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Under-rated bands (with good bassists)

#82
two fingers said:
Man, thanks for bringing them up. I had never heard of them. They're like an angry Duran Duran (and that's a good thing).
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My pleasure. It just seemed like everybody that I mentioned the band to had never heard of them. I thought it was a shame because I thought they rocked. ;) In the mid 90's I co-owned a bar with my sister and I was the night manager so I had the pleasure of cleaning up and mopping after bar close. Back then while I was cleaning I used to watch 120 Minutes on MTV (back when they still played videos) which was when they played 'alternative' videos. That is where I first saw them and was rather stricken by their sound and have been a fan every since.

The singer Greg Dulli has some cool solo stuff as well as some side projects that are rather good. He teamed up with Mark Lenegan (from The Screaming Trees) in a band called The Gutter Twins. He also was in a band called The Twilight Singers. Both of those bands make it into my music rotation occasionally as well. ;)




 
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two fingers said:
Man, thanks for bringing them up. I had never heard of them. They're like an angry Duran Duran (and that's a good thing).
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Interesting description, but I can see where you are coming from. :)

Here is another good tune off their album Gentleman:


And two good tunes from their album Black Love:




...and Some Newer stuff from 2014:
 
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Michedelic said:
I'm going to stick with the 90's, just to narrow it down; that was such a weird time period, what with the grunge onslaught. There were so many under the radar yet interesting bands that came along with something different in spite of all that. For the most part, the bassists weren't necessarily astounding players, but they did their jobs, played for the song, and got an occasional high profile moment. This first band did have a loyal following, cranked out a lot of albums and singles, and while stylistically were a mash-up of the Velvet Underground, Swingle Singers, Bossa Nova, Jet-Age Lounge, Free Design, Joe Byrd, and motorik Krautrock like Neu!, Can, and La Dusseldorf, they still managed to sound like no one else...


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I was a big fan of Stereolab in those days. They were the reason I discovered the "flats with a pick" tone. I was trying to sound like Stereolab and just couldn't figure out how they got that tone. There were a lot of '90s bands that had a '60s sound and the whole '60s revival in indie music that is considered "hip" right now actually started way back then. The Cardigans first album was reminiscent of a '60s Pipi Longstocking soundtrack. There was Portishead. And another good band from that era which I discovered later was Broadcast. Again, flats with a pick.

 
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#93
murphy said:
Hahahaha....They most certainly were.....Siouxie had Sid Vicious drumming with her..and Marco on guitar before The Banshees
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matante said:
The Banshees were not a punk band. I don't care who the members were. The music itself is not punk.
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I've heard a few of their songs before. Not really sure what it would be classified as? New Wave??

Doesn't matter. It's decent music with good bass lines. :)
 
#98
Well, so far I have heard of several of the bands, but many of them have fallen off my radar for many years so giving them a fresh listen after so many years could give me a whole new perspective of them.
There is also a whole lot that I have never heard of which will take a while to sort through. I'm sure I will find a lot of new stuff that will make it into my music rotation. <--- That is always a good thing! ;)
Thanks for all of your input and by all means keep them coming.
BTW - Have a good weekend everybody!
 

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