NAME THOSE OLD NOW OBSCURE BANDS

[Harvey Gerst]

Nobody mentioned my old band yet, but I think they qualify:

Sweetwater.

 

[mixmkr]

well I aint going back to check, but at this point in the game, no one has said:
Crow
Country Joe and the Fish!!!!!!!!
Jethro Tull........
and the DOORS!!!!!

my goodness...that's only the 60's

 

[trebles]

BOSTON HMMMMM D M Z anyone remember

J RASSLER: GUITAR PAUL MURPHY: DRUMS RICK CORRACCIO: BASS PETER GREENSBERG GUITAR AND THE MONO MANN VOCALS AND ORGAN ............. M I G H T Y I D Y....

 

[someone else]

Speakin of a blast from the past....
I'm workin a Molly Hatchett, Commander Cody show tomorrow...!!
Should be a real gas....!!!
UpstateNY

 

[bongolation]

I've got a real obscurity for you........I bought an album one time because of the cover ( do you remember doing this? You had never heard of the band,but the cover was cool,and if the lineup was guitar,bass,and drums,YOU BOUGHT IT).......

Edward Bear.

Nowhere Canuk band, but very interesting cover graphics.

Reading this thread is like a nightmare flashback. I'd mercifully forgotten all this junk, but you just HAD to bring it up again!

Man, some of you people must be even older than me...

 

[trebles]

T H E P L I M S O U L S

 

[gervis]

somehow i missed this awesome thread- hope i don't re-name somebody
howabout:

jo jo zep and the falcons
the sorrows
ian gomm
garland jefferys
steve forbert
bob welsh
klark kent

WALL OF VOODOO
the hooters
and yes the plimsouls rock!! good call treb

 

[Tweedville]

Good list,gervis!

 

[gervis]

in the very early 80's, cbs records introduced their new artists by sampler double albums called "exposed".
here they introduced people like i mentioned and also

billy thorpe
adam and the ants
loverboy
roseanne cash
and
JUDAS PRIEST!

I don't know if they still do that, but those were some of my favorite albums

 

[gervis]

OK SORRY!!! JUST A FEW MORE...

total coelo- i eat cannibals
maurice and the cliches- softcore
frieda- i know there is something going on
barbie & the kens- gigolo
the flirts- don't put another dime in the jukebox (no really, please don't)
lene lovich- new toy
marianne faithful- broken english
the damned- smash it up
malcolm mclaren- buffalo gals
neneh cherry- buffalo stance
tom tom club- genius of love
the polecats- make a circuit with me
pil- rise
shriekback- all lined up
peter murphy?- indigo eyes
the call
the alarm
the buzzcocks
the thread is getting longer and longer.........
THE 80'S RULE!!!

 

[Tweedville]

Ten Years After? I'm sure they have been mentioned.But how many remember that Alvin Lee reformed the band and called it Ten Years Later? I remember at least one album.

 

[8trackmind]

Heartbreakers
Psychotic Pineapple
Jars
I didn't water in the backyard, DAMMIT!

 

[Tim Brown]

T H E P L I M S O U L S

"'Cause I'm a Million Miles Away".

Great Song.

Tim

 

[ausrock]

lmao at you guys mentioning the bands from Oz.........

Billy Thorpe, Sherbert, Rose Tattoo, Jo Jo Zep and The Falcons. Most of these guys are still around although Thorpey is basically a solo act with backing musos and Rose Tattoo still fire occassionaly. Joe Camellieri?(aka Jo Jo Zep) followed up on the Falcons with The Black Sorrows and has another band going at the moment.

I wonder how many people post here without reading this from the beginning cause there have been numerous double-ups on bands mentioned.............and maybe some mentioned that were better forgotten.............
ah well, what the hell it's all fun.

Peace.........ChrisO

 

[Tweedville]

Ausrock,you are right............there are some bands that have been mentioned a few times.But think about the new guys who are just entering this thread...they are excited about sharing their thrills,and the bands that they looked up to.There are still more bands out there that we are forgetting (as you said,some better forgotten ).I started this whole thing,and never realized the response would be so big!!! I am humbled. There are so many avenues.....one hit wonders (like Frigid Pink.....remember their cover of House of the Rising Sun?),and the biggies that were around in the '70s,filling stadiums,that kids today would go "huh?"...........like Uriah Heep (go ahead...ask your average 15-18 year old if he or she has heard of them) or Mountain.
Keep going,guys!!
God Bless --------the Tweedster

 

[gervis]

hey girl
i'm a personal friend of gloria vanderbilt
i got all the gold in the world around my neck
come ride the steel dinosaur
run wild in the jungle
it's a zulu nation
seduction
sacrifice
a new sensation
NOTHING EVER CHANGES!!!!!!

robert hazard

sniff'n'the tears- drivers seat
orleans- still the one
sanford and townsend band- smoke from a distant fire
the creatures- clandestine siouxie sioux
m- pop muzik
the specials- gangster
fun boy three- the lunatics have taken over the asylum
starland earth band? (afternoon delight)
dread zeplin- reggae led zep cover band
and the list goes on & on...

 

[Tweedville]

Ok................Haircut 100
Aha
Fanny (All girl band---"Charity Ball")
Sugarloaf
Them
James Gang (go ahead...ask a 15 year old)
Jo Jo Gunne

 

[trebles]

THE FLAMIN GROOVIES ( S H A K E S O M E A C T I O N )

THE SEEDS

THE CHOCOLATE WATCHBAND

THE MANGROVE BOOGIE KINGS (FROM AUSTRALIA)

MACH PELECAN (FROM AUSTRALIA)

CAPTIAN MATCHBOX BAND

MANEFESTATION (FROM AUSTRALIA MEMBERS FROM RADIO BIRDMAN THE HITMEN THE VISTORS)

DM3 POWER POP PERFECTION FROM PERTH AUSTRALIA DOM MARIANA,S BAND EX THE STEMS

THE SOMELOVES same as above band dme dom mariana, daryl mather. also from perth australia

THE LIME SPIDERS (FROM AUSTRALIA)

X ............. IAN RILEN

DODGY ..................... IN A ROOM


DODGE MAIN ............ DENIZ TEK WAYNE KRAMER EX RADIO BIRDMAN EX THE MC5

THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS


THE SONICS RENDEVOUZ BAND............ FRED SONIC SMITH....R.I.P.

THE STOOGES.............IGGY POP


THE RAOULS SURF PERFECTION EX RADIOBIRDMAN MEMBERS AUSTRALIA

THE VISITORS

NEW RACE


BORED .......AUSTRALIA GEELONG


THE POWDER MONKEYS AUSTRALIA

EVEN FROM AUSTRALIA IF YOU LOVED THE BEATLES YOU GOTTA LOVE EVEN LOOK EM UP


THE DATSUNS ..............NZ BAND


THE EXPONENTS ............THE DANCE EXPONENTS )))))))))))


THE DELEMMAS GIRL BAND AUSTRALIA 60,S STYLE GARAGE SOUNDS FROM SYDNEY ROCK OUT

THE THURSTON HOWLERS DITTO BUT GUYS SYDNEY AUSTRALIA

THE CRUSADERS DITTO GUYS TOO SYDNEY AUSTRALIA

RODREIGUEZ ..................S U G A R M A N )) SILVER MAGIC SHIPS YOU CARRY JUMPERS COKE SWEET MARY JANE WELL AT LEAST THATS WHAT I REMEMBERED


AHHHH THATS ENOUGH FOR NOW.....DO SOME MORE ANOTHER DAY



WAYNE

MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA

 

[gervis]

gary myrick and the figures- she talks in stereo
rupert holmes- him
i can't believe i just wrote rupert holmes
shoot me now!!!



gee treb- are you from australia?

 

[trebles]

Hi there jervis yep i sure am from australia i live in melbourne these days pronounced more like mel b o r nnnn there in the states hehehe hey dont worry bout my dry humour but ummm yeah i use to live in sydney i look forward to coming to the states one of these days anyway i better write another FEW names hey as this is the obscure band post not the obscure rambling aussie post hahaha

cheers m8

wayne
Melbourne Australia


THE JUKE SAVAGES ....... CHRIS MASUAK AUSTRALIAS MOST FAMOUS CANADIAN IMPORT )))))) ALSO EX RADIO BIRDMAN

THE JOHNNYS......... MY BUZZSAW BABY REALLY CUTS ME UP

THE SCIENTISTS

THE FLAMING BARSTOOLS

PHLUPH...............DOCTOR MIND

THE BANGS PRE THE BANGLES

THE SUMMER SUNS

THE HAPPY HATE ME NOTS )

THE GO STARTS

THE NOMADS

THE LYRES