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Post by Jayrannasaurus on Feb 17, 2013 10:29:39 GMT
Pink Floyd / The Doors / Velvet Underground / Joy Division / Stone Roses
les cinq grands.
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Post by jimbonda on Feb 17, 2013 11:35:05 GMT
a really underrated English band was Diamond Head. without them bands like Metallica may have sounded very different. I also think Sabbath are underrated. Most non-fans think of the song paranoid, which is the most boring song they've done. they are the daddies. It's strange to call Zepellin underrated, but i don't know many people who are as into them as me. if you like Punk then check out the Wildhearts, another underrated English band. Ginger Wildheart does a lot of solo stuff now. i still like the Stone Roses [what United fan doesn't] the clash, happy mondays, stuff from that era. had the big Oasis obsession at one point. quite like some old school hip hop, also if you like stuff from the dubstep / digital age check out Burial, very chilled out, bit more subtle. Middle Class Rut - noisy little 2-piece from the states, they've played download. i don't know anyone else who's actually heard of them, and i've asked a good few people, even at festivals no cunt seems to have heard of them. first stuff i really got into as a kid was MJ, first album i ever bought was Dangerous. used to love watching his movies, he really was the coolest mofo ever. also if you're after some obscure underground act with a half-mad female vocalist....ask Bo  |
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Post by Rorschach on Feb 17, 2013 11:46:45 GMT
Lately I've been listening to various bits of post-rock from bands like Saxon Shore, Joy Wants Eternity, God is an Astronaut and Russian Circles. For something similarly chilled but with lyrics I have been listening to bands like Husky, Slowdive, Mark Eitzel and Neil Halstead.
When I fancy something with words and less whimsy I've gone for all sorts really, from the rasping punk of The Exploited to the Joy Division inspired post-punk of new band Savages to those crazies in Death from Above 1979 to noise/post-rock chaps A Place to Bury Strangers to the gloomy gothy girl Chelsea Wolfe.
My all-time favourite band has to be Joy Division though, no album ever pulls me in like 'Unknown Pleasures' or 'Closer". Although lately I've been really enjoying their earlier material under the name of Warsaw.
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Post by tommyred on Feb 17, 2013 11:47:34 GMT
Not sure about Sabbath and Led Zep being underrated Jim.
But I guess you could say they're underrated among the younger generation now because people only care about what's fashionable and current, and don't really appreciate real music.
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Post by Dan United on Feb 17, 2013 12:14:00 GMT
Good shout on Diamond Head - got into them after they supported Megadeth on tour.
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Post by tommyred on Feb 17, 2013 12:15:21 GMT
Good shout on Diamond Head - got into them after they supported Megadeth on tour. Back in around 2006 ish? |
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Post by Rorschach on Feb 17, 2013 12:15:33 GMT
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Post by Dan United on Feb 17, 2013 12:25:24 GMT
Good shout on Diamond Head - got into them after they supported Megadeth on tour. Back in around 2006 ish? Possibly. Maybe a year or two earlier. I can't really remember. 2006 doesn't sound too far off. Did you see that tour then? |
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Post by Dan United on Feb 17, 2013 12:28:05 GMT
Looking online, it looks like that gig was late 2005.
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Post by Dan United on Feb 17, 2013 13:30:41 GMT
And what do you know, Megadeth have just announced a UK tour. Ticket bought for the Thursday before Download.
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Post by tommyred on Feb 17, 2013 15:06:59 GMT
Possibly. Maybe a year or two earlier. I can't really remember. 2006 doesn't sound too far off. Did you see that tour then? Yeah I saw them at Manchester Academy. Big Megadeth fan and like Diamond Head too. |
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Post by fletcherini on Feb 17, 2013 15:15:36 GMT
I love my iPod.
One of the world's greatest inventions...!!
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Post by jimbonda on Feb 17, 2013 21:04:32 GMT
Not sure about Sabbath and Led Zep being underrated Jim. not as in like a hidden gem, but how many people do you know who if you asked them about black sabbath would laugh it off, say that ozzy's a madman and they're a bunch of satanists? or how many people if u asked them about zeppelin might mention whole lotta love from top of the pops, or possibly stairway to heaven and that's about the extent of their knowledge. that's people in general, not even the kiddies that you mention, although that point is valid too. |
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Post by fletcherini on Feb 17, 2013 21:51:20 GMT
I love Led Zep, Jim. They're all over my previously mentioned iPod.
'Ramble On'...pure genius.
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Post by jimbonda on Feb 17, 2013 22:32:52 GMT
good man. the battle of evermore  \m/ |
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