# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/41 "2022-09-12T02:53:17Z")
BTW, a lot of people would describe King’s X as “obscure”, and unrightfully so. Oh, and did you know they have a new release after many, many years? Many people have said that their inability to be pigeonholed contributed to their lack of commercial success, and that may be true, but I think if there’s any one band they could be compared to, it was another trio, Rush, and a double bill would have been the perfect concert for me. ---
**Author:** ![banjopatterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@banjopatterson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/banjopatterson)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/42 "2022-09-12T02:57:28Z")
The Parish Hall Album is on YouTube. ---
**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 12, 2022, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/43 "2022-09-12T03:08:23Z")
Ten points if you recognize the voice of the singer in this one album New Wave combo from 1980. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1YJEAEI7jkM/maxresdefault.jpg "Tremblers - Green Shirt") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YJEAEI7jkM) ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/44 "2022-09-12T04:26:47Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > 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. Their album [Made in Germany](https://www.discogs.com/master/2212-Amon-D%C3%BC%C3%BCl-II-Made-In-Germany) has been a fave of mine for many years! Great fun. > [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Starcastle, “Fountains of Light” album, kicking off with the track “Fountains.” I’d forgotten them, thankfully … they sounded like a bunch of guys trying to be **Yes**. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/45 "2022-09-12T04:37:51Z")
Seattle power-pop band Flop (three albums in the 90 – they were briefly in the Seattle music documentary “Hype!”, as well.) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hGOEY2B4ulQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Entropy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGOEY2B4ulQ) I particularly love that song for its effortless and completely natural time signature changes. And it absolutely rocks. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/46 "2022-09-12T08:48:57Z")
“Red Hot” & “Flying Saucer Rock & Roll” were featured in a popular radio mod for the game “Fallout 4”. They’re both better than about half the music in the original game. 👍 ---
**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 12, 2022, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/47 "2022-09-12T09:37:02Z")
Fanny was great. And if you like them, I give you… **Kleenex**. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/cp8NYBUBnss/maxresdefault.jpg "Kleenex - 'Beri Beri' + 'Nice' (1978)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp8NYBUBnss) ---
**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 12, 2022, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/48 "2022-09-12T14:15:46Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Ten points if you recognize the voice of the singer in this one album New Wave combo from 1980. Great song! I though it sounded like Elvis Costello, then confirmed he wrote it. Is thwe singer Martha Davis? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/49 "2022-09-12T14:19:00Z")
That’s pretty fun! Took me several repeats of the lyrics to realize they were singing the first song in English, not German. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/50 "2022-09-12T14:25:15Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Is thwe singer Martha Davis? If you check the comments on YouTube, someone thought it was her, but it’s actually Peter Noone (of Herman’s Hermits fame). ---
**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 12, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/51 "2022-09-12T17:15:40Z")
Mind Blown A **Bloodrock** song came into my Spotify feed. “Melvin Laid an Egg’. Cool song with Deep Purple energy. Dig **The Cold**! And **Flop**! Loved **The Stone Coyotes** ‘Hammer on the Nail’ Loved **Church of the Cosmic Skull** despite the horrific video! Loved **Fotomaker**! Amd **The Tremblers**! **Lucifer’s Friend** **is really cool!** **LE Plebe** **is AWSOME.** ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/52 "2022-09-12T19:17:51Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Church of the Cosmic Skull This is now my newest favorite band. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/53 "2022-09-12T20:36:05Z")
**TOUCH** (1968) For my fellow old farts out there, this album has been blowing my mind since 1968. These guys (formerly Don and the Goodtimes) were ahead of the progressive rock curve. Before synthesizers, no less. I’ve never quite decided if it’s more impressive in headphones or through speakers. Here’s a link about the album: > **[Touch (1960s band)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_(1960s_band))** > > Touch was a 1960s progressive rock band who recorded one album, 1968's eponymous Touch. They consisted of John Bordonaro (drums, percussion, vocals), Don Gallucci (keyboards, vocals), Bruce Hauser (bass, vocals), Jeff Hawks (vocals), and Joey Newman AKA Vern Kjellberg (guitar, vocals). > After leaving The Kingsmen, Gallucci founded Don and the Goodtimes with drummer Bob Holden. An early version of the band included Jack Ely. They had a No. 20 pop hit in the US with "I Could Be So Good to You," pr... and a link to the music. [Touch - Touch - Full Album - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcBB3IMSFtg) I suggest skipping directly to track 6 (at 25:54) which segues into track 7 (at 29:00). ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/54 "2022-09-12T22:54:39Z")
And because I like early Yes, that’s part of why I like their first two albums. Their drummer later went to medical school (Rush University - you can’t make that up! They opened quite a few shows for the Canadian power trio with the same name) and has an old picture of the band in his waiting room. More than once, people have walked in and wanted to know why there’s a picture of Starcastle in the waiting room, and yes, they’re a bit surprised to find out why! ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/55 "2022-09-12T23:02:07Z")
Here’s another underrated 80s alternative band. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9PpX85Vp3XE/hqdefault.jpg "Dumptruck Back Where I Belong") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PpX85Vp3XE) ---
**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, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/56 "2022-09-12T23:06:30Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > > [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > > > 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. > > Their album [Made in Germany](https://www.discogs.com/master/2212-Amon-D%C3%BC%C3%BCl-II-Made-In-Germany) has been a fave of mine for many years! Great fun. Amon Düül II’s _Wolf City_ album was a staple on my late night show back in college radio. ---
**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/57 "2022-09-12T23:18:53Z")
I don’t think Cowboy Mouth made it too far out of the bar and festival band scene. Jenny Says was a radio hit. They are a great band to see live. [Cowboy Mouth Live at New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2016 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQy9HfhUM7k&t=588s) ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/58 "2022-09-13T00:14:57Z")
_Funky Poodle_ - **Wild Horses**. Wild Horses was big in Cleveland, OH in the ‘70s-’80s. They played often at the **Cleveland Agora** and dance bars in **The Flats**. They were practically the house band for the notorious **Euclid Tavern** which I lived next door to from ‘80 – ‘84 and patronized almost nightly (after studying of course 😉). When Wild Horses performed there (often) it was [barely] standing room only. _Funky Poodle_ was their big hit. It still rocks!: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7qqlM0o__74/hqdefault.jpg "Wild Horses - Funky Poodle") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qqlM0o__74) ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/59 "2022-09-13T00:29:04Z")
Davis band. Knew all the members back in the day. Decided against listing out a whole slew of hardcore bands that are definately obscure rock and roll. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/60 "2022-09-13T04:44:47Z")
I listened to some of that earlier this evening. Wow, they’re good! I thought they sounded like a cross between early Yes, and early Styx, leaning a bit towards the latter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358.md?page=4)