You know - bands you absolutely adore but no one else seems to know anything about.

Mine would have to be the Replacements. They were a punk band from Minnesota who were about during the 80s. And they are just amazing: melding hardcore punk, folk, jazz and blues in amazing ways!

I recommend Let It Be- absolutely stunning!

Robochrist - quality

Robochrist

THE GODFATHERS - late 80's besuited pub rock/punk band - stunning live

THE BOYS WONDER - sounded like Blur and The Who combined.

FATIMA MANSIONS - best Irish band ever

THE UNDERGRADE - Leicester band that played at Summer Sundae. I'd never heard of them, but maybe you guys have!

http://www.geocities.com/theundergrade/

there's a local band in swindon called Jahsoma ------>JAHSOMA that are so good. if you like heavy kinda will haven style stuff then check it out.

Zeromancer - a cool band from Norway!

and

wagstaffe .... a cool skaish band from Nottingham

Anyone else like Adam Green?

I think he's the cat's pyjamas, and playing The Rescue Rooms on the 31st of Jan in Nottingham.

Worth a listen.

Failsafe - kinda skemo, really good.
Echo Freddie - again, fairly local band, quite good.

When I saw you'd posted here I felt sure you would mention Busted.

*runs away*

*quickly*

I saw these support U2 back in about 93....not half bad.


I was really into a band called Wolfsbane...in the fan club(the howling mad shitheads......no really, we we're Mad!...some of us even zany!)

Think they broke up after the lead singer joined the Maiden!

Also loved a band called Xentrix....Who's Advantage Anyway?.....great album

Rock On

Echo Freddie? Are you in York? For a rubbish short film I made we used their music because someone knew them so we had no copyright to pay etc.

Northern mental punk ska band The Dead Pets. Fookin' legends.

Most of my friends have never heard of my favourite bands but I've already had chats with members on here who liked Daisy Chainsaw, like Queen Adreena etc. which is quite cool.

I remember Wolfsbane...you can't fault a band where the lead singers name is Blaze Bailey!!

Anyone heard of Goodbye Mr MacKenzie....Shirley Manson of Garbage first band...they were another live fave of mine and made some pretty good records too.

Kill Kenada
Peace Burial At Sea
Help She Cant Swim
Dons Mobile Barbers
65 Days Of Static
Ctrl Atl Delete
No Hope In New Jersey
Ebi
Ostinato
Animation

are a few that I know of...

ok..... don't know them.... but they have a cool name!

(also add to mine "big gay following")

Nah, im in halifax, but they are kinda local, hehe, i mean they are in yorkshire....i just saw them at a gig in westvale

You're right, Blaze Bayley did join Iron Maiden for a couple of albums, then Bruce Dickinson came back, and Blaze went off and started his own band up. He did an ok-ish job in maiden, but he was never anywhere near as good as Bruce. His own band (just called Blaze) is quite good, I have Silicon Messiah by them. I never actually heard anything by Wolfsbane but I had heard of them because of being a big Maiden fan.

Back to bands that are incredible that no one's heard of....

Novembre - I don't know anyone besides me who's even heard of them, yet they're incredibly good. They're an italian metal band, but their music isn't usually very heavy, it's more relaxing and quite melancholic. The singer has two completely different voices, one sad "clean" voice, the other a death metal growl, which sometimes overlap, so I've no idea how they do this live... It's quite similar Mike from Opeth in that it's hard to believe his growls and clean singing voice actually belong to the same person.

Anathema - Again, very sad music, I still consider them a metal band even though their music is rarely heavy. I find it quite hard to describe their music, some may find it too depressing, though it's not like My Dying Bride, who go for all out misery mixed with a healthy dose of sinister and evil.

Peccatum - I've heard their music allegedly falls under the category of "Avantgarde", which I'm not entirely sure the meaning of. It's very unconventional, lots of experimental type stuff, kinda like progressive rock but coming from a more goth type of background. I think the band is currently just Ihsahn (formerly of the best black metal band ever, Emperor), and his wife, Ihriel. Despite Ihsahn being originally from a Black Metal band, Peccatum only have hints of black metal, and a classical influence too. Ihriel's vocals sound quite opera-ish. It's not at all surprising that this band isn't well known, because their music is not very accessible at all, taking a song called Parasite My Heart for an example, it starts with about a minute of extremely heavy black metal, which stops abruptly and goes very quiet with just a piano and Ihriel's distant singing. Absolutely brilliant stuff, but certainly an acquired taste.

I know Anathema and Peccatum but only because my boyfriend is into them. He's really into black metal etc.

Name check time......I used to go to watch Everton and clubbing(Sloane's..a.ka. The KrazyHouse, Liverpool's Premier Rock venue....even though they spell crazy with a K) with Anathema's old base player, Duncan. Having spoken to him in about a year though. Live's near my mum's.

He got chucked out for being lazy, and then they turned into Pink Floyd clones...

Haven't read the rest of this, but I like Ojos de Brujo. Nicked my housemates CD a few months ago, and saw them t'other night on Jools Holland - realising I had actually seen them before I even knew who they were as it was a repeat.

Yeah, Ojos de Brujo are pretty cool.

Two bands/artists I love but few have heard of are The Egg and The Album Leaf.

Album Leaf are great.

lightning bolt
animal collective
wolf eyes
venetian snares
vvm
wolf eyes
micr.d.t

check them all out - if you like your music noisy, extreme and damn fine

*winks* - I knew you'd agree, iran!

I think Rasputina are ace, although funnily enough not everyone's into cello-goth-rock, are they?

Must-have track: Transylvanian Concubine

Then of course there's LEN, they of Steal my Sunshine fame, who disappeared without a trace but left a rather fine psychadelic hip hop album in their wake.

there's band called Laeto that i really like at the mo. i dont if they're unheard of but check them out.

Local York band, I am Jack. If anyone's a Sigur Ros fan....

oooh, i'll go check 'em

Boy oh boy, i love namedrop threads.

If its something structureless and lovely and gooey i suggest:
Fennesz
Inkblot
Greg Davis
Tomlab records

If its something bastard noisy and not very nice:
Wolf Eyes
Lightning Bolt
Hair Police
Mindflayer
Load Records

If its something all about the hip hop:
Aesop Rock
Beans
Busdriver
Canibal Ox
Shadow Huntaz
Stones Throw records

If its too-fucking-cool-to-be-called-jazz:
Albert Ayler
Home Skillet
Henry Grimes
Joe Zawinul

Experimental Composition:
John Cage
Ryuichi Sakamoto

For girls in cardigans:
Thermals
Constantines
Bearsuit
Shipping News

honourable mentions:
Capitol K
Manitoba
Animal Collective

That post may have been a bit excessive.
You people have lovely taste.

Kyuss
Orange goblin
Cathedral
Sun O)))
Sleep
Leafhound


all i can say is kyuss kyuss kyuss!!! They are such a good band yet they seem to be relatively unheard of!Definatly worth listening to!I was trying to think of a specific albumb to reccomend but they are all so good!

There's a cracking band I've only recently got into. They're from Liverpool too, a four piece...fab they are...now what's their name again??

Shit...named after insect's, can't put my finger on it.

I think they're got an album named Captain Salt's Lonely Heartclub's something or other....

Oh well, sure it will come to me.

Blues for the red sun is, in my opinion, the definitive kyuss record. y'know its *that* sound formulating.
Respect on the Sleep choice too, Jerusalem is one of my favorite records

Hurray! Possibly the first band on this thread I have heard of.
You're obviously just not trying hard enough.

the unicorns
peach
melvins
the streets
spoon
bumblebeez81
the shins
clinic
agents of oblivion
deadboy & the elephantmen

I'd agree with that. I was quite surprised how few people know Kyuss actually.

Nuh Uh. I was talking about the Bearsuit from the small norweigan villiage of Heyrksli. They recorded five Eps from 1983-1985 on clear vinyl made from chocolate orange wrappers and only performed one gig a year, normally supporting the Fall.
Apparently the theremin player has been spotted playing on Norah Jones's last opus, but thats a dirty myth. The whereabouts of the other members are unknown, despite consntant rumours of a new tour and album apparently titled 'Hey Motherfucker, You Got A Snake On Your Face'

*Disclaimer: Most of the information given in this post may, or may not be made up.

Now that's more like it.





(p.s. I liked hey charlie hey chuck)

I've heard of Orange Goblin and Cathedral... I think I got some songs on a really old Metal Hammer CD somewhere...

Here's another one: Nightwish - Finnish metal band with an excellent female singer. It's quite bizarre at first, combining metal and opera, but it actually works. They seem to be really popular all round Europe, but no one's heard of them in the UK as far as I know.

Re: Nightwish. See recent 'argh, tunes stuck in your head' posts! There are more nightwish fans than you think....

This'll mean nothing to no-one, but hey:

Jan 17th, Fibbers, York: I Am Jack, Dust Bowl Central and, my band, Red:Shift.

Come check us out.

nice how about merzbow in 'If its something bastard noisy and not very nice'?

Must admit I was only introduced to Kyuss within the past year, they are quite something.

Presuming you mean THE streets... I don't think you should be alowed that one

The Kovenant
Easyworld (well... it FELT like no one knew who they were.....)
Front line Assembly
VNV Nation
Lard

ok... to some these might be obvious.. but I know LOTS of people who know non of these bands (or only do cause I've played them at them... so I think that counts!)

The Twilight Singers
Shellac
Mad Capsule Markets

Doug Stanhope - only he's a comedian, not a band, but I still think I should be allowed to count him, 'cos he's great.

I may be there! I've got a presentation that day so it'll be nice to unwind. Plus I'm on the Fibbers street team so I get in freeee!

If you see a gruff looking, overweight, bearded drummer (see profile pic), then come over and say "Hi".

Right! I've seen your picture now. Prepare to be accosted by scary ol' me. I do not look like any of my pictures so also prepare not to recognise me. I hope I can make it now!

Cool! I get accosted all the time. Be nice for it to be by someone friendly.

Oho, I see you underestimated me. I live with another girl of the same name and we have the prefixes 'Good' and 'Evil' to tell us apart and, against my will, I was awarded the 'Evil' prefix.......