Introduce an obscure old band/artist you think people should hear
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Here's another cool 80's band, The Neats (starts at 1:05) This is seriously cool!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Pj3nQ0GVIk
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Canadian obscure bands:
SNFU - hardcore punk - check out Better Than A Stick In The Eye. “It’s time for what? Time to Buy a Futon!”
Harmonium - Prog - Les Cinq Saisons is a trip
Sons of Freedom - 80s alt-rock. s/t album from ‘88 is amazing. “The Criminal” was a minor hit up here.
Slow - Vancouver post-punk band. Minor hit up here in 1985 “Have Not Been the Same”. Mostly famous for the lead singer pulling down his pants during a concert for Expo 86. Nationwide news 😂. Probably hasn’t been named as much of an influence on the “Seattle sound” as they should be.
Three other “obscure bands” that I like are:
Swervedriver
The Wipers
the Feelies
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1ThoughtKnown said:Canadian obscure bands:
SNFU - hardcore punk - check out Better Than A Stick In The Eye. “It’s time for what? Time to Buy a Futon!”
Harmonium - Prog - Les Cinq Saisons is a trip
Sons of Freedom - 80s alt-rock. s/t album from ‘88 is amazing. “The Criminal” was a minor hit up here.
Slow - Vancouver post-punk band. Minor hit up here in 1985 “Have Not Been the Same”. Mostly famous for the lead singer pulling down his pants during a concert for Expo 86. Nationwide news 😂. Probably hasn’t been named as much of an influence on the “Seattle sound” as they should be.
Three other “obscure bands” that I like are:
Swervedriver
The Wipers
the Feelies0 -
GlowGirl said:1ThoughtKnown said:Canadian obscure bands:
SNFU - hardcore punk - check out Better Than A Stick In The Eye. “It’s time for what? Time to Buy a Futon!”
Harmonium - Prog - Les Cinq Saisons is a trip
Sons of Freedom - 80s alt-rock. s/t album from ‘88 is amazing. “The Criminal” was a minor hit up here.
Slow - Vancouver post-punk band. Minor hit up here in 1985 “Have Not Been the Same”. Mostly famous for the lead singer pulling down his pants during a concert for Expo 86. Nationwide news 😂. Probably hasn’t been named as much of an influence on the “Seattle sound” as they should be.
Three other “obscure bands” that I like are:
Swervedriver
The Wipers
the FeeliesI like that BT album… but that rip off takes a little of the shine off it for me.0 -
Two more bands I can’t believe I forgot:
Captain Tractor - Celtic Folk-rock-punk. “Up the Hill” and “Last Saskatchewan Pirate” are just amazing songs off their best album “East of Edson”.
Somewhat ironically, I was born 45 minutes west of Edson.the smalls - so many cool shows in the 90s.Post edited by 1ThoughtKnown on0 -
1ThoughtKnown said:Canadian obscure bands:
SNFU - hardcore punk - check out Better Than A Stick In The Eye. “It’s time for what? Time to Buy a Futon!”
Harmonium - Prog - Les Cinq Saisons is a trip
Sons of Freedom - 80s alt-rock. s/t album from ‘88 is amazing. “The Criminal” was a minor hit up here.
Slow - Vancouver post-punk band. Minor hit up here in 1985 “Have Not Been the Same”. Mostly famous for the lead singer pulling down his pants during a concert for Expo 86. Nationwide news 😂. Probably hasn’t been named as much of an influence on the “Seattle sound” as they should be.
Three other “obscure bands” that I like are:
Swervedriver
The Wipers
the Feelies
I don't know about Swervedriver, but how bizarre that Wipers and Feelies are (and amazingly, they are) relatively obscure bands. These are terrific bands!
"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
brianlux said:1ThoughtKnown said:Canadian obscure bands:
SNFU - hardcore punk - check out Better Than A Stick In The Eye. “It’s time for what? Time to Buy a Futon!”
Harmonium - Prog - Les Cinq Saisons is a trip
Sons of Freedom - 80s alt-rock. s/t album from ‘88 is amazing. “The Criminal” was a minor hit up here.
Slow - Vancouver post-punk band. Minor hit up here in 1985 “Have Not Been the Same”. Mostly famous for the lead singer pulling down his pants during a concert for Expo 86. Nationwide news 😂. Probably hasn’t been named as much of an influence on the “Seattle sound” as they should be.
Three other “obscure bands” that I like are:
Swervedriver
The Wipers
the Feelies
I don't know about Swervedriver, but how bizarre that Wipers and Feelies are (and amazingly, they are) relatively obscure bands. These are terrific bands!It is pretty bizarre (and a shame!) how few people know how good the Feelies and Wipers are… or how influential they have been.0 -
1ThoughtKnown said:brianlux said:1ThoughtKnown said:Canadian obscure bands:
SNFU - hardcore punk - check out Better Than A Stick In The Eye. “It’s time for what? Time to Buy a Futon!”
Harmonium - Prog - Les Cinq Saisons is a trip
Sons of Freedom - 80s alt-rock. s/t album from ‘88 is amazing. “The Criminal” was a minor hit up here.
Slow - Vancouver post-punk band. Minor hit up here in 1985 “Have Not Been the Same”. Mostly famous for the lead singer pulling down his pants during a concert for Expo 86. Nationwide news 😂. Probably hasn’t been named as much of an influence on the “Seattle sound” as they should be.
Three other “obscure bands” that I like are:
Swervedriver
The Wipers
the Feelies
I don't know about Swervedriver, but how bizarre that Wipers and Feelies are (and amazingly, they are) relatively obscure bands. These are terrific bands!It is pretty bizarre (and a shame!) how few people know how good the Feelies and Wipers are… or how influential they have been.
Yes! Influential for sure!
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It's interesting to read what was obscure in 2006 vs obscure in 2021 when streaming and YouTube has every album ever at your fingertips.0
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'Newer' blues band.
Indigenous
Mato Nanji should be a well known name. Shreds the blues0 -
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Al Jourgansen and Paul Barker from Ministry along with Jello Biafra. “Forkboy” was on the Natural Born Killers Soundtrack and is also on “The Last Temptation of Reid”; an awesome album.0 -
mookeywrench said:It's interesting to read what was obscure in 2006 vs obscure in 2021 when streaming and YouTube has every album ever at your fingertips.
I think I saw a MySpace link back there.
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Michael Peter Smith an underappreciated songwriter, check out his song Sister Clarissa as a starting point.Scio me nihil scire
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I'm not a big fan of the world "should" but I'll add to this thread two bands that were mentioned by Eddie Vedder in this article: Dead Moonand Fugazi:I found the article very frustrating because the very thing Vedder has loved about Dead Moon (and others he mentioned like Fugazi) was the "the ritual, and the sweat, and the love" and the fact that they never lost their edge does not well define where Vedder himself has gone. There is a juncture where artists like Vedder and Pearl Jam reach where the path that one takes continues to maintain a creative edge or lapse into the lap of luxury or fail all together. Dead Moon and Fuagzi never lost their edge. I wish I could say the same for Vedder and Pearl Jam. But who knows, maybe Eddie's upcoming solo album will prove me wrong. One can only hope.
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