[Closed] Bands that you knew existed for years, but only just discovered...

I certainly missed the memo on Elbow, big fan now.

Only just discovered the back catalogues of Brian Jonestown Massacre and Can. I never really appreciated Kyuss until I had heard the first couple of QOTSA albums....not just recently discovered though I suppose.

Arcade Fire. Loving the new album, thought they were new, was a bit surprised that ‘the suburbs’ was theirs, a couple of songs from that were on my playlist for a little bit but never set my pants on fire.

Good timing - I finally got(ify) Spotify last night. Oh my.

once the fellow house-denizens were all fed and toileted and asleep - I plugged in the AKGs and felt like a kid in the biggest sweetshop ever.

4am saw me still agog and wide-awake. Haven't felt so spoiled since Audiogalaxy 😉

I could go on but in the spirit of the thread here's a few - exactly what OP was talking about (ie aware but I was unnacquainted). So much catching up to do. Flipping amazing IMO:

Television - Marquee Moon
Psychic TV - Godstar
Mild High Club - Windowpane

Not a band, but solo female, Betty Davis. Uttlery bonkers 70s funk. Was married to Miles Davis.

I, of course, have heard every other band that I need to. 😀

Here she is.

My son squirms "What a horrible voice!" if I play it in the car 😆

Not going as far back as some on this thread, but I'm currently a bit obsessed with The XX. Probably as they seem to be strongly influenced by loads of the electronic pop and rock of the 80s and 90s that I was into back then.

Also 6music related, I really enjoyed the Mogwai live session last week.

Not a band as such.

I can't think of anything recent tbh.

It did take me listening to Big Black to discover Gang of Four though.... 😳

I'm definitely liking Betty Davis.

Reminds that it took me almost 20 years to discover that there was more to Roberta Flack than Reverend Lee (as in other tracks on the album, esp. do what you gotta do... 😳 😳 )

Future Rock - Sugar Coated Bullets
Second Hand - Death May Be your Santa Claus

Over the last month I've been feeding CD after CD into my Brennan b2 (470 to date) and have rediscovered Pavement, not sure about herself's Julianna Hatfield and Grant Lee Buffalo collection though.

The Afghan Whigs ..
The new album " In Spades " is my album of the year so far ..the previous " Do to the Beast ..aint half bad either ..only " discovered " earlier this year and went right under my radar previously ..Dulli's voice is just magnificent

Lambchop.

Seen live at Greenman this year, awesome. Didnt realise they were pensionable though! 😳

Most recently it's London Grammar, Kasabian and Motorhead. It's funny how you associate a band with one song for years (Ace of spades for example) and don't realise how good all their other stuff is.

Same with the Stranglers (Golden brown) I unintentionally saw them live last year and then got into their music.

[i]the Stranglers[/i]

Rattus Norvegicus is the album. From there go back to the Doors, maybe.

the Stranglers

Rattus Norvegicus is the album

i know a few people who've only heard golden brown and cant believe the 'proper' stuff is the same band 😀

They were pretty average supporting Simple Minds at Gateshead Stadium a few years back ..

You can't fully appreciate the Stranglers til you've heard JJ's intro to Princess of The Streets (or Walk on By, of course) 🙂

Could you get away with calling a song I Feel Like a Wog these days 😆

[i]supporting Simple Minds... a few years back[/i]
That wasn't the Stranglers - without Hugh Cornwell it's a different band. At their peak Simple Minds wouldn't be worthy of fitting a new string on Hugh's guitar.

Ghost strange Swedes who dress up.

DezB
Tend to disagree ..Ive always thought they were pretty piss poor to be honest ..but that's all down to personal opinion ..
I take on board what you are saying but they were the worst band to take to the stage that day ..Simple Minds were brilliant ..so to Roachford and OMD ..ok

Ghost strange Swedes who dress up.

Do you mean Goat or is there another lot

The Black Crowes.

Their debut album, Shake Your Money Maker, is fantastic.

I have absolutely no idea why I didn't seem to particularly notice My Bloody Valentine at the time, though I was probably too caught up in American Hardcore skate punk type stuff.

About 3 years back I did notice them. Praise be.

@ quagmire (giggedy)

The follow-up, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion is pretty damn good, too.

Lift To Experience - didn’t even realise I’d heard of them till hearing them at Green Man - probably the highlight of the festival after Ryan Adams (for me). Once I looked them up, I realised I’d heard of them back in the 90s when I used to pay a lot more attention to the South-by-Southwest stuff (but completely forgotten about them)..

Funnily enough (given comments above about Guy Garvey), he was involved in getting them back together. Whatever the story, they were an utterly inspired choice for the festival. Most people that saw them were impressed.

Big stranglers fan back then, Raven album (on cassette) might well have been my very first proper intro into Punk as a 10 yo.

I went thru a 60's Psychedelic/Funkadelic/West coast garage Punk period in my early twenties (2nd Summer of love time, late 80's early 90's) The Sonics were a band I completely missed, discovered courtesy of persons on here 10 years ago or so.

Also went thru a period of Southern Death Cult, Sisters of Mercy, The Birthday Party, Skeletal Family etc etc , but only recently discovered some Bauhaus, which at the time overlooked for some reason.

This isn't going to win me any 'coolness' points but I'm 48 with two teenage sons, so no longer care what people think of my taste.

So I'm putting forward Supertramp. Crime of the Century in particular.

@flashinthepan. Well done on owning up to Supertramp.

Can I recommend to you all The Steve Miller Band, more I listen to his early stuff the more l like.

Didn't know the manic Street preachers could make an album like the holy bible until well after some of their later dross.

Turin Brakes - didn't even know they were a thing until Mrs B bought some tickets to see them this coming Saturday.

Janis Joplin

I've listened to blues for years and in my head I always thought she was 'just a hippy' and not paid any attention but my son started listening to her and I was blown away. Thank goodness for Spotify!

I was going to start one of these threads and then this popped up.

Mastodon. Can't believe I've never really realised who or what they are before. Not the easiest band to get into but I'm completely submerged now. Can't wait to see them in December. And the videos are just some crazy icing on the cake:

Paradise Lost, they formed in 1988, first album in 1989, just released their 15th! Despite me being a metal head for all of those years, (although I was more Mr Ravey Davey Gravy from 88/89-96) I never really interfaced with them. Now they're my favourite Goth-Doom-Death-Electronica Metal band thanks to finally "getting" them via Spotify. Thanks Spotify.

The Delgados...knew the name but had never listened to them until I followed a link on here. The Great Eastern is a fantastic album.

Despite being the stereotypical indie kid turned clubber, I never actually heard Screamadelica in full 'til well into the 21st century.

I just heard "song for Jeffrey " by Jethro Tull
On 6-rather smart. Top drumming .:-)

Getting quite fond of Massive Attack having missed them first time round.

Another one for Arcade Fire too!

Sunn O)))

I just heard "song for Jeffrey " by Jethro Tull
On 6-rather smart. Top drumming .:-)

So many different musicians played in Tull, and they've covered so many different styles of music. There is something for every mood. (I've been humming Dunringill since watching the weather forecast at tea time.) It's just a pity that Anderson lost his voice thirty years ago.

I'll +1 for the Afghan Whigs.

Pentangle

Type o negative

Fallen in love with 'korn' all over again

[i]Lambchop.[/i]

aren't they lush?

Nick Drake. vaguely aware of him, (dad's a fan) only just really listened to his stuff seriously this summer, he was so talented. makes me sad

Phil Manzanera with Brian Eno 'Diamond Head'
Carlos Santana 'Abraxas'

Sunn O)))

Oh yes
....just don't get in any situation where you have to try and explain it to anyone!
(although goes with out sayin that I prefer the earlier stuff 😉

chakaping - Member
Despite being the stereotypical indie kid turned clubber, I never actually heard Screamadelica in full 'til well into the 21st century

recall the classic track was a 13th Floor Elevators cover, slip inside this house. Spacemen3 covered their Reverberation and someone else covered their I've got Levitation at the same time. 13th Floor Elevators had some moments of brilliance but mostly lost in a drug addled haze, rediscovered and covered in the UK in late 80's early 90's dance/indie thing.

GusGus never appeared on my radar for quite some time despite my fondness for electronica and them having been around for 22 years. It was nice to go through their back catalogue. Here's their latest single.

I think the most suprising one for me in recent years has been XTC. Of course being a teen of the 80s I'd heard their 3 biggest hits. Radio 2 in recent yrs seem to think that 'Senses Working Overtime' is the only song worth playing, but at least it reminded me of them. So I started having a mosey on Youtube and soon had these albums:

Black Sea
Drums and Wires
White Music (70's agit-pop/punk classic!)
English Settlement
Oranges and Lemons
The Big Express

Couldn't (can't) stop playing especially in the car. Literally gobsmacked at the lyrics and musical talent. The later stuff is not so much my cup of char but worth exploring. Seems to have been a recent cull of XTC on youtube so Spotify is my friend for exploring some of their other stuff (including their alter-ego psych-pop band - 'Dukes of Stratosfear')

Criminally unsung band IMO. And very, very English in the best of senses (working overtime). Boom-tcha!

And one of the best bass-lines of all time was the B-side to Mayor Of Simpleton!!!

Salif Keita.

Stan Getz.

Just going through The Cult playlist. Awesome.

@ quagmire (giggedy)

The follow-up, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion is pretty damn good, too.

@mikey74 - correct, it's bloody ace. I think it's as good as the first album.

🙂

I think sometimes the name of a band might put you off and so it takes ages to get round to listening to them.

British Sea Power are supposed to be excellent but I don't think I'll ever find out because I can't bring myself to listen a band with that name- it reminds me of the worst kind of 1980's history textbooks at school 🙁

Glad you got there with XTC, MR. I’m a big fan.

Re brilliant bass lines- the best guitar solo of all time is on “That’s really Super, Supergirl”, at least IMHO.

Janis Joplin

I've listened to blues for years and in my head I always thought she was 'just a hippy' and not paid any attention but my son started listening to her and I was blown away. Thank goodness for Spotify!

Youtube is your friend too. There will never be a female singer as good as Janis.

@mikey74 - correct, it's bloody ace. I think it's as good as the first album.

Yep, I'd agree with that. In pure musical terms, it probably better, but the first one has a special feel and significance to it. In fact, I've just put it on 8)

One of my life's few regrets is not knowing about The Neutral Milk Hotel until recently

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Just got surrealist pillow by Jefferson Airplane after stumbling across them recently. My new favourite album.

Yep, I'd agree with that. In pure musical terms, it probably better, but the first one has a special feel and significance to it. In fact, I've just put it on

Yes, both good but as you say, the first one has the biggest impact. Might well get that cranked up with a few beers 🙂

Life is good when mixed with beer and great music!

I love music, so it’s hard for me to pick a revisit..

But I’m definitely in a Dance House groove kinda guy, and have been revisiting everything on Defected Records recently ..

Been pleasantly surprised at the tunes bringing back memories of dance floors in Town, with some exceptional friends..

Seems apt..

Fela Kuti.
I remember hearing him in my post punk/alternative days when "world music" became more popular but my 3 minute song attention span couldn't get to grips with his elongated song structures.Rediscovered his stuff recently and love it now,although nearly all his tunes are pretty much the same format!A real proto punk and a true anti establishment radical to boot.

Television - Marquee Moon

Glad you got there with XTC, MR. I’m a big fan.

monkfish - Member
Just got surrealist pillow by Jefferson Airplane after stumbling across them recently. My new favourite album.

Arab Strap- bit weird, I knew loads of other bands from that scene but I just never heard an Arab Strap song, went and saw them at Field Day in London (again, bit weird, "discovering" a scottish band by going from Scotland to London) and loved it. Then got a bunch of the albums and didn't like 'em as much as the live versions

Opeth
Orange Goblin
Genesis
Can
Dollar

I had heard Glenn Branca's name, but never heard his music until this week - thought I'd check him out on YouTube after seeing him on a TV doc.

Absolutely blown away...

I've been really getting into the "The Best of..." by The Beatles.
Amazing stuff. Have they done a better album?

Maybe not a band that too many have heard of ..but one which you should have if you are into art/ prog rock which I "discovered " about six years ago ..and have been my favourite group ever since ..Gazpacho.
Start with March Of Ghosts ..go back to discover earlier stuff ..then forward with Demon & Molok.
The musicianship is unreal ..and best heard as "headphone" albums
Here is a taster from their latest album Molok.."Know Your Time"

I've only just discovered the National in the last 6 months!