Rasputina
 

If you haven't heard of them, do yourself a favor and check out this cello rock band. They're so different, and though I really really hated their first two albums (which are apparently everyone's favorites), they get better from there. And imo, Frustration Plantation and Oh Perilous World are both perfect. Check out their song: Saline the Salt Lake Queen, you'll thank me. And also, their humor is spot on (most of the time, Thanks for the ether tried to be funny at times, and failed half of those attempts...The Donner Party entertains me). Anyways, please listen to them, and if you have, tell me whatcha think! <3

I like some of their earlier stuff. In fact I like it a lot but... I saw them live pretty recently... it wasn't very good. That's the nice way of putting it. The drummer was so bad it was pathetic. I'm pretty sure at the end of it all the lead singer was crying. I don't know if the gig was just that bad or what but I'm almost certain I saw tears. Truly... awful concert.

O.k. i will check out rasputina, if you would be so kind as to check out Sondre Lerche, the weakerthans, the bens

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I have the album Oh Perilous World. They are definetly an interesting band, I should listen to them more.

I'd go with frustration plantation, only so you aren't overwhelmed by how different the sound is (each album gets a little crazier, so the first to the last is insane).

Crazier as in like louder, more rock-ish? Or just plain crazier. Because I would like to hear them do some more stripped down music.

I saw them open for Bob Mould back in the mid 90s. It was the first I had ever heard of them and I thought they were amazing even though the singer's stage presence left a lot to be desired. Industrial hired gun Chris Vrenna was playing drums on that tour so the drums were great. Too bad they didn't have him for the show you saw.

The only album I have by them is How We Quit the Forest which has a couple good songs but overall has never impressed me. I liked them much better live.

How we quit the forest....I hate that album, they were caught between moving on to different things and staying the same...it just didn't work. And Manny, it's much more stripped down. Oh perilous world is insane with all it does, it's the exact opposite. But it's very very goth (not that that's a bad thing, Some songs are great).

ok, so How We Quit The Forest is a more stripped down album by them, but it isn't good?

check out their Lost & Found EP (if you can find it!) for some of the most interesting covers songs you'll ever hear:

1. "Bad Moon Rising" (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
2. "Wish You Were Here" (Pink Floyd)
3. "Tourniquet" (Marilyn Manson)
4. "Fire and Ice" (Pat Benatar)
5. "This Little Piggy" (Traditional)
6. "All Tomorrow's Parties" (The Velvet Underground)
7. "Rock and Roll" (Led Zeppelin)

in my book, it's bordering on blasphemy to cover Wish You Were Here, but they actually do the song justice. find it on youtube (just ignore the unrelated video somebody mixed it with...)

It's a lot of people's favorite, but I'd go with Thanks For the Ether for you, it's quite goth, but there's a lot of gems in there. Also, Remnants of Percy Bass from Cabin Fever! is one of my favorite songs by them, the middle is tedious at first, but it somehow grew on me, haha.

Well i've done it, i've given 'em a good listen .... thank you, i owe you one, transylvanian concubine is great and my orphange is sad, i don't know why they got out of the forest but i'm glad they did

I'm glad you like them, transylvanian concubine is probably their most famous song, and I do enjoy it =]

The thing about rasputina is, even if you don't like their music, you can really appreciate their mastery of their instruments.

Agreed. thanks for the heads up, i watched the pier and restraunt burn in '99? can't place when... but i'll never forget that day in Santa Barbara.

That is their gift-- they are amazing musicians I wish more people
would listen to them-- it's the most non- cheesey stringed instrument music
you can find. Melora Creeger is like a classically trained cellist whose style Kurt Cobain admired and therefore used for the In Utero sessions & tour--

They're actually more popular than I thought, I just found out that melora was used for the Repo! soundtrack (which isn't the best, but I can still here her influence....slightly)

Yep. You must understand there is a distinct cross genre appeal going on so there are more listeners than you may think too. I thought that soundtrack was cool -

they've got a new live album out - The Pregnant Concert. i have a copy but have not found time to listen yet.

has anyone checked it out?