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The Hitman
16 Feb 2002, 06:08
What bands do you like, which aren't that well known, should others have a listen to?
I'll nominate the White Stripes. Saw them live at BDO, and purchased their album White Blood Cells. Top band, who you either love or hate. Unique sounds, with crunchy guitar, and heavy drums by a brother/sister duo who hail from Detroit.
If you want to download some of their songs, try Fell In Love With A Girl, Hotel Yorba, Union Forever, and The Same Boy You've Always Known.
Who do you recommend?
The Hitman
Shinboners
16 Feb 2002, 08:15
Other People's Children - A Melbourne based band who have released their debut CD, "Fields Of Sadness" on Library Records. Their sound is mainly 80s synth-pop (think Soft Cell, 1982 era New Order), but their best song is the as yet unreleased track, "100 Ways To His Heart".
Club 8 - A Swedish duo who have released 4 CDs, 2 of them ("Club 8" and "Spring Came, Rain Fell") in the last six months. Their "Club 8" CD was one of my three favourites of last year....think of a melancholic Saint Etienne. The recently released "Spring Came, Rain Fell" is a little bit more upbeat.
La Buena Vida - A Spanish group who do these lush, majestic pop songs full of string arrangements....something you can put on the CD player and leave in the background. I don't know the singer's name, but her voice is stunning....really warm and exotic. Their latest release is called "Hallalujah!".
Desredandwhite
16 Feb 2002, 09:13
Hmmm.. let me think...
Clouds - finest Aussie band ever, IMHO ;-) Never got the recognition they deserved.
Letters to Cleo - Most would recognise them as the band who played on the roof of the building at the end of Ten Things I Hate About You..
Barenaked Ladies - Massive in the US and Canada, but not much business here. Shame, as I think they are the best live act I've ever seen (Hi Fi Bar in Melb a couple of years ago). Incredible improv artists, and have great songs
K's Choice - Had a hit out here with "Not an Addict" a while back, but no one seems to know their other albums.
Brassy - Cool as hell.
Splendid - Headed up by Angie Hart, formerly of Frente
Moxy Fruvous - Canadian band. Fabulous. All four can sing extremely well, all excellent multi-instrumentalists.
GOALden Hawk
16 Feb 2002, 10:12
Jimmy Eat World - Jump on the bandwagon now!!! That's all I will say. Bit like Jebediah but much better vocals.
Commissioner Gordon - Hard working Melbourne ska band with hilarious lyrics and great live tunes.
Millencolin - Yes, I know they are pretty big now but their early stuff is awesome as well. One of the best punk bands in the world, and they are yet to sell out as well.
TheMase
16 Feb 2002, 11:40
A Canadian band called Our Lady Peace.
They have finally released in Australia recently!
I have been following them for around 5 years now, and they have only just now released here.
Check them out, they are damn good (in my opinion anyway!)
Originally posted by The Hitman
What bands do you like, which aren't that well known, should others have a listen to?
I'll nominate the White Stripes. Saw them live at BDO, and purchased their album White Blood Cells. Top band, who you either love or hate. Unique sounds, with crunchy guitar, and heavy drums by a brother/sister duo who hail from Detroit.
If you want to download some of their songs, try Fell In Love With A Girl, Hotel Yorba, Union Forever, and The Same Boy You've Always Known.
Who do you recommend?
The Hitman
agree with ya there... i did a thread last time re the white stripes, but wasnt much response... but yeah, love that guys voice !
i've currently got 'white blood cells'... and The Strokes 'is this it' on current rotation... pretty good stuff...
got a few 'our lady of peace' songs... but, not really a fan..
Shinboners
16 Feb 2002, 16:06
Originally posted by Desredandwhite
Hmmm.. let me think...
Clouds - finest Aussie band ever, IMHO ;-) Never got the recognition they deserved.
Very true....a wonderful band. Don't forget Jodi Phillis's solo stuff and the things she recorded with the Dearhunters.
Letters to Cleo - Most would recognise them as the band who played on the roof of the building at the end of Ten Things I Hate About You..
I never did think much of Letters To Cleo.....
K's Choice - Had a hit out here with "Not an Addict" a while back, but no one seems to know their other albums.
I never did think much of K's Choice either.
Splendid - Headed up by Angie Hart, formerly of Frente
Yeah, that was a nice album.....what's Angie up to these days? Frente were wonderful though.....it's just a shame that the marketing gurus :rolleyes: at the record companies destroyed them.
hawkfan5
16 Feb 2002, 16:12
The Living End 'Roll On' is a top buy if anyone wants to hear something a little bit different than the self titled album type of music.
Porthos
16 Feb 2002, 21:16
Amon Tobin.
Macca19
16 Feb 2002, 22:09
Dry Kill Logic - in my view the best of the year-2001 nu-metal bands. They arent really any different to the normal roadrunner nu-metal band but their cd is very strong. A lot of very very strong songs on their cd. A definte recommendation
Roni Size - If anyone likes Drum n Bass, th en they will already know that Roni Size is the pinnacle of th at genre. Awesome drum n bass.
SydneyBomber
16 Feb 2002, 22:52
CORONER - little known Swiss thrashy type trio. Some of the the scariest muso's I have ever heard. Could never understand why they weren't huge (in that genre anyway!;) )
WATCHTOWER - more awesome muso's - even more complex and spazzed out than Coroner.
(Shame about the singers voice though - yes, I know technically he's awesome, but please enough screeching!)
AT THE GATES - reasonably popular with the heavy 'Swedish sound' crowd, but 'Blinded By Fear' from Slaughter of the Soul ALWAYS amazes in its 'face-rippingness'!;)
McCartney5
16 Feb 2002, 23:57
The SeaMonkeys - Best pub band in Melbourne
Bulldog1954
17 Feb 2002, 01:42
The Bushwhackers
Magpie-Fletch
17 Feb 2002, 14:07
Drowning Pool - Kick arse metal band from Texas, Sinner is an awesome album.
daicos4ever
17 Feb 2002, 15:39
Originally posted by TheMase
A Canadian band called Our Lady Peace.
They have finally released in Australia recently!
I have been following them for around 5 years now, and they have only just now released here.
Check them out, they are damn good (in my opinion anyway!)
A Canadian friend bought be their debut album a few years ago, and i agree with you there. Top music.
I agree with the band BRASSY, very good indeed, featuring the sister of John Spencer of Blues Explosion fame and BossHog.
Also the scottish band BIS.
Originally posted by WKB
I agree with the band BRASSY, very good indeed, featuring the sister of John Spencer of Blues Explosion fame and BossHog.
Also the scottish band BIS.
is that you Andrew WK ? :P
hmmm.. yeah, got a few BIS mp3 tracks... not many ppl know of them here...
i got myself two cd's today... a violent femmes compilation cd... and a cd by one of my faves... Supergrass's self-titled cd...
TheMase
18 Feb 2002, 14:12
Originally posted by daicos4ever
A Canadian friend bought be their debut album a few years ago, and i agree with you there. Top music.
Yes
Naveed. I must get that cd.
I have Clumsy which was their 2nd cd and Happyness is not a fisjh ... their third
They have recently released their 4th in Australia, and I am going to get that soon, as well as Naveed.
CrashPalace, because I know the singer and I want them to become rich and famous so that I can become a roadie and constantly wear a blue singlet and tour the world! :D
Seriously though, their music rocks and they're an excellent live band.
Their album isn't yet released in Australia, but their single Perfect is out.
Go to http://www.crashpalace.net !!!
The Hitman
18 Feb 2002, 17:00
An Aussie band recommendation now.
George. Good band, and very versatile and great voices.
The Hitman
sweetypieleeshy
18 Feb 2002, 17:51
dern rutlidge are good. dont know how to spell it but yeah they rock. fu manchu and alice in chains are good to.
FRANKENBOK- great metal band, and fantastic live
MACHINE HEAD great band with fantastic vocals
I dunno what's popular in Australia but if you can find it, check out Feeder they're a great band from the UK. If you like fast-tempo punk-pop then you'll enjoy this band.
Also Ash, who've been around for a few years and have an excellent album 'Free All Angels'.
The Hitman
19 Feb 2002, 04:57
Originally posted by blueworms
FRANKENBOK- great metal band, and fantastic live
MACHINE HEAD great band with fantastic vocals
I'll vouch for those two. :)
The Hitman
Ruddeger
19 Feb 2002, 10:22
Wouldn't call them unknown, but Reel Big Fish and Mustard Plug are certainly underrated bands falling under the punk/ska genre.
Currently rating very highly on the Darkometer are : Children of Bodom, Edguy, Gary Moore, Gamma Ray, Cacophony and Enslaved.
Old favourites, who are very underrated IMHO, are MANOWAR, Sodom and Blind Guardian.
Originally posted by colin
I dunno what's popular in Australia but if you can find it, check out Feeder they're a great band from the UK. If you like fast-tempo punk-pop then you'll enjoy this band.
Also Ash, who've been around for a few years and have an excellent album 'Free All Angels'.
yes, aSh's '1977' is one of my fave albums... havent been a fan of their later albums tho...
the 1977 cd has a real 'treat' at the end of it... a kinda 'easter egg' type thing... if u listen to the very last track... when it finishes, forward for a few mins.... and, you'll get to hear a 4-5 minutes of drunken, swearing, & massive self-induced vomitting session by the boys... hahah.. its hillarious...
Sydneyfan
19 Feb 2002, 18:11
A little known band which I like are: Los Rabanes - they're a trio from Panama who have made many songs for the Latin American market but are starting to make a bit in the States. I like them because they play a variety of different genres in the one song, thrashing out the bass one minute then mixing it with melodic chords, with a bit of rap and merengue thrown into the mix. Spiderbait and Regurgitator are probably the two Aussie bands which would probably most resemble them, but still they're fairly different to those two. I don't know if you can get their CDs out here but www.audiogalaxy.com have their stuff.
Another Spanish speaking band I like are Heroes del Silencio - they thump out good rock tunes.
A band called Stoic are really good. They are all me mates up here in Sydney. Heard them for the first time last week at our school assembly and their awesome.
They mainly do covers and stuff like that, but they have about half a dozen original songs. They're really talented, i don't know how they'll go in the future, but hope they make it to some sought of succesful level (even if it is only minor) cause they are really good.
Richmondfan#1
19 Feb 2002, 20:44
Since Brett stole the White Stripes ;) I'll say The Get Up Kids. An American emo punk band, not bad for some emotional music. Download Action & Action, Forgive and Forget, Don't Hate Me and Ten Minutes. Coming Clean and Holiday are about their heaviest stuff (which isn't that heavy!). The singing isn't top notch but I can't help but love them.
Originally posted by GOALden Hawk
One of the best punk bands in the world, and they are yet to sell out as well.
Any punk band that admits/conforms to being a punk band has already sold out! :P
Originally posted by Desredandwhite
Splendid - Headed up by Angie Hart, formerly of Frente
Saw them open for Even one night at the Punters a few years back. Some quite good songs from memory although, I somehow couldn't get into them for whatever reason . . . might have to give them a look anyway though.
Augie March are a hugely unrecognised band - if a talent to popularity ratio is to be a measure.
The Screaming Trees were a fantastic band during the grunge era, yet never became major news. Definitely worth a listen, if you like alternative rock, and have outlistened the usual suspects (definitely better than anything new on that scene, at the moment).
Likewise, a lot of early R.E.M. stuff is also fantastic, yet, often overlooked.
The Hitman
20 Feb 2002, 05:06
Originally posted by Stocka
Augie March are a hugely unrecognised band - if a talent to popularity ratio is to be a measure.
I'll back that up. Beautiful music by a beautiful band.
The Hitman
Originally posted by The Hitman
a beautiful band.
I'm not really into bearded sweaty men, who never wear collars, myself. :o ;)
Santos L Helper
20 Feb 2002, 14:54
Originally posted by GOALden Hawk
Jimmy Eat World - Jump on the bandwagon now!!! That's all I will say. Bit like Jebediah but much better vocals.
Commissioner Gordon - Hard working Melbourne ska band with hilarious lyrics and great live tunes.
Millencolin - Yes, I know they are pretty big now but their early stuff is awesome as well. One of the best punk bands in the world, and they are yet to sell out as well.
Sorry GH, but I think Millencollin are huge sellouts. Once they wrote songs with high energy asnd frenetic riffs which were catchy and fun........now they write catchy riffs for the ,asses and seem to have lost their real energy. Plus, anyband that is able to spend over $1 mill on a video is, in my opinion, a sell out to major multi-national labels.
Grimace
20 Feb 2002, 17:49
Jimmy Eat World?!!? :mad: :mad:
IAMDASH
20 Feb 2002, 18:39
Finally I can get back into this great site. Great topic too. Would have to recommend:
The Celibate Rifles: Check em out at http://celibaterifles.com. There last album has been in my cd player since it was released 18 months ago. Brilliant back catalogue as well. Can't rave enough about em.
The Monarchs: If you like the Hoodoo Gurus you will love the Monarchs. Features ex guru Brad Sheperd. Rock and Roll at its best. Heard they deliver live as well.
Richard Clapton : Thats Richard - not Eric. Fantastic songwriter who deserves better in terms of airplay etc. Check out his best of compilation.
Originally posted by Richmondfan#1
Since Brett stole the White Stripes ;) I'll say The Get Up Kids. An American emo punk band, not bad for some emotional music. Download Action & Action, Forgive and Forget, Don't Hate Me and Ten Minutes. Coming Clean and Holiday are about their heaviest stuff (which isn't that heavy!). The singing isn't top notch but I can't help but love them.
ah, the Get Up Kids.... arent they mormans?
hmm... yeah, might download your recommendations..
ive only got one of their songs.. a cover of new order's 'Regret'...
The Hitman
21 Feb 2002, 04:35
Originally posted by IAMDASH
The Monarchs: If you like the Hoodoo Gurus you will love the Monarchs. Features ex guru Brad Sheperd. Rock and Roll at its best. Heard they deliver live as well.
Saw a bit of them at BDO. Loud, rocky, and a good band! :)
The Hitman
Rusty Brookes
21 Feb 2002, 07:47
Originally posted by IAMDASH
Finally I can get back into this great site. Great topic too. Would have to recommend:
The Celibate Rifles: Check em out at http://celibaterifles.com. There last album has been in my cd player since it was released 18 months ago. Brilliant back catalogue as well. Can't rave enough about em.
Still one of the best live bands anywhere. Were sensational last time I saw them. Really are Australian icons (they are revered in Europe) and true survivors.
Originally posted by Desredandwhite
Hmmm.. let me think...
Clouds - finest Aussie band ever, IMHO ;-) Never got the recognition they deserved.
I thought I was only one who thought the Clouds were Australia's greatest band. I must of seen them live over 50 times and had blast every time.
Originally posted by Shinboners
Very true....a wonderful band. Don't forget Jodi Phillis's solo stuff and the things she recorded with the Dearhunters.
Another one. And he supports a decent footy team as well. Jodi's solo stuff is pretty cool, but I found some of the Dearhunter tracks a little hard to listen to.
Blues2001
21 Feb 2002, 12:31
I find it hard to tell just how popular/unpopular they are but the band I want to recommend is Bad Religion. Check out the albums "Stranger than Fiction" or "The Gray Race" first of all.
There last two CD's are very difficult to get in Australia, but if you like the Prodigy, then you may like CURVE.
Most people I know who have listened to their 1997 CD "Come Clean" have been very impressed, and their earlier CD's, "Doppeldanger" and "Cuckoo" are very well regarded.
They are a little darker and less comercial than the Prodigy, and some they are an aquired taste, but if you like having your ears assulted by an ango b***h this could be the band for you.
IMHO Resin Dogs are too underrated. The atmosphere they create live is just funky - you cant help but groove away with it. I suppose their prob is that it's impossible to recreate "atmosphere" on a recording.
But perhaps they're happy that way - afterall isnt playing live what true music is about!
something a bit different & newish...
Nathaniel Merriweather - 'Handsome boy modelling school' is pretty good.. uk hip-hop...
they've (gorillaz/dan the automator) have also done a side project, if u are into Portishead type music, then check out Lovage - 'Music to make love to your old lady by'...
and... is anyone here a fan of James (the band)... i've just downloaded a sh1tload of their mp3's.. after hearing one of their recent singles... they've been around for a while i think, but they dont get much press over here...
Shinboners
21 Feb 2002, 19:53
Originally posted by coxon
and... is anyone here a fan of James (the band)... i've just downloaded a sh1tload of their mp3's.. after hearing one of their recent singles... they've been around for a while i think, but they dont get much press over here...
Yeah, I've got a couple of their records....Laid is probably their best one. It's just amazing that James have been around since the early 80s...their early records sounded like Joy Division (as did every other band that was on Factory Records at the time). In the end though, James were a great band when it came to releasing singles, but their albums often had way too much filler songs.
Originally posted by Shinboners
In the end though, James were a great band when it came to releasing singles, but their albums often had way too much filler songs.
Possibly why they became popular again after their 'best of' release a few years back.
Blues2001
21 Feb 2002, 22:21
Originally posted by Blues2001
I find it hard to tell just how popular/unpopular they are but the band I want to recommend is Bad Religion. Check out the albums "Stranger than Fiction" or "The Gray Race" first of all.
Coincidentally, Bad Religion are currently on Triple J on the J files. Tune in if you are awake!:cool:
Magpie-Fletch
22 Feb 2002, 18:02
Originally posted by Blues2001
Coincidentally, Bad Religion are currently on Triple J on the J files. Tune in if you are awake!:cool:
good recommendation, love my BR-Graffin is a genius.
How was the J File on them? I haven't listened to JJJ in about four years.
dreamkillers
22 Feb 2002, 20:46
Many find bands have already been menntioned but some of my favourite bands in my CD collection are:-
from my teeange and twentys in Adelaide during the 80's and 90's......
Beasts of Bourbon, Cruel Sea, TISM, You Am I, Faith No More, Nirvana, You Am I, Pearl Jam, P.I.L., Mark Of Cain, Ed Kuepper, Ministry, Paul Kelly, Dreamkillers (hence my name here), Laughing Clowns, The Jam, Metallica, The Cult (the early years), The Damned, White Trash (not the metal variety), Dread Zepplin, Scatterbrain, Jane's Addiction, Neil Young, Queensryche, Rage Against The Machine, Skid Row, Clouds, The Ramones, Bad Religion, The Clash, Joe Satriani, The Angels, Midnight Oil, Celibrate Rifles, Cosmic Psychos, Skyhooks, Rose Tattoo, Richard Clapton, Kim Salmon & The Surrealists, Painters & Dockers, Spy vs Spy, Redgum, The Johnnys, Radiators ( Who could forget Gimme Head....), Split Enz, Nick Cave, The Scientists, Birthday Party, Iggy Pop, Died Pretty, Iron Maiden.....
from the 70's when I was a tad too young........
The Saints, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Sex Pistols, Blue Oyster Cult, Led Zepplin, Radio Birdman, Dead Kennedys, Peter & The test Tube Babies, MC5, Bad Company, KISS (saw live in 76), Pink Floyd (who I saw on the Delicate Sounds Of Thunder Tour), Small Faces, The Who, Ted Mulry Gang.......
from the last few years (influenced by 2 trips to the East Coast Blues & Roots Festival each Easter at Byron Bay) among other things........
Chris Wilson, John Butler Trio, Jeff Lang, Taj Mahal, The Reverand Horton Heat, The Backsliders, Brown Bros (amazing at ages 13 & 15), Matt Walker, Dom Turner & Supro, Incubus, Grinspoon, Papa Roach, Foo Fighters, Slipknot, Fantomas, Tomahwk, Mr Bungle, Toxicity, Bad Religion (older stuff), White Stripes, RL Burnside, Tommy Castro, Harry Manx, Jonny Lang, Ozomatli, Professor Ratbaggy, Collard Greens & Gravy......and Ben Harper who is absolutely amazing live......
last years final gig by Ben harper & The Innocent Criminals at Byron Bay would be the best live show I have ever seen and I've seen most of the bands listed above that have toured Australia since 1980......
Apologies for the long list and I've still missed many a good band - just couldn't be bothered going through my whole CD collection...
Blues2001
23 Feb 2002, 14:37
Originally posted by Magpie-Fletch
good recommendation, love my BR-Graffin is a genius.
How was the J File on them? I haven't listened to JJJ in about four years.
Very, very good. I am starting to go back to Triple J these days, after a few years of not listening to them.
Rusty Brookes
23 Feb 2002, 15:57
Originally posted by dreamkillers
Many find bands have already been menntioned but some of my favourite bands in my CD collection are:-
from the 70's when I was a tad too young........
The Saints, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Sex Pistols, Blue Oyster Cult, Led Zepplin, Radio Birdman, Dead Kennedys, Peter & The test Tube Babies, MC5, Bad Company, KISS (saw live in 76), Pink Floyd (who I saw on the Delicate Sounds Of Thunder Tour), Small Faces, The Who, Ted Mulry Gang.......
TESTIFY BROTHER!!!
Dig your blues choices and some of your 90s. I'm sure we find many a record that overlaps in our collections.
A person of true taste.
dreamkillers
24 Feb 2002, 14:06
Originally posted by Rusty Brookes
TESTIFY BROTHER!!!
Dig your blues choices and some of your 90s. I'm sure we find many a record that overlaps in our collections.
A person of true taste.
.......since going to Byron Bay for the last 2 Blues & Roots Festival the Blues choices have got better......it was amazing to see so many good local acts.........besides Ben Harper last year my faves were all locals..........especially the jam sessions with Chris Wilson, Jeff Lang, Dom Turner, Backsliders and a few others........just plenty of good Aussie Blues........
As for the 70's.....would have been great to have seen some of those bands live at their peak - I keep telling people I was porn 10-15 years too late.....I was only 9 when I saw KISS in 1976 at Adelaide Oval.......Gene Simmons face paint and all........ :D
some people say I have a strange collection but I just love good music no matter the type......except for maybe rap, dance and most Top 40 singles.......:D
SPUNKY_MONKEY45
24 Feb 2002, 14:22
The*Ataris
go team
27 Feb 2002, 11:04
the avalanches
I think that Ramstein are pretty good, and System of a Down aren't too bad although I have only listened to a few of there songs!!
Dr Dre is FANTASTIC, although I think many of you would know who he is!!
TwiggyDunn
1 Mar 2002, 10:12
Red Circle, best unsigned band in melb. - expect big things os
mentalgrind
1 Mar 2002, 20:02
I highly recomend the following:
Dry kill Logic
Cold
Mudvayne
Staind
Godsmack
Glassjaw
Spineshank
One Minuet Silence
Taproot
Godhead
Disturbed
Skinlab
Sevendust
Static-x
Jerk
P.O.D.
Drowning Pool
System of a Down
Slipknot
Mesheugga
Earthtone 9
Machine Head
Vision of Disorder
Coal Chamber
Ill Nino
Chimaira
Anyone
I know I've missed some but there's alot there.
manutd/dogs
2 Mar 2002, 16:32
Jimmy Eat World are the Mormons.
Saves the Day are excellent.
Motorace too.
TwiggyDunn
2 Mar 2002, 16:36
nu metal is cliched!
Ihnavent been in Aussie for a year and a half nobutin over here (England) Ive just bought an album by a Swedish band called The Hives. New punk with a touch of seventies. Hard to explain but loud and energetic.