Not really popular, but great bands...

[SyracuseLax517]

I'm not really sure why, but I juts like to post threads about music. So today I decided to see if anybody knows any bands that arn't really that famous but they think are really good. I personally think that the band Dream Theater is one of the most underated bands out their. Obviously they are somewhat famous, but they are a really talented band and they've been around for like 20 years. My favorite songs by them are Constant Motion and Panic Atack (watch the panic attack vid on youtube, the opening bass riff is amazing). The best part about this band is that everybody in the band grew up on Long Island (Where i live...).

[Stringer4Lax]

almost all hardcore bands are underrated for their amazing skills. I personally like Unearth and War of Ages and a little killswitch (i know not all of these are hardcore.)

[laxmonster54]

Rancid, Sublime, Social Distortion, Operation Ivy, Hepcat, The Specials, Real Big Fish, Flogging Molly.

[laxstarmp]

just a correction on laxmonster54, its REEL big fish...and theyre a huge ska band now...but id say the fall of troy, circa survive, and coheed & cambria.

[ekajsk8er]

What makes a band "not popular"? Not being on MTV? Most of the band's I've seen so far have a large fanbase, maybe not at your school or whatever, but bands like KSE, Coheed, RBF, Dream Theater and Sublime are huge.

Not well known hard/metalcore and some thrash:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=3780573&MyToken=43bf504c-37b8-4797-b967-4dc8e49414ae
Architect. Awesome local band.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=2510390&MyToken=e0616458-5aab-4c53-a2ea-d6b7ec69f87d
With Dead Hands Rising. I met the singer at a show a couple weeks ago. They're cool.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=12123361&MyToken=e0616458-5aab-4c53-a2ea-d6b7ec69f87d
Municipal Waste. EXCELLENT crossover thrash.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=4264260
Deathblow. Good hardcore, not like the scene disgraces out nowadays.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=3676633
First Blood. See: Deathblow description. And it's a Rambo reference.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=35648144
Necrophagist. If your into crazy death metal, and you like guitars that do squiddlys and widdlys, THIS BAND IS FOR YOU.

Oh, and HORSE the band.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=261354166
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=261354166
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=261354166
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=261354166
<3

[bigdale9]

Primus, amazing band, base and music
http://www.primusville.com/home/home.html

[Stringer4Lax]

What makes a band "not popular"? Not being on MTV? Most of the band's I've seen so far have a large fanbase, maybe not at your school or whatever, but bands like KSE, Coheed, RBF, Dream Theater and Sublime are huge.

Not well known hard/metalcore and some thrash.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=3780573&MyToken=43bf504c-37b8-4797-b967-4dc8e49414ae
Architect. Awesome local band.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=2510390&MyToken=e0616458-5aab-4c53-a2ea-d6b7ec69f87d
With Dead Hands Rising. I met the singer at a show a couple weeks ago. They're cool.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=12123361&MyToken=e0616458-5aab-4c53-a2ea-d6b7ec69f87d
Municipal Waste. EXCELLENT crossover thrash.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=4264260
Deathblow. Good hardcore, not like the scene disgraces out nowadays.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=3676633
First Blood. See: Deathblow description. And it's a Rambo reference.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=35648144
Necrophagist. If your into crazy death metal, and you like guitars that do squiddlys and widdlys, THIS BAND IS FOR YOU.

Oh, and HORSE the band.
http://friends.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewfriends&friendID=6127263&MyToken=e0616458-5aab-4c53-a2ea-d6b7ec69f87d
http://friends.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewfriends&friendID=6127263&MyToken=e0616458-5aab-4c53-a2ea-d6b7ec69f87d
http://friends.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewfriends&friendID=6127263&MyToken=e0616458-5aab-4c53-a2ea-d6b7ec69f87d

<3

I know every last member of deathblow..... personally....from my friends hardcore band

[ekajsk8er]

I know every last member of deathblow..... personally....from my friends hardcore band

Hug them for me please.

[Stringer4Lax]

Hug them for me please.

lol..... that may not go well on my part. I got stuck in the pit at their last concert in NC.... my ankle is still messed up. Whole band saw me in it, they said they never saw someone attempt to crowd surf out of the pit as fast as i did.....ended up on stage tho.

[SyracuseLax517]

Well, for anyone that was confused about what i meant by not really popular i mean underrated and also not really one of those bands like Metallica or Van Halen that get all the publicity. So both of those things, even though they do have a large fanbase.

[calgoalie9]

Rancid, Sublime, Social Distortion, Operation Ivy, Hepcat, The Specials, Real Big Fish, Flogging Molly.

see almost all of those bands aren't huge(with the exception of Sublime and Flogging Molly) but inside the "punk" scene EVERY knows these bands.


but to add to the list... Tiger Army, The Nekromantix, Mark Collie, Jake Owen, Ryan Shupe and the Rubber Band, The Transplants(everyone only knows dimonds and guns which is a shame), Trent Tomlinson.

the list goes on and on

[SHSlax4]

streetlight manifesto, sorta streamlined but still underated is Dropkick Murphy's

[Stringer4Lax]

streetlight manifesto, sorta streamlined but still underated is Dropkick Murphy's

Ive been addicted to Dropkick since i saw the Departed.....

[marflax33]

Dragonforce. So good.

[Stringer4Lax]

Dragonforce. So good.

wow i forgot about these bands.... i love dragonforce.... i dont think their guitarist or guitarists are human tho. AMAZING SKILLS

[valax16]

ahh ekajsk8er municipal waste is a sweet band.

[MainLax28]

Dragon force

The Foxboro Hot Tubs- free album- picture green day vocals with beatles style music

Saul Williams- aka Niggy Tardust- free album- decent hip hop/rap, some good songs.

3OH3- Two white doctors from Boulder, CO, amazing beats, and lyrics. More of a rap genre.

Blacktop Manhatten- not around anymore, but their few songs are real good.

The Darnkess- Amazing classic rock band. High pitched vocals, huge in europe.

God Forbid- don't know much about fanbase, good music, a little heavier than Avenged 7X

Iggy Pop- Huge punk rocker from a past era. A revolutionary, but too few know about him, or at least around here.

Maylene & the sons of disaster: Great southern rock, with a heavy metal aspect. Singer from underoath

Nine Lives: This band is amazing, but near impossible to find. Their site is broken, and finding music from them other than compilations is impossible.

Ozomatli.- Multi cultured hip hop/ pop rock, decent stuff, some rapping, notbad overall

Saosin: Gained a ton of publicity in past year or two, really good alternative/ emo band.

Shabutie: for all those coheed fans, this is a side project. Some good songs, mostly softer than Coheed.

Steriogram: Walkie Talkie man was their only hit. Decent pop/punk band, some catchy stuff.

Story of the Year: Once again, don't know too much about fanbase, but they are real good.

Anyone want links or song reccomendations, let me know.

[ekajsk8er]

lol..... that may not go well on my part. I got stuck in the pit at their last concert in NC.... my ankle is still messed up. Whole band saw me in it, they said they never saw someone attempt to crowd surf out of the pit as fast as i did.....ended up on stage tho.

Niiice. I think they're planning on coming up to NY soon, hopefully I can catch them. I doubt it'll be the same as playing in NC though...

ahh ekajsk8er municipal waste is a sweet band.

Yeah they are. It's like GWARs live show, with good music.

[jmk2910]

my personal fave band, The Receiving End of Sirens. Their lyrics are beyond amazing. Their sound is kinda experimental, but it doesnt stray to far away from alt/emo. I love the fact that each of their songs tells its own story, but it still ties in to the album(which flows flawlessly).
Also, another good band is Faktion. Their guitarist pulls off some crazy solos and overall their music is the type that you could listen to all day nonstop.

[Lurker]

Dragonforce unknown? Serious?

Anyway, I've got a WHOLE bunch.

Animal Collective.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxvGHQHiY70
They're sort of an... experimental group. It's tough for me to define their sound. It sure is infectious, though.

The Blood Brothers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwZ0OuUrDes
Experimental punk? Maybe hardcore? Dunno. Very few people will like this music, but I think it's great.

Death From Above 1979.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzNrYRqH35Q
Punk(?) over bass and synths. Plus, they're Canadian. What a shame they broke up. They (under the moniker of MSTRKRFT) also make some great remixes.

The Fall of Troy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgqjYEP-RH4
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1359658201335589483&q=the+end+of+the+flying+v&total=2278&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=2
Just about the only hardcore I like. Pay attention to Erak's (vocalist and guitarist) playing when they zoom in on the frets in the first video. Mind-blowing. He's also got a pretty nice voice if you listen to some of his studio tracks.

Justice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfHc7JO2fKc
French electronica/house duo. I challenge you not to dance. Genesis is (in my opinion) not their best track but it's all I could find on YouTube besides D.A.N.C.E., so there.

Porcupine Tree.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfmOtTMa-8M
British prog-rock-ish band brought to you by Steve Wilson. I like to think of them as a sort-of "Opeth Lite." Beautiful video, by the way.

Ratatat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6GbC2F5RfU
Electronica duo. Think lots of guitars, with a side of synths. They sound different live than in the studio, but great either way. Some people like to call them "electronic hip-hop." I'm not one of them.

Saul Williams.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzY2-GRDiPM (some language and an awesome beard, just a warning)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1llNYAlYrc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRsgavuG4sg&feature=related
Hip-hop-industrial-dance-ish, and spoken word poetry. One of the greatests lyricists I've ever encountered, his spoken word is life-changing, and he has an incredibly dynamic voice. Also, he recently teamed with Trent Reznor on his latest album, which is a huge bonus.

The World/Inferno Friendship Society.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbAautBiKGA (again, a little language, apologies)
Cabaret? Punk? Throwback to the '30s? Weird? A mouthful? All of the above. Definitely not for everyone. I wise I were as cool as Jack Terricloth.

65daysofstatic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WneDU-K3Sww
Instrumental post-rock. Think Explosions in the Sky, but more drums. Killer beats.

Phew.

DANGIT. Someone mentioned Saul Williams before me. Oh well. By the way, he's also my avatar and signature images.

[valax16]

Yeah they are. It's like GWARs live show, with good music.

I went and saw GWAR when they came to richmond, even if their music isn't that amazing it was still an amazing show. tThey played with battlemaster and skeletonwitch who are also awesome bands, have you heard of them?

[unionvillelax10]

RATM used to be big in the 90's but not so much anymore..

[chucktownattack]

Rancid, Sublime, Social Distortion, Operation Ivy, Hepcat, The Specials, Real Big Fish, Flogging Molly.

Most of those bands aren't unpopular... at all.

[Bretmac]

lurker man i love blood brothers good nad man check them out

[UVAlaxer432]

The Almost

Brand New

The Fall of Troy

From First to Last

Pretty much any punk/emo/alternative/etc. band is unknown at my school because everyone likes rap/r&b

[chucktownattack]

lurker man i love blood brothers good nad man check them out

Are they the band that screams in girl voices? Not really my style, but to each his own.

[speedyMcFunland]

G-Love and Special sauce, A Band of Bees, Buckethead, the Mars Volta, Oysterhead, Ween, They Might be Giants, Tricky, Spoon, Jethro Tull, Elvis Costello. These are just from my personal experience here in Ohio

[Lurker]

Are they the band that screams in girl voices? Not really my style, but to each his own.

Sort of. Johnny is extremely shrill and harsh, and Jordan provides a deeper, lower, more normal parallel. It's a nice dynamic between the two. Like I said, not for everyone.

G-Love and Special sauce, A Band of Bees, Buckethead, the Mars Volta, Oysterhead, Ween, They Might be Giants, Tricky, Spoon, Jethro Tull, Elvis Costello. These are just from my personal experience here in Ohio

All those bands are very well known, in my experiences.

[ByrdDpole]

Oh...most of you guys wouldn't like this music but

The Benjy Davis Project
Sufjan Stevens
Gary Jules (Mad world cover featured in Gears of War commercial)
Iron&Wine
Josh Ritter
Neutral Milk Hotel (actually pretty popular)
Nick Drake
The Flaming Lips
Wilco

Both The Flaming Lips and Wilco are featured on a number of commercials, specifically Wilco in all the new VW commercial and The Flaming lips in Dell Inspiron laptop commercials.

[ekajsk8er]

Porcupine Tree.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfmOtTMa-8M
British prog-rock-ish band brought to you by Steve Wilson. I like to think of them as a sort-of "Opeth Lite." Beautiful video, by the way.


Porcupine Tree is awesome. Forgot about them.

RATM used to be big in the 90's but not so much anymore..

Mostly because they broke up until recently...

I went and saw GWAR when they came to richmond, even if their music isn't that amazing it was still an amazing show. tThey played with battlemaster and skeletonwitch who are also awesome bands, have you heard of them?

Skeletonwitch is pretty sweet, I've never given Battlemaster a fare listen though.

[HawkletLax]

Flipper, Agent Orange, The Vandels, Rudimentry Peni, Crass, Lawrence Arms, Slapstick, Mu330, Voo doo Glow Skulls, The Germs, and Hot Water Music

[marflax33]

Dragonforce unknown? Serious?.

I just heard of them a few weeks ago haha. Guess its an area thing.

[laxmonster54]

streetlight manifesto, sorta streamlined but still underated is Dropkick Murphy's

Dang I can't believe I forgot to add them to my list.
lol good catch..

[rockstar13]

Dragon force

The Foxboro Hot Tubs- free album- picture green day vocals with beatles style music

Saul Williams- aka Niggy Tardust- free album- decent hip hop/rap, some good songs.

3OH3- Two white doctors from Boulder, CO, amazing beats, and lyrics. More of a rap genre.

Blacktop Manhatten- not around anymore, but their few songs are real good.

The Darnkess- Amazing classic rock band. High pitched vocals, huge in europe.

God Forbid- don't know much about fanbase, good music, a little heavier than Avenged 7X

Iggy Pop- Huge punk rocker from a past era. A revolutionary, but too few know about him, or at least around here.

Maylene & the sons of disaster: Great southern rock, with a heavy metal aspect. Singer from underoath

Nine Lives: This band is amazing, but near impossible to find. Their site is broken, and finding music from them other than compilations is impossible.

Ozomatli.- Multi cultured hip hop/ pop rock, decent stuff, some rapping, notbad overall

Saosin: Gained a ton of publicity in past year or two, really good alternative/ emo band.

Shabutie: for all those coheed fans, this is a side project. Some good songs, mostly softer than Coheed.

Steriogram: Walkie Talkie man was their only hit. Decent pop/punk band, some catchy stuff.

Story of the Year: Once again, don't know too much about fanbase, but they are real good.

Anyone want links or song reccomendations, let me know.









are you kinding me iggy pop aint unknown my dad knows who he is hes bin around forever and i think he might have went platunuim

[cali feeder]

Yeah, a lot of you guys are naming bands who were huge at one point.

Sublime? Rancid? Come on.

Whoever said Ozomatli, you rock.

[laxer6]

A really good unsigned band is Goodnight Baravado and Robot Love Story has a few good songs. Madison is an underrated band but they have broken up, Sam with At the Drive In. I think you have to look at Interpol,The Editors,Sparta and Brazil.

[laxer6]

Goodnight Bravado*

[ChiefsLacrosse1]

im surprised of all the punk bands, no one has mentioned catch 22 (even though theyre a different band now). Theyre pretty big in the punk scene, but unheard of outside.

and im not sure about in the states, but up here in canada there's a band called bedouin soundclash. there like a new-wave type of reggae/ska. theyre good to chill out to.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=v50RkLJ34oM

[ccharp]

Bag Of Toys

Authority Zero

Chronic Future

The Flatliners

Pinback

State Radio

[Prof. Mushroom]

Dragonforce. So good.

Dragonforce is insane. Definitely a great band. I don't know about there popularity among others, but I have a friend who is obsessed with them.

[MainLax28]

are you kinding me iggy pop aint unknown my dad knows who he is hes bin around forever and i think he might have went platunuim

Thats actually exactly what I meant. He was huge in our parents generation, but ask any kid now, and I gaurentee you will get 75% who say they never heard of him.

[Attackalltheway]

story of the year is pretty good.

[kleinlax-75]

BLOC PARTY
arctic monkeys
moving units
von bondies
interpol (as laxer6 mentioned)
bloodhound gang
suede
flipsyde
nine black alps
the hives
elefant
PLACEBO
the strokes

just a few great ones

[Prof. Mushroom]

Maylene & the sons of disaster: Great southern rock, with a heavy metal aspect. Singer from underoath

Really good band. I have there self-titled album and I like it alot. Dallas left Underoath in 2003.
The Almost

Amazing band. I have Southern Weather. Aaron Gillespie also plays drums for Underoath.

[pole15]

Animal Collective.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxvGHQHiY70
They're sort of an... experimental group. It's tough for me to define their sound. It sure is infectious, though.

Yeah they're so good. You should check out Black Dice, Jane, Panda Bear, Jackie-O Mother[no profanity, even if it is their name], Múm, Terrestrial Tones, Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Beach House, Swan Lake, Boards of Canada, Four Tet, Ariel Pink, and Mogwai.

And I'm pretty sure there have been threads on this already.

[hvlacrosse311]

Dance Gavin Dance- Listen to "And I Told Them I Invented Times New Roman"
http://www.purevolume.com/dancegavindance

As Cities Burn- Listen to "This is it, this is it"
http://www.purevolume.com/ascitiesburn

The Audition- Listen to "Approach The Bench" a very catchy band
http://www.purevolume.com/theaudition

Between The Trees- "Words" is a great song
http://www.purevolume.com/betweenthetrees

A Change of Pace- "Shoot From The Hip" is a great song, one of my favorite cd's
http://www.purevolume.com/achangeofpace

Circa Survive-Weird vocals but great lyrics
http://www.purevolume.com/circasurvive

A Day to Remember- "Plot To Bomb The Panhandle"
http://www.purevolume.com/adaytoremember

The Early November- Probaly the greatest unknown band ever. Ace Enders is a freaking genius when it comes to music. I strongly suggest picking up their newer CD "The Mother, The Mechanic and The Path" its a triple disc CD with amazing music on it. Too bad they just broke up this past summer though. Make sure to listen to "The Car in 20"
http://www.purevolume.com/theearlynovember

Halifax- Listen to "Underfire" or "Anthem for Tonight"
http://www.purevolume.com/halifax

Oh Juliet!- Ive never met anybody whos ever heard of these guys, but i think they're pretty good. "All the Churches In New Orleans" is a good song.
http://www.purevolume.com/ohjuliet

So They Say- One of my favorite bands, but the new CD isnt that great. "Wake Me Up" is good though.
http://www.purevolume.com/sotheysay

311- I saved the best band of all time for last. Theyre pretty big but they dont get the respect they deserve. They play all types of music and have done just about everything. Very good party music or if your just hanging with your friends. If you like them, pick up the CD Transistor, its amazing.
http://www.purevolume.com/311

[FredtheCat]

Oh, and HORSE the band.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=261354166
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=261354166
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=261354166
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=261354166
<3

They're the most ridiculous and entertaining band I've ever seen live.

[mikeman5]

The Arctic Monkeys
The Hives
The Jurassic 5
All Time Low
The Audition
Brand New

[DoorStep]

overcast(great metal band that broke up in 98)

[Goody33]

Dropkick Murphys :worship: They make some great music

[david8072]

look up the day we fall on myspace they're pretty goood

[Matz24]

arctic monkeys and the hives. i unno there kind of known but not very much

[cali feeder]

Ratatat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6GbC2F5RfU
Electronica duo. Think lots of guitars, with a side of synths. They sound different live than in the studio, but great either way. Some people like to call them "electronic hip-hop." I'm not one of them.
Ratatat is AWESOME kickback music. Great to chill to.

[NALC24]

Primus, amazing band, base and music
http://www.primusville.com/home/home.html

hoo rah.....
i love primus ]they are so good very talanted and clever people

[RIT37FO]

Minus The Bear

[socal laxdawg16]

just surrender, forever the sickest kids, rocket to the moon, say anything, all time low

[HawkletLax]

look up Ad Astra Per Aspera if you are into cool unique indie/experimental punk hahaha i dunno how to explain it
here some links:http://www.adastraperaspera.com/mp3/goodland.mp3
http://www.adastraperaspera.com/mp3/palmtree.mp3
http://www.adastraperaspera.com/mp3/Post-Scarcity.mp3
http://www.myspace.com/adastraperaspera

[HeadHeartHustle]

I just heard of them a few weeks ago haha. Guess its an area thing.

I think its a gamer thing. if you play RTS or sumthin, your destined to hear dragonforce.

Andrew WK is sick, ive been mentioning him everywhere.....

Ill comment again when i get home and have my whole music library to add to this

[shiftylax]

Our Lady Peace. Spiritual Machines is a sick, sick, sick album that no one bought. I like the New Pornographers as well. Canadian bands are generally superior to much of the emo/clone/butt-rock that america produces.

[lhslaxer22]

If you're into metal/metalcore:

Threat Signal
War Of Ages
Backmask
Divinity

[laxer6]

circa survive,minus the bear,pepper

[LaxiconDevil]

People have named some of the BALLINIST bands that I thought no one heard of. Streetlight Manifesto is AWESOME, OP Ivy is just classic, Authority Zero is pretty good, Pepper is chill, and Andrew WK is the MAN. He walked me to car after Warped Tour when I was like...ten. He was signing autographs and security told him to leave so he met everyone at a 711. Me and my friends were too young to meet him there, so he just walked us to the car.

But if you guys like pepper, authority zero, sublime, etc. check out the Low Life. They don't exist anymore and they're hard to find, but really chill.

[lax21goalie2008]

Q Not U, Minus the Bear, Emanuel, Emery, and Circa Survive.

[Jesse]

Airbourne?
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=33640897

I guess they are like AC/DC....

[HawkletLax]

operation ivy and bad religion are the greatest punk bands ever.
gorilla biscuits are good, look into them. NYC hardcore founders.
if you want hip hop, just listen to all the wu tang clan members' solo albums.
Gza, rza aka bobby digital have came out with great solo albums but are jus known for wu tang.

[kleinlax-75]

you guys should also check out digitalism

[cali feeder]

If you're a DragonForce fan, check out the band Rhapsody.

[azlax19]

chronic future, atmosphere, brother ali, passafire, THE EXPENDABLES, The beautiful girls, The ziggens, canibus, dialated peoples. Chronic future is definitly the most unknown really good band i know.

[CPLAX08]

i really like Angels and Airwaves, which has the lead singer from blink 182 after they split up. they have an awesome sound.

also, something corporate, their music is simply amazing. i have no idea what i would do without it.

[WAC_Shoremen]

Kalmah is great if you're into metal. If you like Children of Bodom, they're pretty similar. They're not clones though. Once you listen to them, you'll know if you're listening to them. There's some great solos and good songwriting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh8RdPQKGdA
Here's one of their songs. Disregard the Advent Children in the video if you want. It's the best quality of the song I could find.

[lhslaxer22]

Kalmah is great if you're into metal. If you like Children of Bodom, they're pretty similar. They're not clones though. Once you listen to them, you'll know if you're listening to them. There's some great solos and good songwriting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh8RdPQKGdA
Here's one of their songs. Disregard the Advent Children in the video if you want. It's the best quality of the song I could find.

Nice pick, Kalmah is a great band. Also check out Norther and Wintersun, they're in that genre as well.

[gnrrocks110]

the greatest unrecognized rap group ever is immortal technique. everyone here should listen to at least two songs by him, "No Me Importa" and "Freedom of Speech".

[In the corners]

None of my friends know about them. I think that they're British or something. I LOVE Modest Mouse.

[WAC_Shoremen]

None of my friends know about them. I think that they're British or something. I LOVE Modest Mouse.They were actually pretty popular a few years ago.

[cali feeder]

They were actually pretty popular a few years ago.Yes, but they seemed to have "floated on"...oh dear, I crack myself up.

They were good though.

[auburnfan2015]

Bedlight for Blue Eyes.

[HawkletLax]

If you're a DragonForce fan, check out the band Rhapsody.

hahaha that band is hilarious in a very metal way.

[kleinlax-75]

Yes, but they seemed to have "floated on"...oh dear, I crack myself up.

They were good though.
actually they just came out with a new album and its really good

[pole15]

actually they just came out with a new album and its really good

Their old stuff is great. New stuff, meh.

Here are some of there best albums:

This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About
The Fruit That Ate Itself
Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks
Building Nothing Out of Something
Sad Sappy Sucker
The Lonesome Crowded West

[UVAlaxer432]

The rasmus

Aiden

[valax16]

The Blackout Project, look them up on myspace if you've never heard of them.

[ohlax51]

I havent posted in forever, Anyway here are mine in no specific order.
Circa Survive
Moneen
From autumn to ashes
Portugal. The man
The bled
Dead poetic
Emery
Bayside
Silverstein

[calgoalie9]

whoever said crass, one of the requirements was to be a good band...

[portlandlax13]

whoever said crass, one of the requirements was to be a good band...

why would you do that??
people have different music tastes and you were asked to post what you personaly like so whoever posted it probably likes crass. i personaly dont like most of the bands posted on here (I do love the ska and punk that was posted on here but..) i dont go around saying that what people posted sucks becuase its what they like not me.

Dont post stuff like that its stupid

[HawkletLax]

why would you do that??
people have different music tastes and you were asked to post what you personaly like so whoever posted it probably likes crass. i personaly dont like most of the bands posted on here (I do love the ska and punk that was posted on here but..) i dont go around saying that what people posted sucks becuase its what they like not me.

Dont post stuff like that its stupid

my boy portland backing me up. i agree. everyone likes different things and i am fine with that. do they owe us a living? course they do, course they do!

[Lax'N'Roll]

Rehab- Amazing

[lax player109]

World/Inferno Friendship Society is amazing
Big D and the Kids Table is known well but they deserve more recognition
Operation Ivy
Twin Method
State Radio
Bad Religion

[Lurker]

World/Inferno Friendship Society is amazing


Yay!

Do you have their latest CD, Addicted to Bad Ideas?

[roycegracie47]

Will Haven

Hardcore band form Sacramento that's been around for a while (though they were on hiatus from 2001 until 07) and one of my favorite bands of all time. They're latest album The Hierophant was one of my favs of the year despite having a new lead singer who actually didn't change the sound too much. Oddly enough they've gotten a leg up from other popular bands who've supported them throughout the years namely the deftones (Chino produced their latest as well as appeared in a video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUNJJlIp4So) from their 3rd album getting car jacked). Other bands like Slipknot, Soulfly (previous singer Grady guested on their second album Primitive on the track Pain with Chino) and Crowbar.

I highly recommend them, I'm also pretty certain I'm the only person on the East Coast who is relatively aware of them.

Edit - live video supporting new album, my favorite track so far Caviar With Maths (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCWtghLE5iw)

[Goalie18]

Porcupine Tree is awesome. Forgot about them.



Mostly because they broke up until recently...





NOOOO
porcupine tree was amazing!

rocky votolato
finch
reggie and the full effect
the upper crust

[Titanoh]

Anyone know any good reggae bands?

[portlandlax13]

Anyone know any good reggae bands?

bad brains has got some good reggae stuff

also a lot of stuff on hellcat records is or has done some reggae

www.hell-cat.com

[Pitibear]

original question:

Electric Flag, a Long Time Comin', '67

Bloomfield, Miles, Brooks, etc...six gods of all-time in musicianship...one album only, great.

[1wonderattack]

Anyone know any good reggae bands?

i don't know if you saw the thread on rebelution a while back, but that is some beautiful stuff.

reggae is kinda hard to classify cause there's so much diversity. what are some artists you like?

in response to the original question, i'd say rebelution and streetlight manifesto

[QBYattackmen15]

Tech N9ne. Thats all i ahve to say haha. Rap though. For hardcore stuff, uhh, O' Captain My Captain. Theirs Ghosts in my cereal,

[Lax'N'Roll]

Tech N9ne. Thats all i ahve to say haha. Rap though. For hardcore stuff, uhh, O' Captain My Captain. Theirs Ghosts in my cereal,

omg, i love Tech N9ne, I went to his concert, best convert ive ever been to; I highly recomend it

[HawkletLax]

tech n9ne lived on my street. reppin 57th street, kcmo haha

[Laxking31]

The Almost

Brand New
The Fall of Troy

From First to Last

Pretty much any punk/emo/alternative/etc. band is unknown at my school because everyone likes rap/r&b

Everyone knows Brand new....At least at my school they do

[QBYattackmen15]

omg, i love Tech N9ne, I went to his concert, best convert ive ever been to; I highly recomend it

tech n9ne lived on my street. reppin 57th street, kcmo haha

whats your guys favorite songs that way if poeple see this they know what to look for haha. i reccomend the songs Einstein, This Ring, And my personal favorite, Caribou Lou.

[MadCowDisease]

ska: streetlight manifesto, 69 fingers, reel big fish (people in ska scene know them, but most people don't).

rap/hip hop: immortal technique, the roots, tech n9ne.


TOOL.
best band EVER.
listen to them.

[Lurker]

ska: streetlight manifesto, 69 fingers, reel big fish (people in ska scene know them, but most people don't).

rap/hip hop: immortal technique, the roots, tech n9ne.


TOOL.
best band EVER.
listen to them.

Tool is one of the greatest (if not the greatest) bands to ever walk the earth, but you just can't say they're unknown.

[MadCowDisease]

Tool is one of the greatest (if not the greatest) bands to ever walk the earth, but you just can't say they're unknown.
true; but they're not exactly poplular...

[SilverZeppelin]

I'm not really sure why, but I juts like to post threads about music. So today I decided to see if anybody knows any bands that arn't really that famous but they think are really good. I personally think that the band Dream Theater is one of the most underated bands out their. Obviously they are somewhat famous, but they are a really talented band and they've been around for like 20 years. My favorite songs by them are Constant Motion and Panic Atack (watch the panic attack vid on youtube, the opening bass riff is amazing). The best part about this band is that everybody in the band grew up on Long Island (Where i live...).

agreed, dream theater. also: guns n roses, pantera, foghat, the scorpions, janes
addiction, and motley crue

[Lurker]

true; but they're not exactly poplular...

Actually, they are exactly popular. Just because a band isn't getting played alongside Soulja Boy on MTV doesn't mean they're not popular.

[Titanoh]

Bro, don't even name Soulja Boy, his music sucks, I wouldn't even consider it music. "Soulja Girl" who writes this [no profanity] for him?
His voice is horriable, I know you don't technacily sing in rap, but it sucks. It sounds like it was made in a basement, there are so many better underground artist, actually making there stuff in a basement, and it sounds 10 times better.

I do like Treal though, look them up on youtube
reppin' Orange County

[Stringer4Lax]

Rehab- Amazing

.... my mom listens to them... only because she went to highschool with one ...or all of them in NC

[Stringer4Lax]

How bout some old school hardcore... Gardenian, only the best band to walk on earth. Just buy the whole Sindustries album you wont be dissappointed.

[cord13]

G-Love and Special sauce, A Band of Bees, Buckethead, the Mars Volta, Oysterhead, Ween, They Might be Giants, Tricky, Spoon, Jethro Tull, Elvis Costello. These are just from my personal experience here in Ohio jethro tull? really? cmon, your joking? i dont even listen to him and i can name 2-3 songs right off hand.

[cchslaxman]

i'd have to say Finch, Silvertide, Institute, and Thrice. i dont know how popular or unpopular these bands are but they are bands that deserve a lot more radio play- incubus, o.a.r., jet (besides are u gonna be my girl and shine on nothing gets played) and crossfade
my cousin is actually married to the drummer of silvertide (kevin frank). im not entirely sure if they r still together though.

Edit: and add Novice in there, they r a great band

[Rizzle]

Senses Fail. I'm normally not into their kind of music, but some songs have an awesome beat/flow to them. Lyrics are good, too.

And get this, the lead singer played defense on the Ridgewood High (NJ) lacrosse team.

[LAXBEAST80]

The Expendables-http://youtube.com/watch?v=C_MSVALPhro
Pepper-http://youtube.com/watch?v=HOP5wjho5QY
Slightly Stoopid-http://youtube.com/watch?v=hoNehGNeXX4
All great bands that are popular in my area.

[Chas]

Kelly Clarkson aint bad.

[Live4It]

i'd have to say Finch, Silvertide, Institute, and Thrice. i dont know how popular or unpopular these bands are but they are bands that deserve a lot more radio play- incubus, o.a.r., jet (besides are u gonna be my girl and shine on nothing gets played) and crossfade
my cousin is actually married to the drummer of silvertide (kevin frank). im not entirely sure if they r still together though.

Edit: and add Novice in there, they r a great band

Deserve more radio play; yes, do i want them to have more; no. I like them to not have much radio player, then the fans are true fans, not just "i heard their song on the radio and auto-love them", and I don't know why, but I like some of the bands I listen to to not be overly popular.

[cchslaxman]

i really like Angels and Airwaves, which has the lead singer from blink 182 after they split up. they have an awesome sound.

also, something corporate, their music is simply amazing. i have no idea what i would do without it.

i completely agree, i can listen to We Don't Need to Whisper forever, i got the I-Empire CD the day after it was released, AMAZING from start to finish.

[Talent223]

Dance Gavin Dance My friend just introduced me to them this week. They are amazing, check them out.

[lax player109]

Yay!

Do you have their latest CD, Addicted to Bad Ideas?

Yea i got it about a month ago. It is really good. I saw them live back in November with Against Me! that was a great show.

[gripitandripit]

The Hold Steady

[Dlaxer6]

self against city is definatlly my favorite band. minus the bear rocks too

[lhslaxer22]

Mirror For The Sky, it's a one man band but this guy is really talented:

http://www.myspace.com/mirrorforthesky

[laxattack11]

The Sunstreak
Mae (a little popular)
American Diary
Hawk Nelson
Hedley

[jrmelax16]

Silversun Pickups, The Spill Canvas, Straylight Run, Vaeda, Singlefile, A Change of Pace, Rise Against. All bands that are pretty much unknown around me, but they are probably bigger other places.

[HawkletLax]

BUMP
Has anyone heard of the rap group dalek? it has the two dots over the "a" like in german or something. they are amazing, i am trying to see if anyone on here likes them. they should be huge, their beats are crazy, but they flow.

[raykessler]

don't know if its been said, but explosions in the sky is amazing. For those of you that don't know they play the intro to Friday night lights (movie and show, its the song thats just a guitar riffing).

[HawkletLax]

Refused is a sweet band, also in friday night lights (movie)

[laxstarmp]

yea man HORSE the Bad are wierd, but sick.

yes yes,jrmelax16, great music taste. "all hail the heartbreaker" by the spill canvas' gotta be one of my favorites ever.

Circa Survive, Portugal. the Man, Emery, wow i didnt know so many ppl on TLF knew so many sick bands.

[bch89]

A Change of Pace- "Shoot From The Hip" is a great song, one of my favorite cd's
http://www.purevolume.com/achangeofpace

You are one of the few people I know that listens to A Change of Pace besides me and my 2 friends. Weekend Warriors is sick.

[bch89]

American Diary


My cousin is friends with the sister of one of the guys in AD

[Jakelax]

year long disaster and asg.
both on the volcom surf tour.

[tylaxin]

my favorite band, rammstein, isn't really popular here, but in Germany they worship them

[sjesuitlax]

Angels & Airwaves, the spill canvas, the cab, rocket summer

[baboonlax09]

Guster
acceptance
the weakerthans
explosions in the sky

[greenshoelaces]

Built To Spill
Cursive
Explosions In The Sky
Modest Mouse
The Mountain Goats
Pinback
The Shins
The Unicorns (good Canadian experimental band)
The Velvet Underground

[vonlewis 22]

almost all hardcore bands are underrated for their amazing skills. I personally like Unearth and War of Ages and a little killswitch (i know not all of these are hardcore.)

Dude yessssssss and four year strong is a great unknown band

[abomb]

Built To Spill
Cursive
Explosions In The Sky
Modest Mouse
The Mountain Goats
Pinback
The Shins
The Unicorns (good Canadian experimental band)
The Velvet Underground

Best list here so far.


Tv on the Radio

Arcade Fire

Crystal Castles

Elf Power

the National

the Shout Out Louds

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!

Devotchka

!!!

Forward Russia!

Beirut

Thao with Get Down Stay Down

Rogue Wave

Cold War Kids

Dragons of Zynth

Simian Mobile Disco

Hot Chip

Band of Horses

Grand Archives

the Knife

Talking Heads



ill stop

[abomb]

Anyone know any good reggae bands?

the Congos

[greenshoelaces]

Best list here so far.


Tv on the Radio

Arcade Fire

Crystal Castles

Elf Power

the National

the Shout Out Louds

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!

Devotchka

!!!

Forward Russia!

Beirut

Thao with Get Down Stay Down

Rogue Wave

Cold War Kids

Dragons of Zynth

Simian Mobile Disco

Hot Chip

Band of Horses

Grand Archives

the Knife

Talking Heads



ill stop

Good tastes A-Bomb. Touche.

[elementlaxer]

Four year strong

[Stringer4Lax]

Demon Hunter, sound a lot like Avenged Sevenfold. Have soft and hard songs.

[optimus_prime]

so far it seems like abomb and greenshoelaces definitely have the best taste in this thread.
here are a few of my own favorites.

the national
the unicorns
beirut
islands (made up of most of the unicorns)
bright eyes
duke special

[laxer6]

Asg is insane live. A few good instrumental bands, Godspeed! you black emperor, Russian circles and the band that can make anything seem epic is Explosions in the sky.

[Kegger]

Fuzz-Huzzi ROCKS check them out at http://www.fuzz-huzzi.com/home.html Also try Blowfly at http://blowflymusic.com/.

[unionvillelax10]

Suffer the Living
Diatribe
Soilent Green
Hypocrisy

[UVALax2369]

State Radio
Beirut
Among Criminals
Cracker
Live
ZOX (check them out)

[kasper.nilsson]

my favorite band is disobey. theyre on youtube, but much better in person. i am bfs with the kid with the les paul.theyre really good live, and play in bars all the time even tho they are like incoming freshmen.

edit i swear this kid is a beast. i was @ that party. the first 20 secs they had feedback problems, so just fastforward. i know the kid with the red les paul.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad3nJInIo8o

[fcoffman]

dude the blood brothers are amazing

[RIT37FO]

copy
the new deal

[cchslaxman]

bob schneider

if you like really good laid back music, check him out. you will be suprised

[laxer6]

If you like good rap try Felt.

[abomb]

dude the blood brothers are amazing

the band "Jaguar Love" has the lead singer of the Blood Brothers. They rock pretty hard as well. You should check them out. Even people who might not have liked the Blood Brothers could probably like Jaguar Love, they're a bit more subdued and controlled but still have that touch of violence and recklessness that johny whitney brings to the plate with his singing. Also has a Votolato brother, Cody (who was also in the Blood Brothers). His brother Rocky Votolato is pretty well known as being a singer songwriter.

[illbreakyoukid]

How about Colbie Caillat? haha juuuust kidding.

Anybody like the older Radiohead? Cold War Kids?
Kinda popular bands, still good though.

[mikeman5]

How about Colbie Caillat? haha juuuust kidding.

Anybody like the older Radiohead? Cold War Kids?
Kinda popular bands, still good though.

Radiohead is one of the best bands in the world, and yet I'd be willing to bet that only a handful of users have heard their music.

My favorites of theirs are OK Computer, The Bends, and In Rainbows. Amnesiac in a close fourth.

[illbreakyoukid]

Or Pablo Honey.


OK Computer is by far, hands down, bar none, the best album I own for any band.


Lifted - Bright Eyes
Californication - RHCP
Moon and Antarctica - Modest Mouse
OK Computer - Radiohead

Best four albums in history.

[Lunchabilly]

Final Fight
Myspace.com/finalfight

Verse-Big in the hardcare/posa-core, but not much outside of that
Myspace.com/verse

Set It Straight- Amazing Straight-Edge band from North CA
Myspace.com/setitstraight

Ruiner- From Baltimore
Myspace.com/ruiner

Killing The Dream- Sac. Hardcore, so brutal!!
Myspace.com/killingthedream

If you look any of these guys up and want to here more from them or other bands like them. PM me and ill send you links to CD's and other bands.

[mikeman5]

Or Pablo Honey.


OK Computer is by far, hands down, bar none, the best album I own for any band.


Lifted - Bright Eyes
Californication - RHCP
Moon and Antarctica - Modest Mouse
OK Computer - Radiohead

Best four albums in history.

I definitely agree with Californication and OK Computer. Didn't like Pablo Honey too much. I'll have to listen to those other cd's though.

[BJHeadlax69]

Dude yessssssss and four year strong is a great unknown band



i could not agree with you more they are amazing