Camper Van Beethoven, founded in 1983, was an eclectic band even by the standards of ’80s underground music. The band (which is still playing) mixed elements of pop, ska, world music, punk rock, folk, country, and acid rock — and are often credited with kicking off the “indie music” genre.
Check out Wikipedia for more information.
Camper Van Beethoven – Ambiguity Song (w/Anthony Guess)
The Dirty Little Heaters is a solid 3-piece rock band from North Carolina (with a singer who sounds like she’s channeling Janis Joplin) who live better through rock ‘n’ roll.
Dirty Little Heaters (MkII) – Cherry Van
20 Bulls Each is a “stand up” hardcore punk band based in Dublin, Ireland. They tour the U.S., regularly, and they’ve developed a keen appreciation of upstate New York’s “home grown.” They’re a solid “Bar Band” in the literal sense of the word (note the mic pushed into the guitarists face by an enthusiastic fan).
Update: 12 September 2011: Hell f-ing yeah! Dublin, Ireland band 20 Bulls Each rips it up on A Glorious and Bloody Revolution with a fusion of hardcore, punk and metal. The band has been channeling these influences for nearly a decade. All that time and work has culminated in this brand new release…read more
20 Bulls Each – Icon
This is a band that should be seen up close, in a bar, “toked up” and “throwin’ down” a pint or two or three …
Gogol Bordello is a multi-ethnic Gypsy punk band from the Lower East Side of New York City that formed in 1999 and is known for its theatrical stage shows. Much of the band’s sound is inspired by Gypsy music, as its core members are immigrants from Eastern Europe. The band incorporates minor-key accordion and fiddle (and on some albums, saxophone) mixed with cabaret, punk, and dub as well as multiple languages.
Phill Jupitus has once described the band as “a bit like The Clash and The Pogues having a fight… in Eastern Europe,” while Kenneth Partridge of The Hartford Courant described lead singer Eugene Hütz’s voice as “somewhere between that of Borat and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog”.
Update: July 27, 2009 Gypsies passing through
Update: November 10, 2011: Gogol Bordello performs for Occupy Burlington
Gogol Bordello – “60 Revolutions”
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The Flaming Stars are an English underground garage punk band known for their gritty rock and their brooding edge. More details on Wikipedia
“…the band is a joyous division between 60s garage and 80s New Wave, with a smattering of 50s surf thrown in.”
The Flaming Stars – You don’t always want what you get
Update: 3 June 2010 – Dead Kennedys Jello Biafra Sings Viva Las Vegas With The Flaming Stars
The Fleshies are a band from Oakland, California signed to Jello Biafra’s Alternative Tentacles. They are known for their outlandish stage presence and their left-wing politics
According Chuck Eddy (The Village Voice), “These four hyperactively yelping Oakland artcore minutemen very much deserve to suck. Yet, somehow, they don’t.”
The Fleshies live at Bottom of the Hill (sf, ca) 8-5-07
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