# Blow My Mind with Some Obscure Rock and Roll **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [September 11, 2022, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358 "2022-09-11T02:11:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/221 "2022-09-29T19:06:42Z")
That 1 Guy, 21st Century one man band with custom musical instrument, his Magic Pipe [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0Ri6o9K7ET4/maxresdefault.jpg "That 1 Guy - Whale Race - 9/26/2019 - Paste Studio ATL - Atlanta, GA") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ri6o9K7ET4) Ningen Isu, Japanese Metal [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CbI79e5iZKs/maxresdefault.jpg "NINGEN ISU / Heartless Scat（人間椅子 / 無情のスキャット）") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbI79e5iZKs) Kim Fowley, sketchy Los Angeles music scene hanger-on [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/U_qtGvwcA68/maxresdefault.jpg "Summertime frog") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_qtGvwcA68) ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/222 "2022-09-29T19:43:59Z")
Oresund Space Collective, Dane/Swede Space Rock [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/i-ZbRFizC8U/maxresdefault.jpg "Oresund Space Collective @ Plan B 2017-02-10") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-ZbRFizC8U) Beauregarde, early 70’s Northwest Pro Wrestler recorded an album [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qkkB3AkmI0M/hqdefault.jpg "Beauregarde - Testify - 1971 Psychedelic Soul") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkkB3AkmI0M) More weirdness arranged by Kim Fowley [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bwarHgdiuSM/hqdefault.jpg "1962 HITS ARCHIVE: Nut Rocker - B. Bumble & The Stingers (#1 UK hit)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwarHgdiuSM) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/223 "2022-09-29T20:05:30Z")
Ah, yes. Kim Fowley; the world already had a Charlie Manson so Kim had to settle for making records. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/abRsusBMEPo/maxresdefault.jpg "Animal Man") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abRsusBMEPo) ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/224 "2022-09-29T20:13:55Z")
Alien Sex Fiend, English Goth Rockers [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_nA7KZF94wk/hqdefault.jpg "Alien Sex Fiend - I Walk The Line") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nA7KZF94wk) Mustafa Ozkent, Turkish Funk [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_COBSNGQwPs/hqdefault.jpg "MUSTAFA ÖZKENT - EMMOĞLU (Gençlik ile elele)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_COBSNGQwPs) More music touched by Kim Fowley [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WODfI6XGvU4/maxresdefault.jpg "Spirit Of Now") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WODfI6XGvU4) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/225 "2022-09-29T20:20:32Z")
Trivia- the end credits song of WKRP is just made up gibberish, sung to a R&R beat. Maybe not a “mind blown” but a _what?_ ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/226 "2022-09-29T21:10:03Z")
SteamPacket [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rlL7yc-xV1k/hqdefault.jpg "The Steampacket - Cry Me a River") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlL7yc-xV1k) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SV5GnLGjyTg/maxresdefault.jpg "Baby, Baby - Original") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV5GnLGjyTg) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4sHjU70JqO0/hqdefault.jpg "THE STEAMPACKET (feat. ROD STEWART) / WONDERFUL ONE") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sHjU70JqO0) Bonus 1965 Festival Jam [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sTmlBiIRk_I/hqdefault.jpg "Eric Burdon, Stevie Winwood, Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll and Rod Stewart - I Feel Alright") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTmlBiIRk_I) ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/227 "2022-09-30T05:17:28Z")
> [@motu](#): > > Bob Log III, one man band Hehehe, I’ve got a lot to listen to after this post, but Bob Log III is my hero. If anyone reading this ever gets a chance to see him, do it. I don’t catch him every time he rolls through town, but I’ve never regretted seeing him one little bit. His previous band was amazing, as well. I think I saw them for the first time when they opened for John Spencer’s Blues Explosion. Spencer and pals put on a good show, but I fell in love with Doo Rag that night. Their recordings are great, but watching them play live is kind of indescribable\*. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TZNqkZ6T4B8/hqdefault.jpg "Doo Rag") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZNqkZ6T4B8) \*Maybe Einstürzende Neubauten decides they’re going to do delta blues? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/228 "2022-09-30T13:47:16Z")
It can’t really be blamed on this thread, but since I’ve got the earworm it needs to be shared. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6g4-S3RaLUA/maxresdefault.jpg "Nick Lowe 7 Nights to Rock 12" Remix") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g4-S3RaLUA) ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/229 "2022-09-30T18:35:26Z")
Just trying to catch up and work my way through this thread. It’s great! (but it’ll take a while.) In the meantime a couple of contributions from me. Love And A Molotov Cocktail by The Flys: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dcl_vavnZQ4/hqdefault.jpg "The Flys - Love And A Molotov Cocktail") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcl_vavnZQ4) And (I’ve posted this before, I’m sure) Caravan Man by the late troubled soul, Lew Lewis. Save the wail! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4qWkyqgttcM/maxresdefault.jpg "Caravan Man") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qWkyqgttcM) j ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/230 "2022-09-30T22:21:02Z")
The 80s synth band Cocteau Twins also had nonsense lyrics. Nobody in the band was any good at writing lyrics, so they simply used words, or even syllables, that meshed with the song’s rhythm. ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/231 "2022-09-30T23:29:25Z")
Hairy Apes BMX, more Mike Dillon [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/73C0t5mMduQ/hqdefault.jpg "Hairy Apes BMX @ the Granada Theater") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73C0t5mMduQ) Tengger Cavalry, Mongolian metal [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1XuFNG_Oj70/maxresdefault.jpg "Tengger Cavalry - War Horse") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XuFNG_Oj70) Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Brit New Wave glamsters [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/V1jF0VHAPFI/hqdefault.jpg "Sigue Sigue Sputnik "Love Missile F1-11" "21st Century Boy" (Tocata 04/06/1986)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1jF0VHAPFI) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/232 "2022-10-01T01:18:54Z")
I remember all the hype for Sigue Sigue Sputnik, which fizzled when people actually heard them. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/233 "2022-10-01T05:22:45Z")
> [@motu](#): > > Alien Sex Fiend, English Goth Rockers Damn, that’s one of those bands that I remember, but forget till someone mentions them. Thankya. > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Ah, yes. Kim Fowley; the world already had a Charlie Manson so Kim had to settle for making records. Hehehe, and he’s partially responsible for one of my favorite novelty records. No surprise that I like that kind of thing. Alley Oop went #1, but it’s at least a teensy bit obscure in this day and age. I can’t think of the last time I heard it played on an oldies show. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sz6IpmmYSXA/hqdefault.jpg "Alley Oop - The Hollywood Argyles") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz6IpmmYSXA) > [@motu](#): > > Ningen Isu, Japanese Metal Ooof, love them, thank you for mentioning them. > [@motu](#): > > Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Brit New Wave glamsters > [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I remember all the hype for Sigue Sigue Sputnik, which fizzled when people actually heard them. Hehehe, I kind of still like them. They’re sugar coated as hell, but almost satisfying. In the world of “Apparently the internet knew of them, but I’m holding it personally against everyone who knew about them and didn’t tell me before I learned of them.” If you knew about Igorrr and didn’t tell me about them, you’re on “the list”. 7.8M views on Youtube, but somehow obscure (no one I push it on seems to have seen it) and I patiently await when it becomes the muzak I hear in a store. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Osqf4oIK0E8/maxresdefault.jpg "IGORRR - VERY NOISE") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osqf4oIK0E8) Another Igorrr song I love dearly. No less extreme, but way more metal. This band really does seem to say “I WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE GENRES, AND YOU WILL LIKE IT!” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/urU5JS4Eb-k/maxresdefault.jpg "IGORRR - PARPAING [feat. George Fisher]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urU5JS4Eb-k) ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/234 "2022-10-01T20:41:05Z")
(Still working my way through the thread - but in the meantime…) There was a time (around 2005-6) when, if I had been drinking, I might well have argued that the two best bands in the world came from Brighton on the south coast of England. Less Obscure, More Rock And Roll: Huddle Formation by **The Go! Team** [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uih01cpreRQ/hqdefault.jpg "The Go! Team - Huddle Formation") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uih01cpreRQ) More Obscure, Less Rock And Roll: Lorca And The Orange Tree by **The Mummers** [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XYailGL6TTw/maxresdefault.jpg "Lorca The Orange Tree") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYailGL6TTw) j ---
**Author:** ![WreckingCrew](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wreckingcrew/32/4080_2.png) [@WreckingCrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WreckingCrew)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/235 "2022-10-02T17:39:56Z")
The Classic Ruins [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rKJInrx2ELE/maxresdefault.jpg "CLASSIC RUINS '1+1-2' 7" 1980 3 Tracks (FULL/COMPLETE) Classic Boston Punk/New Wave/Hard Rock") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKJInrx2ELE) ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/236 "2022-10-02T18:39:16Z")
The Hook - Saw these dudes on an episode of _Ironside_ (“A Trip to Hashbury”) and thought for a few moments they were Mountain. Years later - thanks to the internet - I discovered their true identity. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hsfwkT6KrSA/hqdefault.jpg "The Hook - Will grab you (1968)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsfwkT6KrSA) Top Jimmy and the Rhythm Pigs - One of the greatest LA bands ever: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MKU909RWcJE/hqdefault.jpg "Top Jimmy and the Rhythm Pigs -- Hole in My Pocket") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKU909RWcJE) ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/237 "2022-10-02T18:57:13Z")
wow its almost another song … i like all the versions on here tho ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/238 "2022-10-02T18:59:35Z")
> [@motu](#): > > Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Brit New Wave glamsters the singer sounds like billy idol in his gen x days … ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/239 "2022-10-02T19:32:00Z")
Bass player formed Sigue Sigue after Generation X ended ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/240 "2022-10-02T22:36:49Z")
Sandy Nelson, prolific solo/studio drummer, even after losing a foot in a motorcycle accident [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1lbxeJRtfGw/hqdefault.jpg "Sandy Nelson - Teen Beat") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lbxeJRtfGw) Drunken Gunmen, Aussie Space Rockers [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dSnA3YvFjwg/hqdefault.jpg "Drunken Gunmen -- "Sun to Your Moon"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSnA3YvFjwg) Toubab Krewe, university kids who spent years in Mali learning and teaching music, made a career as a touring Jam band [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6ke8lYwp42o/maxresdefault.jpg "Toubab Krewe - "That Damn Squash" Live From Relix Studio | 12/02/2021 | Relix") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ke8lYwp42o) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358.md?page=13)