What bands do you listen to that aren't popular in the mainstream

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Starbuck1975
Lacuna Coil
Type O Negative

type o negative was pretty popular for awhile.

 

[Xionide]

Del tha funkee homosapien

Sneaker pimps.

 

[Dedpuhl]

House of Moist
King's X


(also several that have been mentioned above: Dream Theater, Mr. Bungle, Iced Earth, etc)

 

[SWScorch]

Arch Enemy
Lamb of God

mad props to anyone who has listed Dream Theater... one of my favorite bands

 

[anno]

these are local bands so they do have a following here.. but popular is still a stretch.

baumer

I nine

anno

 

[Kyle]

After seeing "We are Scientists" enough I downloaded their first song on a CD and it was a song I was sick of from being played on the radio....
But thanks to those who recomended Floater- I'm digging their sound so far.
Couple of my bands-
Joseph Arthur
Choking Victim/Left Over Crack
Death by Stereo (Great live band)

 

[Snakexor]

motion city soundtrack
panic at the disco
hellogoodbye soon

 

[mordantmonkey]

tom waits! good stuff as is most of killys

animal collective
arcade fire

 

[TheAdvocate]

Originally posted by: UglyCasanova

Originally posted by: ngvepforever2

Originally posted by: TheAdvocate

Originally posted by: CalvinHobbes
CLEARCHANNEL sucks!

Fixed.

Sadly, though I listen to much more obscure stuff, I'd say:

The Arcade Fire
Wilco

Because they've never even sniffed clearchannel's playlists here. Unbelievable.

Arcade Fire...obscure? Probably last year...they were even featured on Entertainment Weekly Once....

Regards

ng

Wilco either. I'd say the majority of the bands listed in this thread aren't really all that obscure, but they are obscure enough. 😛

What is the criteria though? A magazine article that's trying to preserve the magazine's reputation as eclectic, or actual airplay?

Both of those bands get major run in print and ZERO airplay on clearchannel, whis owns 100% of my local radio market.

 

[monk3y]

Meshuggah and The Fray (yeah they're both pretty much opposites in style).

 

[SaturnX]

theStart

--Mark

 

[TheAdvocate]

Originally posted by: KillyKillall
oooh!

TOM WAITS!
Her Space Holiday.

Waits is great, but I wanted to ask about HSH - Ive only one song, and it was catchy, but it was definitely a political song about homosexuality. Is that a theme for them or just a one off deal?

 

[Pepsi90919]

R. Star
Counting Crows

 

[CraigRT]

(hed)pe
breach of trust

 

[UglyCasanova]

Originally posted by: TheAdvocate

Originally posted by: UglyCasanova

Originally posted by: ngvepforever2

Originally posted by: TheAdvocate

Originally posted by: CalvinHobbes
CLEARCHANNEL sucks!

Fixed.

Sadly, though I listen to much more obscure stuff, I'd say:

The Arcade Fire
Wilco

Because they've never even sniffed clearchannel's playlists here. Unbelievable.

Arcade Fire...obscure? Probably last year...they were even featured on Entertainment Weekly Once....

Regards

ng

Wilco either. I'd say the majority of the bands listed in this thread aren't really all that obscure, but they are obscure enough. 😛

What is the criteria though? A magazine article that's trying to preserve the magazine's reputation as eclectic, or actual airplay?

Both of those bands get major run in print and ZERO airplay on clearchannel, whis owns 100% of my local radio market.

The criteria is a lot of people know about them.

 

[jfall]

The Jimmy Swift Band
Chamberlane

 

[TheAdvocate]

Originally posted by: UglyCasanova

Originally posted by: TheAdvocate

Originally posted by: UglyCasanova

Originally posted by: ngvepforever2

Originally posted by: TheAdvocate

Originally posted by: CalvinHobbes
CLEARCHANNEL sucks!

Fixed.

Sadly, though I listen to much more obscure stuff, I'd say:

The Arcade Fire
Wilco

Because they've never even sniffed clearchannel's playlists here. Unbelievable.

Arcade Fire...obscure? Probably last year...they were even featured on Entertainment Weekly Once....

Regards

ng

Wilco either. I'd say the majority of the bands listed in this thread aren't really all that obscure, but they are obscure enough. 😛

What is the criteria though? A magazine article that's trying to preserve the magazine's reputation as eclectic, or actual airplay?

Both of those bands get major run in print and ZERO airplay on clearchannel, whis owns 100% of my local radio market.

The criteria is a lot of people know about them.

The question wasnt meant to be answered. You missed the point. Even more mainstream bands like those two are obscure because the clearchannel nazis wont play them because they arent fabricated, easily marketable, highly disposable trash.

The big record labels used to have a seperate philosophy for artists they considered to be truly artistic/important. They called them "legacy artists", and they stuck by them through thick and thin, almost regardless of how well they sold. Folks like Bruce Springsteen (thanks to Bob Dylan) owe their careers to this philosophy which has died out as music has undergone mega-corporatization. Now, it's just produce the lowest common denominator and the cheapest price cause it will sell, and screw the rest (which has been driven underground). Clearchannel is part of the machine. Bands like Wilco and The Arcade Fire are obscure because 95% + of America has never heard one single note of their music. You may think otherwise if you base it on your friends and listening patterns, but you're wrong.

 

[Gillbot]

The Clarks

 

[FreshFish]

Originally posted by: clamum

Originally posted by: xospec1alk
some that i've been listening to lately...

Motion City Soundtrack
Rise Against

"Swing Life Away" from Rise Against is/was on the radio.

The Queers
Ten Foot Pole

I love those guys!

 

[SWScorch]

Emperor
Charlotte Martin

 

[CptObvious]

The National
The Arcade Fire

...although Arcade Fire might be close to mainstream now

 

[imported_Snagle]

Originally posted by: TheAdvocate

Originally posted by: UglyCasanova

Originally posted by: TheAdvocate

Originally posted by: UglyCasanova

Originally posted by: ngvepforever2

Originally posted by: TheAdvocate

Originally posted by: CalvinHobbes
CLEARCHANNEL sucks!

Fixed.

Sadly, though I listen to much more obscure stuff, I'd say:

The Arcade Fire
Wilco

Because they've never even sniffed clearchannel's playlists here. Unbelievable.

Arcade Fire...obscure? Probably last year...they were even featured on Entertainment Weekly Once....

Regards

ng

Wilco either. I'd say the majority of the bands listed in this thread aren't really all that obscure, but they are obscure enough. 😛

What is the criteria though? A magazine article that's trying to preserve the magazine's reputation as eclectic, or actual airplay?

Both of those bands get major run in print and ZERO airplay on clearchannel, whis owns 100% of my local radio market.

The criteria is a lot of people know about them.

The question wasnt meant to be answered. You missed the point. Even more mainstream bands like those two are obscure because the clearchannel nazis wont play them because they arent fabricated, easily marketable, highly disposable trash.

The big record labels used to have a seperate philosophy for artists they considered to be truly artistic/important. They called them "legacy artists", and they stuck by them through thick and thin, almost regardless of how well they sold. Folks like Bruce Springsteen (thanks to Bob Dylan) owe their careers to this philosophy which has died out as music has undergone mega-corporatization. Now, it's just produce the lowest common denominator and the cheapest price cause it will sell, and screw the rest (which has been driven underground). Clearchannel is part of the machine. Bands like Wilco and The Arcade Fire are obscure because 95% + of America has never heard one single note of their music. You may think otherwise if you base it on your friends and listening patterns, but you're wrong.

If Wilco and The Arcade Fire are obscure than EVERY band except for those that have current top 50 hits can be considered obscure.

 

[FreshFish]

Originally posted by: OBW96

Originally posted by: toekramp
alkaline trio
the receiving end of sirens

waits patiently for two posts

You cant get any more popular than Alk3 before you're a huge mainstream band.

Thank you. This had to be said. Although their first several cds were fantastic, they are definitly very close to mainstream if not already there. I have seen them on MTV actually...

 

[FreshFish]

Originally posted by: Kyle
After seeing "We are Scientists" enough I downloaded their first song on a CD and it was a song I was sick of from being played on the radio....
But thanks to those who recomended Floater- I'm digging their sound so far.
Couple of my bands-
Joseph Arthur
Choking Victim/Left Over Crack
Death by Stereo (Great live band)

You da man

 

[ngvepforever2]

Originally posted by: Snagle

Originally posted by: TheAdvocate

Originally posted by: UglyCasanova

Originally posted by: TheAdvocate

Originally posted by: UglyCasanova

Originally posted by: ngvepforever2

Originally posted by: TheAdvocate

Originally posted by: CalvinHobbes
CLEARCHANNEL sucks!

Fixed.

Sadly, though I listen to much more obscure stuff, I'd say:

The Arcade Fire
Wilco

Because they've never even sniffed clearchannel's playlists here. Unbelievable.

Arcade Fire...obscure? Probably last year...they were even featured on Entertainment Weekly Once....

Regards

ng

Wilco either. I'd say the majority of the bands listed in this thread aren't really all that obscure, but they are obscure enough. 😛

What is the criteria though? A magazine article that's trying to preserve the magazine's reputation as eclectic, or actual airplay?

Both of those bands get major run in print and ZERO airplay on clearchannel, whis owns 100% of my local radio market.

The criteria is a lot of people know about them.

The question wasnt meant to be answered. You missed the point. Even more mainstream bands like those two are obscure because the clearchannel nazis wont play them because they arent fabricated, easily marketable, highly disposable trash.

The big record labels used to have a seperate philosophy for artists they considered to be truly artistic/important. They called them "legacy artists", and they stuck by them through thick and thin, almost regardless of how well they sold. Folks like Bruce Springsteen (thanks to Bob Dylan) owe their careers to this philosophy which has died out as music has undergone mega-corporatization. Now, it's just produce the lowest common denominator and the cheapest price cause it will sell, and screw the rest (which has been driven underground). Clearchannel is part of the machine. Bands like Wilco and The Arcade Fire are obscure because 95% + of America has never heard one single note of their music. You may think otherwise if you base it on your friends and listening patterns, but you're wrong.

If Wilco and The Arcade Fire are obscure than EVERY band except for those that have current top 50 hits can be considered obscure.

QFT

Van Go is pretty good too ( not Go Van Gogh) and I think not too many people have heard about the band.

Regards

ng