great bands from west virginia

th' inbred - insanely influential, some of the older dudes on here might have gotten to see them. they broke up before my parents even got together, but their music is somehow still good and relevant today. check them out on myspace, order their stuff from alternative tentacles.

lincoln - another really awesome hardcore band from way back. i guess converge covers one of their songs on DVD? i don't know, when i tell dudes from other places where i'm from they always mention this band, and for good reason. if anybody wants, i can upload the songs or something.

social junk - my personal favorite, this duo does it right with a wide array of generas to draw on from their extensive catalog. starting in the early 2000s as a weird post punk, no wave noisey 4 piece, they've gone through a lot of lineup changes and are now the original two members and an awesome fucking drummer that they found in philadelphia, where they currently live. i can't even express how much i love this band. i got to play guitar for them for my like, 17th birthday once, and they surprised me with a recording of it soon after as my actual present. they actually include it in their discography, too. it's called "j. gonzales." i haven't seen them play in like a year, that will hopefully change soon.

people post great bands from west virginia

Kukim - Featured members of Lincoln. Never got a proper recording, just a live recording on the radio, but it's awesome. I hope it gets a proper release one day.

I'm going to go with the Minus Tide. I still love 'em to this day.

In Search of History. I knew the dudes in the band, they were a few years older than me and lived in Parkersburg. They had this band going while they were in high school, and they just wrote some of the best.. I don't even know what to call it, but it was awesome... more people need to listen to them. Matt knows what's up.

Jack beat me to it.

zao
gods

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don't know if anyone has seen this yet:

http://softrockrenegade.blogspot.com/

Classy Freddy Blassy from Wheeling was great / terrifying when I was a kid and haven't been able to track down the one album they recorded.

Transistor Indiana was a really cool Southern WV band with 3 guitars, poppy at the drive-in esque stuff.

Chase Baker once showed me a video of a band called The Sutek Conspiracy with 2 vocalist that was really intense.

Turn Around Norman was also awesome, can't find any mp3s but I have their entire vinyl output.

seriously though

also, does anyone want to upload the kissin' cousins LP by th' inbred? i have it, but the tracks don't have names.

shanholtzer wrote:Chase Baker once showed me a video of a band called The Sutek Conspiracy with 2 vocalist that was really intense.

I thought the Sutek Conspiracy was from Columbus?

have any of you weirdos heard the rare birds? holy fuck this band rules and i completely forgot to mention them. i wish morgantown didn't suck and could go back to having awesome shit like this always.

Yoibomb wrote:

shanholtzer wrote:Chase Baker once showed me a video of a band called The Sutek Conspiracy with 2 vocalist that was really intense.

I thought the Sutek Conspiracy was from Columbus?

i didn't know anything about them. i guess they were from indianapolis.
http://www.myspace.com/sutekconspiracy

hosebeast wrote:have any of you weirdos heard the rare birds? holy fuck this band rules and i completely forgot to mention them. i wish morgantown didn't suck and could go back to having awesome shit like this always.

seriously, this rare birds stuff is so great. what about apart from the projector, were they a wv band? i listened to their mp3s twice today, and it's really cool. what the fuck happened to west virginia having cool stuff? i'm listening to at the drive in for the first time in probably 2 or 3 years and i feel like i'm a freshman in high school. time travel plz?

hosebeast wrote:

hosebeast wrote:have any of you weirdos heard the rare birds? holy fuck this band rules and i completely forgot to mention them. i wish morgantown didn't suck and could go back to having awesome shit like this always.

seriously, this rare birds stuff is so great. what about apart from the projector, were they a wv band? i listened to their mp3s twice today, and it's really cool. what the fuck happened to west virginia having cool stuff? i'm listening to at the drive in for the first time in probably 2 or 3 years and i feel like i'm a freshman in high school. time travel plz?

Apart From The Projector were from WV and to this day still one of my favorite bands ever. If you like that you might dig Transistor Indiana. Also an old Charleston area band:

TRANSISTOR INDIANA - SONGSFORANACTIVELIFESTYLE

http://www.mediafire.com/?nazjznmjzjh

3 guitar poppy ATDI esque emo stuff.

I didn't really like that Rare Birds stuff.

Horns To The Matador were also fucking fantastic and their only album still holds up.





HORNS TO THE MATADOR - WE OWN THIS TOWN, JOHNNY!
DOWNLOAD

Couldn't find the album art anywhere.

shanholtzer wrote:Horns To The Matador were also fucking fantastic and their only album still holds up.





HORNS TO THE MATADOR - WE OWN THIS TOWN, JOHNNY!
http://www.mediafire.com/?ytlmyddtyx1

Couldn't find the album art anywhere.

YES!

Also! I haven't able to find anything from this incredible SOWV 3 piece called Ex-Bestfriend. Can any older dudes help out?

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hosebeast wrote:

hosebeast wrote:have any of you weirdos heard the rare birds? holy fuck this band rules and i completely forgot to mention them. i wish morgantown didn't suck and could go back to having awesome shit like this always.

I didn't really like that Rare Birds stuff.

i guess it was that jay guy who was also in lincoln. i figured you'd really dig it, shit's weird.

someone recently told me of that guy "no, he lives in portland. if he still lived here it wouldn't suck."

pretty straight up.

http://virb.com/killedatcamp

http://www.myspace.com/gijoemission

hahahaha virb

wtf @ myspace player not working all day

oh, i confused The Rare Birds with The Wind-Up Bird. Kind of reminds me of This Heat

shanholtzer wrote:oh, i confused The Rare Birds with The Wind-Up Bird. Kind of reminds me of This Heat

that's what i said! sounds like less gimmicky this heat.

the java bombs pre-experimentation/binge stuff is some of my favorite local stuff recorded.. them in ashley ???'s basement still gives me chills thinking about..

totally frustrating fan perspective of jim wanting to do less straight forward stuff but having a great ability to write a great catchy song