Obscure metal

No, that's not a new genre!

What are some of the bands that you might have in your coolection that very few people actually have?

One of the bands I have is called VU. They kind of had a mix between Stryper and Def Leppard. They only did two albums, and they were more demo sounding. I think they could have done a lot more with proper mastering to take them to the level they wanted to be.

I love VU- great band.

I don't see too many posts about A.N.D., but their "Get Real" album has been spinnin in my truck for 2 weeks now. I like these guys, good lyrics, shredding ac/dc type band, vox take a little to get used to but I like the different style singing.

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No, that's not a new genre! lol!

VU is a part of my coolection too.
Cool stuff.

I love to listen to Goliath so now and then.
Anyone has this CD in the coolection too?

This one ?

Yes Guilty/Forgiven that one.

I have that one as well. It is very similar, to me, to the stuff Randy Rose did as Rose.

I think I have Vu too. Can't remember.

Virginia Creeper must go in the Obscure metal column. Love that sound!

Fundy

Chase, total AOR sounding band (love it).
Also have the bootleg mp3 files of the amazingly good Ledfoot album.


(I still can't get over Fundy being a "Virginai Creeper" fan).

I have the actual Ledfoot CD!

Scott Bradley - "In The Beginning"
I paid an "arm and a leg" on eBay and ended up with mediocre hair metal with a few too many ballads. I wish he had come out with a follow up because it probably would have been a lot better.

Kidd Robin - "The Inevitable Return Of The Dinosaur Monster"
Have not listened to this in years but recall it was pretty good in places. The band had a lot of talent and if they had come out in 1985 instead of the mid-nineties (the dark ages for metal) could have made a name for themselves.

Dynamis wrote:

Scott Bradley - "In The Beginning"
I paid an "arm and a leg" on eBay and ended up with mediocre hair metal with a few too many ballads. I wish he had come out with a follow up because it probably would have been a lot better.

Kidd Robin - "The Inevitable Return Of The Dinosaur Monster"
Have not listened to this in years but recall it was pretty good in places. The band had a lot of talent and if they had come out in 1985 instead of the mid-nineties (the dark ages for metal) could have made a name for themselves.

I have both of those, and after seeing that Scott was going to do a follow up, I think it could have been great. Kidd Robin I couldn't get in to. I haven't played that CD in about 10 years!


As for Virginia Creeper... I listened to a couple of the new songs on the Myspace site, and they rocked my world!

Fundy

Not obscure, but maybe obscure to me, I like the sound of some of the songs from I Am Empire and Kings. Still trying to work out if it's something I should be buying or whether it's best left alone - but I do find some of the tracks very very catchy.

Anyone else have that album?

Fundy

Dynamis wrote:

Scott Bradley - "In The Beginning"
I paid an "arm and a leg" on eBay and ended up with mediocre hair metal with a few too many ballads. I wish he had come out with a follow up because it probably would have been a lot better.

Kidd Robin - "The Inevitable Return Of The Dinosaur Monster"
Have not listened to this in years but recall it was pretty good in places. The band had a lot of talent and if they had come out in 1985 instead of the mid-nineties (the dark ages for metal) could have made a name for themselves.

I had both of those but sold them a long time ago. Scott had a decent sound, but most of his songs just don't grab you. Kidd Robin was just a bad Queensryche close. I got rid of both and haven't missed either.

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All under-rated, but excellent obscure rock/metal outfits....

I have both the Voyager and Uglystyk albums!

I have Ledfoot, Voyager and Uglystyk too.

Fundy wrote:

Not obscure, but maybe obscure to me, I like the sound of some of the songs from I Am Empire and Kings. Still trying to work out if it's something I should be buying or whether it's best left alone - but I do find some of the tracks very very catchy.

Anyone else have that album?

Fundy

Is that a band or an album?

Dig the Voyager album (thought Vision was ok) but never even heard of Uglystyk, Warself, Kidd Robin or Scott Bradley.
Me thinks I haven't been listening to Christain rock/metal long enough

I Am Empire is a band, and the album is Kings. Have a listen at NordicMission

http://www.nordicmission.net/ds_product_info.php?products_id=1903

I Am Empire is more of an emo/alternative band. It's definitely not obscure--you can get it in almost any Christian bookstore here in the USA. Quite catchy. I bought the download.

Out of every thing mentioned in this thread so far,the only one I had heard of was the Vision disc that Guilty/Forgiven posted.

Love that great old sound Vision had

If you don't have this- get it !


mega-obscure rock/aor:


Not sure how obscure, but purty cool band you never hear about:

(imagine Metallica with banjos)

Here's a solid effort:

I've got both Sanxtion and Sons of Thunder. You're gonna have to set me up with MP3s of that last one, though.

Load Aim Fire was brilliant. The follow up was poor to my ears!

Fundy