What band/artist have you never really listened to - Even though you really should have?

[BadHands]

For me it's Led Zeppelin. Accidentally heard so many of their critics, and people going on about how they have "The greatest song in the world" that I just never got around to it. What're yours?

[Muppet]

Beatles. Much to the disappointment and amazement of my current band members who assume I should know every McCartney bassline created...

 

[NJE]

Basically every major influential band 😂:

Nirvana (other than the obvious big songs), Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Radiohead, Slipknot, Tom Petty, Oasis, David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, Beastie Boys, Ozzy Osbourne, The Rolling Stones.....

[BadHands]

1 minute ago, Muppet said:

Beatles. Much to the disappointment and amazement of my current band members who assume I should know every McCartney bassline created...

 

I'd better second this, actually.. I like what I've heard, but always forget to dig deeper

[BigRedX]

Loads probably...

However I will give at least a cursory hearing to anything that is recommended to me, and if after a couple of songs I've not been grabbed that's it. There's a huge number of supposedly "influential" bands that I've never really got, and TBH it doesn't really bother me. There's already plenty of bands and music that I do like and I'm discovering more all the time. I'm not going to loose sleep because I've listened to a couple of tracks by a band and having decided it's not for me not listened to anything else by them.

[joeystrange]

Black Flag.

I love punk rock and hardcore but for whatever reason I’ve never given much time to Black Flag.

[Graham]

I've very recently started getting into Nine Inch Nails, I should have listened to them years ago.

I've never really listened to Radiohead, based on the bands they've influenced I really should, but never felt the need.

[bassbiscuits]

Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and Fleetwood Mac have all largely passed me by.

I’ve tried to catch up in later life but those formative teenage years (and all that free time) are long gone.

[Cato]

I always meant to get round to Bowie.

I know and like the 'greatest hits' very much but I know there's a whole treasure trove of less well known material that I've never heard.

[Lozz196]

Many out there that I should have taken the trouble to listen to but didn’t. Only this Sunday I ordered a best of CD by Garbage, they popped up on a YouTube playlist and I recalled quite liking them at the time. Listened to a few more tracks and that was it, order placed. I just wonder how many other bands I would have really liked if I’d taken the time to both listen and more importantly get over my own prejudices re genre.

[Lord Sausage]

Pink Floyd, I've not heard a lot but I've heard enough to know it does/will bore me to tears. 

[TheGreek]

Basically every band where the guitar is the main or front instrument.

I hate guitar led bands - I don't think I've missed out - there's loads of other good music that doesn't rely on a screaming overdriven/ distorted guitar.

[Barking Spiders]

Actually I cant think of any big names that I haven't heard a good deal of. That's how I know I can enjoy disliking many of them with self-satisified justification 😁

I mean I cant abide The Rolling Stones, fr'instance but I've heard each of their 'seminal albums several times. By the by, I really don't get Exile On Main Street's seminal status

Edited May 25, 2021 by Barking Spiders

[tegs07]

Joni Mitchell is one. Don’t know why.

[Cosmo Valdemar]

Zappa.

[Barking Spiders]

1 hour ago, tegs07 said:

Joni Mitchell is one. Don’t know why.

Yeah totally forgot about her. Come to think of it, in my previous post I was only thinking about bands as singer songwriters never even cross my mind. I've never had any singer-songwriter albums, male or female, not one. I've heard all I ever need to hear from Dylan, Mitchell, Neil Young, Springsteen, Van Morrison etc on the radio to tell me that's enough.

[steantval]

35 minutes ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

Zappa.

+1

[TrevorR]

For me it’s probably:

• Velvet Underground
• The Doors
•  Captain Beefheart
• Frank Zappa.

Heard just enough of each to know I’ve heard enough of each!

 

[upside downer]

Heard a lot in the last few days about Bob Dylan turning 80. He's one who I've never properly engaged with, just skimmed the surface. 

[Lord Sausage]

9 hours ago, TrevorR said:

For me it’s probably:

• Velvet Underground
• The Doors
•  Captain Beefheart
• Frank Zappa.

Heard just enough of each to know I’ve heard enough of each!

 

I used to think that about The Doors but have really gotten into em recently.

[Munurmunuh]

I was well past my youth before I heard a note of the Ramones, who promptly became one of my absolute favourites.

It wasnt until 2021 before I heard a note of Megadeth, and ditto, it seems.

I'm wondering who might be next for that experience. Black Sabbath? Bruce Springsteen?

Since joining TB and BC, I've learnt of several highly talented and artistic bassists, the kings of Basstopia. Each time I've headed to YouTube to investigate, I've never managed more than a couple of minutes of any of their music. I'm not going to mention their names, for fear of lynching 😬 

[MacDaddy]

up until my thread a while ago, The Grateful Dead.

[paul_5]

Bowie. I’ve gigged a few of his songs, and they’re fun to play, but other than the handful of popular ones I’m not very au fait with his body of work.

[Cliff Edge]

Most of the bands mentioned on TB and BC as well as Reddit that apparently have the worlds best bass player in residence. A brief listen and I never went back. 

[skb558]

Prince