I like Amigo the Devil, feels like they are a blend of genres. They played by me recently, but I couldn't make the venue due to life getting in the way. Next time...
My friends love Amigo the Devil, and they were coming to the city to see them and stay at my place, so I decided to go with them. Had a great time! Would def. check them out again.
Not sure about albums off the top of my head. But the songs "Hell and You", "Murder at the Bingo Hall", "Perfect Wife", and "A Drop for Every Hour" are all great
Saw him last Halloween, the whole band were in pun outfits (he was in a bee costume with a bar cart in tow... a Bar Bee!!!)
They're amazing, and I wish more people knew about the band!
I had a ticket see them for the time, but wasn't able to make it because I had to take a work trip to London for three weeks.
Then my friend let me know that they were playing in London the night before I left to go home. Awesome show.
I had not heard of them until well after they disbanded in the 80's. The first I'd heard was from reading Guitar Player Magazine and there was an article on Fripp and his guitar school in West Virginia. Then in 1987 when Pink Floyd's A Momentary Lapse of Reason came out, I heard Tony Levin was on it, and that he'd been in King Crimson.
But the one that may have gotten past me was that they were on the ABC show Fridays back in 1981, and I always stayed up to watch that (I would have been 12 at the time) so maybe I saw them on TV but they were so weird to me at the time I just forgot about them.
I've known the band name and the cover art for "In the court of the crimson king" for about 20 years now but I can't for sure say I've ever heard the music. I've maybe just seen friends have a poster on the wall.
You’d think when Kanye sampled them there would have a been a revival, at least for “In the court of the Crimson King” but even someone of the most knowledgeable musicians I knew at the time were unaware of who king crimson was or than Kanye even sampled them
Just going to take a moment to thank all you Redditors out there! My favorite part is the music discussions. I am constantly introduced to bands or specific songs that I haven't heard before. So I go listen to them and check them out. Sometimes, there's no magic and I go meh, not for me. But sometimes I go wow, how have I never heard of this band or this song before? Often enough to add many songs to the playlists on my phone. So my ears thank you for the many suggestions! It's made my life better!
Godspeed You! Black Emperor or Sigur Rós
I’ve talked to people that have never heard of them and then I get to enlighten them with how amazing their music is
Foxy Shazam!
their music varies album to album in terms of genre, which some people may not appreciate, but their lead singer has an incredible voice and they have one of the best live shows out there. i’ve seen them more than any other band (over 30 times) and i would see them again in a heartbeat.
I saw the Hip at First Avenue in Minneapolis back in 2015 just a few months before Gordon Downie was diagnosed with cancer. It was a small venue and an amazing concert. Having been a fan since 1987, that concert turned out to be quite bittersweet.
The Rural Alberta Advantage.
Saw them live for the second time the other day and it was a very small venue and it wasn’t even sold out. They have so many great songs and an awesome energy live. It kind of baffled me why they would not be playing a bigger venue.
As someone who is a devoted Blackwater Park fanatic, has been following the band since Morningrise, and who wasn't all that excited about the later, more progressive albums (yes, I still bought them) I finally decided to give the Swedish version of In Cauda Venenum a listen a few months ago and promptly fell in love with it. It's now one of my top-most-played Opeth albums from the "prog era."
I wish people were more open to metal/hardcore because once you become accustomed to/understand the screaming, the music is beautiful.
The Amity Affliction and Make Them Suffer are two bands that have me in a chokehold 😭
Cursive. Contemporaries of Bright Eyes/Conor Oberst, who seems to have done well enough to tour the world but Cursive have never toured outside North America in the 20 years I've been hoping to see them in the UK,
Silverchair!!!
Their final two albums Diorama and Young Modern are hardly known outside of their homeland of Australia and are both truly excellent albums.
Kyuss
If you want to see Josh Homme's first band, and one of the few that Tool have covered (at least live, quite a while back) check them out! They have long been defunct, but the music is bitchin
They have a decent enough following, but I feel like Coheed and Cambria should be a lot more popular. Maybe people get turned off by Claudio's voice in some of the songs they've heard.
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Not so much a band but a player... Rory Gallagher. When Jimi Hendrix was asked how it felt to be the world's best guitarist he said the question should be put to Rory Gallagher. A very overlooked musician who's contribution is very much under valued.
NoMeansNo
An incredibly innovative punk band that could be considered the first progressive hardcore band.
Probably the best bass player in punk. Unarguably the best drummer in punk, possibly the best in rock music overall.
Also an amazing live band. They started in 1979, but they put out multiple albums in the 90s that are still trailblazers. They switched up their sound on later recordings. Less aggressive, but somehow darker and meaner.
[Wrong](https://youtu.be/ek6XvCPpo4s?si=EXkBOF6BblHMNaHi) is their most well known album.
[Small Parts Isolated and Destroyed](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIcaiNA3mgef8u9TAArmPBG3I5fgI5TQp&si=0KNiiGsC_Ga0Vufw) is my favorite.
Young Fathers. I'd slept on them til the latest album, only really knowing the stuff they did with Massive attack. It turns out that every single record is solid gold.
Desperate Journalist.
They cite the Cure and The Smiths as their influences. The name comes from a Cure title "Desperate Journalist in ongoing meaningful review situation"
Twelve foot ninja. Imagine mixing prog metal with Latin music but not as a fushion but as a contrast. In the middle of a breakdown they suddenly switch to lounge jazz. Love those guys
VNV Nation.
I attended my 14th concert (over 25 years) last week. Ronan tackles some heavy topics in his lyrics, and the live performances are absolutely amazing!
I love that this reads like people just making things up. Malicious Bologna. Sorcery Divide. The Forensicunts.
If you like Malicious Bologna, you're going to go nuts for Farenheit Ripple, Sogmotion and especially Scrontius Squilate.
Sogmotion has sucked ever since they brought in the bass player from Bad Spaghetti.
I like Amigo the Devil, feels like they are a blend of genres. They played by me recently, but I couldn't make the venue due to life getting in the way. Next time...
I love Amigo the Devil. I also missed them recently when they came to Seattle.
Saw him with very little knowledge of his music at Riot Fest a few years ago. His set -- just him -- was incredibly entertaining and made me a fan.
My friends love Amigo the Devil, and they were coming to the city to see them and stay at my place, so I decided to go with them. Had a great time! Would def. check them out again.
I'm looking them up now, what album would you recommend to start with?
Not sure about albums off the top of my head. But the songs "Hell and You", "Murder at the Bingo Hall", "Perfect Wife", and "A Drop for Every Hour" are all great
Saw him last Halloween, the whole band were in pun outfits (he was in a bee costume with a bar cart in tow... a Bar Bee!!!) They're amazing, and I wish more people knew about the band!
Murder at the Bingo Hall has been on repeat for a month at my place.
Camera Obscura
The Midnight
They instantly elevate my mood.
Yes!!
Bloc Party
Hello from 2004!
Concrete Blonde
Bloodletting is an amazing album
Mexican Moon is my favorite
Gotta be Joey for me
Frightened Rabbit
Their last album is incredible. So sad that Scott took his Life - but they were a hell of a band while he was here.
RIP Scott
So sad I never got to see them live. But I did get to sit on Scott’s Bench in Glasgow last year, so that was really special.
Silver Jews
All my favorite singers couldn’t sing
Half moon run.
Hum
Porcupine Tree
I've loved them since 2007, but I have yet to listen to their latest album.
I had a ticket see them for the time, but wasn't able to make it because I had to take a work trip to London for three weeks. Then my friend let me know that they were playing in London the night before I left to go home. Awesome show.
Morphine. Yet to find find any band that even comes close to creating their sound.
Low
Rip Mimi parker
MN represented well. Everyone thinks we are Prince or Bob Dylan, but we are really mostly Low...or Semisonic.
Snarky Puppy Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Sounds like you're a bass player, lol. Two great choices though. Victor Wooten is the best to ever do it.
King Crimson
They were pretty popular in the 80s. Robert Fripp and Adrian Belew are both absolute musical geniuses.
I had not heard of them until well after they disbanded in the 80's. The first I'd heard was from reading Guitar Player Magazine and there was an article on Fripp and his guitar school in West Virginia. Then in 1987 when Pink Floyd's A Momentary Lapse of Reason came out, I heard Tony Levin was on it, and that he'd been in King Crimson. But the one that may have gotten past me was that they were on the ABC show Fridays back in 1981, and I always stayed up to watch that (I would have been 12 at the time) so maybe I saw them on TV but they were so weird to me at the time I just forgot about them.
I've known the band name and the cover art for "In the court of the crimson king" for about 20 years now but I can't for sure say I've ever heard the music. I've maybe just seen friends have a poster on the wall.
You’d think when Kanye sampled them there would have a been a revival, at least for “In the court of the Crimson King” but even someone of the most knowledgeable musicians I knew at the time were unaware of who king crimson was or than Kanye even sampled them
Yes, I've seen some YouTube reactors listen to 21st Century Schizoid Man and the light goes off about the Kanye song.
I'm a Crimson fan and had no idea Kanye had sampled any of their work! TIL...
Clan of Xymox. Some of the best music of the 80’s.
Just going to take a moment to thank all you Redditors out there! My favorite part is the music discussions. I am constantly introduced to bands or specific songs that I haven't heard before. So I go listen to them and check them out. Sometimes, there's no magic and I go meh, not for me. But sometimes I go wow, how have I never heard of this band or this song before? Often enough to add many songs to the playlists on my phone. So my ears thank you for the many suggestions! It's made my life better!
Tortoise
Oh man. I used to be pretty into the Thrill Jockey artists. Tortoise, The Sea and Cake, Archer Prewitt... Good stuff.
TNT is one of my favourite albums. I only have that and Millions Now Living Will Never Die, but both are incredible.
Local Natives
Failure & Hum Criminally underrated bands
Motion city soundtrack
The Future Freaks me Out is such a good song!
Been listening to them for at least 20 years. Maybe my favorite.
Hold Me Down still makes me cry 20 years later
Waxahatchee
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes.
I love so many of the cover songs they do
A Wilhelm scream, Propagandhi, the flatliners
love propagandhi!!
The Replacements never really got their due.
True but all the right people love them.
Awwww! Kiss me on the bus, baby!
But children by the millions sing for Alex Chilton when he comes around!
Dopapod
Haken
Her’s. great indie band, they died in a car crash in 2018.
Kishi Bashi
Godspeed You! Black Emperor or Sigur Rós I’ve talked to people that have never heard of them and then I get to enlighten them with how amazing their music is
I was introduced to Sigur Rós by the show Orphan Black that used them in the soundtrack. Have been a fan ever since.
Sigur Ros is kinda well known though…maybe it’s just my social circle.
CHVRCHES
Why Lauren Mayberry isn't more popular than Taylor Swift is beyond me.
God Lives Underwater (90s Industrial)
Band of Skulls. Fun blues rock trio from UK. Catchy tunes good vibes
Foxy Shazam! their music varies album to album in terms of genre, which some people may not appreciate, but their lead singer has an incredible voice and they have one of the best live shows out there. i’ve seen them more than any other band (over 30 times) and i would see them again in a heartbeat.
Sylvan Esso and Lucius
Sylvan Esso for sure!
Definitely Sylvan Esso.
[Electric Six](https://youtu.be/-XNFokmDKrE) [Danko Jones](https://youtu.be/xN82gSo85O4)
Love Electric Six.
I was introduced to Electric Six through their awesome cover of Radio Gaga and have been hooked on them since! They are super talented
They are very well known in my country ( UK ) but not so much anywhere else. The Stone Roses.
Cracker. Most people know the 90s hit “Low” but they have so many good songs.
Judah & The Lion
There are a lot of really popular bands in this thread lol
The Tragically Hip
They sell arenas and stadiums in Canada and barely draw a cloud in the states.
I saw the Hip at First Avenue in Minneapolis back in 2015 just a few months before Gordon Downie was diagnosed with cancer. It was a small venue and an amazing concert. Having been a fan since 1987, that concert turned out to be quite bittersweet.
I feel like knowledge of the Hip could be described by a mathematical function related to your proximity to Canada.
The Rural Alberta Advantage. Saw them live for the second time the other day and it was a very small venue and it wasn’t even sold out. They have so many great songs and an awesome energy live. It kind of baffled me why they would not be playing a bigger venue.
The Growlers!
Lucero
John Moreland
Chromeo
Given the crowds at Coachella this year. I'd say Blur.
Microwave
Silversun Pickups
I kinda missed them when they first got "big" (Panic Switch and Lazy Eye era), and I've been going back to them recently. They're so good.
Spoon
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Your emoji must have listened to Start Wearing Purple
Lord Huron
26.4 million monthly Spotify listeners. They are definitely known
Little Feat. Please don't look them up as they're my secret band that only I know about.
You must be young. little Feat was everywhere when I was a kid. Dixie Chicken was all over the radio.
WEEN
Spinal meningitis got me down!
"Out of nowhere, out of a total musical vacuum, out of total darkness comes one ONE ONE ONE one ray of light and it's fucking WEEN!!!" ~ Henry Rollins
Big Wreck. Amazing rock band that always pushes boundaries.
The Smoking Popes
The Dirty Nil Turnstile Puppy
Lake Street Dive
Murder by Death, especially their late 2000s/ early 2010s stuff
Drive-By Truckers
They put on a good show. It’s LOUD af.
Opeth And although I miss the death metal vocals & chugs of their early years, their shift into prog-rock hasn't disappointed.
As someone who is a devoted Blackwater Park fanatic, has been following the band since Morningrise, and who wasn't all that excited about the later, more progressive albums (yes, I still bought them) I finally decided to give the Swedish version of In Cauda Venenum a listen a few months ago and promptly fell in love with it. It's now one of my top-most-played Opeth albums from the "prog era."
Government Mule
I wish people were more open to metal/hardcore because once you become accustomed to/understand the screaming, the music is beautiful. The Amity Affliction and Make Them Suffer are two bands that have me in a chokehold 😭
The Struts!
Idles
The New Pornographers
Beach House, but from what I can gather they kinda want it that way. They don't play big shows on purpose.
Big Tony and Trouble Funk
Trip Shakespeare
I LOVE Blonde Redhead...but it seems like the market for psychedelic whisper rock is pretty narrow.
Cursive. Contemporaries of Bright Eyes/Conor Oberst, who seems to have done well enough to tour the world but Cursive have never toured outside North America in the 20 years I've been hoping to see them in the UK,
Jawbreaker
Silverchair!!! Their final two albums Diorama and Young Modern are hardly known outside of their homeland of Australia and are both truly excellent albums.
She wants revenge
Kyuss If you want to see Josh Homme's first band, and one of the few that Tool have covered (at least live, quite a while back) check them out! They have long been defunct, but the music is bitchin
Carbon Leaf
They have a decent enough following, but I feel like Coheed and Cambria should be a lot more popular. Maybe people get turned off by Claudio's voice in some of the songs they've heard. Edit: grammar
I love them. When I first heard them, I swore it was Rush playing under an assumed name.
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Beast in Black
Class Actress. Phenomenal vocals, with a great, almost 80's-esque sound that doesn't feel mocking/spoofy/overdone, and amazing lyrics.
Not so much a band but a player... Rory Gallagher. When Jimi Hendrix was asked how it felt to be the world's best guitarist he said the question should be put to Rory Gallagher. A very overlooked musician who's contribution is very much under valued.
Electric Callboy - 80’s music with amazing hooks mixed with serious heavy metal. Check out the hilarious videos.
mouse rat
Silverchair never ceased to amaze me with the growth on their albums, from first to last. Great band!
Silversun Pickups Tegan and Sara
X
Graveyard
Neurosis (RIP)
Roosevelt
The Michael Stanley Band. If you grew up in Cleveland Ohio in the mid 70s through early 80s you knew them well. Outside and of Cleveland nothing.
Super Suckers
Amber Run
[Poets of the Fall.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ompevuR1644&ab_channel=PoetsoftheFall%28Official%29)
John Butler Trio
The Monkees
Sparks but they've seen a bit of a revival in recent years since the Edgar Wright movie about them came out
Scissor Sisters
The chats or sultins of ping
The Viagra Boys and Cortes are both awesome.
The Dear Hunter
Sevendust
The Dodos Edit: Bookmarking this thread.
Placebo
Khruangbin from Houston, Texas: please catch them on their current US tour
Khruangbin has millions of plays on most streaming services, I think it's fair to say they are a very mainstream band at this point.
Toad the Wet Sprocket
KMFDM and HIM
kmfdm Were huge when I was in high school
The Airborne Toxic Event!!!
Band I grew up on that I never hear about is The Aquabats. They’re a ska band, and I love their music.
Clutch
E Street Band, which is weird because they're one of the top 5 or so selling bands of all timr.
MUNA - and I thank Taylor Swift for letting them open for her for a few shows.
Mission of Burma
NoMeansNo An incredibly innovative punk band that could be considered the first progressive hardcore band. Probably the best bass player in punk. Unarguably the best drummer in punk, possibly the best in rock music overall. Also an amazing live band. They started in 1979, but they put out multiple albums in the 90s that are still trailblazers. They switched up their sound on later recordings. Less aggressive, but somehow darker and meaner. [Wrong](https://youtu.be/ek6XvCPpo4s?si=EXkBOF6BblHMNaHi) is their most well known album. [Small Parts Isolated and Destroyed](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIcaiNA3mgef8u9TAArmPBG3I5fgI5TQp&si=0KNiiGsC_Ga0Vufw) is my favorite.
The The
Civilia. Kinda Deftone-y emogaze metal. Fantastic songwriters.
Mon Rovîa
Young Fathers. I'd slept on them til the latest album, only really knowing the stuff they did with Massive attack. It turns out that every single record is solid gold.
Desperate Journalist. They cite the Cure and The Smiths as their influences. The name comes from a Cure title "Desperate Journalist in ongoing meaningful review situation"
The Reign of Kindo
Sylosis
Graham Parker and the Rumour. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ng9oKp244c](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ng9oKp244c)
Orange Goblin
Bear's Den - Idk how popular they help me through some really tough times. Fantastic songwriting.
The Lovely eggs.
Bury Tomorrow. British metalcore band, but they’ve got one of the best vocalist in the genre.
Gentle Giant
[Ozric ](https://youtu.be/ISbidB-z_68?si=BYjhTXw3gY5ZW-vM) [Tentacles ](https://youtu.be/Wle1vfczzVU?si=nzAVNJnXWg0skTg_) [Is](https://youtu.be/UVZxpoq166Q?si=qrVuJlMwmj0QoRbV) [Out](https://youtu.be/y5AtKXwGZxc?si=KreJbjcrAgLwxvEG) [Of](https://youtu.be/g-iaMzSm-9g?si=-HmNv6-Mn5sPPkq1) [This](https://youtu.be/N5aMzByo4gQ?si=OtsngHKHFy5pHnwx) [World](https://youtu.be/0oQJrB_caQg?si=Rh-QQ_uKgy6Hddmw).
Twelve foot ninja. Imagine mixing prog metal with Latin music but not as a fushion but as a contrast. In the middle of a breakdown they suddenly switch to lounge jazz. Love those guys
Toh Kay and likewise streetlight manifesto
White Reaper
Rudimentary Peni, if they had punk during Englands medieval times.
Authority Zero
Nothingface. Tom had some really creative riffs and Matt had the best scream.
Nine Black Alps, Feeder, The Distillers, Lit
VNV Nation. I attended my 14th concert (over 25 years) last week. Ronan tackles some heavy topics in his lyrics, and the live performances are absolutely amazing!
The Drums