Your Favorite Band?

[kikon9]

Savlonic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wX8AbBWc08

 

[Vault101]

Disturbed!

 

[TheAceTheOne]

Non-mainstream. Non-mainstream?
I honestly don't give a fuck if a band or an artist is the most well known, or the most underground ever.

That's just some pretentious bullshit. Like hating or loving something because it's popular or not.

I didn't mean it as "The band sucks if it's well known." Calm down, mate. I meant "non-mainstream" as "Not known to everyone". I never said I hated Metallica. I don't think I deserved the entire "pretentious bullshit" comment, especially seeing as I believe I did define "non-mainstream" earlier on. For example, Metallica. I like them. They're kind of overplayed, in my opinion, though. They've still got good music. It's not about "loving or hating", it's about trying outside of the usual spectrum. You really ought to actually try reading some of the comments before calling names, you know?

 

[AmayaOnnaOtaku]

Disturbed!

How could I forget David Draiman?!?

 

[Small Waves]

Non-mainstream:

1. Number Girl (popular in Japanese indie rock circles)
2. 808 State
3. Mass of the Fermenting Dregs
4. Motoro Faam
5. Owen Pallett (Helped work with popular artists such as Arcade Fire, but solo output has little mainstream recognition)
6. DJ Technorch
7. Neil D. Voss
8. cLOUDDEAD
9. Tame Impala (rising to mainstream status)
10. Mouse on the Keys

Pffft tis all ultra mainstream!!

I jest, I've never heard of any of these.

And now I'll give you the chance.

Spoiler: Number Girl

Japanese, Post-Hardcore, Experimental Rock
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Spoiler: 808 State

Acid House, Techno
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Spoiler: Mass of the Fermenting Dregs

Japanese, Shoegaze, Alternative, Punk, Nobodycanmakeuptheirmind-core
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Spoiler: Motoro Faam

Modern Classical, Ambient, Noise, Experimental
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Spoiler: Owen Pallett

Baroque pop, Chamber pop, Experimental
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Spoiler: DJ Technorch

J-Core
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Spoiler: Neil D. Voss

Electronic, Trance, Ambient, Techno, Breakbeat, Chiptune
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Spoiler: cLOUDDEAD

Experimental Hip-hop, Ambient, Avant-garde
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Spoiler: Tame Impala

Australian, Psychedelic Rock
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Spoiler: Mouse on the Keys

Modern Classical, Jazz, Post-rock
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[Blights]

My own band. But don't worry, you'll all hear about us soon... Soon...

Meanwhile, listen to some Blood Red Shoes, they aren't mainstream.

 

[InnerRebellion]

Sick Puppies.
Some music for you to sample

Spoiler: I get friends to convert to being fans with these ones

Most of my friends say their music is a surprising turn from my original playlist of Korn, Slipknot, Flyleaf and Disturbed. I agree.

 

[Sprinal]

Well...

Moonspell is not that well known...

 

[McNinja]

I think it's a tie between several bands. I love P.O.D., Mors Principium Est, Equilibrium, Queen, and many more.

I did buy Beneath the Sky's new album. It would be amazing if it wasn't so caustic and depressing.

This is their best song.

 

[octafish]

The Monks, from 1965.

The Coloured Balls, 1973 pre shaved heads (Kinda mainstream in Australia)

Some more Lobby Loyde, this time with the Wild Cherries in a very short version of G.O.D. (Guitar Over Drive)

Also Don Van Vliet whose passing leaves the world short one eccentric genius.

And one from when I was a kid. The kings of Geelong. Bored!

 

[TheBoulder]

Gorillaz. Are they mainstream? Either way I'm listening to them a lot lately.

 

[Loud Noise]

VAST, but it's so hard to choose!

 

[EscapingReality]

Specifically, what's your favorite non-mainstream band?
Mine's CLUTCH, an American Metal group. From "Transnational Speedway" to "Strange Cousins from the West", they have yet to disappoint me.

Rock on the Electric Worry!

FOR ME IT'S ELBOW. ELBOW OH ELBOW YOU ARE SO GREAT.

 

[Obrien Xp]

1) Sabaton
2) Iron Maiden
3) Amon Amarth
4) Wolfchant
5) Rammstein
6) Bathory
7) Rush
8) Alestorm
9) Stan Rogers
10)Disturbed

I made a 100 list at one point...

 

[smithy_2045]

My top 10 of the last 3 months according to last.fm plays...

Children Collide
Silversun Pickups
Muse
AFI
We Are Scientists
Avenged Sevenfold
Rise Against
Birds of Tokyo
The Living End
Pearl Jam

 

[Benny Blanco]

Mano Negra and Non-Prophets

 

[VanillaBean]

My favorite has to go to the Beatles, but if were talking non-mainstream then Arcade Fire for the win.

 

[Small Waves]

Gorillaz. Are they mainstream?

You tickle me.

if were talking non-mainstream then Arcade Fire

I'm afraid I have some bad news.

 

[VanillaBean]

if were talking non-mainstream then Arcade Fire

I'm afraid I have some bad news.[/quote]

Well considering the fact that I only know three other people who have ever hear of them I'm going to consider them non-mainstream.

 

[Ashcrexl]

no one talks about the strokes right? totally the strokes then. if you're going for band that no one has actually heard of, mine is mindless self indulgence.