Your Favourite Band That NOBODY Knows About?

[Placebo]

Mine is this band from NY called 'Mommy and Daddy'. Will probably never get really famous, but damn do they kick ass.

[Dukakis88]

1. Oklahoma Scramble

You can read about their short, but influential, career here:

http://www.appelstein.com/cif/okscram.html

[New Earth]

2. ZOOT WOMAN!

they are from the UK and have NO recognition over here in the U.S. Actualy, i don't think they have much recognition over there either :(

but i love them! listening to them right now actually.

[NaturalHigh]

3. Kings of Leon

I heard their music for the first time at the end of an episode of "The Shield" last season.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

56. janeane garofalo recommended them to me

so you're in good company there

[Richardo]

4. The Blazers

...not the Blasters, although I like them too.

The Blazers is a rockin' band from East LA that is carrying the mantle of Los Lobos, IMO.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

5. The Martini Kings...

I'm not even sure if they are together anymore. But they were a little known swing band in Oklahoma. They were fabulous!! They had such energy on stage.
Duckie

[ET Awful]

6. Big Ass Truck :) n/t

[funkybutt]

94. OMG!! I love those guys

I've hung out with them on a couple of occasions when they were touring. Great music and attitude! I thought i was the only one. I think they may have called it quits, or at least taken a break.

I noticed that iTunes Music Store has some of their music.

[funkybutt]

95. Brad Sucks is pretty cool and FREE

bradsucks.com offers free downloads of his music. You can also pay for it at iTunes Music Store if you want.

[Phillycat]

97. "Kent" is a great album.

[sniffa]

7. the invisibLe m.c.s

[Wat_Tyler]

8. The Associates.

Best camp album covers ever.

[asthmaticeog]

26. I'll see the Associates' poofiness and raise them this:

[Wat_Tyler]

29. Weren't those guys kicked out of Frankie Goes to Hollywood

for being 'a little too queer'?

[johnnie]

39. LOL

Funny

[XNASA]

100. Didn't they do a cover of 'Wichita Lineman'?

I can't find evidence of it anywhere. But, yeah, Associates got played a lot in my apartment, back in the 80's.

[XNASA]

103. I stand corrected. It was Glenn Gregory that did that cover......

On a BEF album. Billy MacKenzie is on the same disc though doing a cover of 'It's Over' which brings back memmories.

http://www.awrc.com/review/b/music_of_quality.html

[warrens]

9. Doll by Doll

One of the great Brit bands. Singer Jackie Leven is still active and they recorded a live reunion album a few years back. Unfortunately, Cookin Vinyl, the world's laziest record label, owns all rights so nothing they did is available on CD.

But if and when their stuff comes out, their first album, Remember, is a stunner. All the rest is good too, but that first album still knocks me out.

Think Van Morrison but hard rock.

[Forkboy]

10. I got a bunch

Goatsnake
Electric Wizard
Pig Destroyer
Sunn 0)))
Khanate
Isis
Cult of Luna
Jarboe
Nasum
Red Harvest
Peccatum
Oxbow
Halo
Boris
Keelhaul

That'll do for a start )

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

13. Does my vote count if I vote for my own band?

www.The8thGrade.com

I'm shameless, I know.

[mac56]

11. Spongetones! Spongetones! Spongetones!

www.spongetones.com

They'd be famous beyond the dreams of avarice, if this were a just world.

[Mark D]

12. STRANG!!!

Contemporary and traditional folk with a little bayou thrown in for good measure.

[arcane1]

14. Mistle Thrush

and, of course, Skyclad :)

[htuttle]

15. Max Webster

Broke up some years ago, however.

They were just some frostbitten Canadian guys trying to have some fun...

:shrug:

these letters from Lake Louise / sound like damn DIARIES of a winter freeze

[chaska]

76. "Late night in Toledo: I'm talkin' to myself, I'm talkin' to myself"

She's hangin' out in Lake Louis
She's takin' a break from my face

[On the Road]

16. James Ward

who's a James-Taylor-like pianist. He's an evangelical and is generally not known outside those circles, but is really quite good.

[TimeToGo]

17. Synbloss

So obsucre I don't even know about them.

[Mr. Mousie]

18. des_ark

[City of Mills]

19. WARGASM

Metal band from the Boston area, wish I could find their albums. Why play around?

[dolo amber]

20. Currently it's Death From Above

They're utterly mad. :D

[callous taoboy]

21. The Rude Mechanicals

Anchorage.

[flamingyouth]

22. The Droogs

[ret5hd]

23. Ugly Mus.Tard...

sadly, now defunct

[asthmaticeog]

24. Machine Go Boom

http://www.machinegoboom.com

Imagine a grown man channelling the angriest five-year-old in the world. Now imagine he's also way big on the Pixies.

They are my favorite band, period.

[matcom]

25. Squeech

well, the BOSTON DUers know of him but he KICK'S ASS!

"Man Behind The Curtain" ROCKS!

[Magrittes Pipe]

27. Ego Summit

[Kid_A]

28. Now It's Overhead

They're a very cool band from Athens, GA, the same town as R.E.M. They're opening for R.E.M. on their tour this fall, which will definitely expose them to a wider audience, which is really cool because they're a small band that deserves to be famous and sell millions of records.

[John Q. Citizen]

30. Steve Clark - East Coast Street folk musician and recording star

His self recorded efforts include "Songs From The Gutter" and "This is Only a Test."

He's a modern Woody Guthrie.

[Wat_Tyler]

33. Hang on. I thought he died, when he was in Def Leppard?

[SmileyBoy]

31. A band from Calgary called Belvedere.

Some of the best punk out there today.

[crispini]

32. the Sparrows

Truly cool local band. http://www.rockinrocknroll.com/

[Pillowbiter]

34. Vomit Launch

That is following the criteria that if I had seen a band live at one time, they were then at least popular enough to be known by enough people to have gone on tour.

Because I have seen Mistle Thrush and Jarboe live, I have to discount them.

I would say Dir en Grey, but they are well known in Japan, so therefore discounted.

Therefore I choose Vomit Launch, or as my freind says, they are like a poodle named spike. They name sounds like a punk band, but their music sounds like a witty progressive band.

But then again, my freind knows about Vomit Launch, so that would discount them.

But if I post here the name of another band nobody knows about, then you guys will then know about them, and therefore discount them.

PB

[ZoCrowes]

35. A few

VHS or Beta-a live band that does disco/funk with Robert Smith-ish vocals. First major release on Astralwerks last month.

The Children-whacked out expiramental dub. Great stuff

My Morning Jacket- Neil Young-ish rock n roll. Great stuff. 2 indie albums on Darla and one major label on V2

[Rambis]

36. Tannahill Weavers

Traditional Scottish Band- Glate stooph mate!

[Greyskye]

40. Hey, I know the Tannies!

I've even seen them in concert a couple times. Great stuff!

[Rambis]

42. Hey hey

I have missed them the last 4 years (4 year old boy and 2 year old girl) I saw them in a church and it was a religious experience.

[realisticphish]

83. i like them

do you know the Corries? if you've never heard them, they do great stuff

:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[Rambis]

101. I have not

Do you know anything about the new group Broslum? They are a bunch of young kids from Fort Williams? I read about them on the cparcaillie site and wondered if they had a CD yet?

[realisticphish]

102. no idea

but my dad listenes to Thistle and Shamrock and Toss the Feathers all the time on NPR, so he might know

:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[Rambis]

105. If he catches it

I would like to know. We have two small kids so we do nothing:) i can't even listen to the radio these days much. I need to make it a point to listen to Fiona. I guess Broslum won some awards this year or last and according to a friend's brother they hadn't even recorded or released anything yet but they are young and very talented so I am told. Thanks, it is nice to find someone that knew the Tannies so...

[SaveElmer]

107. Saw them at Wolf Trap a couple years ago

They were great!!!

[Beaverhausen]

37. Grace Pool

Not together anymore but put out two amazing records in the 80s. Their singer was Elly Brown who has done other projects.

[billyskank]

38. Niacin

Hammond, bass & drums rock band.

[Tafiti]

41. John Brown's Body - roots reggae band. n/t

[Mojambo]

43. The Ottoman Bigwigs

Now sadly defunct.

[Wat_Tyler]

44. Solar Radio, The Irrationals, Fireland, The Byzantines.

[MnFats]

45. "Spooky Tooth" Not making this up. "Savoy Brown," too

both English blues/rock bands that never got the attention they deserved in the '60s/early 70s.'
shared some members i think.
some of savoy brown later became part of a much weaker band, Foghat.

Try and find Spooky Tooth's version of "Smokestack Lightning" if you can. It's perfect.

[DelawareValleyDem]

54. I Remember them both

One of the Spooky Tooth guys later had a hit with Dream Weaver. I think at one time Savoy Brown had Blues Band as part of their name.

[jefferson_dem]

46. FOUR :: Dave Van Ronk, John Fahey, neu!, and Faust

Had to ID my four latest favorite unsung artists.

The first has deep roots in the early 1960s Village folk scene. Maybe some know about him and his influence. If you don't...you should.

The second is an extremely talented avant guard guitar picker, with crazy chord structures as you've never ever heard before.

The latter two helped spearhead the way-ahead-of-its-time "Krautrock" movement of the 1970s.

[Wat_Tyler]

47. There's a few Krautrock fans on the board.

I'm big on Neu! and Can myself.

[jefferson_dem]

48. Whoaaaaa. I figured there may be a few Krautrockers others out here!

Of course, CAN is the real shit! Once folks hear Tago Mago, Future Days or Ege Bamyasi, there's absolutely no turning back. I recently came across some really hot bootleg recordings of theirs from the early 1970s and few vcds. Happy to share with fellow DUers. Feel free to drop me a PM if interested.

[Squeech]

58. I love Can

Especially the records you mentioned. (I thought I was the only fan of Future Days in the world!)

Given that you also like Fahey, do you know about the band Cul de Sac? A guitarist who takes after Fahey, except he plays electric guitars (processed through a truckload of effects boxes), started the band with a synth player who prefers old analog gear and is much more interested in twiddling the knobs than in playing the keyboard. I was their bassist for a couple years, but I didn't stay with them long enough to do their American tour with Damo. (Dammit. Live CD out real soon.)

[jefferson_dem]

64. Have heard of but never actually heard Cul de Sac. Sounds very intriguing!

Any vibes that bridge Fahey and Can are vibes for me. That's for sure. I do recall he was collaborating with Damo when they came here to Atlanta. Missed the show (marriage tends to have that sort of effect on one's concert-going).

Interesting to hear about your stint as bassist. I'm sure new opportunities and better have crept up! :D

Future Days was my baptism into the world of Can. Couldn't get enough after that one.

[Spider Jerusalem]

59. I know three of those.

Not familiar with John Fahey, though.

[Krupskaya]

49. Such Sweet Thunder, and Captain Tractor

From Nebraska and Canada, respectively.

[bif]

50. Bark Psychosis--i'll bet no one knows them.

n/t

[Wat_Tyler]

53. I do. I had one of their records, years back.

Now, Disco Inferno - there's an obscure band.

[Beware the Beast Man]

51. Uncle Steech and the Blast Potential

[greenohio]

52. "2 musicians and Joe"

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

55. the geraldine fibbers

underappreciated and on indefinite hiatus, but carla bozulich is doing great solo work

[asthmaticeog]

91. My band opened for the Fibbers years ago.

What a great band - Nels Cline is a brilliant guitarist. By any chance did you catch the tour last year (or two years ago?) where Carla and Nels performed all of Willie Nelson's "Red Headed Stranger" album? It was a wonderful show.

[Liberal Veteran]

57. The Whole Fantastic World....

I hear them on WOXY often.

[Mist]

60. Holly Faith

Band out of Atlanta in the late '80's - early '90's. They kicked ass.

[Dukakis88]

61. Throw That Beat in the Garbage Can!

They were a German poppy rock group that mostly sang in English.

[rasbobbo]

62. cavedogs

bought the first cd 'cause i liked the cover. pretty cool stuff kinda like "revolver" era beatles stuff. i think they are from mass.

[stupid grin]

McGinty

It's the best little Irish band outta Nova Scotia.

[Rambis]

63. Jiff and the Choosey Mothers

anybody? Iowa City Iowa band

[frictionlessO]

65. Asylum Street Spankers and Sky Cries Mary

yummy stuff at different ends of the spectrum ASS is fun folksy marijuana induced bluesgrass 1920s moded, and SCM is sorta jammed up hippie wiccan goth with a flair for psychedelics.

[dean_dem]

66. The Wrens

If you don't know who they are...well, I'm sorry.

[chookie]

67. Bonzo Dog Band

Great stuff.

May get some attention again now because a recent group, "Death Cab for Cutie" took their name from a Bonzo song.

[Wat_Tyler]

68. Almost as good as the Bonzo Dog Doo-dah Band.

:P

[chookie]

73. SO YOU KNOW THEM!!

They're fascinating -- started out on BBC children's programming with members of the future Monty Python!

The late Vivian Stanshall I will mourn forever. Keith Moon's best friend. The only guy who could make Keith look like the sensible reliable one....

So how much do you know about them? Fave song?

[Wat_Tyler]

88. Can't claim to be an expert, but I like 'The Urban Spaceman'.

Viv Stanshall is the very definition of English eccentric.

[ruthg]

111. Bonzo Dog Band

The coolest.

[mcscajun]

69. From Good Homes

NJ local band...had a couple of good albums...attracted some of the Phish audience for a time. A blending of rock, jazz, folk, Celtic and jam-band influences.

All three albums available on Amazon.

[Lady Effingbroke]

70. The Judys.

New wave band from the early 80s, local to Houston.

[CornField]

71. Wylde Nept

Local band -- plays nightclubs and summer festivals. Whenever I'm listening to their CD, someone always asks me who it is.

[RevolutionaryActs]

72. All my obscure ones got famous!

I loved Franz Ferdinand and Scissor Sisters before they were known in the US, and now they're huge! hehe :D


Then there are local Seattle bands, like Vendetta Red, I've talked to a few people outside of Washington who know them.

[Robeson]

78. I know what you mean. All mine have become known too...

...but I like to think its because I turned the world onto them! ;-)

[realisticphish]

84. ive heard of vendetta red

and im in ohio :shrug: couldnt name a song, but i know of them

ironically, i have no freakin clue what the first band you named is


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[Chovexani]

74. Malice Mizer

Well tons of people know about them, but 99% of those people live in Japan. J-Rock fandom is still pretty small over here, but growing.

MM was a pioneering visual band that was in the goth end of the visual spectrum. I love all their stuff, but my favorite album has to be "merveilles". Gackt Camui has a voice that's positively orgasmic.

Their keyboardist/guitarist, Mana, is my avatar. Yes, that's a man.

[Cadence]

75. Noe Venable.

[judaspriestess]

77. L7. Bang Tango, Faster Pussycat n/t

[sleipnir]

79. The Beatles

Damn good band.

[Frozen Hamster]

80. Papar & Rio Trio

Two great Icelandic bands that no one outside Iceland knows anthing about.
Tyr is akso a good, unknon band from the Faorie Islands (don't know how to spell the name in english).

[Behind the Aegis]

81. not a band

Julia Fordham. She has the most beautiful voice! I believe her voice could melt the coldest heart!

[Bombtrack]

82. Creeper Lagoon . Anybody heard their stuff?

Unfortunatly they broke up a couple years ago. I flipped when I saw David Cross wearing a Creeper t-shirt on an old Mr. Show episode. I caught on to them when they were past their prime by a year or 2.

[Dying Eagle]

85. Sketchy from Milwaukee

Saw them live a few months ago, Simply awesome Hard Rock :headbang:

[tyedyeto]

86. Siegal Schwall

A Chicago blues band

[bif]

92. I remember them

They were pretty big in the late 60s in Detroit.

[warrens]

93. Corky Siegel still plays around here fairly regularly

I have no idea what happened to Schwall, but he was a pretty good guitar player.

[tyedyeto]

104. Then how 'bout McKendree Spring?

Anyone heard of them? 60's rock

[Dzimbowicz]

87. The Stone Roses

[Cerridwen]

89. Santa Fe - I don't know if they're even together any more

They played Las Vegas clubs in the early to mid 80's. A great relief from the disco that was popular then. They called their style ghetto funk.

Dang I miss those guys.

[NewHampshireDem]

90. Rustic Overtones ...

They were really quite popular in the NH/Maine area, until they signed with a major label and *poof*. :shrug:

[Wat_Tyler]

96. There's quite a few famous bands in the list.

I wouldn't exactly put L7 and the Stone Roses in the 'no-one knows them' list, eh?

[American Tragedy]

98. Nightwish, and pretty much every other band that I really like.

Such as Theatre of Tragedy, Aesma Daeva, Battlelore, Dargaard, Heart (probably heard of them actually), Lacuna Coil, Tristania, Within Temptation, etc.

[Phillycat]

99. PEOPLE, PLEASE! Don't post bands that millions of people know!

God, I don't know why that irritates me so badly, but when you open a thread that's supposed to be bands NOBODY knows and see commercial and critical successes like the GERALDINE FIBBERS for chrissakes, it defeats the whole purpose!

/end rant

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

106. The Jones Orchestra

[SaveElmer]

108. Great Big Sea

Canadian(Newfoundland I think) band with a Celtic bent. Pretty popular in Canada from what I understand but not so much so down here...still they tour in this area (Washington DC) once a year and I usually manage to catch them

[Feathered Fish]

109. The Lyres and the Flamin' Groovies n/t

[ruthg]

110. Tiger Army

My daughter introduced me to them... well, not literally but you know what I mean.