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The bands they were in before they were hip buzz bands...

sean [Edit] [Delete] 103 replies 21:46 January 5th, 2013

Haim http://youtu.be/YQ0v6pBkmdc

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got rid of the ethnics tho

SCROTUM | 5 Jan '13, 22:14 | X | ^ This | Reply

calumlynn this'd this
Grimes

http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/800/tumblr_mdyk8o0tE61r7z66ao1_500.jpg

svenrokk | 5 Jan '13, 22:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Bjork cover singer?
  
  stalecloud @svenrokk | 6 Jan '13, 02:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
- pretty sure Grimes is still in Grimes
  
  crashingthrough @svenrokk | 6 Jan '13, 03:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - pre hip buzz though.
    
    svenrokk @crashingthrough | 6 Jan '13, 14:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
Viva Brother:

Kill The Arcade - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUG1msjB4C8
Wolf Am I - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u07lhIrjuJ4

marckee | 6 Jan '13, 00:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
- iirc
  
  weren't they essentially the same band but they just changed their name and style?
  
  wewerewerewolvesonce @marckee | 6 Jan '13, 02:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Also, when exactly were Viva Brother a 'hip buzz band'?
    
    bornin69 @wewerewerewolvesonce | 6 Jan '13, 12:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
Underworld

Freur - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pnQfPOFNLI
and a photo: http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/37217885/Freur+Captusre.png

marckee | 6 Jan '13, 00:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
- amazing.
  
  shadyadie @marckee | 7 Jan '13, 16:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
- great song
  
  woooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwww
  
  Gorkys_Forever @marckee | 9 Jan '13, 14:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
- My mum lived with Freur for a year or two back in the 80s in Cardiff.
  
  I told her earlier this year they'd become one of the biggest dance groups in the world just before the Olympics. She had no idea.
  
  niallKP @marckee | 10 Jan '13, 02:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
AlunaGeorge

Aluna: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj9i3P1dx9w

marckee | 6 Jan '13, 00:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
- George used to be in Colour
  
  http://www.myspace.com/colouruk
  
  1_234589 @marckee | 6 Jan '13, 01:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  badmanreturns and JustJay this'd this
Everyone knows that Little Boots was in Dead Disco

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtyTRVK4SIY

marckee | 6 Jan '13, 00:25 | X | ^ This | Reply

andyvine and moker this'd this
- <3
  
  andyvine @marckee | 7 Jan '13, 14:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  film_maker this'd this
Ting Tings were TKO

and then Dear Eskimo.

cliquester | 6 Jan '13, 00:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
Spector;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95t4O6ggyoU

how did it all go so wrong?

Jordan_229_2 | 6 Jan '13, 01:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Reunion is a tuuuuuune
  
  SCROTUM @Jordan_229_2 | 6 Jan '13, 03:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Christ
  
  he sounds like fucking Pee-wee Herman
  
  calumlynn @Jordan_229_2 | 6 Jan '13, 04:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
- hahahaha as if Les Incompétents were anything other than complete toss
  
  guntrip @Jordan_229_2 | 6 Jan '13, 08:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Silentcommand, calumlynn, badmanreturns, andyvine, 84joe, and film_maker this'd this
  - Weird, I thought you were one of the people who always loved them.
    
    I always felt like some lone, old git on here with my dislike.
    
    TheoGB @guntrip | 9 Jan '13, 16:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man were better
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_8RTzGODpw
  
  Oissin_ @Jordan_229_2 | 6 Jan '13, 10:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Still shit though
    
    It really annoys me how successful Spector seem to be getting when it's just one shit cunt going from one crappy band to another
    
    andyvine @Oissin_ | 7 Jan '13, 14:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    twentynine this'd this
Re Haim

Good shout. Me likes it.

(will click youtube link after ep finishes)

oceanRain | 6 Jan '13, 02:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
Found out recently ...

Wesley Eisold from Cold Cave was in hardcore group Give up the Ghost.
From
http://exclaim.ca/News/american_nightmare_give_up_ghost_get_reissued

to
http://www.factmag.com/2012/09/24/listen-to-cold-caves-latest-song-the-funereal-a-little-death-to-laugh/

Cleans up quite well.

Lililololaure | 6 Jan '13, 10:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
- they were amazing too.
  
  was also in some girls and got a fat lot of money out of what's his chops from fall out boy for stealing lyrics.
  
  moff @Lililololaure | 7 Jan '13, 18:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
- American Nightmare/GUTG>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Everything else he's done since.
  
  ZooKeepersBoy @Lililololaure | 8 Jan '13, 15:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
Alison Mosshart

From Discount - http://www4.images.coolspotters.com/photos/194208/alison-mosshart-and-discount-gallery.jpg

To The Kills - https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcThIU393Q_5JZiujvxg8aVVY6uHDltxF5cWDuw7dT63YU04JxRTxA

lurchy2 | 6 Jan '13, 11:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Discount has some pretty great songs too
  
  Bit of a Jawbreaker vibe
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbupIdI4YCc
  
  JaguarPirate @lurchy2 | 6 Jan '13, 12:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  gonad this'd this
- I liked Jamie Hince from The Kills' old band Scarfo
  
  Great album on Fierce Panda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgxV_7fPG6s
  
  sean @lurchy2 | 8 Jan '13, 14:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Pretty sure both Scarfo albums were on Deceptive.
    
    felson @sean | 8 Jan '13, 15:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - true. Lamacq's label.
      
      sean @felson | 12 Jan '13, 15:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - and before that Blyth Power
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnObQDW5bHQ
    
    mad huh.
    
    CillaCrack @sean | 8 Jan '13, 16:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I remember Select used to slag off Scarfo all the time
    
    Gorkys_Forever @sean | 9 Jan '13, 14:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Scarfo were great
    
    There's also a solo album Jamie Hince did between them and The Kills, under the name Fiji - I have it somewhere. It's pretty good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08m0WUrUR5k
    
    argle @sean | 9 Jan '13, 15:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
if this is true sean

then these young ladies seem like the fame hungry types. I'm now sceptical of haim before i'v heard them. do they think us indie types can be as easily marketed to as a bunch of tweens?

furio | 6 Jan '13, 11:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Evidence
  
  http://www.last.fm/music/The+Valli+Girls
  
  lurchy2 @furio | 6 Jan '13, 11:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - interesting
    
    also my disgust was partially tongue in cheek
    
    furio @lurchy2 | 6 Jan '13, 11:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
guitarist out of Savages was in this band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsOd3gXT90Y

pip_ | 6 Jan '13, 11:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
- ..with DiSer morepricksthandicks on the right hand side.
  
  marckee @pip_ | 6 Jan '13, 11:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  pip_ this'd this
- One of 'em used to be in that terrible post-punk revival band 'John & Jehn' as well
  
  fuckyeahdubstep @pip_ | 6 Jan '13, 12:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I quite liked John & Jehn
    
    marckee @fuckyeahdubstep | 6 Jan '13, 12:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - they remind me of being 14 years old and reading Artrocker Magazine and posting on the Jack Penate message board
      
      fuckyeahdubstep @marckee | 6 Jan '13, 12:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Aw bless, Jack Penate :D
        
        Once did a piss-take of Torn on the Platform at a "stand up comedy" night in my local. Probably the most obscure, and least funny, music parody ever.
        
        MajorCriiimes @fuckyeahdubstep | 8 Jan '13, 16:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
jesus

that song is pure consumerist propaganda. Like, not even pretending to be anything else.

I thought shit like that only existed in george monbiot's nightmares

still_here | 6 Jan '13, 11:45 | X | ^ This | Reply

furio this'd this
Doves (in case there's anyone that didn't know this)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC9O32R1BZY

LOLpop | 6 Jan '13, 12:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
- they still play this at most gigs
  
  aactv @LOLpop | 10 Jan '13, 02:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Yeah I know. But I bet there's a few people that don't know where it
    
    was from originally.
    
    It's a shame that they don't play Aint no Love!
    
    LOLpop @aactv | 11 Jan '13, 07:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
dude from Sleigh Bells

Him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0Z5MCzU0XU

johnwiddop | 6 Jan '13, 12:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Alexis from Sleigh Bells previous band was Ruby Blue
  
  http://youtu.be/sHf_OgbqWwE
  
  lurchy2 @johnwiddop | 6 Jan '13, 13:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
- <3 Poison the Well
  
  shucks @johnwiddop | 9 Jan '13, 14:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
Hurts

Were Daggers/ Bureau. I think I might even have the 7" somewhere.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VtFRNcK5RY

Also amusing is their image change:

http://www.last.fm/music/Daggers/+images/53617113

proof | 6 Jan '13, 13:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
Mac DeMarco

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlUxWnvY90Y

also, best album promo ever:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdB2lFBHrVo

navajo | 6 Jan '13, 15:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
also, The RZA

years before Wu-Tang, doing his best job of being Will Smith before Will Smith was even around

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDT8OOkS_dc

navajo | 6 Jan '13, 15:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Thank God that didn't work out for him... Imagine a world without Wu-tang *shudders*
  
  To be super pedantic doe, Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince had been around hella long (in old school hip hop terms) by the time this dropped.
  
  littlebirds @navajo | 7 Jan '13, 14:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
Noah Lennox/Panda Bear from Animal Collective

used to get his creative flex on starring in weird short films

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB2hRH9WnQ8

navajo | 6 Jan '13, 16:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGelRReQxuY

Body_In_The_Thames | 7 Jan '13, 14:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR2_IDX8cqU

Body_In_The_Thames | 7 Jan '13, 14:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNBgnIwwV7Q
  
  Body_In_The_Thames @Body_In_The_Thames | 7 Jan '13, 14:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvRGLLBkn20
  
  Body_In_The_Thames @Body_In_The_Thames | 7 Jan '13, 14:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
best thing he ever did

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f0L3yurbFc

Body_In_The_Thames | 7 Jan '13, 14:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
- awesome
  
  84joe @Body_In_The_Thames | 7 Jan '13, 15:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  navajo and monoshono this'd this
  - It's a great record if you're a fan of Nation Of Islam NYC party tunes
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=UaqQebkZyx0&feature=endscreen
    
    Body_In_The_Thames @84joe | 7 Jan '13, 16:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Thats mad favourful
  
  monoshono @Body_In_The_Thames | 7 Jan '13, 20:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I still struggle to believe this ever happened:
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avl14kvAxDM
  
  marckee @Body_In_The_Thames | 7 Jan '13, 21:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - that's one of the most phoned-in guest spots I think I've ever heard
    
    wow
    
    guntrip @marckee | 7 Jan '13, 23:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    automatik this'd this
    - still can't bring myself to unmute it
      
      Body_In_The_Thames @guntrip | 8 Jan '13, 14:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - or this...
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N98gEH-8OEk
    
    friendofthenight @marckee | 8 Jan '13, 17:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
Fear of Flying

wore all black and became that other band and had lots of succcess

Fear of Flying were awesome

Noblet | 7 Jan '13, 15:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
- White Lies
  
  Who are mostly shit, but have one half decent indie pop song.
  
  aactv @Noblet | 10 Jan '13, 02:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  godisinthetv this'd this
  - this fear's got a hold of meeeee
    
    calumlynn @aactv | 10 Jan '13, 02:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
bf

Zulu Winter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZRWxVU25mI

Citizens!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjOp7i2De8o

shadyadie | 7 Jan '13, 16:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
- wow, Zulu Winter were The Molotovs??
  
  Played a gig with them in 2010, dreadful band.
  
  Zulu Winter aren't much better like, at least they don't sound like a hangover from 2004 though
  
  calumlynn @shadyadie | 10 Jan '13, 00:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
Phantogram were Charlie Everywhere before changing their name few years ago

deep-blue | 7 Jan '13, 18:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
Deaf club = Polly Mackey and the Pleasure Principle

Spector =Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man

godisinthetv | 7 Jan '13, 20:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
PEACE used to be...

November and the Criminal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fesjL_oMT9o#at=254

jopzorz | 7 Jan '13, 22:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
Bullet For My Valentine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stiZzlw5O7A

Not that I particularly like either incarnation, just didn't realise that a band I supported when I was in school is now very well known.

ma0sm | 8 Jan '13, 14:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
Band Of Skulls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFlN-BfrEf0

I think it was just a name change though.

ma0sm | 8 Jan '13, 14:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
Ted Leo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbQ52uUobVs

ma0sm | 8 Jan '13, 14:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
Pipettes --> Joe Lean and The Jong Jang Jong --> Toy

seedler | 8 Jan '13, 14:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
- errrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
  
  shadyadie @seedler | 8 Jan '13, 15:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - yeah
    
    this isnt true
    
    seedler @shadyadie | 9 Jan '13, 13:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - tho one of Toy is the
      
      bro of Rose wot was in the original Pipettes line-up
      
      shadyadie @seedler | 9 Jan '13, 17:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Not far from true.
      
      Joe Lean drummed for the Pipettes until 2007 (under a different name), and now three of his backing band are in Toy.
      
      sweetverbs @seedler | 12 Jan '13, 17:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
Parva Chiefs

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

And Owen from Grammatics brilliant Colour of Fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFiN87UfDV0

ZooKeepersBoy | 8 Jan '13, 15:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
- colour of fire <3
  
  twentynine @ZooKeepersBoy | 10 Jan '13, 06:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
Brett Anderson was sexy as fuck when he was young

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HMFbBAY9Rw

MajorCriiimes | 8 Jan '13, 16:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
Him out of The Vaccines

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVeBa-4G8Zc

friendofthenight | 8 Jan '13, 17:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I think this may be usable as a dictionary definition of "Douchebag"
  
  Oissin_ @friendofthenight | 9 Jan '13, 18:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
- i knew this, but had never actually listened to him, fucking hell
  
  his voice is totally different! what a fucking knobber
  
  calumlynn @friendofthenight | 10 Jan '13, 00:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
- This is offensively bad. I feel sick.
  
  sweetverbs @friendofthenight | 12 Jan '13, 16:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
Karin Dreijer-Andersson from the Knife

was in Honey is Cool: http://vimeo.com/11808432

kram | 9 Jan '13, 13:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
Two of Factory Floor

were in S Club Juniors

SpartacusHughes | 9 Jan '13, 16:20 | X | ^ This | Reply

godisinthetv this'd this
- David Pajo
  
  was Rick Astley. So, for a time, was Merzbow.
  
  mute-branches @SpartacusHughes | 9 Jan '13, 17:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I would love for this to be true.
  
  Oissin_ @SpartacusHughes | 9 Jan '13, 20:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
Not a hip buzz band but... Dr Dre:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT9O-pUGsVM

rikx | 9 Jan '13, 18:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
Lisa Brown

went on to be Snow Fight in The City Centre, who then want on to be Delphic.

AntiChristJaffaCake | 9 Jan '13, 20:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
Best Coast

used to be in pocahaunted who were great band. Shame they broke up, their whole discography is pretty solid.

pad_023 | 9 Jan '13, 20:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
That McCartney bloke off of Nirvana

Was in some band called the Beetles. Or some shit.

funkycow | 9 Jan '13, 20:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
Marilyn Manson was in the Wonder years

True story.

godisinthetv | 11 Jan '13, 03:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
Spitfire: Justin from Elastica's earlier band.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfI34UcqEDw

TheWza | 12 Jan '13, 17:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
Will anything top this thread this month?

sean | 20 Jan '13, 12:20 | X | ^ This | Reply

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