Favorite "unknowns"

[George_Lynch]

The only music I listen to is Hard Rock and different types of Metal, I was wondering if you guys could post some of your favorite bands the were sort of "unknown" or don't get much advertising. If you could just tell the the name and genre of the band that would be awesome, and if your really feeling nice you could post an mp3 or a site were I can get a sample of their music. thx alot.

P.S. I don't like the crappy new rock stuff that doesn't have any solos, just crappy little riffs that you can learn in maybe 2 minutes by heart. I really like a lot of hair bands from the 80's though.



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[PonyOne]

Failure - toured with Tool on one of their European tours. Formed in '92, disbanded in late '97; most rock historians who knew about them think they kind of got shafted, as their first CD was released a week after Nevermind, and the subsequent media torrent/fracas killed their chances at superstardom. Check out Wet Gravity, Submission, or Macaque for their harder stuff, or Bernie, Stuck On You (their only big single) or Undone for their more melodic stuff. They are not death metal by any stretch but they're also not two-chord alt rock.

Refused - angry, angry young vegan Swedish lads... best songs to check out would be New Noise, Worms of the Senses/Faculties Of The Skull, Blind Date, Pretty Face, Burn It. they hold a special place in the hearts of most hardcore afficinados: they came out, they screamed, they broke lots of stuff, they cleared all of the supermarkets on their path of tofu and soy products, and then they broke up because they were so anti-establishment.

Danny Gatton: just a great friggin guitarist... mostly blues and rockabilly, but, you listen to his stuff and go "whoa." he was a true master.

[PlayLoud]

One great music maker that people haven't heard of much is Fredrik Thordendal, formerly from the band Meshuggah. His solo album "Sol Niger Within" (Or "Special Defects", to name the english version) is simply awesome. It doesn't fit in any genre tho, it's something very abstract and atmospheric, a combination of guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, violin, sax, and other instruments - it's got a unique sound...

I don't have a link right now, just Google for it.

[pikengren]

this isn't really an unknown, but alot of people haven't heard of them.
Triumph. the guitarist (rick emmet) is awesome. he does some cool instrumentals. i actually learned a few of them.

[Leedogg]

Two guitarists who I listen to alot that are relative unknowns are Marcel Coenan and Mattias IA Eklundh. They should be easy enough to google for ya if you're interested.

Update:
Marcel coenen (http://www.marcelcoenen.com/)
Mattias IA Eklundh (http://www.freakguitar.com/)

[That_Guy_NZ]

you could try "Theocracy" you may or may not like them, there sorta a cross of old school metallica, iron maiden with a bit of symphony x on the side.
check out www.theocracymusic.com

[DreamRyche2112]

Big Wreck, too bad they weren't known, cuz they are a real good rock band.

[HDJ]

Clutch. Not exactly unknown, but not mainstream either. One of my favorite bands....

Stuck Mojo. I'm not much into the rap rock thing, but these guys throw it down, and without record scratches or synths. They are not together anymore, but their albums are still available..Note, they were doing the rap-rock thing way before Limp dickzit came around.....

Fugazi. Another one that is well know, but not mainstream. Pretty much a hard rock/metal jam band.

[iamthe_eggman]

Big Wreck, too bad they weren't known, cuz they are a real good rock band.

Yessir!


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[George_Lynch]

Thx for all the posts guys, if anyone has anymore pls add on. I'm just about to check out all the ones named, thx again!!




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[iamthe_eggman]

OK, I don't really listen to much "non-mainstream" music, but here are some bands which I like that I don't think get enough credit:


Powderfinger - I only know their album "Odyssey #5" and their new single, but they write some decent music.
Third Eye Blind - if you can't tell by my avatar, 3EB is my current favourite band (well, top 3 maybe). Amazing songwriting, lyrics, hooks, everything. Not too much in the solo department, but some tasty licks and not entirely devoid of solos. Much worth checking out.
The Trews - Canada's answer to... ummm... OK, how about Led Zeppelin meets AC/DC meets... ummm... hmmm... it's late. Just check them out, if your local radio station hasn't already been flogging them for CANCON.
I Mother Earth - another great Canadian band which doesn't seem to exist anymore. Or maybe it does. I don't know. Wicked "alt. funk" band, if such a genre exists.
Eve 6 - OK, I'm listening to their debut album as I'm typing this, and remembering all over again how infectious and catchy their songs were. Great hooks and funny lyrics -- "Sucking on my brain/You're the teacher I'm the student/Turn things 'round/Your story's not congruent" -- how can you not like that?
Jimi Hendrix - I just discovered this guy and it seems like he has some good songs. Waiting for the next album.

[George_Lynch]

thx for the bands eggman, although I have heard of them. And you have got to be kidding about Jimi Hendrix. He's the greatest guitar player of all time, undisputed, I don't know if that's some sort of sick joke or your just out to lunch. How old are you? That could be it. But I'm 14 and I know that he was the father of the guitar. And that's just about all I have to say about that.



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[Polera]

Me ;)

[pstring]

Les Paul, a few of you may have even heard he has kind of a signature model guitar, ....well alright, he may be kind of out of date to most of you, but in the 50's he was Steve Vai and a bag of chips, now who's this Hendrix guy every one talks about.........................................? :confused:

[iamthe_eggman]

Les Paul, a few of you may have even heard he has kind of a signature model guitar, ....well alright, he may be kind of out of date to most of you, but in the 50's he was Steve Vai and a bag of chips, now who's this Hendrix guy every one talks about.........................................? :confused:

Bag of chips?

[George_Lynch]

Les Paul, a few of you may have even heard he has kind of a signature model guitar, ....well alright, he may be kind of out of date to most of you, but in the 50's he was Steve Vai and a bag of chips, now who's this Hendrix guy every one talks about.........................................? :confused:

Oh my, I can't believe you just said that!!! It doesn't matter that he has in own signature guitar, Jimi was the first to make the guitar what it is today. Without Jimi, Paul would have never been, and I've heard some of his stuff. I don't like it at all, it lacks a certain something....... oh yah, GOOD!!!



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[iamthe_eggman]

Oh my, I can't believe you just said that!!! It doesn't matter that he has in own signature guitar, Jimi was the first to make the guitar what it is today. Without Jimi, Paul would have never been, and I've heard some of his stuff. I don't like it at all, it lacks a certain something....... oh yah, GOOD!!!



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??? Jimi played an LP?

And how did he "make" a guitarist from the 50's? :confused: :confused:

And who is this "Jimi" fellow everyone is speaking of?

[HDJ]

Oh my, I can't believe you just said that!!! It doesn't matter that he has in own signature guitar, Jimi was the first to make the guitar what it is today. Without Jimi, Paul would have never been, and I've heard some of his stuff. I don't like it at all, it lacks a certain something....... oh yah, GOOD!!!



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I really hope that was a joke. Les Paul invented the solid body electric guitar along with multi-track recording. Les Paul was inventing the electric guitar when Jimi Hendrix was still a sperm.....Not knocking Jimi, he did pave the way, but you got it backwards. If it wasn't for Les Paul, Jimi may never have been able to amaze the way he did, and still does (with his recordings of course).

[George_Lynch]

I just needed another post and more to follow, plus it made my thread go waaaaayyyyyyyy off track and eventually equal more posts for everybody. Which actually means nothing to me because counting your posts is nerdy and I'm just digging myself deeper and deeper into a mess that should have never started. So anyways back to the "unkowns" Does anyone have anymore??


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[PonyOne]

I just needed another post and more to follow, plus it made my thread go waaaaayyyyyyyy off track and eventually equal more posts for everybody. Which actually means nothing to me because counting your posts is nerdy and I'm just digging myself deeper and deeper into a mess that should have never started. So anyways back to the "unkowns" Does anyone have anymore??


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have you ever heard of Tool? They have a song called Hooker With A Penis (it's about "selling out" and such). It has what I believe to be one of the greatest choruses ever...

Well now,
I've got some advice for you, little buddy.
Before you point your finger
you should know that I'm the man.
and if I'm the man then you're the man and he's the man as well,
so you can point that f**king finger up your ass.

for all your talk about post counting in this and other threads you're the only one counting, barring incidents, who put up a thread about his 1500th post (which is OK) and some other posts with lists of high posters for educational purposes.

if you think that Jimi Hendrix was the first guitarist ever and started rock music way back in 1967 then you need to go to a library. Jimi Hendrix, while a great guitarist, was not the first guy to wield a solidbody electric by a long shot. There are guys like Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, the list goes on, that inspired Jimi.

[George_Lynch]

Here's the deal, I have a brother. I left my file open and he started a rampage of stupid comments such as Jimi Hendrix made Les Paul and everyone is a nerd. I won't leave my file open like that again. :mad: :mad:

That dink will never use my member name with his brutal non-paragraph ways that make everyone lose interest and such.

I'm sorry for everything else he might of said, I'm still checking all the posts that I didn't make to see if he said anything else stupid (Although he did sign everything at the end with ROCK ON, maybe he is smart, perhaps too smart.....)



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[iamthe_eggman]

Here's the deal, I have a brother. I left my file open and he started a rampage of stupid comments such as Jimi Hendrix made Les Paul and everyone is a nerd. I won't leave my file open like that again. :mad: :mad:

That dink will never use my member name with his brutal non-paragraph ways that make everyone lose interest and such.

I'm sorry for everything else he might of said, I'm still checking all the posts that I didn't make to see if he said anything else stupid (Although he did sign everything at the end with ROCK ON, maybe he is smart, perhaps too smart.....)



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Hmmm.. that does seem to make sense... perhaps a little bit too much sense...

[George_Lynch]

Another stupid comment by eggman ruining yet another perfectly good thread, maybe this thread should be stopped too. I got my information from it, and I'm assuming eggy here got what he wanted (more posts).




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[Leedogg]

Summer Slam!

[PonyOne]

did your brother get back on dude?

[pstring]

Time to chain that boy in the basement again........

[George_Lynch]

I need your help. When I used to sign in I clicked on the box that sayed remember password (bad idea). Now all you have to do to sign in on my computer is start typing my username and the computer will finish it and add the password. This is a problem when you have a dumbass brother.

If anyone has any suggestions that would be great. If not I'll just get a new username and tell my brother that my old one won't work. He'll try it and see that I don't use it anymore and hopefully quit. So if you have a better idea pls post!!!


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[Incidents Happen]

He's lying.

~Incidents

[DreamRyche2112]

OK, I don't really listen to much "non-mainstream" music, but here are some bands which I like that I don't think get enough credit:


Powderfinger - I only know their album "Odyssey #5" and their new single, but they write some decent music.
Third Eye Blind - if you can't tell by my avatar, 3EB is my current favourite band (well, top 3 maybe). Amazing songwriting, lyrics, hooks, everything. Not too much in the solo department, but some tasty licks and not entirely devoid of solos. Much worth checking out.
The Trews - Canada's answer to... ummm... OK, how about Led Zeppelin meets AC/DC meets... ummm... hmmm... it's late. Just check them out, if your local radio station hasn't already been flogging them for CANCON.
I Mother Earth - another great Canadian band which doesn't seem to exist anymore. Or maybe it does. I don't know. Wicked "alt. funk" band, if such a genre exists.
Eve 6 - OK, I'm listening to their debut album as I'm typing this, and remembering all over again how infectious and catchy their songs were. Great hooks and funny lyrics -- "Sucking on my brain/You're the teacher I'm the student/Turn things 'round/Your story's not congruent" -- how can you not like that?
Jimi Hendrix - I just discovered this guy and it seems like he has some good songs. Waiting for the next album.


Im still waiting too.... LOL.... Also... I mother Earth rules dude!!!!!

[iamthe_eggman]

I need your help. When I used to sign in I clicked on the box that sayed remember password (bad idea). Now all you have to do to sign in on my computer is start typing my username and the computer will finish it and add the password. This is a problem when you have a dumbass brother.

If anyone has any suggestions that would be great. If not I'll just get a new username and tell my brother that my old one won't work. He'll try it and see that I don't use it anymore and hopefully quit. So if you have a better idea pls post!!!


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You can change your password, then make sure that the "remember my password" box isn't checked when you sign in.

Or you can create a new profile and we'll happily ban the original one.

[George_Lynch]

Let's go with that eggman. I'll make a new profile called vai_vanlynch.


P.S. Please remember to ban the george_lynch file


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[George_Lynch]

The site is telling my that I already show registered as George_lynch, so I can't make a new username. It gives me the options of emailing me with my password if I forgot it or modifying my profile. What do I do eggman??


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[Leedogg]

Is it a little brother? I was a little brother growing up and I would torture my older siblings too. Do what they did to me and whip the **** outta this guy. I learnt my lesson, so shall he learn his.

[iamthe_eggman]

OK, I've just asked the big boss (Jon) and he'll get back to us with the final answer.... hang tight meanwhile!

[George_Lynch]

I'll hang tight. And as for the advice on beating my little brother, it doesn't work. Endless minutes of torture such as putting him in a dog kennel and rolling him down the stairs don't seem to phase the little bugger. No matter what I do he keeps coming back for more, he must enjoy it or something.

I know what your all thinking, how old is this little brother, spawn of satan...
He's 12, which makes him old enough to beat on without feeling bad but still young enough to make things fairly smooth without too much of an opposition. ;) I have to go now, he just came in from drum lessons, I'm gunna go kick him or something!!! :cool:



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