I would've never thought Modest Mouse would blow up like they did. Sure, they sold out the clubs that I went to see them in. But I never thought they'd write the most popular song of 2004.
I was telling people about Limp Bizkit about a year before they hit big. Now I'm apologizing to the same individuals, as Durst and Craven have both become losers.
and you will know us by the trail of dead... i saw those guys a few times when they first started in the mid 90's. i think the first time i saw them they were still a duo. spoon is another austin band that started in the mid-90's that ive seen more times than i can count. for the longest time brit played an acoustic guitar run thru distortion live. no (real) electrics. i always liked that. i saw at the drive in a couple times in the late 90's - electric lounge in austin, which maybe holds about 250. arcade fire really came out of nowhere. i thought the album was o.k. didnt get all the hype till i saw them at austin city limits last month. they absolutely stole the show for me and i love the album now.
I remember over 2 years ago getting constantly bugged, it seemed, by Amazon to buy this album called "Turn on the Bright Lights" by some band called Interpol. I went ahead and bought that album (something I used to never do - buy an album before hearing any tracks, now I do that **** all the time ). It was a very good purchase. Since then Interpol has become somewhat big but they are still somewhat unknown, I think. Another band that falls into that category and is probably more unknown than Interpol is Sigur Ros.
Awesome song. The whole City of Evil album is amazingly kickass actually. Not one bad track. Waking the Fallen is incredible as well. I can't believe these guys don't get as much attention as bands like Slipknot and Mudvayne. Oh, and all you H-town rappers better watch out. The.Brand0n holds it down.
As I Lay Dying, Cursive... Did anyone who went to see Coheed catch one of the support bands mewithoutYou? They're my favorite band, and an incredible bunch of guys, but I didn't go to the show in Dallas mainly because C&C and the Blood Brothers are my two least favorite bands.
In keeping with the topic (and staying with bands I don't hate, so at least know a little about them), The Killers, Jet and the Strokes come to mind. For a little band that took a VERY long time to get noticed, The Pixies now pack arenas. Bands I saw in small places before they got big - The Cure - #s REM - #s U2 - Cardis (October tour) Stevie Ray Vaughn - Rockafellers Echo and The Bunnymen - The Island. Well, they never got that popular but the venue was so small.
I dont know about that Manny,I actually think Sigur Ros might be getting a lot more attention than Interpol. I actually saw a Sigur Ros music video for "Glosoli" off Takk... on MTV just yesterday. I have been listening to them for a few years now, and it seems each year I see more and more people who have heard of them. A band I am getting into right now that isn't very well known is TV on the Radio, allmusic says a similar artist is Interpol, so you might like them Manny.
mewithoutyou was ok, they put on a decent show, but I'm just not a fan of their music. And yes, Blood Brothers were AWFUL, complete trash. BTW, good call on As I Lay Dying and ETID, both of which are great bands, that I've listened to for awhile, especially ETID, however, I don't think that I'd characterize either as a big band quite yet.
Operation Ivy - I never saw them but I remember listening to them before they became so freaking big they had to break up. Green Day, I remember seeing them with less than a hundred people in the club, next thing you know, they are selling out the Astro Hall. AFI - I'm still not sure if they ever got big but I remember walking through Target's TV area and seeing an AFI video on every single screen. One time I went to a show at Emo's (Houston) and I'm sitting outside up against the fence and the drummer walks up and sits next to me. Both of us drinking a beer, sitting there not saying a word; then he just kind of blurts out, "you know, no matter where you go in this world, the moon is always there staring right back at you." I'm just looking at him and say, "home sick uh?" It seems like it only took a year for them to go from that show at Emo's to a video played on every TV at Target. Less Than Jake is another band I'm not sure how big they actually got. I sang back up in "Where the Hell is Mike Sinkovich?" during a show at the Abyss. (I think it was called the Abyss then) Next thing you know they are on the sound track of some video game.
Hootie and the Blowfish. Fall of '94 they're playing in the quad at my tiny college in VA. to little attendance. Then Cracked Read View comes out and the next thing you know they're superstars.
hmm, maybe its just cause they're pretty big within their genre, or what i listen to. AILD was the biggest metalcore act at hellfest, cornerstone, etc. and ETID just went on a very successful headlining tour, i went to see them at Emo's and it was packed. mewithoutYou is an acquired taste. they are one incredible band. the lead, aaron weiss, is a lyrical genius, comparable "in the mainstream" to conor oberst but i don't see how they are even compared.
About 4 years ago, my good friend told me about this band his buddy Rob Hardy was wanting to start. My friend and Rob lived in the same flat complex in Glasgow. Fast forward about 3 years ago, my friend hands me this demo cd, of this band that his buddy Rob had started. He wanted to see if I liked the tracks. I made some suggestions, but thought it was a decent enough album. At the time they were just passing the demo cd to a bunch of friends getting their critique of it. I asked my friend what the band name was and he said there was no name at the time. Fast forward to two weeks ago, Franz Ferdinand is playing on SNL. Rob Hardy is the bassist for the group. Mind boggling...
I saw the Red Hot Chili Peppers (socks and all) in a 3/4 empty Sam Houston Colosseum back in the early 80's. Back when they were actually a funk band and the late great Hillel Slovak was still alive. Saw Living Colour at Club Excess right before their debut album hit it big. I saw Def Lepard pre-Pyromania. Not sure if that qualifies. I was listening to U2 and REM before anyone else had heard of them. Well, besides the cool kids.
