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Unsigned bands that should be signed

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This is a thread to give a shout to quality unsigned bands so good you would buy their album if they released one. a website would be good also.

let me start with
ELLE MILANO www.ellemilano.co.uk
victim1 | 03 May '05, 11:49 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Street teamer! I cast thee out!
thewarn | 3 May '05, 11:51 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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screw you, idiot
victim1 | 3 May '05, 11:52 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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iLiKETRAiNS www.iliketrains.co.uk
Nonsense | 3 May '05, 13:04 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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the tacticians.

ask me why.
dookerdoo | 3 May '05, 13:10 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Scarlet Tuesday

http://www.thescarlettuesday.com/
JDTraynor | 3 May '05, 13:11 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Why do bands need to be signed in the first place? A lot of decent bands I can think of have released singles/albums on small labels with no formal agreement. Once you sign to a big label you are firmly in the world of commerce and (unless previously established) made to do stuff you don't want to.
Silver_Rocket | 3 May '05, 13:13 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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i took the "unsigned" bit to mean bands that don't even have THAT - i.e. all the awesome bands out there who rarely get recognition even from the smallest labels, who kick seven bells out of a lot of the stuff which gets picked up even though they have no independent backing, however long- or short-term.

aha.
jlord | 3 May '05, 13:23 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Ah I was half joking. But in this day and age it's a real piece of piss to put your own record out, you retain complete creative control, and nobody but the band takes any money from it.
Silver_Rocket | 3 May '05, 13:33 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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true 'dat - but coming from a self-managed band there are some other things which a label can help out with apart from the actual putting out of the record, just in terms of promotion & organisation... stuff that's hard to fit in if the band is already busy writing/rehearsing/earning cash and stuff!

ok so basically i lack time planning skills
jlord | 3 May '05, 13:39 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Me too, I'd recommend any band stay well away from my label! But I was stung badly by a distributor going under, taking ALL my money with them, which stopped me putting out any records for 2 years. Them's the dangers of not doing everything yourself.

We managed to break even on our last release (the SR50 compilation) just by selling it at gigs and off our website, maybe it helps selling it so cheap (50 songs, £5) but it was a much much better experience than any of my previous records.

I guess for a band it depends what you're looking for in life. You won't sell 5 million of anything by doing it yourself, but then you won't get bossed around by some pretentious twat who works at a proper label either and thinks they know better than you what you want to sound like.
Silver_Rocket | 3 May '05, 13:53 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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yeah i guess there's a big downside too - whenever we gig upstairs at the garage the sound guy's always playing the SR compilations. fucking awesome. joeyfat especially. i'd love to gig with those guys (hint hint!)

how well does the CD sell on your website then, as opposed to using a distributor?
jlord | 3 May '05, 14:01 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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We've probably sold about 75 off the site, we've done most at gigs, it's lot easier to part with a crisp fiver and walk away with a shiny new record than have to pay all the bloody paypal and postage fees etc and also get round to buying it.

What's your band then? As you restrained yourself from promoting yourself earlier I think it's time...

As for Joeyfat, because their singer's at college it's almost impossible to get them to do gigs unfortunately.
Silver_Rocket | 3 May '05, 14:34 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I assumed the same as jlord.
JDTraynor | 3 May '05, 13:38 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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hmmm. an album you say?

the tacticians (www.thetacticians.com)
chet (www.chetsonfire.com)
sleepy ed hicks (www.fredwoodbear.com)
davenport (www.davenportlondon.com)

for starters...

they all make me want to make sweet hobo love to them in their own unique ways

*refrains from self-promotion
jlord | 3 May '05, 13:12 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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THE EIGHTIES MATCHBOX B-LINE DISASTER
marcofella | 3 May '05, 13:32 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I though 80's matchbox were signed...

Corporation:Blend
www.corporationblend.com

i've been following them for a couple of years now and I still can't believe that they are not signed. They are stronger and tighter than ever before. I saw them support The Bluetones last week and they pissed all over the 'Tones!

oh and i'm really enjoying Nebraska too actually. Don't know their website and Metro Riots at times.
marmite | 3 May '05, 14:24 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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They got dropped last year... to my mind they have not resigned to anyone yet.

But i'm happy to be proved wrong on my last point.

marcofella | 3 May '05, 14:26 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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oh I didn't know that. That's sad, stupid record companies.
marmite | 3 May '05, 14:30 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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oops
http://www.nebraskamusic.co.uk <is their website

http://www.forumer.com/giittv<they have a forum here
blueyedbill | 3 May '05, 14:46 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Bat for Lashes
The Guillotines

Bothe new bands from Brighton. Both wonderful. Neither have websites.
magpieboy | 3 May '05, 13:34 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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raiders of rock n roll
blingblingbling | 3 May '05, 13:43 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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the ronelles..

great rocknroll blues band from glasgow

www.theronelles.com

theyre going to be huge i hope
is_this_it | 3 May '05, 13:49 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I second the Tacticians www.thetacticians.com

p.s was this thread really started by a guerilla marketeer?
just_a_girl | 3 May '05, 15:36 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Possibly not. I may have been harsh. However, it was their first post, so I was a little suspicious.... still am, in fact...
thewarn | 3 May '05, 15:39 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Oh! Nearly forgot:

Mumrah. www.mumrah.com
Sidearm. sidearm.urscene.net.
thewarn | 3 May '05, 15:42 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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My band




ask more and you may be told.
fullerov | 3 May '05, 15:43 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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im suprised no ones said Artic Monkeys yet. tsk tsk, there still unsigned aren't they? where's Jared?

www.arcticmonkeys.com

oh, also Beverley who I know I always plug, go on shoot me down if you want too.

www.ruffstar.com/beverley

more will come too me, oh yes they will...

lurchy2 | 3 May '05, 15:55 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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luxembourg-http://www.luxembourgweb.co.uk
blueyedbill | 3 May '05, 16:10 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Cor! Thanks, warny!

*air kisses*
Guthrie | 3 May '05, 16:37 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I mean it too! Mumrah rock my Casbah!
thewarn | 3 May '05, 16:40 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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thewarn "Possibly not. I may have been harsh. However, it was their first post, so I was a little suspicious.... still am, in fact..."

i've bn lookin at dis for ages i just never signed up, just had a kool idea of collating a load of good unsigned bands cos they r hard to come across arent they?? anyway ask um marilyninthesky sheez my band mate (and we're not in elle milano).

does that quash ur doubts, hi by the way.

dan
victim1 | 3 May '05, 17:02 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Now you've replied, yes, consider my doubts quashed. Street teamers never reply.
Apologies for judging you so harshly on your first post! Just looked a lil' sus, that's all.

Oh, and hi! Welcome to DiS and possibly the first of many misunderstandings!
thewarn | 3 May '05, 17:06 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I disagree, there are no misunderstandings here, what are you trying to say?
JDTraynor | 3 May '05, 17:11 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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"p.s was this thread really started by a guerilla marketeer? "

It doesn't matter if it was, because lots of new bands are getting mentioned, which is good.

JDTraynor | 3 May '05, 17:05 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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The Rank Deluxe.

They rock my world.
bamos | 3 May '05, 17:08 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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just jealous, want one of these jobs where you get to sit at a screen all day and post about bands (or is it a myth?)

oh, and has anyone mentions www.daddylonglegsattack.co.uk ???
just_a_girl | 3 May '05, 17:44 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Hey!

I watched this band the other night in Brighton. They were ace!!....sound bunch of lads too - I went to school with Jamie.

The other band that played that night - The Happiness - (also mates of mine) were really good too.
Darcy | 3 May '05, 17:47 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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In the UK anyway.

The Fall - OK they can be a little difficult to work with but seriously, the new album is nearly out as well but might only be in the US unless a new record company is found.

Second the EMBLD as well.

tom_from_sparks | 3 May '05, 17:47 | Send note | Report this | Reply


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