# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/21 "2022-09-11T10:48:57Z")
i dont know if this counts as rock but here’s one of the most obscure pop/dance stars who was popular in Europe for a few years and 15 minutes here in the 80s but no one under 40 remembers her now not bad for someone who taught her self to sing in English https://www.youtube.com/embed/eQ3AuM __LXI?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDeQ3AuM__ LXI ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/22 "2022-09-11T11:55:50Z")
[Shrink](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVWxG2gEvb8) [Slack Alice](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l4KpzcOQC4) [Frumpy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MORQiKHI378) [Bloodrock](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vso7ga7VHxc) ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/23 "2022-09-11T12:21:25Z")
The Bears, a pretty good power pop group out of Cincinnati: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/q-6CbGbheCY/maxresdefault.jpg "The Bears @ Canal Street Tavern 'Fear is Never Boring'") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-6CbGbheCY) ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/24 "2022-09-11T13:12:27Z")
I always really liked [Deaf School’s Capaldi’s Cafe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPhzUqQ3SBE). If nothing else, pretty incredible example of the big rock finish. And not all that obscure, but I never understood why [TRB](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar_saHB60qU) wasn’t more popular. ---
**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 11, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/25 "2022-09-11T13:26:54Z")
I get a kick out of “The Shape Of Things To Come” and the goofy movie it was featured in (I have the soundtrack album). On the other hand, the recording of the title tune (on the album, anyway) features possibly the worst, most amateurish stereo mix of all time. Here’s some obscure rock & roll that will blow your mind, man. Bedrock stuff. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lufeRWhdbbw/maxresdefault.jpg "Oh, How To Do Now") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lufeRWhdbbw) ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/26 "2022-09-11T14:59:54Z")
I love “Moulty,” by The Barbarians. Fun fact: Moulty lost his hand when a home made pipe bomb went off. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/25x3aIWs76E/hqdefault.jpg "The Barbarians - Moulty") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25x3aIWs76E) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/27 "2022-09-11T17:00:56Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > A great prog rock album [_A Pleasant Shade of Gray_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Pleasant_Shade_of_Gray) from an otherwise obscure metal band **Fate’s Warning**. Interesting… I was also thinking of some prog rock by an obscure metal band. **Lucifer’s Friend** started off as a heavy metal band but quickly started incorporating prog and jazz into their music. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CczmtAZjOUc/maxresdefault.jpg "Spanish Galleon (Remastered)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CczmtAZjOUc) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/28 "2022-09-11T17:13:47Z")
_Getting In Gear_ by Jeff Cameron [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/f7BEzukNOh0/maxresdefault.jpg "Jeff Cameron Bargofaxis Getting In Gear") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7BEzukNOh0) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/29 "2022-09-11T18:36:47Z")
A couple of hours before this thread was started, I just got home from a used book/DVD/CD/record/etc. store with [this Sun Records box set.](https://www.amazon.com/Sun-Records-Collection-Elvis-Presley/dp/B0000033DF) One track in the set: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-bH7LDqR-80/hqdefault.jpg "Billy Riley and the Little Green Men - Red Hot") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bH7LDqR-80) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/30 "2022-09-11T20:56:49Z")
[Orang-Utan](https://heavymetal.fandom.com/wiki/Orang-Utan) Only album from a UK group of young musicians. Released in 1971, very Zeppliny. Really good album, available on Spotify. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/31 "2022-09-11T21:11:26Z")
I don’t know if I’m stretching the term “Rock and Roll” too far, but I’ll offer a Kraut Rock track by Amon Düül II from 1972 that was trip hop almost twenty years before Massive Attack, Tricky or Portishead. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/OBBT5okaUws/maxresdefault.jpg "Mystic Blutsturz") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBBT5okaUws) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/32 "2022-09-11T22:18:18Z")
Starcastle, “Fountains of Light” album, kicking off with the track “Fountains.” https://www.youtube.com/embed/D2tORbYuWtM?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLwZyLyoCdAbPaf1ddxIk1v6QpOHw1M96O From the summer of 1993, the single from an album that got extensive airplay in my college town, but apparently nowhere else: Candy Skins’ “Fun”, and the song “Wembley.” I have the CD, so IDK if the whole album, which is awesome, is available online anywhere else. If it isn’t, it should be. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JVoRzT9gpa0/maxresdefault.jpg "The Candy Skins - Wembley") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVoRzT9gpa0) ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/33 "2022-09-12T00:49:56Z")
Riggs had a couple of songs in the movie _Heavy Metal_, including [the opening number “Radar Rider”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_KXgFpguE0). Their song “Ready or Not” really rocks, though! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xB0Nj9bstzU/maxresdefault.jpg "RIGGS: READY OR NOT") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB0Nj9bstzU) ---
**Author:** ![TimfromNapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@TimfromNapa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimfromNapa)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/34 "2022-09-12T01:43:04Z")
I love KAK. Pretty interesting that this group was put together in an impromptu fashion to back Gary Lee Yoder for a one-off album, was together a total of 12 weeks, performed live only a couple of times at best, yet the album stayed in print (perhaps off and on) for several decades. Blue Cheer’s album “Oh Pleasant Hope” can almost be counted as KAK 2. At that time, Yoder was the dominant creative force in the band and he brought in a couple of KAK bandmates for the sessions. ---
**Author:** ![TimfromNapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@TimfromNapa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimfromNapa)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/35 "2022-09-12T01:48:37Z")
Black Monk Time is one of the best albums of all time! ---
**Author:** ![TimfromNapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@TimfromNapa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimfromNapa)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/36 "2022-09-12T01:50:06Z")
Check out the Youtube vid of them performing on TAMI and you will find that Moulty was a kick-ass drummer, hook or no. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/37 "2022-09-12T01:54:31Z")
My favorite bay area band (no longer together unfortunately) La Plebe. Spanish-language punk ska: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SoSYwe77_to/hqdefault.jpg "La Plebe - "Plebe por Vida" Red Scare Industries") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoSYwe77_to) They did my favourite cover of (of my favorite Clash song) Guns of Brixton ---
**Author:** ![TimfromNapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@TimfromNapa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimfromNapa)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/38 "2022-09-12T02:10:09Z")
My recommendations are High Time by MC5 and USA by Bloodrock. High Time was a studio triumph for the group. It featured lots of multi-tracked blistering guitar and killer songs with intelligent social commentary. Unfortunately, it was their last album. USA is a great mix of heavy-ish metal, southern rock and prog with thoughtful, socially poignant lyrics. Potential for hits may have been there (check out “Rock and Roll Candyman”), but the shadow of “DOA” may have blocked the path for further success. It was the last album that included Lee Picken’s, lead guitar, and Jim Rutledge, lead vocal. It was their first not to be produced by Terry Knight of Grand Funk fame. To my ears, that was an improvement. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/39 "2022-09-12T02:35:16Z")
Holy crap, I forgot all about “Why Me?” I remember hearing it as a kid on Chicago radio, enough that I remember a lot of the words. My favorite recent discovery is Wire Train. Their album _In a Chamber_ is fantastic, and the song “I Forget It All (When I See You)” is a lost classic. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xP8pcT3yxqE/maxresdefault.jpg "I Forget It All (When I See You)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP8pcT3yxqE) ---
**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 12, 2022, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/40 "2022-09-12T02:39:55Z")
Far out! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qIe1lW5MwXI/maxresdefault.jpg "Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIe1lW5MwXI) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358.md?page=3)