Favourite 'obscure' band?

EricTheWeary

lukedlb said:

MC5
hell, the only reason I picked up an lp was the album cover and the cool name. What a discovery. Kick out the jams, ramblin rose. My vote for most important but relatively unknown band of the 20th Century. 

Sesh said:

As good as the MC5 are, you can't call a band that's sold that many T-shirts obscure.

I haven't seen it for a bit but there's a good documentary about MC5 giving all the social background to the band in Detroit at the time that was shown on BBC 4. 
Lemmy said many times that they were the model for Motörhead and quite a few people have covered MC5 dongs so they've had quite a lasting influence. I guess on a guitar forum they'll be relatively well known, back in the real world they'd be considered obscure. 

Sesh

I suppose there's two types of obscure. The ones everyone has heard of ( velvets etc) and that really are obscure. 

andyp

Man, this thread is great. One of the best things about this board for me is the sharing of bands to listen to. I've always been looking for a place like this on the net and have found so many bands since joining 2 years ago.

Bucket

Listened to this for the first time in ages the other day. Japanese melodic death metal band called, preposterously, Intestine Baalism.



Fantastic if you like that sort of thing - a little heavier than At The Gates and other melodeath bands. Really cool music and vibe.

dogload

I don't know what bands I like that really obscure. I mean, there's loads of stuff I'm into that people probably haven't heard of but you guys will have. My other half reckons everything I listen to is obscure!
But here's a selection:
The Soft Boys
Here & Now
Black Angels
Circulus
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Wooden Shjips/ Moon Duo
Neu!
Wolf People
Dengue Fever
Broadcast
Mellow Candle
Levitation etc., etc.

I would add Gong, Hawkwind (pre-1979!), MC5, Spacemen3, Robyn Hitchcock and The Church, but I think they are pretty well-known too, although not to people I work with, haha.

TTBZ

Whores & Wavves are probably the two that stand out for me.

There's a lot of obscure stoner rock bands I'm into who I've found via YouTube.

Dopesick

Not 'terribly' obscure - but I feel that The Shrine should be a lot bigger than they currently are. Incredibly catchy slacker-skate-stoner-punk. Black Flag meets Fu Manchu.

Reverend

dogload said:

I don't know what bands I like that really obscure. I mean, there's loads of stuff I'm into that people probably haven't heard of but you guys will have. My other half reckons everything I listen to is obscure!
But here's a selection:
The Soft Boys
Here & Now
Black Angels
Circulus
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Wooden Shjips/ Moon Duo
Neu!
Wolf People
Dengue Fever
Broadcast
Mellow Candle
Levitation etc., etc.

I would add Gong, Hawkwind (pre-1979!), MC5, Spacemen3, Robyn Hitchcock and The Church, but I think they are pretty well-known too, although not to people I work with, haha.

Circulus were fanastic. Shame they imploded as they wre on the cusp of big things 

Reverend

Some bands i like that peolle may not know.

Bang
Mayblitz
Crushed Butler
Captain Beyond
Buffalo
Bodkin
Medieval Steel
Warlord 
Q5
Cirith Ungol
Holy Terror
Atheist 
Sa Slayer
Trespass
Mind Over 4
Amebix
Dr Shrinker


And recent bands
Torture chain
Mgla
Stone Dagger
In Solitude 
Warning

impmann

Those Men

An essex based band who self-published a superb album called "Sobgod", which still gets loads of airtime at home.

richardhomer

I'm tempted to make up a none-existent band and post about how brilliant they are....

fields5069

I can't think of many obscure bands. Maybe The Janitors? I saw them at the Sugarhouse in Lancaster in 1990 I think, and previously had bought their "Thunderhead Johnny" EP or whatever it's called.

Strangefan

Gong 
Primus 
Deadhappy 

EricTheWeary

Reverend said:

Some bands i like that peolle may not know.

Bang
Mayblitz
Crushed Butler
Captain Beyond
Buffalo
Bodkin
Medieval Steel
Warlord 
Q5
Cirith Ungol
Holy Terror
Atheist 
Sa Slayer
Trespass
Mind Over 4
Amebix
Dr Shrinker


And recent bands
Torture chain
Mgla
Stone Dagger
In Solitude 
Warning

richardhomer said:

I'm tempted to make up a none-existent band and post about how brilliant they are....

I'm quite tempted to suggest @richardhomer that you've already been beaten to that...  

richardhomer

EricTheWeary said:

richardhomer said:

I'm tempted to make up a none-existent band and post about how brilliant they are....

I'm quite tempted to suggest @richardhomer that you've already been beaten to that...  

Funny you should say that - someone was telling me the other day that the word 'gullible' doesn't appear in the dictionary.

I'll have to check if they're right....

Reverend

EricTheWeary said:

Reverend said:

Some bands i like that peolle may not know.

Bang
Mayblitz
Crushed Butler
Captain Beyond
Buffalo
Bodkin
Medieval Steel
Warlord 
Q5
Cirith Ungol
Holy Terror
Atheist 
Sa Slayer
Trespass
Mind Over 4
Amebix
Dr Shrinker


And recent bands
Torture chain
Mgla
Stone Dagger
In Solitude 
Warning

richardhomer said:

I'm tempted to make up a none-existent band and post about how brilliant they are....

I'm quite tempted to suggest @richardhomer that you've already been beaten to that...  

Every person who posts here know the name of Q5's guitarist. Although they may not realise it. 

A couple of those bands are hugely influential and couple have links to other very well known bands,  Stone Dagger however have so far only one the one demo tape which was then released on 7". 

starwarsnosebleed

Love May Blitz @Reverend ;;Lots of proto-stoner in there.
Have you heard Sir Lord Baltimore? ...And High tide-Sea shanties LP? Id imagine you have, but if not, they're great albums and would be right up your street i reckon.

Philly_Q

Reverend said:

Every person who posts here know the name of Q5's guitarist. Although they may not realise it. 

Just to be a bit of a smartarse, I'll say it.  Mr Floyd Rose.  Great first album, horrendous second album (IMO, of course).

For what it's worth, I must admit I've only heard of seven or eight of the bands on your list.  None of the recent ones.

Reverend

starwarsnosebleed said:

Love May Blitz @Reverend ;;;Lots of proto-stoner in there.
Have you heard Sir Lord Baltimore? ...And High tide-Sea shanties LP? Id imagine you have, but if not, they're great albums and would be right up your street i reckon.

Yeah, big fan of both of them. I'm a big fan of a lot the 70s proto metal bands although I'm not too worried about buying originals as they tend to be too pricey. My girlfriend collects only 70's vinyl whereas I'm more than happy to buy reissues. 

MagicPigDetective

Adorable - albums out of print, not on iTunes.  Largely forgotten and overlooked early 90's indie band who were dropped by Creation. Against perfection remains one of my favourite albums.