Favorite non-mega group, garage band, etc?

[ohiosmith]

[Mr. Ected]

1. Out of the Twin Cities in the late 70's/early 80's: The Flamin' Oh's

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8RrIgxBZpYo/R13qVxVRwNI/AAAAAAAAAZo/m30VgKiOmRM/s400/Flamin+oh_face.jpg

[old mark]

2. One of my favorite bands - not megastars fer sher- the Sex Pistols...

This is from the 30th anniversary tour, live in London in 2007:

http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=BQkmaLr62fU&feature=related

mark

[Forkboy]

3. Nomeansno

[peekaloo]

4. Swimming Pool Q's

:-)

[driver8]

28. Amen!!! Love this band!

I just read where they are re-mastering "The Swimming Pool Q's" and "Blue Tomorrow" (read it on Facebook). I cannot wait to get these albums!

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[OrwellwasRight]

5. The Munroes and Goldfish out of San Diego and Beulah from SF.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2jRez9_mwE

[Bennyboy]

6. Carolyn Wonderland....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOkVCGMlqL4

Why she is not the biggest star in the world is beyond me. Girl can sing like crazy, shreds on guitar and writes great songs...

[livetohike]

7. Left End - out of Youngstown, Ohio

http://leftendband.com/?page_id=110

Late 60's/early 70's - shook up my little college town, :-).

[applegrove]

8. I loved the Cowboy Junkies "Trinity Session" album when it came out.

[Minimus]

9. The Runaways

[Kat45]

10. Cats In Boots

This was a hard rock band from the late eighties that only had one album, but IMHO it was a great one. The band had two American members and two members who were from Japan. They didn't really speak each other's languages but they spoke the language of music very well together. Not many people in this country were aware of them, but they did pretty well in Japan. This was pretty much my favorite band back then, and I still play their CD.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ODLn_XyzEE

[Doc_Technical]

11. The Seeds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV8KvKYRxig

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

12. BRMC

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

[TommyO]

13. Shorty Long and the Jersey Horns

http://www.shortylongrocks.com/welcome/

Absolutely phenomenal party/cover band

They're at the Beachcomber in Seaside Heights, NJ (no Jersey Shore jokes, please) every Thursday night, and play plenty of other places.

[MiddleFingerMom]

14. Frost...

.
...a fairly regional Michigan band -- their guitarist, Dick Wagner,
went on to play with Lou Reed and others (he and Ian Hunter do what
I think is one of the greatest guitar duet "solos" in the history
of rock on the live intro to "Sweet Jane" on Reed's "Rock and Roll
Animal".
.
My first ever album (followed closely by Led Zeppelin's first
release).
.
Pretty good for an early metal attempt.
.
"Take My Hand"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPgDETen_TA&feature=related
.
.

[DBoon]

15. Suburban Lawns (nt)

[Gold Metal Flake]

20. I'm a janitor (oh! My genitals)

Banning, Blythe and Indio
Desert Center, too, you know

Concentrate don't make a sound
We'll psycokinetically pull one down

[Bennyboy]

16. Blue Turtle Seduction.....

Best band ever outta Tahoe. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7edvzza0eMA

"This is a song for the Government"

[ismnotwasm]

17. Right now it's "The Cave Singers"

This is "Dancing on Our Graves"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssN2_B7351U

[BurtWorm]

18. The Fleshtones, The Lyres, The Flamin' Groovies, The Feelies, Yo La Tengo

[HEyHEY]

47. Hey, teh feelies, cool!

[AsahinaKimi]

19. RED BACTERIA VACUUM

I got to chat with the Drummer(left), she was awesome!

Rollar Coaster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxBGW0LDCrk

[Gold Metal Flake]

21. Autolux, Wolfmother, The Pretty Things, Ladytron, The Von Bondies, Zero 7, Broadcast

McLusky, Air, Fu Manchu, Slant 6, Swervedriver, The Soviettes

[lazarus]

22. Halloween Town

Basically, one guy in Las Vegas/San Diego. He's good friends with the Killers, and inspires a lot of their music. He's got a couple of songs on iTunes, check 'em out.

[backwoodsbob]

23. Edger Winter NT

[redwitch]

24. Seatrain

Anybody remember them? Fabulous! Orange Blossom Special live was such a treat, even if it made Richard Greene's nose bleed! Fiddle player extraordinaire!

[Kat45]

30. I remember Seatrain.

My friend had their album and I know we listened to it but I don't remember what they sounded like.

[livetohike]

40. I love Seatrain - saw them in the gym at my state college

back in the winter of 1971. They were awesome :-). My favorite was "Despair Tire", but here's "13 Questions".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6X9Ns_wZQQ

[redwitch]

41. Saw them at Rider College in NJ about that time.

Also Princeton U. They were so wonderful!

[Blue_In_AK]

25. 13th Floor Elevators.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwSA0Tckwbk

[Parche]

26. where have you been??

:shrug::hi:
mine is alice in chains??

[kentauros]

27. Everything I listen to is a "non-mega group", at least in the USA

;)

But as far as being very far from the "non-mega group/garage-band" label, I would choose negativland :D

[Gold Metal Flake]

31. I was working nights at an NBC radio affiliate in the 1980s.

NBC radio had talk shows at night. Sally Jesse Raphael, Ira Fistell and Ray Breem were among the hosts. I heard that phone call segment live. It was as sickening the first time. Raw, unbridled fear mongering and a mistake non-corrected which Briem then turns into a lie to maginify the fear effect. (The USA has six time zones. GMT-4 through -8) Blew me away when I first heard the Negativland piece Time Zones on KXLU in 1988 or 9.

Good goddamn how I hated working that shift listening to Ray Breem.

Eleven. Eee-leven. I hate that bastard.

[kentauros]

34. Interesting background there :)

Because someone else had told me it was Ted Koppel, but I think they were just going by the sound of his voice. Perhaps the "Glen" that called in had the last name of "Beck" considering the rather conspiratorial nature of his "topics" ;)

[Gold Metal Flake]

36. Yeah, I don't know how the Ted Koppel rumor started because...

... it most certainly does not sound like him. Also, Koppel did not do a radio show in the 80s and was not such a transparent hack. Ray Breim is a George Puttnam-style Bircher fascist. But he's got great pipes.

[kentauros]

37. He certainly has that "broadcast voice".

I've met radio people in person that continued to speak with "that voice". The whole time I was thinking, "Can't you turn that speaking-style off?" ;)

However, I will say, despite knowing the facts now, it still sounds like Koppel to me. I don't know if this is because that's what I've thought for years and years, or if there's just a strong similarity to my ears. Plus, where negativland is concerned, it matters not if a sampled voice is from radio, TV, film or commercials... :)

[Gold Metal Flake]

38. I have a keen ear for voices so Koppel's clipped and inflected voice is very distinct for me.

And not at all like Breim's relaxed mid-west natural baritone. Put them up side-by-side and the difference will be obvious to even the most casual listener. Anyways, having heard the call live while working the control board for an NBC affiliate carrying the show I know the source.

As for "the voice", voice training is a part of broadcasting. There are excercises to losen, relax and deepen the timber of the voice as well as training to lose regionalism. I had quite the east Texas twang before my training. No more. Smoking is also a good way to enhance a deep, resonant voice but the trade-offs were not worth it for me.

[kentauros]

39. Okay, I'll take your word for it on Koppel :)

As for the radio-voice, luckily, the little bit of commercial radio work I've done, I only had to play the corporate playlist and not go on mic (the station was in a transition period from one format to another.) In public radio, we weren't so strict and I love that about the public spectrum. Anti-professionalism, and loving it! :D

[Gold Metal Flake]

42. Aw, man! Check it out!

I went to negativland.com and emailed one of the guys. He replied. I was wrong!

(GMF),
No, it's a guy we know here with a similar voice (also an announcer).
Thanks for remembering...
DJ

My reply back:

Doh!
The similar messages is not surprising, although in this days the hosts didn't get an email from CEI but a newsletter from Richard Viguerie. I recall the first time I heard the "my son was recruited at a construction site" meme. Soon after it was everywhere.

Still don't know who it was.

[kentauros]

43. Wow, that's great that they got back to you :)

I hadn't known you had written them, but I do know they're pretty approachable guys. I've talked to Mark Hosler, one of the founders (in fact, I introduced a former co-worker to the music, and Mark thanked me for making his and her relationship possible.)

It's too bad we are now back where we started with regards to who this was. Did they give the name of the announcer that was speaking to Yuma? :)

[Gold Metal Flake]

48. That was the extent of the email.

Since the name was not given I didn't feel like I should ask. Like maybe they don't want to give it out. So, yeah, we are back to square one, LOL.

Check the page for the U2 CD. There is a little gift there.

http://negativland.com/index.php?opt=mailorder&item=65&type=1

[kentauros]

49. If by "gift" you mean the two mp3s, thanks :)

I have them already, but will listen to them again :D

A friend has the original EP-CD and kept it when the order was given for all copies to be returned for court-ordered destruction. It makes me wonder when corporate labels make such demands how often anyone does as "requested" ;)

This is one of my favorites they did on "fair use" : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTrHwH2gEY8

[Tikki]

29. The Plugz, Rik L Rik and Redd Kross (nee Red Cross)..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOZBGJHw4Tw
"Mindless Contentment"....The Plugz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8wxBgqu0S4
"The Outback"....Rik L Rik...WARNING...video mildy disturbing!!!
First time I've ever seen this video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMPsSaJlkMg
"Pretty Please Me"....Redd Kross

Tikki

[Ikonoklast]

32. Pere Ubu

Legendary.


Give thema listen, you won't regret it.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pere_Ubu

[Steely_Dan]

33. The Surging Monkey Preps

from Isla Vista, CA

in fact...I believe Ugly Kid Joe was from IV as well.

[jobycom]

35. I don't know who is big and who isn't, but The Mars Volta, System of a Down, and the Black Keys

are three that I like that I don't hear on the radio much.

[HEyHEY]

44. Shit, what was love's famous tune?

[ohiosmith]

51. "My little red book" ?

:hi:

[HEyHEY]

45. The Sonics n/t

[kwassa]

46. Los Lobos

incredibly versatile, stylistically, great musicians, etc. Unique body of work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tao8rbrnfbc

[cemaphonic]

50. I always figured that Sky Cries Mary would have been bigger.

They had a huge and devoted following in Seattle back when grunge was king. While they were not grunge at all, they did have a '70s-rock-updated-for-the-'90s sound that would have fit in well with lots of other stuff that was popular at the time. Great stage show too, with trippy lightshows and elaborate costumes too.