Name one band I've never heard of
 

Tonight, a few of us were talking about MTV's blatant control over the music industry, and the conversation got to bands that we would "make huge" if we had the chance.

In that spirit - Give me one band I've never heard of that you would make huge, and why.

I'll drop some of mine in a second, but I'll start with:

Atmosphere
Midwest hip-hop that is intensely personal and introspective - amazing music in every sense of the word. Genre-destroying lyrics and great beats.

I would have to disagree with the statement of MTV's control of the music industry. The real controllers of the music industry is the big labels such as sony, warner bros, etc. They use their big money to get their artists out and noticed. It's a lot easier for an artist on Interscope to get his video on MTV than an artist on Vagrant Records. But in all good fun, my choice would be....

Saves The Day. What can I say, this band rocks.

OK - well, I was using hyperbole a little - but I know a girl who's interning at MTV for the summer, and let's just say that the "TRL vote totals" were one of her jobs . . . and she didn't read any emails or take any calls.

Hysterical - I'm listening to "Stay What You Are" as I read this.

I completely agree, PiKA

Springbok Nude Girls. Great band from South Africa. TKZ, a kwaito band from here (Kwaito is SA version of rap).

Yellowcard. I love their song called Drifting.

Reckless Kelly - Country/ Rock band outta Austin Belong to a genre of music now refered to as "Texas Country" Where rock and country meet.

"Lonely all the Time" and "Come on Over" are my favorite songs by them. They rock. Pour it all into their music, and are totally accessable. Windows down driving music. Live shows are amazing.

ALSO -
Cross Canadian Ragweed - Texas Country too.

Download "Boys From Oklahoma" Great song. Amazing artists. How they get the crowd involved withthe shows makes it seem as if they as artists, DO care about how their music us appreciated.

YES, but, do not forget "Red River Valley". An awesome take on a classic.

Kitso
KS 361

Taking Back Sunday - amazing amazing lyrics and i adore the vocal styling and arrangements

Something Corporate (although the had one song on mtv a while ago.. )= wonderful lyrics.. piano gives it such a unique emotional twist... their slower songs are so moving... and i dig the lead singer/pianist :)

The Juliana Theory - just listen to them, you'll be hooked! and they are SUPER live!

always a firm supporter of underground rock and garage bands. if youre on vagrant or drive thru, youre good to go by me!

xoxo
chantillylace:D

There's also The Brodys from Northern Cali.

a few Burgh bands...
 

Ritual Space Travel Agency (rock/funk/prog/jazz)

ManPig! (power pop)

New Invisible Joy (psychedelic)

Opek 15 (big band w/ Sun Ra influences)

Not only are they all awesome musicians, they're nice people as well. :)

I would have to say Tripmaster Monkey. They were popular in Iowa when I was in college, although they're not around any more. It's not so much the kind of music I'm into now, but as far as early 90s alt-rock with a psychedelic edge goes, they were pretty dope.

If I had to pick a band that is still around, I'd have to go with another Iowa band, out of Cedar Falls: House of Large Sizes. They are one of the best live bands I have ever seen, with a great bass player, a great singer, and catchy, slightly funky, rockin' songs. They opened for Frank Black last year, and it was so great to see them after all these years. They've been around forever and are really dedicated to what they're doing, and so I think they deserve to be a lot bigger than they are.

Less Than Jake.
My friend dated their lead singer...for a brief moment. They are still friends and she totally loved their music.
I must admit, I'm not into live bands and stuff but from what I heard they're pretty good.

Hootie

One band that could make it huge...

The Ernies but you've heard of them.

The Get Up Kids...however if you know Saves the Day, you might know TGUK. The toured with Weezer awhile ago (maybe 2 springs ago).

Pomeroy - from Kansas City by way of Omaha by way of Kansas State University

Eyes Adrift - composed of one of the brothers Kirkwood from the Meat Puppets, Krist Novoselic - bassist from Nirvana, and the drummer from Sublime/Long Beach Dub All Stars...Bud Gaugh is his name.

Elvis
 

that texas sound also includes Robert Earl Keen.

also from B.G., but not as famous as Nappy Roots, is Dry Land Fish. alternative bluegrass, southern rock.

and a little band from Alabama called Lynyrd Skynyrd. A band that you should hear on any radio/music-tv station that claims to be rock needs to play the roots. i can't believe there are people that don't know the words to Freebird.

Some more for you guys:

-If you listen to any sort of 'rap' or similar, but don't listen to Mos Def and Talib Kweli, then you're missing out on about the finest in hip-hop.

-the Dismemberment Plan

-The Slackers - roots reggae/ska band, just amazing music out of the NYC for about a decade.

-the Dropkick Murphys - Boston punk, and that's good.

-the Vandals - jack-off rock at its finest, a must for any fans of blink182-type music (also see: HomeGrown, Slick Shoes, etc)

Ohhh, here's another one for you: Death Cab for Cutie. They are AWESOME.

Here's a few, although judging by the responses some of you may know these bands.

Autopilot Off-Awesome NYC punk band(used to be called Cooter)

Flogging Molly-Irish rock/punk and the best live band EVER!

The Starting Line-Emo/pop-punk along the lines of new found
glory but better

Thrice-hardcore with crazy guitars and great lyrics

Face to Face-one of the godfathers of modern punk and just
a great freakin band

I have to agree with PiKA2001 and KSig RC... saves the day is a great band! Their stuff always puts me in a good mood.

Surprised I've actually heard of most of these bands. One of my really good Pike friends has seen death cab for cutie and dashboard confessionals (before they "broke out"), flogging molly, ec in concert and always shares his musical discoveries with me. :)

Face to Face played at our annual campus festival last year.

I have to totally agree with you, Flogging Molly is probably the best live band I have seen.

I agree with Saves the Day, the Dismemberment Plan and the Starting Line. Also:

the Roots (actually, come to think of it, while they are more than worthy I'm not sure I'd really like it if they got huge)

the Riverdales (very Ramones-esque)

Jason Mraz (kind of like John Mayer)

the A-Teens (actually, this is cheesy MTV-style pop at its finest -- they started out as an ABBA cover band! -- but for some reason they never caught on . . . unfortunately)


I'm sure there are lots more.

Here's a few that i think deserve to be more acknowledged.

Dunk
The Immigrants
Garrity

The Traveling Wilburys - an oldie but classic rock at it's best. What else can you say about a super group with Dylan, Harrison, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and Roy Orbison?

Barton & Sweeney - I think they're from a small town in Missouri.. Not sure what you'd call the music though. Not quite folk singers, not quite county, not quite soft rock. Pretty cool though. :)

KSig...you have very good taste in music. I love Atmosphere, Mos, and Talib (solo and together as BlackStar). :)

Sage Francis is amazing. I'm not going to say anything else...just check him out.

Aesop Rock is also one of my favorites.

Betarulz, The Get Up Kids is one of my favorite bands! I just saw them them live about two months ago and it was probably the best show i've been to.

The Fags (swear to god that's their name) - they're a local band from Michigan. Their sound is kinda reminiscent of Weezer. Awesome band

okay....
 

....I am sure NONE of you youngsters have EVER heard of TWO of my fave bands from my youth (the 1970s, thank you very much):

HONK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! omg -- i LOVE THEM!
FEVER TREE!!!!!!!! :D

Ah, live music and local bands.............my favorite subject. I bet I have more then a few that no one has ever heard of. I work on the weekends for a local band doing promotion and merchandising (I'm even getting to design all the new shirts for this :D ) Here are some of my faves starting out with my "employers" LOL!

The Ugli Stick-from Mobile, AL If you like rock with a side of groove you'll love these guys. They have a wide range of covers from Eminem and Rage Against the Machine to Sade and Prince, you're sure to find something that you'll like. However this is no mere cover band.....they have an original CD "Beatdown" already available. The next CD "with and I" is due out later this fall.
Check them out. There are even a few snippets of "Beatdown" for you to download and listen to. Come the to message board and say hi while you're there!
http://www.theuglistick.com

Bomba Dak- again from Mobile, AL These guys are rock stars in the making. Right now they are on hiatus while creating their debut CD "Drama" produced by Ugli Stick's Brian Graves. They also do covers and originals. Their covers range from Disturbed and Tantric to Billy Idol and other 80's icons. Check out their site as well. Be sure to check out the fans of the week and the gallery. You might just be surprised at who ya see on there......namely ME! Sign the guest book before ya go too!
http://www.bombadak.com

Last but certainly not least-Bad Charism AKA Bad Chairs-From Ocean Springs, MS
These guys are incredible. They are all under 21 and for a bunch of youg'ins they rock! They even bring some of that great 70's and 60's rock out of the closet and onto the stage. From Rage and Fuel to RHCP and Staind, these guys have got a great thing going and are gonna make it big one day. Just of word of advice ladies, stay away from the guitar player, he belongs to my little sister ;) LOL! Check them out!http://www.badcharism.com

There are about a million more bands that I could name and go into detail about but I'll save it for a later post.
KSig RC, I will say that I HAVE heard of the Dropkick Murphys. PhiDeltUCI, I saw Flogging Molly only a few months ago at SpringFest in Pensacola. They came on after Injected, who also rock!
If you want to know more about my passion for music just PM me!

Love and Rockin'
Sara

PS sorry this was so long I'll step off my soapbox now!

That reminds me of a band I used to love called The Queers, and if you like pop-punk you'd like them, they're very high school, but when youre in high school they probably sang about the shit you thought about.

Other bands I like alot are:
Geggy Tah,
Wax,
John Builder,
Bratmobile (had a few really good ones),
Face to Face (of course),
Looper / Belle&Sebastian,
Saul Williams
and millions of other punk bands that are just great

Cory

BUMP!!!


corporate circus!! midwest pop/punk/rock/alt...you really acant explain them, they really do have a style all their own...theyre one of my favorite bands ever .. ever eever ever....


www.corporatecircus.org

www.alphazeta.com/corporatecircus

Impotent Sea Snakes.

Saw them in New Orleans last year. Actually a great show if not a little wild for my tastes. They had this naked dude who walked around breathing fire and then they had "hells chearleaders" who wore metal bras and were suspended upside down by their feet while other band members used auto body repair tools on their bras...sparks were everyhwere. Truely bizarre. Music wasnt that bad tho.


Another, Reverend Horton Heat. Good stuff.

I don't know how big they are down in the States so here goes:

The Tragically Hip - huge Canadian rock band
The Doves - intelligent brit-pop (think Radiohead)
Hayden

Saves the Day is alright, disappointed by the new cd, their older stuff is alot better, most vagrant and drive-thru bands are pretty good. Further Seems Forever-pretty good emo band, but changed singers when (Chris Carrabba-lead singer of dashboard confessional) left to do his own thing. Glassjaw-nu-metal kind of band who I loved for a few years now, but who is finally gaining recognition with worship and tribute. ..and you will know us by the trail of dead- good band that is finally gaining recognition as well. Sparta-love this band after seeing them tour with midtown.

I love the Traveling Wilburys! I swear I would listen to Tom Petty sing "Old MacDonald Had a Farm."

Magnetic Fields is a cool band I haven't listened to in much too long. They were the favorite band of a friend of mine in grad school, and I love their "Count Olaf" song, it's hysterical. You can listen to it on Lemony Snicket's website. The lead singer of Magnetic Fields is a friend of Daniel Handler/Lemony Snicket.

I've heard of them.
In fact, I've seen them...twice, I believe.;)

Wait - Sparta is the guys left over from At the Drive-In, right?

I'll add the second to the list, then, and also Kara's Flowers (now reincarnated as Maroon5, that's what made me think of them).

one more I forgot...

Little Blue Crunchy Things is from southern Wisconsin. They are good :). I haven't heard anything by them in a while, but I went to college with their former percussionist (an absolutely amazing musician), and they came to play occasionally at Lawrence. They did a lot of Latin-flavored stuff.

Yeah, Sparta is the drummer, bassist and one guitarist from ATDI,
The singer and other guitar player are in a band called the Mars Volta who supposed to be pretty awesome too. Maroon5 is my roommate from last years favorite band, theyre pretty good but all their songs sound like makeout music.