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magga1976magga1976 Albury NSW Australia Posts: 522
edited April 2012 in Other Music
That haven't made it big on the world stage.....

These are my Australian nominations

Powderfinger
and
Diesel (world class singer/ songwriter)
2009 ~ Melbourne
2011 ~ Canberra (EV)
2011 ~ Melbourne 2 (EV)
2014 ~ Melbourne BDO
2014 ~ Melbourne 1 (EV)

"Pearl jam are not just a band, they are a choice, and if you make that choice, you become one of the few lucky people on this planet to have your life enriched by the greatest gift that music ever gave" -- substitute
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  • LoulouLoulou Adelaide Posts: 6,247
    The Church (very good band but never really made it BIG) :D
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    the drones



    dead letter circus



    calling all cars
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    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • Hairy DaneHairy Dane Denmark Posts: 205
    My great five from Denmark.

    D:A:D - great old school rockers, tried to make it big but never really succeeded. I do think Tony Hawk once skated to their music during some og his shows.

    Inside The Whale - sadly they've disbanded, but their music was (also) a part of my youth and shaping me into who I am today.

    Sort Sol - another great old school band, who also disbanded.

    Reverend Shine Snake Oil Co. - not sure if they are 100% Danish, but based here. Discovered them as a warm up gig for FLC once, great show.

    Blood Label - my cousins up and coming heavy band. Would still be a fan even if my cousin didn't make noise with his bass.
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  • drumkitinthewoodsdrumkitinthewoods Posts: 54
    HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP!
  • DV70007DV70007 Posts: 67
    Sweet Water.
    Big in Seattle around same time Pearl Jam and everyone else was taking off. Signed by Atlantic and released one album through them. Which was great IMO. Dropped by Atlantic and then not sure what happened. Was living in Seattle and going to school for Music/Video Business. Going to see all of these bands all of the time was one of the greatest times of my life. The talent was endless. Feel so lucky to have seen all of these people live. Andy, Chris, Kurt, Layne and many others. Was a great time to be living in Seattle
    They re-surfaced again in early 2009 and independently released another album. Clear The Tarmac. And have been playing live again as well. Saw them here in Portland in 2009. They were awesome and sounded better than ever. Chris Friel, who has played in a couple of Mike's bands as well as with Pearl Jam is now their drummer. Very excited to see them with this new addition. They have many other albums out as well that they released independently that are very good too. Have to agree on The Church as well, but could not include because I am not from their country. If interested in Sweet Water check them out. They are a great live band.

    http://sweetwater.ning.com/page/bio
  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    Communist Daughter

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd_DySEDplQ

    http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/com ... sts/116482

    Hit the play button on this one

    Not exactly ROCK but they deserve more recognition in my opinion
  • kwdaleykwdaley Posts: 499
    Cowboy Junkies
    Big Sugar
    Matt Mays and El Torpedo
    Nickelback (just kidding on this one!)
    Ottawa 2011
    London 2013 "The Dundas Hookers on Crack" Show
  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    drumkitinthewoods wrote:
    HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP!

    Amen, brother. Best rock band on the planet in my opinion. (Yea that's right, I said it.) New album coming out in 2012! Some other excellent Canadian artists worth mentioning:

    Wintersleep
    Hey Rosetta
    Cuff the Duke
    Arkells
    Headstones (recently reunited!)
    The Weakerthans
    Sam Roberts Band
    City & Colour
    C'mon
    The Mahones
    Ron Hawkins/Lowest of the Low
    Matt Mays & El Torpedo
    Kathleen Edwards
    Sarah Harmer
    Arcade Fire
    Greg MacPherson Band
    Feist
    New Pornographers
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    edited December 2011
    direwolf74 wrote:
    Arcade Fire


    in what world have arcade fire not made it???


    were very aware of them here.. same with new pornographers and feist. and city and colour just sold out a whole tour.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    tragically hip is awesome! Fantastic live show too. they played for 2.5 hours. (took a 20 minute intermission). Played two of my fave songs acoustic, "fiddler's green", and "courage." :mrgreen: awesome band for sure. I've got 4 albums so far. (One being yer favorites). Looking forward to the new record for sure. :mrgreen:
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  • uninnocent-uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    direwolf74 wrote:
    drumkitinthewoods wrote:
    HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP! HIP!

    Amen, brother. Best rock band on the planet in my opinion. (Yea that's right, I said it.) New album coming out in 2012! Some other excellent Canadian artists worth mentioning:

    Wintersleep
    Hey Rosetta
    Cuff the Duke
    Arkells
    Headstones (recently reunited!)
    The Weakerthans
    Sam Roberts Band
    City & Colour
    C'mon
    The Mahones
    Ron Hawkins/Lowest of the Low
    Matt Mays & El Torpedo
    Kathleen Edwards
    Sarah Harmer
    Arcade Fire
    Greg MacPherson Band
    Feist
    New Pornographers

    no love for the Tea Party?
  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,604
    magga1976 wrote:
    That haven't made it big on the world stage.....

    These are my Australian nominations

    Powderfinger
    and
    Diesel (world class singer/ songwriter)

    Would Powderfinger happen to be influenced by Uncle Neil, since their name = my favorite NY song? Or is it from something else?
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  • magga1976magga1976 Albury NSW Australia Posts: 522
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    magga1976 wrote:
    That haven't made it big on the world stage.....

    These are my Australian nominations

    Powderfinger
    and
    Diesel (world class singer/ songwriter)

    Would Powderfinger happen to be influenced by Uncle Neil, since their name = my favorite NY song? Or is it from something else?

    yep, ive read somewhere the name was a direct reference to the neil young song. they were a great band, well worth checking out
    2009 ~ Melbourne
    2011 ~ Canberra (EV)
    2011 ~ Melbourne 2 (EV)
    2014 ~ Melbourne BDO
    2014 ~ Melbourne 1 (EV)

    "Pearl jam are not just a band, they are a choice, and if you make that choice, you become one of the few lucky people on this planet to have your life enriched by the greatest gift that music ever gave" -- substitute
    <a href="http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs28/f/2008/157/3/7/Do_the_Evolution_by_ragnarok2k3.gif"</a&gt;
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  • ZosoZoso Posts: 6,425
    Australia = nick cave. that is all. not sure diesel is world class sorry ; )

    also the drones are amazing.
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  • CAVSTARR313CAVSTARR313 Posts: 8,756
    Pearl Jam
    Bob Dylan
    Faith No More
    Pantera
    STP
    At The Drive-In
    Remi Greene :mrgreen:
    Ray Lamontagne
    MC5
    Iggy and The Stooges


    I could go on forever...
    None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe that they are free.
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Cavstarr313 wrote:
    Pearl Jam
    Bob Dylan
    Faith No More
    Pantera
    STP
    At The Drive-In
    Remi Greene :mrgreen:
    Ray Lamontagne
    MC5
    Iggy and The Stooges


    I could go on forever...

    the OP said that HAVENT made it... :P
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • CAVSTARR313CAVSTARR313 Posts: 8,756
    catefrances wrote:
    Cavstarr313 wrote:
    Pearl Jam
    Bob Dylan
    Faith No More
    Pantera
    STP
    At The Drive-In
    Remi Greene :mrgreen:
    Ray Lamontagne
    MC5
    Iggy and The Stooges


    I could go on forever...

    the OP said that HAVENT made it... :P
    Shit.. I didn't read the first post.. sorry all..

    ok ..

    Remi Greene :mrgreen: we were great.. and will be great again, hopefully soon :mrgreen:
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  • Nevermind90Nevermind90 Posts: 722
    Swedish bands I like & have seen live! ; )

    Johnossi

    The Hives

    Terrible Feelings

    Tarantula Waltz (check out the song Tritonus If Dylan heard it he would wish he wrote it, one of the greatest Swedish song ever written in my opinion!)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYi1Ynh3mso

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  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    catefrances wrote:
    direwolf74 wrote:
    Arcade Fire


    in what world have arcade fire not made it???


    were very aware of them here.. same with new pornographers and feist. and city and colour just sold out a whole tour.

    Oops. I didn't fully read the original post. In that case I probably should have left out Feist and City & Colour as well. And the Hip are absolutely massive in Canada, so I guess technically they've "made it", since they make heaps of money and can routinely sell out arenas and stadiums.
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • goldrushgoldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,549
    As I'm from Wales and now live in Australia I'm going to cheat and name great bands from both countries!

    Gruff Rhys is a fantastic Welsh singer. His band Super Furry Animals are pretty big but his solo work, especially the Hotel Shampoo album, really deserves to be hear by a bigger audience.

    If We Were Words (We Would Rhyme)
    http://youtu.be/ZomW1fwMobQ

    As for Australia, I agree on Powderfinger and I'll also add the mighty You Am I and Ash Grunwald to the list. You Am I have kinda had their shot at the big time but they're still fantastic, especially live, and Tim Rogers is one of the great frontmen. Ash Grunwald is a blues-influenced singer that always puts on a great show too

    You Am I - Berlin Chair
    http://youtu.be/Nwsyr5gAEuM

    Ash Grunwald - Skywriter
    http://youtu.be/RZlUYWcRZSo
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  • solace23solace23 Posts: 704
    Busby Marou
  • KathiKathi Posts: 1,828
    I can really only think of lacuna coil, but I don't particularly like them. Italians don't really do rock well, it's always that cheesy poppy crap that makes it big here.

    as for austria, they have some pretty decent metal bands. nothing really exciting compared to places like sweden or norway though.
  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,050
    Creed's from my city :mrgreen:
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  • Nevermind90Nevermind90 Posts: 722
    I forgot about the legend from Sweden, Joakim Thåström.

    He had few bands including his long solo carear..

    Ebba Grön (legend punk band in sweden)
    Imperiet (a more alternative rock version of Ebba Grön)

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  • Nevermind90Nevermind90 Posts: 722
    I guess people have heard about Jose Gonzales

    amazing acoustic sing and song writer.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-qJu20do0o
    Jose Gonzalez - Heartbeats, (Sony Bravia add) amazingggg inspiring ;)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4_4abCWw-w

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B-h1EEsKDA

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqGk2tpxZig
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  • Sideways SnowSideways Snow Posts: 37
    Von Hertzen Brothers from Finland. Amazing music, nice guys. They were one of the openers for Foo Fighters in Helsinki this summer. A strong prog rock vibe going on without no sense of overgrown self-importance.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYvdUSxwv6Q

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8arkHEE9oR4&feature=plcp&context=C3041383UDOEgsToPDskL6khBjQTsmqiUXKwDvnjjN

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azfL3IsdWi4&feature=relmfu

    And a fantastic sense of humour: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbjxJhRndzs&feature=related
  • Hugh Freaking DillonHugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    The Watchmen.
    Gimli 1993
    Fargo 2003
    Winnipeg 2005
    Winnipeg 2011
    St. Paul 2014
  • KathiKathi Posts: 1,828
    Nevermind90 wrote:
    I guess people have heard about Jose Gonzales

    amazing acoustic sing and song writer.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-qJu20do0o
    Jose Gonzalez - Heartbeats, (Sony Bravia add) amazingggg inspiring ;)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4_4abCWw-w

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B-h1EEsKDA

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqGk2tpxZig

    ooh yes. he's awesome!
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    LukinFan wrote:
    Creed's from my city :mrgreen:


    why would you admit that??? :P :lol:
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • OlivavuOlivavu England Posts: 1,683
    magga1976 wrote:
    That haven't made it big on the world stage.....

    These are my Australian nominations

    Powderfinger
    and
    Diesel (world class singer/ songwriter)

    Mammal are the best Australian band ever.
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