In an effort to keep this alive, The Sword. Great Metal band, especially for those who hate screamo, black metal, etc. and just want some heavy riffs and cool soloing.
Bands people don't seem to know about.
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Modest Mouse are brilliant. King Rat is fantastic,Uber Evil said:
EDIT: Leadbelly. Fucking Leadbelly.
Sort of Ironic really: Loads of my friends love the same kind of obscure metal I do, and would definitely give it a try, but none of my friends share my love of Pearl Jam.
But Pearl Jam is awesome...Outright Villainy said:
Speaking of which, anyone else think that Eddy Vedder looks a bit like Jesus?
Aside from his Heart of Saturday Night album (an absolutely fantastic album, might I add), I can't stand Tom Waites. My friends love everything he does though, and I've got to give credit where its due. His lyrical capabilities are nearly unmatched.MalevolentJim said:
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Yeah, Vangough's second album, Game On!, is an album of video game covers, which while its not all that uncommon these days, I personally think Vangough does it significantly better than most bands. If the album had vocals, it'd probably be the perfect album.
Where Tom Waits really shines is in his lyrics. Possibly the best musical poet since the Beatles, and that's coming from someone who doesn't really care for any of the musicians mentioned.Novskij said:
If you want to hear a really good lounge-style/nightclub musician, you won't get much better than Tom Waits "Heart of Saturday Night" album. Anything else, you're really going to have to acquire a taste for, as a critic once put it, a voice "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car". He completely ruined his vocal cords (though some would say that it improved his music. I'm not one of them).
Oingo Boingo, I have only ever found one other person that has ever heard of them.
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The British band Athlete wrote Wires, which is a very famous and popular song, but no-one I know seems to know any of their songs beyond that. Which is a shame, cause they have four albums and the two I own are both fantastic. Athlete are one of my favourite bands, yet no-one seems to be a fan of them. Quite a shame :/
I haven't heard of him. But thanks to you, now I have. Good stuff!CRoone said:
And I like you!Fluffles said:
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For me, my entire collection of music is a laundry list of bands and artists no one but me seems to have heard of outside of the internet. Except Pink Floyd and the Grateful Dead, all I get are blank stares and raised eyebrows when I mention ANY artists on my playlists!
When you say "bands," I realize I listen to very few "bands," but to name an actual band I can't find any fans for IRL outside of a show, despite their popularity in this state, is STS9. Lotus, either.
For musical artists and producers in general, damn, the list is exhaustive. Only in the Denver area can I find people who love Pretty Lights like I do. Then there's... Shpongle. Bluetech. Entheogenic. Shulman. Big Gigantic. Motet. Thievery Corporation. Pnuma Trio. Mimosa. Emancipator. Glitch Mob. I could go on....but won't. I won't even get into the lack of electro/dance listeners in general around here. Let alone decent hip-hop... I swear I'm an island of musical taste unto myself here...