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#1 Heccubus

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Posted 22 May 2004 - 09:30 AM

Just name some of your favourite bands that no one ever seems to have heard of.

Give Up The Ghost (hardcore, pure and simple)
Mother Love Bone (grunge)
Sugarcubes (experimental rock)
Tangiers (pop/garage rock)
Deltron 3030 (experimental, light-hearted hip hop)
The Beta Band (electronica/rock goodness)
The Burning Brides (garage rock/blues with a touch of experimentalism)
I'm sure I'll think of more later...

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Posted 22 May 2004 - 01:44 PM

The Locust (crazy metal, most songs under a minute long)
Mindless Self Indulgence (wacky techno/metal)
Boy (introspective singer/songwriter type stuff, sort of like Badly Drawn Boy)
The Streets (British white boy hip hop that is quite humourous and fun)
Moneen (It's emo-y, I know, but I like them)
Thrush Hermit (pure, unadultered rock)
The Sonics (ass-kicking 60s garage rock, The Hives have nothing on them)

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Posted 22 May 2004 - 03:03 PM

I've heard of The Sugarcubes and Mother Love Bone. You got me on the rest.

I have nothing to add.

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Posted 22 May 2004 - 03:43 PM

Ya, if they're so great then why did they never grace the cover of the Rollingstone?

I rest my case.

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Posted 22 May 2004 - 03:49 PM

Oho! My stomping ground! Ish.

-The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster (crazy psychobilly fronted by a man who sounds a bit like a Mad Elvis)
-Skindred (hard to place, but roughly equates to a metal band with a ragga/reggae bloke at the front)
-Satyricon (erm... major label black metal?)
-Queen Adreena (just plain odd, really)
-The Mad Capsule Markets (crazy Japanese techno-metal)
-Laibach (Rammestein, but heavier)
-HolloW (local band, full out stomping thrash/death metal)

As a side note, everyone in the known Universe here knows The Streets, and The Locust are just plain funny, in a good way...

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Posted 22 May 2004 - 05:21 PM

The Mothers of Invention

Ryuichi Sakamoto
Tangerine Dream

I don't know. Everything i listen to is pretty mainstream.
What i mean to say is, if i know of a bands existence, they no longer appear obscure to me. There's always someone who knows of their existence.

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Posted 22 May 2004 - 05:24 PM

I'd be inclined to say that The Mothers Of Invention aren't unknown. Same with Satyricon. I mean, Satyricon is only one of the most well-known genuine black metal bands out there....but I guess they count, because I can be talking to a friend and be all like "Dude, I heard this BITCHIN' (Satyricon/Mothers Of Invention) song!" and they'll be all "Huh?" and I'll be all "Bitch". And I know of The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, but haven't heard their music.

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Posted 22 May 2004 - 05:38 PM

well, i know the MOI are known around here cuz i talk about 'em all the time all stupid like. All's i'm saying is that in general, no one would know what i'm talking about. Which is good!

They aren't super obscure, but I didn't hear about them through a person or radio, so that counts for something in my mind.

add to list:

Charlie Patton
Flashing Lights (people might know them around here.. they are good canadian jangle-rock)

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Posted 22 May 2004 - 05:50 PM

Flashing Lights are good. VERY good.

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Posted 23 May 2004 - 03:04 AM

QUOTE (Heccubus @ May 22 2004, 11:24 PM)

And I know of The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, but haven't heard their music.

Sir, you are deprived. Go forth, and find Horse of the Dog, and you shall be blessed. Or scared. Whatever.

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Posted 23 May 2004 - 04:03 AM

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Posted 24 May 2004 - 12:14 AM

I like no-name bands. Not because they sound good, but because I feel underground and "in".

Here are some names.

Errrrr.

Moritz Behm. He is a fiddler from my old town. He actually cut one CD and I think it sold 35 copies. Check him out!

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Posted 24 May 2004 - 12:46 AM

sugarcubes were great, and they introduced us to byork.
some others:

Ohgr

New Kingdom

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Posted 24 May 2004 - 01:22 AM

QUOTE (barend @ May 24 2004, 12:46 AM)

Ohgr

Saw an ad for his record in Alternative Press once...is it good? He was the singer for Skinny Puppy, right?

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Posted 24 May 2004 - 09:41 AM

yeah, but it's very different to SP. the first album is fucking brilliant, and so is the second... but it might take you a while to get use to the 2nd one... I would describe it as cute-noir. but the first one is a great amalgamation of 80s synth pop mixed with experimental electronics...

go out and buy it!!!!!!!!!!