S’funny, reading the sort of bands that people on here are ‘re-discovering’! Apart from the ‘Baggie’ crowd, the ‘Stuffies, The Farm, Soup Dragons, and James, Reef, and a couple of others, who I was never really taken with, pretty much all of those listed are on my iPod, and get a regular airing, and whatever doesn’t I hear on 6Music. 😀
I’ve recently re-discovered Gentle Giant, a band I hadn’t listened to for probably twenty or more years, and what’s remarkable is just how contemporary they sound, and several new bands owe an awful lot to GG for their sound, like Alt-J.
I’m also rediscovering Renaissance, who I saw a few times, and always loved Annie Haslam’s voice, and their music, although the lyrics could be a bit ‘flowery’, because they started a Kickstarter project last year to fund a new album. It’s their first in nearly a decade, which I supported, and I’ve just received notification about, which pleases me immensely, as the CD will be signed by the band, although, sadly, Michael Dunsford, their original guitarist, died several weeks ago, which is a real shame.
