"Underground" music

[Inkster]

How many people follow the underground scene?

Go to local band nights or look out for "The Next Big Thing" and go to a watch a few unsigned bands or bands on small independant labels?

Does anyone have an unsigned band in their top favourite bands list?

[Tam o' Shantie]

what the hell is the purpose of this thread

[Lucky Rathen]

It's a chance for everybody to say "look how cool I am, I like bands you've never heard of".

[Chris]

Originally Posted by Inkster

Go to local band nights or look out for "The Next Big Thing" and go to a watch a few unsigned bands or bands on small independant labels?

Surely the majority of regular users on this website do this in some way? It's kind of the whole point...

[daveofficer]

Originally Posted by Chris

Surely the majority of regular users on this website do this in some way? It's kind of the whole point...

yea that's what i thought, unless i missed the meeting where loads of aberdeen bands were signed by emi and were on the cover of rolling stone and the nme.

[idol_wild]

I don't intentionally go to see "underground" acts, I just go to as many gigs as I can realistically afford, should they interest me.

Meursault are unsigned and they are one of my favourite bands of all time.

[Inkster]

Originally Posted by idol_wild

I don't intentionally go to see "underground" acts, I just go to as many gigs as I can realistically afford, should they interest me.

Meursault are unsigned and they are one of my favourite bands of all time.

That's more of the response I was looking for.

I was getting at the point if you ask quite alot of people about certain bands you think are quite big, most people still haven't heard of them. Quite a lot of people still only listen to mainstream music and it really frustrates me. I haven't heard of quite alot of bands that people mention in here but yet they get mentioned in "band/album of 2008" threads.

[Tam o' Shantie]

once you hit your later teen years, you'll realise that 99% of the world's population listens to awful music - what is the point in letting it frustrate you? people as a rule, have awful taste in music, movies, clothes, cars...and lots of people also might think that the 'underground and therefore great' music you listen to is shit, too. my advice is to stop caring.

[french_disko]

Originally Posted by Lucky Rathen

It's a chance for everybody to say "look how cool I am, I like bands you've never heard of".

I like bands that don't even exist yet.

[JeanieStar]

Originally Posted by french_disko

I like bands that don't even exist yet.

Haha. I'm sure I've seen a t-shirt or badge with that statement on it!