Great Bands that aren't "well known"

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  • niallniall Posts: 244
    faith no more are hailed as greats but their album sales never reflected that. It seemed that people were just name checking them because they read they were great.

    mr bungle
    mad season
    tracy chapman (her first album was massive but her last 2 albums were her best)
  • niallniall Posts: 244
    faith no more are hailed as greats but their album sales never reflected that. It seemed that people were just name checking them because they read they were great.

    mr bungle

    mad season

    tracy chapman
    (her first album was massive but her last 2 albums were her best)

    the melvins
    (again name checked alot but people who name check maybe do not own any albums)

    neil young
    (still making amazing music and if it wasnt for his attitude to labels etc pearl jam may not be doing what they are doing i.e making no videos little promotion)
  • pjhabitpjhabit Posts: 211
    tybird wrote:
    What would be a good first Government Mule album for the beginner?

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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    PJ Habit wrote:
    The Deepest End--it's live & 2disc
    Thanks...I believe that I have seen that one readily available locally.
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  • The Redwalls and The Dead 60's are great!! I saw The Dead 60's open for Weezer and I thought they were not too bad so I got their album and it is really good!! Try them out!!
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  • smithnic wrote:
    The Shins
    Yo La Tengo
    The Flaming LIps


    a friend just gave me yoshimi battles the pink robots to listen to. not my usual cup of tea but i have enjoyed it. :)
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    Elefant
    Eagles of Death Metal
    Fragile Procelain Mice - great local rock band from Bellville, IL
  • intodeep wrote:
    Well i'm sure a lot of people have heard of these bands but maybe someone hasn't. some of my favorite not quite mainstream bands are:

    built to spill
    minus the bear

    Another one i'm getting into now is Dredg

    these are more well known but still very good
    at the drive in/ the mars volta
    wilco
    flaming lips

    built to spill, they are the greatest!
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  • pjhabitpjhabit Posts: 211
    Not to big on The Hip, they may grow on me, I'll give them a few more spins...

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  • KINGS OF LEON - I dont know how big they are in the USA, although i have heard they are huge in England. Well in Australia they are unknown so i have to include them here.

    DOVES - Band from Manchester, England who are well known there, not sure about the USA, but again in Australia they are relatively unknown.

    THIRD EYE BLIND - I know this group were very popular after their self titled debut and everybody has heard of them. In Australia they get next to no attention at all, it has been that way since their first album. I assume they are still relatively popular in the states but as i said down under they are rare. Thats why i like them, because if their stuff was played all over the radio i would get sick of it quick, its so catchy.

    Phantom Planet - Their hit California was all over the place, but very few people know Phantom Planet. In Australia they are not well known.
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  • Hi! I´m my country, very few people know:
    Candlebox
    Muse
    Emiliana Torrini
    Natalie Merchant
    Beth Orton
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  • caifan82caifan82 Mexico City Posts: 321
    Anathema

    The Gathering

    Check any of the last 5 CDs, from either of them... check 'em now! Go! Now! You'll be glad you did it, I swear! :D
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  • Soul Coughing!

    i cant believe no one put Soul Coughing in their list.
    all three of their studio CDs are aewsome.
    Ruby Vroom, Irresistible Bliss, and El Oso(my personal favorite album ever)

    they just released a bunch LIVE cds recently. i haven't bought any of them yet, because i'm kinda broke right now.

    also Mike Doughty(front man) is a solo artist now, he has a new CD out.
    Keep on Rockin' in the Free World
  • TTOMOTTOMO Posts: 11
    THIRD EYE BLIND - I know this group were very popular after their self titled debut and everybody has heard of them. In Australia they get next to no attention at all, it has been that way since their first album. I assume they are still relatively popular in the states but as i said down under they are rare. Thats why i like them, because if their stuff was played all over the radio i would get sick of it quick, its so catchy.

    Nope, not anymore. They released a third album last year, and it did ABSOLUTELY nothing. I don't think even 90% of the North American population even knew they had a new album. I can't even remember what it's called.


    Anyways, I pick:

    Faith No More and Mr. Bungle

    The Mr. T Experience (Berkeley CA, Lookout Records. Same scene and label as Green Day, but didn't make it big, for some reason. They certainly have way more than enough catchy songs and clever lyrics. Dr. Frank is a songwriting machine. I think most Green Day fans would like them, except they sing more about girls and stuff and they don't have fake British accents.)

    King Missile (Aside from Detachable Penis, they had quite a good catalog of good and funny songs. A lot of them are better than the aforementioned hit. If I ever saw them live, I wouldn't even care if they played that one.)

    Rusty (Canadian band, known up here in the 90's for the song "Misogyny" and a few others, but their stuff isn't even available anymore, unless you look on eBay. I bought their first album on their and it's good stuff.)

    The Killjoys (There are two bands called the Killjoys, the ones from Australia and then from Canada, but I'm talking about the Canadian one. Their second album, Gimme Five, is great, it's the only one I have. It has great songs like "Rave + Drool" and "Soaked". I recommend those. Their first big hit up here was "Today I Hate Everyone". They encountered the same kind of fate as Rusty: only moderately popular in Canada in the 90's and CD's that are only available anymore on eBay. I really like them, though.)

    Noise Therapy (Band from Vancouver, I really like their Cyclops EP. It's only available anymore on eBay.)

    54/40 (Another Vancouver band. Many great hits in Canada throughout the 80's and 90's that would've done well in the States if given a chance by their record label to release anything down there.)
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  • Meat Puppets.
  • Being Canadian, I have listened to and supported many homegrown artists. The three Canadian bands I go gaga for and will recommend to anyone are:

    The Skydiggers
    The Pursuit of Happiness
    Cowboy Junkies

    I think the Cowboy Junkies are the only group out of these three that still record.

    I still prefer these bands to the Tragically Hip. I know I will get lynched for saying this, but it is the truth.
  • CollinCollin Posts: 4,931
    Mother Love Bone
    Mad Season
    Meat Puppets
    Emiliana Torrini
    Mazzy Star

    I know a lot of you know them but that doesn't mean they're well known.
    The people I meet daily don't even know pearl jam.
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  • EchoesEchoes Posts: 1,279
    slint
    pavement
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  • HYLAHYLA Posts: 137
    Emiliana Torrini is fantastic.
  • Max Creek
    Keller Williams
    The Breakfast
    George Wesley
    String cheese incident
    Soulive
    The Blue Method
    Umphree's Mcgee(sp?)
    Spearhead
    Moe
    I need a fix 'cause I'm going down
  • letsongsprotestletsongsprotest Novi, MI Posts: 552
    Alkaline Trio
    Ray LaMontagne
    Tegan & Sara
    Sleater-Kinney
    Damien Rice
    There's a trapdoor in the sun.
  • meat puppets
    mad season
    three fish
    king prawn
    lightyear
    capdown
    arctic monkeys
    Can not be arsed with life no more.
  • Secret Machines
    TV on the Radio
    Ollabelle
    Mr North
    Matisyahu
    "there's a lot to be said for nowhere...."

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  • pjhabitpjhabit Posts: 211
    No 3 Fish fans?
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  • ani di franco
    cafe drechsler
    st. germain
    bright eyes
    meat puppets
    calexico
    heather nova
    And sometimes is seen a strange spot in the sky
    A human being that was given to fly
  • pj_zombiepj_zombie Posts: 272
    Pearl Jam Album Rankings
    ---
    1. Ten
    2. Vs.
    3. Pearl Jam
    4. Binaural
    5. No Code
    6. Riot Act
    7. Yield
    8. Vitalogy

    Pearl Jam Song Rankings
    ---
    1. Black
    2. Rearviewmirror
    3. Light Years
    4. Given to Fly
    5. Severed Hand
  • El_KabongEl_Kabong Posts: 4,141
    Hum
    Godspeed You Black Emperor
    Do Make Say Think
    Fly Pan Am
    Exhaust
    A Silver Mt Zion
    (http://www.cstrescords.com)
    Ani Difranco
    Hamell On Trial
    Mazzy Star/Hope Sandoval
    Amina
    Meanwhile, Back in Communist Russia...
    Explosions In The Sky
    standin above the crowd
    he had a voice that was strong and loud and
    i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
    eager to identify with
    someone above the crowd
    someone who seemed to feel the same
    someone prepared to lead the way
  • Flashing Lights, I Mother Earth, Thrush Hermit
  • kenny olavkenny olav Posts: 3,319
    ramspam wrote:
    Faith no more... hardly anyone i knows heard of them... I guess they were a bit before my time...

    the thing with FNM is that they are only well-known for one song - Epic - which is a shame because they have much better stuff, especially on Angel Dust and Album of the Year.
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