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like a band that nobody's ever heard of? well share em here, cause i need some good stuff to listen to :D

Palatka - hardcore
Charles Bronson - hardcore
Horse the Band - hardcore with a synthesizer
Oktober Skyline - hardcore
FDB168 - noise

Palatka
Charles Bronson
Horse the Band
Oktober Skyline
FDB168


what kind of music genre are they?

Suicide Machines
The Exies

(tell me if you've heard of them)

Jump, Little Children

Depending on where you are, you might have heard of them, but they're really great!

www.jumplittlechildren.com

Suicide Machines
The Exies

(tell me if you've heard of them)

yeah, i know who they are

Palatka - hardcore
Charles Bronson - hardcore
Horse the Band - hardcore with a synthesizer
Oktober Skyline - hardcore
FDB168 - noise

Isn't Charles Bronson generally termed Powerviolence?

Also. FDB168, what sort of noise do they do?

Powerviolence? Eh?

Noise is a loose term. They aren't like Merzbow or anything. They play cheap synthesized beats and say random things over them.

-Bullfrogs- Jazz/ragtime/hiphop
-!!!(pronounced ChicChicChic)- These guys have some nice tunes.... crazy percussion

Thats the only really wierd music i can think of off the top of my head

Powerviolence? Eh?

Genre practically invented by Man Is The Bastard AKA Charred Remains AKA Neanderthal. Two distorted bass guitars and arhythmic drums punctuated by blastbeats.

I would say that Charles Bronson are more of a New York Hate Core influenced band - taking their direction from Born Against and Rorschach, but it has been a while since I heard anything by them, so I could be mistaken.

The Grumpy (http://www.angelfire.com/rock/grumpy/)
they're a rock band

or try Kronos Quartet Night Prayers or Howl, U.S.A., the last worth it alone for J. Edgar Hoover(Your FBI)

ACH all these subcultures are crazy. Charles Bronson is hardcore.

How about...

Laika - trip-hop
Dead Milkmen - prog-punk
Moldy Peaches - just a little weird
Crass - really political punk
October Project - you'd have to listen to it, but it grows on you.
Wesley Willis - "I Whupped Batman's Ass" is a classic. As is "I whupped
Superman's ass.
GG Allin - performance art with a band.

Huun Huur Tu. Try and find "Tuvan internationale" from the Album 60 Horses in My Herd (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000000E38/ref=sr_aps_music_1_1/202-1628925-6443016)

..

Emperor -black metal
Enslaved -black metal
Nokturnal Mortem -black metal
Tvangeste -black metal
Dark Tranquility -gothenburg metal
Boraknagar -black metal
Immortal -black metal
Testament -thrash metal
Flotsam&Jetsam -thrash metal
Primus -they really have their own genre
Mayhem -black metal
Peccatum -um... hard to describe, black metal influences, but really completely different
Zyklon -black metal
Bal Sagoth -yes
Vio-lence -thrash metal
Death Angel -thrash metal

Can Primus really be that obscure when they do the theme to South Park? I'd say that means everyone has heard their music. No offense.

Synergy:
Huun Huur Tu. Try and find "Tuvan internationale" from the Album 60 Horses in My Herd (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000000E38/ref=sr_aps_music_1_1/202-1628925-6443016)
They perform on one of the Kronos Quartet albums I recomended (Night Prayers)

Oh, and try King Missile. You have to really listen to the lyrics, though.

Powerviolence? Eh?

Genre practically invented by Man Is The Bastard AKA Charred Remains AKA Neanderthal. Two distorted bass guitars and arhythmic drums punctuated by blastbeats.

I would say that Charles Bronson are more of a New York Hate Core influenced band - taking their direction from Born Against and Rorschach, but it has been a while since I heard anything by them, so I could be mistaken.

Powerviolence as a style has been stretched to include alot more then that though, basically any 'old school' sounding grindcore with alot of feedback that uses high pitched guitars and often octave chords falls under powerviolence now.

Charles Bronson tend to fall under that catagory. So do combatwoundedveteran.

Good obscure bands?

combatwoundedveteran
stabyouintheheadandeatyourfaceoff
Time In Malta
Union of Uranus
Jenny Piccalo
Jihad

uh no black metal or any thing like that. here's what im listening to now

modest mouse
the new pornographers
volcano, im still excited!
toadsuck symphony
weakerthans
led zeppelin
heltah skeltah
catch 22
mates of state
decibully

heard of any of them? i think not
(btw, i hate political punk.... i really hate it)

Horse the Band - hardcore with a synthesizer

That sounds really familiar...I think one of those guys lived in my dorm freshman year. Them or Horsecop...something about a horse..

Fingertight - alt rock/hardcore-ish
Denial - alt/pop rock
Scarve - semi-hardcore
Senses Fail - rock/hardcore
Celldweller - rock

None of these fit one particular style really well...if anyone wants to hear their stuff but can't find it, get ahold of me and perhaps I can help.

Crass - really political punk

Oh yes, but of course.

Wesley Willis - "I Whupped Batman's Ass" is a classic. As is "I whupped Superman's ass.

A homeless schizophrenic - possibly the least likely rock star ever.

GG Allin - performance art with a band.

That is a very delicate way of describing the man. Did you see the copy of Maximum Rock & Roll that had the pictures of GG Allin's funeral?

Synergy:
Huun Huur Tu. Try and find "Tuvan internationale" from the Album 60 Horses in My Herd (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000000E38/ref=sr_aps_music_1_1/202-1628925-6443016)
They perform on one of the Kronos Quartet albums I recomended (Night Prayers)

I'll look for that, I have heard a little of them [Kronos Quartet], but not enough.

Try Obscurioetronaltap - bad electronica

wesley willis, wesley willis...... is that the guy who made that song rock and roll mcdoanlds?

Crass - really political punk

Oh yes, but of course.

Wesley Willis - "I Whupped Batman's Ass" is a classic. As is "I whupped Superman's ass.

A homeless schizophrenic - possibly the least likely rock star ever.

GG Allin - performance art with a band.

That is a very delicate way of describing the man. Did you see the copy of Maximum Rock & Roll that had the pictures of GG Allin's funeral?

Nah, I never saw that, but it's hard to get ahold of any GG Allin material nowadays, at least the way I've been looking. He lived and died exactly the way he wanted to. I never went to one of his concerts either. It would have been nice, except that the back row would have been where most of the audience would want to be, rendering it the front row...;)

Can Primus really be that obscure when they do the theme to South Park? I'd say that means everyone has heard their music. No offense.

yeah, but just about no one knows who they are.

wesley willis, wesley willis...... is that the guy who made that song rock and roll mcdoanlds?

One and the same. :D

uh no black metal or any thing like that. here's what im listening to now

modest mouse
the new pornographers
volcano, im still excited!
toadsuck symphony
weakerthans
led zeppelin
heltah skeltah
catch 22
mates of state
decibully

heard of any of them? i think not
(btw, i hate political punk.... i really hate it)


um, Led Zeppelin isn't exactly obscure. if they count as obscure, then so do Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Exodus, In Flames and Megadeth

wesley willis, wesley willis...... is that the guy who made that song rock and roll mcdoanlds?

One and the same. :D


omg heil!!!

Can Primus really be that obscure when they do the theme to South Park? I'd say that means everyone has heard their music. No offense.

yeah, but just about no one knows who they are.

Hey, you can't beat their amped-up banjo. ;)

Still, about everyone I hung out with in school knew who they were. I keep losing their albums too. Those, and my Violent Femmes albums. I'm thinking of putting a magnetic strip on my CDs and a detector at the door. Still, the vinyl is what I need to keep an eye on.

uh no black metal or any thing like that. here's what im listening to now

modest mouse
the new pornographers
volcano, im still excited!
toadsuck symphony
weakerthans
led zeppelin
heltah skeltah
catch 22
mates of state
decibully

heard of any of them? i think not
(btw, i hate political punk.... i really hate it)


um, Led Zeppelin isn't exactly obscure. if they count as obscure, then so do Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Exodus, In Flames and Megadeth

oops :oops: thats just what in listening to. but! do you know who any of the others are? :D

Still, the vinyl is what I need to keep an eye on.

Damn right. CDs come and go, but vinyl is for life.

modest mouse are cool with a k. the new pornographers are ok. i dislike the weakerthans. catch 22 lived in my town for a short time recently. i dont know why.

Actually, I'm thinking of transferring the vinyl to CD so that I don't wreck the albums, and then hiding the albums away in a safe place.

My favorite is the Buzzcocks, but I don't have that many to begin with. Some Leadbelly too. God, I need a better turntable.

Dream Theater
King Crimson
Pain of Salvation
Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy music)

Still, the vinyl is what I need to keep an eye on.

Damn right. CDs come and go, but vinyl is for life.

my friend collects vinyl. hes got a huge collection, his living room is half full of plastic crates full of old records, its sad AND awesomely cool at the same time :D

uh no black metal or any thing like that. here's what im listening to now

modest mouse
the new pornographers
volcano, im still excited!
toadsuck symphony
weakerthans
led zeppelin
heltah skeltah
catch 22
mates of state
decibully

heard of any of them? i think not
(btw, i hate political punk.... i really hate it)


um, Led Zeppelin isn't exactly obscure. if they count as obscure, then so do Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Exodus, In Flames and Megadeth

oops :oops: thats just what in listening to. but! do you know who any of the others are? :D

Download some stuff by the Anti Heros, Leftover Crack and Fallout Boy.

uh no black metal or any thing like that. here's what im listening to now

modest mouse
the new pornographers
volcano, im still excited!
toadsuck symphony
weakerthans
led zeppelin
heltah skeltah
catch 22
mates of state
decibully

heard of any of them? i think not
(btw, i hate political punk.... i really hate it)


um, Led Zeppelin isn't exactly obscure. if they count as obscure, then so do Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Exodus, In Flames and Megadeth

oops :oops: thats just what in listening to. but! do you know who any of the others are? :D

Modest Mouse is very popular around here, mostly with the emo crowd.
New Pornographers, I've heard of, but not sure exactly who they are.
"volcano, im still excited! " - No idea on this one.
Weakerthans - Pretty obscure, but I think I've seen their name around.
Led Zeppelin: Wtf? Anyone who's lived in the use in the last few decades has heard of them.
Heltah Skeltah - No idea.
Catch 22 - I like, but not obscure. :)
Mates of State - No idea, but interesting name.
Decibully - My friend was talking about this band a couple days ago, I should check them out.

Still, the vinyl is what I need to keep an eye on.

Damn right. CDs come and go, but vinyl is for life.

my friend collects vinyl. hes got a huge collection, his living room is half full of plastic crates full of old records, its sad AND awesomely cool at the same time :D

I have enough to fill about one crate, unfortunately. My dream is to inherit my dad's collection, though. At least to get him to loan me the collection so I can put it on CD and listen to it. Great vintage late 60's to early 80's. Lots of things I'd like to have. Some of the things he DID have that would have been worth something are long gone, too. Hence the rant about thieving "friends". I don't lend stuff out anymore. If I can't make a copy, you can't have it.

Deadboy and the Elephantmen (http://www.deadboyandtheelephantmen.com/): Sorry, I don't know genres, and if I say something that could possibly be anything else, I'll get bitched at
Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes (http://www.johnnysketch.com/)
Reggie and the Full Effect (http://www.reggieandthefulleffect.com/) and the Common Denominator.....but that might just be me

Still, the vinyl is what I need to keep an eye on.

Damn right. CDs come and go, but vinyl is for life.

my friend collects vinyl. hes got a huge collection, his living room is half full of plastic crates full of old records, its sad AND awesomely cool at the same time :D

I think you meant to type "it's awesomely cool AND awesomely cool at the same time", surely?

Still, the vinyl is what I need to keep an eye on.

Damn right. CDs come and go, but vinyl is for life.

my friend collects vinyl. hes got a huge collection, his living room is half full of plastic crates full of old records, its sad AND awesomely cool at the same time :D

I have enough to fill about one crate, unfortunately. My dream is to inherit my dad's collection, though. At least to get him to loan me the collection so I can put it on CD and listen to it. Great vintage late 60's to early 80's. Lots of things I'd like to have. Some of the things he DID have that would have been worth something are long gone, too. Hence the rant about thieving "friends". I don't lend stuff out anymore. If I can't make a copy, you can't have it.
heh, my friend has stuff from the early twentys and he has some in a fire safe that he says are older than that

I have enough to fill about one crate, unfortunately. My dream is to inherit my dad's collection, though.
Heh...that's my dream too...kinda a weird one to share with someone...
I should tell them now- to make sure my brother doesn't try to fight me for it.

I have enough to fill about one crate, unfortunately. My dream is to inherit my dad's collection, though.
Heh...that's my dream too...kinda a weird one to share with someone...
I should tell them now- to make sure my brother doesn't try to fight me for it.

Good point. I need to get that in the will early. All vinyl items in the house belong to ME! *rubs hands*

btw, the weakerthans lead singer used to be in propaghandi. but they arent as.... well you know as they were

My dream is to inherit my dad's collection, though.

Would I appear like a complete and utter bastard if I mentioned that when giving my Dad old jazz LPs at birthday and Christmas, I have considered the fact that I will probably be the one that inherits them, and that this may just have influenced exactly which LPs he has received from me?

Yes, I think I would.

Well, time for me to get ready to haul my ass into work. It's a trip, talking music with people. Maybe I'll start a comic book thread and talk about Alan Moore.

I think I teeter dangerously on the brink between geek-gurl and just plain geek.

Suicide Machines
The Exies

(tell me if you've heard of them)

ive heard of suicide machines.

Accidental DecapitationThrough masterbation

Anyone heard of them?

Happy Flowers.

Well, time for me to get ready to haul my ass into work. It's a trip, talking music with people. Maybe I'll start a comic book thread and talk about Alan Moore.

I think I teeter dangerously on the brink between geek-gurl and just plain geek.

nothing wrong with that. we need a comic book discussion thread.... :wink:

My dream is to inherit my dad's collection, though.

Would I appear like a complete and utter bastard if I mentioned that when giving my Dad old jazz LPs at birthday and Christmas, I have considered the fact that I will probably be the one that inherits them, and that this may just have influenced exactly which LPs he has received from me?

Yes, I think I would.

I don't give music, as a general rule. I like too much stuff nobody's ever heard of, and besides, if they like it, they've probably already stolen it when they visited me. ;)

I think I'll have just one brother out of four to worry about having to fight for dad's collection.

My dream is to inherit my dad's collection, though.

Would I appear like a complete and utter bastard if I mentioned that when giving my Dad old jazz LPs at birthday and Christmas, I have considered the fact that I will probably be the one that inherits them, and that this may just have influenced exactly which LPs he has received from me?

Yes, I think I would.

I don't give music, as a general rule. I like too much stuff nobody's ever heard of, and besides, if they like it, they've probably already stolen it when they visited me. ;)

I think I'll have just one brother out of four to worry about having to fight for dad's collection.

ugh, bad memories. i gave my cousin a Pele cd for his 12 birthday recently and he got all mad at me and stuff. i asked his parents and they told me to get him some music, well, i asked them what he liked and they told me to pick it out....

Meshuggah- Greatest band ever. period.
The Dillinger Escape Plan - technical hardcore stuff (sorry i dont know all the in depth terms)
Chimaira - pretty well known metal, but its good stuff
Darwins Waiting Room - heavier Linkin part sound but its actually good unlike LP.
December- Metal
Flaw-Again they are pretty well known, but great music.
Killswitch Engaged-metal
Switched-more metal

Gaeltach...are you from Dallas? I have a Fingertight demo cd that some guy gave me in Deep Ellum, I thought they were some local band.

centro-matic is really good... so are the wannadies...

The Shins
Belle and Sebastian
The Aquabats (obscure...no. weird? yes)
Reggie and the Full Effect are always good for a chuckle
Tilly and the Wall...tap-dancing percussion!

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The Shins
Belle and Sebastian
The Aquabats (obscure...no. weird? yes)
Reggie and the Full Effect are always good for a chuckle
Tilly and the Wall...tap-dancing percussion!

Belle and Sebastian rock. Interesting sort of neo-sixties sound.

Katatonia
H.I.M.
Ayreon (despite the similarity of phoentic to Aryan, they aren't a white supremacy group)
sHeavy
Scissorfight
Vintersorg
Moonspell (hopefully their tour with Opeth changed that)
Kyuss (I often wonder how many Queens of the Stone Age fans are aware of Kyuss' existance)
Breach of Trust
Within Temptation
Buckethead
My Dying Bride
Anathema

i bet none of ya'll have heard of my band. its called pinch.

Shadow Gallery. Look these guys up, because they're awesome. I'm not even sure what you would call their music. It's kind of like rock, but not quite. They tell a story with their albums. The one I've listened to was about a corporate comspiracy to start a war.

The way I found out about them was I found one of their CDs on the sidewalk in Potter Valley, California.

Seriously, I implore you to buy one of their CDs.

if you want advice from a seattleite that goes and sees quite a bit of awesome music, listen to our radio station - kexp.org. you can decide for yourself that way. john in the morning is great, stevie is too (right after john).
the whole sasquatch lineup this year was great. starting there, try:
death cab for cutie, postal service (same singer, ben gibbard, both bands are great and you should go buy the postal service RIGHT NOW)
dismemberment plan (emergency and i is their best record imho. they broke up last summer unfortunately)
the rapture (think indie rock that you can dance to)
minus the bear (one of my favorites, they are mathy like dplan but still completely different)
the shins (i think someone already mentioned them)
seachange (a newer band of young folks from nottingham, i think they show great potential)
the thermals (trio from portlandia)
constantines (torontonians that sound like nothing i've ever heard out of canadia - the singer has a soulful voice)
interpol
tv on the radio

i've got a lot more... these arent obscure in my part of the country but judging from the posts of others maybe you havent heard of them before. i didnt list anyone on here that i dont think is really solid.

Guys, if you're going to name metal bands, don't name the obvious ones. They're not very obscure. :roll: If you want obscure metal, try a few of these:

Holy Terror
Blind Illusion
Abomination
Shakhan
Dawn Of Azazel
Soothsayer
Repulsion
Skin Chamber

Other stuff:
Melt-Banana
Yellow Machinegun
Kalpa
The Boredoms
Crash
Black Syndrome
Crying Nut
No Brain

And whoever mentioned Wesley Willis, what about The Termites Ate My House Up? 8)

Dream Theater
King Crimson
Pain of Salvation
Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy music)

Whee! Another Uematsu-fan! Another Jap. composer that I really enjoy is Motoi Sakuraba. Other obscure music I like:

Gackt (J-rock)
Hess (Instrumental guitar-rock)
Vacuum (Swedish pop group)

And whoever mentioned Wesley Willis, what about The Termites Ate My House Up? 8)

Down at the bottom of the page are a bunch of Wesley Willis songs. Happy listening! ;) (http://www.alternativetentacles.com/mp3.php?sd=Qi4R8eG0c6W1lNoUw4H)

I just got home from seeing Kamahi (dub) and Rainbow Country (reggee). It was one of Rainbow Country's first gigs since the lead singer got out of the slammer.

Dead Milkmen - prog-punk


Great guys, spent a weekend getting drunk with them.

You should also look into Deadsy and Sisters of Mercy and Shriekbach

Dead Milkmen - prog-punk


Great guys, spent a weekend getting drunk with them.

You should also look into Deadsy and Sisters of Mercy and Shriekbach

Somehow not surprising. They seem to have a quirky sense of humor. It's what drew me to their music in the first place. I've heard of Deadsy and Sisters of Mercy, but I'll have to wait until I ain't broke to get an album.

I should go get a degree so I can work in A&R. God knows I have a bad enough obsession with music.

Subway to Sally (German industrial/medeival metal)
Corvus Crovax (German industrial/medeival metal)
Medeival Babes (just medeival)
Annoynmous Four (mix of ancient and baroque singing)
Any of the liturgical music of the Armenian Orthodox church.

I don't know if Subway to Sally or Corvus Crovax are obscure in Germany, but you don't come across them much in Canada!

Subway to Sally (German industrial/medeival metal)
Corvus Crovax (German industrial/medeival metal)
Medeival Babes (just medeival)
Annoynmous Four (mix of ancient and baroque singing)
Any of the liturgical music of the Armenian Orthodox church.

I don't know if Subway to Sally or Corvus Crovax are obscure in Germany, but you don't come across them much in Canada!

Medieval Babes rawk. I've heard a lot of their stuff, and I can't say I've heard anything that doesn't appeal to me.

Of course, I like listening to plainsong too.

Some of the following are obscure, others are well known in the UK but probably not the US:

Elliott Smith
Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man
Elbow
PJ Harvey
Bloc Party

And an unlikely one from the past... Kate Bush. Seriously, she's a genius.

btw, the weakerthans lead singer used to be in propaghandi. but they arent as.... well you know as they were

I guess obscure all depends on where you live. You know that song "One Great City"? Ya, that's where I live. Please pity me. I'm going to go listen the song, cry, and dream about moving away now.....

My fav would have to be Hawksley Workman. I don't think he's so obscure in Europe, he's kind of recognized in Canada, and ignored in the US, sadly. Amazing talent, and probably has the best stage presence and performances of anyone these days. I took rap fans to see him and he won them over.

PJ Harvey


And an unlikely one from the past... Kate Bush. Seriously, she's a genius.

Yeah, the distance between these two in what they are trying to achieve musically is not as far as might first be imagined.

Melt-Banana
Yellow Machinegun
Kalpa
The Boredoms

Good taste! Especially MB, as that was what 1st lept to my mind!

Other suggestions (may or may not fit waht you call obscure)
The Blue Hearts - J-punk, late 80's
Shang-Shang Typhoon - poppy Okinawan folkish. Upbeat. One of my favorite covers of "Let it Be".
Bakufu Slump - old
Genbaku Onanies
Thee Michelle Gun Elephant - J-pop/punk
Mad Capsule Markets - hardcore punk, metal, techno mix

The Grassy Knoll - Acid/Fusion Jazz, dub mix. What the sound track to the X-Files should have been, had they had any balls

Screaming Jay Hawkings - had a few hits, but I would say he may fit the obscure definition as he isn't so well remembered, check his take on "I Love Paris" - he burns it down, bad.

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Obscure music? Ask my father. He is a "bluegrass" connosieur(sp?). He goes to festivals, buys CD's, plays the music on his guitar, etc.


I love bluegrass, If I am not listening to old punk and such, I am listening to bluegrass...

You would have loved the band on at the bar last night. A weird mix of bluegrass and punk...

I quickly looked through here but I did not see any reference to the Residents. If you like obscure and experimental music then this is the band you need to hear. Unfortunately, the distributor they were using recently decided to drop everything except Scandinavian folk music, so all their albums are out of print right now except for the few that Mute will be re-releasing soon.

By the way, don't ask me to really explain their music. The group has been around for 32 years now and drastically change their sound from album to album. Truly a band that needs to be hears to be appreciated.

If you are looking for just a fun band that nobody seems to have heard of, try the Budget Girls. They are a couple of American go-go dancers being backed by the British band Thee Headcoats on most of their songs. Neither of them can sing but the music is a blast.

And, on death metal, one of the best I've heard recently is Impaled Nazarene. They are a Finnish group that has been around for a little over a decade now and do some awesome work. Also try Bal-Soggoth (possibly have the spelling wrong) if you really like to see where black metal can go if given the chance.

And, on death metal, one of the best I've heard recently is Impaled Nazarene. They are a Finnish group that has been around for a little over a decade now and do some awesome work.

Black metal , and at least five years over a decade...


Also try Bal-Soggoth (possibly have the spelling wrong) if you really like to see where black metal can go if given the chance.

Bal-Saggoth, and they call themselves battle metal. It's somewhere between epic power metal and death metal.

Aww thank Christ I found this thread. I've been seaching all day. I shall bump it so I will have to commit less effort in the future. And will post some obscure selections shortly.

"We hate you little girls" Throbbing Gristle

Anything by Goldie Looking Chain.

Youknowsit.co.uk

V/VM : laptop full of electro-noise, a pig-mask and a deep tomwaits-voice singing 'Lady in Red'. that was V/VM during the Fat Cat event in Belgium.

Residents : why oh why did I discover them 4 years ago and not before?

Like A Tim : Dutch musician/artist , sounds like fucked up computergame and casio stuff but sooo cool.

Daisy Chainsaw : f** Cortney, f** NoDoubt and all those other so called women-rockers. only made 2 albums. voice like a freaked out Elf with dito looks.

mates of state
mates of state

heard of any of them? i think not


Mates of State are awesome with a capital A-W-E.

Hows about some Belle and Sebastian, Rainer Maria, Mew, Rilo Kiley, Ooberman, and I'd imagine you'll definately be aware of Sigur Ros, but really, you can't go wrong with Sigur Ros.

Also, loving the Polyphonic Spree lately.

oh, and everyone should listen to Biffy Clyro.

Quixote

A fantastic Edinburgh Band who have just released their first CD based on the poetry of St. Sebastien. Melodic Jazz with cuban roots, fantastic singing and very listenable.
Love it.

OOOH. I know.
Vast: "Underground" Rock
Sloan: Rock
Gerling: Experiments with different Genres. But very good, Check em out.
Sigur Ros: Ambient Electronica
Flashlight Brown: Geeky Pop Punk
Common: Socially conscious Rap
Grandaddy: Laid back Lo-Fi sorta thing
Muse: Not really obscure, But I feel I must mention them. Epic Rock

led zeppelin

Snuff
Uncle Brian
Jesse James
Graveltrap
[Spunge]
Ex-Cathedra

Ian Dury: Pure class stupidity
Meatloaf: Well you'll have heard of him

Cuban jazz from Edinbourgh.

Totally awesome!

Genitorturers
Fanoe
Atomic Bitchwax
Grand Magus
The Skatt Brothers
Clutch
TISM

..and of course, The Everdead

http://www.theeverdead.com/

Wen was the last time TISM released an album?

lets try

the Mighty Mighty Bosstones - ska, i think
Bad Religion - punk
Millencolin - punk

no one seems to have heard of the bosstones and millencolin for some reason

(who likes penny arcade)

Optimus Rhymes
Minibosses
MC Frontalot
Frontealittle Squad

the Mighty Mighty Bosstones - ska, i think
Bad Religion - punk
Millencolin - punk

no one seems to have heard of the bosstones and millencolin for some reason


They're not at all obscure...You just ask the wrong people methinks.


Kyuss (I often wonder how many Queens of the Stone Age fans are aware of Kyuss' existance)

Me, for one...


Hmm. How about:

Stiff Little Fingers
Spiderbait
Mudhoney
The Partisans
Discharge
Backfire
Inside Out
Toadies
XTC
The Butterfly Effect
Acidbath

Just a few...some sort-of famous, but not overly so.

Steeleye Span
Gryphon
Renaissance
Amazing Blondel

mostly early 70's groups during the folk revival in Britain, though Steeleye's still around and was pretty popular at times...

They're not at all obscure...You just ask the wrong people methinks.
i know theyre not obscure, cept for maybe bad religion, but more people know about it than the others

i know theyre not obscure, cept for maybe bad religion, but more people know about it than the others

I'd say bad religion aren't even obscure, there almost as famous as Blink 182 around where I live (but make better music and dont saturate the radio so much)

All of those bands used to be famous, but they've sort-of drifted away, so I know what you mean.

Wen was the last time TISM released an album?

They've just released a new one, which comes in a box set with two DVDs - "The White Albun"

http://www.tism.com.au/

:)

The Fugs (arguably the first underground band) - hippie type music
Shocking Blue (Originally did "Venus" which Bananarama made famous, and "Love Buzz" which Nirvana made famous) - late '60s type music
The Slits - ska
The Wipers - punk/rock
The Fastbacks - Seattle punk
The Melvins and Green River - the first grunge bands
Babes In Toyland, Bikini Kill, Fluffy - riot grrrl bands
Jack off Jill - modern industrial
The Gits - grunge with a female vocalist
The Plasmatics - punk or metal, depending on which album
Pansy Division - queer punk band
Concrete Blonde - alternative

and many more...

Some great music there Jello - especially Jack Off Jill, Plasmatics, and one of my all time faves Concrete Blonde!

I never really got into the Melvins. I like raw rock, but what i've heard of them, I didn't find anything special.

Inside Out


The band called 'Inside Out' that were a female three piece and played their version of a Madonna song "Venereal Girl", or the Krishna core band called "Inside Out" that your man from Rage Against The Machine used to sing for, or some othe band called 'Inside Out'?

The band called 'Inside Out' that were a female three piece and played their version of a Madonna song "Venereal Girl", or the Krishna core band called "Inside Out" that your man from Rage Against The Machine used to sing for, or some othe band called 'Inside Out'?

The hardcore band called Inside Out with ZDLR from RATM. AFAIK, he also played guitar.

Here are a few "obscure" bands I like (a lot of my 'genres' are probably misleading)

AfroCelt Sound System - African-Irish fusion
Aghora - heavy ambient metal w/ female singer
Blind Guardian - power metal
Björk - electronica/pop w/ romantic influences
Cornelius - Japanese electronica/pop
Colleen - French ambient electronica
Ephel Duath - black metal/jazz
Emperor - black metal
The Gathering - atmospheric rock/metal

KUKL - one of Björk's old bands - crazy mix of jazz fusion and 80s post punk
Mahavishnu Orchestra - the original jazz-rock fusion band
Opeth - fusion of acoustic guitar folk music and melodic death metal
Shakti - fusion of jazz and Indian classical music
Shpongle - cross between African music, jazz and trance

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Here's my full list of albums:

AfroCelt Sound System - Volume 2: Release
AfroCelt Sound System - Volume 3: Further In Time
Aghora - Aghora
Alice In Chains - Dirt
Fiona Apple - When The Pawn…
Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
Asian Dub Foundation - Enemy of the Enemy

Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Beatles - Revolver
Beatles - Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
Beatles - Abbey Road
Beatles - Let It Be
Beatles - 1
Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique
Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Björk - Debut
Björk - Post
Björk - Telegram
Björk - Homogenic
Björk - Vespertine

Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica
Eric Clapton and B.B. King - Riding With The King
Cocteau Twins - Treasure
Cornelius - Point
Coldplay - Parachutes
The Cooper Temple Clause - Kick Up The Fire, And Let The Flames Break Loose
Paolo Conte - The Best of Paolo Conte
Cromatica - Standards
Corrs - In Blue
Colleen - Everyone Alive Wants Answers
Cream - Disraeli Gears
Yehudi Menuhin and Ravi Shankar - West Meets East
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis - Sketches Of Spain
Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Miles Davis - Nefertiti
The Doors - The Doors
Dream Theater - Scenes From A Memory
Dream Theater - Images And Words
Dream Theater - Awake
Dream Theater - A Change Of Seasons
Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
Dustin - Not Just a Pretty Face
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind
Bob Dylan - Love and Theft

Ephel Duath - The Painter's Palette
Emperor - Prometheus
Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits (with Peter Green)
Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour
Frank Gambale - Passages
The Gathering - Mandylion
The Gathering - Nighttime Birds
The Gathering - If_Then_Else
The Gathering - Souvenirs
Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction

Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys
Jimi Hendrix - First Rays of The New Rising Sun
Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
JJ72 - JJ72

Nigel Kennedy - The Kennedy Experience
Alicia Keys - Songs In A Minor
King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson - Red
King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black
King Crimson - Discipline
King Crimson - Thrak
KUKL - The Eye
David Kitt - Square 1

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 2
Led Zeppelin - Zoso
Led Zeppelin - Houses of The Holy
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment
Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment 2

Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola, Paco de Lucia - Friday Night In San Francisco
John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola, Paco de Lucia - Passion, Grace and Fire
John McLaughlin Trio - Que Alegria
Ennio Morricone - Once Upon a Time in The West: Original Soundtrack
Ennio Morricone - Once Upon a Time in America: Original Soundtrack
Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists
Manic Street Preachers - Know Your Enemy
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Massive Attack - Blue Lines
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Metallica - …And Justice For All
Glenn Miller - In The Mood: The Very Best of Glenn Miller
Moby - Play
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concertos 23 and 24
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - The Best of Mozart
Muse - Showbiz
Muse - Origin of Symetry

Dave Navarro - Trust No One
Nightwish - Oceanborn
Nightwish - Wishmaster

Offspring - Smash
Offspring - Conspiracy of One
Opeth - Orchid
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
Opeth - Still Life
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Opeth - Damnation
Jaco Pastorius - Heavy'n Jazz
Pearl Jam - Ten
Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates of Dawn
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd - Animals
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
Queen - Queen II
Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
Queen - A Night At The Opera
Queen - A Day At The Races
Queen - News of The World
Queen - Live Killers
Queen - The Game

Radiohead - The Bends
Radiohead - OK Computer
Sergei Rachmaninov - Piano Concertos 1 and 3
Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
Randall Lee Rainwater - Rainwater Road
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way
Rhapsody - Symphony Of Enchanted Lands
Damien Rice - O
Django Reinhardt - The Best Of Django Reinhardt (Blue Note, 1996)
Rush - 2112
Rush - A Farewell To Kings
Rush - Moving Pictures
Rush - Vapor Trails

The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
Santana - Abraxas
Santana - Supernatural
Carlos Santana and Mahavishnu John McLaughlin - Love Devotion Surrender
Jean Sibelius - Finlandia
Sigur Rós - Agætis Byrjun
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien
Joe Satriani - Not of This Earth
Joe Satriani - Flying in a Blue Dream
Joe Satriani - Joe Satriani
Joe Satriani - The Extremist
Joe Satriani - Crystal Planet
Joe Satriani - G3: Live with Eric Johnson and Steve Vai
Joe Satriani - Strange Beautiful Music
Savatage - Streets
Andrés Segovia - The Gold Collection
Shakti - Natural Elements
Shakti - A Handful of Beauty
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
Smashing Pumpkins - Rotten Apples: Greatest Hits
Starsailor - Love Is Here
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Spock's Beard - V
Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
Symphony X - The Odyssey [Limited Edition]

Poiter Ilych Tchiakovsky - 5th Symphony
Poiter Ilych Tchiakovsky - Serenade for Strings
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous
Turn - Antisocial
Turn - In Position EP

U2 - Boy
U2 - October
U2 - War
U2 - Under A Blood Red Sky
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
U2 - The Joshua Tree
U2 - Rattle And Hum
U2 - Achtung Baby
U2 - Zooropa
U2 - Pop
U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind

Steve Vai - Passion and Warfare
Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground & Nico
Weather Report - Heavy Weather
Freddie White - My Country
Freddie White - Straight Up
Yes - Close To The Edge
Frank Zappa - Freak Out!
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats

Alabama 3
Ry Couder
Oyster Band
Pentangle
Steeleye Span
No Mercy
ZZ Top
Fleetwood Mac

and while everyone's undoubtedly heard of 'em...please, please listen to Pink Floyd. The best. The tops

*immediately puts on Division Bell - current fav*

Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire

John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola, Paco de Lucia - Friday Night In San Francisco
John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola, Paco de Lucia - Passion, Grace and Fire
John McLaughlin Trio - Que Alegria


How do the John McLaughlin post-Mahavishnu LPs hold up? I haven't been particularly impressed with the one compilation of his solo work from the seventies that I have, despite loving the Mahavishnu Orchestra.

If you don't have a copy of the Mahavishnu John McLaughlin/Carlos Santana LP "Love Devotion Surrender", you should get one ASAP (EDIT: AH< I JUST NOTICED IT ON YOUR LIST THERE NOW). I also strongly recommend the Mahavishnu Orchestra with the London Symphony Orchestra LP "Apocalypse" - it isn't really the Mahavishnu Orchestra anymore, Jan Hammer is no longer playing on it, but it still goes some very interesting places.

Here's a few of my faves:

Massive Attack - though not too obscure, are wonderful
Esthero - amazing vocals
Chicane - great mello sound
Django Reinhardt - Great old school guy, played the guitar with like 3 fingers or something
Doves
Stereophonics
Starsailor
Flunk - much like Royksopp
Groove Armada - also arent THAT obscure, but few know who they actually are, its good dance and chill out music
Lovage
Morcheeba
Supreme Beings of Leisure
Mandalay - great female vocals
Weekend Players - chill music
Zero 7 - same as above
Thievery Corporation - Im from DC, gotta mention the locals
Thunderball - a thievery type band
Tosca and Peace Orchestra - solo "bands" of Kruder and Dorfmeister

I could name many more, but if people know more from this type of genre especialy more of the chill out groups, pleaes share

More obscure bands:

Swans - industrial
Killing Joke - industrial or synth-pop, depending on which album
Diamanda Galas (not a band, but a singer/vocalist) - pretty much just vocals, she doesn't need a band.
Neurosis - punk/post-punk
Slant 6 - D.C. area punk
TSOL - punk
Sinergy - power metal, similar to Lacuna Coil
Bolt Thrower - death metal
You Am I - alternative (I know they might not be obscure in Australia, but they are here)

Django Reinhardt - Great old school guy, played the guitar with like 3 fingers or something

Two fully functional fingers and two fingers with severely contracted tendons - he could use them for basic chord shapes on the first two strings of the guitar and little else.

Bolt Thrower - death metal


I rediscovered the pleasures of listening to Bolt Thrower last month when I picked up a copy of their Peel Sesssions 12". Hideous slipshod production, and whatever engineer set up the compressor on it should be taken out and publicly humiliated, but that aside, I had forgotten how good they were. I think I actually like them more now than 10+ years ago.

Two fully functional fingers and two fingers with severely contracted tendons - he could use them for basic chord shapes on the first two strings of the guitar and little else.

i stand corrected, thank you

i stand corrected, thank you

It wasn't really intended as an "I'm right, you're wrong" kind of correction by the way, even with the partial use of his ring and little fingers Django Reinhardts playing is still quite incredible both from listening and technical viewpoints. I still find it hard to believe that someone with a fullt functional set of fingers would be able to play stuff like that.

honey is cool - indie pop/rock
the knife - 80s sounding kinda stuff.. really cool
corvine - indie rock? they only did one ep
beyond dawn - ranging from doom metal to miserable acoustic to funky electro
tefra - uk trad. doom/rock/metal!
atrox - "schizo metal"
the 3rd and the mortal - genius.

Led Zeppelin? Eh? obscure?

Kirsty MacColl
Dar Williams
My Bloody Valentine
Throwing Muses
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
Eva Cassidy
Velocity Girl
Lush
Christine Lavin
Yo La Tengo
Love Spirals Downwards
Black Tape For A Blue Girl
Spiritualized
Jellyfish
loveliescrushing
Maria McKee

The Shins
Belle and Sebastian
The Aquabats (obscure...no. weird? yes)
Reggie and the Full Effect are always good for a chuckle
Tilly and the Wall...tap-dancing percussion!

see, that's funny because you haven't even heard them yet, you crazy lady(tilly, that is). but they are excellent.

but i concur on belle and sebastian, the shins, and sometimes reggie.
air
barcelona
bettie serveert
dressy bessy
pavement
the pixies
beulah
deerhoof
flake music
all girl summer fun band
the apples in stereo
the lucksmiths
the magnetic fields
flin flon
april march
starlight mints
the mendoza line
calexico
of montreal

It wasn't really intended as an "I'm right, you're wrong" kind of correction by the way, even with the partial use of his ring and little fingers Django Reinhardts playing is still quite incredible both from listening and technical viewpoints. I still find it hard to believe that someone with a fullt functional set of fingers would be able to play stuff like that.

oh yes, i realize. yeah he is pretty amazing, and i feel like so many people are familiar with his tunes but have no idea who wrote/played them. what would you cann that type of music, i've heard it refered to as Gypsy Jazz.

Yngwie J. Malmsteen...he's my fav!
Stradavarious
Furious George

the Mighty Mighty Bosstones - ska, i think
Bad Religion - punk
Millencolin - punk

no one seems to have heard of the bosstones and millencolin for some reason


Yeah, none of those are obscure. And ....

When was the last time the mighty mighty bosstones released an album? :D
I thought they were a one hit wonder.

OOh. how about "And you will know us by the trail of dead" Im not sure they are exactly obscure, they were on letterman. But still.