# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/101 "2022-09-15T11:33:31Z")
ok im looking for a Boston band possibly a singer that probably never made an actual record I only heard the song on a rhino punk collection that was done by city I had the new york LA and boston CDs and on the Boston cd is a song called “one and one is less than two” which is written out as a math equation and its a very darkly funny song about a couple that’s having a very public knock down drag out fight and every time I look for the song all I get is a bunch of you tube math videos … ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/102 "2022-09-15T12:14:29Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > [The Beat Farmers](https://www.beat-farmers.com/) were a slammin’ cowpunk band in the 80s and 90s with a knack for great covers, a seriously warped sense of humor and a drummer/singer (RIP) who sounded like Johnny Cash’s idiot cousin. According to their website the surviving members are touring again. Back in the early 2000s, KGB-FM, a classic rock station in San Diego owned by the corporate behemoth now known as iHeartMedia, inexplicably hired comedy-psychobilly singer Mojo Nixon as their weekday afternoon DJ, and he was fond of sneaking the Beat Farmers into the playlist, which is where I first encountered them. Mojo was also fond of spinning some of his own songs, which definitely qualify for this thread in their own right. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpb4ZAAP6Z4) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jz8ea8S5UH8/maxresdefault.jpg "I Don't Want No Cybersex") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz8ea8S5UH8) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Qt81bVae4tQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Don Henley Must Die") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt81bVae4tQ) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/103 "2022-09-15T12:45:34Z")
Thanks to a thread on this board itself, I have been delving into obscure turn of the 70s rock, anywhere from psych folk to straight up hard rock to proggy influences. The words “rock and roll” reminded me of this obscure album that I found on YouTube, which starts off fairly rock and rolly. It has an excellent cover of Fire and Rain at 17:19, sung in that earnest way that only a hard rocker playing a slow song can sing. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dJFlLC4WCvg/maxresdefault.jpg "Birmingham (Band) (Full Album) Mega Rare 1970`s Psych Private Pressing LP") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJFlLC4WCvg) ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/104 "2022-09-15T12:59:01Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Back in the early 2000s, KGB-FM, a classic rock station in San Diego owned by the corporate behemoth now known as iHeartMedia, inexplicably hired comedy-psychobilly singer Mojo Nixon as their weekday afternoon DJ, and he was fond of sneaking the Beat Farmers into the playlist, which is where I first encountered them. If I’m not mistaken, Nixon co-wrote “King of Sleaze” with BF drummer Country Dick Montana. It’s the closing track on their epochal _Live, Loud and Plowed_ set. ---
**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 15, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/105 "2022-09-15T13:18:23Z")
Back in the early 80s there was a rock band in Australia called **Heaven**. They sort of sounded like AC/DC, but with a saxophonist. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q_A9NTAdV98/hqdefault.jpg "Heaven - Rock School (1983)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_A9NTAdV98) ---
**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 15, 2022, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/106 "2022-09-15T13:24:48Z")
**Budgie** was a three-piece rock band from Wales. They looked and sounded a _lot_ like **Rush** , but they were not trying to copy them. Still, everyone was comparing them to Rush, which really annoyed them, and it probably held them back from being more popular. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/54H3EUAzpVg/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-AoAC8AGKAgwIABABGGUgSChBMA8=&rs=AOn4CLDHuoa63eJG4IqSJWxCmrnZoHpotg "BUDGIE - BREADFAN") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54H3EUAzpVg) ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfyre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfyre/32/9972_2.png) [@Shadowfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfyre)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/107 "2022-09-15T13:38:49Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Back in the early 2000s, KGB-FM, a classic rock station in San Diego owned by the corporate behemoth now known as iHeartMedia, inexplicably hired comedy-psychobilly singer Mojo Nixon as their weekday afternoon DJ, and he was fond of sneaking the Beat Farmers into the playlist, which is where I first encountered them. > > Mojo was also fond of spinning some of his own songs, which definitely qualify for this thread in their own right. > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpb4ZAAP6Z4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpb4ZAAP6Z4) > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz8ea8S5UH8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz8ea8S5UH8) > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt81bVae4tQ&ab\_channel=MojoNixon-Topic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt81bVae4tQ&ab_channel=MojoNixon-Topic) I’ll see your Mojo Nixon and raise you Dead Milkmen. I figure that if Mojo Nixon is obscure enough for this thread, then the band that name checks him is probably obscure enough as well. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZyaK3jo4Sl4/maxresdefault.jpg "The Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyaK3jo4Sl4) ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/108 "2022-09-15T15:02:16Z")
The Dead Milkmen took their punk rock girl friends on dates in their Bitchin Camaros. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1v3CzvQ9e_w/hqdefault.jpg "The Dead Milkmen: Bitchin' Camaro") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v3CzvQ9e_w) ---
**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 15, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/109 "2022-09-15T15:43:40Z")
_Phasors On Stun_ by FM “Nothing is a dream until you wake up” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6SO8x_j-4Iw/maxresdefault.jpg "Phasors On Stun - FM") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SO8x_j-4Iw) ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/110 "2022-09-15T19:40:23Z")
Oh, The Cretones. Their first album, _Thin Red Line_, was released in 1980. Decent music, but most notable for Linda Ronstadt covering three of their songs on _Mad Love_. And for the fact that their bassist was Peter Bernstein, son of THE Elmer Bernstein. ---
**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 15, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/111 "2022-09-15T20:22:12Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5oHb98olya8/hqdefault.jpg "The Polyphonic Spree - Reach For The Sun") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oHb98olya8) ---
**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 15, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/112 "2022-09-15T23:25:52Z")
Probably not “Rock and Roll”. but it might blow your mind [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1PEeX26Rtik/maxresdefault.jpg "Airtist live in Vienna") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PEeX26Rtik) ---
**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 15, 2022, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/113 "2022-09-15T23:28:17Z")
Just dropped in to say that I once saw Mojo Nixon open for Dead Milkmen at the Cat’s Cradle in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The pit turned into a square dance. ---
**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 15, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/114 "2022-09-15T23:37:38Z")
I caught a couple **Pleasure Barons** (Mojo, Country Dick, and Dave Alvin) shows back in the day. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/mOLNOuAC4Ao/hqdefault.jpg "The Pleasure Barons / (feat. Mojo Nixon) Elvis is Everywhere -1989") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOLNOuAC4Ao) ---
**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 15, 2022, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/115 "2022-09-15T23:58:26Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > I once saw Mojo Nixon open for Dead Milkmen at the Cat’s Cradle in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The pit turned into a square dance. Not to TS, but would either band be considered obscure? Both were pretty well known back in the day. ---
**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 16, 2022, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/116 "2022-09-16T00:05:18Z")
> [@ZonexandScout](#): > > Oh, The Cretones. Speaking of groups whose name ends in -tones: I like a number of them, including the Fuzztones and the Spongetones. But especially the Fleshtones. It was a choice between this and _Screaming Skull_. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uuUQWpzxSmQ/hqdefault.jpg "Fleshtones- Roman Gods- The Dreg.wmv") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuUQWpzxSmQ) ---
**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 16, 2022, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/117 "2022-09-16T00:54:18Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Speaking of groups whose name ends in -tones: And the Simpletones [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/60cEYgXO3JU/hqdefault.jpg "The Simpletones") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60cEYgXO3JU) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/118 "2022-09-16T02:31:55Z")
For a while in the late 1980s, MTV had a call-in request show, where they would play the top 10 requests (with a 95 cent fee for the 900 number). They actually took requests, which included, at one time, both the Dead Milkmen and this. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/j3fLn4FYWH0/hqdefault.jpg "Wire - Eardrum Buzz") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3fLn4FYWH0) ---
**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 16, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/119 "2022-09-16T13:18:07Z")
Wire is fantastic! And they’re still putting out great albums. A top ten favorite band for me. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-my-mind-with-some-obscure-rock-and-roll/971358/120 "2022-09-16T18:28:11Z")
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