Forgotten Indie Bands that shouldn't be

PopTodd · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2005 11:37 am

Scruffy the Cat

And one more note about the Coctails:
Mark Greenberg used to be the talent buyer at Lounge Ax and was one of the very few genuinely nice people I ever encountered in that position. He actually treated bands with respect. Great guy.

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

DunwoodyDude Wrote:

Chills

New record, "Stand By" came out in November '04. A 7 track ep of recent material they've been doing live. It's wonderful. The liner notes say Martin's taking the band in a "new direction" and wanted to record these songs before they embarked. A new full length album is promised soon.

Since "Sunburnt" in the mid-90's, they've released "Secret Box" (which is impossible to find, although I will own one some day) and "Sketchbook".

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

Spoon Thanks Mike Watt Wrote:

Yep. All those vinyl acts that never sold squat, were only around on labels like SST and Thirsty Ear for a short time, broke up and that was the end of it.

The Jazz Butcher had a solid 15 year run. Unfortunately, everything after the first two tracks of Condition Blue were pretty weak. Now, had you said Max Eider, I'd be in total agreement. "Best Kisser" is a lost gem.

Killdozer is eminently forgettable.

Dunwoody Dude · **Joined:** Wed Nov 03, 2004 11:20 am **Posts:** 2869

Billzebub Wrote:

DunwoodyDude Wrote:

Chills

New record, "Stand By" came out in November '04. A 7 track ep of recent material they've been doing live. It's wonderful. The liner notes say Martin's taking the band in a "new direction" and wanted to record these songs before they embarked. A new full length album is promised soon.

Since "Sunburnt" in the mid-90's, they've released "Secret Box" (which is impossible to find, although I will own one some day) and "Sketchbook".

Awesome! Yeah, other than compilations their stuff can be hard to find....which I guess is why I brought them up in the first place.

Steve

scottycash99 · **Joined:** Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:46 am **Posts:** 1149

i say this only because i feel they are drifting toward being forgotten: sebadoh

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

Remeber these?

Afraid Of Mice
The Higsons
Cowboys International
The Screaming Blue Messiahs
Translator
The Scars
Kid Creole & The Coconuts
Close Lobsters
The Three Johns
The Meteors
Department S

no guru · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2005 11:45 am

PopTodd Wrote:

Scruffy the Cat

no guru · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2005 11:48 am

Billzebub Wrote:

Spoon Thanks Mike Watt Wrote:

Yep. All those vinyl acts that never sold squat, were only around on labels like SST and Thirsty Ear for a short time, broke up and that was the end of it.

The Jazz Butcher had a solid 15 year run. Unfortunately, everything after the first two tracks of Condition Blue were pretty weak. Now, had you said Max Eider, I'd be in total agreement. "Best Kisser" is a lost gem.

Killdozer is eminently forgettable.

Yeah, I meant that in response to the "hundreds of others" part.

Jazz Butcher had many great albums and Pat Fish remains one of my favorite funny twerps.

Killdozer were very bad-good. Fun drunk music. Well, not really music, more like incompetent howling.

Lambchop · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2005 11:58 am

Brainiac

Stone red's dark sunshine · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:17 pm **Posts:** 1096

Billzebub Wrote:

Remeber these?

Close Lobsters

This would have been my number one choice.

I'd like to add Exploding White Mice and Dancing Hoods (Mark Linkous' first band).

scottycash99 · **Joined:** Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:46 am **Posts:** 1149

flipper

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

Stone Wrote:

Billzebub Wrote:

Remeber these?

Close Lobsters

This would have been my number one choice.

Dancing Hoods (Mark Linkous' first band).

I used to kick off every show my first semester w/ "Graveyard Shift". I still dig out "12 Jealous Roses" every now and then. "Watching You Sleep" is a great rainy day song.

Saw 'em open for Iggy at the Ritz in '86.

Aces on Exploding White Mice as well.

fancypants · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:19 pm

scottycash99 Wrote:

jawbox....

Jawbox is forgotten?

Speaking of Jawbox, J Robbins has a new band called Channels. I picked up their ep last year after previewing one song online...turns out that song is the only good one on the ep. But man it's good.

Anyway, I think I would throw in Jejune. Araby is doing solo stuff now, that's more country/folk singer/songwriter music. She has an ep out, but it's only available in San Diego record stores or online, where it ends up being $15 after shipping. I'll have to pick it up next time I'm down there.

no guru · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:29 pm

Stone Wrote:

Billzebub Wrote:

Remeber these?

Close Lobsters

This would have been my number one choice.

I'd like to add Exploding White Mice and Dancing Hoods (Mark Linkous' first band).

Hey, yeah. Haven't heard EWM since the early 90's . Should track down some stuff.

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

butterglory

for all the "they sound just like pavement" slack they took, they really sound nothing like pavement. great songs, great rhythm section, great band.

i think i'll throw on their record today.

also debby was really cute.

Black Magic Putin · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:33 pm

jewels santana Wrote:

butterglory

for all the "they sound just like pavement" slack they took, they really sound nothing like pavement. great songs, great rhythm section, great band.

i think i'll throw on their record today.

also debby was really cute.

good call, but i always thought that their singles collection was better than any of their albums. and that guy's solo stuff didn't move me too much. that said, i was way, way into butterglory in high school. and does anyone still have that cibo matto/russel simmons (blues explosion variety) disc Butter 08? i've ben meaning to see if that's held up over the years.

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:37 pm

Lambchop Wrote:

Brainiac

speaking of Braniac, last night I had an inspiration and downloaded a bunch of ENON.....if it passes the weekend listening test, Ill go make some purchases next week!

Prince of Darkness · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:41 am **Posts:** 11048

Sons of Elvis
Cobra Verde
Uptown Sinclair

djdan · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2005 1:50 pm

The criminally underated Feelies.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2005 2:04 pm

Spoon Thanks Mike Watt Wrote:

Stone Wrote:

I'd like to add Exploding White Mice and Dancing Hoods (Mark Linkous' first band).

Hey, yeah. Haven't heard EWM since the early 90's . Should track down some stuff.

I've got their Collateral Damage compilation and, I gotta say, that's a band that would've been best left in my memory.

Some great stuff has been mentioned already, but I'll add:

Greg Cartwright
Eric Ambel
Brad Jones

All three of those guys have been the linchpins of so many great bands and/or albums that it's almost inhuman.

Postmersh · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2005 2:49 pm

I don't know if a lot of these are that "forgotten" - (archers, braniac, jawbox, et al)...

If forced to pick one that never comes up 'round here I'm going to go with The Van Pelt

So much love for Ted, but not much for his (arguably more talented) brother Chris...

Sex, Drugs, and Dave · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2005 3:26 pm

Bailter Space
Railroad Jerk
East River Pipe
Bardo Pond
Seam
Polvo

no guru · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2005 3:29 pm

Death To Shoegaze666 Wrote:

Bailter Space
Railroad Jerk
East River Pipe
Bardo Pond
Seam
Polvo

East River Pipe I won't forget.

Dunwoody Dude · **Joined:** Wed Nov 03, 2004 11:20 am **Posts:** 2869

Tiny Lights

Ex Lion Tamer · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2005 5:31 pm

Billzebub Wrote:

The Screaming Blue Messiahs

First one that came to mind

Death To Shoegaze666 Wrote:

Bailter Space

Agreed....

djdan Wrote:

The criminally underated Feelies.

Criminally underrated, yes! Forgotten...probably not!

and these...

The Darling Buds
The Au Pairs
764-Hero
Richard Davies
Eleventh Dream Day
The Glands
The Silver Jews

Forgotten Indie Bands that shouldn't be

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