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Xithras

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46. Pretty much the same here.

Tue Sep 25, 2012, 02:12 PM

Sep 2012

I'm not usually on the cutting edge of anything, but my wife has always had a thing for indie bands and checking out new groups when they tour our area. I learned about the Black Keys many many moons ago when she shoved a burned CD into my hand and said "Listen to this, you'll like these guys". She was right, as she usually is.

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Who is your favorite not well known band? [View all] glacierbay Sep 2012 OP

Kings X Sedona Sep 2012 #1

King's X was kinda big in the Houston area during the 90's. sadbear Sep 2012 #7

Those guys rock! Mopar151 Sep 2012 #16

Stir Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2012 #2

Crack The Sky....from my formative years! NRaleighLiberal Sep 2012 #3

Before I became a cop glacierbay Sep 2012 #4

I wish I played in Crack the Sky. I was in a perfectly awful cover band in my teens.... NRaleighLiberal Sep 2012 #6

I used to be friends with a guy who joined the Army OriginalGeek Sep 2012 #24

"Robots for Ronnie" is a great song Tom Ripley Sep 2012 #31

I don't know how well known my favorite bands are sadbear Sep 2012 #5

I know UFO well glacierbay Sep 2012 #8

Neither get (or ever got) much radio play in the Houston radio market. sadbear Sep 2012 #9

Michael Schenker, who was the lead guitar with UFO glacierbay Sep 2012 #10

His Brother Rudolph OriginalGeek Sep 2012 #35

I have heard the Zebra song. TwilightGardener Sep 2012 #11

I rmeember a time in the early 80s when Zebra was touted OriginalGeek Sep 2012 #36

Flook cyberswede Sep 2012 #12

That was great! FredStembottom Sep 2012 #59

I wish I looked a little better kwassa Sep 2012 #13

The Twilight Sad might be my favorite band period. EastTennesseeDem Sep 2012 #14

Deadbolt! Joe Shlabotnik Sep 2012 #15

Longryders Mopar151 Sep 2012 #17

Riot Populist_Prole Sep 2012 #18

Guadacanal Diary Mopar151 Sep 2012 #19

I like that Populist_Prole Sep 2012 #21

I like them too. Arugula Latte Sep 2012 #54

They look like cows but they're water buffaloes... WestWisconsinDem Sep 2012 #60

Rainmakers and Gear Daddies WestWisconsinDem Sep 2012 #61

U2 WestWisconsinDem Sep 2012 #63

Brave Combo! The Band From Denton! Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2012 #20

What about Slobberbone? WestWisconsinDem Sep 2012 #62

Camel - "Down on the Farm" in the body of the post... HopeHoops Sep 2012 #22

Camel's great! cyberswede Sep 2012 #23

"Slip out the back way with Nellie the barmaid (OOhh-waaa) to the woods..." HopeHoops Sep 2012 #25

The Good Rats tk2kewl Sep 2012 #26

Hatfield and the North hifiguy Sep 2012 #27

Hey! I was going to post them....... FredStembottom Sep 2012 #28

Soft Machine. FredStembottom Sep 2012 #29

The Lamont Cranston Band, of course... Scuba Sep 2012 #30

Johnnie Bassett and the Blues Insurgents av8rdave Sep 2012 #32

The Black Keys, Mumford & Sons, occasionally Passion Pit. Xithras Sep 2012 #33

I'd say The Black Keys are getting pretty well-known by now. TwilightGardener Sep 2012 #38

True Xithras Sep 2012 #40

Yeah, by the time I know who bands are, they've usually been around TwilightGardener Sep 2012 #45

Pretty much the same here. Xithras Sep 2012 #46

The Monks... Tom Ripley Sep 2012 #34

Carbon Leaf and Dr Dog LynneSin Sep 2012 #37

Carbon Leaf still makes music? Xithras Sep 2012 #44

My sons are big fans of this Korean metal band (Seo Taiji), they're pretty good-- TwilightGardener Sep 2012 #39

I'm finding more and more Asian metal I like OriginalGeek Sep 2012 #52

My oldest son in particular is a huge metal head, I will pass along TwilightGardener Sep 2012 #57

Bright Eyes hibbing Sep 2012 #41

Super Furry Animals geardaddy Sep 2012 #42

Danu Rambis Sep 2012 #43

The Stunning Rambis Sep 2012 #51

Michael Franti and Spearhead KamaAina Sep 2012 #47

Hey, I know this song! I think it was used in an ad or movie. TwilightGardener Sep 2012 #48

Indeed it was. KamaAina Sep 2012 #50

Uncle Walts Band - props to anyone else who likes them :) n/t. Fix The Stupid Sep 2012 #49

Swampcandy Pendrench Sep 2012 #53

Resonator--cool, don't hear that too often. TwilightGardener Sep 2012 #56

Of all time? Mr.Bill Sep 2012 #55

The Tubes were a great band glacierbay Sep 2012 #67

Moonshine Still... lame54 Sep 2012 #58

The Dolly Ranchers. aikoaiko Sep 2012 #64

Most of my favorite bands are fairly unknown. LeftOfSelf-Centered Sep 2012 #65

Bark Psychosis bif Sep 2012 #66

The Fall; Wilko Johnson; The Handsome Family; Johnnie Dowd byeya Sep 2012 #68