ITT: We name bands we like that no one knows who are..but should.

[Jaranja]

dredg, alternative rock band.

 

[Queen Michael]

Deine Lakaien

Deerhoof

Chicks on Speed

 

[guyroxorz]

Uhh...Bloodsimple They're great.

Lady Gaga.

....Who? :S

I fucking love bloodsimple - saw them at download a few years back


As for my obscure bands, look up maradona. Kinda like paramore, in fact pretty much are paramore bu theyre still good none the less

 

[guyroxorz]

It'd be just about half of my Ipod, if not more, really.

Ea
Human Mincer
Like Drone Razors Through Flesh Sphere
Lord
Mirrorthrone
Nivathe
Portal
Professor Fate
The Ruins of Beverast
Sublime Cadaveric Decomposition
Sui Caedere
Unholy Matrimony
Weeping Birth
Wintersun
Wormed

I'll bet you $5 that no-one here has heard of even one of these bands.

You just lost a bet my friend, i stumbled across the band portal on youtube while looking for videos of the videogame, sorry!

Breaking Benjamin.

Seriously, No one in Australia I know has heard of them bar 2 people.

Really!? I know they're pretty big in america and i know a few people over here in the uk who know who they are.

 

[MarcusD357]

It'd be just about half of my Ipod, if not more, really.

Ea
Human Mincer
Like Drone Razors Through Flesh Sphere
Lord
Mirrorthrone
Nivathe
Portal
Professor Fate
The Ruins of Beverast
Sublime Cadaveric Decomposition
Sui Caedere
Unholy Matrimony
Weeping Birth
Wintersun
Wormed

I'll bet you $5 that no-one here has heard of even one of these bands.

You just lost a bet my friend, i stumbled across the band portal on youtube while looking for videos of the videogame, sorry!

And you've just lost again, I know of Wintersun, I even own a couple of their albums

 

[dfphetteplace]

It'd be just about half of my Ipod, if not more, really.

Ea
Human Mincer
Like Drone Razors Through Flesh Sphere
Lord
Mirrorthrone
Nivathe
Portal
Professor Fate
The Ruins of Beverast
Sublime Cadaveric Decomposition
Sui Caedere
Unholy Matrimony
Weeping Birth
Wintersun
Wormed

I'll bet you $5 that no-one here has heard of even one of these bands.

Give me my money. Wintersun fuckin' rocks! If only they would hurry up with the new album!

 

[dfphetteplace]

Breaking Benjamin.

Seriously, No one in Australia I know has heard of them bar 2 people.

Wow, Australia is lucky.

 

[Alex The Rat]

It'd be just about half of my Ipod, if not more, really.

Ea
Human Mincer
Like Drone Razors Through Flesh Sphere
Lord
Mirrorthrone
Nivathe
Portal
Professor Fate
The Ruins of Beverast
Sublime Cadaveric Decomposition
Sui Caedere
Unholy Matrimony
Weeping Birth
Wintersun
Wormed

I'll bet you $5 that no-one here has heard of even one of these bands.

I sense a theme when I read through that list...

Jason Webley. Nothing better than insane gypsy/folk music. Well maybe there is, but he's great nonetheless!

 

[Wardnath]

Give me my money. Wintersun fuckin' rocks! If only they would hurry up with the new album!

You just lost a bet my friend, i stumbled across the band portal on youtube while looking for videos of the videogame, sorry!

And you've just lost again, I know of Wintersun, I even own a couple of their albums

Damn it.

Oh well, I've still got the most unknowns in this thread, by far.

 

[RobCoxxy]

Long Distance Calling.
Unloco.
The Protomen.

 

[Wardnath]

I sense a theme when I read through that list...

What theme would that be?

 

[zenoaugustus]

The Band of Gypsys

 

[Aurora219]

Wow, this thread is devoid of embedded music.

Well, Borderlands brought me to Cage the Elephant, which is not quite so obscure as many but still not at all mainstream.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

Oh god. An obscure band thread. This is going to go nowhere...Because there is little discussion value in people being all smug about they're favorite bands.

I'll bite.

The Aquabats

The Aquabats are awesome! (though not as awesome as they were). I was suprised to find out that Travis Barker used to be in The Aquabats for a bit, but he left for Blink 182 (who definitely aren't as good).

Black Spiders- Getting pretty well known now, they supported Airburne and Black Stone Cherry. Also have one crazy drummer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrLRVwPfTaY

Bandits Of The Acoustic Revolution- Tomas Kalnoky's (Streetlight Manifesto, Catch 22, Gimp) side project thing, acoustic, eastern european inspired ska music, which is awesome.
http://www.myspace.com/banditsoftheacousticrevolution

Bullets And Octane - Awesome rock, kinda punky but not light. Quite amusing lyrics ("I'll put your cat in the microwave") at times, but a bit samey.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ4E0ZbWFT4

I like the letter B okay?

 

[Raticate5]

Well, I guess "Eluveitie" qualify as obscure... sort of.

I know that band xD
They're awesome! For those who don't know them, i reccomend: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb8WGig0MLU

I'll throw in my few bands...

Heidevolk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reOLeLX0Q9U
Avantasia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCgUbWtTdqM&feature=related
Wuthering Heights http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf4y8VTkYJc

 

[The Buck Stops Here]

Not bands, exactly, but hip-hop artists, so it definitely counts.

J-Zone. Seriously, this man is a god damn hilarious genius, with his incredibly ballsy jokes and amazing production. He raps over his own production about shit from getting HIV from promiscuous ladies to how much he hates dumb questions from people. It doesn't sound as awesome here, but he doesn't take himself seriously in the slightest, and the production is original and creativity.

A few example tracks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GcA97775O8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm-BplfUkTs&feature=related

And one about vengeance against a woman who gave him blue balls:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PJV2986gaI&feature=related

 

[Lullabye]

Ellegarden.

 

[Dudemeister]

The Flim Flams.

Feed me a Stray Kitten.

Friedrich Von Zeppelin and the Hindenburgs.

 

[Ultrajoe]

I give you 'Capella Metal Cover Band', many people might know them however; Van Canto


Give it a listen, it's really quite awesome.