best bands that most people aint heard of?

Out Of This Swirled · #1 08-28-2007, 04:26 PM

hi everyone i thought it would be a good idea to post good bands to check out. also add a bit about what they sound like, or who. heres a couple from me to get the ball roalling. also, just cause they may be big where you live, in other country, backwards one like here where pop crap rules, we might not have heard of em. go nuts!

SUBMERSED = new metal, heavy but melodic.
DUST FOR LIFE = think alice in chains but a bit heavier, real good track was degrees of black, there are others cant remember titles off top of my head let me check in the mirror.
WITHOUT WARNING album three= dream theater but not as heavy but great tracks, great playing and awsome grooves.

HAGO alan brum, its okay really..................

Satchriossi · #2 08-28-2007, 04:33 PM

OCEANSIZE

Manchester band,
Heavy progressive rock with lots of very pretty moments - lots of 'big' atmospheric sounds
Lots of dodgy time signatures, long songs and impressive arrangements using three guitars at once, usually with lots of effects going on too.
Good vocals, very few screaming parts - these are usually just backing vocals anyway.

Well worth a try.

Jaden · #3 08-28-2007, 05:11 PM

GREGG WRIGHT'S LEFT HOOK..

awesome jimmy hendrix lookalike - he's even left handed !
drummer playes like mitch n'everything..

nikster · #4 08-28-2007, 05:16 PM

Van Halen lol!! where i live no-one has heard of ANYTHING!!! and this was before the internet

my location says Birmingham, i'm actually 20 miles north. just turn left as you enter The Twilght Zone

nightfiend14 · #5 08-28-2007, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by guitarnutteruk

hi everyone i thought it would be a good idea to post good bands to check out. also add a bit about what they sound like, or who. heres a couple from me to get the ball roalling. also, just cause they may be big where you live, in other country, backwards one like here where pop crap rules, we might not have heard of em. go nuts!

SUBMERSED = new metal, heavy but melodic.
DUST FOR LIFE = think alice in chains but a bit heavier, real good track was degrees of black, there are others cant remember titles off top of my head let me check in the mirror.
WITHOUT WARNING album three= dream theater but not as heavy but great tracks, great playing and awsome grooves.

HAGO alan brum, its okay really..................

I was and still am a big fan of Dust For Life

Out Of This Swirled · #6 08-28-2007, 05:25 PM

glad to hear your a fan of DUST FOR LIFE maybe 1 in a thousand people have heard of em over here and that includes walsall and dudley!

okay hair metal (im not fussed what banner it falls under)
POLE POSITION= hair metal, fit bird in video SOLD! some great tracks like CALL, BEAUTIFUL ICE, LOVE RUNNING CHILD, great playing and I WANNA GET OVER YOU.... all over you, oh hair metal.... what happened to ya? great playing by a guy name Lars Boquist blistering stuff, with feel and some awsome timing.

BURNING RAIN 2nd album great stuff, real whitesnake grooves with badass guitar solos from doug aldrich, come on album 3.

JforJem · #7 08-28-2007, 07:02 PM

Colosseum

I'm not sure if these are a well known band or not, everyone round here that I ask have never heard of them so I guess that qualifies them, I'm not really sure on what genre they would fall under either, im guessing jazz/rock, really not sure on this one though.

HSH · #8 08-28-2007, 09:37 PM

Are all of these bands now disqualified from the thread?

mi2tom · #9 08-29-2007, 12:26 AM

Spiral architect!!!

C.Thep · #10 08-29-2007, 12:39 AM

hmm.....dark moor. At first I hated it with all me heart, but after I started listening to it, I love it will all me liver.

crevis · #11 08-29-2007, 12:44 AM

Quid Pro Quo

Brett Garsed and T.J. Helmerick, imo the best guitar duo ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60k4Myk1g-U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La8Ou...elated&search=

quiksilverdew · #12 08-29-2007, 01:45 AM

DETHKLOK!

Just got their new CD. It's on OINK.

Dee · #13 08-29-2007, 02:48 AM

These range from barely heard of to semi-popular but not popular enough...

Planet X, Trix, OTV, Tetsuo Sakurai, Garsed & Helmerich, Shawn Lane, Allan Holdsworth (hard to believe so many people haven't heard of him), Devil's Slingshot (Donati, Sheehan, MacAlpine), Joel Hoekstra, Guthrie Govan... I could go on for hours.

I listen to these bands / artists and wonder why more people are not listening. It's absurd. Every single person / band above has ridiculous talent, but most people want to focus on and buy complete garbage.

quiksilverdew · #14 08-29-2007, 04:14 AM

Holdsworth was actually quite popular during the 70's and 80's, but never as highly acclaimed as he should have been. Shawn Lane also doesn't get the respect he deserves. I heard a conversation about 2 or three years ago before I had seen Vai live, and one of the guys said that he didn't like tony MacAlpine because he played Carvins and not BC Rich. That was the only mention of him that I had heard in my living, amazing musician too.