Bands that get less recognition than they should?

Gorguts

Disgorge

Inquisition

Esoteric

Macabre

Terrorizer

Temnozor

Watchmaker

Wyrd

Peste Noire

Lurker of Chalice

Mcspanky37

Thin Lizzy. They are straight up hall of fame material and influenced an ungodly amount of bands that came after them.

eggdog1234

Front Line Assembly, Clan Of XymoxAndrew_Xavier

This thread is just an opportunity for hipsters to show all the obscure music they like...and they've liked before any of your squares ever heard of it.22Toothpicks

The Fall of Troy I think is a very talented band, that never got to the level of fame they should have! Favorite hardcore band.

Cage the Elephant.

Everyone knows Ain't No Rest For the Wicked but beyond that they never really blew up like they should have. They are probably the best pop rock act out there (besides Muse that is) and their last album is seriously one of the best albums released in YEARS!

Songs that people should hear by them:

In One Ear

Shake Me Down (one of the best music vids ever)

Judas

Japanese Buffalo

Around My Head

Super Furry Animals

Morphine

Moloko

The Beautiful South

Calexico

Mountain Goats

Boo Radleys

Blind Melon

The Verve- Everyone knows Bittersweet Symphony, but their earlier work like A Storm in Heaven gets way overlooked.

The Church

The THe

Super Furry Animals

Morphine

Moloko

The Beautiful South

Calexico

Mountain Goats

Boo Radleys

Blind Melon

The Verve- Everyone knows Bittersweet Symphony, but their earlier work like A Storm in Heaven gets way overlooked.

The Church

The THe

Film-Guy

The ChurchFilm-Guy

Shake Me Down (one of the best music vids ever)

LostProphetFLCL

Still not as good as Call of the Wintermoon :P

[QUOTE="Film-Guy"]The ChurchLJS9502_basic

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"][QUOTE="Film-Guy"]The Churcheggdog1234

Aqua... unfortunately most people only know them for "Barbie Girl".Aquat1cF1sh

They are my dark secret, I love that band.eggdog1234

[QUOTE="LostProphetFLCL"]

Shake Me Down (one of the best music vids ever)

chessmaster1989

Still not as good as Call of the Wintermoon :P

Well Call of the Wintermoon IS the most kvit thing ever! :P

Because they sound like angels and clouds. Dark secret my be pushing it, Heaven or Las Vegas was one of those albums that from the first note I was in awe. eggdog1234

[QUOTE="Film-Guy"]The ChurchLJS9502_basic

I think they are fantastic. Been getting into them a lot recently. The Blurred Crusade and Heyday are my favorite albums of theirs so far. Here are some more bands that dont get as much recognition.

Diablo Swing Orchestra

THe Dear Hunter

Curve

Crowded House

XTC

THe Creatures

Orange Juice

THe Divine Comedy

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Todd Rundgren- Does he count? He's been around for ages but I dont hear him brought up much.

Lemon Jelly

Okkervil RIver

Everything but the girl

Galaxie 500

Gazpacho

The Go Betweens

Pineapple Thief

Mark Lanegan and Sceaming Trees

Icicle Works

Robyn Hitchcock

Longpigs

Hum

The Pop Group

House of love

Mazzy Star

Its a habit, I grew up on punk-rock and metal. The Cure started me into other music especially pornography and seventeen seconds and most Cure fans are Cocteau Twins fans as well. eggdog1234

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"][QUOTE="Film-Guy"]The ChurchFilm-Guy

I think they are fantastic. Been getting into them a lot recently. The Blurred Crusade and Heyday are my favorite albums of theirs so far. Here are some more bands that dont get as much recognition.

Diablo Swing Orchestra

THe Dear Hunter

Curve

Crowded House

XTC

THe Creatures

Orange Juice

THe Divine Comedy

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Todd Rundgren- Does he count? He's been around for ages but I dont hear him brought up much.

Lemon Jelly

Okkervil RIver

Everything but the girl

Galaxie 500

Gazpacho

The Go Betweens

Pineapple Thief

Mark Lanegan and Sceaming Trees

Icicle Works

Robyn Hitchcock

Longpigs

Hum

The Pop Group

House of love

Mazzy Star

The House of Love is a great choice. My first ever gig too :P

And of course Mr Lanegen is awesome too - just a little bleak for some people I think. The Screaming Trees were equally awesome (and perhaps a little less pessimistic about life too)

[QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]

[QUOTE="LostProphetFLCL"]

Shake Me Down (one of the best music vids ever)

LostProphetFLCL

Still not as good as Call of the Wintermoon :P

Well Call of the Wintermoon IS the most kvit thing ever! :P

And of course Mr Lanegen is awesome too - just a little bleak for some people I think. The Screaming Trees were equally awesome (and perhaps a little less pessimistic about life too)poptart

The Sound

Slowdive

Hal

The Thrills

Lazy Smoke

Pavement

[QUOTE="poptart"]And of course Mr Lanegen is awesome too - just a little bleak for some people I think. The Screaming Trees were equally awesome (and perhaps a little less pessimistic about life too)eggdog1234

I hvaen't heard the Gutter Twins - worth checking out I take it? The only collaboration I've heard are the 2 Soulsavers albums which I quite like, although not as much as his solo work and the ST's.

[QUOTE="eggdog1234"][QUOTE="poptart"]And of course Mr Lanegen is awesome too - just a little bleak for some people I think. The Screaming Trees were equally awesome (and perhaps a little less pessimistic about life too)poptart

I hvaen't heard the Gutter Twins - worth checking out I take it? The only collaboration I've heard are the 2 Soulsavers albums which I quite like, although not as much as his solo work and the ST's.

Whilst I'm here I'll throw in a couple of oldies:

New Fast Automatic Dafodils

The Young Gods

Thee Hypnotics

New Model Army

Head Of David

Silverfish

Senseless Things

The Pastels

Birdland

EDIT: I'll throw in The God Machine as well. They were awesome live but never really got anywhere unfortunately.

ANOTHER EDIT: Gaye Bykers On Acid - specifically their Stewed to the Gills album.

And whilst well known/revered, I've yet to hear of them around these here boards: The Small Faces

[QUOTE="poptart"]

[QUOTE="eggdog1234"] Mark is the sh!t. Methamphetamine Blues is killer. So are the Gutter Twins and almost anything Dulli touches.eggdog1234

I hvaen't heard the Gutter Twins - worth checking out I take it? The only collaboration I've heard are the 2 Soulsavers albums which I quite like, although not as much as his solo work and the ST's.

Sweet Oblivian was their masterpeice IMO - I caught them in 92 and they were awesome live and played a fair amount off that album.

Just checked out the link - very morose (would I have expected anything else). Sounds interesting and not too disernable from his solo work. I actually just had a quick listen to a couple of Gutter Twins tunes and it sounds pretty interesting too - a little more upbeat/accessible and a little more spacious than ML's solo stuff which can sound a little... claustraphobic.

The Sound

Slowdive

Hal

The Thrills

Lazy Smoke

Pavement

ultamite_gamer

*shakes fist* wish I could've seen the Trees. I have seen the Twilight Singers but mark was not with them. My brother got a chance to see the Gutter Twins not too long along and said that Greg and Mark just got hammered on stage the whole show (shouldn't expect anything else though). eggdog1234

Haha indeed I can imagine he'd get pretty smashed. Mark played down here (in Melbourne) a few weeks back but I missed out unfortunately. The ST's were awesome - they were actually very jovial, throwing jokes out into the crowd (or at least the 2 big guys on the wires were anyway). Have you got ML's latest album? I haven't heard that either - been too busy getting other stuff.

Have a nice life (shoegaze)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snhkO-c-S0c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFGlEIGJVL4

The Fauns (shoegaze)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRiNTdupIho

Memory tapes/memory cassette (chillwave)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fC8UY2jRJI

Yndi Halda (post rock)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFvqoG9OoZs

Titus andronicus (punk)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOl8nGbmJ5A

[spoiler] I didn't include any older music [/spoiler]

The.....Cure...

They are just so....revolutionary...

Hawkwind and Black Sabbath

Have a nice life (shoegaze)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snhkO-c-S0c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFGlEIGJVL4

The Fauns (shoegaze)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRiNTdupIho

Memory tapes/memory cassette (chillwave)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fC8UY2jRJI

Yndi Halda (post rock)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFvqoG9OoZs

Titus andronicus (punk)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOl8nGbmJ5A

[spoiler] I didn't include any older music [/spoiler]

SAGE_OF_FIRE

Electric Guest .

Heathen. Awesome thrash metal band..

Lowlife - First found about this band while searching for the Death song of the same name. An amazing dream pop band but practically unknown

This Mortal Coil - Another amazing dream pop/gothic rock group

Solitude Aeturnus - One of the best doom metal bands

Pink Turns Blue/Clan of Xmymox - Darkwave awesomeness

Red House Painters - Most depressing music I've ever heard. And its awesome, so much emotion in every song and Mark is a lyrical genius

Fen - Atmospheric Post-Black Metal

SteverXIII

Zero 7.

Passing By.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFeiKq9OvRA&feature=related

I'm sure they're better known in the UK, but the US just doesn't understand trip hop and I don't think we ever will.

I have not heard Mark's new one and to be honest I didn't even realize the Gutter Twins had released anything until right now. I knew that greg/mark had been doing a lot of shows as the Gutter Twins but thought it was just a live thing. I would not be shocked if Greg is on Marks new one. Those guys are working really well together. The stories I have heard are that they are f*cked up all the time when they hang out so I don't see why they wouldn't just start hanging out all the time. eggdog1234

Had a little peek and the new album sounds (from what little I've heard) a little more upbeat for Mark. I'll purchase tomorrow, maybe with a little gutter twins as well for the fuk of it. I'll give you the lowdown once I've given it a full aural butchers :)

Two Steps From Hell, Immediate Music / Globus, Shockwave Sounds

Phantom vision, Garden of Delight, XIII. Stoleti, The illusion fades, the Coffinshakers, Batzz in the belfry. Third realm, Cesium_137.