The Lost Gem Thread

DeathCult wrote:

Come on RP, back me up on Mott

I will back you up, Ian Hunter one of the best British songwriters of his era, a huge influence on Def Leppard, both Alice Cooper and David Bowie are fans, as is Bruce Dickinson who covered their standard " All the Young Dudes"

DeathCult wrote:

Come on RP, back me up on Mott

Look DeathCult i told ya before.....start a thread on Hunter/Mott and i will talk all day.....but i don't think Mott The Hoople are a "Lost Gem". Quite a well known popular band......you know a couple of years ago they were offered a 7 figure sum to reunite!

Stender wrote:

DeathCult wrote:

Come on RP, back me up on Mott

Mott the hoople is good, wasnt that David Bowies first band?

No but David Bowie did help them by producing and writing " All The Young Dudes" singel.

rattpoison wrote:

DeathCult wrote:

Come on RP, back me up on Mott

Look DeathCult i told ya before.....start a thread on Hunter/Mott and i will talk all day.....but i don't think Mott The Hoople are a "Lost Gem". Quite a well known popular band......you know a couple of years ago they were offered a 7 figure sum to reunite!

I just mentioned that somewhere else on here actually

Stender wrote:

DeathCult wrote:

Come on RP, back me up on Mott

Mott the hoople is good, wasnt that David Bowies first band?

No, they decided to break up because they werent really going anywhere, Bowie wrote Dudes for them and produced the album, convincing them to come back and not the break up.

DeathCult wrote:

Stender wrote:

DeathCult wrote:

Come on RP, back me up on Mott

Mott the hoople is good, wasnt that David Bowies first band?

No, they decided to break up because they werent really going anywhere, Bowie wrote Dudes for them and produced the album, convincing them to come back and not the break up.

.....And thank god he did.....this also mean't Mick Ronson hooked up with them aswell which later evolved to the Hunter/Ronson partnership on Ian Hunter's great solo records.

rattpoison wrote:

DeathCult wrote:

Stender wrote:

DeathCult wrote:

Come on RP, back me up on Mott

Mott the hoople is good, wasnt that David Bowies first band?

No, they decided to break up because they werent really going anywhere, Bowie wrote Dudes for them and produced the album, convincing them to come back and not the break up.

.....And thank god he did.....this also mean't Mick Ronson hooked up with them aswell which later evolved to the Hunter/Ronson partnership on Ian Hunter's great solo records.

Indeed, although, some of my favorite MTH songs are from the early albums

DeathCult wrote:

rattpoison wrote:

DeathCult wrote:

Stender wrote:

DeathCult wrote:

Come on RP, back me up on Mott

Mott the hoople is good, wasnt that David Bowies first band?

No, they decided to break up because they werent really going anywhere, Bowie wrote Dudes for them and produced the album, convincing them to come back and not the break up.

.....And thank god he did.....this also mean't Mick Ronson hooked up with them aswell which later evolved to the Hunter/Ronson partnership on Ian Hunter's great solo records.

Indeed, although, some of my favorite MTH songs are from the early albums

I'd go as far as calling Brain Capers their best record.....i'm going to stop now for hijacking this thread...you'e to blame too DC.

rattpoison wrote:

There's some great lost stuff in this thread....which is like this thread but a little more extensive on the details............

https://heartofmetal.niceboard.com/i-can-hear-music-f8/lost-bands-updated-the-scientists-t3743.htm?highlight=lost


I'll add one myself.....

Name: X

Album: At Home With You



Year: 1985

File Between: Motorhead and Gang Of Four!

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/xaustralia (Listen to 'The Feel')

Not bad RattPoison, I should have known you would not have been as obvious to choose the more famous X from Los Angeles, cool band and thanks for turning me on to Aussie's X

Yes i love both X's equally.

A bit of background on them, they were formed by Ian Rilen who was the original bass player for Rose Tattoo and played on their classic '78 debut even writing Bad Boy For Love their most enduring (non) hit.

He left the band for the reason of Rose Tattoo being too 'soft' (which is kinda absurd), and wanted to play harder less traditional rock n' roll.

The first X record from '79 X-Aspirations is a seminal period classic....although i like At Home With You better.

Did you listen to the Cosmic Psychos.....cited as a big influence by various members of Mudhoney, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, L7.....even though their rock n' roll was like a Australian backwards hick car crash between the Stooges and Rose Tattoo with a bit of Motorhead, AC/DC and Ramones thrown in.

rattpoison wrote:

Yes i love both X's equally.

A bit of background on them, they were formed by Ian Rilen who was the original bass player for Rose Tattoo and played on their classic '78 debut even writing Bad Boy For Love their most enduring (non) hit.

He left the band for the reason of Rose Tattoo being too 'soft', and wanted to play harder less traditional rock n' roll.

The first X record from '79 X-Aspirations is a seminal period classic....although i like At Home With You better.

Did you listen to the Cosmic Psychos.....cited as a big influence by various members of Mudhoney, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, L7.....even though their rock n' roll was like a Australian backwards hick car crash between the Stooges and Rose Tattoo with a bit of Motorhead, AC/DC and Ramones thrown in.

Yes I did listen to them very cool, first time I heard of these guys, this is fast becoming my favorite thread but my wallet is worried it will have to go on life support.

SAHB Healer wrote:

GrandNational wrote:

sam wrote:

Band: Grinder

Album: Dead End

Great German thrash from the 80's

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge992l8yyV8

They also put out two great albums under the band name "Capricorn" in the early 90's.

didn't know that, thanks for the info

another good one

Band: Wrathchild America

Album: 3-D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngGM2q__Osk

didn't know that, thanks for the info

another good one

Band: Wrathchild America

Album: 3-D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngGM2q__Osk[/quote]

A great lost American Thrash metal LP

Stender wrote:

Band: Burning Spear

Album: Resistance

Year: 1983

Burning spear AKA Winston Rodney is a reggae roots artist that formed in the mid seventies coming out of the same recording studio as Bob Marley...the legendary one studio, I think they are better then Bob Marley actually. Unique in the fact that a lot of his music ecspecially the 80's era had many synth and keyboard lines...pretty rad IMO for reggae roots music.

I have a Burning Spear Best Of somewhere in my collection, might have to take it out and give it a spin. I'll also been wanting to check out Wraithchild America for a long time.

Look inside the CD booklet for 3-D and you'll see a note that says something like: "all songs written and arranged by Wrathchild America in Kenny's Garage, Martinsburg WV".

Kenny's Garage...was actually a nightclub called Slammers, but they were closed during the day so Wrathchild was practicing there prior to going into the studio. My best friend was dating Kenny's daughter at that point in time, in fact he lived in a trailer behind the nightclub. We both went and hung out in the club quite a few times during those rehearsal sessions...Wrathchild was having so much fun just PLAYING music and writing together. That joy is clearly audible on 3-D. A great band and a real loss that they didn't survive the grunge holocaust.

rattpoison wrote:

DeathCult wrote:

Come on RP, back me up on Mott

Look DeathCult i told ya before.....start a thread on Hunter/Mott and i will talk all day.....but i don't think Mott The Hoople are a "Lost Gem". Quite a well known popular band......you know a couple of years ago they were offered a 7 figure sum to reunite!

I think "Drive On" and "Shouting And Pointing" might qualify. The latter is impossible for me to find on CD. But I like the Not Hoople era a lot myself.

rattpoison wrote:

The Undertones are great.....depends what you call a lost gem though, Teenage Kicks is like praised as one of the greatest singles ever.

That's good to know. It eases my blank-stare fatigue a little.

GrandNational wrote:

Stender wrote:

Band: Burning Spear

Album: Resistance

Year: 1983

Burning spear AKA Winston Rodney is a reggae roots artist that formed in the mid seventies coming out of the same recording studio as Bob Marley...the legendary one studio, I think they are better then Bob Marley actually. Unique in the fact that a lot of his music ecspecially the 80's era had many synth and keyboard lines...pretty rad IMO for reggae roots music.

I have a Burning Spear Best Of somewhere in my collection, might have to take it out and give it a spin. I'll also been wanting to check out Wraithchild America for a long time.

Is it called the "Burning Spear expirience"? It has 2 discs of unreleased, rares, and hits, plus a dvd of a show in the states somewhere. thats a good compilation if you dont have it.

another great one

Band: Zoetrope

Album: Mind over splatter

couldn't find any samples but it's a great thrash/traditional metal disc

sam wrote:

another great one

Band: Zoetrope

Album: Mind over splatter

couldn't find any samples but it's a great thrash/traditional metal disc

Streetmetal for life!

I actually found out about them through schogo...believe it or not.

Time to reanimate a rad thread...

Band: Dread Zeppelin

Album: Re-leded: best of

Basically take Led Zeppelin add reggae then throw in a vocalist that sounds Elvis esque and you have Dread Zeppelin all slampacked with some great humor...awesome, awesome band in my opinion.

Band: Antagonist
Album: Antagonist
Year: 1993
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVgjIgXywiQ

Aggressive technical speed/thrash, one of my favorites.