Bands that are difficult to classify...

Muso · **Posted:** Fri Dec 14, 2007 10:05 pm

I've realised that there's loads of great bands out there that don't fall into our regular categories here...

Crossover bands mostly, I guess...

List them here ;-)

Senser (hip-hop with bits of metal)
Sisters Of Mercy (one of the original "Goth" bands... rock / electronic beats / opera-style backing singers)
Hocus Pocus (funk - hip-hop)
St Germain (jazz - electronica)

Bring 'em on...

musicevangelist · **Joined:** Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:28 am **Posts:** 15

PWEI - punk rock intergalactic hip hop?

Muso · **Posted:** Sun Feb 22, 2009 2:33 pm

musicevangelist wrote:

PWEI - punk rock intergalactic hip hop?

I saw PWEI live a few years ago on their reformation tour.

Superb gig. ...and a great band from my teens that have always remained close to my heart.

musicevangelist · **Joined:** Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:28 am **Posts:** 15

I live on the wrong side of the world and was born too late for a lot of the artists I like and would have wanted to see live.

Muso · **Posted:** Mon Feb 23, 2009 4:09 am

musicevangelist wrote:

I live on the wrong side of the world and was born too late for a lot of the artists I like and would have wanted to see live.

Ah!

New Zealand is it?

Yeah, presumably only the biggest European / American bands tour down there, do they?

Ah well, you've still got Dave Dobbyn. :-)

musicevangelist · **Joined:** Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:28 am **Posts:** 15

Yep and born in 77, so that means Hendrix was dead, Zeppelin had almost split up, Queen toured when I was 8 for example.

Dave Dobbyn is a very cool entertainer, great to watch and listen to. We also have the Finn brothers, Tim and Neil(also Neil's son Liam is making waves too).

Muso · **Posted:** Tue Feb 24, 2009 3:28 am

musicevangelist wrote:

Yep and born in 77, so that means Hendrix was dead, Zeppelin had almost split up, Queen toured when I was 8 for example.

Dave Dobbyn is a very cool entertainer, great to watch and listen to. We also have the Finn brothers, Tim and Neil(also Neil's son Liam is making waves too).

1975 for me.

I've only heard a few of Dave Dobbyn's songs but I've liked what I've heard. We had an advert on TV for holidays in New Zealand and there was some band doing a song called "Waiting", so I looked into it and found out it had been written by Dave Dobbyn so I downloaded a few of his songs.

I'll check out The Finn Brothers too.

musicevangelist · **Joined:** Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:28 am **Posts:** 15

From the Finns you may have heard of Crowded House and Split Enz, they also have solo stuff and were prety big in the UK at one point.

Muso · **Posted:** Tue Feb 24, 2009 1:45 pm

musicevangelist wrote:

From the Finns you may have heard of Crowded House and Split Enz, they also have solo stuff and were prety big in the UK at one point.

OOOOH, yes, suddenly everything becomes clear!

Yes, I've heard some Crowded House. I knew their name sounded familiar!

musicevangelist · **Joined:** Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:28 am **Posts:** 15

Yeah very solid pop rock, Neil Finn is a great songwriter, and they put on a good live show too.

Muso · **Posted:** Fri Feb 27, 2009 4:22 pm

musicevangelist wrote:

Yeah very solid pop rock, Neil Finn is a great songwriter, and they put on a good live show too.

Coool. I'll have to check out some more of their stuff. It's been a while.

richard151 · **Joined:** Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:22 am **Posts:** 4

which bands would these music videos go under, i think its from the 90's.
spamlink

Muso · **Posted:** Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:18 am

richard151 wrote:

which bands would these music videos go under, i think its from the 90's.
spamlink

That would be the spam link classification, I reckon.

tony20 · **Joined:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:56 pm **Posts:** 7

TV on the Radio - Their music is difficult to classify and is often described as experimental rock or post-punk. But their music spans through numerous diverse genres, including freeform jazz and a cappella music, psychedelia and trip-hop,
modern soul and classic rock.

Muso · **Posted:** Wed Oct 27, 2010 6:01 am

Ojos De Brujo - flamenco/hip-hop

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