ITT you post the most obscure band you can think of and see if anyone recognizes it.

[300lb. Samoan]

The Lab Rats

from Columbus OH? Used to know those dudes before they quit, they were great! I don't why they threw it in...

 

[Rassan]

Yeah you two got them all on spot.

The Lab Rats

from Columbus OH? Used to know those dudes before they quit, they were great! I don't why they threw it in...

The Lab Rats
Crass
Apocalyptica
Scatman John

I don't think many heard of those few with the exception of the last one because I never hear anyone talking about 'em anymore.

crass, british hippie-anarchist-proto punks, right?
apocalyptica, those metal dudes who play all on cellos and stuff.
scatman john, is he alive? i heard a thousand times the dude has died. he had one hit then more than ten years later he´s found to be dead. several times since the first time. weird.

Yeah you two got them all on spot. Yeah Scatman John has been dead since about the late 90s I believe.

 

[That_Which_Isnt]

am i the only one on here?

Possibly

 

[Rahheemme]

Only 2

Ramallah
The Servant

 

[Lord George]

Anyone know Siouxsie Sioux, I can't find anyone who listens to her nowadays despite her being such a huge influence on punk, maybe all my friends are just musically illiterate.

 

[300lb. Samoan]

Anyone know Siouxsie Sioux, I can't find anyone who listens to her nowadays despite her being such a huge influence on punk, maybe all my friends are just musically illiterate.

i've heard some siouxsie sioux, wouldn' say I listen regularly. when it comes to the punk/goth bands that made the switch in that era I like The Dammned

ps. this is a good thread KEEP HOPE ALIVE

 

[sportsboy85]

I'll test the waters with Electric Wizard...

Beat me to the punch

I'm gonna reel off a few but I've no idea how obscure they are around these parts though.

Reverend Bizarre
Boris
Neurosis
A Storm of Light
Life of Agony
Lifelover
Shining
Acid Bath
Eyehategod
Om
Iron Monkey
Baroness
Lazarus Blackstar
Lair of the Minotaur
Woods of Ypres
Minor Threat
Ramesses
Oxbow
Tomahawk
Sigh
Ufomammut
Godspeed You! Black Emperor

FUCK YEAH BARONESS!

I am also wearing their shirt right now.

 

[superbleeder12]

A hipster cred thread! I love it!

 

[Monkeytacoz]

Wesley Willis Fiasco
Group X
Flaming Lips
Ween
Dark Angel
Edguy
Porno for Pyros
butthole Surfers
Anal ****
Afrika Bambata

 

[UkibyTheMaid]

Well, these are the ones I know from the guy above me:

Flaming Lips
Porno for Pyros
Butthole Surfers
Afrika Bambata

Now, for mine (just 10, because I have tons of unknown stuff):

Chrysalis
Bill Fay
Novasonic
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
James Lee Stanley
The Verbrilli Sound
Mandalay
Christian Morgenstern
Nitin Sawhney
Les Négresses Vertes

Let's see you kids pull that of!

 

[VladmirL]

Overwhelming Colorfast

 

[Empireth]

Oh, hey, the thread's been necro'd!
I was disappointed when I'd joined cause it had died... But now I can participate! Woohoo!
(What? This is a really cool thread.)
Warning: Big post is big.

Spoiler: Me quoting a bunch of other people and replying to them

Firewind

I'm always surprised at the amount of people that don't know about Firewind. It's a shame, really. They are an awesome power metal band.

Kamelot

I'm from Canada, yet I keep hearing about them a lot. Possibly because I listen mainly to Finnish metal and hang around Finnish metal sites. Despite all that, I hate to say that I've never actually listened to them (if I have, I didn't make note that it was them), though, if you'd mention them, I'd know who they are. They're pretty prominent, or so I've found. Symphonic metal, no?

Alestorm

I find they're not too uncommon, yet not common either. If you like their stuff, you might also like Swashbuckle.

Amorphis

Once again, I hang around a lot of Finnish metal sites, so... Amorphis is not at all obscure there. Quite familiar with them...

buddy holly

Dude. I'm glad someone called you out on that. If people don't know about Buddy Holly...
I mean, there's a movie about him and everything! His death is majorly written about in the song 'American Pie'!

Spoiler: For those who do not know what I am talking about:

But February made me shiver
With every paper I'd deliver.
Bad news on the doorstep;
I couldn't take one more step.

I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride,
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died.

The song mentions the day his plane crashed, killing him. It was a February day, and since he died, the composer decided to call it 'the day the music died'.

Spyro Gyra

I can't name any of their songs off the top of my head, nor would I be able to if you'd played me one... But my dad has one of their cds, which he plays often, so their songs would sound familiar if I did hear them... So I wouldn't say they're that obscure, though, they probably are to people my age.

Abney Park

Are you kidding? Abney Park is the greatest! I think there's even a group on here for steampunk... Okay, yeah, they probably aren't that popular. But that doesn't stop them from being awesome.

Statovarius

Are you serious? Stratovarius is a very popular power metal band! Well, this is once again due to my hanging around Finnish metal sites... I still think they're one of the most well-known power metal bands from Finland, though.

Leonard Cohen

Yeah, it's a shame how many people don't know about him. I think it's due to him being mainly known for his poetry and songwriting compared to his singing. Though, Hallelujah, anyone?

Reel Big Fish

Tell me I have weird cousins but hey, Reel Big Fish isn't that obscure to me. I don't know many of their songs that well, but I do know 'Beer' mainly because that was the first song by them that I listened to.

Apocalyptica

Uh... Even in North America Apo is really really well known.
I mean, a few years ago, I would've agreed with you, but now... I think they must've gotten much more popular with Worlds Collide. I dunno if that's a good thing or not... I really liked their old stuff better. Ah well. Bands change.

van morrisin

Do you mean Van Morrison? Cause if so, Van Morrison is really well known.
Heck, Moondance was the song we had to learn choreography to when I auditioned for drama.

fucked up

Aren't they Canadian? Didn't they base an album after Robert Pickton? (I might be wrong, I was just reading up on the Robert Pickton trials and came across this information.) I've never actually heard any of their stuff, though.

And now with that out of my way, some of the obscure bands I know!
The Creepshow
Arcade Fire (One of them went to my high school... not at the same time as me. Though, they did put on a concert in my caf a few years back. It's on youtube...)
The Pocket Trio (I know a few of them through high school...)
And with the rest of my music being Finnish or from Northern Europe, I honestly have no clue who is and is not obscure, as not many people around me have heard of half of what I listen to...

 

[Chancie]

Social Code?

 

[Nigh Invulnerable]

Otomo Yoshihide
John Zorn
Stanton Moore Trio
Vince Guaraldi

Are just some of my random picks. I do think this thread is a little bit of a "look how obscure (hip) I can be!"

 

[sam_savage1393]

Five Iron Fury
however, ive never listened to them