I need some help! (dancing, funk, hardcore, jazz, punk)

White Lies · 06-11-2006, 06:42 PM

As you may know, i've become quite obsessed with the Minutemen since i heard them. I regard them as my favorite band now, along with Black Flag.

As I got into the Minutemen i became really interested in SST records, which already carried some of my favorites - Black Flag, Descendents, Bad Brains, The D'icks, Meat Puppets etc. So I checked out Husker Du, and loved them as well. New Day Rising and Zen Arcade are both awesome albums.

The thing about Husker Du and the Minutemen is, while they definitely are punk bands, they are different. Minutemen are funky, Husker Du are noisy and...yeah. I also liked that album by The Cows that was uploaded, and that's pretty noisy and differnet as well. Another band I checked out recently and loved was Mission of Burma (cos of the video thread). They were tough at first, but I now love the album 'Vs'.

But history lesson over, to summarise i guess i'm looking for more bands like these:

Minutemen
Husker Du
Fugazi/Rites of Spring
The Cows
Mission of Burma

in other words, i want some bands that do things that aren't common in 'normal' punk/hardcore music.

Thank you.

~~hiu~~ · 06-11-2006, 11:13 PM

Big Boys
Sugar (Bob Mould's band after the Huskers)
Bob Mould (Or any other Huskers solo work)
Saccharine Trust
Dinosaur Jr
Slovenly
Universal Congress Of
Tar Babies
MOFUNGO
The Divine Horsemen
Das Damen
Opal
Angst
Tom Troccoli's Dog
DC-3
Pell Mell
Grant Hart (More Huskers solo)
Early Soul Asylum
Big Black
Shellac
Rapeman
The Dirtbombs (I guess they could work)
Wire
Gang of Four
The Replacements
Naked Raygun
fIREHOSE (Mike Watt after Minutemen)
Mike Watt (Minutemen solo)
Butthole Surfers
NoMeansNo

If you want more just holla.

mosesandtherubberducky · 06-11-2006, 11:19 PM

I second Big Black and Butthole Surfers.

The Jesus Lizard seems to fit what you are looking for also.

~~hiu~~ · 06-13-2006, 02:40 AM

Another few bands you fellows should check out are Secret Hate which just turned up on my media player and really caught my attention, apparently they released this Vegetables Dancing 7" in 1983 on New Alliance Records (Watt and Boons label back in the Minutemen days), it's really catchy hardcore shit.

Also Artistic Decline, I guess you could sorta compare them to the Minutemen and all that jazz. I downloaded their Random Violence album some time ago off here. If you want to download the album you can go there, also has a good deal of information on the band.

hookers with machineguns · 06-13-2006, 06:11 PM

Television
Gray Matter
The Fall
Nation of Ulysses

Urban Hat€monger ? · 06-13-2006, 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hookers with machineguns

The Fall

Good recommendation sir.

this ...

http://www.musicbanter.com/showpost....&postcount=638

Should still be working if anyone wants to check out The Fall

cardboard adolescent · 06-13-2006, 08:21 PM

Just look up "post-punk" in allmusic.com, and I think that'll keep you busy for a while.

~~hiu~~ · 06-13-2006, 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cardboard adolescent

Just look up "post-punk" in allmusic.com, and I think that'll keep you busy for a while.

No, that would come up with alot of british bands which is not really what he wants.

cardboard adolescent · 06-13-2006, 09:22 PM

What he wants is good music. I doubt he cares if they're British. If he likes The Minutemen, I think he'll be able to like Gang Of Four. If he likes Mission of Burma, I think he'll be able to like The Fall.

White Lies · 06-14-2006, 06:34 AM

Hiu - thanks for the list buddy, i've only heard 2 bands from it so i'm looking forward to checking out the rest. Ive heard Big Boys (i got into them through a texas hardcore compilation i think, and now theyre one of my favorite bands, i recently made a thread on them here) and fIREHOSE, because of the minutemen connection. I love them both, so good calls.

I'll check out Big Black and Butthole Surfers first, since both you and Moses recommended them, and i'll also download that Artistic Decline album. Whats the best album to start with by Big Black and Butthole Surfers?

I'll check out that album by The Fall as well, thanks.

06-11-2006, 06:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
White Lies destroy oh boy! Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 492	I need some help! As you may know, i've become quite obsessed with the Minutemen since i heard them. I regard them as my favorite band now, along with Black Flag. As I got into the Minutemen i became really interested in SST records, which already carried some of my favorites - Black Flag, Descendents, Bad Brains, The D'icks, Meat Puppets etc. So I checked out Husker Du, and loved them as well. New Day Rising and Zen Arcade are both awesome albums. The thing about Husker Du and the Minutemen is, while they definitely are punk bands, they are different. Minutemen are funky, Husker Du are noisy and...yeah. I also liked that album by The Cows that was uploaded, and that's pretty noisy and differnet as well. Another band I checked out recently and loved was Mission of Burma (cos of the video thread). They were tough at first, but I now love the album 'Vs'. But history lesson over, to summarise i guess i'm looking for more bands like these: Minutemen Husker Du Fugazi/Rites of Spring The Cows Mission of Burma in other words, i want some bands that do things that aren't common in 'normal' punk/hardcore music. Thank you.

06-11-2006, 11:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
mosesandtherubberducky butt say x Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: so i read the question as "Where YOU live" which was kinda funny instead of "Where you live" Posts: 1,649	I second Big Black and Butthole Surfers. The Jesus Lizard seems to fit what you are looking for also. __________________ Can I have a youtube video for a sig? There's a thing that says "Wrap [YOUTUBE] tags around selected text"

06-13-2006, 06:11 PM	#5 (permalink)
hookers with machineguns Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,753	Television Gray Matter The Fall Nation of Ulysses __________________ LASTFM

06-11-2006, 11:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
~~hiu~~ Account Disabled Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,174	Big Boys Sugar (Bob Mould's band after the Huskers) Bob Mould (Or any other Huskers solo work) Saccharine Trust Dinosaur Jr Slovenly Universal Congress Of Tar Babies MOFUNGO The Divine Horsemen Das Damen Opal Angst Tom Troccoli's Dog DC-3 Pell Mell Grant Hart (More Huskers solo) Early Soul Asylum Big Black Shellac Rapeman The Dirtbombs (I guess they could work) Wire Gang of Four The Replacements Naked Raygun fIREHOSE (Mike Watt after Minutemen) Mike Watt (Minutemen solo) Butthole Surfers NoMeansNo If you want more just holla.

06-13-2006, 02:40 AM	#4 (permalink)
~~hiu~~ Account Disabled Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,174	Another few bands you fellows should check out are Secret Hate which just turned up on my media player and really caught my attention, apparently they released this Vegetables Dancing 7" in 1983 on New Alliance Records (Watt and Boons label back in the Minutemen days), it's really catchy hardcore shit. Also Artistic Decline, I guess you could sorta compare them to the Minutemen and all that jazz. I downloaded their Random Violence album some time ago off here. If you want to download the album you can go there, also has a good deal of information on the band.

06-13-2006, 08:21 PM	#7 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	Just look up "post-punk" in allmusic.com, and I think that'll keep you busy for a while.

06-13-2006, 09:22 PM	#9 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	What he wants is good music. I doubt he cares if they're British. If he likes The Minutemen, I think he'll be able to like Gang Of Four. If he likes Mission of Burma, I think he'll be able to like The Fall.

06-14-2006, 06:34 AM	#10 (permalink)
White Lies destroy oh boy! Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 492	Hiu - thanks for the list buddy, i've only heard 2 bands from it so i'm looking forward to checking out the rest. Ive heard Big Boys (i got into them through a texas hardcore compilation i think, and now theyre one of my favorite bands, i recently made a thread on them here) and fIREHOSE, because of the minutemen connection. I love them both, so good calls. I'll check out Big Black and Butthole Surfers first, since both you and Moses recommended them, and i'll also download that Artistic Decline album. Whats the best album to start with by Big Black and Butthole Surfers? I'll check out that album by The Fall as well, thanks.