OK, so which is your favorite band that may not be on everyone's tongue.

[chelsea0011]

I'll pick "The Joy of Cooking" It's a band I started listening to after they had gone their separate ways (Terry Garthwaite had released a solo album that made me look at her past)and I began listening to them after getting their albums out of the used record bins.

[Clovis Sangrail]

1. Oi Polloi ? /nt

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. Red House Painters/Sun Kil Moon. Portishead. (sorry, that's two!). NT

[SIMPLYB1980]

3. Dr. Hook.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ux3-a9RE1Q

[global1]

4. Stroke 9..........nt

[dipsydoodle]

5. The Highwaymen

The ultimate band IMHO.

For example : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw1bHaUk1CM

Closely followed of course by the Travellin' Wilburys : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHtQCUOr4lw

[SIMPLYB1980]

7. Good call.

Haven't heard that in a while thanks.

[blm]

6. American Music Club. Calexico. Iron and Wine.

Guilty pleasures still.....Cheap Trick, The Animals.

[TNDemo]

8. Seven Nations.

Irish rock.

[Cooley Hurd]

9. BRMC...

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.:thumbsup:

[saltpoint]

10. the Montanas.

Long defunct, they scored an impressive hit with "You Gotta Be Loved" written by Anthony Hatch and Jackie Trent, the duo who also penned "Don't Sleep in the Subway" and "Downtown" for Petula Clark.

Also the Zombies. I miss them.

[madrchsod]

11. the duhks and kinky

http://www.duhks.com/

http://www.kinkymusic.com/

[stray cat]

12. Rusty Truck - only one album

[Ian David]

13. The Beat Farmers!

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[Mopar151]

19. Country Dick rules!

"Cuz I live in the Lakeside Trailer Park, everythings gonna be all right!"

[lynnertic]

14. Invisible Zoo!!

www.invisiblezoo.com

Great Synth-pop band c. 1985
a couple of free songs from their EP is on the website

[angrycarpenter]

15. Drive by truckers

They are an incredibly talented southern rock band from Athens Ga. They have about 300 live concerts on the Internet Archive.

http://www.archive.org/details/Drive-ByTruckers
Internet Archive: Drive-By Truckers

[mackerel]

58. Another good band.

[bigscott]

16. The Ting Tings

awesome group

[lazyriver]

17. From Good Homes...now defunct. Railroad Earth or anything

Todd Sheaffer or Patrick Fitzsimmons is involved in...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kr6hyAgdnw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iReM5ay0Ots

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ8BG4ue_zY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cJHQTNcojw&feature=related

[Iggo]

18. The Sword.

Got an old (and I mean old) Black Sabbath feel, with a C or a drop-C tuning. Me likey.

Oops...forgot to attach the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe7OQpUlanE&feature=related

[Iggo]

26. Re: the tuning...

It's drop-D, then everything tuned down one whole step.

I know you guys were just dying to know that. :eyes:

[Ian David]

20. Beatnik Beatch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHyXhu3dRKA

[dipsydoodle]

21. Despite mentioning The Highwayman above

I must confess that my personal favorite is actually The Count Basie Orchestra - especially 50's onwards when he reformed the band. This is obviously biased by the fact I can dance to it too and know just about every single beat of most of the stuff.

[Mojambo]

22. The Smittens!

The new record is amazing.

[meowomon]

23. Extreme

They are reunited and sound better than ever. Tell me Nuno Bettencourt isn't a God on the guitar!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0N-brGXWAg&feature=related

[Rhiannon12866]

24. Gogol Bordello. Eugene Hutz is awesome...

I first heard his song "Start Wearing Purple" during the credits of the film "Everything Is Illuminated," a wonderful movie well worth seeing, in which he co-starred, and have since seen them perform on Letterman. They're just amazing...:woohoo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6P6VRn3gsw

[Forkboy]

25. Nomeansno

[semillama]

28. Damn it you beat me to it.

So, I'll do Cry on Cue:



http://cdbaby.com/cd/cryoncue6

"Reggae is such a broad word, describing Jamaican influenced music from Finland to the Far East. Styles from raw electronic dub to poppy ditties reside under the reggae banner. But any Jamaican will tell you, what’s good is what’s original. So good reggae means not to follow some hot rhythmic trend, but to take reggae and make it your own, as did Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and UB40—to take reggae to your own next level.

One unique branch of reggae is being created by California-based singer/songwriter/guitarist Bernie Larsen. In the eighties he rocked the world as Melissa Etheridge’s lead guitarist. But all the while, when not on tour, he was in the studio, working on his own sound like a methodically mad scientist at a bubbling cauldron. In the nineties he formed his own reggae band, Cry on Cue, and continued the development of his blend, which combined poetic lyrics, soulful vocals, sweet melodies, and sublime production. He sublimated his own documented scorching guitar prowess for a soothing organ-like tone created with vintage instruments and masterful technique. Larsen brings all of this to his new release, with the added touch of legendary Jamaican record producer Karl Pitterson, house engineer at foundation Jamaican studios including Randy's, Studio One, and Treasure Isle, during reggae’s blossoming period in the early seventies. Pitterson’s credits include Bob Marley and The Wailers, Burning Spear, and Toots and the Maytals.

Karl Pitterson heard the earlier Cry on Cue CDs and offered to work with Larsen on this new piece. Larsen flew to Miami to record these tracks with Pitterson. “It was all very intuitive in that if I had even a thought about something, like adding drums or horns, before I would mention it, many times he would say it while I was thinking it,” Larsen explained. “To watch Karl arrange the music was really humbling for me as a person who has produced so many records, and all of my own albums myself. His reacting to the music and endless stream and flow of ideas was educational for me, and seriously magical.” The result is a piece that could find a home in the tastes of music lovers, seduced by the soothing tones, inspiring messages, relaxed tempo, and the crystal clarity of the production. What separates a classic from consumer fodder is that the classic invites continual revisiting, with new discoveries at each visit—some textual nuance or harmonic treatment. But what motivates the human activity of putting on that CD again and again is not ideology but pleasure. Larsen’s plaintive voice is actually a pleasure to listen to. But at the heart of that voice is the reality that drives these semi-autobiographical songs dealing mostly with human relationships. And at the heart of these songs is the rhythm we call reggae, a comfy bed in which the beat goes on."

[Touchdown]

27. The Bolshoi.

Only made 3...

[cleveramerican]

29. Wilco

quite a few albums and all gems!
I like AM best(so far)

[mackerel]

59. I have Wilco on my pandora profile

[PetrusMonsFormicarum]

30. Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros

An incredible band that sent Joe Strummer to that Great Tour Bus in the Sky with class and style. I can't begin to describe their tunage, though their influences are legion. Folk, punk, reggae, psychedelic, etc. etc. Joe's dream of emulating his role models (Woody Guthrie and Captain Beefheart) was fulfilled before his untimely death.

Fans of the short-lived HBO series Johnny From Cincinnati might recognize the show's theme music as Johnny Appleseed, the first track of the Mescaleros album Global-a-go-go. Another of their tunes plays at the end of the film The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.

Also, a somewhat sad documentary about the band, titled Let's Rock Again, is not to be missed.

Long live Joe Strummer!

[Sanctified]

31. Lately I have been listening to a lot of Scissor Sisters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgI3BVWkuUc&feature=related

[CampLo]

32. The Wu Tang Clan

yes sir

[krawhitham]

33. The Black Keys

http://www.theblackkeys.com/
http://www.myspace.com/theblackkeys

[travelingtypist]

34. Closterkeller

I'm on a big European goth kick now. I can't get enough of the stuff and I have so many bands to find. I love listening to lyrics I don't understand.

[susanbanks44]

35. The Black Angels

they are a cross between early Jefferson Airplane and The Doors. Psychedelic pulses, baby!

[scarymary777]

36. My new favorite

Heavy Young Heathens..

http://www.myspace.com/heavyyoungheathens

[mackerel]

60. Wow you'll have pretty good taste!

Has anyone tried pandora.com? You can set up a music profile for yourself.

[jtwine]

37. and

tuxedomoon

[jtwine]

38. band

dalailalas

[Onceuponalife]

39. Flogging Molly

"Float" was the best album of 2007. Every song a winner. Check out samples on YouTube.

[mackerel]

57. Flogging Molly are excellent.

[kevinbgoode]

40. Klaatu

Calling occupants...of interplanetary craft. . .:)

And the did Anus from Uranus...er..I think that's the song...

[Capt. America]

41. The Clientele.

[mackerel]

42. The Clash

[old mark]

43. Social Distortion, New York Dolls. I'm old enough to have 2.

[olikoenig]

44. Stereolab tonight

My favorite band is stereolab and here you can find some pictures and a review:
more...

[pointblank]

45. Huge

Misfits/Samhain fan. Have been since I was in junior high (I am 32 now)

edited to add: Not the new "Misfits" either. Anything without Glenn Danzig is bullshit IMO.

[htuttle]

46. Suicidal Tendencies, Plasticland, Rikk Agnew, Steve Earle

Easy Star All-Stars, The Plugz, Paris, Sheila Chandra.

Got more... the bands that are on everyone's tongue are rarely the best ones, IMHO.

:shrug:

[Forkboy]

47. Just listened to Paris yesterday.

Been into him for a long time now.

And of course one has to love ST. :)

[mackerel]

56. Love Steve Earle!

[IndianaGreen]

48. Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth in 1975. Left to right: Alan Shacklock, Dave Hewitt, Jenny Haan, Ed Spevock, and Steve Gurl.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth_(band)

I got hooked listening to them on the radio. I used to have a couple of their vinyl albums, including one recorded raw.

[YOY]

49. Therapy?!?

Great Northern Irish metal band. Not so popular in the states.

[Forkboy]

50. Troublegum almost had a hit or two.

I loved their first few releases, and when we saw them with Tad they smoked. My friend and I just played some of their stuff a couple weeks ago. It was the first I had heard them in years and they sounded damn good. I have to check out their more recent stuff one of these days.

[gabby garcia]

51. Thunderchiefs

Highly flammable Texas rock!

http://www.myspace.com/thunderchiefs

[sakabatou]

52. Everyone tongue?

Not known well or int another language?

[Dervill Crow]

53. Varttina.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu-srUiWVsQ

[AsahinaKimi]

54. MY FAVORITE BAND.. You may never have heard of!!!

GAZETTE

This is one of my favorite songs by them.. ZETSU!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZR7F-mQP6s&feature=related

[Greyskye]

55. Oysterband

They just finished their 30th anniversary tour - just because you've never heard of them doesn't mean that they're not incredible! :D

http://www.last.fm/music/Oysterband
http://www.oysterband.co.uk/

[anigbrowl]

61. Autechre.

[stlove1000]

62. The Insect Surfers

They're a surf band and I bought their "Death Valley
Coastline" last summer. "Mig Alley" is my
favorite tune. I first heard it during the 90s on college
radio, but I didn't know who it was until this past summer.

[Forkboy]

64. Hey, I got one of their CDs!

I have Mojave Reef. Super cool band! I'd buy more but I never see their stuff anywhere, and ordering takes all the fun out of it. The thrill of the hunt, and all that. :)

[abq e streeter]

63. Off the top of my head; Television, Dick Dale and the Deltones...

Sonny Charles and the Checkmates,The Blasters.....and The Bobby Fuller Four

[sakabatou]

65. The Pillows

If you know the TV show Furi Kuri (FLCL), then you know The Pillows.

[abq e streeter]

66. Also some seminal rockabilly guys like Johnny Burnette's Rock and Roll Trio

Billy Lee Riley, Sonny Burgess...also a great, white soul band from the early 70's called Flaming Ember...

[bluescribbler]

67. Here are a few

Los Straitjackets
Laika & the Cosmonauts
Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks