bands that are depressing but you couldn't do without.

Low
the cure (when they are sad)
sigur ro's
slowdive/mojave3
leonard coen
samuel barbar
trembling blue stars/the field mice/northen picture library
&
darkthrone

if you respond you shouldn't put any emo.

Type O Negative (esp. October Rust),
Nine Inch Nails,
Placebo...
hell, even my band has it's fair share of depressing tracks.

The first Tears for Fears album...that's a wrist slitter if ever.

Low
Ida
Soul Whirling Somewhere

JOY DIVISION

the smiths

The Cure
The Smiths
Rival Schools
The Pumpkins when Billy's not
feeling like a daisy.

catpower - her voice gets me every time

some real good bands.

the cure
dirty three
denali
rocky votolato

elliott smith
godspeed you black emperor
black heart procession
radiohead before they went downhill
smashing pumpkins before they went downhill
and i'd say the cure, but i dont often listen to their sad songs.

thats like 90% of the bands i litsen to.

Hahaa, i'm gonna be lame here, but the counting crows cd "august and everything after" is pretty fucking depressing. but it's really good too.

Trembling Blue Stars
Pernice Brothers/Scud Mountain Boys
Mark Eitzel/American Music Club
The Fucking Smiths
The Black Heart Procession
Smog
Carissa's Wierd
Lori Carson
The Posies
and God Damned Elliott Smith!

[Edited on Jan 15, 2003 by FineAndDandy]

the cure
tori amos

when i'm feeling down i put on my cure double of 'pornography' followed by 'disintegration'. brings me right back up, no matter what's going on.
i have to say tori too cos i love her voice, so haunting. in the same way i'd go for jewel. her songs aren't necessarily depressing but her voice has this amazingness about it that brings me right down into a kind of mellow depression.

i can't believe i forgot god speed. and red house painters and elliot smith. i've heard of the swans but have never heard them i think i'll pick them up please.

The Smiths
Portishead
Bob Dylan
(not all of his stuff is depressing, but listen to some of his love songs or "Bob Dylan's Dream" off Freewheelin')
Kate Wolf
Radiohead
Puccini's Madama Butterfly
Mozart's Requiem
Barber's Adagio for Strings

[Edited on Jan 17, 2003 by lecorbeaufou]

[Edited on Jan 17, 2003 by lecorbeaufou]

Galaxie 500

Deinonychus
Slowdive
Burzum
Mournful Congregation
Esoteric
Ras Algethi
Tristitia
My Dying Bride
Lycia
Dolorian

Red House Painters

pulley, strung out, decendents, yellowcard