Your favorite band the almost nobody has ever heard of

[usregimechange]

Dada: American Highway Flower. These guys are an art-alternative rock band and they kick major arse. National coverage, "where going to disneyland" got the most play.

[democracyindanger]

1. The Seatbelts

[usregimechange]

3. What style? Local band?

[democracyindanger]

9. Local, in Japan

Actually the band of Yoko Kanno, the premiere composer for anime. Covers a lot of genres.

[RevolutionaryActs]

12. I've heard of them

But then again, I'm a dork. :7

[democracyindanger]

14. So, by association...

...HEY!

[RevolutionaryActs]

31. LOL!

:evilgrin:

[flvegan]

2. Brilliant Sins.

Love those folks...

[usregimechange]

5. What style? Local band?

[flvegan]

20. Hard rock. California via Wales.

http://www.unsignedcentral.co.uk/modules.php?name=Reviews2&rop=showcontent2&id=59

[stevedeshazer]

4. The Wipers

[GOPisEvil]

6. The Long Winters, Centro-Matic, Zykos to name but 3.

[Wickerman]

15. Centro-Matic rocks

Are they the same as the South San Gabriel line-up? I got confused after the 1st record and never really caught up.

[GOPisEvil]

18. Yeah, same guys in South San Gabriel

There's Will Johnston solo (very mopey, but kinda hopeful at times), South San Gabriel (sorta mopey) and Centro-Matic (more rocking than not).

[Wickerman]

7. Big Drag

an extinct San Antonio band. 1 CD, 1 45, 1 vinyl EP.

Listen to Yo La Tengo's Little Honda and you get the idea.

[redqueen]

8. Mogwai or Andrew Bird

Can't pick just one.

[usregimechange]

16. I have heard of Mogwai, what is their best songs?

[redqueen]

17. Well I'm tempted to say helicon 2,

but I'm very fond of Take me Somewhere Nice and Angels vs. Aliens as well.

[usregimechange]

25. listening to them now, slow melodical with some great

stereo work. Are they an instramental band? Haven't heard any vocals.

[usregimechange]

27. nevermind there comes the vocals.

[MrSlayer]

10. Dew Scented

Excellent Thrash Metal from Germany.

[ralps]

11. Bering Strait

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[two gun sid]

13. Pak-Avant Garde Jazz and The Wolfe Tones- Irish Traditional.

[Dogmudgeon]

19. 28th Day

Look 'em up if ya hafta.

They were just plain fuckin' GREAT.

--p!

[usregimechange]

22. stlye best songs?

[kodi]

21. Donna the Buffalo, and Snake Oill Medicine Show

their stuff rocks and "seminole wind" rocks out like gangbusters.

you can down load their stuff @

http://www.archive.org/audio/etree.php

also love "snake oil medicine show"......they have a bunch of my tie dyes.

[mcscajun]

26. I've heard of Donna the Buffalo: have you heard of Steve Riley...

...and the Mamou Playboys?

:)

:party:

[kodi]

38. yeap i zydaco from way backwhens

once (may, 1990), i got pulled up on stage in front of 250 people at the double door in charlotte by terrence simian and the malou playboys and was handed the washboard and spoons and played (2) songs. the first was just them picking out an audience member and getting him on stage, but once up on stage they saw i could hang doing the percussion and let me play with them a second song, really cool stuff and it freaked out my date.......one of the very best days of my entire life. it was great!

whenever i watch "the big easy" and see Terrence and the boys playing in the background when dennis quaid and ellen barker are in a resturant, i smile remembering that night

[mcscajun]

40. OMG!!!

that had to be TOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Awesome.

:)

[kodi]

46. it was, it was, it was!

big smile right now remembering it!

btw: download Donna the Buffalo from the link i added earlier

go to 5/29/99 and download the show, especially the song "Seminole winds" it is plain flat out awesome.

cheers and happy dancin' feet backatcha'!

[Ophelia Rising]

23. Lucky Boys Confusion

They are from a Chicago 'burb and they play Rock/SKA/Reggae with a touch of Eastern Indian influence....they are totally stellar! Widespread Panic is an amazing jam band and some people don't know about them, even though they are pretty popular....same with Slightly Stoopid from Cali, they play a Reggae/Rock mix.....and there is Towncrier from here in Iowa, they play straight-up midwestern rock....if there is such a thing...hmmmmmm....Rockets and Cars from New York are killer, they have a lot of lefty political commentary in their music....okay, I'm gonna quit while I'm ahead, there's just too many!

[jandrok]

24. Trish Murphy

http://trishmurphy.com/

[usregimechange]

30. I don't like country but I have to say I like some of the songs.

[usregimechange]

33. Does she write her own songs? Great lyrics, minus cowboy man

[jandrok]

36. Yeah, she writes a lot of her own stuff

I first saw her many years ago when we lived in Houston. She had an act with her brother called Trish and Darrin. She moved to Austin about the same time that we did in the mid-90's and went solo.

She's more Americana than country, with a generous dose of rock thrown in. She's quite talented, and finally getting a little airplay here and there.

[khashka]

28. Black Tape For A Blue Girl

Nobody knows that band.

Khash.

[usregimechange]

37. local garage band? Hey I bet the best guitarist in the world

is sitting in a friggin garage some where ripping away.

[khashka]

42. Nope.

Goth band. Real old time goth not this metal/goth bastardized stuff you see nowadays. Kind of ethereal and haunting. Kinda somewhere between Cocteau Twins and mid Siouxsie and the Banshees. Kinda, sorta.

Khash.

[Kat45]

56. I actually have a CD of theirs (Black Tape for a Blue Girl)

But I've never listened to it. It's a promo copy that I got when I used to do music journalism. There wasn't time to listen to everything, and just looking at it, I thought it wouldn't be something I liked. (I guess I was right--you said it's goth; that's what I thought, and I'm not into that.)

[SmileyBoy]

29. Gunmoll. Either them or Belvedere.

Both bands kick ass.

[Omphaloskepsis]

65. Gunmoll is awesome.

iTunes is now playing Board Of Rejection.

[ChoralScholar]

32. Steelheart

[usregimechange]

34. They had a song I loved if I am thinking of the right group...

no idea what it was?

[ChoralScholar]

95. Probably 'Never Let You Go'

"Angel Eyes
You have Angel Eyes
And A Smile that Lights Up my Life"

Sound familiar?

[aquaman]

35. 16 Horsepower...

[RandomKoolzip]

39. Karate, Christmas, Mando Diao, Antibalas, Y. Bhekhirst.....

The Slugs, Honor Role, Tripod Jimmie.....

[stpalm]

41. Streetlight Manifesto

they are a ska/punk/swing/awesome band. they are actually getting bigger and if you like that genre at all you have likely heard them. I saw them live awhile go- they rocked the house.





and the Skaskank Redemption is an awesome up-and-coming ska/rock/punk band that has an absolutely face-meltingly hardcore gig tommorrow night. (I play trumpet in it) they are my favorites.

[usregimechange]

48. I am not a big fan of ska punk or swing but the 3 put together

sounds figgin tasty.

[stpalm]

53. download these tunes! see what you think!

you can get them free.

here's to life:
http://skachilles.com/music/sm/sm_herestolife.mp3

everything went numb:
http://skachilles.com/music/sm/everythingwentnumb.mp3


the 2nd one is my favorite, but the 1st link is a good intro to the magic of streetlight.

[politicat]

43. The Endparty, Sunless, Azoic, and Per Somnia

Four bands, but basically similar lineups. From Tempe, AZ (where I went to school). Goth/Electronic. Very melodic and arty in a death is beautiful sort of way.

Minimal national coverage, though I hear them occasionally on a mix tape.

Lots of clips at : http://inconnumedia.com/

Sunless - the first project on Inconnu Media, gloom rock & synthesized mood music.

Per Somnia - darkwave duo melding new wave, trip hop, world music, and more.

The Endparty - synthpop/futurepop solo project

Azoic has the most commercial success, and is on tour right now.

[MrScorpio]

44. 4Hero and Zero7

Two of my faves

[OrwellwasRight]

45. Underworld formerly Freuer

(actually a scribble translated by the media as Freuer because they needed to call the band something).

[GirlinContempt]

47. Antigen Shift, Architect, Atone, Celluloid Mata, ENT, Genetic Selection

IBM, Monokrom, Depth Affect, Propergol y Colargol, Sendec, randomnumber, The Remote, Amute, montano, robokoneko, noisex, Proyecto Mirage, REviecing end, twodeadsluts onegoodfuck, Venetian Snares, tamvred


aaaand now i'm tired and give up

[ahem]

49. The Minstrels of Mayhem

ahem.

[Splatter Phoenix]

83. They sound...

...like a group of Spider-Man baddies. XD

[lolamio]

50. Chris Whitley

He got a respectable amount of airplay back in the early nineties when his first album, Living with the Law, was released, but since then has faded into relative obscurity. That album, along with a follow-up, Terra Incognita, are two of my favorites. His style is a blues/rock type of mix, and he has one of the most beautiful voices I've heard. It's a shame that he never made it bigger than he did.

[izzybeans]

51. I'll say... The M's. They are Chitown's finest.

Mock Orange...just 'cause.
Let's see...I'm sleepy I forget.

[KG]

52. Drive-by Truckers

best rock-n-roll band in america...



Oasis just wishes they rocked like the truckers.

[mvd]

54. Here's one

There are quite a few relatively unknown artists I like, but "almost nobody" is a high standard. I'll say the Painkillers - melodic hard rock band from Los Angeles.

[CO Liberal]

55. Lee Andrews & The Hearts

A doo-wop group that was moderately popular in the East, but virtually unknown west of the Mississippi. They had a few hits - "Teardrops", Try the Impossible", and "Long, Lonely Nights". Great harmonies.

[enigmatic]

57. All of them, but these guys especially:

Richmond Fontaine, the best band in the world:

[Kat45]

58. Cats In Boots

A hard rock band from the late eighties. Two guys from Japan and two Americans; they couldn't even speak each other's languages, but they sure communicated well musically. Excellent vocals, instruments, songs. Different lyrics. They were big in Japan (one of the Japanese guys was well-known there), but never quite hit here, partly because the band broke up not long after their first album was out in this country. They were my favorite band in that time period, and I still play the CD fairly frequently these days (ie, it holds up).

[elshiva]

59. The Tinklers

Baltimore Alternative group, "Trees Like To Rot In The Forest."

[Eyeball Kid]

60. Built to Spill

"You Were Right" is an awesome song.

[Robeson]

61. Nuspirit Helsinki

[MrScorpio]

70. I know Nuspirit Helsinki

I bet that you're into Jazzanova too

[MirrorAshes]

62. Brothers Past

great songwriters and a mind-blowing live act out of Philadelphia...indie/electronica flavor, hints of radiohead & the postal service, plus they play live sets of drum & bass/rock improv, its pretty amazing. check out www.bpradio.net to listen for yourself, and check out their latest album "This Feeling's Called Goodbye", its great.

[leftofthedial]

63. dada is a truly great band.

Every record is like a self-directed tour of rock and pop.

Michael Gurley is a phenomenal guitarist. Vocals are just killer.

This is one of those bands about whom I just can't understand why they weren't just huge.

[leftofthedial]

64. The Uninvited

...
I talked to God and here’s the deal:
He said to floss between each meal
Drive with both hands on the wheel
and on the first date don’t cop a feel

Chorus
I talked to God and God said...nothing special
I talked to God and God said...nothing special
I talked to God and God said nothing
that we shouldn't already know
shouldn’t already know
...

[JohnnyCougar]

66. Dream Theater!!!

My favorite band x 1000!!!!

[Maestro]

75. Very good band!

[Splatter Phoenix]

81. Ooh...

I love Dream Theater. :D *puts on The Mirror* >] You're right, they are pretty obscure.

[goodboy]

88. I met Portnoy once...

at a drum clinic in St. Clairsville OH...

Also, I discovered a band that you'll like if you like DT

It's called "Pain of Salvation" I think Portnoy's label signed them here in this country.

The Album by Pain Of Salvation entitles "Be" is a masterpiece.

[usregimechange]

89. I am looking into them right now. Thank you!!! I love DT

[NYsocialworker]

67. Blotto

[Burma Jones]

77. I Wanna Be A Lifeguard

Help Help Help Help...............

[ghostsofgiants]

68. The Mars Volta

Heavily influenced by prog rock, salsa, punk, etc.

I like to call them surrealist punk. Don't really know why.

[Maine-ah]

69. XTC

maybe lots of people around the country have heard of them, but most people around here have not. One of my favorite songs:

Here Comes President Kill Again
Lyric by: Andy Partridge



Here comes President Kill again, surrounded by all of his killing
men. Telling us who, why, where and when, President Kill wants
killing again.

Hooray, ring out the bells, King Conscience is dead. Hooray, now
back in your cells, we've President Kill instead.
Here comes President Kill again. Broadcasting from his killing den.
Dressed in pounds and dollars and yen, President Kill wants killing
again.

Hooray, hang out the flags, Queen Caring is dead. Hooray, we'll
stack body bags, for President Kill instead.
Ain't democracy wonderful, them Russians can't win! Ain't democracy
wonderful? Lets us vote someone like that in.

Here comes President Kill again, from pure White House to Number 10.
Taking lives with a smoking pen, President Kill wants killing again.
Hooray, everything's great, now President Kill is dead. Hooray,
I'll bet you can't wait, to vote for President Kill instead...

http://www.xtcidearecords.co.uk/

[KitchenWitch]

71. Chameleon

The Wallets
The Suburbs
Curtiss A
Sussman Lawrence
The Daisy Dillman Band (or the Dillman Band for short)

[Aiptasia]

72. Cornelius, Fireside, The Go! Team, Ween!!!

The list of obscure bands I love is quite long...

[ghostsofgiants]

78. The Go! Team, eh?

Check this out: http://www.thetoiletonline.com/leaveit2.htm (It features music by The Go! Team, and since you're posting on DU you'll enjoy the cartoon too.)

[Codeine]

73. Victory at Sea

Haunting, spiraling, out-of-control perfection. Indie-rock done right!

[XNASA]

74. Solar Radio

Ahern was a fucking genius.

[Maestro]

76. In Flames

Good Swedish Metal!!!!!!!

http://www.inflames.com/main.html

[Ann Arbor Dem]

79. Nomo, followed by Lir.

I don't think Lir is still together, so I don't think they count.

[SnohoDem]

80. I really like Dada's "Spirit of 2009"

Lyrics:

I'm a teenager
I'm a teenager

I'm a teenager
Born in nineteen-hundred ninety-five
And I'll see you here later
Can't wait to meet you
If you're still alive

I hope you're ready
'Cause it ain't cute
Get your gun hand steady
Grab your Bible and shoot

It's the spirit of 2009
We're still waiting for the water
To change into wine
There's nothing left 'cause it's all right
We're gonna burn some books tonight
It's the spirit of 2009, 2009

I'm a teenager
I ain't got no teachers
They gave 'em forty acres and a mule
But I got big brother preachers
Now I see things I never saw in school

They put a wig on the eagle
They took the sex off your screen
Thank God the pill's illegal
I'll be a dad at fourteen

It's the spirit of 2009
We're still waiting for the water
To change into wine
It's the spirit of 2009
Forget the left 'cause it's all right
The population is out of sight
It's the spirit of 2009, 2009 (hoo)

I used to play bass in a solid mass band
Smoke jelly and hang out in my pod
But this summer I'm going to astro camp
Learn a trade that gets me closer to God, God

(solo)

I'm a teenager
I'm a teenager

It's the spirit of 2009
We're still waiting for the water
To change into wine
There's nothing left 'cause it's all right
We're gonna burn some books tonight
It's the spirit of 2009
It's the spirit of 2009

The spirit of 2009
The spirit of 2009
The spirit of 2000-eh, hey

[Splatter Phoenix]

82. Well...

Hmm...for me, I'd have to say...Well, Covenant is great, but I'm not sure how famous they are... They do have a lot of songs...Sister Machine Gun is good too, for being almost unknown... maybeee....
Ooh...Firewater. :D They're good, and openly democratic, too.

[giant_robot]

84. Great Big Sea

One of the most fun live shows you'll ever go to. I must have seen them at least seven times.

[giant_robot]

85. Dupe. Self-delte.

[gmoney]

86. The Beautiful South

Their Greatest Hits album is one of the all-time best sellers in the UK, but they're virtually unknown in the states, near as I can tell. I think my favorite song of theirs is...

"I'll Sail this Ship Alone"
(Heaton/Rotheray)

If, if you choose that we will always lose
Well then I'll sail this ship alone
And if, if you decide to give him another try
Well then I'll sail this ship alone

Well they said if I wrote the perfect love song
You would take me back
Well I wrote it but I lost it
And now will you take me back anyway?

Now if, if you insist that this is for the best
Well then I'll sail this ship alone
And if, if you swear that you no longer care
Well then I'll sail this ship alone

I'll sail this ship alone
Between the pain and the pleasure
I'll sail this ship alone
Amongst the sharks and the treasure
If you would rather go your way then go your way
I'll sail this ship alone

If, if you're afraid that I won't make the grade
Well then I'll sail this ship alone
And if, if you agree to him instead of me
Well then I'll sail this ship alone

Well they said if I wrote the perfect letter
That I would have a chance
Well I wrote it, and you burnt it
And now do I have a chance anyway?

If, if you swear that you no longer care
Well then I'll sail this ship alone

I'll sail this ship alone
Between the pain and the pleasure
I'll sail this ship alone
Amongst the sharks and the treasure
If you would rather go your way then go your way
I'll sail this ship alone

Well they said if I burnt myself alive
That you'd come running back

[goodboy]

87. Dredg. The Album "El Cielo" could be called the Album of the Decade

some lyrics:
(Same Ol' Road)
Here we go down that same old road again
Sympathy unfolds the shell that holds all the beauty within
Here we go down that same old road again
A memory, a regret, a hope

Here we go down that same old road again
Empathy controls the wind that blows and tickles our skin
A memory, a regret, a hope, a stimulant

Recent it seems
We must push on, we must push on
Though we bleed
We must push on, we must push on

All you need is a modest house in a modest neighborhood
In a modest town where honest people dwell
Making the cleanest energy for the greenest plants to grow
Richest soil that is drenched with the freshest rain
Then you should sit in your backyard
Watch clouds peak over the tallest mountain tops
Cuz they unveil honest opinions about the stars

[Crazy Guggenheim]

90. Yeah. But N'Sync is pretty darn good

:spank: :scared: :scared: :headbang: :woohoo: :hide: :hide: :hide:

Bye! Bye! Bye! Cuz I'm ducking for cover!

[sugarmags]

91. YAZ

Love this band from the 90's. Upstairs at Erics is my favorite.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

92. Move out! Love 'em.

[Bzzzz]

93. Jennie DeVoe n/t

[henslee]

94. shockabilly?