I feel that I would prob really like underground. However, I dont' get the opportunity to listen to it, which makes me sad

never heard of it
i probably dont l;ike it
becuz it rock.

underground just means not mainstream, it's not a particular genre. there's underground rock, underground hiphop, underground jazz, etc.

The secret lives of the freemasons and I like Noise Ratcher

I actually talked to justin from freemasons.
it was spiffy...

I like Mars volta too.
but I their not really underground anymore
and Sparta and At the drive-in.

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sorry for the double post.
I didnt know I was the last who posted here.

lately i've been listenting to a lot of punk undegrounds.

i dont like mars volta much. i didnt realize they were underground. when this aggressively () indie guy i know was talking about them, i thought he was making fun of them. i was wrong. did not go well since for some stupid assed reason he thinks i listen to shit like something corperate as it is

Such as what? I'm interested.



Would Jenoah be considered underground? What about Ambulance LTD?

mars volta is okay, but they're getting really popular. i downloaded a few of their songs about a year ago. i have sparta's newest cd, and i don't really like it. what i heard from wiretap scars sounded a lot better. and like i said before, atda rocks.

wow im suprised that theres alot of peoiple who listen to lacuna coil.. i kinda find out about underground bands from my friend whos underground freak..listens to stuff like

-cauterize
-HIM (underground?)
-Sparta
-Straylight run
-Kasabian
-sneaker pimps
-Paloalto
-the dresden dolls (holy shit their awsme not sure if underground but their not toowell known)
-the distillers (i know not underground but their still the shit)

um yeaaa stuff liek that..

the distillers...? underground? PSHHH!!!
Sparta and Straylight Run... i doubt they're underground.. especially Straylight Run.

HIM is definitely NOT underground.

i love spitafield, copeland and daphne loves derby. i would listen to the more underground stuff, but i ono how. its so secret...and underground. heh. the is my first post btw....so..hello everybody.

yeah I dont like that they are getting popular.
I have been listening to them for a long while.




hello.
woohoo copeland and daphne loves derby is awesome!!
if you want to listen to more underground...then I dunno look on purevolume or see if there are any random concerts around where you live or something.
Copeland is coming here on the 28th, with lovedrug and acceptance.
He is legend is coming on the 24th here!!! Im uber excited
and they are going to be with forever changed and classic case and defending brooklyn.
and Im also going to an underground show tomorrow night
woot.
haha random.

I hate how Straylight Run is all of a sudden 'booming'.

I hate it when bands I like/used to like get mainstream. I don`t know why, it just pisses me off. And what pisses me off even more, is when the little preteens consider themselves the "founder" of that band. "Ohh! I knew them first!" Stuff like that.

xo, Pauline

o man i agree hate it when little people are like "OMG U KNOW THAT BADN YEA I LIKE FOUND THEM!!" hate that.



yes notice how i said distillers wernt underground. . sparta and straylight run are prety damn underground here. HIM i wasnt sure about. who cares i like them anyway


haha its kinda funny how alot of people listen to the same underground music, you knwo how underground is considered well not mainstreme but alot of people listen to the same underground. jsut kinda funny. i do to so its not bashing or anything

listen to the new ballyhoo cd.

i feel bad for just listening to straylight run because people don't want them to be popular. in an interview i read sr said that they just wanted to be a popular local band in long island and i feel bad for helping ruin that. also, ive never been to a concert because im scared ill be the only kid there. i get intimidated easily. im not a preteen but im still young.

oh, i know what you mean. even though i'm young, i find out about a lot of the "underground" bands waaay before anyone else here. i found out about straylight run... about a year and a half ago. downloaded their free ep. didn't like the cd too much, but they're REALLY popular now (along with sparta). that's one of the things i HATE.

to make this relevant, minus the bear is kind of underground and they are awesome.

it also depends what country your in. certain bands may be under ground in one country and not in another or vice versa

I know what you mean.
I wanna punch that person, it pisses me off.
I dont like how they are all mainstreamish now.
arg!

ambulance ltd.



same. even though i'm not even 15 yet. so you'll probably be pissed at me too. i'll just stop talking..

Hrm, well.... you can.... listen to it.... how do you not get the oppurtunity to o.O

i listen to mike joines!!! paul waul...more but cant think of any >.<

i'd say about 75% of the music i listen to is underground. that's probably because hardly anyone listens to industrial or synthpop. only a select few people do...it's all good though, i like my music and i don't really like that much mainstream music except for Manson, Orgy, Deadsy, Korn and a few other bands....

to all u younger people on the board who are pissed about your music becoming popular and aboveground, get used to being the trendsetters. take it with a grain of salt. if u pimp out a certain band enough, everyone will listen to them. trust me on that one. when i was in high school, pretty much any band i liked got really popular a few months to a year after i got into them. everyone will always like the bands after u and will wear the shirts and quote the lyrics and make a joke out of your scene and your music. mtv and fuse will pick it up, show some videos and make a few bands huge. then the scene dies and before u know it, your music is considered passe and u will once again be underground.

don't stop liking your music because a few dumb twats are ruining it. just go further underground and resurface at a later date....

Lacuna Coil, Dimmu Borgir, Anorexia Nervosa....
*thinks*
Children of Bodom...

Yep.
*thinks more*

Saosin isn't too underground; they've recently had their video played on FUSE. Granted, not MTV, but that's definitely not underground. But I've loved them forever now.

some underground i listen to:
i would set myself on fire for you
the mercury project
the snake the cross the crown
cue the doves
monday in london
the belles
a silver mt. zion
explosions in the sky
He Is Legond
The Receiving End of Sirens
mm yup.

WOOHOO He is legend!!
Im going to a He is legend concert on the 28th with classic case and forever changed.

*raises hand* undergroud music is hte best. i cant remember to many names at the moment, i just go on purevolume and listen to some bands or myspace. but my favorite underground signed bands would prolly be, liek hte blood borhters ( i think theyre underground), desapercidos, elliot smith (RIP), before today, the elliot project, the faint, teh good life. idk i cant think of too many right now.

huh. also picture

some local or have played local good hardcore bads

fight night, cdc, swear to god, the red death, death before dishonor, bury your dead...

saddle creek bands (desa, good life, faint) aren't that underground.. the faint is on mtv2 pretty regularly i believe. i've heard so much about the blood brothers over the past year, i'm going to check them out this weekend.



explosions in the sky is awesome. so is saosin, i downloaded a bunch of their stuff about a year ago since i couldn't find their ep anywhere. and i'm pretty sure i've listened to a silver mt. zion, if i'm correct that that is the side project of the guy who started godspeed you black emperor.

Of the ones you named, i like BED, MAH, Saosin, never heard the other ones. San Jose peeps? Yeah prolly.

^ SJ? Let's meet up.

Not necessarily. Underground is pretty much just.. stuff that's not mainstream. Spread by word of mouth and such, usually. Locals too. Yep.

Nahh LA for me. Sorriieeesss.

EYESHINE! Haha!

Eyeshine is a band formed by an ex power ranger. =O!

there are so many talented underground music from bands here in seattle, wa and pretty much all over the states.

my favorites are:
This Providence (touring over the u.s. now)
Oceans in Oblivion
Blane
Danger Radio
Forgive Durden

Yeah, I've been heavily into Saosin now for the past two years, all of us old kids are waiting for the new LP since it's been forever.

A Silver Mt. Zion is definitely a side project from gyb!e.


others to add to the list:

hewhocorrupts
towers of rome
bane
kodan armada
la symphony (hip hop)
murder by death
death by stereo
minus the bear
sigur ros
sleeping with silence (chicago local)
the ghost
give up the ghost
bear vs shark


christ, i could go on forever.

As tall as lions
Sleeping with silence
Race the sun

Kathleen: BmBp is local. they can't help but be underground. hehe

lacuna coil will hit it big with their next CD. gaurenteed.

i don't know what's underground and not, because i don't listen to the radio or watch MTV.

anyone ever heard of Definitive Jux? El-P, Camu Tao, Weathermen, Cannibal Ox, Vast Aire, S.A. Smash, RJD2, C-Rayz Wallz, Leak Bros., Atoms Family, just to name a few artists on the Def Jux roster...you all should check it out. Awesome shit yo!!!

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Y'all kno Kool Keith?

Are we talking about the same band?

wow. theyre awful. i hope not.

i <3 trance

yeah, i thought there was all that stuff where the singer left and such. i've been wondering where their debut was.
godspeed you black emperor is amazing. i got lysflath about a month ago and it's mind blowing. i was actually trying to get one of a silver mt zion's cds at the time i ordered it, but i didn't trust the ones being sold on amazon.
minus the bear is awesome too, i enjoy "monkey!!! knive!!! fight!!!" by them.



as tall as lions is good, i downloaded some stuff off of their site this summer. if sleeping with silence is the guy from medford who's on purevolume, i also have some of their songs.


death from above 1979 seriously deserves some recognition. you guys should check them out here.

Haha, it seems as if though there are a few sleeping with silences.
I listed that band as well, though mine is a local Chicago band.

yeah uh getup kids, mars volta, and jimmy are all mainstream

underground is cool.

hmm, gorrilla biscuits, saosin, killswitch engage, streetlight manifesto, just to name a few.

I got bored, so I decided to post a list. Recommended bands are in bold, recommended songs are in the parenthesis. *** means: the f**king greatest.

Beulah
Endochine
Dntel
Unwed Sailor
I am the World Trade Center
Iron and Wine
The Fitness
The Honorary Title (Bride and Tunnel, Frame by Frame)
Her Space Holiday
*** The Format (*** First Single, *** Let`s Make this Moment a Crime)
Jinxed
The Jealous Sound (The Gift Horse)
Cool Hand Luke
Dressy Bessy
Roses are Red
Saturday Looks Good to Me
*** Say Hi to Your Mom (*** Hooplas Involving Circus Tricks, *** Pop Music of the Future, Let`s Talk about Spaceships)
Sleeping at Last
The Stills
The Velvet Teen (*** Naked Girl)
Volcano, I`m Still Excited!! (*** In Green)
Standing Room Only
Tilly and the Wall
Jupiter Sunrise [underground?]
Never Heard of It
My Former Self
Rookie of the Year
Twothirtyeight (*** Moving too Far)
Number One Fan (The Prettiest Sin)
*** Denali (*** Time Away)
Dirty on Purpose
Sunday`s Best (*** Don`t Let it Fade)
Longwave
Pretty Girls Make Graves
The Notwist
The Album Leaf
The Gloria Record
Jets to Brazil
June of 44
Le Shok
The Lyndsay Diaries [Though they`re really nasal]
The Natural History
*** Metric (Succexy, Dead Disco, Grow Up and Blow Away, pretty much every song)
Longwave (Wake Me When it`s Over)
Now It`s Overheard
Nural

I get to go see Jupiter Sunrise, Never Heard of It, and My Former Self this Friday.

xo, Pauline

//edit: List updated, and I tried not to reiterate by mentioning the bands already mentioned.

i had one of the jealous sound cds on my christmas list, but no one freaking got it for me. i'll be sure to download the "f**king greatest" ones sometime.

haha, how in the world can you like tilly and the wall?
my boyfriend likes them alot, and had me listen to them, but i just wanted to stick large objects in my ears to penetrate my eardrums.
;)

No, but seriously, they're okay. Not my style.


Mm, days away, yes. Saw them last summer when they were on tour opening for Mae.

Oh my.

Heh, I like bands with innocent-ish poppish sounds, like Mates of State.

Oh, and Nada Surf and Pretty Girls Make Graves should also be added to my list, though I`m not really sure if they`re underground or not. Annnnnd, The Gloria Record.


Days Away is pretty good live. I also went to a show of theirs back in October, and they gave me and my friends some free stuff. The show was great, I got to see: The Snake the Cross the Crown, Number One Fan, Emanuel, and Armor for Sleep that day.

By the way, did Days Away just recently get signed by Fueled by Ramen?

xo, Pauline