imagery on album art, violence in lyrics

Smiths: Satanic imagery

Sonic Youth: obsessed with death ("Death Valley '69")

Spooky Tooth: album cover depicts Jesus with hand nailed to head (Ceremony)

Suicidal Tendencies: pentagrams

Suicide: promote suicide

Therion: promote satanic ideologies

Tori Amos: 'father lucifer' satanic lyrics, claimed she wanted to marry satan in interview

Throbbing grissle: promote satanic ideologies

Twisted Sister: rebellion, violent album art (Stay Hungry)

Venom: album title Welcome to Hell, pentagram and goat imagery

White Zombie: Anti-Christian imagery

And of course all black metal bands, as all promote nazi, pagan and anti Christian ideologies.  I do hope this helps for starters.