Obscure bands you either loved or hated

Marcus you are the resident kiss fan. EVERYBODY knows that!! Carl is king of sarcastic wit(didn't say I didn't love it Carl,dont bite [img]wink.gif[/img] j/k)


and B,well he just rules the earth,lol

and Darren likes to spar...ok,YES you are THE king of all sparring media.

and I like to come here sometimes and act all retarted as if there's no brain in my head and then Darren will tell me that [img]smile.gif[/img] =)

have I got that right??

fight nice boys. Fascinating read though,good arguements,good retorts,good burns,very entertaining.

Hold the popcorn,it's Summer and a girl has to keep her figure.

carrryyy on..

ok..HOW did that happen...I swear this was meant for another post.

name that post.


omg,I really AM retarted!!!!

Donna I'm gonna agree abotu you acting like a retard and No Brain Resident.
You posted your comment in the wrong topic...LMFAO!!!!!!

Geez, I'm gonna call myself the "CAN'T TYPE TO SAVE HIS LIFE RESIDENT"...haha.

UMMMM,Marc???

didn't i JUST post that also??????

WHO's the retard dear???


MIIINNNGGUUUSSSSSS is [img]smile.gif[/img] =) thaaaat face!

and yeah,as far as typing go's you and me....we're tha shit...REALLLYYYY shitty!!!


AHAHAHA..

pathetic..boohooo

stop.

[img]wink.gif[/img] =)

...and you'd think after a few yers i'd get the smiley icon faces right. helloooo,just click the lil icon moron,and don't type it in oldskool.....


I'm the queen of alot of things here,none of which makes me very proud,lol!

did I mention the atrocious spelling errors do to my inability to effectively use a keyboard without massacreing everything my lil digits touch??


hmmmmm,don't think i did.


i AM done though..and thats...a good thing( So Martha stweartesque of me)

goin now.


nytall.

Love Burning Tree. Toured with them in 90. God, that long ago. Bakers Song is fantastic, sung by the drummer too. UNW were soooo gonna happen, a really cult following, signed to Warner Bros and it all went tits up. Such a same. They were from Brixton in South London and got their name from a grafitti slogan painted on a railway siding. Its still there in big red letters.

UNDER
NEATH
WHAT!

<font color="#FF0000" size="1">[ June 03, 2005 02:23 AM: Message edited by: IH Rich Rags ]</font>

Hey Ragz
Never heard of any of 'em except
UNDER
NEATH
WHAT!

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Originally posted by kandikaos:
Marcus you are the resident kiss fan. EVERYBODY knows that!! Carl is king of sarcastic wit(didn't say I didn't love it Carl,dont bite [img]wink.gif[/img] j/k)


and B,well he just rules the earth,lol

and Darren likes to spar...ok,YES you are THE king of all sparring media.

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<font size="4" face="Arial">Indeed, Carl can out-sarcastic anybody - maybe
it's because of all the H20 his shiney head is
exposed to, or all that horrible punk rock he
listens to, giving him special powers! [img]wink.gif[/img] Bless
him.

Yes, I like to spar (because I'm a prolix [over-
wordy], over-educated twit), but never maliciously,
I hope.

Edit: I forgot to say, that I think Babydolls
would be in my list of obscure bands I listen
to. The Babydolls demo, anyway - the album that
followed was sub-goth pants. It's not a great
demo (lyrically, productionally, imagery) but
it possesses a certain naive, harmless charm that
I quite like. Actually, I think they were kind of
cool-looking in a kooky kind of way.

D.

<font color="#FF0000" size="1">[ June 03, 2005 08:57 AM: Message edited by: Deviant D ]</font>

Was never a Babydolls fan...I had been hearing so much about them and the hype got me curious to want some of their tunes. When I finally got my hands on some Babydolls demos, I was disappointed. After getting to hear a band that was talked about a lot, the end result was me wondering why all the hype.

<font color="#FF0000" size="1">[ June 03, 2005 09:02 AM: Message edited by: A Katt Named Raggz ]</font>

Geez, I think I just got a compliment from D.!!! I am actually happy that the sarcasm isn't lost on you folks. It does get lost in some areas quite easily. But to be honest with you, I never realized how sarcastic I was at times.

Donna, nice switch of topics. This is almost embarrasing. [img]redface.gif[/img]

On topic now:

The Beauties - Hardly under-rated, just pure boring crap. This is what happened to Glam when it wanted to mix in with Grunge. I'll stick with Kill For Thrills, thank you. But even they were just O.K.
Tonto Tonto - O.K. Kitty, enough of your Village People infatuation please.
The Beautiful - Not heard of them. I don't think. May have.
Moonwater - See above.
Lions & Ghost - We both know how we both feel about them. Going back to them though, they are not as brilliant as they were at the time. Still enjoyable, but alsi dating a bit poorly.
Cliffs Of Doneen - Heard of them, but can't remember shit. The name makes me think of Eric Johnson though. [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
The Front - Never got into them. Biker meets The Cult if memory serves. A buddy was REALLY into them, but they never clicked.
Burning Tree - Same buddy was into them, and I had the same result as I did with The Front.
Under Neath What - Loved them, have tried getting topics going on them here. Recently went back to listen to them again, and found I now understand why all of my friends thought I was crazy for loving them. Boring stuff. Not standing the test of time at all, except maybe "Firebomb Telecom" and the song about coffee.


For my bands that were under-rated, at the WAY top of the list would be:

EDAN!!!

I will never understand why so few people discuss these guys (O.K., this guy) as they were a brilliant band made up of kids of famous people! Hell man, Edan Everly and the son of Dion hooking up for a brilliant straight up RnR band!?! How could you NOT love them? The main problem was they came out at the same time as Black Crowes, and BC became a larger hit. I always prefered Edan though. Great RnR with a unique voice, implementing soul in a great way, unlike many other RnR bands.

I also never understood how Little Caesar never became HUGE. Ron Young is easily one of the greatest voices of our time. Extremely powerful, and extremely soulful. I still want to see him front a full blown classic soul outfit, or release an album of nothing but Motown classics. [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]

Ah yes Carl, I forgot to mention KILL FOR THRILLS...great band.

Carl,
I thought Edan was pretty good in a Stones meets Bang Tango kinda way...Not too bad of a band.

I agree with you on Little Ceasar.....Always wondered why they didn't score higher with their cds.

Carl, your predisposition for preponderance sarcasm
is lengendary, trust me. [img]smile.gif[/img]

'Edan' and 'Lions and Ghost' are terrible band
names - so bad, in fact, that I'm curious about
them. Mail me some music.

D.

<font color="#FF0000" size="1">[ June 03, 2005 09:07 AM: Message edited by: Deviant D ]</font>

Darren, I'll rip the cds this weekend and send first thing Monday morning from here(work).

Edan - To me had a Stones/Bang Tango vibe going on. More sleazy psychedelic Image of a band...Kinda Kik Tracee look.

Lions & Ghost - Same thing with the image, that bluesy sleazy psychedelic look. Their music is a love or hate thing. They remind me of a more rockier The Church.

Who the hell are The Church? It all sounds good,
though, and I look forward to checking them out.
Wopper sent me two Silver Ginger mp3s today. They
reminded me of - what are they called? - the band
which did 'Pope's On Dope' and 'Dysfunctional'
etc.

D.

i've always loved:
Phantasm
Uranium 235
Ten Inch Men
Vampire Love Dolls
Stranger

i remember the front had a pretty good tune called fire but i don't think i liked the rest of the cd when i listened to it. as for underneath what, i remember buying that on someone's recommendation that they sounded like hanoi rocks. to me they didn't and i probably didn't give them a chance after that. i should dig out the cd and give it another listen.

marcus, as for the rest of yours, i've never heard them and carl, i had/have that edan cd but i don't remember it doing anything for me (for some reason i'm lumping them in with valentine saloon, they might have sounded similar or it might be just too early in the morning for me) and little ceaser, are they the ones who did chain of fools? that was a real good tune.

The Beauties - An okay band, not nothing to fuss about, more of a rock sound.

Tonto Tonto - Great band, Always reminded me somewhat of Stevie Wonder tunes yet more rock. Cool band for relaxing and mello-ing.

The Beautiful - Tripped out rock'n'roll, this band is an acquired taste.

Moonwater - Gene Loves Jezebel on some kinda psychedelic drug. This band was kinda spooky sounding...and I don't mean as in BOO spooky. Just the tunes were strange and mumbling uncoherent babble talk thru some intro tunes.

Lions & Ghost - Love Lions & Ghost. They had that rock/jangly acoustic sound to them. Me being a THE CHURCH fan...I love Lions & Ghost due to them reminding me of that band.

Cliffs Of Doneen - I own two cds from this band....it's a hit or miss. For you U2 or The Cult fans, check them out...they fall into that category.

The Front - Always found this band to be excellent. Saw them open for Alice Cooper....Had to get their cd the next day. They had that INXS meets The Doors meets The Cult thing going on. I always thought they were more of a rock-n-roll INXS.

Burning Tree - Good band....Hard to pinpoint their sound since they didn't keep it in one style.

Under Neath What - Pretty good band in my opinion. Simple Rock is what I call their style...nothing flashy nor with over-done guitar solos. They just kept it simple, which to me worked well for them. My fave tune has to be STRAIGHT AHEAD MONEY PEACE OUT.

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Originally posted by Deviant D:
They
reminded me of - what are they called? - the band
which did 'Pope's On Dope' and 'Dysfunctional'
etc.

D.

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<font size="4" face="Arial">Shake The Faith

Darren,
They were a cult alternative band. Soothing vocals with an alternative feel to the music.

http://www.thechurchband.com/

Shake The Faith - of course! Cheers Bill. Fucking
amazing debut. What happened to them?

D.

D the only members I know of are...Bassist Keeny Kweens plays in Beautiful Creatures, Drummer Danny Parker was in a band called 3 Penny Needle(grunge crap) then played in Bang Tango for a short stint, Tommy Thayer in KISS(blech...haha), and Dave Argone(think that's his last name) stilling looking the part of a punk dude, but as far as his music, I have no clue. I dont' know about the other guy...I don't even know his name.

<font color="#FF0000" size="1">[ June 03, 2005 09:48 AM: Message edited by: A Katt Named Raggz ]</font>

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Originally posted by A Katt Named Raggz:
Darren,
They were a cult alternative band. Soothing vocals with an alternative feel to the music.

http://www.thechurchband.com/

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<font size="4" face="Arial">This reminds me of that scene in Airheads, when
they're discussing the validity of the pending
station 'The Rain': 'Mellow out to the calming
sounds of, The Rain.'

Watery wank?

D.

<font color="#FF0000" size="1">[ June 03, 2005 09:45 AM: Message edited by: Deviant D ]</font>

What a collective shame.

D.

Nah not watery wank....just more alternative feel.
If ya can get ya hands on their HEY DAY cd....that is the one to get...though I think it's outta print already, cuz I can't find it anywhere!

'Alternative' is a blanket which covers a multiude
of sins, of course. [img]wink.gif[/img]

D.

<font color="#FF0000" size="1">[ June 03, 2005 09:55 AM: Message edited by: Deviant D ]</font>

LMFAO!!!

Funny, innit. Can you imagine, though, describing
one's personality as 'alternative'? The reaction
would be: 'Alternative to what?' The reply would
be, 'Alternative to the status quo.' The reply to
that would be, 'But what if the "alternative"
became the status quo?'

It all falls apart after that. LOL

D.

<font color="#FF0000" size="1">[ June 03, 2005 10:05 AM: Message edited by: Deviant D ]</font>

The Church were a band that existed so that the Alternative/Punk crowd could listen to Pink Floyd without actually BUYING Pink Floyd. Listen to them both back to back, and you will hear so many similarities it is sad.

"Edan" the name came from the vocalist, Edan Everly, son of (I think) Don Everly of The Everly Brothers.

Oh, and brother of Erin Everly, Axl's ex. girlfriend and star of "November Rain" video.

<font color="#FF0000" size="1">[ June 03, 2005 10:12 AM: Message edited by: Carl I. ]</font>

There's a few melodic rock bands that, although not obscure to some here, kinda passed by unnoticed.

Canadian band Brighton Rock, released the album 'Take A Deep Breath', which I keep going back to. Love the track 'Outlaw'.

European band Jagged Edge, which featured Brits Myke Gray and Andy Robbins, Swede Matti Alfonzetti, and Italian Fabio Del Rio, released a great melodic album 'Fuel For Your Soul', which didn't really do much over here. Myke and Andy went on to form Skin.

Unruly Child's s/t album I really liked, though it was very soft. Marc Free became Marci afterwards, lol.

For a bit of mid 80s flash-guitar, I liked Icon. A band out of Arizona featuring Mike Varney/Shrapnel guitar shredder Dan Wexler.

Anyone remember 9.0???

What were Brighton Rock like? Due to LOVING the Queen song of the same name, I always wanted to hear them. I might have to check on on store for them tonight when I get home.

Chances of my liking them?

I actually grew rather fond of Tobruk recently and find it a shame they never went anywhere.

Not obscure, but a few bands becoming forgotten about who were actually pretty dang good: Mamas Boys and Heavy Pettin'.

Not too sure how you'd like them Carl. Might be a bit too hair-y for you.

Vocals a bit waily at times, ever heard Steve Grimmett of Onslaught/Lionsheart?

anyway, check 'em out at http://www.brightonrock.ca

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Originally posted by creeper2:
as for underneath what, i remember buying that on someone's recommendation that they sounded like hanoi rocks. to me they didn't and i probably didn't give them a chance after that. i should dig out the cd and give it another listen.

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<font size="4" face="Arial">I heard the exact same thing. I think we were starving for a new Hanoi at that point, and people were figuring that they looked like a Glam band, so they must be one.

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Originally posted by creeper2:

marcus, as for the rest of yours, i've never heard them and carl, i had/have that edan cd but i don't remember it doing anything for me (for some reason i'm lumping them in with valentine saloon, they might have sounded similar or it might be just too early in the morning for me) and little ceaser, are they the ones who did chain of fools? that was a real good tune.

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<font size="4" face="Arial">Yes Bill, same Little Caesar. They did a better version "I wish it would rain". That song was amazing.

Edan didn't sound at all like Valentine Saloon. I'd give it another shot if that is your memory of it. VS sucked for the most part, aside from the song "Cadillac King Revolver".

i'm all over Icon's self titled cd. i still listen to it at least once a week. (its on the ipod) rock n roll maniac, on your feet, through the night, great stuff. i never really got into their other cds. didn't they go more towards a progressive metal sound? another band along these lines is Racer X, remember them? paul gilbert and bruce bouillet were the guitarists on their debut. i was never a big fan but the guitarist in my band at the time was a huge fan understandably. they could really rip it up. i'm think they were only around 18 at the time too.

Yup, my faves off the 1st album were World War and Hot Desert Night. I think the 2nd album, Night Of The Crime, was more listenable, but still flash (the intro to Out For Blood?). After those, they replaced vocalist Stephen Clifford with Jerry Harrison, for 3rd album Right Between The Eyes. He brought a kind-of Vow Wow sound to the vocals, but it was still ok. Had a couple of good tracks on that one, Taking My Breath Away and Holy Man's War (with a bit of Alice Cooper on backing).

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Originally posted by Stacey.:
Not too sure how you'd like them Carl. Might be a bit too hair-y for you.

Vocals a bit waily at times, ever heard Steve Grimmett of Onslaught/Lionsheart?

anyway, check 'em out at http://www.brightonrock.ca

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<font size="4" face="Arial">Heard of Onslaught/Lionsheart but not sure if I have heard them.

I checked out the Brighton Rock link. The sound samples leave me deciding that I will indeed search them out a bit more tonight. I kind of liked 'em, and the song "Gang Bang" sounds REAL familiar to me. Seem like a cool band.

Hey great post.

I like the beauites - if I remember it has a bit of a funky edge to it. Lions & ghosts - luv this band. Kill for Thrils -good band. And agree with Carl & Raggz Litlle Caesar should have been much bigger. Carl great choices in Tobruk & Heavy Pettin. Another melodic band I felt that should have been bigger was Airrace who released a crackin lp called Shaft Of Light