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Bands you know you should have heard, but haven't

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My Aim Is True:
There are a lot of bands that I hear mentioned, and I always think "Why have I never heard this? It just seems like a standard."

The only one I can think of immediately (because I saw it in a lot of the favorite albums thread) is Slint. Which is really weird, considering that Spiderland is one of my roommate's favorite albums ever. Tomorrow I need to ask to borrow it.

KharBevNor:
When I reflect on it, I don't think I've actually consciously heard a Megadeth song ever. Exodus neither come to think of it.

Of course, tonnes of bands outside my most loved genres, which I've never really felt the inclination to look into are probably regarded as standards, but I simply don't like the look of when seeing who they're compared to/have inspired or what they're supposed to sound like, or because I frankly can't be pooped. These include Fugazi, Explosions in the Sky, ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of the Dead (apart from 1 sample), Sleater-Kinney, Guided By Voices, The Pixies, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Jawbreaker, Pavement and probably a good few others.

Praeserpium Machinarum:
A lot of old bands, though I am mostly talking about albums here, including Pink Floyd, Joy Division, New Order, Ramones, The Cure, The Sex Pistols, Television, Cocteau Twins, Sonic Youth(other than EVOL and Sonic Nurse), metal, classical etc.
Among newish "hip" stuff, there is The Arcade Fire, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Slint, Will Oldham's Palace stuff, Joanna Newsome, that band Hope Sandoval was in, CocoRosie etc.

The last one I really regret, sounds like good stuff...

McTaggart:
Where to start.

DISCLAIMER: I've only been listening to decent music for two or three years. I live in Australia so people you've all heard to death might not even have been played here.

Pavement
Cursive
Mr Bungle (I was just about to buy an album from these guys yesterday, but then I saw Four Tet's Rounds album. Got that instead)
Frank Zappa
Any decent amount of Captain Beefheart
Explosions in the Sky
Sigur Ros
Slint
Built to Spill
Joy Division
Dinosaur Jr
Godspeed You Black Emperor
Fugazi
The Books

Thats the start of the list anyway...

Inlander:
I don't listen to radio and I'm pretty suspicious of the British music press (seems to be a permanent "this week's rooster is next week's feather duster" thing going on over there), so most of the hot young things that come out of Britain at any given time I haven't heard.  I was watching Rage on A.B.C. T.V. last weekend and heard the Kaiser Chiefs, Bloc Party, and Maximo Park for the first time.  I won't state my opinions for fear of derailing the thread.

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