your favorite band that no one has ever heard of
 

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?

Re: your favorite band that no one has ever heard of
 

The Alabama Bluefish Donkey kickers

Re: your favorite band that no one has ever heard of
 

Right up there with Chuck Hall and The Brick Wall.

Re: your favorite band that no one has ever heard of
 

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

Re: your favorite band that no one has ever heard of
 

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
www.billmallonee.net

RB

Re: your favorite band that no one has ever heard of
 

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

Re: your favorite band that no one has ever heard of
 

The Sean Connery Explosion

Re: your favorite band that no one has ever heard of
 

heiruspecs, coming straight out of st paul.

Re: your favorite band that no one has ever heard of
 

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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.

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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.