Daft Punk. Discovered them too late to go to an actual concert.
And same with Caravan Palace. Loved the original ensemble and style, the spirit of their concerts. The current getup is nice too, but with different vocalist and a few other band member changes, it’s just not the same…
Same with Daft Punk. I have listened so much to Alive 2007 and it breaks my heart that I could have seen that show live in my city if I had not been a stubborn teen who “only listens to real music” (rock and metal).
I wasn’t yet into music in general when RAM came our but I remember bumping to the song with pharell on the radio all the time in school when I would be driven around places. Then now I’m like damn, I missed an opportunity to experience their music being mainstream. There was the tron music too which was kind of a trigger to get into them more for me. And the new tron Ares music with NIN feels kind of like a spiritual successor in some parts where they reference their sound.
Amy Winehouse.
Consider the Following
Big Country - Influenced your favorite band, bagpipe guitars, google it.
They Might be Giants - Not JUST a fun jokey band, just mostly one. Some of their songs are lyrically and musically brilliant tho despite the light tone.
The Menzingers - A lighter hardcore band with a southern rock vibe that puts out really heartfelt and just awesome stuff.
+1 for TMBG. But they are still touring (at least as of 2025).
The Menzingers still play well in concert. “America, You’re Freaking Me Out” hits a lot harder now.
I saw them live one time and was blown away. Then I listened to their albums and was kinda underwhelmed.
They have their greatest hits, it is best to stick to those.
Broadcast. RIP Trish
The Gits - I was huge into grunge and punk in the 90s, I have no idea how I missed them. Unfortunately, their singer Mia Zapata was murdered.
They only have two albums but they are both zero skips for me.
I found Royal Republic way too late in my life
Every time I heard the band name “Daft Punk,” it meant nothing to me. Toward the end of their existence I finally put the name with the music and hot damn that’s good stuff.
Yeah similar to me. I thought they were some no name one hit wonder with “harder, better, faster stronger” and only recently I realized they were very popular in the 90s already and “around the world” is from them, which is like the background music of my childhood memories.
Israel Kamakawiwo’ole. If there was ever a voice of love and peace, it was a giant of a man with a giant’s heart. If I could bring one musician back from the dead, it would be the Hawaiian avatar of humankind’s best qualities.
But there may be a worthy successor to his voice.
Low. Heard Hey What and absolutely loved it, then found out that Mimi had just died. Saw Alan solo a couple years later at a festival, and you could still really feel his grief in his voice.
I live in Duluth where they are from. Mimi’s passing hit this whole community really hard.
At the Drive-In - Literally the hot shit of late 00s and early 10s done in the mid 90s. They were so ahead of their time it’s a shame they kinda get lost being inspiration for what came later. They totally deserved to be the focal point.
Converge - I was always aware of them. They were kind of just another band at the time they were at their best. Then I really got into them this past year. I totally wish I could have fully appreciated them when we were younger. Going to one of their early shows would have been a highlight of my life.
Nine Inch Nails - I just never gave them a proper chance until the past few years. They totally deserve their reputation. Their stuff is awesome.
Since you like At the Drive-in, have you listened to the Mars Volta?
Also, Nine Inch Nails is still on tour.
I’ve heard a song here and there but I haven’t given them a serious listen. I know it’s the same singer and guitarist.
Choking Victim
Oingo Boingo was done and gone like almost a decade before I became a fan. And I started out right, becoming a fan of the “Only a Lad” album before most of the rest. Never did come around to the 1994 album “Boingo,” but to each their own.
Goodbye Goodbye is such a great song 🤘
For sure.
On the Outside and WYSIWYG are two of my favs.
Saving this post to go spelunking after it has amassed some replies. Great question! I love music exploration.
I too love a good spelunk of the aged veins of music.
I also love connecting people with the right resources. So what kind of music are you into? =) (Or if that’s too broad, what kind of music are you seeking to get into?)
Oh god, what don’t I like. I like everything from Thrash/Death and Progressive Metal to classical piano and everything in between. Folk music, music from other cultures, Middle-Eastern, Greek, Spanish, South Asian, East Asian, Caribbean, etc. Good video game music, like the Ori soundtrack, lots of Mario games have good soundtracks, like the Galaxy games. Zelda games. Horizon games.
The list goes on. Ever expanding. 🤯
My old roommate sucked. His favorite band was a Canadian thrash metal band called 3 Inches of Blood. I assumed they also sucked. Many years later I actually listened to them and they’re amazing. In the meantime they had broken up.
Happy ending, though. They did a reunion show last year and I was able to go see it!
Deadsy
Awesome! So sad about Elijah’s mental health issues.
Kids, don’t do drugs.
