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Title: Bands you wished you had heard of before they broke up.
Post by: Aurjay on 16 Dec 2008, 22:44: I was reading thru the Archives again and I came across an old newspost where Jeph was talking about how he hated not hearing of some bands before they broke up. I'm not sure if this thread has been done before, but I decided to give it a shot.

Jeph's Choices: Failure, Castor, My Bloody Valentine, and Don Caballero.

My Choices: The Unicorns, Neutral Milk Hotel, Cibo Matto.

Also I fall into the group/cult that still misses Pavement...
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Post by: Ballard on 16 Dec 2008, 23:17: Thankfully, all my current flavors of the month (those being The Dandy Warhols, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, and Ambulance Ltd.) are still together and I've seen the first two live.

I guess the BJM was broken up for a while but Anton will always get a rowdy bunch of aging hippies together and go on tour every couple of years.

I do wish, however, that I was around to catch those two in their heyday. They're all pushing 45 now and, while this isn't an old age at all, their live shows have suffered as a result. Many simply lose the will to rock the fuck out at that age.

Please don't try and prove me wrong with recent pictures of Pete Townshend or Mick Jagger 'cause they look fucking ridiculous.
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Post by: Christophe on 16 Dec 2008, 23:28: (http://www.bradleysalmanac.com/pictures/bands/11-11-04-Silkworm-KHTrio/skwm5.jpg)

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Post by: David_Dovey on 16 Dec 2008, 23:42: ahem

(http://mudry.org/photoblog.dir/public/2004/11/fugazi_05_05.jpg)
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Post by: Christophe on 17 Dec 2008, 00:13: Ok, Fugazi too.

Regardless there are a million bands that I love that I will most likely never see live. It makes me feel meh.
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Post by: Inlander on 17 Dec 2008, 03:23: Mainly this (http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=cbubFSgUTlM) band.
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Post by: sean on 17 Dec 2008, 06:05: (http://firstorderhistorians.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/gybe_web.jpg)
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Post by: Thrillho on 17 Dec 2008, 06:17: (http://www.ulfnyberg.com/refused/images/refused_1.jpg)
(http://djallyn.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/pink_floyd_68.jpg)
(http://assets.mog.com/pictures/artists/0000/0000/1897/pictures/82266.jpeg)
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Post by: valley_parade on 17 Dec 2008, 07:09: I got into Mclusky weeks before they split. =(
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Post by: eddie on 17 Dec 2008, 09:56: I know they've not broken up but I really wish I'd heard of Against Me! in 2003 or something.
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Post by: rynne on 17 Dec 2008, 10:47: (http://www.southern.com/southern/band/BRAIC/pics/298-2L.jpg)
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Post by: tuna ketchup x on 17 Dec 2008, 12:03: Don Caballero played a show this past weekend. I thought MBV was touring now too.
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Post by: Jackie Blue on 17 Dec 2008, 12:11: One of the first shows I ever saw was Failure. They played last in a four-band show that also included Sponge (before their MTV hit), Inch (who were awesome), and Rust (who were even more awesome). At that time, Failure was trying to sound almost exactly like Nirvana, but they were good at it. Then their next album is Fantastic Planet and suddenly everyone is on their jock because it's all "spacey".
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Post by: imapiratearg on 17 Dec 2008, 12:20: I'm seconding Fugazi, Silkworm, Neutral Milk Hotel and Pavement. I would have also loved to see a Bear vs. Shark show.
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Post by: Jackie Blue on 17 Dec 2008, 12:25: I saw Fugazi in a VFW the size of a large living room in Louisville in '98. Or maybe '99. I was paying more attention to my then-new girlfriend than the band, to be honest.
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Post by: E. Spaceman on 17 Dec 2008, 13:00: Quote from: tuna ketchup x on 17 Dec 2008, 12:03
Don Caballero played a show this past weekend. I thought MBV was touring now too.

"Don Caballero"
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Post by: Exarzun on 17 Dec 2008, 15:13: Quote from: imapiratearg on 17 Dec 2008, 12:20
I would have also loved to see a Bear vs. Shark show.

I'd kill to have seen Bear vs Shark live.
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Post by: Be My Head on 17 Dec 2008, 16:22: The Mahavishnu Orchestra

Then again, I wasn't even born.
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Post by: Dimmukane on 17 Dec 2008, 18:47: I would say most of the music that I found when I started posting here. Fuck all y'all for being ahead of being behind the curve.
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Post by: Spluff on 17 Dec 2008, 18:51: kyuss
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Post by: De_El on 17 Dec 2008, 20:05: If it is a question of seeing them live I would much prefer a bizarre and infamous show than just a good old rock show.

Throbbing Gristle
(http://blog.kexp.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/tg1981.jpg)

James Chance and the Contortions
(http://f.hatena.ne.jp/images/fotolife/M/Mad-Richard/20070513/20070513145157.jpg)

PiL
(http://www.fodderstompf.com/IMAGES/ints/zz78_2.jpg)

(yes I just finished reading Rip It Up and Start Again, fuck you in the butt)
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Post by: Inlander on 17 Dec 2008, 20:11: You now, 90% of the time when you people post a picture of a bunch of people without any kind of caption I have no idea what the hell band they are.
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Post by: De_El on 17 Dec 2008, 20:30: I figured out most of the ones I didn't know by opening the image in another tab and fiddling with the url. But I will relent.
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Post by: Inlander on 17 Dec 2008, 21:10: That works fine some of the time. But not when you url is, for instance, http://blog.kexp.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/tg1981.jpg.
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Post by: De_El on 17 Dec 2008, 21:19: I admit, it is kind of obnoxious. Also, that is not even the worst. You have "TG" and you have "1981" it can be pieced together but of course it is highly unnecessary effort.
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Post by: rynne on 17 Dec 2008, 21:22: TG was pretty much the only band here I recognized. And Jeff Tweedy. But yeah, all of the others were *right-click, open in new tab*. Heck, aside from John Schmersal, I don’t even recognize anyone from the Brainiac picture I posted. I just figured everyone else knew all these folks on sight.
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Post by: KickThatBathProf on 17 Dec 2008, 22:10: Ghosts and Vodka (and while we're in that area, Owls)
(http://www.sixgunlover.com/images/BandPhotos/GhostsandVodka.jpg)

Faraquet (Although they still reunite once in a while in D.C.)
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1205/1409912249_98e8b14380.jpg?v=0)

Oh yeah, and all those other guys everyone else said already.
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Post by: KvP on 17 Dec 2008, 22:13: A moment of silence, please. (http://stereogum.com/archives/video/indie-rock-in-memoriam-2008_041261.html)
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Post by: De_El on 17 Dec 2008, 22:33: Man the break up of BYOP is kind of upsetting because were like potential city.

Also: haha fuck Wolfmother and Velvet Revolver.
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Post by: Inlander on 17 Dec 2008, 22:41: I didn't know about Wolfmother ceasing to be until I watched that video just now. I feel this is the best possible Christmas present.
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Post by: Gridgm on 18 Dec 2008, 04:52: from what i've read the mosh pits at pg. 99 concerts were meant to be awesome...i mean how can you beat show up in your pajamas and have a pillow fight
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Post by: David_Dovey on 18 Dec 2008, 05:04: I thought Bad Brains were still together? They released an album last year.

Also crap yesss The Refused
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Post by: Thrillho on 18 Dec 2008, 07:16: Bad Brains aren't still together, they reformed, which I don't think people are counting.

And there's no 'The,' just to be pedantic for a second.
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Post by: valley_parade on 18 Dec 2008, 07:25: How on earth I forgot to mention The Proletariat is beyond me.
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Post by: glyphic on 18 Dec 2008, 07:40: Burning Airlines, Dismemberment Plan

Q and Not U before they released Power. I saw a show in their farewell tour and stopped listening to them for months.
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Post by: imapiratearg on 18 Dec 2008, 08:17: Quote from: De_El on 17 Dec 2008, 22:33
Man the break up of BYOP is kind of upsetting because were like potential city.

Also: haha fuck Wolfmother and Velvet Revolver.

This. I saw the Wolfmother bit and I was like: "Thank god that's over." I was bummed when I saw that Be Your Own Pet had kicked it. :[

Seconding (thirding?) Faraquet.

P.S. - Does anyone actually care about The Format? I thought they were a bad Built to Spill cover band for a while. That was only when I had heard "The Compromise" and "Conventional Wisdom" respectively, though.
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Post by: Ballard on 18 Dec 2008, 10:16: Unfortunately, Velvet Revolver didn't break up. They just lost their ~~most~~ only talented member - Scott Weiland - assumedly because he got tired of their bullshit.

They still plan to put out second rate cock rock with a different singer.

I'm bummed about Be Your Pet and amused about Phantom Planet.
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Post by: Melody on 18 Dec 2008, 10:26: I wish I had seen Godspeed You! Black Emperor before they went on "indefinite hiatus". It's a shame, since I started listening to them about a year after they had finished playing shows in my home city every couple of months...
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Post by: the_pied_piper on 18 Dec 2008, 10:27: Quote from: valley_parade on 17 Dec 2008, 07:09
I got into Mclusky weeks before they split. =(

Yeah, second mclusky but Future of The Left go some way to make up for it. Their live shows are great and they're not too different either.

Also, Page France though the not living in the same country/ on same continent would have made it pretty difficult anyway.
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Post by: glyphic on 18 Dec 2008, 12:42: Braniac. I wish I had been cool enough in high school to know about those guys. Then I could be lamenting how different Enon got later in their career instead of still jabbering about how good Braniac is.

Damn is Braniac good!
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Post by: imapiratearg on 18 Dec 2008, 12:45: I would like to see The Ergs! again, with a better crowd.
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Post by: Jackie Blue on 18 Dec 2008, 12:52: That picture of Throbbing Gristle so does not give a good indication of what they sound like.

Also, as big a fan as I am, I was not aware there was such a smokin' betty in the band.
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Post by: michaelicious on 18 Dec 2008, 12:54: Quote from: glyphic on 18 Dec 2008, 07:40
Burning Airlines, Dismemberment Plan

Q and Not U before they released Power. I saw a show in their farewell tour and stopped listening to them for months.

I really like Power. "X-Polynation" is such a badass song.
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Post by: glyphic on 18 Dec 2008, 13:06: It was such a great divergence from what attracted me to the band, though. Spazzy punk sections punctuated with fantastically obtuse lyrics and dancey noise-rock all crammed together into one song. Then they decided that the direction for their next project should be "nu-disco."

Eh. Different strokes for different folks, I imagine.
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Post by: De_El on 18 Dec 2008, 13:30: Quote from: Jackie Blue on 18 Dec 2008, 12:52
That picture of Throbbing Gristle so does not give a good indication of what they sound like.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/78/ThrobbingGristleLiveVolume4CDCover.jpg/200px-ThrobbingGristleLiveVolume4CDCover.jpg)

Better?
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Post by: KickThatBathProf on 18 Dec 2008, 14:37: Quote from: Jackie Blue on 18 Dec 2008, 12:52
That picture of Throbbing Gristle so does not give a good indication of what they sound like.

Hey, it's alright. One of their album covers doesn't give a good indication either:

(http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/16446.jpg)
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Post by: spoon_of_grimbo on 18 Dec 2008, 15:08: Jawbreaker, Carcass, Hot Water Music (they've reformed, but no UK dates that I know of, as yet :|), Glass and Ashes (they broke up this year, literally within a week of my realising that their latest album is the most awesome thing I've heard this year. And then I find out they'd just done a small-scale UK farewell tour. Fuck my life).
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Post by: rynne on 18 Dec 2008, 16:42: Quote from: KickThatBathProf on 18 Dec 2008, 14:37
Quote from: Jackie Blue on 18 Dec 2008, 12:52
That picture of Throbbing Gristle so does not give a good indication of what they sound like.

Hey, it's alright. One of their album covers doesn't give a good indication either:

(http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/16446.jpg)

I can't see the pic, but I'm assuming it's 20 Jazz Funk Greats? It gives a good indication if you recognize the background as one of the England's top suicide locations.
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Post by: sean on 18 Dec 2008, 17:48: Quote from: KickThatBathProf on 17 Dec 2008, 22:10

Faraquet (Although they still reunite once in a while in D.C.)

So hey guess who missed their last reunion show in DC?
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Post by: 20 jazz funk greats on 18 Dec 2008, 18:02: Quote from: rynne on 18 Dec 2008, 16:42
Quote from: KickThatBathProf on 18 Dec 2008, 14:37
Quote from: Jackie Blue on 18 Dec 2008, 12:52
That picture of Throbbing Gristle so does not give a good indication of what they sound like.

Hey, it's alright. One of their album covers doesn't give a good indication either:

(http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/16446.jpg)

I can't see the pic, but I'm assuming it's 20 Jazz Funk Greats? It gives a good indication if you recognize the background as one of the England's top suicide locations.

it's kinda misleading if you don't know that though.

(http://blog.kexp.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/20jazzfunkgreats.jpg)
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Post by: KickThatBathProf on 18 Dec 2008, 18:34: Of course, the back cover is slightly less misleading:

(http://www.20jazzfunkgreats.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/throbbing.jpg)
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Post by: Aurjay on 18 Dec 2008, 21:43: Happy to see my thread hit a second page. All choices are great!! I see people are also expanding my orginal concept to include bands that were dead before you were born and so obviously you didn't get a chance to see them before they broke up. My addition to that thought would be to include Robert Johnson. Definitely one of the best blues guitarist of all times and sadly was wayyy before my generation.
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Post by: michaelicious on 19 Dec 2008, 07:06: I think that Throbbing Gristle album cover is one of my favourite album covers of all time.
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Post by: onewheelwizzard on 19 Dec 2008, 10:53: Quote from: Spluff on 17 Dec 2008, 18:51
kyuss
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Post by: spoon_of_grimbo on 19 Dec 2008, 15:30: i'd like to add rocket from the crypt. i'd heard a coupla songs but never realised their true awesomeness til it was too late :(
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Post by: Tom on 19 Dec 2008, 16:17: The Ergs!
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Post by: Jackie Blue on 19 Dec 2008, 17:04: I'd like to say that I saw Wesley Willis before he died, and he was such a nice guy and put on a fun show, far more entertaining than most of his recorded material.

Also I hate people who like him ironically.
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Post by: Catacombs on 19 Dec 2008, 19:58: At the Drive-In, Pavement, Blind Melon, Neutral Milk Hotel, Screaming Trees, Sublime, the Beatles, Pink Floyd

I'm surprised no one said ATDI or Sublime. The Beatles & Pink Floyd were done way before i was born. Everyone else was around in my childhood but i was either too young to comprehend music/not listening to music.
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Post by: Dimmukane on 19 Dec 2008, 20:05: ATDI got a lot of airplay on the main radio station I listened to in middle school.
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Post by: Catacombs on 19 Dec 2008, 20:46: Really? I had never heard of them until right before the Mars Volta's first album came out (but in an unconnected way). I always felt they were too overlooked.
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Post by: Dimmukane on 19 Dec 2008, 22:44: Yeah, I must have heard One Armed Scissor on the radio about 30 times over a period of 6 months.
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Post by: Aurjay on 19 Dec 2008, 22:50: Quote from: Catacombs on 19 Dec 2008, 19:58
At the Drive-In, Pavement, Blind Melon, Neutral Milk Hotel, Screaming Trees, Sublime, the Beatles, Pink Floyd

I'm surprised no one said ATDI or Sublime. The Beatles & Pink Floyd were done way before i was born. Everyone else was around in my childhood but i was either too young to comprehend music/not listening to music.

I actually got a chance to see Sublime before Brad killed himself which to this day is one of my greatest achievements.
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Post by: Tom on 19 Dec 2008, 23:41: Hunchback (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=1986259), art-punky and the creators of one of my favourite albums of the year.
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Post by: Thrillho on 20 Dec 2008, 05:15: Quote from: Jeans on 18 Dec 2008, 12:36
Quote from: David_Dovey on 18 Dec 2008, 05:04
I thought Bad Brains were still together? They released an album last year.

Sorry, I meant I wish I had gotten into Bad Brains when they made good music.

...which is why I didn't mention that they were together.
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Post by: Mister Arkadin on 20 Dec 2008, 10:11: you guys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzNrYRqH35Q (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzNrYRqH35Q)
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Post by: E. Spaceman on 20 Dec 2008, 11:08: I guess you can read this as

"Bad Brains are not 'Still Together' as it implies that the band has been an ongoing affair with no hiatus or breakups, which is not true. They are reformed and currently together, which is not the same thing. They have also been making horrible music for a much longer time than the time they were a good band."
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Post by: suitupletsgo on 20 Dec 2008, 12:54: Quote from: Dimmukane on 19 Dec 2008, 22:44
Yeah, I must have heard One Armed Scissor on the radio about 30 times over a period of 6 months.

there was also a video that mtv played a few times.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpdZMuDFEt0
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Post by: Thrillho on 20 Dec 2008, 14:49: Quote from: Jeans on 20 Dec 2008, 10:38
Quote from: DynamiteKid on 18 Dec 2008, 07:16
Bad Brains aren't still together, they reformed

Quote from: DynamiteKid on 20 Dec 2008, 05:15
I didn't mention that they were together

Maybe this is crazy talk because of me being terrible at English, but... what?

I meant that as soon as someone mentioned Bad Brains, I was going to say that they'd reformed a few years back - but I also knew someone would point out that they only make shitty music out and it doesn't count. So I meant, I didn't mention they were together in previous posts because of that.
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Post by: valley_parade on 21 Dec 2008, 06:32: Quote from: Tom on 19 Dec 2008, 16:17
The Ergs!

Crikey, they broke up less than a month ago!
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Post by: spoon_of_grimbo on 21 Dec 2008, 08:59: Quote from: Sam on 21 Dec 2008, 08:54
Braid
Boys Life
Drive Like Jehu
Jawbreaker
pretty much a grab bag of 90s emo bands along with this (cap'n jazz american football etc)

THE WARMERS OH MY GOD THEY RULE

though i guess i would need a time machine for most of these. seeing DLJ would suck when i was 2.

good call! i forgot about braid, american football and DLJ!!! never could get into cap'n jazz though... vocals sucked tbh.
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Post by: Ballard on 21 Dec 2008, 17:09: Quote from: Sam on 21 Dec 2008, 08:54
Braid
Boys Life
Drive Like Jehu
Jawbreaker
pretty much a grab bag of 90s emo bands along with this (cap'n jazz american football etc)

Jesus, for a minute I thought I was in the "Horrible bands that time forgot" thread and felt the urge to throttle you.
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Post by: orangepeas on 22 Dec 2008, 18:12: Faith No More
Pavement
Fugazi
Refused
Screaming Trees
The Libertines
Bikini Kill
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Post by: MrBlu on 22 Dec 2008, 19:07: Quote from: Inlander on 17 Dec 2008, 03:23
Mainly this (http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=cbubFSgUTlM) band.
Yeah basically. That, and...

(http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/9607/dfa1979jh9.jpg)

Death From Above FREAKING 1979
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Post by: Aurjay on 22 Dec 2008, 19:29: Quote from: orangepeas on 22 Dec 2008, 18:12
Faith No More
Pavement
Fugazi

Care if I ask how old you are? These bands were everywhere during the 90's. If you were too young then I must apologize as you truly missed out on some of the best music ever.
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Post by: MrBlu on 22 Dec 2008, 19:45: Quote from: Aurjay on 22 Dec 2008, 19:29
Quote from: orangepeas on 22 Dec 2008, 18:12
Faith No More
Pavement
Fugazi

Care if I ask how old you are? These bands were everywhere during the 90's. If you were too young then I must apologize as you truly missed out on some of the best music ever.
I accept your apology. :cry:
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Post by: memann on 23 Dec 2008, 01:31: Definitely Neutral Milk Hotel and Olivia Tremor Control...
And also the Boredoms, but I'm not exactly sure what the deal is with them. Are they technically the 'V∞redoms"?
(im confused)
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Post by: Thrillho on 23 Dec 2008, 08:06: Quote from: orangepeas on 22 Dec 2008, 18:12
Faith No More
Refused

Tell me about it.
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Post by: sean on 23 Dec 2008, 09:00: Oh hey I got another good one.

(http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/356347.jpg)
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Post by: michaelicious on 23 Dec 2008, 09:52: Lindsey Leigh Harbour is so cute.
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Post by: MrBlu on 23 Dec 2008, 18:13: Did The Foster-Walker complex break up? I heard one of their shows sucked, but I still want to see them.
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Post by: Runs_With_Scissors on 23 Dec 2008, 20:45: The Lost Concept. Though I have heard a rumor they got back together.
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Post by: el Lenador on 31 Dec 2008, 01:16: i wish i would have saw latterman live. i got into them like, a month before they broke up and they changed my life.
jawbreaker, but i that would have meant i would have been listening to them when i was 6, which would have made me the coolest 6 year old ever.
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Post by: Wardial3r on 02 Jan 2009, 01:45: JamisonParker

Blink 182

Jawbreaker

Jets to Brazil

I am going to try my damnedest to see thorns of life if they come anywhere near me.
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Post by: el Lenador on 02 Jan 2009, 01:52: wait, you got into blink 182 after they broke up? i mean, i love blink, they were integral to my childhood, i just find it a little weird. or are you just talking about bands that you want to see live?
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Post by: Wardial3r on 02 Jan 2009, 01:53: Quote from: el Lenador on 02 Jan 2009, 01:52
wait, you got into blink 182 after they broke up? i mean, i love blink, they were integral to my childhood, i just find it a little weird. or are you just talking about bands that you want to see live?

Well I got into them before they broke up, but I never got to see them.
I'm not that young.

All the others I got into after they broke up.
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Post by: evernew on 02 Jan 2009, 04:41: It used to be Rage Against The Machine but they got together again and I caught them live.
Now it's Floyd, Led Zeppelin (not happening in the original setup but what the hell) and J5.
Title: Re: Bands you wished you had heard of before they broke up.
Post by: lightfuzz on 02 Jan 2009, 07:09: Hello everyone this is my first post lol so be kind... :-), This is a tough one for me, Not to go off topic but it would also have been great to have seen some bands in their prime i.e. The Sex Pistols, But i would have to say....
The Nation of Ulysses, I'm not sure to how many people know about this band, But "Plays Pretty for Baby" is definitely one of those albums changed my life, the kinetic energy and the ideologies (to which this day i still have no clue what they were on about). They just seemed to be on fire all the time, It would be great to hear if anyone from the board might have seen them, I would love to hear what they were like, But yeah that's mine for sure.
Title: Re: Bands you wished you had heard of before they broke up.
Post by: MrBlu on 02 Jan 2009, 08:41: Quote from: lightfuzz on 02 Jan 2009, 07:09
The Sex Pistols
Strong first post.
Title: Re: Bands you wished you had heard of before they broke up.
Post by: lightfuzz on 02 Jan 2009, 09:28: Well i didn't mean the sex pistols in particular, i'm not really a fan. But i'm talking about a band that were probably better to watch in their prime than say they would be now. Like the birthday party for instance i was very lucky to see nick cave this year and it's was amazing, but i can imagine the birthday party would have been alot better back in the day, i'm mean they were insane if you ever get a chance to view some of their performances on youtube it's so dark, meanacing and abhorrent you literally thought cave might kill someone. So yeah perhaps the sex pistols aren't the best example. I would have rather seen Iggy & the Stooges in their prime who to me were more of punk band than the pistols could ever be.
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Post by: Ballard on 02 Jan 2009, 10:16: A bunch of friends recently saw Iggy's reunion tour and the verdict was unanimous that Iggy still has it nearly like he did back in the day, but The Stooges are fucking ancient.
Title: Re: Bands you wished you had heard of before they broke up.
Post by: eddie on 02 Jan 2009, 10:25: They were pretty good when I saw em but Iggy's voice is going a bit
Title: Re: Bands you wished you had heard of before they broke up.
Post by: lightfuzz on 02 Jan 2009, 11:05: Quote from: Ballard on 02 Jan 2009, 10:16
A bunch of friends recently saw Iggy's reunion tour and the verdict was unanimous that Iggy still has it nearly like he did back in the day, but The Stooges are fucking ancient.
Well put it this way man i would rather watch the stooges over alot of these new bands around today, not to say that all modern music is tripe because there are some really exciting things going on right now in music...but alot of it is. And the stooges even past their prime could knock most of these young whipper-snappers off stage. Lol I'm only 20yrs old I sound like a really old man who ranting about the fact that "It's not like it used to be", Anyway i digress.

Quote from: eddie on 02 Jan 2009, 10:25
They were pretty good when I saw em but Iggy's voice is going a bit
That's good to hear man, hope you had a good time yeah i saw them on t.v. awhile back playing the v fest, it weren't that great i think they might just be to jaded to rock it like they oust to, but they've already done enough and have influenced a countless number of bands and hopefully will be remembered in history. P.S. Love the cramps avatar man, Cramps F'in Rock, Hey man have you ever heard of the scientists?
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Post by: Thrillho on 02 Jan 2009, 12:10: Whoever said blink-182 - I saw them on their last UK tour. They were actually pretty fucking good, considering they were terrible in all the footage I saw of them (which raises the question why I went...)

Your avatar is Nick Cave, and as such I like you.
Title: Re: Bands you wished you had heard of before they broke up.
Post by: _Allan_ on 02 Jan 2009, 14:55: Audio Adrenaline
Title: Re: Bands you wished you had heard of before they broke up.
Post by: lightfuzz on 02 Jan 2009, 23:38: Quote from: DynamiteKid on 02 Jan 2009, 12:10
Your avatar is Nick Cave, and as such I like you.

Well thanks man Nick Cave is my god for sure. You're avatar's good too, Yeah i was going to see blink-182 once when i was alot younger and more naive but i didn't thank god.
Title: Re: Bands you wished you had heard of before they broke up.
Post by: billiumbean on 03 Jan 2009, 03:43: Neutral Milk Hotel.

I end up hating threads like these because they get me into all this good music I know I'll never see live or will never get any more of.
Title: Re: Bands you wished you had heard of before they broke up.
Post by: eddie on 03 Jan 2009, 04:34: I dunno, there are so many bands that have broken up then got back together I think you can have some hope.
Title: Re: Bands you wished you had heard of before they broke up.
Post by: billiumbean on 03 Jan 2009, 05:51: Any that come to mind are composed of guys who've gained a hundred pounds and have a deeper voice than they did twenty years ago.

Imagine Jeff Mangum fused with the Elton John of today. Sure, I'll go to the concert, but I'd probably cry tears of sadness for days once past. If that's hope, I'm fine with seeing the glass half empty...
Title: Re: Bands you wished you had heard of before they broke up.
Post by: eddie on 03 Jan 2009, 06:07: Maybe the ex members will go on to form just as good bands like Fugazi, Rollins Band, PiL or New Order.
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Post by: Thrillho on 03 Jan 2009, 07:05: The man makes a good point.
Title: Re: Bands you wished you had heard of before they broke up.
Post by: valley_parade on 03 Jan 2009, 07:11: Add to my list: DFA 1979

I think I'd actually heard "Blood on our Hands" when the single came out, but I didn't really pay attention.
Title: Re: Bands you wished you had heard of before they broke up.
Post by: Rich on 04 Jan 2009, 19:28: Quote from: DynamiteKid on 17 Dec 2008, 06:17

(http://assets.mog.com/pictures/artists/0000/0000/1897/pictures/82266.jpeg)

You are so right about this. I was lucky enough to see them 3 times between '91 and '93, so I made it just under the wire. Easily among my top three favorite bands ever.
Title: Re: Bands you wished you had heard of before they broke up.
Post by: Ballard on 04 Jan 2009, 22:18: On the other hand, how many Fugazis are there for every Twilight Singers or Zwan?
Title: Re: Bands you wished you had heard of before they broke up.
Post by: billiumbean on 04 Jan 2009, 23:40: Yeah, or Wings? God, Wings...

Or whatever it is that Robert Plant is doing nowadays. I think he was tapping on a beaded gourd when I last saw his concert.

Independently, the music was okay, but when you're watching it, you're constantly reminded that it's Robert Fucking Plant. It's like Jesus got a segment talking about agriculture on Martha Stewart's morning talk show.

It's hard to follow up a past band/act with something completely different, and it's just as hard for the fans of the old stuff. I can want another NMH album, but it won't happen, even if the band Magner made after NMH was steller.
Title: Re: Bands you wished you had heard of before they broke up.
Post by: Ballard on 04 Jan 2009, 23:51: (http://politicsoffthegrid.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/robert-plant-2007.jpg)

'nuff said.
Title: Re: Bands you wished you had heard of before they broke up.
Post by: Thrillho on 05 Jan 2009, 03:43: Quote from: Ballard on 04 Jan 2009, 22:18
On the other hand, how many Fugazis are there for every Twilight Singers or Zwan?

Twilight Singers are fucking godly. Powder Burns was my album of the year for 2006.
Title: Re: Bands you wished you had heard of before they broke up.
Post by: Spluff on 05 Jan 2009, 04:06: Or alternatively, they are pretty bad.
Title: Re: Bands you wished you had heard of before they broke up.
Post by: Sophos on 05 Jan 2009, 13:23: I definitely regret missing out on Pavement, then there's Five Iron Frenzy/Catch 22/The Aquabats. (The Aquabats do not count as still together, they don't even have a brass section anymore. And yes, I know about Streetlight, but aside from Kalnoky, they are actually a very different band.) I also wish I'd been there for some of the hip-hop groups that were actually hip-hop, i.e. De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Redman, Jungle Brothers, so on and so forth. Oh, and Mr. Bungle.
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Post by: WestEnder67 on 05 Jan 2009, 15:19: Mansun were pretty good, but because of the NME (somehow the definitive UK authority on music nowadays) calling them too gimmicky they were virtually ignored at a time when Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene, Blur and the Manics ruled the charts.
Title: Re: Bands you wished you had heard of before they broke up.
Post by: Orcusmars on 05 Jan 2009, 16:08: Kyuss. Hands down.
Title: Re: Bands you wished you had heard of before they broke up.
Post by: MrBlu on 05 Jan 2009, 21:29: Quote from: valley_parade on 03 Jan 2009, 07:11
Add to my list: DFA 1979
YES!!
You are truly wise because you agree with me.
Title: Re: Bands you wished you had heard of before they broke up.
Post by: Thrillho on 06 Jan 2009, 04:24: Quote from: WestEnder67 on 05 Jan 2009, 15:19
Mansun were pretty good, but because of the NME (somehow the definitive UK authority on music nowadays) calling them too gimmicky they were virtually ignored at a time when Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene, Blur and the Manics ruled the charts.

Mansun were more than pretty good. Their first two records are brilliant. Blows the shit out of Ocean Colour Scene, for sure.
Title: Re: Bands you wished you had heard of before they broke up.
Post by: n0tj3sus on 06 Jan 2009, 09:28: elliott smith
mr bungle
wesley willis
and thats about it...
Title: Re: Bands you wished you had heard of before they broke up.
Post by: billiumbean on 06 Jan 2009, 11:15: Quote from: DynamiteKid on 06 Jan 2009, 04:24
Quote from: WestEnder67 on 05 Jan 2009, 15:19
Mansun were pretty good, but because of the NME (somehow the definitive UK authority on music nowadays) calling them too gimmicky they were virtually ignored at a time when Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene, Blur and the Manics ruled the charts.

Mansun were more than pretty good. Their first two records are brilliant. Blows the shit out of Ocean Colour Scene, for sure.
True dat.
Title: Re: Bands you wished you had heard of before they broke up.
Post by: Xaris3514 on 07 Jan 2009, 00:16: I believe Conception is the only band I listen to that I wish I had heard of before they broke up. Of course, I don't think they ever managed to get a North American tour while they were active and even their reunion a few years back consisted of a few shows in Norway.