if you became kurt cobain level famous and you had the opportunity to wear a t-shirt with an obscure artist on it while the paparazzi snapped inconspicuous photos of you which obscure artist would it be
daniel johnston
A really shitty garage band from down the street. Gotta support that locally grown teenage edge.
if only
François Virot
>>66368190
Cheap Trick
>>66368190
Nine of Swords
A white shirt with "LISTEN TO LA MONTE YOUNG" written in Sharpie.
my secret side project that nobody knows is really me ;^)
>>66368190
Nicole 12
>>66368270
I saw someone wearing this the other day.
My real actual band
>>66368299
its ironic enough to be ok in my book
Big|Brave
>>66368190
Martin Shkreli already did it with The Hotelier but implying they're underground.
I already wear this shirt all the time so I guess if I became famous it'd give Big Star some attention
dark side of the moon
>>66368312
>>66368240
This is the objectively correct answer. RSM kicks ass
>>66368586
all he needs is one high quality documentary made about him and subsequent release of covers by famous musicians and he'd be rich.
I can't believe it hasn't happened already.
If you're a documentary film maker, RSM is literally a goldmine.
Jawbreaker
Probably have to be this, because I'm in a shitty punk band and tricking punks into googling a cellist would be delicious.
>>66368299
I have the one with Nirvana- Nevermind and OH BOY I almost got into a fistfight over it once.
>>66368478
My man
>>66368727
HAHA WHOOPS
an attic abasement shirt, obscure and from my hometown
>>66368240
>if only
OH IF ONLY WE COULD BE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko_NLrh1rKI
>>66368190
>not just making up a band name and logo out of the blue and having a t-shirt made up just to fuck with the media and your fans.
>>66368190
none because no one i listen to is obscure
I'd go to those places that let you print your own design on t-shirts and print the cover for some bandcamp thread noise album on one
>>66368190
That picture of Kurt Cobain's dead body.
>>66368190
burzum
>>66368285
i lyke dis 1
This and >>66368751
>wearing band t-shirts
Where dat Hot Topic at nigga?
This one
There are some bandcamp artists that I have an unreasonably amount of love for
>>66368190
Swans desu
>daniel johnston
>obscure
anyway, it would be someone i know. barring that it would be wussy.
DeAth GriPs!!!
>>66368299
yeah what is this meta
>>66370687
Could you post some? im in need of some good bandcamp stuff
>>66368395
Based Shkreli
Dolly Parton
>>66368622
Nah, he doesnt want to sell out like that i believe. Thats why he didnt work as a session musician like his father, he did his own thing and thats what makes him great.
Id rather not evey common joe on reddit latch on to such a perfect and un sullied musician as rsm (or even ariel pink for that matter!).
I have a big gripe with this as there was a documentary called "Jodorowsky's Dune" which forever started a reddit circle jerk over how ''obscure'' alenjandro jodoroswsky is and how ''dune'' would have been the greatest film ever... now the most plebian redditor feels like hes ''in'' on a secret ... because hes heard of Alejandro Jodorowsky and the first dune book. Shitty documentaries can have a lot of impact. Basically watering down someones audience with more and more mainstream normies
>>66368190
>>66368478
you honestly think that big star arent already popular?
>>66371291
https://radiatorhospital.bandcamp.com/album/torch-song
pop stuff
https://zlotajesien.bandcamp.com/album/girl-nothing
polish noise rock
https://nosferatud2.bandcamp.com/album/were-gonna-walk-around-this-city-with-our-headphones-on-to-block-out-the-noise
English garage rock band
https://thepauses.bandcamp.com/album/the-pauses-great-deceivers-split-ep
more pop
the miffed neighbours
Hello Kitty Suicide Cult
Or
We Butter The Bread With Butter
I'd ask them to open for me too.
I crush on Marisa like a 14 year old girl does on Bieber
>>66368190
I actually own the shirt with this design on it
now that they've changed their name because of controversy I feel so deliciously edgy when I wear it
>>66370991
>>66371492
If you asked 100 random people in the street who either of these are not one of them would know
>>66372015
where did you get it?
>>66368320
nice one, this guy seriously deserves more recognition
one of my fav albums 2015
>all these well known bands
Remember; it's not about showing off how cool and underground you are, you edgy little faggots
>>66372055
Saw them live before they were forced to change their name, bought it there and then. Fucking great show as well
The only correct answer
>>66368727
>I almost got into a fistfight over it once
explain pls
>>66368270
>>66368627
>>66370562
>>66372015
>>66372148
>obscure artist
>>66372015
>now that they've changed their name because of controversy I feel so deliciously edgy when I wear it
you know the albums still named Viet Cong right?
>>66368190
Alien Kids
Time Machine Modulus
Jason Aldean
the list goes on
TIME
MACHINE
MODULUS
>implying any one of us can be Kurt Cobain famous in this day and age
Wovenhand
>>66372535
I agree, but I'd say that's a good sign. Don't get me wrong, I really like Nirvana. But the thing is, the reason Nirvana meant so much is that the musical climate of the 80s mainstream was so bad. 80s pop music was almost all weak, awful, synthetic pap, and no one in the underground could catch a break... this is also why the 80s underground is so fantastic. So when Nirvana broke into the mainstream, it was the first time a band rooted in those underground 80s movements had been shown to most people, and for them it was a revelation.
Right now we're in an era when you can shut out any music you're not interested in because of how media currently works. This means I can find anything I want with an internet search, and if I want something underground I don't have to investigate in an actual scene or record shop. Because of this indie bands are doing extremely well right now, and the music industry is struggling horribly at the same time. I have no idea who the big pop stars are, and the only time I hear pop music is when I'm in a public space like a night club, cafe, mall, etc.
I assume in 15 years or so there will be another Nirvana, though. The reason for this is that the current state of music is unsustainable. The music industry will figure out how to be profitable again, and then they will find a way to drown out the music they're not pushing, and then bland, shitty pop music will rule again. And when that happens, the underground will go through another gestation period, and then somebody from the underground will break through like a revelation and make shitty pop music inferior once again.
>>66372856
Interesting. What style of music do you think the breakthrough band will be in 15 years?
>>66372189
>daniel johnston
>obscure
the premise was flawed to begin with, stop being autistic
>>66372263
well no shit, simon. still doesn't change the fact that its a name which triggered a lot of venues into refusing to let them play. just means when I get papped with that tee on it'll increase my indie cred tenfold
>>66372885
No idea, but I have a hunch it will feature strong, relatable songwriting, and feature instrumentation that's accessible, and maybe simple. I think for a band to have this sort of impact, it's important that people can relate strongly to it and hold it more personally. That's the inherent weakness with synthetic pop music - because it's made to be digestible to the widest demographic possible, people don't hold it that dearly, and there can't be much substance. That's why Nirvana and other bands in the alternative explosion like R.E.M., Jane's Addiction, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, etc. spoke to people and blew genres like hair metal out of the water: they felt more real.
>>66372885
Kinda hard to think about that, because it would almost entirely depend on whats happening in the music industry/world at that time.
Could be anything. Really it just has to speak an entire demographic of people
>>66372856
>The music industry will figure out how to be profitable again, and then they will find a way to drown out the music they're not pushing, and then bland, shitty pop music will rule again
honestly, I believe that the music 'industry' is anomaly in the history of music which is unlikely to last long. recording artists will be subsumed by the incredible ease and cost efficiency of electronic production, and eventually all pop music will follow the same trail - and since everything will be streamed, it won't be so much an industry as a public broadcasting service which you pay a lump sum for every month or so.
On the other hand, independent bands will be pushed further underground, releasing very limited numbers of physical releases for stupidly high prices, but will make gig tickets so cheap and concerts so frequent that it won't even matter.
>>66372360
they're ready to go guys!
>>66372856
Nirvana is shit, the 80s mainstream pop was great
>>66368190
Exuma
I would just wear shirts of bands I like, obscure or not
prolly lord snow or a Lync or KARP shirt if I ever bother to make either
I'd wear exclusively Kanye's clothing line.
>tfw You'll never know if I'm being genuine
>>66369109
this, I'd like to see some attempts for it itt
>>66373762
are you being genuine?
>>66371924
Listened to Nosferatu D2, really enjoyed it. Any recs similar?
>>66373778
If I told you then you would know and I'd be a liar for saying you'd never know.
>>66374080
how do you know that the you you said was me?
>>66368190
maeth
>>66374153
I had intended it to be read as "you (plural)" but I applaud your dedication.
It would mostly be taking the piss but there are some pieces that do actually look comfy as fuck (i.e. that sweater under another sweater with the sleaves cut off above the elbows).
>>66368190
Cleaners from venus
Kingdom Of The Holy Sun
>>66368210
fpbp
>>66371492
I mean they're pretty acclaimed among dedicated music fans but I almost never meet people who know them
Most of the people I know who like them are because I played them for them
>>66368190
def today is the day, or maybe arthur russel
>>66374470
ain soph it is a possibility as well
![9mA9wz1[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/J4JOW8F.jpg "9mA9wz1[1].png")
my man
>>66370600
This is a good choice
That man Andy is known as fuck but their band still seems like a tiny cult following band
With no name on it or anything. Just the head thing
>>66374594
so just a graphic t that would lead nobody to the goslings...
>>66368395
Shkreli is the fucking nigga
>>66374615
I feel like people would find the goslings somehow. They might be like "Thats a cool shirt, where can I find it" and search online and find out its actually a band.
Might not be too obscure here, but they're literally whos to normies
>>66374594
>saw this cover
>let's check this shit out
>saw a last.fm link
>shoegaze and noise
>it won't be that noisy
>first second of the album fucks my ears
I regret nothing
>>66368244
I never thought I would see François Virot mentioned on /mu/ one day.
Clara Clara > his solo stuff tbqh tho
>>66368240
>tfw have an R. Stevie shirt but it doesn't really match any of your other clothes
>>66372015
When they came to Minneapolis, last year, the Vietnamese community was up in arms about it for a long while. They even protested the show.
http://www.chartattack.com/news/2015/10/23/shut-down-viet-cong-protests-sweep-through-the-united-states/
>>66371457
At least a third of my friends know who Jodorowsky is, and none of them mentioned that documentary to me. He is more famous than you think.
But it's true that everyone and their mom know Rodriguez now, and think he was a forgotten artist even though his stuff was in skateboarding videos in the late 2000s (the Blueprint and Element Europe ones to be precise).
>>66368299
tfw same
tfw you cant tell if theyre being ironic or not
I only wear Sunn O))) shirts
>>66369109
I made this album cover a while ago that doesn't exist and is a picture of a childhood friend, does that count?
>>66368190
fishmans
>>66374594
YES fuck i forgot about this album. so good
i have the weird cardboard CD pressing of it that smells funny
>>66368190
Seth Boyer
>>66372885
It's hard to say but Artists like FKA Twigs and Tame Impala are just one hit song, or one more record away from really breaking through the mainstream gates. And Btw, Kendrick Lamar has already gotten to that point and better yet he is the perfect symbol for these politically unstable times. He never has gained that "Beatles/Nirvana" fandom because he is not that type of polarizing figure, he's a different type of figure the one we need in our times. People do have that sense of poptist fandom towards Beyonce and TayTay, it's just the music isnt at all stimulating
>>66376303
this sucks sorry it looks like a nu-metal album from 2002
>>66372964
>I have a hunch it will feature relatable songwriting, and feature instrumentation that's accessible
I have a hunch it will feature the notes A through G and will have a human voice over sounds made by inanimate objects
>>66378351
and will be audible
at a given tempo
>>66372856
this is some future ethnomusicology shit, bravo great post
Melt-Banana, Boris, and Japanoise in general
Time-Machine Moduls
I'd wear a shirt that references a 4chan meme
Then a bunch of autistic neckbeards on here would be like "OMFGgg *heavily breathes* YOU CANT REFERENCE 4chan outside of the board U AUTIST!!!" and I'd have a good kek out of triggering them while also making my 4chan using fans smile
>>66379339
lol weeaboo faggot
>>66368299
I have this shirt, could have been me :0
