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wood_

I meant the new lows; apparently the new low is a different band

Sep 2, 06 8:59 am  · 
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khmay

the microphones/phil and aRgyle

Sep 2, 06 9:32 am  · 
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vado retro
ike reilly
Sep 2, 06 9:51 am  · 
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Heather Ring
fiery furnaces
casual dots
Sep 2, 06 10:59 am  · 
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word!

moving units

people in planes

astronautalis

Sep 2, 06 7:13 pm  · 
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liberty bell

REDfemme, new Ike Reilly out in Spring 2007 yyyyaaaayyyy!

And yeah, total dude music, but the lyrics are great.

Sep 3, 06 12:15 am  · 
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vado retro

VOLATILE ORGASMIC COMPOUND

Sep 3, 06 12:29 am  · 
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Smokety Mc Smoke Smoke

MiniKiss!!!!

Sep 3, 06 12:38 am  · 
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ET

A Center for Ants ...
Who hasn't heard of Dave Matthews Band !!!!!??!!!!

Sep 3, 06 3:45 am  · 
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vado retro

smoke- volatile orgasmic compound or voc as they are usually refer-ed to, cover many major KISS tunes including strutter, black diamond and cold gin. as number one groupie Liberty Bell has shouted out loud on a number of occasions " i wanna rock and roll all night and part of the day!!!

Sep 3, 06 9:37 am  · 
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Smokety Mc Smoke Smoke

no Plaster Caster or I Was Made For Lovin' You?

Sep 3, 06 10:19 am  · 
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Josh Emig

"You can't seriously say that Refused doesn't get respect. The Shape of Punk to Come is like a bible."

Agreed, in certain circles, but this discussion has been pretty open-ended as to how you define "never heard of" or "get's no respect." As long as people are posting bands like Minutemen, Big Black, and Drive Like Jehu on here, I figured Refused was fair game as well. Drive Like Jehu was way more influential in my shitty little central Pa. scene than Refused ever was.

Sep 3, 06 11:07 am  · 
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vado retro

VOC is not a KISS cover band smoke. so the discoesqe "i was made for lovin you didnt make it." in fact only songs from the first two discs were considered. its worth a deuce!

Sep 3, 06 2:05 pm  · 
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e909

mm?
none i like have a large swimmy:obscure ratio. they tend to be 'one hit wonders'. but try these:
suburban lawns
http://www.last.fm/music/Suburban+Lawns/_/Gidget+Goes+to+Hell
black randy and the metrosquad
http://www.last.fm/music/Black+Randy+and+the+Metrosquad
http://www.last.fm/music/Orgy/_/Fiction+(Dreams+in+Digital)+(Paul+Jacobs+Hard+house+mix)/+tags
pere ubu, throbbing gristle, wire, cockney rebel, be bop deluxe, slade, too well known and usually not very good :-)

Sep 4, 06 3:44 pm  · 
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e909
atowle
fonda 500

brinkman
Sep 5, 06 5:54 am  · 
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atowle

and I know lletdownl got there before me but Andrew Bird is fantastic

Sep 5, 06 5:57 am  · 
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crowbert

Fav band name of all time (up to now)
Vic Tayback and the Violent Payback
(although Your Mom Says Hi is coming up strong)

John Huss Moderate Combo

Andrew Bird is fantastic - when he kicks it old school, he's kickin' it 1890's style.

Sep 5, 06 10:11 am  · 
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bostonbaby314

Explosions in the Sky

Sep 5, 06 1:12 pm  · 
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lletdownl

steven ward
fantastic call on Rachel's they are beautiful
just finished up a massive animation/flash movie presentation and i used the title track from 'systems/layers' as the music which might actually be illegal... so keep that on the DL ...

Sep 5, 06 1:18 pm  · 
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mor ve otesi

they rock in 'turkish'. great tune with nice build ups. a little psychedelic.

Sep 5, 06 1:21 pm  · 
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while i'd like to take credit, it was actually southpaw that mentioned rachel's first. i just noted that they were louisvillians. i particularly love their 'egon schiele' album.

Sep 5, 06 5:14 pm  · 
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miss casual

i second the mf doom and handsome boy modeling school and add

dr. octagon
murs
little brother

Sep 6, 06 5:42 pm  · 
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Bula

Cherrywine
The Vandals
Jadies Lantern

Sep 7, 06 12:11 am  · 
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citadel

Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention

Sep 7, 06 11:09 pm  · 
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khmay

circle takes the square

ion dissonance

#12 looks like you

Sep 8, 06 1:17 am  · 
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a-f

Danielson

Clogs (<- fans of Rachel's check this out)

Tunng

John Vanderslice

Metallic Falcons

Eggstone

Lansing-Dreiden

Sep 8, 06 4:38 am  · 
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a-f
Clogs
Sep 8, 06 4:40 am  · 
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Queen Monkey

65 DAYS OF STATIC

Sep 8, 06 5:47 am  · 
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garpike

Trans Am

(sorry if you have heard of them)

Sep 8, 06 12:45 pm  · 
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chupacabra

CAN - best band from the sixties followed closely by THE SILVER APPLES

Sep 8, 06 1:23 pm  · 
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garpike

CAN rocks.

Sep 8, 06 1:31 pm  · 
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garpike

Might as well add Neu!

Sep 8, 06 1:31 pm  · 
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coquette

Trans Am are rad

Pain Teens (mentioned by the Texans earlier in this thread) were rad...I saw themin Seattle around 1993...I think it was a show with another RAD band,
the Boredoms

How about:

Pleaseasaur
Hovercraft
King of Hawaii

Delmag

Sep 8, 06 1:42 pm  · 
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Cummon. CAN aren't obscure! Irmin Schmit's 'Soundtracks' compilation is and it's fabulous. Think a more musically sophisticated Tangerine with the odd accordion and saxophone thrown in.

Owing to Vangelis, perhaps Aphrodite's Child isn't really obscure, but '666' is a masterpiece.

Sep 8, 06 1:58 pm  · 
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coquette

Jean Michel Jarre's "Zoolookologie" (sp?)

Sep 8, 06 2:07 pm  · 
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stephanie

i'm going have to jump in here on this can argument and say that even though they were an extremely influential band, they are still kind of obsucre, especially compared to a lot of music that has been listed here.
and for the most part they are from the 70's.
and any can fan that hasn't watched the DVDs, should.

Sep 8, 06 2:21 pm  · 
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Ms Beary

Peaches - my latest favorite, genre best described as Electroclash, maybe if you cross Joan Jett with Prince and add a political message. On tour right now, I highly recommend going to the show if she is near you, you can't be a prude if you do. Very entertaining!

Sam Prekop (from Cake who I'm not wild about, but the solo work is awesome)
The Books
Cibo Matto
Bran Van 3000
Esthero
Lemon Jelly
Zilla

Sep 8, 06 2:37 pm  · 
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kyll

beirut.

hot chip.

and....

isolee.

also - kunek and keane

and the editors. coco rosie. hayden. the wrens

Sep 8, 06 2:40 pm  · 
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lletdownl

again

lletdownl

Sep 8, 06 5:48 pm  · 
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coquette

ahem...mr. Strawbeary, Peaches and Cibo Matto are only obscure if you wear pleated Dockers!

Sep 8, 06 6:05 pm  · 
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Ms Beary

perhaps I misunderstood the desired level of obscurity. most people I know don't know either.

Although I did hear Peaches on a Gap (?) commercial as of late. DANG!

Sep 8, 06 6:11 pm  · 
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Ms Beary

And that's Ms. Strawbeary. See rationalist, I get mistaken for a dood too.

Sep 8, 06 6:12 pm  · 
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strlt_typ

peaches and herb

Sep 8, 06 6:13 pm  · 
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Ms Beary

shake your groove thing

Sep 8, 06 6:15 pm  · 
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lletdownl

every time i hear peaches 'f*ck the pain away' i laugh... all the kids in my highschool would blast that at parties cause they thought it made them super cool and what not

i just felt uncomfortable

oh to be a senior in hikeschool again

Sep 8, 06 6:16 pm  · 
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coquette

Sorry sister Strawbeary...

Yeah...it's a bummer when the cool realitively unknown gems get co-opted for a packaged lifestyle mass marketing scheme. Good for Peaches tho. Maybe they will start playing Peaches CD's at Starbuck's! Can you imagine standing in line to order your latte, when in the background you hear "f*ck the pain away"...

Sep 8, 06 6:17 pm  · 
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Ms Beary

I prefer Tent in Your Pants or Rock the Shocker while standing in line

Sep 8, 06 6:22 pm  · 
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my new favorite this week is css.

alala

don't know if this counts as obscure, but i hadn't heard it until this week.

Sep 8, 06 11:45 pm  · 
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design_junky

'utah saints'
'meat puppets'

and my all time fav 'Aldo Nova' (who created the all time greatest song intro ever) check it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygZvkst36nI

or maybe i'm living to much in '82..

Sep 8, 06 11:56 pm  · 
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