BCR Greg Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 The band that BLEW MY FUCKING MIND live when I saw them was Life, Sex and Death...a band with a killer guitarist(Alex Kane, now of Antiproduct), and great rhythm section (12 String HAMER BASS ALERT!) and a frontman named Stanley who was shabby, smelled, had a wierd voice and was a great frontman and terrific songwriter. They did one album, called the Silent Majority. A bunch of us went to Hammerjack's in Baltimore to see them(after hearing one song on a cassette single) When we were backing our Harleys to the wall out front by the door where we always parked there was a guy in the way panhandling. A few blasts of the exhaust moved him to another area of the sidewalk, we all parked and went inside. After the opener, the bum staggered in and walked onstage, picked up a battered old Gibson ES 125 and started singing. My life changed, right there. Why these guys didn't go huge is beyond me. I guess the typical consumer wan't ready to a band like this. Great pop/metal songs with a great ballad tossed in, killer guitar tones and that 12sting rumble, all delivered with harmonies that work.Some videos...http://video.aol.com/video/life-sex-and-de...r-fools/1463073http://video.aol.com/video/life-sex-and-de...sht-ass/1463068Damn, these guys were good. Live, they took your attention and kept it. Then they broke up.Who's next?
Scottcrud Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 didn't they have a song on MTV's Headgivers Ball Called Tank or I'm a Tank?Stanley looked like Roy Orbison...
Zipper Neck Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 My very favorite band were a band from New Orleans called Punch People. They embodied everything that I wanted to do in music: energetic rock music mixed with a few jazzy licks. One of the most creative guitarists I've heard. When they were recording their thrid self-produced album, Hurricane Katrina hit and they had to sideline their music for a while. This is when their guitarist Rock Whittington answered a classified ad placed by a band called Damiera and joined them. Damiera were an excellent band as well, but no where near as good as Punch People. www.myspace.com/punchpeople And here's some Damiera
hamerboy_ Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 I saw Life, Sex, Death in Columbus years ago. I think they opened for Lynch Mob. Before the show started, this guy with a tattered suit and broken glasses was bumping people in the crowd and falling over chairs. Everyone saw him and were dying! He dissapeared for about 10 mins. Next thing he's on the corner of the stage. It was hysterical. The lights go down and the band, L.S.D., starts playing. The guy looks confused. We're laughing so hard, we're in tears. He walks over to the mic and starts singing. Those that remember, it was Stanley the lead singer. Best gag I've ever witnessed.-Bobby
RobB Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 Late 80's SF bands:Jackson Saints (feat. Janis Tanaka, bassist for Pink)Osgood Slaughter (actually a bit similar to LSD, great band)Big Star: coulda been huge, but bad luck/timing destroyed them. Sad story...Swiss metalers Coroner: maybe not a fair choice for the "went nowhere" tag, as they relased 5 albums and toured internationally. One of my fave metal bands EVER. They evolved a lot like Rush, and their songwriting/playing got better with each release. Brutal, brutal band. Wish they would reunite.
Disturber Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 An english band, (coming out of LA for some reason), called A. They were great musicians and had songs that sounded like a mix of mid 90's power pop together with Rush, old Genesis and DLR first solo album. Weird, I know. That is probably why they never broke through big. I absolutely love them though. Check out a video link at the bottom of this page. A info and video link.Also, a band called Young Heart Attack really kicked ASS. A mix of AC/DC and The Runaways. Loved their only album. Check them out here link to sound and vids
jwhitcomb3 Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 The Cavedogs. Boston's late 80's power trio with the Beatle's hooks, the Who's power and some snotty punk attitude thrown in for fun. Everybody wrote songs and sang and they put on a killer live show. Their first album "Joy Rides For Shut-Ins" was eventually picked up by Capitol but they got swept under by the grunge wave and just missed the boat. Their second album "Soul Martini" wasn't promoted and they just fizzled.If you can find their CDs you are in for a real treat.-Jonathan
Craig S Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 The Cavedogs. Boston's late 80's power trio with the Beatle's hooks, the Who's power and some snotty punk attitude thrown in for fun. Everybody wrote songs and sang and they put on a killer live show. Their first album "Joy Rides For Shut-Ins" was eventually picked up by Capitol but they got swept under by the grunge wave and just missed the boat. Their second album "Soul Martini" wasn't promoted and they just fizzled.Got em' both...cool band. The Judybats was another band I liked, same thing, got steamrollered by the whole Nirvana thing...
Turdus Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 Had the first Cavedogs CD, back when it was released. Pretty good.The Brandos are a band with some good songs, yet little success. Probably because they are good musicians, and might not appeal to the younger record buying public.
MCChris Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 New American Shame. Saw them open for the Cult in 1999. Their self-titled CD is a modern day version of "Highway to Hell." Great band, ran aground soon afterward.
Brooks Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 the obsessed, spirit caravan, place of skulls, hidden hand.imho, mainman of all of these bands, scott "wino" weinrich,shoots himself in the foot because everytime he switches outhis rhythm section he changes the name of the band,even though they all sound similar and he does the vast majorityof lead vocals/lead guitar/songwriting (although place of skulls did have a 2nd singer/leadguitarist/songwriter). i think if he would have just kept 'em all called the obsessed he wouldn't havelost so much momentum. his sound is very sabbath inspired,dark heavy sludgy riffs with distinctivly sung (not screamed) vocals.hidden hand is still touring and recording, but my fave tunes by wino are from the obsessed & spirit caravan.edit for vid linkage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG_GLT_0KZk
elduave Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 scott "wino" weinrich, shoots himself in the foot He redeemed himself by shopping at Rocketeria. Dude's about as nice as they come.
elduave Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 I have a bunch of these (including bands I've been in) that y'all have probably heard me pimp here before but here's one for now:Expanding Man.Melodic hard rock at it's finest. Came out about the same time as Dishwalla, Tonic, Verve Pipe, etc. Expanding Man played well written songs and the singers voice soared. From Boston. Alot of folks said they sounded like Soundgarden. Please check the link below for sound samples. Their CD can be found on Ebay for a penny.Check 'Em Out...
Steve Haynie Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 Riot never went anywhere despite putting out some great albums. I think it had to do with the change from hard rock to heavy metal that was happening in the early 80's.
mathman Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 I hate to say they didn't go anywhere but they never really "made" it. The Raisins. Now known as the Psychodots. Great mix of writing/ humor/ musical ablility/ and sound but just never made it with a label. Lots of fans all over but didn't hit it "big".
silentman Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 One fave of mine is a band called dada. Great poppy tunes with awsome melodies and harmonies.http://www.dadatheband.com/news/
Devnor Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 T-RideThe guitar player was one of Satch's students. The drummer went on to be some uber-producer.
darc Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 Dave Minnehan's post-Neighborhoods band the Stardarts. They consistently killed live in the mid-90's. There was little or no recorded material available so I'd go see them perform just about every week. When the shows dried up I asked their guitarist what happened and he said, "we got tired of being ignored." That broke my heart.Another GREAT band that the audience just was not ready for: M.I.R.V. Saw them open for Jerry Cantrell and the metalhead crowd booed the whole time. I thought they were virtuosic, original, and funny as hell. Buy a copy of "Dancing Naked in a Minefield" and play as loud as possible.
BadgerDave Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 Can't let one of these threads go by without mentioning the two best (IMO) power pop bands of the 80's.Off Broadway (usa)and20/20Off Broadway got very close to the big time and released a pair of great albums on Atlantic (IIRC). They had a minor hit with "Stay in Time". One of the best lead singer/lead guitar combos I've heard in Cliff Johnson and John Ivan. The band was managed by Cheap Trick's manager, Ken Adamany who dumped them just as they started getting some traction in favor of southern rock outfit called "Little Dixie". I was fortunate to be at the "post dump" show at Headliner's in Madison. It was a fantastic, obscenity-laden, drunkfest on stage. At one point, Cliff was riding a guitar stand hobby-horse style and shouting "How 'bout that Little Dixie - yee haw!" Not particularly professional, but fun as hell. 20/20 wrote some of the best songs to come out of that era including 'Remember the Lightning, Yellow Pills, Cheri and She's an Obsession".
robbie Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 One of my college roommates was part of a family business that distributed CDs, records and tapes (wholesale, warehouse distribution). They were a big enough player that he got tons of free CDs, mostly by unknown artists. I heard Pearl Jam about 6 months before the broke huge and many others. My favorite unknown from the pile that I still love to this day... The Strawberry Zots
Steve Haynie Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 One fave of mine is a band called dada. Great poppy tunes with awsome melodies and harmonies.http://www.dadatheband.com/news/I have been listening to these guys online from their web site since I read your post a little while ago. The songs are too good to just sample, so I have been playing them in their entirety.
kurtsstuff Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 HeadPins.....Great band out of Canada that I just loved!! past members of one hit wonders Chilliwack made up the core and Darby Mills doin the vocals is killin....
Zoner Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 One fave of mine is a band called dada. Great poppy tunes with awsome melodies and harmonies.http://www.dadatheband.com/news/+1,000,000 on dada. They are actually still out and about doing it and are truly awesome. I really like the vocals and the guitar work is great, too. Had a couple minor hits like "Dizz knee land" and "Dim". Also, a local Twin Cities band called "Propeller" should have been superstars but fell vistim to the usual record company politics and broke up. Great, great stuff that I still listen to on a regular basis. Z
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