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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.

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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?

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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)

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

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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.

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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.

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

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heiruspecs is a good choice.

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

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

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Probably noone here has heard of them but Downy.

noise + Radiohead = [censored] good

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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.

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

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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?

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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.