your favorite band that no one has ever heard of

[trying2learn]

So I figured out that most of my problem with the repeating band threads is that you get the same answers everytime...either they love the beatles, the stones, pink floyd, dream theater, radiohead, elliot smith, rush whatever...

but I'd like to hear about bands that haven't really broke and you need to get word of mouth to hear about.

I'll start with my fav - Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers, out of Tempe, AZ...americana/alt country I guess best pigeon holes them.

There are probably some people who have heard of them, but without a label (they put out their own records) odds are you were a fan of a former band or have seen them live to know who they are.


I'd like to find more bands like this...yours?

[PoBoy321]

The Alabama Bluefish Donkey kickers

[rusellmj]

Right up there with Chuck Hall and The Brick Wall.

[kerssens]

I was gonna just make something up but didn't....yet.

[whiskeytown]

Vigilantes of Love - and the further efforts of it's frontman, Bill Mallonee -

out of Athens, GA - had some major label in the mid 90's that shafted them and they've been shafted ever since, but I love Bill's music -

www.parting-shot.com (http://www.parting-shot.com)
www.billmallonee.net (http://www.billmallonee.net)

RB

[whiskeytown]

I heard of Roger Kline, but mostly cause I was reading up on the Tempe AZ scene because of Doug Hopkins (now dead alcoholic songwriter with the Gin Blossoms) -

Think they wrote a song with him or in tribute to him...

RB

[shant]

The Sean Connery Explosion

[irishpint]

heiruspecs, coming straight out of st paul.

[trying2learn]

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I heard of Roger Kline, but mostly cause I was reading up on the Tempe AZ scene because of Doug Hopkins (now dead alcoholic songwriter with the Gin Blossoms) -

Think they wrote a song with him or in tribute to him...

RB

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all true - the tune is called, 'tributary otis' and is great - written for doug.

and to the guy who thought chuck hall and the brick wall was a joke - it wasn't - he also did a tribute song for hopkins since he is from the same area.

[mason55]

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heiruspecs, coming straight out of st paul.

[/ QUOTE ]

are they really still that small? i think anyone in the underground rap scene has probably heard of them, if nothing else from when they're backing up Slug.

[rusellmj]

Eh, I didn't think my reply was a joke.

[TheBlueMonster]

[ QUOTE ]
The Alabama Bluefish Donkey kickers

[/ QUOTE ]
Now that's a mutha f-ing name!

[scotty34]

Acid Reign & Olmeca
One Sin For All
Cyne
Non-Phixion (some may know of this one, I'm not sure)

[Wozza]

Cold Chisel

[rustyboy]

My two new bands are Troubled Hubble (http://troubledhubble.com)and Miranda Sound (http://mirandasound.com). TH is from chicago, and Miranda Sound is a Columbus band.

[whiskeytown]

as a songwriter, I am qualified to say this -

Doug Hopkins was the bomb - and everything he wrote in the Gin Blossoms was great, and it's a [censored] waste what happened to him, cause I think the band would have stayed on top for a long time if he was still writing some of the songs -

here's a great tribute page to Doug Hopkins (http://www.alphalink.com.au/~ord/doughopkins/)

RB

[whiskeytown]

christ, I'm from the Minneapolis music scene, and I never heard of them - LOL

RB

[KingCon]

The Walkmen, go to Itunes and listen to their song THE RAT

[mikeyvegas]

The Spazmatics (http://www.thespazmatics.net/)

[sam h]

The Crapenters

[DarkForceRising]

Bruce Cockburn (pronounced "Coburn" you pervs).

Although I am sure many astute music fans have heard of him it is nevertheless unfortunate that such a brilliant, crtically acclaimed artist has been around for 25 or 30 years and yet never achieved the mainstream recognition he deserves.

[NotMitch]

[ QUOTE ]
So I figured out that most of my problem with the repeating band threads is that you get the same answers everytime...either they love the beatles, the stones, pink floyd, dream theater, radiohead, elliot smith, rush whatever...

but I'd like to hear about bands that haven't really broke and you need to get word of mouth to hear about.

I'll start with my fav - Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers, out of Tempe, AZ...americana/alt country I guess best pigeon holes them.

There are probably some people who have heard of them, but without a label (they put out their own records) odds are you were a fan of a former band or have seen them live to know who they are.


I'd like to find more bands like this...yours?

[/ QUOTE ]


I think more people would be more familiar fir Roger Clyne's former band The Refreshments.

My choice for unknown bands would be Polaris. Polaris (warning sound) (http://www.mezzotint.com/polaris/)

[bravos1]

Rusty Nipples.. though they parted about 8 months ago and created 2 new bands... Purple Prison Hell and I don't know the other..

[irishpint]

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The Walkmen, go to Itunes and listen to their song THE RAT

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not that small, not that good.

[irishpint]

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heiruspecs, coming straight out of st paul.

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are they really still that small? i think anyone in the underground rap scene has probably heard of them, if nothing else from when they're backing up Slug.

[/ QUOTE ]

i went to a show of theirs in seattle and there were like 7 people there. they are better than that.

[SL__72]

heiruspecs is a good choice.

Another twin cities band, Liar's Club, would be my pick.

[MrWookie47]

Spaceman Spiff out of SoCal, and We Are Scientists, originally from Claremont, CA, but I don't know where they're basing from now.

[Kanchi]

Probably noone here has heard of them but Downy.

noise + Radiohead = [censored] good

[mason55]

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heiruspecs, coming straight out of st paul.

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are they really still that small? i think anyone in the underground rap scene has probably heard of them, if nothing else from when they're backing up Slug.

[/ QUOTE ]

i went to a show of theirs in seattle and there were like 7 people there. they are better than that.

[/ QUOTE ]

wow i'd love to see them live. that's too bad they don't get any love. do they get good turn outs when the play the twin cities?

[UncleRemus]

Kevin Gilbert (along with all the bands he formed.) Some of you may know him as the guy Sheryl Crow screwed over years ago (Listen to "Fun"). It's a shame he died of Autoerotic Asphyxiation in the mid 90's, as he was a musical genius, as well as a fantastic lyricist, with so much more to give.

He was working on a rock opera "The Shaming of the True" when he died, which some close friends finished up for him, and it was released by his estate. I may be a bit biased as I'm a huge fan of rock operas and concept albums, but I truly believe this to be one of the greatest records ever released. Everyone should check it out.

[Spladle Master]

Say Anything

[Tuco]

Out hud.

Tuco.

[mason55]

[ QUOTE ]

Out hud.

Tuco.

[/ QUOTE ]

Way too mainstream

[irishpint]

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heiruspecs, coming straight out of st paul.

[/ QUOTE ]

are they really still that small? i think anyone in the underground rap scene has probably heard of them, if nothing else from when they're backing up Slug.

[/ QUOTE ]

i went to a show of theirs in seattle and there were like 7 people there. they are better than that.

[/ QUOTE ]

wow i'd love to see them live. that's too bad they don't get any love. do they get good turn outs when the play the twin cities?

[/ QUOTE ]

I've seen them in the twin cities 3 times and every time it has been fairly packed. You're right, they did a song w/ slug and sort of run w/ that circle in minnesota so they get some attention from that but not too much. All in all I thought their shows were great because they aren't that big a name and anyone who is there is there because they really like their music. And since they play all their own instruments it makes the live experience much better.

[Drew16]

VHS or Beta

[mason55]

[ QUOTE ]
VHS or Beta

[/ QUOTE ]

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I saw their CD on the endcap at Best Buy the other day.

[Tuco]

Really?

I never listen to the radio and I guess I thought since i've never heard of them that noone had. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

Tuco.

[smokingrobot]

Lenola

check out my invisible name, kind of my bloody valentine/mercury rev/good ol' rock 'n roll.

[mason55]

[ QUOTE ]
Really?

I never listen to the radio and I guess I thought since i've never heard of them that noone had. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

Tuco.

[/ QUOTE ]

Did you just recommend something you've never heard of? /images/graemlins/confused.gif

They're not close to radio airplay but they're much too big for "bands no one has ever heard of" thread.

[Stellastarr]

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The Walkmen, go to Itunes and listen to their song THE RAT

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I love the walkmen.

[OrangeCat]

Burning Water or the Raging Honkies.

Both featured a most excellent guitar player named Mike Landau. It's jazz/rock/fusion like Hendrix might play if he were alive. ML is a top LA session player and can be heard on a zillion recordings. He still plays pretty regular at the Baked Potato in North Hollywood. Any of you LA guys should definately check him out.

[Stellastarr]

Stellastarr, The Spinto Band.

[Drew16]

I hope you bought it, if not, go back right now and buy it.

[mason55]

[ QUOTE ]
I hope you bought it, if not, go back right now and buy it.

[/ QUOTE ]


Have both their releases. Don't really like either one.

[Harv72b]

All time: Savatage (still kind of together as the Trans-Siberian Orchestra).

More recent: Vegas DeMilo (San Fran/Bay Area band that I stumbled upon when I was living in Monterey. I don't think they're together anymore either, tho. /images/graemlins/frown.gif)

[smokingrobot]

[ QUOTE ]

Non-Phixion (some may know of this one, I'm not sure)

[/ QUOTE ]

they're from philly. good [censored].

[smokingrobot]

they're on a pretty big indie label now arent they?

[smokingrobot]

Plastik Little (or plastic little)

philly hip hop.

[smokingrobot]

gonna add lenola broke up and some of the guys formed as Garden State (the band), but because of the movie they are now Like A Fox.

[mason55]

[ QUOTE ]
they're on a pretty big indie label now arent they?

[/ QUOTE ]

yes. i'm not sure how anyone thinks they're going to name a band that no one has heard of, even local [censored], unless it's something that's not worth listening to. maybe some local band in podunk, south dakota, but what's the point of that anyways? actually... what IS the point of listing bands that no one has heard of? how can we discuss them if no one else has heard them?

that's why I haven't even bothered listing anything in this thread.

non-phixion is good [censored] though.

[trying2learn]

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they're on a pretty big indie label now arent they?

[/ QUOTE ]

yes. i'm not sure how anyone thinks they're going to name a band that no one has heard of, even local [censored], unless it's something that's not worth listening to. maybe some local band in podunk, south dakota, but what's the point of that anyways? actually... what IS the point of listing bands that no one has heard of? how can we discuss them if no one else has heard them?

that's why I haven't even bothered listing anything in this thread.

non-phixion is good [censored] though.

[/ QUOTE ]

I want to find stuff that I don't find through normal channels...and have already found two new bands that interest me very much through this thread.

if you don't get it, don't read it - that's cool.

[smokingrobot]

i listed my friend's band, and this other local group.

gotta support the local scene yo

[smokingrobot]

another friend of mine is in a band, Hail Social.

They opened up for Interpol, Secret Machines, and some others...

a lot of hype... although i wouldnt say they are incredible, but definately a good listen.

[chuddo]

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The Walkmen, go to Itunes and listen to their song THE RAT

[/ QUOTE ]

one of my favorite songs in he past 3 years or so.

[Brainwalter]

I thought it was coheed and cambria until there was a thread here about them.

[chuddo]

'okkervil river' is one.

'the lucksmith's is another.

both aren't too terribly obscure that one would have trouble finding their music.

[mason55]

[ QUOTE ]


I want to find stuff that I don't find through normal channels...and have already found two new bands that interest me very much through this thread.

if you don't get it, don't read it - that's cool.

[/ QUOTE ]

No, that's cool, I thought it was supposed to be a discussion thread, not a suggestion thread.

[Jack of Arcades]

The Postman Syndrome

[MEbenhoe]

The Kissers

[Eihli]

nm

[BruceZ]

[ QUOTE ]
as a songwriter, I am qualified to say this -

Doug Hopkins was the bomb - and everything he wrote in the Gin Blossoms was great, and it's a [censored] waste what happened to him, cause I think the band would have stayed on top for a long time if he was still writing some of the songs -

here's a great tribute page to Doug Hopkins (http://www.alphalink.com.au/~ord/doughopkins/)

RB

[/ QUOTE ]

Of course I couldn't agree more, but they wrote some great stuff after he was gone too as we discussed (http://archiveserver.twoplustwo.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=&amp;Number=331177&amp;page=&amp;view=&amp;sb =5&amp;o=&amp;vc=1). It makes me very sad and confused about why they are doing little nickel and dime gigs instead of taking their place among the greatest bands of our time.

[tinga81]

Wookiefoot

[private joker]

The Lucksmiths
The Push Kings
Aberdeen


[Also, count in with the many (here in L.A., it's thousands) who think "The Rat" by the Walkmen is one of the best rock songs of the decade -- unknown? ha!]

EDIT: Wow, someone already mentioned the Lucksmiths. Cool

[ddubois]

I used to go see Liquid Soul (http://www.liquidsoul.com/liquid-soul.htm) on Sunday nights play back in Chicago in the mid 90s at a night club (whose name I didn't remember, but found on their site = Elbo Room). Apparently they've done well sense then, "nominated for a 2000 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album". Anyone heard of them?

[whiskeytown]

True...

I remember reading one time about an A&amp;M executive discussing how pissed he was about their 2nd album's promotional budget being dropped after a month...(wanna say it was the head A&amp;R guy)

maybe it was gonna happen anyways, but Doug was still great....either way, it's clear their 2nd album didn't get the vibe/promotional push it should have for a band of it's stature after the first album.

one way or another, sorry to have lost him. He was singularly, a great songwriter, period.

RB

[daveymck]

THeres loads of obscure metal bands I could go for but I will go for a more mainstream rock band who are playing the States later in the year. New Model Army might be a bit british for some of you but have a listen to the Albums Thunder and Consolation or Ghost of Cain (Sepultura did a cover of a song on this album on Chaos AD).

[Redmen62]

[ QUOTE ]
Bruce Cockburn (pronounced "Coburn" you pervs).

Although I am sure many astute music fans have heard of him it is nevertheless unfortunate that such a brilliant, crtically acclaimed artist has been around for 25 or 30 years and yet never achieved the mainstream recognition he deserves.

[/ QUOTE ]

Wow, good pick. My first concert ever was Cockburn when I was maybe 10 or so, my mom and dad had tickets and mom was sick. Figure he wouldn't get much play in the states because of his political slant (If I Had A Rocket Launcher, etc.)

[edfurlong]

Metallica.

[DasLeben]

Megaherz and Oomph. Both are in a lot of ways superior to Rammstein, but Rammstein just happens to be the well-known Krautrock band out here.

[thatpfunk]

c24c

House of Moist from Houston.

[jakethebake]

The Bluerunners (although some of the folks here from La. may have heard of them)

Johnny Law

Bill Carter &amp; the Blame

[Filip]

I like Zodiac Mindwarp (http://www.zodiacmindwarp.com/)

backseat education, yeah baby

[johnnycakes]

[ QUOTE ]

The Push Kings


[/ QUOTE ]

I just want to warn anyone who might track down this band's music to avoid their last LP "Feel No Fade". That was one big stinking turd pile. The other two full lengths are awesome though. These ratings are accurate. (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;token=ADFEAEE57B1ED94BAB7020CE9D374A C7AD53FA06CB50FF8118294659C9A63847834375EE51E9D8CD B1FA27E12CECB327BB5C10D1CAEE53B0D56C3C3C87EFA07049 43&amp;searchlink=PUSH|KINGS&amp;uid=CAW010509060911&amp;sampl es=1&amp;sql=11:kueyxdaboolf~T2)

[IndieMatty]

Third Eye Blind

[jakethebake]

[ QUOTE ]
Third Eye Blind

[/ QUOTE ]

This was awesome only because of who posted it. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[jokerthief]

Santa Got Drunk Again

[Los Feliz Slim]

Bling Kong (http://www.blingkong.com/)

[Mars357]

Blue Rodeo (http://www.bluerodeo.com)

[glen]

Ambulance Ltd.

[RunDownHouse]

2 Skinnee J's?

[Brain]

Get Off My Sister

[TheBlueMonster]

[ QUOTE ]
why they are doing little nickel and dime gigs instead of taking their place among the greatest bands of our time.

[/ QUOTE ]
Hey would call performing at University of Maryland a nickel and dime gig /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[DarkForceRising]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Bruce Cockburn (pronounced "Coburn" you pervs).

Although I am sure many astute music fans have heard of him it is nevertheless unfortunate that such a brilliant, crtically acclaimed artist has been around for 25 or 30 years and yet never achieved the mainstream recognition he deserves.

[/ QUOTE ]

Wow, good pick. My first concert ever was Cockburn when I was maybe 10 or so, my mom and dad had tickets and mom was sick. Figure he wouldn't get much play in the states because of his political slant (If I Had A Rocket Launcher, etc.)

[/ QUOTE ]

There is a community radio station that turned me onto him. His music is just pure class. Isn't he the head of some Canadian commission on de-landmining Zimbabwe or something?

[trying2learn]

I have another one too - The Piperdowns, out of LA. They won Sammy Hagar's Cabo Wabo National Battle of the Bands, and are excellent.

[B Dids]

Can-U!!

[smokingrobot]

i'd check 'em out if they won a David Lee Roth award, but since its Sammy Hagar, no thanks.

[The Yugoslavian]

KGB
The Movies

Yugoslav

[mike l.]

anything that was on my defunct record label, blackbean and placenta (or bbptc for short). we put out a lot of good obscure stuff.

[wayabvpar]

Jumbalassy (http://www.jumbalassy.com/)

Just a fantastic live show, and their albums are good too.

[sfer]

Jonathan Richman

[Slow Play Ray]

rooftop suicide club (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000A8AXAY/qid=1126031314/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-5043506-0572942?v=glance&amp;s=music&amp;n=507846)

The band's website (http://www.rooftopsuicideclub.com/space.htm) is currently in shambles, but usually they have lots of free stuff posted.

[Femto]

Rainer Ptacek. RIP.

[Femto]

[ QUOTE ]
Jonathan Richman

[/ QUOTE ]I pity the fool who hasn't heard of him. He's fairly big.

[Your Mom]

Hum

[trying2learn]

[ QUOTE ]
Hum

[/ QUOTE ]

they were fairly successful...not a good answer.

the descendents

[smokingrobot]

he does all those songs in something about mary.

[Kevmath]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Hum

[/ QUOTE ]

they were fairly successful...not a good answer.

[/ QUOTE ]

They had another song besides "Stars"?

[mason55]

[ QUOTE ]
the descendents

[/ QUOTE ]

/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Just obscure enough that you might think they are obscure but way way way way way way way too big to be in a thread about "band's no one's heard of"

[mason55]

Finally though of something obscure enough that I felt comfortable posting it.

Gym Class Heroes.

From Geneva, NY (near Rochester), they do live hip-hop in the form of the Roots or Heiruspecs (mentioned earlier)

http://www.gymclassheroes.com/index2.html

Has some sample songs to DL. Although I'm pretty sure a few of the Rochesterites on here have heard of them.

[PTjvs]

[ QUOTE ]
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Hum

[/ QUOTE ]

they were fairly successful...not a good answer.

[/ QUOTE ]

They had another song besides "Stars"?

[/ QUOTE ]

One that got radio play? no.

Realistically, maybe 1 person in 100 in the US knows who Hum is. Hum seems like a fine answer.

jvs

A brilliant ska band called Pain. Extremely funny.

[Cry Me A River]

Richard Cheese (http://www.iloverichardcheese.com/) (Trust me on this one...)