Favourite 'obscure' band?

andyp

Philly_Q said:

I hate trying to name obscure bands, because I'm sure my obscure is somebody else's household name.  Even if only in their household.

Totally agree. When I read the OP the first thing that sprang to mind was I always thought Matchbox Twenty were massively popular / mainstream, but it all depends. If you've not heard of them, they're obscure to you.

Some bands come and go, so are maybe obscure now but weren't so much back at the time. It's hard to pin down exactly what "obscure" is to be honest.

BintyTwanger77

andyp said:

Philly_Q said:

I hate trying to name obscure bands, because I'm sure my obscure is somebody else's household name.  Even if only in their household.

Totally agree. When I read the OP the first thing that sprang to mind was I always thought Matchbox Twenty were massively popular / mainstream, but it all depends. If you've not heard of them, they're obscure to you.

Some bands come and go, so are maybe obscure now but weren't so much back at the time. It's hard to pin down exactly what "obscure" is to be honest.

Agreed. I wish many mainstream bands were obscure, i.e. Nickelback.

Bucket

Big Wreck
Jellyfish
The Wildhearts
Silver Sun
Frost*
The Dowling Poole
Jackdaw4
Honeycrack
The Hellacopters

andyp

Oof... Wildhearts, Silver Sun and Honeycrack - now there's some names from my youth.

Nikko

Struggling to think of bands I like to listen to that not a lot of people have heard of to be honest...

One from waaaaaay back (but still touring/writing/recording today is 'Senser'. Also like a band called 'The Suburban Dirts' (check them out if you get a chance).

Sesh

I bought The Sewing Room's "And Nico" album way back when. It's still one of my favourite albums yet I know nothing about the band, even if they released anything else. I've never met anyone else who has heard of them.

joneve

guitarmangler said:

Army of anyone, with the two brothers from stone temple pilots and the singer from filter 

This is relevant to my interests. 

BRISTOL86

andyp said:

Philly_Q said:

I hate trying to name obscure bands, because I'm sure my obscure is somebody else's household name.  Even if only in their household.

Totally agree. When I read the OP the first thing that sprang to mind was I always thought Matchbox Twenty were massively popular / mainstream, but it all depends. If you've not heard of them, they're obscure to you.

Some bands come and go, so are maybe obscure now but weren't so much back at the time. It's hard to pin down exactly what "obscure" is to be honest.

I class them as obscure as I spent most of my twenties responding to the question 'who?' when people asked who my favourite band was  

andyp

Yeah, that's kinda what I was meaning too.

It's often amazing how big some bands are in the US and are pretty much unknown over here too.

equalsql

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starwarsnosebleed

Not 'obscure' by my standards but probably unheard of by most on here:

Lightning bolt
Ween
The seeds
Sloth
Black moth super rainbow
Acid mothers temple
Bongwater
Floor
King gizzard and the lizard wizard
Baptist generals
Brainiac
Agoraphobic nosebleed

i could go on for yonks, but they are ones that spring to mind. Though tbh m not really into very much 'popular' music at all.

stimpsonslostson

ANOTHER Jellyfish fan here.

The first band that sprang to my mind are Reuben. One of my favourite bands, I know there are a few fans on here, but if you're into heavy punky alt-rock have a listen. 

bigjon

Saw Murrumbidgee Whalers at Greenbelt in the late 80s / early 90s and bought this double-sided single off them - amazed to find it on YouTube, and with >1k views! REM-style jangle-pop, I think the songwriting is fantastic and they were great live.

Reverend

starwarsnosebleed said:

Not 'obscure' by my standards but probably unheard of by most on here:

Lightning bolt
Ween
The seeds
Sloth
Black moth super rainbow
Acid mothers temple
Bongwater
Floor
King gizzard and the lizard wizard
Baptist generals
Brainiac
Agoraphobic nosebleed

i could go on for yonks, but they are ones that spring to mind. Though tbh m not really into very much 'popular' music at all.

Which Sloth? US or uk? 

starwarsnosebleed

@Reverend ;The US sloth. Thier recent stuff has been crap, but i used to have about 95% of thier early discography, which is mahhooossive.

I think ive only heard one song from the UK Sloth.

Philly_Q

Big Chief

octatonic

Psychic TV.

Placidcasual79

I dont know if these are 'obscure' groups - but here is some stuff I've found recently - 

Some tasty German funk....



This incredible slice of 'baggy' from New Zealand.....



Or this band - Wand - seriously prolific, brilliant live, mad fuzz tones, quality alt guitar playing.....



Or some Danish psych/blues rock....



Admittedly its not new - but I recently discovered this Austrian avant dub band - 



Do people know half Peruvian/Cockney percussion kings Flamingods?....



Also some other stuff I've got into recently - the Sand Pebbles, Sunns, Silk Rhodes, Kikagaku Moyo, The Holydrug couple, Fascinator, Red nails, Black Market Karma and London producer The Bug. 

lukedlb

MC5
hell, the only reason I picked up an lp was the album cover and the cool name. What a discovery. Kick out the jams, ramblin rose. My vote for most important but relatively unknown band of the 20th Century. 

Sesh

As good as the MC5 are, you can't call a band that's sold that many T-shirts obscure.