It BLOW'S MY FREAKING MIND when stuff like this happens. I have music in my possession for the longest time and either don't give it a serious listen or never listen at all. Then I hear something in passing that makes me go back and see what all the fuss is about.

As ashamed as I am to admit it, I'd never given the Replacements the listen they deserved until reading the thread here and hearing small bits elsewhere across the interweb regarding the possible reunion. What the FUCK?!?! I have been missing out on this for all of this time. First of all, thank you fellow Obnish for opening my eyes once again to something I had been blind to. Two other groups this happened with since my joining here were Pavement and Joy Division. Once again, shameful to admit these.

So to the point, what are some of the bands/artists you have discovered that YOU are ashamed to admit through readings on this board?

Im now a drive by truckers fan.

nothing else immediately jumps to mind.

I have yet to hear The Replacements

Caetano Veloso. i think it was Billy G that turned me onto CV, and i'm forever thankful.

wow

oh, and OPA turned me onto Buena Vista Social Club. i'd kiss him if i could. absolutely love that album, and iIbrahim Ferrer's solo work.

Well Dalen made me revisit The Kooks. I had written them off after hearing some of the early stuff. But the new album has made me a big fan and apart from TVP, probably my favorite brit band at the moment.

The recent hardcore/punk thread that was bumped, has got me onto a big Flipper & Big Black frenzy.

My latest find is a geezer called Maxel Toft, who plays some fine banjo.

I should probably revisit the early XTC albums. I'm guilty of reaching for Drums and Wires and not much else, except for the occasional Black Sea to satisfy my XTC needs.

I constantly find new stuff from this board, but classic stuff I was totally unaware of? Thin Lizzy springs to mind, some of Lou Reed's early solo career (specifically the Quine albums), Syl Johnson...

OH and the Shellac phase i'm going through right now courtesy of PopTodd...





oh and everyone there's like 3 Replacements bootlegs floating around on blogs right now, rbally also has entire .zip files of Westerberg and 'Mats b-sides. GO THERE NOW.

Have you checked out
Big Black - Songs About Fucking
and
Rapeman - 2 Nuns and a Pack Mule yet?
Your phase will not be complete unless you do. Brilliant stuff.

Steve Earle. I was always kind of indifferent to the song Copperhead Road. Not sure why but I never really checked him out. Derris and Loogs recommended I Feel Alright, and it hit in all the right places. Now one of my favorite artists ever. Can't believe I waited as long as I did to check him out.

i'll probably do that today on my lunch break. I've never enjoyed anything of Albini's outside of his "engineering" work. so this is nice...

I had never heard Nick Drake until like 5 years ago. I died.

oh, and i find myslef always looking into bands that Dalen talks about.

Check out Omara Portuondo, she's like the female flip side of the Ferrer coin.

I, too, have never really listened to the replacements.

But this is coming from the guy who posted a thread about fiona apple and rufus wainwright doing a song that I did not know originated from the beatles. So...

I have dug up cd's that I own and never listened to and like:

-Modest Mouse - Moon and Antartica (music club cd ordered in a bulk shipment. I got it to see what the hype was, and didn't listen to it for a long time)
-Built To Spill - Keep it like a secret (see above)
-The 88 - Kind of Light ($1 bargain bin find)

I have a bunch of cd's that I have never even listened to. Mostly they are impulse buys from half.com after I see a band live, or crap for the $1 bin. i Also have a bunch of free compilation cd's that have never been played.

There are so many standouts and so many folks who've sent me good stuff, but Billy G is the prophet to my disciple...

I knew Very Best Years from the radio in high school, but I had no idea it was The Grays, or of the Jellyfish connection, and he sent me Joe Pisapia, and all kinds of good stuff, and I haven't introduced anyone to shit, cause i suck.

I could probably make an argument for me being too busy making music to consume music, but that's weak.

I get exposed to so much music here, it's ridiculous. So many bands that I've heard of but never got a chance to listen to, some Obnish has rectified that. The most recent was probably XTC, so damn good (thanks to mcaputo). I think the other shame is probably The Band. I'd only heard their most famous songs, but hadn't experienced the glory of The Last Waltz until somebody (Bloor I think) sent it to me promptly. Now I'm a bona fide junkie for The Band.

There are probably others, but these are the ones that immediately spring to mind.

I have one of her albums. Very nice.

I haven't found anything new through this board (I use it mostly for entertainment), but through the other board i frequent, i've found a bunch of stuff. Galaxie 500, Pernice Brothers, Apples in Stereo, Andrew Bird, Barbara Manning, The National, Mobius Band, *stellastar, sunno)), Turbonegro, Mclusky. Lots.

I dont know because my musical education pretty much started on CMJ - I remember writing down names to check out like crazy. I cant even really begin. But people like BillyG, PopTodd, Mo, Spade, Cotton, Chase and the list goes on and on.. were instrumental in getting me to where I am now.. which is probably somewhere no one else wants to be