weirdo guitar bands

atsonicpark · 06.09.2007, 09:20 AM

Okay, I'm looking for "weird" guitar stuff in bands... not solo guitar dudes doing weird stuff, I'm talking weird riffs by guitarists in bands.. and I'm not even going to defend or define what "weird" is, I'm talking:

Polvo
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
[most] Captain Beefheart
[some] Erase Errata
Fatal Flying Guilloteens

shit like that. highly creative and twisted warped -- and even "weird" -- guitar lines. super weird alternate tunings, whammy bar abuse, single note harmonicized tremolo flanger into necrophagist neoclassical death metal solo for 3 seconds while orthrelm jacks off to bunny panty from little girl's fudgy ass patties, WHATEVER... got any suggestions? (i don't care how obvious they are, let's make the definitive list).

and i'm not looking for noise, because yes, magick markers probably have some "weird" guitar lines, but htey suck my ass. i mean actual GOOD bands.. if you're familiar with any of the above bands you know what i'm looking for. so, shoot.

demonrail666 · 06.09.2007, 09:57 AM

Truman's Water?

fugazifan · 06.09.2007, 12:25 PM

old time relijun have some pretty cool guitar licks. theyre like a cross between television and beefhears. lost light is good album of theirs to start with.
any band that marc ribot played in is bound to have cool strange weird guitar...

drrrtyboots · 06.09.2007, 12:31 PM

Hella if you wanna consider them a guitar band
Arab on Radar
Deerhoof, earlier stuff
Dilute
Marnie Stern

pbradley · 06.09.2007, 12:57 PM

Ahhh, if I could only record that weird, disturbing dance riff I've got. lame.

CHOUT · 06.09.2007, 01:49 PM

I was gonna say Polvo, already mentioned.

Torn Curtain · 06.09.2007, 02:23 PM

Gary Lucas's playing on Jeff Buckley's Mojo pin

Jeff Buckley - So real (weird chords and solo)

The beginning of Tom Verlaine's solo on Venus (I think it really sounds like a synthesizer, which it is not off course)

Lee Underwood's guitar licks on Tim Buckley's Starsailor

Torn Curtain · 06.09.2007, 02:34 PM

The Cure - Pornography, A strange day (I've always found the solo weird), A reflection (the unconventional chords)

atari 2600 · 06.09.2007, 02:39 PM

currently listening to Crime - "Piss On Your Dog"

which has a marginally "weird" part

finding nobody · 06.09.2007, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by atari 2600

currently listening to Crime - Piss On Your Dog

That's the band that did Hotwire My Heart? right?

atari 2600 · 06.09.2007, 02:44 PM

Yesiree, they did that one you mentioned way back in nineteen hundred and seventy-six.

www.spontaneous.com/crime.html
11/14/04 - Added a new interview with Crime. (Johnny Strike)

Trasher02 · 06.09.2007, 02:45 PM

I was thinking of Polvo but looks like it already has been mentioned a thousand times...

SYRFox · 06.09.2007, 02:46 PM

k-krack · 06.09.2007, 02:54 PM

The Flying Luttenbachers

Varge! (lots of baritone guitar, and just really rad sounding guitar tones. Check 'em)
The Creeping Nobodies
The Chinese Stars have some cool tones on A Rare Sensation
Les Georges Leningrad
Cursive (sometimes, like on the track Bloody Murderer)
From Fiction (really winding, awesome guitar parts built off the bass and drums foundation)
...

atari 2600 · 06.09.2007, 02:55 PM

Saw Polvo play the Uptown Lounge (which by then had been renamed to The Shoe Box) a couple of times. They're okay, but for fucksakes...

Torn Curtain · 06.09.2007, 03:35 PM

Bauhaus - She's in parties
U2 - The fly
The Cocteau Twins - Otterley
Jeff Buckley - Grace (the intro and the chords), Dream brother, Kanga-roo, Vancouver, Murder suicide meteor slave, Gunshot glitter, Demon John
The Smiths - Still ill
Smashing Pumpkins - Thru the eye of Ruby
Markus Acher from The Notwist plays a lot of weird chords
Talking Heads - I Zimbra, Mind, Drugs

atari 2600 · 06.09.2007, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Torn Curtain

...Talking Heads - I Zimbra, Mind, Drugs

some of my favorites...love the first two, but
Remain in Light & Fear of Music are probably their creative peak.

Creatively, both Jerry Harrison and David Byrne are usually underrated guitar players.

fugazifan · 06.09.2007, 06:38 PM

early sun city girls

MellySingsDoom · 06.09.2007, 06:52 PM

Pretty much most things by the Dead C is "weird", I suppose.

youthoftomorrow · 06.09.2007, 10:28 PM

Slint?

06.09.2007, 09:20 AM	#1
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Okay, I'm looking for "weird" guitar stuff in bands... not solo guitar dudes doing weird stuff, I'm talking weird riffs by guitarists in bands.. and I'm not even going to defend or define what "weird" is, I'm talking: Polvo Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 [most] Captain Beefheart [some] Erase Errata Fatal Flying Guilloteens shit like that. highly creative and twisted warped -- and even "weird" -- guitar lines. super weird alternate tunings, whammy bar abuse, single note harmonicized tremolo flanger into necrophagist neoclassical death metal solo for 3 seconds while orthrelm jacks off to bunny panty from little girl's fudgy ass patties, WHATEVER... got any suggestions? (i don't care how obvious they are, let's make the definitive list). and i'm not looking for noise, because yes, magick markers probably have some "weird" guitar lines, but htey suck my ass. i mean actual GOOD bands.. if you're familiar with any of the above bands you know what i'm looking for. so, shoot. __________________
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06.09.2007, 12:25 PM	#3
fugazifan invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,816	old time relijun have some pretty cool guitar licks. theyre like a cross between television and beefhears. lost light is good album of theirs to start with. any band that marc ribot played in is bound to have cool strange weird guitar... __________________ If there's been a way to build it, There'll be a way to destroy it, Things are not that out of control www.myspace.com/dellilahtheband www.myspace.com/lecirquedesvampiresmusic
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drrrtyboots invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: in the forest(s) Posts: 2,946	Hella if you wanna consider them a guitar band Arab on Radar Deerhoof, earlier stuff Dilute Marnie Stern __________________
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pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	Ahhh, if I could only record that weird, disturbing dance riff I've got. lame.
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CHOUT invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Minneapolis MN Posts: 3,128	I was gonna say Polvo, already mentioned. __________________ Chout's rare Sonic Youth vids: http://youtube.com/SONICchout
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06.09.2007, 02:23 PM	#7
Torn Curtain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: France Posts: 7,997	Gary Lucas's playing on Jeff Buckley's Mojo pin Jeff Buckley - So real (weird chords and solo) The beginning of Tom Verlaine's solo on Venus (I think it really sounds like a synthesizer, which it is not off course) Lee Underwood's guitar licks on Tim Buckley's Starsailor
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06.09.2007, 02:34 PM	#8
Torn Curtain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: France Posts: 7,997	The Cure - Pornography, A strange day (I've always found the solo weird), A reflection (the unconventional chords)
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06.09.2007, 02:39 PM	#9
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	currently listening to Crime - "Piss On Your Dog" which has a marginally "weird" part __________________ Robert Rauschenberg, Canyon, 1959. Combine on canvas 81 3/4 x 70 x 24 inches.
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06.09.2007, 02:44 PM	#11
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	Yesiree, they did that one you mentioned way back in nineteen hundred and seventy-six. www.spontaneous.com/crime.html 11/14/04 - Added a new interview with Crime. (Johnny Strike) __________________ Robert Rauschenberg, Canyon, 1959. Combine on canvas 81 3/4 x 70 x 24 inches.
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Trasher02 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 6,356	I was thinking of Polvo but looks like it already has been mentioned a thousand times... __________________ 666
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k-krack invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: On Posts: 7,380	The Flying Luttenbachers Varge! (lots of baritone guitar, and just really rad sounding guitar tones. Check 'em) The Creeping Nobodies The Chinese Stars have some cool tones on A Rare Sensation Les Georges Leningrad Cursive (sometimes, like on the track Bloody Murderer) From Fiction (really winding, awesome guitar parts built off the bass and drums foundation) ... __________________ sandwich klub 4 men. Danny is a C.H.U.D.
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06.09.2007, 02:55 PM	#15
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	Saw Polvo play the Uptown Lounge (which by then had been renamed to The Shoe Box) a couple of times. They're okay, but for fucksakes... __________________ Robert Rauschenberg, Canyon, 1959. Combine on canvas 81 3/4 x 70 x 24 inches.
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06.09.2007, 03:35 PM	#16
Torn Curtain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: France Posts: 7,997	Bauhaus - She's in parties U2 - The fly The Cocteau Twins - Otterley Jeff Buckley - Grace (the intro and the chords), Dream brother, Kanga-roo, Vancouver, Murder suicide meteor slave, Gunshot glitter, Demon John The Smiths - Still ill Smashing Pumpkins - Thru the eye of Ruby Markus Acher from The Notwist plays a lot of weird chords Talking Heads - I Zimbra, Mind, Drugs
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fugazifan invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,816	early sun city girls __________________ If there's been a way to build it, There'll be a way to destroy it, Things are not that out of control www.myspace.com/dellilahtheband www.myspace.com/lecirquedesvampiresmusic
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MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	Pretty much most things by the Dead C is "weird", I suppose. __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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youthoftomorrow expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Idaho. Posts: 1,418	Slint? __________________ avalanche.
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