Favorite band that died w/o any recognition

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OK, I'm sitting here going through all my old Eric's Trip albums, and although they're lo-fi (not for snobby, but financial reasons), and I was thinking that its a shame that they never got any recognition outside of Canada's alternative stations (I don't mean Alternative here but alternative when it wasn't a synonym from Rock). Maybe it was the 4 track quality, maybe it was that their music was just "weird", but it's still great for me years later.

Anyway, to get to the point, what's your favorite local or even non-local band that you loved but never really caught on, even in indie/underground/whatever circles?

― Mike Salmo (salmo), Friday, 5 September 2003 03:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Disco Inferno

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Friday, 5 September 2003 03:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Eric's Trip changed my life

― Sonny, not Canadian (Keiko), Friday, 5 September 2003 04:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Belfgore

Cop Shoot Cop should've gotten more recognition.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 5 September 2003 04:16 (twenty-one years ago)

The Lilac Time

― derrick (derrick), Friday, 5 September 2003 06:19 (twenty-one years ago)

ingo star cruiser. though hopefully lp2 will change all that.

― mark e (mark e), Friday, 5 September 2003 06:27 (twenty-one years ago)

doh. which of course means the band haven't died. i'll get me coat. soz.

― mark e (mark e), Friday, 5 September 2003 06:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Gaunt

― JS Williams (js williams), Friday, 5 September 2003 06:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Tsunami

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 5 September 2003 06:41 (twenty-one years ago)

marzipan mandible

― jack cole (jackcole), Friday, 5 September 2003 06:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Hallelujah Picassos

― Jeremy (Jeremy), Friday, 5 September 2003 08:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Maudlin of the Well

― JP Almeida (JP Almeida), Friday, 5 September 2003 09:40 (twenty-one years ago)

World of Twist

― Jez (Jez), Friday, 5 September 2003 10:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Barbel

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 5 September 2003 11:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Codeine

― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 5 September 2003 11:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Are Discordia still going? I have a lovely mini album (La Luna Discordia) by them on Kooky from a couple of years a go.

― flowersdie (flowersdie), Friday, 5 September 2003 11:59 (twenty-one years ago)

no, discordia are gone.
(hooray!)

― joni, Friday, 5 September 2003 12:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Uncle Wiggly.

― Douglas (Douglas), Friday, 5 September 2003 12:42 (twenty-one years ago)

SPIN DOCTORS!

― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 5 September 2003 12:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Half of these bands get mentioned lots in indie circles (obv. complaint, I know).

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 5 September 2003 13:04 (twenty-one years ago)

no, discordia are gone.
(hooray!)
-- joni (cfca...) (webmail), September 5th, 2003.

Boo!

― flowersdie (flowersdie), Friday, 5 September 2003 13:05 (twenty-one years ago)

sunsonic. they had that whole surreal lyrics/mad pop techno vibe ages prior to underworld. did anyone care. nope.
and the single/remixes were ace.

― mark e (mark e), Friday, 5 September 2003 13:15 (twenty-one years ago)

The Dustdevils!! Can you count bands (i.e. Tsunami, Codeine, Lilac Time, Eric's Trip, etc.) who made the Trouser Press '90's edition?

Oh, and Linda Smith, but she may still be putting things out. I haven't checked in a while, as she'll never equal the first 3-4 tapes.

― dlp9001, Friday, 5 September 2003 14:05 (twenty-one years ago)

(sorry, not a band, but most appropriate nonetheless)

Nick fucking Drake

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 5 September 2003 14:07 (twenty-one years ago)

(well, he didn't catch on 'til long after, y'know?)

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 5 September 2003 14:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Would have said the Chameleons but THEY LIVE.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 5 September 2003 14:57 (twenty-one years ago)

R.O.C (who are kind of back, apparently. But still stand no fkn chance).

― David Merryweather (DavidM), Friday, 5 September 2003 19:39 (twenty-one years ago)

The Electric Flag/Buddy Miles. (happy birthday Buddy!)

― teeny (teeny), Friday, 5 September 2003 19:42 (twenty-one years ago)

I think it will be a tragedy if Swervedriver never puts another album out. They never got the attention they deserved. Eric's Trip was a pretty cool band too; I like the really pretty songs with huge distortion - thats one of my favorite things in music. They were defintely one of my faves from the whole lo-fi '90's scene.

― Johnny Badlees (crispssssss), Saturday, 6 September 2003 02:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Wild Swans

― A Nairn (moretap), Saturday, 6 September 2003 03:29 (twenty-one years ago)

There were a few entertaining bands in Bloomington, Indiana in the early to mid 90s (pre-Secretly Canadian/Jagjaguar) that really never got a shot or if they did, they missed.

Speed Luxury was a rocking band that had some great songs with a definite surf guitar and punk rock linage. They made an EP with John Strom (of the Blake Babies) for some small Indianapolis, Indiana label that went nowhere and they held back their best material for an album which never got recorded.

Frankie Camaro is an another amazing surf-influenced guitarist that other than being on a couple of surf guitar comps and putting out an instrumental record on Shredder, hasn't got his due. He has some really good songs with vocals that never got released. Still plays live.

Pencil was another really cool group. They made two albums for Grass records that just didn't capture what they could do, but it is better than nothing. They had problems keeping a regular bassist and never could tour outside the general area. They had some songs that rocked and were pretty funny at the same time.

Steve Kowalski Army recorded a couple of singles, a tape and were on a couple of comps, but never really put it together. They were a cool band, really hard mod influenced rock and roll. Bassist Jake Smith went on to marry Freda from The Blake Babies and later end up signed to Sony with a band called Mysteries of Life, but it was pretty tame considered to the SK Army. Mind you, the SK Army went along for a couple of years after he left (my old band played with them a few times)...Tom Shover was a great front man.

― earlnash, Saturday, 6 September 2003 04:04 (twenty-one years ago)

moose!

― James, Saturday, 6 September 2003 09:13 (twenty-one years ago)

moose!

Hope THEY LIVE as well.

Not to mention For Against, cause they never ever get mentioned.

― JC (JC A.), Saturday, 6 September 2003 09:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Ultra Vivid Scene... perhaps. Nick is right though, they are known in certain circles. I guess I think they should've at least had a chart hit or something.

― Keith Watson (kmw), Saturday, 6 September 2003 09:47 (twenty-one years ago)

For Against are ace, i've been meaning to get their latest for ages

― the surface noise (electricsound), Saturday, 6 September 2003 10:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Ultra Vivid Scene is really more of a "he" than a "they".

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 6 September 2003 10:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Eleventh Dream Day.

― Chris Barrus (Chris Barrus), Saturday, 6 September 2003 10:27 (twenty-one years ago)

The Brains

― John Bullabaugh (John Bullabaugh), Saturday, 6 September 2003 13:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually, speaking of Ultra Vivid Scene, I came to like Crash quite a bit as well, after taking a while to get used to the vocals. It'd be nice to see a collection of their stuff on CD.

― dlp9001, Saturday, 6 September 2003 14:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, I like Almighty Trigger Happy (mostly just for Disturbo), Magic Hour (for No Excess Is Absurd), and U Totem (just for "One Nail Draws Another", which is all I've heard but which I just love in all its absurd excess) but none of these are among constantly-played artists or anything. I don't think any of my truly favourite artists died without any recognition. Is Immersion over? There's been nothing in 3 years so maybe. In that case, they totally win this as Low Impact really is among my favourite albums and hardly anyone gives them any recognition. Maybe I should give Eric's Trip another chance but I remember thinking they were the shittiest thing ever.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Saturday, 6 September 2003 14:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Did Okara get any recognition? Probably not as much as they deserved and they were among my top 5 bands at some point in the 90s.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Saturday, 6 September 2003 14:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Soul Side. Beautifuzz. Seppuku (whose unfortunate recording comes so far from doing them any justice that it's painful).

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Saturday, 6 September 2003 15:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Scarce
Urge Overkill
Matthew Sweet's solo career (now he's Nash)

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 6 September 2003 16:14 (twenty-one years ago)

woops, I got the topic wrong. I thought it was groups whose DEATH got no recognition, not that it was about groups who NEVER got recognition.

Scarce still qualifies.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 6 September 2003 16:16 (twenty-one years ago)

ten grand.

― colin mcelligatt, Saturday, 6 September 2003 19:50 (twenty-one years ago)

I second/third/whatever R.O.C because they are geniuses. I think they're still doing bits of things but doomed yes.

― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Saturday, 6 September 2003 20:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Hum, now split off into Centaur and Glifted.

― Simon H., Saturday, 6 September 2003 21:18 (twenty-one years ago)

the guy that did the music for all the Konami games for nes!

― chaki (chaki), Saturday, 6 September 2003 21:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Clawhammer...whose records never really caught it, but who on a good night--which was most nights--happened to be Television, the MC5, and the Magic Band rolled up in a single package.

Boys From Nowhere, easily the best American garage band of the 80s.

Spinout, who became Acetone, but who sounded almost completely opposite.

(To name but three.)

― M Specktor (M Specktor), Saturday, 6 September 2003 23:36 (twenty-one years ago)

The Nightblooms

― LY, Sunday, 7 September 2003 07:53 (twenty-one years ago)

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The Shop Assistants (Puncture and Trouser Press, but that's it as far as coverage), the Legendary Jim Ruiz Group (first album), the Appliances-SFB, Run Westy Run (live), Dark City Sisters (South Africa's Sun Sessions), the Limelighters (maybe recognized in folk circles), Exuma (ditto), Honor Roll, Bembeya Jazz (though they just toured, but I didn't see any national press), Don Shirley (surprisingly ignored), Junkyard Band (died on the vine at Def Jam), Sir Shina Adewala, the Rulers (great obscure Jamaican band).

Somewhere all of us have our own personal Mojo laid out in our mind's eye...

― Pete Scholtes, Wednesday, 10 September 2003 06:59 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm gonna go listen to that Belfegore record again...

There ya go!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 11:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Lexington, KY's 10 Foot Pole.

I specify band-location cuz I know now there was another band called 10 Foot Pole from Cali, but they were nowhere near as badical as this 10 Foot Pole. First time I ever stage-dove was at one of their shows when I was 14. Fucking great band though.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 13:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Moose, Disco Inferno, Hum -- all great choices.

I'll throw in The Ropers as well. And also A Minor Forest.

― Tim Taylor, Monday, 15 September 2003 21:55 (twenty-one years ago)

dart

actually they're still together but they are a shade of what they used to be, the band that recorded 36 cents an hour on the UK label Che was awesome (so was the subsequent live band); now they moved to LA and it's all new people and it's not working (for me).

― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Monday, 15 September 2003 22:26 (twenty-one years ago)

I'll throw in The Ropers as well.

woo hoo! "all the time" is in my top 10 of all time

― the surface noise (electricsound), Monday, 15 September 2003 23:16 (twenty-one years ago)

HEAVY BALLS AND THE FLIP-OFFS!!!!!!

― Ann Sterzinger (Ann Sterzinger), Tuesday, 16 September 2003 01:57 (twenty-one years ago)

seven months pass...

Hmmm I know this is an old link.......but I just did a search, and came across this thread! - what *did* happen to Greg Ackell???, I know Paula Kelley is still going - what about the girl for the 2nd album? - I've just got back into the Drop Nineteens again, miss em :(

oh and despite the dead link - These Animal Men - anyone?, or were they just in the UK for a bit.

Dean

― Dean, Wednesday, 5 May 2004 22:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Gaunt....great punk band...I think the singer got killed when he was hit by a car bicycling....all but forgotten now..

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 22:50 (twenty-one years ago)

The Nerves!!!!!!

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 22:59 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah they were good...man I forgot about them (if you're talking about Nerves from chicago the kinda touch&go new wavey band)

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 6 May 2004 00:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Panel Donor. Also mk-Ultra.

― doug (doug), Thursday, 6 May 2004 11:04 (twenty-one years ago)

The Godmachine owns this thread.

― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Thursday, 6 May 2004 11:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Hanoi Rocks

― cw28 (cw28), Thursday, 6 May 2004 12:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Fluffy.
Eater.

― Baravelli. (Jake Proudlock), Thursday, 6 May 2004 12:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Hanoi Rocks got a lot more recognition than most of these bands.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 6 May 2004 13:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Damn, Panel Donor were awesome. They came and played at my Uni when they were out supporting Lobedom and Global. Another disk I wish I still had...

Anyway, Haywood is my pick for unsung and unloved indie rock act. There are three superb full-lengths out there...

― BlastsOfStatic (BlastsofStatic), Thursday, 6 May 2004 13:08 (twenty-one years ago)

compulsion. delakota.

― mark e (mark e), Thursday, 6 May 2004 13:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Blind Mr. Jones

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 6 May 2004 14:37 (twenty-one years ago)

"Maudlin of the Well"

but they're still out, just under a different name...Kayo Dot.

― uh (eetface), Thursday, 6 May 2004 14:50 (twenty-one years ago)

ah, Zumpano !

― derrick (derrick), Thursday, 6 May 2004 15:22 (twenty-one years ago)

The Ocean Blue

I second Zumpano!

― Chris 'The Velvet Bingo' V (Chris V), Thursday, 6 May 2004 15:41 (twenty-one years ago)

I second the Ocean Blue!

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Thursday, 6 May 2004 16:08 (twenty-one years ago)

although they are still around apparently. but never really amounted to much. PLus no Steve Lau, makes no good.

― Chris 'The Velvet Bingo' V (Chris V), Thursday, 6 May 2004 16:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Otherz...

Motherhead Bug
The Sound
Blue in Heaven
Fidelity Jones
Dig Dat Hole

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 6 May 2004 16:55 (twenty-one years ago)

The Siddeleys

― brian patrick (brian patrick), Thursday, 6 May 2004 17:28 (twenty-one years ago)

There was a band called Helicopter in Newcastle, England, in the early 90s, who used to play the most awesome song ever, called simply 'Cool'. The lyrics to the entire song went 'She...she says that it's cool...' but it was a HUGE pop song and the vocalist was fantastic. I think they supported Blur once at the local Uni, and then disappeared.

― Rick Spence (spencerman), Thursday, 6 May 2004 18:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Hallelujah Picassos

-- Jeremy (tmp_acct8...), September 5th, 2003.

was this a joke?

― chris andrews (fraew), Thursday, 6 May 2004 20:03 (twenty-one years ago)

exploiting the prophets

btw, is Belfegore the same german 80s band with the Meikel Clauss who played before in Nichts ? how come you know of them ?

― eleki-san (eleki-san), Friday, 7 May 2004 17:56 (twenty-one years ago)

The Ama-Dots. One of the few no-wave type bands I remember gigging around the midwest in the early 80s. The singer's name was Boolah, I believe, and she made unearthly whooping & gutteral sounds while the guitar player got funky with pliers & such. They were from Milwaukee & released a fantastic EP called "Hit Girls".

― briania, Friday, 7 May 2004 18:21 (twenty-one years ago)

i like Grampa Knucklehead

― Pablo Cruise (chaki), Friday, 7 May 2004 18:31 (twenty-one years ago)

According to CREEM Metal magazine, Belfegore consisted of one German, one American, and one Canadian. The German was indeed Meikel Clauss. I think they might have released an EP in Europe in addition to their 1984 Elektra album, but I'm not sure.

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 7 May 2004 18:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Souled American

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Friday, 7 May 2004 18:55 (twenty-one years ago)

hey, there was a grappler named disco inferno. there's no higher recognition.

― aa, Friday, 7 May 2004 19:40 (twenty-one years ago)

btw, is Belfegore the same german 80s band with the Meikel Clauss who played before in Nichts ? how come you know of them ?

Signed to Elektra. Produced by Conny Plank. Toured incongruously Statesidw with Hanoi Rocks. Shot one unbefuckyouassholeyoudienowlievably cool video, directed by Zbigniew Rybczynski for "All that I Wanted". Shameless Killing Joke disciples. I know of them simply because THEY ROCKED when so many fail to.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 7 May 2004 20:23 (twenty-one years ago)

wow, now i see. don't get me wrong but meeting someone outside germany who even *knows* them is surprising enough. Nichts was the very first band i saw live at a tender age of 14 and especially Meikel & his strat left a permanent impression on me. i still have a Belfegore ep (with that marble cover) but i haven't listened to it for...a very long time.
i didn't knew that their stateside tour was such a success ? need to do some research now...

― eleki-san (eleki-san), Friday, 7 May 2004 21:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, I don't know if I'd have called it a success....being that (a) the band are no more (b) Elektra never released their album on compact disc...

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 7 May 2004 21:21 (twenty-one years ago)

this band --

yet another great forgotten 80s band: CARE

-- and the cd therein has been on pretty heavy rotation since i acquired it.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Saturday, 8 May 2004 04:43 (twenty-one years ago)

southall riot, you fuckers (the general public, not the far-too-good-for-their-own-good band)

― the 'surface' 'noise' (electricsound), Saturday, 8 May 2004 11:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Bryce Hammer.

― Mike Dixon, Saturday, 8 May 2004 13:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Ideal.

― holojames (holojames), Saturday, 8 May 2004 14:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Salvador Dream
Quicksand

― J-rock (Julien Sandiford), Saturday, 8 May 2004 15:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Botch.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Saturday, 8 May 2004 21:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Hmm. I forgot all about the Ropers. Yeah, they were good. I also agree Cop Shoot Cop deserve more respect.

― bimble (bimble), Saturday, 8 May 2004 21:52 (twenty-one years ago)

I also agree Cop Shoot Cop deserve more respect.

YAY! outstanding.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 9 May 2004 13:15 (twenty-one years ago)

hmm.. operation ivy..loved them but nobody seems to have even heard of them.so sad they went away..never even had a chance to see them.another one is opiate for the masses, they are local.from arizona.my brother is good friends with them and they came to his wedding.although they aren't dead.

― jubitube, Monday, 10 May 2004 05:16 (twenty-one years ago)

The Low-Maintenance Perennials

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Monday, 10 May 2004 05:17 (twenty-one years ago)

P.e.e. (a.k.a. PEE for their second album)

They were a short-lived San Francisco punk band that were awesome. They've got an entire album up (sans two short noise interludes) on epitonic.com. Just plain catchy, good, sugary punk. They're the first band I ever discovered on my own and went nuts finding everything in their discography (all I'm lacking is a single compilation track). Having such a simple name made it a bitch to find any information about them.

― moofman (moofman), Monday, 10 May 2004 05:58 (twenty-one years ago)

operation ivy..loved them but nobody seems to have even heard of them

this is a joke right?

― Pablo Cruise (chaki), Monday, 10 May 2004 06:26 (twenty-one years ago)

*HALO PERFECTO*
*LANDED*

― Ian Johnson (orion), Monday, 10 May 2004 06:50 (twenty-one years ago)

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