Great Bands that aren't "well known"

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  • brainofPJ
    brainofPJ Posts: 2,361
    8 Stops 7 was a pretty good band


    Esther's here and she's sick?

    hi Esther, now we are all going to be sick, thanks
  • Julien
    Julien Posts: 2,457
    sinch
    2006: Antwerp, Paris
    2007: Copenhagen, Werchter
    2009: Rotterdam, London
    2010: MSG, Arras, Werchter
    2012: Amsterdam, Prague, Berlin
    2014: Amsterdam, Stockholm
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    The Decemberists
  • macgyver06
    macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    Creed
  • Todd76
    Todd76 Posts: 1,469
    macgyver06 wrote:
    Creed

    Thought maybe this was a joke - until I read your Audioslave thread...now I dont know....hopefully both are just jokes, if not OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! to each their own i guess

    EDIT I see you signature is a Beck lyric....there may be hope for you yet
    In my world everyone is a pony,
    and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
  • Sam
    Sam Posts: 45
    I saw Thee Emergency at Bumpershoot, at the skychurch in EMP no less, this weekend. The need to dance was the same as at a Pearl Jam concert! They have soo much energy - a great live band.

    http://theeemergency.com/te/music.htm
  • parel jam
    parel jam Posts: 7,223
    dEUS from Antwerp, Belgium! Kick ass band! They've been around since Pearl Jam, I guess...Tom is a great frontman too...

    "Instant street" is one of my favorite songs of them...other songs: suds and soda, roses...

    http://www.deus.be
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    http://youtube.com/watch?v=U_-WGNRyRzU

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  • parel jam
    parel jam Posts: 7,223
    macgyver06 wrote:
    Creed

    Ouch, my eyes hurt :(
    ♪♫♪♫♫

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=U_-WGNRyRzU

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  • parel jam
    parel jam Posts: 7,223
    Oops, forgot to mention "Gomez". I know PJ likes them...they played Pinkpop 2000 together...Eddie mentions them during the show...
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    http://youtube.com/watch?v=U_-WGNRyRzU

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  • Yefa
    Yefa Posts: 1,134
    Circle - great band from Finland
    http://www.circlefinland.com

    The Court and Spark
    http://www.dreamchimney.com/thecourtandspark

    Timesbold
    http://www.timesbold.net

    Slobberbone (broke up last year but their music lives on)
    http://www.slobberbone.com

    Drive-By Truckers (getting more well-known & for good reason)
    http://www.drivebytruckers.com

    Trad Gras Och Stenar (amazing Swedish band)
    http://www.tgs.nu

    Zombi (really good instrumental rock from Pittsburgh)
    http://zombi.us
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  • danielson
    danielson Posts: 25
    ASG - from North Carolina, Listen to "The Saga", sick as hell. Its almost a instrumental, which is good, because the singer is the weakest part of this band, but you can tell he's really singing his heart out, and the band absolutly kicks ass. Definately focused more on the music than the singing.

    http://www.asgnation.com

    Another band - Grey Haven - from Austin, TX, they sound amazingly like Jerry Cantrell's solo stuff, and not just the guitars, but the vocals too a little bit. I don't know if thats good or not, but I'm a huge Cantrell fan and I like their stuff.

    http://www.greyhavenband.com/

    Listen to the sample tracks for songs 1 and 3, tell me they don't sound like they could be on Degradation Trip.

    They suffer from the same problem that plaugues a lot of new, independent type bands, all their songs sound the same, but with a little vocal variety, I see big things from this band.
  • moeaholic
    moeaholic Posts: 535
    sickwillie wrote:
    Allow me to sing the praises of Clutch. They've been kicking my ass for the better part of thirteen years now, and the only people that seem to be into these guys are the same people who worship the ground Bam walks on. If you haven't heard Clutch yet, and can get past the fact that people might call you a Bam-loving poseur for listening now, Clutch is a supremely talented band. My suggestions: start with "Jam Room" or "Blast Tyrant", set mind to blown.

    i've heard one song by clutch and i really dig it. it's 10001110101. gotta play that shit loud.

    some bands that i've just been introduced to in the past couple years that i really really dig (and don't know if they've been mentioned in the other pages of this thread, so if they have you'll have to forgive me):

    toubab krewe
    jazz mandolin project
    keller williams
    Umelt
    great big sea
    ulu
    antigone rising
    yonder mountain string band
    reid genauer & the assembly of dust
    robert randolph & the family band
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  • pjhabit
    pjhabit Posts: 211
    brainofPJ wrote:
    8 Stops 7 was a pretty good band
    You might also like:
    Days of the New
    The Cathern Wheel
    Boise 11/3/00~Fargo 6/15/03~Winnipeg 9/8/05~St. Paul 6/26/06~6/27/06
  • LukinTimer
    LukinTimer Posts: 538
    Elbow
    Pete Yorn
    David Ford
    Band of Horses
    Ray Lamontagne
    Snow Patrol
    Persephone's Bees
    Camera Obscura
    Guster
    The Elected

    Now I'm off to explore Drive-by Truckers... they seem to be getting some serious love in this thread...
    "Holly f**k, that was so amazing, I just forgot who I came here to see!!" - Courtesy of the guy in the U2 t-shirt standing next to me in Aloha Stadium, Post PJ
  • boxwine_in_hell
    boxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    Best band that very few people have heard of outside of Massachusetts is Buffalo Tom.
    one foot in the door
    the other foot in the gutter
    sweet smell that they adore
    I think I'd rather smother
    -The Replacements-
  • Mr Faded Glory
    Mr Faded Glory Posts: 12
    HUM
    hum are one amazing band who noone has heard of but everyone should have....you'd prefer to be an astronaut is one of the best albums ever!
    i know someday you'l have a beautiful life i know you'l be a star in somebody elses sky but why??
  • GRIMMY
    GRIMMY Posts: 370
    Mr Faded Glory wrote:
    HUM
    hum are one amazing band who noone has heard of but everyone should have....you'd prefer to be an astronaut is one of the best albums ever!
    DUDE I SO AGREE WITH YOU!!!!!! I DIG WILCO TO!!!


    "I like your rain drop collecter splash in my eye makes everything look like new"
    grimmy
  • JohnnyGeetar
    JohnnyGeetar Posts: 165
    Silversun Pickups...saw them last night and they rock.
    M. Ward
    Tapes 'n Tapes
    Wolf Parade
    Decemberists. I know it's been said before, but Colin Meloy is great.
    The Black Angels
    Calexico
  • Todd76
    Todd76 Posts: 1,469
    Mr Faded Glory wrote:
    HUM
    hum are one amazing band who noone has heard of but everyone should have....you'd prefer to be an astronaut is one of the best albums ever!



    "I thought she'd be there holding daisies, she always waits for me"....I used to LOVE this song (good album: the Pod, I Like Your Hair Long, I Hate It Too are all good)

    .....not "well known" bands (I realize alot of these bands are very well known to some - but to the average music fan, not so much)

    fairly unknown outside Canada:

    Stars
    Wolf Parade
    the Dears
    Sarah Harmer
    Hayden
    Broken Social Scene
    Metric
    Arcade Fire
    Controller Controller
    Hidden Cameras
    the Rheostatics
    Sloan
    Ron Sexsmith
    Feist
    Eric's Trip

    Generally not too well known:

    Sebadoh
    Pavement
    Stereolab
    the Decemberists
    Sparklehorse
    Mercury Rev
    Doves
    Badly Drawn Boy
    Low
    Mojave 3
    Slowdive
    the Dandy Warhols
    Primal Scream
    My Bloody Valentine
    Spiritualized
    Cranes
    In my world everyone is a pony,
    and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
  • Horos
    Horos Posts: 4,518
    There's a really great band from the '80 that everyone has heard of but not many listened to. No radio play then and very little now.

    IRON WHAT?

    IRON "FUCKIN" MAIDEN
    #FHP

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