I was looking through my large collection of music and just stopped to think of all the different bands over the years that have had 1 hit wonders and dissappeared and other that started decades ago and are still fighting strong. Then it occured to me that out of all those bands could come a very interesting conversation and debate. The greast bands ever and the strangest bands ever. Its all open for you all.
For me there are is 1 totally obvious choice for greatest - Queen. They started up when they were just wee boys (more or less), and they are still heard of and loved the world over.
For the strangest there are many but lately i have noticed the physical appearance of bands such as slip knot and marrilon manson (sorry if i spelt that wrong. Im tired). But here is one band who are a strange combination. Strange in looks, but not a bad sound - LORDI. LORDI are a band from finland but most if not all songs are translated into english. I strongly advise checking it out at the link below.
www.lordi.org
I was going to say Spice Girls. There all pretty strange. (Bloody weirdo's) But thats a bit over the top. Don't you think?
I found "Doctor and the Medics" to be the strangest band to have ever stumbled upon.
Good call ;D
Quote from: Peter on Thu, 2005-09-15, 10:59:42
I found "Doctor and the Medics" to be the strangest band to have ever stumbled upon.
The face paint was great! ::)
I can't do face paint or make up. On me or anyone else. If i do it i end up looking like kiss when their drunk and stoned and i end up with an inch thick cake of make-up on one side of my face. Which is why i reframe from using make up at gigs. That way i don't look like a totaly prat. Like my lead singer. He's a bit..........strange. ;D
My all time favorite band and greatest band is Toto, as you can see. My strangest band is Madness. All those guys behind each other at the song 'One step beyond'. Funny, so now and then it's nice to hear it.
Strangest, definitely "Gwar" :o
Greatest, for me, gotta be U2. ;D
Strangest has to be "Cardiacs"...I saw them supporting IQ @ Whitchurch, in nineteen-ninety-something-or-other...
...I dismissed them as a full-on "Poisoned-Electric-Head-meets-Madness" clones (!)...
But after a couple of numbers, heard from outside the venue, I ventured inside (along with a goodly number of equally biased, er, biased proggers)...
...what a show...what a band...what a chemical-free trip...!!!!!
I recommend "A Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window" or "Heaven Born And Ever Bright".
Alternatively, just light the chillum...
My..!!! this Lordi thing looks scary ..heeee...
Greates - QUEEN (am I repeating myself ? ;)
Strangest - maybe Marylin Manson (anyone here likes MM - not to be mixed with M. Monroe ;D), generally most of black metal bands are a bit strange ... I remember one with a strange name - Tsathoggua or something? anyone ever hear of it ? but they looked really strange, at least in the photo I found in some metal music magazine.
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Quote from: Emilia on Thu, 2005-10-06, 10:54:41
... I remember one with a strange name - Tsathoggua or something? anyone ever hear of it ? but they looked really strange, at least in the photo I found in some metal music magazine.
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That could be Meshugga? But I may well be wrong there!
There is a band called Meshugga though. :)
Quote from: keyboardistmatt on Thu, 2005-10-06, 15:37:57
That could be Meshugga? But I may well be wrong there!
There is a band called Meshugga though. :)
Had one of their albums. Stunning, intense musicianship but couldn't cope with the death-metal vocals >:( . Pity as it was pretty damn good musically.
Quote from: Moonloop on Fri, 2005-10-07, 08:51:47
Had one of their albums. Stunning, intense musicianship but couldn't cope with the death-metal vocals >:( . Pity as it was pretty damn good musically.
Certainly it was TSATHOGGUA - German Black Metal, but I guess they disappeared from the scene ... however, they looked a bit scary ...dont know about the music though.... but must have been the same ;D
I just remembered another... their name was (is?) Dimmu Borgir, I guess their musc is similar to the one I mentioned in my previous post. How about that cuties ? ;D
http://home.online.no/~franholm/dimmu/pictures23/images/128_jpg.jpg
http://home.online.no/~franholm/dimmu/pictures23/images/134_jpg.jpg
Any ..one..??? Dimmu...?
Emilia
Was just listening to some Japan recently, I reckon they fit the strange and great bill quite nicely. Always a bit weird that they got labelled as New Romantics - probably just because of their flopsy hair. :D
To me the greatest band has to be "Led Zeppelin".
When I was at school I thought the strangest band had to be 'Sparks', I have soon learn't the errors of my ways.
Quote from: CygnusX1 on Fri, 2005-10-07, 12:43:10
Was just listening to some Japan recently, I reckon they fit the strange and great bill quite nicely. Always a bit weird that they got labelled as New Romantics - probably just because of their flopsy hair. :D
"Oil On Canvas" is a great live album ;D
Recently bought all the remasters - bought back a few memories 8)
Quote from: Moonloop on Fri, 2005-10-07, 13:47:40
"Oil On Canvas" is a great live album ;D
Recently bought all the remasters - bought back a few memories 8)
My older brother's band used to play a cover of "Adolescent Sex" quite a lot (they were teenagers at the time too ;D ).
Quote from: Moonloop on Fri, 2005-10-07, 08:51:47
Had one of their albums. Stunning, intense musicianship but couldn't cope with the death-metal vocals >:( . Pity as it was pretty damn good musically.
I have a few bands like that, though! I have a stronger tolerance to metal vocals!
I have learned to ignore the metal vocals to my band because the singer and ex-guitarist seems to only be able to do metal vocals *cough* (Not very well) *cough*. But ignoring bad vocals has shown me how to enjoy and admire good metal vocals sush as Killswitch Engage and Chimaira amoung others.
Oh and by the way i strongly recommend you all check out Killswitch engage. Such a good band
There is a couple of strange bands... none of which I own...
Manowar... cheesy 'we are heroes' rock
Lordi... see above, but without the 'we are heroes' bit.
Quote from: keyboardistmatt on Wed, 2005-10-12, 22:56:35
There is a couple of strange bands... none of which I own...
Manowar... cheesy 'we are heroes' rock
Ah yes...the "death to false metal" brigade :D
Didn't they sign their first record label in their own blood ..?? Do seem to remember reading that back in the days when I used to buy Kerrang ;D
Quote from: Moonloop on Thu, 2005-10-13, 09:10:27
Ah yes...the "death to false metal" brigade :D
Didn't they sign their first record label in their own blood ..?? Do seem to remember reading that back in the days when I used to buy Kerrang ;D
"...Stand and fight - <ba da ba tishhh!!>" ::) :-X
I just discovered a band named Queens of the stone age, a nice band, it's not progressive more a band like Status Quo, just rockmusic maybe a bit heavier but nice. Someone at my work liked it very much so I looked it up on a downloadsite, but it surprised me that it's nice music.
Quote from: Herben on Fri, 2005-11-04, 18:18:35
I just discovered a band named Queens of the stone age, a nice band, it's not progressive more a band like Status Quo, just rockmusic maybe a bit heavier but nice. Someone at my work liked it very much so I looked it up on a downloadsite, but it surprised me that it's nice music.
I know Queens Of The Stone Age. Their drummer is Dave Grohl. (Foo Fighters guitarist/singer, also Ex Nirvana drummer)
They had a hit single in the UK called "No One Knows" from the album 'Songs For The Deaf' (2002)
Quote from: keyboardistmatt on Fri, 2005-11-04, 22:45:01
I know Queens Of The Stone Age. Their drummer is Dave Grohl. (Foo Fighters guitarist/singer, also Ex Nirvana drummer)
They had a hit single in the UK called "No One Knows" from the album 'Songs For The Deaf' (2002)
I know them too from a little hit in the Netherlands, don't know the song but I liked it a little bit. (Which mean I didn't bitch about at my friends like I do with Britney Spears songs :P)
I dont think that they are the greatist band, but you must listen to this song:
http://www.thevac.co.uk/cgi-bin/play1.cgi?file=sexissainsburys.mp3&path=theliars&secs=0&artist=The%20Liars&title=Sex%20is%20Sainsburys
For more interesting acoustic bands including "The Liars" this website can be visited
http://www.thevac.co.uk/cgi-bin/radio.cgi
I nearly changed my strangest bands selection earlier, but I decided that Manowar & Lordi still top the Strangest Bands vote, in my eyes at least! ;D
Marcello, I gave you that website! The liars are good, not the best, but are palatable.
"Sex Is Sainsbury's" is amazing! ;D
It is indeed, I discovered it (and told Marcello about it) while looking around http://www.musicianshop.com
I didnt know there was a link to this site on musicianshop ;D
When your feeling down, this is the best song to cheer you up
NIN (Nine Inch Nails), Godflesh, Dimmu Borgir, Cannibal Corpse, Bruxinha, Totentanz ... all very odd bands. I quite like them (except for the latter two) but have to be in the right mood to appreciate them.
Greatest is subjective ... tis enough to say that by reading some of my other posts this is pretty obvious to determine ... and my opinions are never humble! :P
Manowar, Crimson Glory and Motorhead are all i can think of for now...and they're all strange...
Oh, yeah, in the late-eighties i saw some pictures of a band (have no cleu what the name was) with a female singer, with, ehm, not much clothes on. Music was described, as i recall correctly, as hardrock, but never heard a thing of them. They looked really weird. :o
MAD. 8)
Quote from: Xanxtuary on Sun, 2005-11-06, 16:54:30
NIN (Nine Inch Nails), Godflesh, Dimmu Borgir, Cannibal Corpse, Bruxinha, Totentanz ... all very odd bands. I quite like them (except for the latter two) but have to be in the right mood to appreciate them.
Greatest is subjective ... tis enough to say that by reading some of my other posts this is pretty obvious to determine ... and my opinions are never humble! :P
I must say, I quite like NIN. Trent Reznor is a bit of a genius, it turns out... :)
Quote from: keyboardistmatt on Sun, 2005-11-06, 21:26:00
I must say, I quite like NIN. Trent Reznor is a bit of a genius, it turns out... :)
I heard a remix by Frank Klepacki of one of NIN's songs. I believe it was the song 'only'.
It was a nice remix, but I've never heard any other songs.
(If you want to hear the remix by the famous(?) Frank K., you should check www.frankklepacki.com and hit the songs of the month section-button)
Entertaining!
Quote from: maddox on Sun, 2005-11-06, 20:59:46
Motorhead are all i can think of for now...and they're all strange...MAD. 8)
Motorhead isn't that strange, very popular in the Netherlands every real metal/hardrockfan knows Motorhead otherwise there not hardrock/metalfan. I've once seen them live at the Oerkracht festival, they were playing in a tent, but it was to warm to go in there, a lot of them who were in the tent were carried away because of the warmth (outside it was about 30 degrees celsius), so we didn't go into the tent we could see them from just outside, they were very good.
I also know a band named Tool, I once read that Mick Pointer liked this band very much. It's also a different sort of music.
Quote from: Herben on Mon, 2005-11-07, 19:15:40
I also know a band named Tool, I once read that Mick Pointer liked this band very much. It's also a different sort of music.
Tool are an amazing band! The cover for the Lateralus album is one of the best album covers I have seen!
Favorite Tool track:- "Schism" :)
The greatest strange band I know of must be Psychotic Waltz!
And they sound just like that, too...
First album: A social grace. -Very progressive. Chaotic and insane. An absolute underground classic. MEGAfantastic lyrics!!!!
Second album: Into the everflow. -Calmer, heavier and more beautiful. Not much less insane. More wonderful lyrics!!
Third album: Mosquito. -Yes, it does sound raspier. Even heavier, much less progressive and less moody. Still a good album, especially after all these years. Quite the underdog.
Fourth and last album: Bleeding. Heavier and tighter. FAN-TAS-TIC songs, and BRILLIANT lyrics, and much less noisy. A bit more mainstream than previous albums, as far as that word can be used here at all. So it's less unique than the debut, but holy cow, it is pretty obviously their best. What a way to say goodbye.
The best ting about the first album is the way he displays skills he's learned from his "teacher", Ian Anderson. Yes, there's a lot of flute going on, and he can really do it. The man I'm talking about is the artist formerly known as Buddy Lackey. Now, Devon Graves. Ayreon, anyone?
One of the Strangest bands has to be The Tubes.
Their live shows involve anything from mock bondage rituals, simulated
sex, to 12-foot high rock stars exploding televisions, chainsaws The Tubes were light years ahead of being politically correct.
The Tubes don't simply entertain, they present a head-on theatrical
onslaught, taking popular culture by the scruff of the neck, turning it upside down,
and making it entertainment. .
Tubes concerts feature the ever-versatile front man Fee Waybill adopting a
variety of larger-than-life personas including the crippled Nazi Dr.
Strangekiss, country singer Hugh Heifer, and the legendary Quay Lewd - an
androgynous drug-inflicted British pop star sporting an outrageous Ziggy Stardust
blonde wig and two foot high platform boots.
Great Tubes classics include the erotic fetish themes of 'Mondo Bondage',
the naughtiness of 'Don't Touch Me There', the hilarious quiz show parody
'What Do You Want From Life', and the ever-controversial anti-drug anthem 'White
Punks On Dope'.
THE TUBES will be at South Parade Pier on Monday 28th November. Doors open
at 8 p.m and tickets are £12. Tickets will be on sale from Saturday (29th
October) at The Wedgewood Rooms Box Office (023) 9286 3911, Reflex Records,
Albert Rd., Southsea, South Parade Pier general office (023) 9273 2283, .
Quote from: keyboardistmatt on Sat, 2005-11-05, 22:34:06
"Sex Is Sainsbury's" is amazing! ;D
Ok....I really don't want to know what my brother gets up to at work. Save it for later please. :)
Quote from: Herben on Mon, 2005-11-07, 19:15:40
I also know a band named Tool, I once read that Mick Pointer liked this band very much. It's also a different sort of music.
Tool are excellent. They are usually classified as prog metal. They can be hard to get into and are definitely an acquired taste, but well worth the effort. Lateralus (their last studio album) is probably the best one to start with and then maybe work backwards.
An offshoot band from Tool are A Perfect Circle, featuring the same singer/songwriter (Maynard James Keenan) but they aren't so heavy, they are more melodic and easier to get into.
Both bands have some very ... erm ... quirky cover art for their CDs.
Did you know...
Remove the Lateralus CD from the case, and put the plastic case back inside the black sleeve.
Hold the package up to the light and look through the CD case...
It looks 3D to me! ;)
Some other band is the "pre Ayreon band" Vengeance, their credo was if You don't like hardrock then You never heard Vengeance. I think Vengeance already were progressive Hardrock back in the eighties. I like all their cd's especially the last ones, "Arabia" and "Back from flight 19". Also the artwork of Back from flight 19 is magnificent, You can feel world war 2 in it. Arabia has some fine songs like Castles in the air and Arabia.
Quote from: Herben on Mon, 2005-11-21, 23:14:24
Some other band is the "pre Ayreon band" Vengeance, their credo was if You don't like hardrock then You never heard Vengeance. I think Vengeance already were progressive Hardrock back in the eighties. I like all their cd's especially the last ones, "Arabia" and "Back from flight 19". Also the artwork of Back from flight 19 is magnificent, You can feel world war 2 in it. Arabia has some fine songs like Castles in the air and Arabia.
I like Take it or Leave it more. Rock 'n Roll Shower is such a great song! And it was used for a radio jingle. That means the got airplay! :D
In my humble opinion surely the greatest and the srangest band has to be Mr Bungle. The eponymous album is pure prog (great songs in any style with amazing arrangements) whilst managing to be very rude, and who else could successfully meld surf music, world music an heavy metal as they did on California?
I think I have to mention Ditrbox here then,..... VERY strange... ;D
(and VERY Arena-related, I may add...)
QuoteDitrbox
Dirtbox, that is....
with a fridge magnet posessed by the devil....
Perhaps another great band is Type O Negative... Sure they are slightly errm... depressing... in places but each album is full of dark humour.
The band are technically sound, and generally very bloody good!
Type O Negative' keyboard player Josh Silver even had a couple of keyboard solos in the latest album 'Life Is Killing Me'...
That's never happened before! :D
Quote from: maddox on Sun, 2005-11-06, 20:59:46
Oh, yeah, in the late-eighties i saw some pictures of a band (have no cleu what the name was) with a female singer, with, ehm, not much clothes on. Music was described, as i recall correctly, as hardrock, but never heard a thing of them. They looked really weird. :o
Sounds like the late Wendy O. Williams (the "O" is for Orleans) and The Plasmatics... gaffa taped nipples, and a bleached Mohawk, wielding a chainsaw whilst sat astride a tank, surrounded by exploding TV sets...for further info, see page 90 of December 2005's Classic rock....
Try
Poisoned Electric Head or
Cardiacs for sheer bizarreness on stage (and on CD as well...!)
I always thought Frameshift was quite disturbing. Songs like "I killed you". And "This is gonna hurt".
The lattest has this funny sentence:
"Me and you alone now,
are you frightent are you scared?
Let my little toy show you how
to scream so loud no one can hear.
We're gonna play a game that I enjoy.
We won't stop 'till you tell me the truth.
No matter what, I won't believe
'cause I just like hurting you!
And that's the truth!"
And Sebastian Bach is one heck of a loser. Check his official website... yuck.. :P
But he has a GREAT voice.
I haven't read the lyrics very carefully, but I like Frameshift's Unweaving the rainbow very much. Haven't heard the other albums though :-\
Now can I mention one band as both one of the greatest and the strangest? Turbonegro, baby! ;D
i've found a very stange and interesting unsigned band in my local town of reading, ENGLAND
they are called 'TARNISH' definatly worth a listen i think there website is
www.tarnish.fsnet.co.uk