Great Bands Not Many People Have Heard Of

[Marv21]

Animal Collective.

Shut your whore mouth! On that note...BrokenCyde! In fact I would rather see BrokenCyde live, then go see Animal Collective live again.

 

[RipperSU]

Aerodynamic: I know, it was in response to you mentioning the band, I thought I'd second what you said.

 

[Johnnyallstar]

I can't put anything up here because I don't know of any great bands that I haven't heard of.

But I'll play along. HERE COME THE MUMMIES!

 

[Bored Tomatoe]

I wouldn't say unknown, as they have a cult fan base, but they never took off commercially but Acid Bath is a cool, if relatively obscure band.

 

[TheHappo]

Free.

 

[ghstman]

Animal Collective.

Shut your whore mouth! On that note...BrokenCyde! In fact I would rather see BrokenCyde live, then go see Animal Collective live again.

Not to start a argument or anything, but BrokenCyde... How can I put this without sounding insulting? Maybe I just don't "get" them, but what is up with them? Their background rhythm is pretty good, but the random screaming, the poser outfits, the guy in a pig costume (Freaxxx). I just don't see the appeal. I swear, I'm only 21, so I'm not that old...

On that note (even though it was mentioned briefly once earlier in the thread)

In Flames - The Quiet Place [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAAXK3Mzm2k]

 

[GoldenCondor]

Russian Circles

Wow, very interesting. I remember hearing of them once before, but I never got a listen. That is pretty good post-rock there, though.

To contribute to this thread, I will post Avant-Garde Metal and some other good bands.

Diablo Swing Orchestra

Stolen Babies

Unexpect

Cynic

Agalloch

And there is my share of good, but not very popular bands.

 

[Name_Not_Applicable]

Smoke (Tom Waits meets Country)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ej49SyNW1E

Polar Bear Club (Hot Water Music meets Emo)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwICVsVOMhA

Bassnectar (Your dealer with white guy dreads meets DJ Equipment)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jhnxgJOrnM

 

[Aerodynamic]

Russian Circles

Wow, very interesting. I remember hearing of them once before, but I never got a listen. That is pretty good post-rock there, though.

To contribute to this thread, I will post Avant-Garde Metal and some other good bands.

And there is my share of good, but not very popular bands.

Agalloch and Cynic are amazing

Aerodynamic: I know, it was in response to you mentioning the band, I thought I'd second what you said.

Ah, well good man either way.

 

[Red-Link]

Most of my music comes from Sweden, so it's virtually unheard of around me (East Coast US). Some of them are big over there, some aren't.

Dreamboy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwRjGNb93zM and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvtqZxop3xo&feature=related

Timo Räisänen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DJfDyzbqoc and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUsWI8L36rE

Hello Saferide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojE7J6O1D6A and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j8jeVAROvE&feature=related

Some others, just by name are Britta Persson, Da Buzz, Angel_One, Code 64, BWO, and Thermostatic. I know that's a lot, but that's after cutting several out. Enjoy.

 

[siffty]

cage the elephant(?) not to sure really you might know them of the intro for borderlands

 

[Gardenclaw]

Stoner rock is amazing. Try bands such as Karma To Burn and Colour Haze. Nice to see Pelican mentioned on here. They are just getting better and better. Also a great up and coming band from leeds called Chickenhawk. They have some fantastic videos too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgyaIEixbHE

 

[Quiet Stranger]

Ladytron

 

[ghstman]

I just want to throw it out there that I'm going to go broke with all of this awesome new music I'm buying. Thanks everyone!

 

[Iconsting]

Animal Collective.

hahahaha, no. Animal Collective is a very popular band up here, but the North-East Coast (USA) is full of.. well, hipsters. And like it or not, Animal Collective's fanbase are liberal college kids.

OT: Hmmm, It's kind of hard to say good bands no one has heard of, because chances are if they have a record label, or any kind of album out, they have popularity. I guess my friends band?... they are pretty good.

Come down to Florida and ask, "Hey, you ever heard of Animal Collective?" I guarantee you'll hear "Who?" Or "Shut up." Or "Get the hell off my property you son of a *****!"

 

[Aerodynamic]

Stoner rock is amazing. Try bands such as Karma To Burn and Colour Haze. Nice to see Pelican mentioned on here. They are just getting better and better. Also a great up and coming band from leeds called Chickenhawk. They have some fantastic videos too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgyaIEixbHE

Listen to the band I posted called "Luna Negra", they are great stoner/desert rock.


More dumping
Electric Wizard for great sludge/stoner metal.
Brant Bjork for chill stoner rock.

Desert Sessions for more Desert rock.

Eric Mongrain is an amazing acoustic guitarist.

 

[berault]

Vampire Weekend are pretty unknown where I live.

also Mean Tangerine, they're a good reggae/ska band that I don't think anyone really knows about.

 

[zenoaugustus]

The Beatles. I don't know if you are familiar.

But seriously, I enjoy Sigur Ros, Animal Collective, and more importantly, anything pre-1980 I will probably love.

 

[Veritas0323]

I like video games just as much as the next guy (or gal) on these forums, but I like music even more. Nothing beats hearing about a new band from a friend, picking up some of their stuff and giving it a try (I actually only got into the Beatles after one of my professors kept pushing me). Of course, everyone's heard of The Who, The Beatles, and all the other big name artists, and they're cool in their own right, but what about those bands you would never have heard of without your friend? So how about it folks? What are some of your lesser known favorite bands?

For my own contribution:

The Kelly Bell Band - FBI [http://www.google.com/url?q=http://popup.lala.com/popup/937030214701288958&ei=jBaPS6_zF5Xd8QaombmKDQ&sa=X&oi=music_play_track&resnum=2&ct=result&cd=2&ved=0CA8Q0wQoATAA&usg=AFQjCNFNQGmXBs-Ljg1QrQfAT7q1iSARxg]

They're a "Phat Blues" band from here in Baltimore and they're pretty well known around town. They have a great sound, and nothing tops how crazy the crowd gets on their live album at the Recher Theater (local venue here in Baltimore). One of the coolest live albums I've bought in years.

Ronald Jenkees - "Guitar Sound" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smE-uIljiGo&feature=fvst]

The guy started out playing his piano for youtube videos, was really good and has since put out two albums (The second one is the best!). You can find his original stuff on youtube, and as awesome as they are, the album versions (having been polished and professionally recorded) are even better! (Also, he tends to improvise a good number of his songs for the videos. Awesome.)

you are now my new favorite person on the escapist.
i fucking LOVE kelly bell band
i need to check out that live album, but i see them every time they play here
someone needs to copy paste kelly bell's description of their music, its hilarious and shows you how diverse of a band they are

anyways, yeah anybody how hasn't heard them and appreciates good musicians check them out

 

[SniperWolf427]

I wouldn't say unknown, as they have a cult fan base, but they never took off commercially but Acid Bath is a cool, if relatively obscure band.

Dear god, I swore that my quest to find someone else who likes Acid Bath would be in vain.

I can't decide if I should hug you for being you, or kill you for making me look bad.

I love Cassie Eats Cockroaches simply for the Clockwork Orange quote in there.