They did as Cracker.

Shoot from the back,
take good aim,
Make sure I'm dead
Bang Bang

'Cause I'm a rat
there's no mistake
Under the bed
where you sleep

Crush the skull
make me tame
Sweep it up
Hide it away

No morals shown
in no way explained
Stupid human
sh*t for brains

And draw tiny pictures
'round all the days
Bag and burn
Bang Bang

Throw your judgments
across the breeze
Bag and burn
Bang Bang

You live inside
your Jesus dream
Bag and burn
Bang Bang

Get some sleep
or lie in wait
Until the day
I run away

Forget the corpse
present the case
to bring me down
and lose your words

I'll follow you
into the grave
and at the gates
I see the passing say,

"The judge be judged,
and all the rich be saved."
I throw my curse
all across your days

And draw tiny pictures
'round all the days
Bag and burn
Bang Bang

Throw your judgments
across the breeze
Bag and burn
Bang Bang

You live inside
your Jesus dream
Bag and burn
Bang Bang

And draw tiny pictures
'round all the days

Throw your judgments
across the breeze

Watch them float off
to never be saved

You live inside
your Jesus dream

I am going to have to go with a local band that broke up a long time ago when I practically was a kid. Might not be everyone's genre or cup of tea, but they had a hell of a lot of potential.

The Thrill Collective - "Ink"

I heard this song for the first time today and enjoy its fast-paced energy, glittery guitar solos, competent playing, and the lead vocalist's strong, clear singing voice. The tune is catchy and has stuck in my mind, making it my favorite of their songs.

I'm impressed with the band members' skill level, especially considering their youth. As they mature, I suspect their songs will include more unique elements so that they further develop their own sound. They have a good, solid beginning and the knowledge base to do whatever they want with their music, and so I'm curious to see where their creativity leads them. Currently, their music and especially the lead singer's voice remind me somewhat of music by The Outfield, a band I like very much.

Listening to this song made me happy, not only because of its upbeat sound, but also because I like to see young musicians who are inspired to make music together. :) Creating music with others is a wonderful endeavor, and I'm glad they are having that experience.


Ink - YouTube

Now this is certainly a good topic. Non-famous bands? Seems every artiste I listen to (okay not all, but a pretty hefty percentage) rank as unknown to most people, and yet, yes, there can be some absolutely amazing songs in there, music that in all likelihood so many will never hear.

I could list hundreds, but the likes of Shadow Gallery have some totally stunning songs, like this one from their "Room V" album (sorry, Vengangelica, you probably won't like it as it's quite long, but I'd urge you to give it a chance)


Then there's the Adventures, track from their "Trading secrets with the moon" album, this is called "Bright new morning"


and just one more: this is a band called Silent Edge, who have to date sadly only had the one album, "The eyes of the shadow". This is a slower track from it, called "The curse I hold".


It is indeed frustrating that songs of this calibre are going unnoticed, but then I suppose if the bands got famous and everyone was into them we'd feel slightly less, I don't know, important? It's sort of like they're our bands, our secret? Though I'm sure they'd rather have the fame (and the money)...

Last one standing by stars down/Lukas Rossi.
A great song. sorry no youtube video :(

I did listen to all three songs :) with the final one, "The Curse I Hold Within," being my favorite because I like the acoustic guitar very much.

I really don't listen to enough music to discover many songs by non-famous bands, Trollheart...but when I do happen to hear little-known songs I enjoy, then I like to honor them here in the thread. I hope that the musicians' pleasure in making music has been its own reward, but yes, I imagine they'd also like to get Fame and Fortune. Maybe now that you've posted about them, they will. ;)

I found "Last One Standing" by Stars Down on MySpace so that people can hear it there, if they want:
Last One Standing - Single by Stars Down | Album | Listen for Free and Download

all of yall vids except Kai and dog mang had wayy more then 100 views some even had like 8 million All of u have Failed :hphones:

Luckily, because I left the definition of "non-famous" up to individual posters, there is no failure in this thread:

Curious whether you were correct or not when you said that almost all the vids have way more than 100 views, I checked the current number of views for the videos posted. I found that quite a few have around 1,000 views, which is close to meeting *my* definition of "non-famous." Mind you, some of these videos were posted in this thread almost a year ago, so they probably have accumulated views since that time. :)

Here are the current number of views for the following lesser-known songs that have been posted:

A Brokeheart Pro - "Bleed On" (269 views)
Clara Klein (MySpace) - (1,139 plays)
Arrah and The Ferns - "Tokyo" (2,146 views)
Luka Bloom - "Ciara" (1,694 views)
Los Iberos - "Summertime Girl" (1,995 views)
Sexy Sadie - Crawling Man (2,961 views)
Matt Stevens - "Ghost" (1,775 views)
The Hours - "Kidkanevil" (341 views)
Caves - "200 Miles" (1,058 views)
Becky Daly - "Falling" (186 views)
Whores - "Straight Down" (1,669 views)
Zeta Park - "Lady Capuccino" (183 views)
The Thrill Collective - "Ink" (57 views)
Silent Edge - "The Curse I Hold Within" (42 views)

well i was just going by your guidelines on how u feel ranks as non famous outta common courtesy :P

^ Thank you, Norg! :)

I admit I was surprised by some of the bands that people felt were non-famous (given the large number of YouTube views, which made these bands seem *very* famous to me).

What surprises me most about this thread, though, is that there aren't more people posting about new bands made up of their friends. That's actually what I had thought (and hoped) might happen frequently here.

So here is this thread, just waiting for people to post about their local bands, their best friends' great songs, etc. And...almost no one posts. :( Maybe most people don't know many musicians??

Alright then, let me do just that! Comandante Zero are a great two man band (bass and drums) out of Brooklyn who are terrific live. A close friend of mine does their background projections.

Song is OK
Video is amazing.

Black Light Burns - Cruel Melody



Android Lust - Into the Sun



Martin Grech - Guiltless



Micah Buzan - The Theif (Heal the Weak and Phantoms are also great songs of his)



Machines of Loving Grace - Amimal Mass



Dr. Steel - We Decide It



ohGr - Water



Lost Fawn - By Chance



Abney Park - Evil Man



Aesthetic Perfection - The Ones



Dead by Sunrise - Walking in Circles



I find the singer's voice irritating as hell, but...
Pure Reason Revolution - The Twyncyn/Trembling Willows



The Blood Brothers - Metronomes



I, Parasite - Spoke

Look up Avial on youtube. They're an Indian alternative band. Can't understand the language, but heck, they make some cool stuff.

There is a band called Sunlight Ascending. Not many people know them but discovered them on Youtube. I really like them a lot. My favorite song by them is Diorama Drama, it has 854 views on Youtube.

Thanks, Janszoon. :)

Whoa! :laughing: That *was* a great video by Francobollo for his song, "I found a bike today." That guy sure is passionate about bicycles! I will never look at a bicycle pump the same way again. ;) The video was choreographed to fit the music very well and made the song, well, unforgettable. Ha ha ha! I still laugh, thinking of it.

Those were all very interesting songs. Thanks for adding them, shadowtear.

Martin Grech's "Guiltless" was my favorite. Disturbing. I like. :) My second favorite was I, Parasite's "Spoke" with its eerie, hypnotic sound and only 732 YouTube views! All of your song choices had wonderfully quirky elements.

Here, SillySocks, I posted the video of this instrumental song to make it possible for people to listen with just one click:

Sunlight Ascending - "Diorama Dream"


Sunlight Ascending - Diorama Dream - YouTube

Out of all my friends, I am the only one who likes this song



Also, this came up while I was looking for steampunk video games

miRthkon is one of my favourite modern bands, and this song and the band alike are far too underrated for my liking. They just did a tour with Kayo Dot, so hopefully that spread the word a bit.



Also, Diamond Terrifier is insanely underrated. It's the solo project of Sam Hillmer, and the title track off of the debut album Kill the Self That Wants to Kill Yourself is fantastic. Can't even find on Youtube, so here's the Spotify link.

Kill The Self That Wants To Kill Yourself by Diamond Terrifier on Spotify

cool bands and stuff!
 

I'm really digging a girl called Kirsten amy at the mo, not usually my kinda thing I'm usually more fond of the heavier stuff, but she has a few bangers up that caught my ear, very dynamic

and miRthkon... haha, amazing, kinda reminds me of really old Incubus!

Listen to Mental Drug by Illustrated on Youtube. EXTREMELY UNDERRATED!

^ Thanks for the additional songs!

I looked up Kirsten Amy and am very impressed:

Kirsten Amy - "Unbelievable" (only 25 views!)
Lovely Indian influences and she also has a *lovely* voice. Excellent. This song should have 2,500,000 views.




Tonight I also listened to Brandon Blair's song "Turn Away" (only 42 views on YouTube!) and liked it for its catchy bass, guitar, bells, and Brandon's voice, which reminds me a little of the MGMT guys. His singing also reminds me of Devo, whom I enjoy.

The song would appeal to me more if it had real drums, but I still liked it for its quirky/reggae feel and the energy of the chorus:


Brandon Blair - Turn Away - YouTube

I also liked the shoegazey (?) music of the band in which he plays bass, trumpet, and violin, with my favorite two songs being the following:

Port Manteau - "Sailboat" (162 views)




Port Manteau - "All Too Familiar" (499 views)

Taxi Taxi - Birdful eyes, Beautiful song


Afterlives - Ever the optimist, kind of rough around the edges but I think that adds to the song

interesting no so heard of album
Sixto Rodriguez- Cold Fact full album - YouTube

Set to sea~The Wandering Tree.

I love this song!!
All of you should go listen to it.

(Slow reply) The song by The Wandering Tree was pleasant! I only wish there were a better recording of it on YouTube since the two live recordings I heard had low sound quality.

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Yesterday I was listening to my favorite non-famous song that I posted in this thread two years ago..."Ink" by The Thrill Collective.

This song is still just so damn catchy to me, a conclusion I reach after listening to it around 40 times on repeat while at work:

The Thrill Collective - "Ink"
Pop song that gets an A++ from me
Still only 319 views since they posted it on 8/2012.



^ While listening, I wondered how The Thrill Collective is doing now. So I thought I'd find out by looking through their Youtube channel.

I discovered to my excitement that they've recorded a new arrangement or remix of "Ink," which they call "Wasting Time On You."

I prefer their original version, but "Wasting Time on You" is still a good song and better in some ways than the original:

The Thrill Collective - "Wasting Time On You"
(New version of "Ink" with a heavier, slicker, more complex sound. I give it an A)
Published 1/2013 with only 245 views.
Guitar soloist displays greater skill now.


Wasting Time On You (formerly Ink) - YouTube

Next, I saw they've made a new song that I feel is their second best song of the approximately twelve that they have recorded to date:

The Thrill Collective - "These Days"
(A solid song with a darker sound. I give it a B+)
Published 7/2013 and only 45 views.

The Thrill Collective is a solid, talented band and I hope they'll keep cranking out the tunes.


These Days - YouTube

Cornered Men in Japan
 

Cornered Men are a group of foreigners in Japan that are starting to write their own stuff in amongst the covers. You can check out some originals on their youtube channel.

Witching Hour UK - trad goth band
 

If you like traditional goth rock, here's a band to consider: Witching Hour UK.

I know little about trad goth, but I am thinking that this London band's music is very representative of that subgenre which, says Wikipedia, arose out of punk "but combines dark, often keyboard-heavy music with introspective, dark and mostly romantic lyrics."

Witching Hour UK started in 1991 but are still active as a two-piece band and according to their website "are still very much trad-goth and are very proud of their heritage."

Witching Hour UK - "Afterlife"




Witching Hour UK - "Witchcraft"




Witching Hour UK - "Resurrection"
Performing Live (back in the '90s)

I recently happened upon the band Gloom Balloon, a name that amuses me, and I found that I really enjoy quite a few of their songs because they are pretty, thoughtful, and a little funny/quirky. My favorites are these:

Gloom Balloon - "Fix The Sunshine"



Gloom Balloon - "The Prettiest Song"

Last night, while visiting a free sheet music website, I happened upon a few pieces by a 16-year-old composer and musician from Malaysia who goes by the name of Thyrai. Thyrai writes that he usually creates melodic versions of House. I was very favorably impressed by two of his electronica songs:

Thyrai - "Interlude" (169 views on Youtube as of 8-12-2015)



Thyrai - "Might Be I'll Say Yes" (811 views on Youtube currently)

Headswim and Vex Red from UK

I just discovered the music of a French composer, Damien Poupart-Taussat, whose piano and string compositions and performances are quite lovely yet appear not to be well known:

Damien Poupart-Taussat - "A Free Man"
Damien plays the piano in this performance of his piano, string, and percussion piece. The performance includes modern dancers and struck me as very French! Currently his video has only 5 views:




Damien Poupart-Taussat - "Childhood Memories"
A very sweet piano and strings piece: