Bands from your country

[svdv22]

There are lots of different nationalities here right? So I thought a topic to promote bands from your home country / state or even city could be a bit fun.. I'll start of with 3 bands from the Netherlands:

1: Golden earring
They're actually pretty known outside the Netherlands (they had Kiss and Aerosmith open up for them once!). Had a few hits such as Radar love, Twilight zone and When the lady smiles (early 70's and 80's). They're one of the longest existing rock bands that still perform in the same line up as when they first started. In 2011 they'll celebrate their 50th anniversary. I've seen them live and they still do some shows in Europe and/or America, sometimes. If you get the chance.. they're still worth to see them live!

Radar love:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeRa3RtBiIU&feature=related
When the lady smiles:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYxp6OIEZlk
Twilight zone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1sf2CzEq0w&feature=related

2: Vandenberg
Another pretty known dutch band. The only dutch band who ever got signed by a major American label. Best know for their hit 'burning heart' but they have many great songs! (Adrian) Vandenberg later went on joining Whitesnake and has been the longest lasting guitar player in that band.

Burning heart:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY3L-QR2Jb4
Vandenberg guitar solo + Wait (live in Japan): (Actual song starts at 5:36)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRIIUyc2QNg
Vandenberg guitar solo:

3: Plaeto
Not known at all outside the Netherlands, which is a shame. They're amazing to witness live. Many solos, extended songs and more solos. They have 2 albums out. One full of great rockers hinting to the 70s. Second is more acoustic and has deeper songs. Not really rockin' (exceptions are made, here and there) but still very good. There's not much on youtube about this band except:

Plaeto on arrow rock festival:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0PZJHXEeZA
'Bootleg' of Being me: (studio version is just 3,5 minutes long)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU2bkuz_q8A&feature=related

You can listen to most of their songs on their hyves (sort of facebook just for dutch people, scroll down a bit for the player):
http://plaeto-2009.hyves.nl/

Songs worth checking out are (amongst others): We've got the world today, you impress yourself, black state of mind, blame it on you anyway (from their first album, all rockers). From their second album: Rufus on Mars & Get on board. Eum bashra hey (first song on the list) is on their second album but gives a wrong image of their music.

[BlowUpYourVideo]

TBH the only Scottish artist I really like is KT Tunstall and she's not 'rock'. Alternative folky pop/rock?? Something like that. Universe & U is a current favourite of mine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HycryXujLc (Don't know what's with the video there...)

I like a couple of songs by Nazareth and Primal Scream but that's about it as far as Scotland goes. Now is when it pays to be 'British'.

[Krok1]

Twilight Arise But I don't think they play with eachother anymore (they're just 18-19 years old), but still; They are amazing, just check them out at:

http://www.myspace.com/twilightarise

Kinda like Dream Theater/Iron Maiden.. Metal

[Is he struggling?]

Where I'm from (London) might just have the highest number of famous musicinas per head in the world, so I'm gonna stick to those who hail from my local area (North-west London)

Elton John

You all know him - the grand dame of english pop-rock and a hero to our very own Dexter. Apparently he earned his musical wings by dodging flying pint glasses  whilst he was performing gigs in some of my local pubs (a bit before my time, but I wonder if helped make him such a tempramental SOB?)

Still who'd have thought a pudgy white guy from suburban London could have so much soul/

Ronnie Wood

The only Stone (or perhps, the only musician) who can keep up with Keef. Apparently he and his family would keep most of thier neighbours up most nights with their family jam sessions.

I had the pleasure of meeting Mr Wood a couple of years ago. He was with his lovely (then) wife Jo. I made some small talk with him about the Stones and Arsenal FC, tried not to stare at his wrinkly face for too long (seriously people, we're talking a wet sack of prunes that have been left in the sun for a week here), I let him get back to his giant glass of red wine. It was 12.30 in the afternoon.

(I know its bad form to tittle tattle about celebrities you barely know. But he did go down in my estimation after the way he abandoned Jo, who really is a nice woman).

Scouting for Girls

Indie-Pop Flavour of the month here in the UK. Half of them went to my old school. The less said about them, the better.

[Albert S Miller]

I am from Seattle

Well there is Jimmy Hendrix, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Duff Mckagan "Loaded", Soundgarden, Alice and Chains, Mother Love Bone.  Quite a few to say the least .

[CheapJon]

I'm from Sweden, there's a shit load of awesome music from here, fuck yeah!

[jarmo]

I'm from Sweden, there's a shit load of awesome music from here, fuck yeah!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ3XlpJqPt0

 



/jarmo

[CheapJon]

I'm from Sweden, there's a shit load of awesome music from here, fuck yeah!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ3XlpJqPt0

 



/jarmo

Varan-TV was among the absolute best swedish comedy groups in the 90's!

[BlowUpYourVideo]

Hmm, I forgot to mention The Jesus And Mary Chain (whose debut album I need to get). They're pretty influential. Other Scottish bands who I haven't listened much to are Skids, Big Country and Biffy Clyro.

Amy Macdonald, who's more of a folk/pop singer is also Scottish, as are GTA's own Love Fist!

Of course, Bon Scott and Angus and Malcolm Young, as well as Shirley Manson of Garbage were all born in Scotland. Shirley's the only musician I can think of that was born in Edinburgh....

Scotland has more artists than I thought.

[mrlee]

^Primal Scream from Scotland too!


As for my area...errr lol. We got Slade XD. N Glen Hughes from Deep Purple. Robert Plant and John Bonham.

[norway]

Was gonna post some norwegian black metal bands but mods don't want it here, it's worth checking out tho.

One of our most comercially successfull musical-exports, and most banned too


G?te:
Modern folkrock, amazing singer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pETTM6AB7M

Mari Boine
Sami musician known for having added jazz and rock to the yoiks of her native people.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYevBLUtuLc

Raga Rockers
Classic/Heavy rock, known for their charracteristic lyrics and recognized as amongst 'the big 4 in norwegian rock'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgSjW0c0kZI

Also ?ge Aleksandersen, DumDum Boys, CC Cowboys,  Jokke & Valentinerne, Dollie DeLuxe ( <3 Benedicte Adrian ), and  Dronning Mauds Land is worth mentioning, our most popular and talentfull musicans.



Note: No, none of these are nazi, racist, hate or so-called white-pride bands, cut it out already!