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Originally posted by buttrocker
Seems like most people have never heard of Frank Black and the Catholics. The lead singer, Frank Black, was the lead singer of the Pixies (when he went by Black Francis). Their style is hard to catogorize, sometimes Black screams a lot, other times the music is very folk rock sounding. Their sound has changed a lot from album to album as well. In my opinion the earlier ones are better. All i know is that I've seen them live 4 times and have never seen another band put on a better show.
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Totally agree about Frank Black. Great stuff.
I'm not sure if these all count as bands nobody's heard of but here goes:
I'll start with the Supersuckers because I just saw them live last night and they rocked hard. It's pretty hard to classify their music though, they're anywhere from Punk to Hard Rock to Country and everything in between. Best bet is to check out some tracks from the multimedia section on their site:
www.supersuckers.com
Another great band that nobody's heard about (at least outside of Canada) is The Tragically Hip. Their music has really changed a lot from album to album but their roots are bluesy rock. Great live band.
www.thehip.com
That's all I can think of at the moment. I'm a little dazed from the concert last night. They put on a great show, but man was it loud.