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rushfan4
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Topic: Share your knowledge - food related bands Part 1 Posted: March 20 2008 at 10:36 |
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I'm looking to learn about some unfamiliar bands. Hopefully, this is a thread that can keep on giving. I have listed 25 bands whose names are at least somewhat food-related. I am going to create a second thread with 25 additional bands. Most sub-genres are covered so there is a little something for everyone to talk about. Most of these bands are rarely discussed within the general threads and rarely show up in polls, but hopefully somebody out there knows things about these bands that they would like to share. Multiple votes are allowed, so feel free to talk about as many bands that you are familiar with. I hope that you all have a hardy appetitie for some (mostly) lesser known prog bands.
Thanks and hopefully have fun and learn something new along with me.
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: March 20 2008 at 11:06 | |
Very cool poll with some excellent bands as well. BONDAGE FRUIT's first 2 are brilliant in my opinion,while THE MUFFINS would be my second pick. I do like FRUITCAKE from Norway too.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
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Padraic
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Posted: March 20 2008 at 11:08 | |
On this list I've listened to Egg and Magic Pie.
Egg was one of Dave Stewart's first bands. It's a trio consisting of Stewart on keys, Mont Campbell on bass, and Clive Brooks on drums. Originally the band was called Uriel and featured Steve Hillage on guitar; he left the band to attend university and the trio continued on changing their name to Egg. I only have their album "The Polite Force" and it's quite good, though a little difficult to digest at times - it's more psychedelic than the later bands with which Stewart was involved (Hatfield & the North and National Health). Magic Pie is a neo-symph band from Sweden, I believe. They've put out a couple albums which I both have, although I don't find myself as enamored with them as I first did when I got "Motions of Desire". They can be a little heavy at times. |
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Logan
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Posted: March 20 2008 at 11:48 | |
Good idea for a poll... I know quite a number of these bands. I like Bondage Fruit, Cherry Five, Egg, Gravy Train, and the Muffins considerably (I can't easily choose between them... I suppose that it would ultimately be between Bondage Fruit and Egg). There are some others that I've been meaning to check out more.
The first that sprang to my mind is not on the list, though, Moving Gelatine Plates. |
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laplace
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Posted: March 20 2008 at 11:53 | |
I voted for After Dinner, a band who make beautifully different music. I believe avestin made a thread about them and used one of my cringe-worthy reviews to pad it out. o:) They're listed in avant but their music certainly isn't jazz note hell; I didn't emphasize this strongly enough in my review but what you most get is cabaret, electronica and old musical forms such as marches, all with a neat, peculiarly indie-fied twist.
Haco can really sing, too. =) |
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: March 20 2008 at 12:11 | |
MOVING GELATINE PLATES was a great band Logan.CHERRY FIVE and LAND OF CHOCOLATE are high on the prog meter too.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
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rushfan4
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Posted: March 20 2008 at 12:26 | |
I was bound to miss at least one while scrolling through the lists. I have seen some posts in the past that talked about Moving Gelatine Plates. I think that it was around the time that they were added to PA. I don't think that I have heard them mentioned too much since then though.
Here is a link to Avestin's thread: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42620&KW=Moving+gelatine&PN=1
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Logan
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Posted: March 20 2008 at 12:52 | |
It's a very good band, and I grew to love Moving Gelatine Plates, but like I said in a couple of posts in that link, it originally failed to move me much. It left me a little cold, and Gelatine Plates are dishes best served warm. It really warmed on me. Grew to love it.
Lots of wonderful choices on the list, and a great idea for polls (I'd like to see more themes being done in polls as a way of really introducing people to music that need not be similar, but won't be accused of being a case of "apples and oranges"... to continue with the food theme). Amongst the most scrumptious things about a poll such as this is that there's something for every taste. It's a veritable feast for the ears. Edited by Logan - March 20 2008 at 12:56 |
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Paper Champion
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Posted: March 20 2008 at 13:13 | |
Apple Pie, indeed!!! Let there be Russian Prog!
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crimhead
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Posted: March 20 2008 at 13:59 | |
I see that Electric Apricot is somehow missing off of this list.
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Logan
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Posted: March 20 2008 at 15:29 | |
So is Electric Tangerine, Electric Fruit, Electric Fruitcake, Electric Apple, Electric Cherry, and Electric Banana. Would you settle for Electric Orange (I see you've responded to a Tangerine Dream poll, was that your fruity pick)? I think there may be a case for Electric Apricot's inclusion in the archives, but not until Spinal Tap gets in. Gotta love Primus... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96FaXbNkIyw I've gotta see the movie. |
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Raff
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Posted: March 20 2008 at 15:38 | |
Out of this list, I know Cherry Five (very good, if you can get past the lame English vocals), Egg (egg-cellent!), and Lord of Mushrooms (not my cup of tea at all). I'd be interested in learning about most of those bands, though - their names make me hungry, and their music makes me curious.
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Atavachron
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Posted: March 20 2008 at 15:57 | |
Electric Prunes ..oh, Strawberry Alarm Clock and BOC Edited by Atavachron - March 20 2008 at 15:58 |
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rushfan4
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Posted: March 20 2008 at 16:03 | |
I was trying to stick to bands that were all included on PA, therefore excluding a band such as the Smashing Pumpkins, who have been mentioned as a possible candidate, but are probably too well known as an alternative band. Some other bands that I considered but didn't include were Fig Leaf, Frogg Cafe, Lard Free, Lobster Newberg, Blue Oyster Cult, Oysterhead, Pent**ter, and Peter Pan (a brand of peanut butter). Even though I didn't include them, feel free to discuss these bands too.
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BaldFriede
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Posted: March 20 2008 at 16:19 | |
There is a German band named Apfelkuchen. (Apple Pie).
And something that just came to my mind as a bad joke: How about Cannibal Corpse? |
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BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
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Padraic
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Posted: March 20 2008 at 16:24 | |
Would it go well with apfelwein? |
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rushfan4
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Posted: March 20 2008 at 16:40 | |
Here is a link to a thread that ProgJester had created concerning Apple Pie prior to their inclusion on PA. I found this to have some interesting insight into the band. And I like Spock's Beard, so this sounds like Apple Pie might be quite tasty. |
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ClassicRocker
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Posted: March 20 2008 at 18:01 | |
Cool idea for a poll, Rushfan .
I only know of Magic Pie, Egg, and Cherry Five... Wonder what magic tastes like... |
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Logan
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Posted: March 20 2008 at 18:06 | |
I wonder just what kind of 'shrooms the Lord of Mushrooms lords over. Magical ones, perhaps. |
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Apsalar
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Posted: March 20 2008 at 18:44 | |
I've always like this quote from an article: "But with Haco, it's not so much what she sings, but how she sings it. Björk has often been credited with bringing the voice to the fore of pop music as a musical instrument; Haco, however, beat her to it by a decade." :P http://www.japanimprov.com/haco/writings/japantimes.html Bit o' a tie between: Egg, After Dinner and The Muffins, for me. I'll probably add a second vote to After Dinner... heads off to stick on one of their discs. |
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