Anyone remember "Ned's Atomic Dustbin"? Thought not... I was just going through a box of old cassettes and came across this tape... Take me back to 1993!!!

Anyways, with Rise Against, I really liked the video for "Give It All" and downloaded it. I got the feeling that these guys might have a hard time carrying a whole album, so I probably won't go out and buy it. I did like that other one off it, "Swing Life Away"... makes me think of my growing up.

Samurai

i liked them back around like 2001-2002 when i was all into punk, not so much any more...sigh, i dont know.

Presidents of the United States of America! ...Alexisonfire, waaaaay before the new album and videos and such...back when they were just starting out.

Man, I left out a bunch of bands I remembered from what you guys posted. MSI, listning to them forever...Deftones (Adrenaline = the best) Hawthorne Heights, Silverstein (Although Deiscovering the Waterfront is pretty awesome), Moneen, The Reason, Hawthorne Heights, Every Time I Die (It's always on MTV2 now =( )

Posted by MatC ... and I don't mean Mama Cass.

dangit...I was gonna say your mom....
i jest.

The deftones in Around the Fur and Adrenaline

Posted by Just Oni Presidents of the United States of America!

I think their first album was really big. Right around the end of grade school. Couldn't walk around anywhere without people singing 'Peaches.'

Posted by Samurai I used to love The Pixies and Husker Du... and then poof it was like they were big and then they were gone... weird. Anyways. Samurai

"So your gonna' tell me that you don't have no black cats, no roman candles, or screaming mimis? You're gonna stand there, owning a fireworks stand, and tell me you don't have no whistling bungholes, no spleen spliters, whisker biscuits, honkey lighters, husker doos, husker donts, cherry bombs, nipsy daisers, with or without the scooter stick, or one single whistling kitty chaser?"

I was into Radiohead before they were trendy.

Fortunately my favorite band is still independent and generally unheard through out the public.
But I tell people to listen to them all the time. These people have kids to feed!!

Listen to LOW

I'm gonna say Against Me! now because they'll be big come the beginning of 2007 when their next album comes out.

Who's to say I won't like them then? Chances are, I will.

punchline, weezer, the postal service, deathcab for cutie, the bravery, modest mouse. but i still like them it just kinda sucks when radio and tv overplay one song. but musicians i guess want to make it big and get the word out. it just sucks when they change sounds.

I loved Johnny Cash before he suddenly became cool again when Hurt became big. Hell, I LOVED Hurt about 5 months before they released it as a single.

The Weakerthans. I liked them before everyone was blabbering about how much they loved them.

i liked linkin park before they were big. and then i didn't like them anymore lol.

i heard about the streets back when they first came out with original pirate material in the UK. now they're getting big in the US...

The Cult. I was listening to bootlegs from Europe when they wee still Vulcan Death Cult. The first album as The Cult was still good, but it went downhill from there.

Being so old I can remember when the Dead Sea was only not feeling too good but a lot of the British bands that came up in the late 60's were getting a lot attention in Montreal way before they got big. Pink Floyd, Supertramp are two prime examples.

But my biggest claim to fame in this topic would be that I saw the Doobie Brothers in a tiny suburban arena as the OPENING ACT for T-Rex around '72 if I recall correctly.

CD

Posted by lexiphoto Listen to LOW

Low is quite good, what little I've heard.

Hmm....

Bush, Deftones, Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists, Radiohead, there's a bunch, I guess. Then again, everyone likes to say that they 'discovered' a band. Remember, they must have been pretty big for you to have heard of them in the first place.

Posted by MatC ... and I don't mean Mama Cass. What performer(s) or band(s) did you like before they became (in)famous? Mine is Sarah McLachlan. Back in middle school I was watching "Due South" and they had a song in the show that made me stop and say, "wow... that's awesome, who is that singing?" But, of course, she wasn't mentioned in the credits and this was in the days before the Internet was useful for music searches, and so I never knew who it was until much later. Her stuff got killed for me in college, though, after she got big at Lilith Fair and every other song on the radio was "I Will Remember You" or "Angel" or "Sweet Surrender," and it hasn't helped that her recent stuff has all been so radio-smooth that it makes me want to vomit. (I'll admit I haven't delved into her new albums, so maybe there's some good stuff there... but I kinda doubt it.) Still the experience was meaningful for me because it was one of the first times that a song came out of nowhere and made me take notice. Now, I tend to pay attention when that happens - it usually means a new musical avenue is opening. -- Mat

I went to see her just when she first had signed with nettwerk. It was at as local pub in Peterborough called the red dog. You will never find her playing anyplace like that again. I also would frequent the bar below it called the underdog. Two of my fav acts were Bratty (Beverly) and Joe Hall. I was sure Joe was gonna make it big but i guess it wasnt to be. Maybe no room in superstar world for a guy that sings about gay construction workers, vampire beavers and the" i dont care bears" running rampant in the streets of Omeemee

Posted by imprezawrxsti i liked linkin park before they were big. and then i didn't like them anymore lol.

Same Here