What band do you miss?

[ForeverAutumn]

I've got my iPod on shuffle and a Wishing You Would Stay by The Tea Party came on. And I realized that I miss The Tea Party. They were one of my favourite bands and I was sad when they broke up. The Indian influence in their music and Jeff Martin's unique vocals made them a band with a sound all their own.

I picked up Jeff Martin's solo release after they split up. While it had some of the same sound, it was missing something. It just sounded like a bad Tea Party album. Although, IMO, there were no bad Tea Party albums...just a mediocre Jeff Martin album.

I miss this band. I'd love for them to get back together and release something new. I also regret that I never got around to seeing them live, even though they played locally all the time. My mistake.

[Mr MidFi]

Do you think I would like them, FA?

And if so, where should one start? What's the one to get if you're getting only one?

[kexodusc]

Hey good pick. I love Tea Party. Saw them a few times, got to meet them, etc. They had a good run.

I really miss Dokken and Skid Row. They rocked.
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Bonus points for a skeleton guitar!
Other than that, maybe Pantera, but I have a feeling most bands somehow seem to find a good time to break up, OD, retire, etc. Helps grow the legend.

But I can think of many more examples of once great bands that I wish would throw in the towel...

[Finch Platte]

Journey.

Seriously. The three discs before Steve Perry took over were classic prog-rock and I dug the sheeyot out of them.

fp

[bobsticks]

Sisters of Mercy, Sade, Miles Davis Quintet, Public Enemy, Roxy Music, Nitzer Ebb, XTC, The Stray Cats...we were priveledged to enjoy Freddie HUbbard for as long as we did...and many, many more if given some time to ponder.

I miss Saga and Loverboy for Autumn 'cause she won't admit to it.

[ForeverAutumn]

I'll admit to missing Saga. Great band and nice guys. Some of the solo stuff is pretty good too.

[Auricauricle]

Pink Floyd, a la Gilmour and Waters

[ForeverAutumn]

Do you think I would like them, FA?

And if so, where should one start? What's the one to get if you're getting only one?

I think that you might like them. I've attached a video. There's more stuff on You Tube if you want to check them some more. As for where to start...that's a hard one because I love everything they did.

There is a Best Of called Tangents. But if you're not into the Best Of stuff, I'd probably start with Transmission, which is their most commercially successful album. Although, Splendor Solis (1993) and their final album Seven Circles (2004) are both solid disks.

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[Slosh]

Well, I got my hands on the new Andrew Bird deluxe edition CDs a little early so I'm a bit preoccupied right now but I'll go with . . . . .

[Slosh]

Oh, and D-Plan too

[Luvin Da Blues]

The Archies. Maybe the Monkeys to.

[Luvin Da Blues]

The Stray Cats...

Brian Setzer (The Brian Setzer Orchestra) put out some real good stuff after the Straycats. Little bit more traditional swing.

[Finch Platte]

The Archies. Maybe the Monkeys to.

Lame. And it's Monkees.

And too.

:crazy:

[GMichael]

Most of the bands I miss were local bands who I got to know well over the years. I doubt that anyone outside of my area would know many of the names other than Twisted Sister or Rainbow. How many of you have heard of Soft White Underbelly?
How about DC Star?

[Rich-n-Texas]

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown.

[Duds]

KYUSS
alice in chains
pantera
metallica...

someone mentioned Dokken....they have a new cd out.

[Troy]

Frank Zappa. I don't think he was done.

[ForeverAutumn]

KYUSS

Ah yes, nice choice.

[Ex Lion Tamer]

My standard answer to this questions is The Jam, though I'm not sure I was liking their direction in their last couple albums - still I do wish I had the chance to see them. Others...

Luna
The Feelies
The Smiths
NMH
Pavement
The Glands

[nobody]

<b>The Minutemen - <i>D. Boon RIP</i></b>
I think they were going strong as ever when it all hit the fan.

But lots of fine answers all around here.

But Journey? Finch...c'mon, you're hurtin' me now.

[MindGoneHaywire]

If you miss Twisted & the B.O.C. shows where they were prepping new material (SWU), I'd guess you probably miss Zebra as well.

My first-line answers are as obvious coming from me as Troy's was coming from him. But outside of the Beatles (tho I was just a pup) and the Ramones, I really miss NRBQ & the Replacements, Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers, Husker Du & even Sugar, Johnny Cash & Joe Strummer too. And the Jam, natch.

I am grateful for having had the opportunity to see the re-formed & reconstituted Big Star, NY Dolls, Buzzcocks, & the Stooges.

[Luvin Da Blues]

Lame. And it's Monkees.

And too.

:crazy:

Yaz don't think I was serious do you? :shocked: Shows what I know 'bout the MONKEES too. Or is it "also"?:confused:

[Rich-n-Texas]

It's "as well" LDB.

[GMichael]

If you miss Twisted & the B.O.C. shows where they were prepping new material (SWU), I'd guess you probably miss Zebra as well.

My first-line answers are as obvious coming from me as Troy's was coming from him. But outside of the Beatles (tho I was just a pup) and the Ramones, I really miss NRBQ & the Replacements, Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers, Husker Du & even Sugar, Johnny Cash & Joe Strummer too. And the Jam, natch.

I am grateful for having had the opportunity to see the re-formed & reconstituted Big Star, NY Dolls, Buzzcocks, & the Stooges.

Yup, S.W.U. does = B.O.C. Yeah, I did see Zebra a few hundred times. But after that, I did get tired of them. Too much screaming in the end.

[Finch Platte]

Yaz don't think I was serious do you? :shocked: Shows what I know 'bout the MONKEES too. Or is it "also"?:confused:

Of course I knew you were joking- if you were a fan, you would have known how to spell Monkees. :yesnod:

fp

[Finch Platte]

But Journey? Finch...c'mon, you're hurtin' me now.

Why? Have you actually heard their first three discs? :frown2:

This was back in '75, '76, '77, when I was just out of high school. Ansley Dunbar on drums, man. :3:

They rocked and progged. :biggrin5:

fp

[MindGoneHaywire]

You're hurting him worse.

Relent.

Cease.

It's hard to miss the Monkees when they've been touring since 1986, but I miss the band that made music like Head, that's for sure.

[Finch Platte]

You're hurting him worse.

Relent.

Cease.

It's hard to miss the Monkees when they've been touring since 1986, but I miss the band that made music like Head, that's for sure.

Ok, I get it- Monkees cool, Journey, not. :cryin:

:D

[Swish]

Yaz don't think I was serious do you? :shocked: Shows what I know 'bout the MONKEES too. Or is it "also"?:confused:

And I know it's busies Finch...before you jump all over that one. BWAHAHAHAHA.

Swish - Ball Busier

[Swish]

...and go no replies. It's been nearly 10 years but doesn't seem that long.

Add to that...

Beulah
Luna
Grandaddy
The Feelies
The Talking Heads

[BradH]

I miss Blur.

The real Blur, not the Damon Albarn Experience of recent years.

[Luvin Da Blues]

OK, Off the top of my head;

Savoy Brown (Foghat)

Grand Funk

Vanilla Fudge

Wishbone Ash

Ten Years After

[Luvin Da Blues]

It's "as well" LDB.


Gee, thanks Moneybags.

[Rich-n-Texas]

KNOCK IT OFF! :incazzato:

[Luvin Da Blues]

KNOCK IT OFF! :incazzato:

Firebird, B&W's, Harmony 880...You ain't po'boy. :lol:

[MindGoneHaywire]

Ok, I get it- Monkees cool, Journey, not. :cryin:

:D

You misunderstand greatly! Ya ain't gonna get me into that BS. I was speaking only of the duress caused to nobody.

After all, when nobody suffers, we all suffer.

[nobody]

Why? Have you actually heard their first three discs? :frown2:

This was back in '75, '76, '77, when I was just out of high school. Ansley Dunbar on drums, man. :3:

They rocked and progged. :biggrin5:

fp

I'm just playin' with ya.

Totally disagree with ya...but hey, to each his own with these things.

[nobody]

Oh...and even when I disagree with whatever, I actually like that I'm seeing some new opinions tossed around here lately. Preaching to the choir is no fun. And next time I listen to something I had previously ignored and end up liking it sure won't be the first time or the last.

Just not Journey...god those guys suck.

[MindGoneHaywire]

I've delved into Can & Hawkwind. I know they're supposed to be 'cooler' than Journey, at least in the minds of some hipster who at this very moment is likely drooling with glee at finding a one-of-a-kind vinyl edition of a justifiably obscure import of a record based on the concept of making a concept album, that's the color of a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich & shaped like a horseshoe with a fork in it. That he'll never actually play but will write about ceaselessly since it's been an unspeakably desirable slab o' wax amongst collector scum for many moons.

I'm digging the Hawkwind, but love the Can. Journey? If Finch likes 'em, then they're cool. Period. I just wish he would stop hurting everyone he comes into contact with.

[nobody]

I'm very delicate. He should know that.

I tried out Hawkwind because Lemmy was in 'em, but it didn't really stick much for me.

Can I enjoy in certain situations, but not a group I crave regular exposure to.

[emesbee]

What band do I miss? Flook. I hear they're breaking up. (Who are they? I hear you ask.)

[02audionoob]

I saw Journey with the new singer this past summer, preceded by Heart and Cheap Trick. It was a good time to be had by all. To quote my brother, Arnel "sounds more like Steve Perry than Steve Perry sounds like Steve Perry."

[ForeverAutumn]

I saw Journey with the new singer this past summer, preceded by Heart and Cheap Trick. It was a good time to be had by all. To quote my brother, Arnel "sounds more like Steve Perry than Steve Perry sounds like Steve Perry."

One thing that Journey is very good at is finding Steve Perry clones. We saw them a few years back when Steve Augeri was fronting them...another Steve Perry clone. Judging by the crowd's reaction, I'm willing to bet that there were a lot of people there who didn't even know that it was a different singer.

[nobody]

Sounds like when I saw Dee Dee Ramone and the Chinese Dragons. He had found a guy who played guitar and traded vocals with him that looked exactly like Joey Ramone...which I cannot imagine was easy to dredge up.

[Finch Platte]

Oh...and even when I disagree with whatever, I actually like that I'm seeing some new opinions tossed around here lately. Preaching to the choir is no fun. And next time I listen to something I had previously ignored and end up liking it sure won't be the first time or the last.

Just not Journey...god those guys suck.

Ok, ok! :D

[GMichael]

I saw Journey with the new singer this past summer, preceded by Heart and Cheap Trick. It was a good time to be had by all. To quote my brother, Arnel "sounds more like Steve Perry than Steve Perry sounds like Steve Perry."

Cheap Trick is still playing together? Geesh. I saw them in the 70's. Does the one guy still wear sneakers and run around the stage like a complete loon?

[Rich-n-Texas]

That's Ricky Nelson, IIRC. A similar concert line-up happened 2 or 3 years ago at the Camden (N.J.) waterfront that my brother went to see. Cheap Trick was the headliner IIRC2.

[Davey]

Lots of bands that I miss from their peak period, harder to think of bands that ended while still vibrant, leaving me wanting more. Bands like Joy Division, or the Zombies, or the Sex Pistols. The usual slow decline spoils it for many, then they keep coming back for the "final" tour, just one more reunion. I'd love to hear a new record by The Glands, like Mark mentioned. REM may have the masses and a key to the RnR Hall of Fame, but The Glands was the best record to ever come out of Athens. I used to miss Buffalo Springfield a lot. Wish they could've worked closer together for one more record, or even just one record since the second one really wasn't much of a band effort either, and whoever kludged together the third one after they broke up wasn't interested in their legacy. Love that second record. I miss Laika, but actually just checked up on them a few days ago and Margaret says they have about half an album recorded, though Guy has been working on a bunch of other stuff, and she's been touring with Wire as their live guitarist the last year, so gonna be awhile before they finish it. I miss Three Mile Pilot, Chief Assassin to the Sinister is still a big favorite, but they have a new record coming out this year after a long, long time, so can't miss them for much longer. And BHP, Pinback, and the other offshoots are still putting out records, even though they don't really quite sound like TMP (who I just read are doing a couple shows down in San Diego next week). I miss T. Rex, and Mott the Hoople too, they are both always stuck together in my mind, along with Bowie, because of that great line in All the Young Dudes :)

sidenote - I was just recently reading a little article about All the Young Dudes, such a great song, but didn't know the full story, only that Bowie had given it to them because he wanted to help them out. Didn't realize they had already called it quits at the time, or that he actually stole the song from his own forthcoming Ziggy and completed it for them. Cool story (at Blender, of all places)...

http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=1059

[flippo]

I must agree about the first 3 Journey albums, totally different band than the Steve Perry era. Give them a listen and you might be surprised. You wouldn't know it was Journey.

[GMichael]

I must agree about the first 3 Journey albums, totally different band than the Steve Perry era. Give them a listen and you might be surprised. You wouldn't know it was Journey.
Wouldn't I be able to tell from the label on the CD?

[Finch Platte]

Wouldn't I be able to tell from the label on the CD?

Nope. All three covers are completely white, and the disc is clear.

So there, smarty-pants. :ciappa:

[MindGoneHaywire]

I was reading recently a telling of the story of the dilemma Journey faced when the idea of having a pop-oriented lead singer pushed on them. It wasn't really what they wanted to do, but in the end they did the smart thing even though they felt on some level that they were selling out.

If they hadn't gone in that direction, they likely would've been dropped, and chances are the early records that are widely praised by prog fans would not have found anything resembling a wide audience. As it was, they, & bands like Kansas, were in the prog corner of a grouping of extremely popular acts in the late 70s & early 80s that also included Styx, Boston, REO Speedwagon, and the like. If I cared I'd go with the argument against prog fans who view them as having sold out, that since they were grouped in with those acts in the minds of a lot of fans and radio listeners, that they exposed a wide audience to their early prog records through catalog sales.

But none of this concerns me. I simply won't stand by & watch nobody being abused. It's just wrong.

[nobody]

I simply won't stand by & watch nobody being abused. It's just wrong.

Yeah, there's a long line of women already handling that job just fine.


'Course none of them listen to Journey...but still.

[GMichael]

Nope. All three covers are completely white, and the disc is clear.

So there, smarty-pants. :ciappa:

Oh right. I'm the smarty pants?:prrr:

[Finch Platte]

'Course none of them listen to Journey...but still.

Cuz Journey is a MAN's band, dammit!

Can't you people see???? :out:

[Troy]

Not that I'm stickin' up for Finchy here . . . but . . .

The first 3 Journey albums are vastly different from the Steve Perry incarnation of the band. That they belong lumped into the group of bands like REO Speedwagon or Kansas came later. The first 3 Journey albums belong lumped with bands like Santana, Robin Trower or the first Ambrosia album.

I'd argue MGH that those first 3 albums never really found that big an audience, no, check that. They never found the right audience, because fans of the early Journey and later Journey tend to be people with vastly different tastes and expectations. Steve Parry fans bought the first 3 albums and didn't understand them and thought they sucked. See also Genesis.

Part of it also is that both Finch and I are bay area natives who grew up in the 70s when these first Journey albums were local staples, virtually unknown outside CA, so we both remember this band when they were, in fact, good.

[bobsticks]

Soundgarden: the natural evolution of the Beattles.

[Rich-n-Texas]

Well THAT'S an interesting choice sticks. I've yet to hear, in recent times, anyone who can write lyrics like Chris Cornell. His problem, I think, is that he doesn't get along well with his band mates.

Since I didn't get a reaction to my choice of "The god of Hellfire", I'll come clean here...

1. Led Zeppelin
2. The Doors
3. Cream
4. Traffic
5. The Patti Smith Group
6. Jethro Tull
7. STP
8. Alice In Chains
9. Pearl Jam
10. Limp Bizkit... Hey! Fred Durst...:dita:

[Auricauricle]

Strawbs?

[Rich-n-Texas]

Do you miss them Aa?

[BradH]

6. Jethro Tull

I feel like Tull's been missing since 1980.

I guess that goes back to what Davey was saying.

[ForeverAutumn]

Strawbs?

The Strawbs are alive and well and doing two shows here in March.

[Auricauricle]

Move the coffee table! There's a sleepin' bag on the way!

[Auricauricle]

Do you miss them Aa?

Yer makin' fun o' me....

[ForeverAutumn]

Move the coffee table! There's a sleepin' bag on the way!

Cool. We could use a new sleeping bag. :thumbsup:

[Rich-n-Texas]

I feel like Tull's been missing since 1980.
The years that included Anderson, Martin Barre, Jeffrey Hammond, Clive Bunker and John Evan were my favorite Jethro Tull years (I do have their first three releases as well). I went to the Warchild concert in '74 or '75 (forget which year but I still have the ticket stub at home), at the Spectrum in Philly, and man you could cut the maryjane smoke with a knife! :eek6: I don't think I've ever seen a performer since with a stage presence like Ian Anderson's during that concert. Just outstanding.

[Finch Platte]

Not that I'm stickin' up for Finchy here . . . but . . .

The first 3 Journey albums are vastly different from the Steve Perry incarnation of the band. That they belong lumped into the group of bands like REO Speedwagon or Kansas came later. The first 3 Journey albums belong lumped with bands like Santana, Robin Trower or the first Ambrosia album.

I'd argue MGH that those first 3 albums never really found that big an audience, no, check that. They never found the right audience, because fans of the early Journey and later Journey tend to be people with vastly different tastes and expectations. Steve Parry fans bought the first 3 albums and didn't understand them and thought they sucked. See also Genesis.

Part of it also is that both Finch and I are bay area natives who grew up in the 70s when these first Journey albums were local staples, virtually unknown outside CA, so we both remember this band when they were, in fact, good.

As usual, you've said it much better than I.

It's funny, when you look Journey up on AllMusic, (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:gifrxqe5ldse~T2) the first 3 discs get 2 stars each, and then when Perry joins, they get 4 stars for Infinity and even 4.5 stars for Evolution! :sosp:

They played Stockton wayyyyy back when, and when the concert was over, we drove around to the back of the Civic Auditorium in hopes we'd see some of the group. All we saw was Ansley, getting into his Porche for the drive back to the Bay Area. We shouted something, and he waved. Woohoo!

Sorry, but I dig the times changes in the songs on the first 3 discs that were all but snuffed when Perry joined. :devil:

fp

[BradH]

Sorry, but I dig the times changes in the songs on the first 3 discs that were all but snuffed when Perry joined.

I should probably check those out because I really like Steve Smith.

[BradH]

The years that included Anderson, Martin Barre, Jeffrey Hammond, Clive Bunker and John Evan were my favorite Jethro Tull years...

I'll bet your thinking of Barrimore Barlow on drums because Aqualung was Bunker's last apperance and Hammond's first. Yeah, that was my favorite lineup too by far. What's cool is those were old friends of Anderson's from Blackpool. He was replacing members until he had his core gang back by '72. That's why they were so damn artistic and adventurous. They weren't just session musicians hired by Anderson so they all had freer reign.

I ditched class and got Anderson's autograph one time. Watched him trash disco to a reporter, then he bought a cassette of U.K.'s Danger Money.

Good times.

[Troy]

I should probably check those out because I really like Steve Smith.

Steve Smith came later, it was Aynsley Dunbar on those 3 discs.

[Finch Platte]

Steve Smith came later, it was Aynsley Dunbar on those 3 discs.

Yeah, but Smith's pretty badass, and his drums usually sound phenomenal.

[BradH]

Yeah, but Smith's pretty badass, and his drums usually sound phenomenal.

Speaking of that, I've been wondering lately how many professional drummers actually know how to tune their drums instead of relying on a tech to do it for them. Obviously I'm not talking about the likes of Bozzio or Colaiuta here.

[nobody]

Bozzio?

<img src="http://earbuds.popdose.com/john/missingpersons.jpg">

[bobsticks]

Terry not Dale...she tunes other things.