Your favorite bands that no one has heard of

[Stella Blue]

Syd Barrett, like the guy who founded The Pink Floyd?  That Sid?  Yeah, no one knows him at all.  Group he started, no one ever heard of them.

And the Offspring sold a pile of records back in the last century, enough to keep their founder going to his concerts by flying his own Gulfstream.  Yeah, no one ever bought that stuff either.

Honestly no, some people that consider themselves pink floyd fans don't even know him. They'd be damned if there was anything before Darkside of the Moon. How many people really own The Madcap Laughs or even Piper at the Gates of Dawn for that matter?

[tekla]

Madcap Laughs is pretty good proof that Syd wound up being where he was supposed to be - Piper* on the other hand is consisted on the first true psychedelic records and Intesteller Overdive one of the early Floyd theme songs, while Astronomy Domine was played through out their career and See Emily Play was a charting hit 45, at least in England.

*Piper at the Gates of Dawn, is also a record by Van Morrison, (totally different material) the name comes from The Wind in the Willows.

/yes I have both records
//no, I never listen to Madcap, but PatGoD has aged very well.

[YoungSoulRebel]

Virgin Prunes
Zolar X
Manplanet

...and since most of the people here are yank:
Secret Affair
The Creation
The Pretty Things

...and since "solo" artists count:
Gitane DeMone
David Wrench

[lizbeth]

Syd Barrett
Laura Marling
Explosions in the Sky
Stardeath and White Dwarves
Tea leaf Green

EOTS is good stuff
I saw Stardeath and the White Dwarves as one of the opening acts for the Flaming Lips. it's Wayne's nephew. the flaming lips/stardeath collaboration on the cover of madonna's borderline is awesome!

[tekla]

I'm just wondering at what point does 'not heard of' transform into 'heard of'?  Is it with air play, or ticket sales?  TLG has sold back to back nights at the Fillmore, so that's 2K+ tickets, so someone has heard of them.

[Ryuu]

Halfway to Nowhere
Pink Noise
Rentrer En Soi
Dir En Grey

These last two are Japanese bands, and Pink Noise is a local band, but still!

[Constance]

The Three O'Clock

[qRachelp]

Artist that some of you may not have heard?  Hmmm. . . .

Flogging Molly


Deb Talan


Erin McCarley


XX,
Rachel

[tekla]

Kind of a slow song for Flogging Molly (who, BTW, sells out 2000+ tickets a night for performances in large markets), I think these is more representative of the Flogging Molly shows I've been at.  I always thought FM was a bit better live then their arch rivals The Dropkick Murphy's, but they both pale in comparison to their inspiration, The Pogues. - at least when Shane isn't too drunk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKzyhA-lrqM&feature=related#

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ra8293x0kw&feature=related#

[qRachelp]

Kind of a slow song for Flogging Molly (who, BTW, sells out 2000+ tickets a night for performances in large markets), I think these is more representative of the Flogging Molly shows I've been at.  I always thought FM was a bit better live then their arch rivals The Dropkick Murphy's, but they both pale in comparison to their inspiration, The Pogues. - at least when Shane isn't too drunk.

Oohhh, you know, my FM selection's part of the ol' "happy to be sad Irish lament", thing.

[tekla]

Yeah, but you'd hate someone to show up at one of there shows expecting all them Irish type ballads only to find themselves in the middle of a (very) drunken mosh pit.

[Constance]

When I was a kid, we didn't have mosh pits. We were slam-dancing.

And we were thankful to do it!

[qRachelp]

Yeah, but you'd hate someone to show up at one of there shows expecting all them Irish type ballads only to find themselves in the middle of a (very) drunken mosh pit.

Yeah, I'll leave the mosh pits to the young effers whose body's still heal quickly. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SxF9v3hTgQ#noexternalembed

[tekla]

Motley Crue is not a band that no one has heard of, its a band that too many people have heard of.

[qRachelp]

Yeah, but the "mosh pit" thing wasn't in existence when they were fab... when I was a teen.

[Lachlann]

Iron Maiden is pretty popular too. Enough to see lots of teens wearing their shirts.

But then, Metal hasn't exactly been mainstream for a long time.

[tekla]

We do at least one metal show a week between the two venues.  Matter of fact the day after T-giving I'm doing Hatebreed/Trivum/Canibal Corpse/Unearth/Dirge Within and 4 other bands, that's 9 metal bands on the same bill.  Sold Out. Heaven and Hell, sold out.  Motorhead, sold out.

Actually most metal bands do a good job of keeping the ticket prices low (they don't need to buy any more than the 3 chords they know, so it keeps costs down) which keeps the people coming.  We have a full time metal club in town too.

[Lachlann]

I don't doubt that at all. It's just not something that's played much on the radio anymore, and if it is it's a select few that cater to the current fad. At least what from the radio stations I've heard in North America.

But yeah, Metal shows are usually pretty cheap and I'm glad for that. I'm going to see Hammerfall(come to think of it, I don't hear many North American metalheads talk about them) in March and it's 25$ Canadian, which is kind of on the pricey side for a Power Metal band, but cheap enough that I don't really care.

[tekla]

Hell where I live you have two choice in radio, Rush Limbaugh or Vicente Fernandez.  Radio here does not play rock, or pop, people buy that on cable or satellite.

/happily I love Vicente Fernandez

[qRachelp]

Heavy Metal allowed me to have long hair and wear makeup when I was younger without being "outed".