Could've Been A Contender.......bands that could've been / should have been
I seem to be drawn to many bands who were great, but not widely recognised as such.
I guess this is because I've got most of the obvious stuff & for a long time have had to search harder & wider for new music - and unavoidably ending up cruising the backwaters & dark alleys of recorded sound.
I've not got much time at the moment but here's one band that are special to me:
Big Star http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC0Wa...eature=related
More later.............
By the way:
Cover versions are a good place to start. It's an easy way in & gives you something familiar to grab onto when getting into a new band.
'The Covers Project' is a handy tool - a database of cover versions. Each band/artist is listed with covers they've done, as well as songs of theirs that others have covered. http://www.coversproject.com/
Big Star was excellent...
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Originally Posted by
Beechwoods
Big Star seemed to flash brightly in the late 80's when everyone fell in love with Teenage Fanclub and realised that Bandwagonesque sounded just like Big Star. Alex Chilton came out of retirement and they toured for a while. I've never checked them out personally, mind...
Here's a few thoughts...
Dinosaur Jr should have been bigger than Nirvana.
Pale Saints should have been bigger than My Bloody Valentine.
Mick Softley should have been bigger than Donovan.
Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come should have been bigger than The Crazy World...
The Shamen with without Mr C should have been bigger than The Shamen with Mr C :lol:
Not sure if this was what you had in mind, but it's an interesting theme to explore!
Chilton passed this year, so that's likely the last from them. They did an album in the 80's "Live in Columbia" (Missouri) that was pretty cool. Their first 2 were the best output from them, IMO. Very unique and super-catchy. I sure wish more groups sounded like them.
