Quirky Rock Groups

[baba]

Forgot Violent Femmes.

 

[jive1]

How about Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper?

Now new wave, but pretty quirky to me

 

[baba]

I'll go to hell for this....I forgot one of my favorite artists, David Byrne. Kneel to him, you are not worthy.

 

[DigMe]

I'll go to hell for this....I forgot one of my favorite artists, David Byrne. Kneel to him, you are not worthy.

Of course that naturally suggests the Talking Heads. I recommend Remain in Light.

brad cook

 

[oddentity]

I would reccommend the Unicorns. They're a fun, indie-pop trio that writes songs about ghosts, being unicorns, arguing about which bandmember writes the song, flying in rocket ships etc.
Great live band, the guitarist/bassist looks like one of the Kids in the Hall.

http://www.the-unicorns.com/

Nice one!

They are great live.

 

[baba]

Of course that naturally suggests the Talking Heads. I recommend Remain in Light.

brad cook

It also suggests his many solo albums that are far more eclectic than anything he did with the Talking Heads. Feelings is one of my favorites.

 

[Marley's Ghost]

Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Talking Heads
Gentle Giant (see avatar)
Brain Eno
Peter Gabriel era Genesis

 

[bryan bailey]

Electric Six?

 

[Josh Ryan]

Ima Robot is sort of quirky.

 

[Matthew Bryson]

I love "quirky" music. This is just like making a list of all my favorite bands. My fav quirky bands are:

Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
Primus
Les Claypool & The Holy Mackerel
Les Claypool & The Frog Brigade
They Might Be Giants
Presidents of the United Stated of America
Cake

 

[baba]

Man, Or Astroman ?

Nice one! Interstellar surf music.

 

[HiFi]

Not one of my recommendations but definitely quirky:

The B-52's

 

[jrthebassguy]

nothing wrong with new wave matt

devo are a brilliant band. i'd recommend you listen to mclusky. particularly "lightsaber ****sucking blues"

a bit heavier than the bands you have listed, but i think you'll dig them anyway.

http://www.rathergood.com/lightsabre/

 

[Dave Siff]

Presidents of the United States of America

Yes! Nice one. They have a new record coming out soon.

 

[KB]

in addition to the above mentioned bands: Ween

also my band: The Billion (we are heavily influenced by Ween, Zappa, They Might Be Giants, PUSA, and Primus).

See my signature for our website.

-KB

 

[jrthebassguy]

Yes! Nice one. They have a new record coming out soon.

!!!! I didn't know about that! I'm totally excited now

 

[P. Aaron]

The Tubes!!!

 

[Gia]

in addition to the above mentioned bands: Ween


-KB

don't encourage matt

 

[Dave Siff]

!!!! I didn't know about that! I'm totally excited now

Yeah, it's called "Love Everybody" and it's out August 17. Man, I hope they tour. I saw them way back when and they were absolutely amazing live.

 

[bassjamn]

How about

Deadweight
Magma
praxis

Hmm, but yeah i guess when rock groups get "quirky" they get classified as prog bands