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Post the name and picture of a band that you liked but most of us would have forgotten

any era, any genre

stories welcome

you tubes welcome


i will start

as a teenager of the 80s i bought the first album of this lot. on vinyl. still have it (which prompted this thread)

The Immaculate Fools.

liked this song in the mid 80s. they were two sets of brothers from kent, who released six albums before splitting up in the late 1990s

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjfEB_MaEbM

The The

First saw infected video album after night out while still living at my parents. My dad and brother didn't get it and went to bed. Still my fav band.

Unfortunately no idea how to put anything up. Anyone able to help.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S03UOkb9zU4

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx-cglxj3II

One of the best back in the day...

http://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ

Saw Goodbye Mr Mackenzie at Edinburgh Uni in '88, surprised they weren't bigger:

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDe3fngwIXk

Shirley Manson from Goodbye Mr McKenzie ended up doing alright for herself though!

The thing about The The is that they are the worst band in the world to find anything on the internet about. Second place in this list is The Music.

Tighty - I don't know that band, I liked it. I'm going to ask my friend James about them, he is my 80s New Romantic/goth friend!

I finally found my thread on Blonde! I could make 100 posts in this thread.

At The Drive-In

Saw this band play at Reading Festival. I'm guessing in 2000. I was working as a steward. It was a good gig, you got in for free, got paid a bit and got nice camping and showers. I'm manage to wangle it so I was working in the tent when they played. It was the New Bands tent, the smallest one. I remember there was a fair buzz about them. Their breakthrough and as it turns out final album Relationship of Command was either out or about to come out.

Anyhow. When they came on the whole tent went absolutely crazy, it was packed anyway and people started clambering up things, and generally going mental. After about half a song of trying to stop people climbing up things, there was so much energy,  I thought -  forget this, took of my hi vis tabard and went down the front. Amazing show.

I was fully expecting to get fired but in the chaos I guess nobody saw that I had abandoned post.

This video is one of the most shambolic TV performances I've ever seen, but to me it adds to the song and makes it even better. Amazing television

The band went on indefinite hiatus shortly after and basically split into two. Members being in other banks such as Sparta, Mars Volta and Bosnian Rainbows. But none of them have got close to this anytime since.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12veSNXIfos

Manchester's finest

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxk7cTBvbpI

I remember thinking this lot would be massive.  Guess the World wasn't ready for UK rap groups at the time.  540 views on youtube, Tikay gets more than that.  

By contrast, tens of milions have watched N Dubz...

Slightly bigger rap group that never really broke the uk market
https://youtu.be/5J_qadIwM60

Great post! More please.

Surprised you didn't pick this one

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky4uYnsF3kc

Michael Franti has been around a long time, so if he never realoly broke he definitely had staying powwer.

I saw his first band, Beatnigs supporting Billy Bragg with now infamous bigot, Michelle Shocked back in 1988.  I have also seen Spearhead too, but Disposable Heroes weren't round long enough for me to see them.  Fact, I maanaged to buy records by both Disposably Heroes and Spearhead without realising the connection between them and the previous incarnations.  Doubt you could do that in the days of the internet.  I did think Disposible Heroes were a lot like the previous band I had seen after seeing them on TV, and after buying the record, but you couldn't just google it back then.



 

Used to listen to a band called Radical Dance Faction (or RDF) quite a lot in my younger days.   They were mostly pre-internet so there wasn't that much available on them and all my old albums were on cassette but there seems to be a bit on youtube these days and they seem to have made a bit of a comeback.

Taken from Wiki
Radical Dance Faction (RDF) were founded by Chris Bowsher in Hungerford in 1986, and were originally known as 'Military Surplus'. The band experienced many line up changes, with at least eighteen different people having been part of the band at one time or another. Chris is the only person who has been in every line up of the band.[1]

RDF's music combines punk, dub, and ska, while Bowsher's lyrics, spoken rather than sung, dealt mainly with political issues, such as the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 in the song "Chinese Poem". Bowsher also witnessed first hand the Hungerford massacre, describing his experience in the song "Hot on the Wire".

RDF were a regular act on the UK free festival scene prior to the 1994 Criminal Justice Act, and were part of the crusties and anarcho punk movement until they called it day in the mid 1990s. The band reformed in 2006, and played various festivals around the UK during 2007.

At the height of their fame in the early 1990s, the band made at least two tours of Germany. One tour was as the support act to Rebel MC but they also supported Ziggy Marley at one point. RDF appeared at the huge Summerjam festival in July 1993.

They appeared at The Bearded Theory festival in Derby on Sunday 20 May 2012. The band commenced a short tour in October 2012 to promote their new album - Ammunition.

Here's them live in 1993


YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMZb1ZslYDE

from the NME

50 forgotten '90s bands who prove '90s indie wasn't just about Oasis and Blur

http://nmem.ag/AAdHs 

Jogs a few memories!

Kingmaker: Early '90s Hull trio Kingmaker were feted by the music press for a while, but soon seemed like the naffest thing in the world soon after their moment in the sun.

Read more at http://www.nme.com/photos/50-forgotten-90s-bands-who-prove-90s-indie-wasn-t-just-about-oasis-and-blur/348677?recache=36&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=90sgallery#TLuKIpxtaro8rJmA.99

I loved Kingmaker!!

You've got me started now.

New Fast Automatic Daffodils

Another Manchester band, a lot more funky than most but with the undoubtable Manchester sound from that era..  Wiki entry - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Fast_Automatic_Daffodils

Their Peel Sessions album would be a great introduction for you but here's the wonderfully titled Jaggerbog single

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQaMaYQn_Pk

Thanks for that.

I was at reading for that gig it was mayhem they were piled up about 10 deep outside the tent trying to get a view. Great performance still gets mentioned amongst us who were there.

Actually saw the Auteurs supporting The The in Newcastle, they were excellent (although I think they fell out with The The later in the tour) the Baader Mainhoff album is good to, one song includes the line "your going home in a xxxxxx ambulance" absolute class.

The Gallows
This sounds horribly clichéd, but the first time I listened to the album Orchestra of Wolves (particularly the song In the Belly of a Shark), I was convinced they were going to be huge and define punk for this generation. Although Wikipedia tells me they're still knocking about, they never replicated that album's brilliance. I have at least learned through tonight's research that they have just released a new album.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byEGjLU2egA

No rock music ITT

I'll start with Ugly Kid Joe.
I posted this track because it's undoubtably their biggest hit, but there was so much more to this band that this song. Some really good rock music spread across three really good albums. I was 18 when this came out and I was about 4 years into learning to play the guitar. Some of my favourite bands, the guitar work was too hard for me at the time, some too easy, but UKJ was just at the right level to be taxing, but achievable with hard work so I spent many many hours jamming along to "America's Least Wanted"

Never got to see them live back int he day, and also missed a reunion tour a couple of years ago, but in September, I finally get to see them in Nottingham.

And another one.
Not exactly "forgotten" but non-metal fans might not realise to what extent these fellas are still going strong.

As I mentioned above, when I was in the early stages of learning guitar, some bands were just too scary to take on, and Maiden were definitely one of those. Quarter of a century down the road, and I actually have Iron Maiden, and particularly Adrian Smith nailed style wise. Gigging this song for the first time a couple of years ago was a very proud moment for me.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBtLMLQfiRo

Iron Maiden? Forgotten bands?!

I used to listen to a great band back in the day, I just can't remember what they were called.

No, as I say, not exactly forgotten, but I don't think they're in the non-metal public consciousness as much as they were 20 years ago.

Difficult thread to get involved with when most of the music you listen to stands the test of time :)

I had that album, it was brilliant, especially the song Abandon Ship. I had a few mates go to see them live in a small gig and was told they were insane, the lead singer had to go off with his head split open

Relentless paid the band a Million pounds sponsorship after Orchestra for the Wolves - nice work if you can get it.

Frank Carter was/is an amazing front man, and of all the times I saw the Gallows I don't think he ever left the stage without losing some blood.  On his final tour with the band they played a gig at the Waterfront in Norwich, where he managed to climb the air conditioning pipes and complete most of the gig hanging upside down from the ceiling above the crowd - he managed this for about 10 songs.

What was surprising that after Frank left his solo stuff was much calmer, and the album by the Gallows post him leaving was completely mental, when most expected the opposite.
Great band.

Rebelation - not sure they have been forgotten by many to be honest.  They managed some of the minor festivals and supported some of the mainstream SKA bands in the early 2000's, maybe had a Peel session or Giles Peterson session on Radio 1 around this time as well.

When they started out they had the freshest and most powerful Horn section I have ever heard in a SKA band.  But as that big break failed to come the talent moved on.  I think the trumpet player has found himself in Bad Manners now, and the Whistle player who was a genius left music completely.

Lyrically they were very political and even the newer stuff has continued that theme.  So if you like music with something to say they are a good listen.

They still shoot round the local circuit and have a quite a following in the lowlands of Europe and tour regularly but never quite got over the cusp of wider recognition.

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YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzbVqe33ulM

Dragonforce

They rose to fame in the mid noughties and were well known for their outrageously fast guitar sounds mixed with an electronic sound. As a young teen I fell in love with their music, and I'm sure if you've ever tried to play their songs on some of the old Guitar Hero games you'd have been left wondering how they managed to play with such speed on a real guitar, let a lone a 5 button playstation guitar!

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG7Rl3qxUqY

Lo Fidelity Allstars - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lo_Fidelity_Allstars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lo_Fidelity_Allstars)

The first album (How to operate with a blown mind) really did "Blow my mind".
I can remember hearing Vision Incision played on Mary Anne Hobbs late night show on Radio 1 about 6 weeks before the album came out and being so excited that it was something completly new. 

The album didn't disappoint.
The opening tune to the album is still one of my favourite opening tracks to any album.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5fT5Rb3lP8 - contains strong language.

Live they were magnificiant, I stumbled across them at some festival on Hackney Marshes late at night - they appeared to play live (as live as any electronic band can be), had loads of energy onstage and were just everything I hoped they would be.

The achieved a little commercial success, but faded away after a fine second album.

are we doing bands that everyone knew, but have forgotten about, or bands that no-one ever heard of?

Think I might be missing the point.

I had never heard of Dragonforce until a few weeks ago, when someone sent me the link to this

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpASSx0ecTU

Dragon Force got pretty big when they featured on Guitar Hero. Through The Fire And The Flames on Expert was the close to unbeatable 'final boss' of the game.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Sfg2RG0kTw

When i was a teenager a whole new world opened to me when suddenly MTV Europe was available to us at home. Apart from Ray Cokes' Most Wanted (I was around 13, I probably would have loved it even more if I had better english skills) one of my favourite bits was MTV unplugged, which is where i discovered one of my favourite band of the 90s, Stone Temple Pilots:
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2tORSpjfgs
They split up in 2002/3 when Scott Weiland formed Velvet Revolver with Slash and the likes, reunited 2008 and I think they are still active but Scott Weiland left 2013 and I haven't followed his solo career or STP with the new singer, but I will check out what is on Spotify.

I think my favourite song is probably still "Plush" although I also really liked the second and third album.
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5UOC0C0x8Q

Welcome to blonde Mr (Miss?) Fawl, what tempted you to sign up?

MTV Unplugged, in the early days of MTV, was the abso nuts.

For me, MTV lost it's magic when it became MTV Europe, which, to my mind, was not a patch on the original, which had all those wonderful MTV Idents. Delish.


YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V7BFjTf0jY

It was the only MTV I knew, so I didn't know what I potentially missed :) I didn't watch the whole video yet, but some seem familiar (the one starting 0:48 for example), it was quite an art form for itself...

Also thank you for the friendly welcome, I found the forum through my friend bergeroo and it seems like a nice and interesting community!

A few blasts from the past there! Though a couple of their choices baffle me. Idlewild? Skunk Anasie? Mansun?! Was scrolling down and did wonder if my hometown (and favourite) band Shed Seven would get a mention, alas they did. Surprised really, they still have a very strong following despite not doing any new material. They are touring the UK again this winter, supported by another band that could have made the list....Inspiral Carpets.

I'm biased, but the Sheds are a great live band and always put on a fantastic show. And Rick Witter is a really nice guy. Just don't mention the advert for The Link.....

Edit....to add to the debate, a band called The Departure. We're tipped for big things, as they broke through around the same time as bands like Arctic Monkeys, Libertines, Maximo Park etc yet I think they disappeared after just one album. Shame, had a couple of decent tunes, the pick of them being Be My Enemy.

Always on Standby Shed Seven, in the wrong place at the wrong time

Very good. Not sure how many people on here will get that though ;)

I have 4 of their albums and had more or less forgotten them until I started singing sit down at my youngest this morning.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew7Zkkucos8

Weirdly they reformed a few years ago and I didn't notice.  Playing Scarborough next weekend.  They were pretty glorious back in the day.  Tim Booth used to do some seriously wild dancing on stage.

EDIT.  Be very careful playing that video, The Berutiful South came on ofter that video and now my ears are bleeding badly and my brain has exploded.  Hopefully you'll be all lucky with the follow on video, well frankly you'd struggle to do worse.

Edit again.  I first heard that 26 years ago.  Wikpedia can't be right, but that makes me feel much better about my memory. 

James were a live discovered treasure.  They often turned up at festivals and the first time I saw they were listed I have to admit I wasn't really looking forward to them but they really knew how to get into it and were fantastic live.


Jesus Jones were rimilar.  We went to see INXS at Wembley in 1991 and they were on the same set.  I'd never heard of them before but by halfway through their first song my mate Phil and I had moshed our way up the Wembley pitch right to the front.  They were played on one of the music channels a bit that summer and Phil and me are in the video jumping up and down (along with 50,000 others!)

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce4nOTBdFmA

As a 12 year old I was introduced to 'music' by a good school friend, prior to this I had only bought the odd stock aitken and waterman pile of tosh which in hindsight is a long way from said 'music'.

The first two bands that I remember having on a c-90 were James and Carter USM. Both hold a dear place in my heart, James are timeless, plenty of good stuff from Tim booth on you tube, full sets from recent years sound just as good as bk in the day. Carter may not be everyones cup of tea but

I was going to post you tube clips of the courteeners doing what took you so long into James' tomorrow although it is not working

Would of also posted jimbob and fruitbat just doing what they did, messing around and having fun.... oh dear, i am now 1/100 to spend the next 30mins on you tube listen to a few classics!