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mats84
Best Non US/UK Bands (Ever?)
December 13, 2005 01:02AM
Ok, so spurred by the Kraftwerk/Coldplay thing, who's the best non-US/UK band? This was the subject of much discussion tonight at casa de mats84. I'm throwing around names like Radio Birdman, the Saints and the Go-Betweens, but I am being told I'm too Aussie-centric. Meanwhile, a friend who we'll just call "drunken idiot who owes me 10 bucks" is making the case that more good music has come out of Canada in the last 2 years than in the preceeding 2,003 combined (Wolf Parade, Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene).....but now the conversation has degenerated towards camp (Pink Lady?). I have come to the Trouser Press board, seeking refuge....

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satchmykels
Re: Best Non US/UK Bands (Ever?)
December 13, 2005 03:09AM
I'm throwing around names like Radio
> Birdman, the Saints and the Go-Betweens, but I am being told
> I'm too Aussie-centric.



i'll vote new christs!
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Peter in New Hampshire
Re: Best Non US/UK Bands (Ever?)
December 13, 2005 10:51AM
I'm happily Aussie-centric when nominating "Weddings Parties Anything" from Melbourne!

Treat yourself to "Trophy Night", their "best of" CD, you won't believe that this band was under your radar screen for its entire existence.

Peter in New Hampshire
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Paganizer
Re: Best Non US/UK Bands (Ever?)
December 13, 2005 01:59PM
EINSTÜRZENDE NEUBAUTEN
NINA HAGEN
HÜSKER DÜ (swedish, right??)
JEAN PAUL SARTRE EXPERIENCE
BAILTER SPACE
DAVID KILGOUR
TALL DWARFS
CHRIS KNOX
NEW PORNOGRAPHERS



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diskojoe
Re: Best Non US/UK Bands (Ever?)
December 13, 2005 02:54PM
I like to put a word in for the Dutch Outsiders, whose stuff I first heard through the Lyres doing covers of a lot of their songs. I heard through Ugly Things that Wally Tax died earlier this year.

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erikalbany
Re: Best Non US/UK Bands (Ever?)
December 13, 2005 03:01PM
I'm going to have to pitch for Soundtrack of Our Lives (sweden)...
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diskojoe
Re: Best Non US/UK Bands (Ever?)
December 13, 2005 03:46PM
Another band I thought of was Los Shakers. I enjoyed the Big Beat CD compliation of theirs. It sounded like the Beatles if they started in South America instead of Liverpool.

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michael baker
Re: Best Non US/UK Bands (Ever?)
December 13, 2005 03:24PM
neil young
os mutantes
outsiders
can
sigur ros
easybeats
serge
les rallizes denudes
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rondo
Re: Best Non US/UK Bands (Ever?)
December 13, 2005 04:26PM
The Hives
dEUS
Regurgitator
Sweatmaster
Hellacopters
...and the uncircumcised Ramones, TURBONEGRO!!!!
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madisdadi
Re: Best Non US/UK Bands (Ever?)
December 13, 2005 07:53PM
hoodoo gurus
Lee Perry and a whole lotta JA artists
Sun Ra
Diodes
ABBA
Shaking Street
Laibach
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MrFab
Re: Best Non US/UK Bands (Ever?)
December 13, 2005 07:59PM
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY



(end of thread)
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Aitch
Re: Best Non US/UK Bands (Ever?)
December 13, 2005 08:44PM
Can we not include the Republic of Ireland so U2 can be precluded?

Cave etc
Tactics
The Clean
AC/DC
Propagandhi
Toots

But really, when you get down to it, it's gotta be either the aforementioned Saints or Radio Birdman.

As good old WPA, I've always liked The Scorn of the Women album. Live they really really cooked and really really made you feel like drinking.

By the way, you can't be too Aussie-centric.
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josefina
Re: Best Non US/UK Bands (Ever?)
December 13, 2005 10:55PM
manu chao
nicola conte
fela kuti
amadou and mariam
dandy warhols
les calamités
stereolab
nena
lena lovich
santana
falco
plastic bertrand
the thought
les rita mitsouko
martha and the muffins

do scottish bands count?
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Aitch
Re: Best Non US/UK Bands (Ever?)
December 14, 2005 01:06AM

I forgot Lenny Cohen

Scotland = UK
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rhettlawrence
Re: Best Non US/UK Bands (Ever?)
December 14, 2005 03:27AM
I agree that it's hard not to go with the Saints, but I'd also include some of the others mentioned here: Birthday Party, Can, JPSE, maybe Kraftwerk, maybe Tall Dwarfs. And as for Canucks, I've always had a soft spot for Nomeansno. Fela is clearly a phenomenon unto himself and may just fall into another category altogether.
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cbtaco19
Re: Best Non US/UK Bands (Ever?)
December 15, 2005 09:27PM
The Dandy Warhols are from Portland smiling smiley

My vote for The Saints as well.

Anybody ever heard of a band called Bob Hund from Sweden? The only reason I know about them is because they did a fantastic and very original cover of Romeo by The Wipers.
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Paganizer
Re: Best Non US/UK Bands (Ever?)
December 16, 2005 11:45AM
Interesting that nobody pimps for Björk; what with all the critical acclaim over the decades. For me she stands out when directed by von Trier.

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breno
Re: Best Non US/UK Bands (Ever?)
December 16, 2005 12:48PM
For me Bjork has always been someone more easily admired than enjoyed. Glad she's out there doing what she's doing, but it's a rare day indeed I actually take the time to listen to her.

Kind of like Todd Haynes films - I respect and admire what he does, but I've never watched one of his movies and thought "Wow! I really enjoyed that and want to watch it again!"
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josefina
Re: Best Non US/UK Bands (Ever?)
December 17, 2005 04:36AM
i don't like the static samples that she widely intoduced yet are very ppular to this moment.
i don't knock her down and i am ignorant enough on the whole about everything rock n' roll.
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satchmykels
Re: Best Non US/UK Bands (Ever?)
December 14, 2005 01:44PM

>
> But really, when you get down to it, it's gotta be either the
> aforementioned Saints or Radio Birdman.
>


can't be either of em, one band put out three great albums and then started sucking with extreme ferocity and the other didn't last long enough to be the best of anything...

longevity and sustained high quality are what i'd vote for. hmm, lessee, what about can? the chasm between their best (pick your own, i'm going with yoo doo right) and worst (anything after 75 or so) is too great to even consider.

new christs? best (no next time) and worst (groovy times) can sit side by side on my turntable any day of the week...and they're both better than anything he did with birdman.

i suppose birthday party wouldn't be a bad pick either, if not for the fact that it wasn't even nick cave's best band.
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breno
Re: Best Non US/UK Bands (Ever?)
December 15, 2005 06:11PM
Favorite artists of non-English colonial descent:

Can
Kraftwerk
Cafe Tacuba
Shonen Knife
Neu!
Juana Molina
Shoukuchi Kina (however it's spelled)
Sigur Ros
Sondre Lerche
Serge Gainsbourg



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Aitch
Re: Best Non US/UK Bands (Ever?)
December 15, 2005 09:03PM
I suppose I’m buying into the actual mystique that a short sharp career can create with Birdman. I think so many people speak of them in hushed tones because they heard the album after everything was over and then found out they were already gone.
So, yeah I guess longevity and sustained high quality do make for more of a ‘best band’ where sudden greatness and a sudden departure can create something else.
So yes, point taken. With The Saints I guess it does depend on which model, a bit like The New Christs.
Speaking of Radio Birdman, Denis Tek has reprised The Visitors for a one-off show in Sydney with a line-up featuring Pip Hoyle and Mark Sisto. They played last week, I’ll have to see what went down.
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skook
Re: Best Non US/UK Bands (Ever?)
December 17, 2005 09:36PM
Split Enz
Gasolin'
Focus
Golden Earring
Nektar
Amon Duul
Triumvirat
Trio
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joslyn
Re: Best Non US/UK Bands (Ever?)
December 21, 2005 06:46PM
Beasts of Bourbon.

One can never be too Aussie-centric.

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STEVE
Re: Best Non US/UK Bands (Ever?)
December 24, 2005 05:57AM
Wierd with all this Aussie talk and all cause I was drinking "ND"( yo! Baker) Fosters b/w wine tonight.
PS i was readind a surf mag and a picture of the 'Gold Coast' was shown. The Gold Coast is in Australia right?
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breno
Re: Best Non US/UK Bands (Ever?)
December 24, 2005 12:30PM
I thought it was in Chicago.
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michael baker
Re: Best Non US/UK Bands (Ever?)
December 24, 2005 12:38PM
chicago ain't even in chicago anymore

gold coast moved from down under to las vegas

Np
Memphis Minnie
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MrAl
Re: Best Non US/UK Bands (Ever?)
December 29, 2005 05:04AM
there are tons of foreign punk and hardcore bands I like... the list would be very long... but here are some favorites off the top of my head...

Saints (Aust.)
Radio Birdman (Aust.)
DOA (Canda)
Teengenerate (Japan)
Rattus (Finland)
Riistetyt (Finland)
Mob 47 (Sweden)
Bastards (Finland)
Crude SS (Sweden)
BGK (Holland)
Amdi Petersens Arme (Denmark)
DS-13 (Sweden)
ETA (Sweden)
Raw Power (Italy)
The Kids (Belgium)
Systematic Death (Japan)
Bastard (Japan)
Mellakka (Finland)
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MrAl
Re: Best Non US/UK Bands (Ever?)
December 29, 2005 05:07AM
a few more Canadians:

Career Suicide
Subhumans
Fucked Up

and how could I forget AC/DC

for the Saints, first two albums... after that, not really a fan...
Celibate Rifles weren't bad, either...
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