# The Greatest Bands You Never Heard Of \[Part 2\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 30, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-bands-you-never-heard-of-part-2/587386 "2011-06-30T14:06:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![realitybiteshard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ea924/32.png) [@realitybiteshard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/realitybiteshard)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-bands-you-never-heard-of-part-2/587386/1 "2011-06-30T14:06:35Z")
Local Natives. People On Planes. Biffy Clyro. Buck 65. Gil-Scott Heron (Recently deceased, but his word lives on). ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-bands-you-never-heard-of-part-2/587386/2 "2011-06-30T14:15:15Z")
[The OP was originally added to this 2002 thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=105603) ---
**Author:** ![phreesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-bands-you-never-heard-of-part-2/587386/3 "2011-06-30T14:39:17Z")
The big one for me is Sleater Kinney. > **[Sleater-Kinney Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More | AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sleater-kinney-mn0000026164)** > > Explore Sleater-Kinney's discography including top tracks, albums, and reviews. Learn all about Sleater-Kinney on AllMusic. Awesome all-girl band. They’ve broken up with half the band creating a new band called Wild Flag that will be releasing a new album later this year. I just saw them live and they ROCKED. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-bands-you-never-heard-of-part-2/587386/4 "2011-06-30T15:20:39Z")
Black Carl. Great funk-rock band with a female vocal lead. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CT7h1RGoo_8/hqdefault.jpg "Black Carl - "Hussy"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT7h1RGoo_8) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-bands-you-never-heard-of-part-2/587386/5 "2011-06-30T18:04:58Z")
Honolulu Mountain Daffodils No Friends of Harry Celtic Rumours Zed Astaire ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-bands-you-never-heard-of-part-2/587386/6 "2011-06-30T20:34:20Z")
Sleater-Kinney and Gil-Scott Heron are pretty well known, IME. Back in the stone ages, I loved Magnapop, Killdozer, and the Grifters. Not sure how well-known they were / are… Joe ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-bands-you-never-heard-of-part-2/587386/7 "2011-07-01T00:39:27Z")
[Within Temptation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Within_temptation) I know they have some popularity in Europe, but most of my friends have not heard of them. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-bands-you-never-heard-of-part-2/587386/8 "2011-07-01T01:33:47Z")
My newest discovery is Mumford & Sons. Never heard of them until I went to San Diego at the end of March; now I can’t get enough. ---
**Author:** ![CoolHandCox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coolhandcox/32/16233_2.png) [@CoolHandCox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoolHandCox)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-bands-you-never-heard-of-part-2/587386/9 "2011-07-01T03:51:48Z")
**Bloodkin**. Not new, but damn good. [Here’s some of their songs](http://new.music.yahoo.com/bloodkin/tracks/). ---
**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-bands-you-never-heard-of-part-2/587386/10 "2011-07-01T04:10:52Z")
**[Dalriada](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9AJtQqt00Y)** - Hungarian Folk Metal **[Ария](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_GC1iJ7EUo)** (Aria) - The USSR’s answer to Iron Maiden **[Agalloch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbCqkpJOtCw)** - Epic Viking Metal from the Pacific Northwest ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-bands-you-never-heard-of-part-2/587386/11 "2011-07-01T04:21:05Z")
Quintron - Organ-driven New Orleans party-down music, sometimes tending toward the bizarre, though not to the level of a lot of indy groups. Quintron’s wife, Miss Pussycat, does puppet shows during their act. NRBQ - These guys weren’t exactly unknown, but given the quality of their music they should have been huge. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-bands-you-never-heard-of-part-2/587386/12 "2011-07-01T04:42:26Z")
Cinerama might have been big in England, but they never got too big over here. Saw them at a show with The Aislers Set, The Ladybug Transistor and The Lucksmiths, all of whom were/are worthy of a listen. Another one that never really made it on this side of the pond was The Divine Comedy. Probably the best pop songwriting going right now, for my money. ---
**Author:** ![Art\_Rock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/art_rock/32/525_2.png) [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-bands-you-never-heard-of-part-2/587386/13 "2011-07-01T08:52:02Z")
Shingetsu (Japan) Bacamarte (Brazil) Los Jaivas (Chile) Nexus (Argentina) Supersister (Netherlands) Neuschwanstein (Germany) Harmonium (Canada) Black Bonzo (Sweden) Pulsar (France) All excellent prog bands. ---
**Author:** ![Musky\_Moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@Musky\_Moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musky_Moon)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-bands-you-never-heard-of-part-2/587386/14 "2011-07-01T14:11:43Z")
Marah- Alt-country with a dash of Philly soul. One of my all-time favs. They have a few big name champions such as Bruce Springsteen, Steve Earl and Nick Hornby. Should be way bigger than they are. Boris- well known enough inthe circles I run with but given that they a a Japanese “doomcore” band I think it unlikely tha the American population at large knows them. Truly spectacular screamng guitar insanity at it’s best. Lyrics in Japanese but it doesn’t matter a bit. Mink Lungs- Now defunct New York art scene kind of band that was trulyan eccentric jewel in the 9os music wasteland. Panda Bear- Everyone should know this guy. He’s a part of Animal Collective. Weird and wonderful, layered and complex music that defies catagorization. A Place To Bury Strangers- probably a little better known than the rest of my list. Noisy, gloomy throwback band that reminds me of Depeche Mode if they grew a pair of balls and got angry. My Life With The ThrillKill Cult- flirted with success in the early 90s with the song Sex On Wheels and a song on the Crow soundtrack. Kind of a dark borderline metal party band. I have no clue why they weren’t huge. They arrived at the right time and had more talent than most of their contemporaries. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-bands-you-never-heard-of-part-2/587386/15 "2011-07-02T04:10:24Z")
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club. [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkhwvd7650A) [is](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMsJi9WzhX8) [what](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huGIYWH_Ask) [all](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtsgGJBnWZc) [country](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfl9CFR403o) [music](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfYlSelERcs) [ought](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hxn1iy6Q_Y) [to](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-McP_PCkNQI) [sound](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kBO-xLcbVE) [like](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCmZErK2lC0). The Indelicates. [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcM9QsZNRxM) [is](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOTRrc1WAyM) [what](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvRZoWZ5w6c) [all](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tYYuQ4bsAE) [indie](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB032LFLHLA) [british](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaEfJJU1nZ4) [pop](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaEfJJU1nZ4) [ought](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6A0MqHLoho) [to](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9tzDBviv04) [sound](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQgNvX8oOD4) [like](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLtt-RmlDOg)? Gogol Bordello. [Actually](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHC9sBN8jH8), [these](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpzz9-qW1q0) [guys](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igbe6rGr9n4) [are](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH47GqUYbEc) [probably](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aZwFQbeD1k) [well-known](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l46WXaMhR7U) [enough](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3SUPPeuRdU) [not](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4ORIIT-W80) [to](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkkIwO_X4i4) [be](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9v1-1Op9bQ) [appropriate](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE8lYA3zWgU) [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZFHEc_tzog), but I wanted to get my whole triumvirate of favorites in. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-bands-you-never-heard-of-part-2/587386/16 "2011-07-02T04:14:29Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [Within Temptation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Within_temptation) > > I know they have some popularity in Europe, but most of my friends have not heard of them. A friend of mine sent me “What Have You Done?” and I got hooked from that. I also like Nightwish and Helloween thanks to her. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-bands-you-never-heard-of-part-2/587386/17 "2011-07-02T04:35:33Z")
[Yeh Deadlies](http://www.nialler9.com/10038-stream-yeh-deadlies-book/) ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-bands-you-never-heard-of-part-2/587386/18 "2011-07-02T04:43:41Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > Slim Cessna’s Auto Club. [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkhwvd7650A) [is](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMsJi9WzhX8) [what](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huGIYWH_Ask) [all](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtsgGJBnWZc) [country](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfl9CFR403o) [music](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfYlSelERcs) [ought](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hxn1iy6Q_Y) [to](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-McP_PCkNQI) [sound](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kBO-xLcbVE) [like](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCmZErK2lC0). > > The Indelicates. [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcM9QsZNRxM) [is](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOTRrc1WAyM) [what](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvRZoWZ5w6c) [all](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tYYuQ4bsAE) [indie](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB032LFLHLA) [british](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaEfJJU1nZ4) [pop](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaEfJJU1nZ4) [ought](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6A0MqHLoho) [to](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9tzDBviv04) [sound](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQgNvX8oOD4) [like](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLtt-RmlDOg)? > > Gogol Bordello. [Actually](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHC9sBN8jH8), [these](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpzz9-qW1q0) [guys](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igbe6rGr9n4) [are](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH47GqUYbEc) [probably](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aZwFQbeD1k) [well-known](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l46WXaMhR7U) [enough](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3SUPPeuRdU) [not](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4ORIIT-W80) [to](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkkIwO_X4i4) [be](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9v1-1Op9bQ) [appropriate](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE8lYA3zWgU) [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZFHEc_tzog), but I wanted to get my whole triumvirate of favorites in. Agree with The Indelicates. ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-bands-you-never-heard-of-part-2/587386/19 "2011-07-02T08:47:25Z")
Wild Billy Childish and the Buff Medway Appreciation Society (the Buff Medways for short). Lo-Fi, straight up old school DIY punk - here’s a [Youtube playlist](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnO20tPGU14&feature=BFa&list=AVGxdCwVVULXfcyYzEURc5T-eOC6MtMgpj&index=1). Also see Thee Milkshakes, Thee Headcoats, and a few other Thees - Billy Childish has been banging around the English punk scene for ages, but every Brit I ever speak to (and I talk to a lot of folks from the UK) has no clue who he is. Greg Cartwright ([Reigning Sound](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va2Jnrtg7es), [Compulsive Gamblers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGCK4mtEDDQ), the Oblivians [no Youtube link because they’re all live shows that sound like crap]) - king of lo-fi Memphis (no North Carolina) garage punk, although he’s cleaned up his sound quite a bit lately. Also the author of some of the most brutal breakup songs ever written. The late great [Jay](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2DFsW_2T5g) [Reatard](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG65eqfg6bc) - I can’t begin to describe his music. You must experience it for yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-bands-you-never-heard-of-part-2/587386/20 "2011-07-02T10:32:37Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > Sleater-Kinney and Gil-Scott Heron are pretty well known, IME. [Yes, sweetie, Mommy’s heard of Gil Scott-Heron.](http://www.theonion.com/articles/yes-sweetie-mommys-heard-of-gil-scottheron,11141/) > [@LawMonkey](#): > > The Indelicates. I was about to decry threads like this on account of their general show-offishness, but then I had to check this out on the strength of your other two recommendations, and they’re awesome! Thanks for bringing them up! Hmm, how 'bout [O’Death](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtdmPN0WJM0)? [Wovenhand](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mljDkraMJ4)? [DeVotchKa](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XviMAXKvewM)? [The Divine Comedy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClXxsV874oI)? [Patrick Wolf](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH5vgng9LAg)? [Okkervil River](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZGYaghnkyI)? Damn, now I can’t stop anymore… OK, last one, probably my favourite: [The Mountain Goats](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUbFljMLIY8). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-bands-you-never-heard-of-part-2/587386.md?page=2)