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  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    niall wrote:
    I would also like to throw Helmet in there too. Meantime, Betty and Aftertaste are brilliant albums.

    Couldn't have said it better myself. In fact, I listened to a bit of Betty today and had forgotten how good it was.
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:
    The Tragically Hip

    They have been around a long time and have a large following... but it is my humble opinion that they should have a massive following. Too many people have missed the boat with these guys! They are one of the best.

    Agreed. A buddy of mine once called them the biggest undiscovered band in the world, and he's right. The fact that they routinely sell out large arenas and headline massive outdoor festivals in Canada, and then end up playing small clubs and theatres in the U.S. is baffling. I still maintain that the song "Ahead By a Century" should have made them worldwide superstars back in 1996. That tune has "hit single" written all over it, but unfortunately their American record company at the time (Atlantic) totally dropped the ball and the song received very little radio play south of the border except for a few college stations. The Hip have toured the States consistently since the late 80s, they've played SNL, toured with the Rolling Stones, Page & Plant, and The Who, and they have a well earned reputation as one of the best live bands on the planet. And yet people still have no clue who they are outside of Canada and a few border States like Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, and Minnesota. It's bizarre. I hear they have quite a following in Texas though, which is even weirder. Anyways, they've got a new album coming out this year, which means they'll be on the road again soon. Can't wait!
    "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
  • ArmchairJammer
    ArmchairJammer Posts: 294
    Post Rock genre (Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky, Caspian etc. )

    Mark Lanegan
    2009 - Shephards Bush, Manchester, London
    2010 - Belfast, London, Berlin, Arras, Werchter
    2012 - Manchester 1+2, Berlin 1+2, Stockholm, Oslo
    2014 - Berlin, Leeds, Milton Keynes
  • thefixer9
    thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    red mos wrote:
    Toadies (Love this band! one of my faves- seen em many times, nice and down to earth band members if you get to meet them after a show too).
    Blue October (seen these guys a few times, their from here) The acoustic show for the "Ugly side" tour was phenominal.
    Cold War Kids (Rico got me into them) They have like a Jack white/ Cage the elephant sound vocally. Love "robbers and cowards."

    I'll add:

    Reverend Horton Heat
    Joe Bonamassa (is worth a listen if you like Blues rock).

    Good choices! :thumbup:
    Tres Mts- 3/16/2011
    Eddie Vedder- 7/16/11
    Brad- 4/21/12 (RSD Performance), 4/27/12, 8/10/12
    Flight To Mars- 5/23/12
    RNDM- 11/27/12

    PEARL JAM- 12/6/13 I have finally seen Pearl Jam live!
  • GTHobbes
    GTHobbes Posts: 128
    Mark Lanegan. I have no idea how this guy stays under the radar.
  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    GTHobbes wrote:
    Mark Lanegan. I have no idea how this guy stays under the radar.

    Yeah me neither. However, I kind of like that he is low key. New album is great just as I expected.
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • big mick
    big mick Hull UK Posts: 773
    dcfaithful wrote:
    GTHobbes wrote:
    Mark Lanegan. I have no idea how this guy stays under the radar.

    Yeah me neither. However, I kind of like that he is low key. New album is great just as I expected.
    Going to see him 10th March, he only does small gigs, just how I like em.
    Reading England 2006, Manchester England 2009, London England 2010, Manchester 1 2012, EV London 1 2012
  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    mh210105 wrote:
    dcfaithful wrote:
    GTHobbes wrote:
    Mark Lanegan. I have no idea how this guy stays under the radar.

    Yeah me neither. However, I kind of like that he is low key. New album is great just as I expected.
    Going to see him 10th March, he only does small gigs, just how I like em.

    I would love it if he played somewhere close by so I could get a chance to see him.
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • red mos
    red mos Posts: 4,953
    Great Band! They put on a great live show too.
    PJ: 10/14/00 06/09/03 10/4/09 11/15/13 11/16/13 10/08/14
    EV Solo: 7/11/11 11/12/12 11/13/12
  • Yefa
    Yefa Posts: 1,134
    edited February 2012
    Mark Lanegan
    Centro-matic
    Lucero
    Timesbold
    Voivod
    Glossary
    The Walkabouts
    Bloodkin
    Mekons
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  • Gary Carter
    Gary Carter Posts: 14,077
    Brand New
    Ron: I just don't feel like going out tonight
    Sammi: Wanna just break up?

  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,179
    edited May 2017
    Peter Bjorn & John
    The Dirtbombs
    Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
    Kasabian
    The Horrors
    Stabbing Westward
    The Vines
    Post edited by eeriepadave on
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    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • capthowdy1027
    capthowdy1027 Posts: 3,270
    Eels
    Supersuckers
    Rev Horton Heat
    Brad
    * Cincinnati, OH 8.20.2000 *
    * Cincinnati, OH 6.24.2006 *
    * Columbus, OH 5.6.2010 * Noblesville, IN 5.7.2010 *
    * East Troy, MI 9.4.2011 * East Troy, MI 9.5.2011 *
    * Pittsburgh, PA 10.11.2013 *
  • RedMosquito22
    RedMosquito22 Posts: 8,158
    Bright Eyes
    Member 164xxx

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  • SouthernBelle
    SouthernBelle Posts: 14
    ~Hinder~
  • Jnich2424
    Jnich2424 Posts: 608
    The Racontuers. People only seem to know them for Steady As She Goes (if they even know it's them who sings it) but their two albums are just phenomenal with so many better songs than that one on each.
  • thefixer9
    thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    Jnich2424 wrote:
    The Racontuers. People only seem to know them for Steady As She Goes (if they even know it's them who sings it) but their two albums are just phenomenal with so many better songs than that one on each.

    EXACTLY.
    Tres Mts- 3/16/2011
    Eddie Vedder- 7/16/11
    Brad- 4/21/12 (RSD Performance), 4/27/12, 8/10/12
    Flight To Mars- 5/23/12
    RNDM- 11/27/12

    PEARL JAM- 12/6/13 I have finally seen Pearl Jam live!
  • Lifted
    Lifted Posts: 1,836
    of Montreal
  • EBowie
    EBowie Posts: 533
    Eels

    Langhorne Slim
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    ArmchairJammer wrote:
    Post Rock genre (Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky, Caspian etc. )

    Underrated or just not that popular?

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