Relatively obscure bands that you love

[MK Shrimper]

Yes, another music thread but a positive one.

As it says in the title, which relatively obscure bands do you love - and I mean really champion, not released one decent song in 1986 and then vanished into thin air.

For example, I absolutely love American band The Gin Blossoms. I would, if I had the money, fly to the US just for one of their gigs in some mid-west Trump loving ****hole. I know the first two albums off by heart. They're my go to band. I'm such a fan the lead singer follows me on Twitter.

Yes I'm tragic I know. Anyone else?

 

[Supernaut]

Two of my absolute favourite bands of all time are 90 Day Men (mathy Chicago alt. rock) and The Clientele (UK indie-pop with a heavy '60s feel) - both of them are no longer active, but I still listen to them constantly and try to turn people on to them at every opportunity...

 

[Napster]

Corduroy (although making a bit of a comeback after 20 years away, and seeing them in December at the 100 Club!)
Benny Sings (although he may still make it big, he's just been signed by Stones Throw)
Galliano (another Acid Jazz label one, but their album Unto the Creator is incredible)
EPMD (only really loved by hardcore hip-hop fans, but their early albums were amazing)

Other bands I only love some of their work (Black Crowes, 1st 3 albums only; Living Colour, pre-Stain)

 

[blues exile]

Poco, Flying Burrito Brothers and various offshoots.

 

[ThurrockShrimper]

Butthole Surfers, Big Black, Half Man Half Biscuit sprung to mind.

I suppose people's definition of obscure varies though!

 

[Mad Cyril]

The Go! Team.

 

[KAB]

Cruzados, Tito and Tarantula, Treetop Flyers, Inglorious, Evil Blizzard, Ghoultown, The Hackensaw Boys, Idles, Black Midi, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Lisa LeBlanc, The Pretty Wreckless, Badger, Stray.
The full list, if i thought about it, would be a long one.

 

[Ricky Otto]

Band wise:
Nine Black Alps
Dead boys
4hero
New Town Kings
Slum Village
Death

Artists:
Ghostpoet
Roots Manuva
Blak Twang
Dr Octogon

 

[ThurrockShrimper]

Band wise:
Nine Black Alps
Dead boys
4hero
New Town Kings
Slum Village
Death

Artists:
Ghostpoet
Roots Manuva
Blak Twang
Dr Octogon

Ace choices Mr. Otto.

Death as in the protopunk group or the Heavy Metal group?

 

[ThurrockShrimper]

Lydia Lunch is pretty underrated

 

[ThurrockShrimper]

I like some GG Allin stuff, but his gigs looked terrifying.

 

[londonblue]

The Boxer Rebellion.

 

[Ricky Otto]

Ace choices Mr. Otto.

Death as in the protopunk group or the Heavy Metal group?

Proto-punk group from Detroit, I even quite like some of the 4th movement (the Christian rock band they became)

 

[Member]

YOB
Sunn0)))
Aleksi Perala
Remember Remember
De Rosa
Part Chimp
Blanck Mass

 

[ThurrockShrimper]

Proto-punk group from Detroit, I even quite like some of the 4th movement (the Christian rock band they became)

I've not heard the later stuff, but they were way ahead of their time.

That Detroit sound was great in the late 60s/Early 70s though, Stooges MC5 etc.

I remember watching a documentary (can't think which one) where they compared Detroit's musical output to Birmingham, in the sense that industry had a heavy influence on the way the music sounded (Sabbath and so on)

 

[Ricky Otto]

I've not heard the later stuff, but they were way ahead of their time.

That Detroit sound was great in the late 60s/Early 70s though, Stooges MC5 etc.

I remember watching a documentary (can't think which one) where they compared Detroit's musical output to Birmingham, in the sense that industry had a heavy influence on the way the music sounded (Sabbath and so on)

I think 90% of people into death are into them because of the "a band called death" documentary. Which is up there with searching for sugarman IMO (it's funny that they are both from Detroit too).

One thing I loved about Death was that every black guy in Detroit was making Motown type music and they went against the grain. Death for the whole world to see is an almost perfect punk album

 

[Napster]

There's some more jazz as well

Ronny Jordan
Deodato
Blue Mitchell

A lot of jazz is not obscure though. (Byrd, Silver, etc are hardly obscure)

 

[KevinJH]

A Welsh band by the name of The Storys. Released three albums in the early noughties before splitting but lead singer was Steve Balsamo, a great talent who's now going solo......

Good music to listen to on a long drive

 

[The Big Shrimp]

The Faith Brothers are a band I've enjoyed for 20+ years. Sometimes their politics upset people, especially a song about the Falklands, but what a song. This song is closer to home for them.

 

[The Big Shrimp]

A bit more upbeat from the Faith Brothers.