That album is by a San Diego band called Eucalyptus. They released an album back in 1996, then disappeared. These days, the *only* reference to that album online is that soundcloud link. No other reference to the band even existing is online... and yet I have their CD, properly printed and pressed.
I really should put more albums on soundcloud.. just lazy I guess.
As far as myself is concerned, I was in a band back in highschool, but we didn't master anything. There might be a couple VHS-C tapes out there that have recordings of some of our gigs, but I don't know if my friend kept those things, and he's dead now so who knows what happened to them.
Yeah, that's what fascinates me - glad you're flying the flag for that band. I videoed a young band competition at the Mean Fiddler in 1992 - 6 bands, all utterly lost to time. I'd say they all had something pretty good going on for what they were doing, and the winners really had something - sorta Simply Red but nowhere near as irritating. I tried searching recently for any sign of any of their existence - nada. (Band name - Planet, for what its worth, a nightmare name to search for).
Most people assume I guess that if a band was unknown and commercially failed that they did so cos their songs were lousy. Of course that might often be the case, but certainly isn't always - there are as many reasons for band splits as there are bands. Some kind of falling out seems to be the most common, I guess.
And yes, quite true that many old band videos are on formats that are virtually unplayable now. Still, there must be tens of thousands of neglected youtube videos buried out there from folks who either bothered to convert and put up their old bands, or from the last decade when youtubing became pretty much ubiquitous. Where are they?!
I actually just posted that band competition I mentioned in the post above - 6 of London's finest in 1992, yet sadly none of whom went on to be Nirvana or Blur.
Way back, when I was in Chunkz and Portnoy Compliant, we prided ourselves on not wanting to make it.
I guess it was a kind of reverse snobbery.
The folly of youth.
Just a lil' bump - still after some more videos....
There's a whole bunch of tracker music made back in the late 80s, early 90s which is fairly obscure these days. These were songs made by using tracking software like ScreamTracker or ImpulseTracker and mostly distributed over BBSes.. which required specialized software to play (this is pre-mp3).
All 4 artists I posted went on to make music professionally. Purple Motion works as a conductor and orchestrator. Skaven did the music for pretty much all of PopCap's games. Captain did the music for Alan Wake and Max Payne 2. Necros did the music for Unreal Tournament.
Thanks Mr Kite - certainly obscure enough, but not really what I'm after here, sadly. Some visual record of bands / artists who wrote their own songs but with no commercial success is what I'm digging around for....
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Yeah, that's what fascinates me - glad you're flying the flag for that band. I videoed a young band competition at the Mean Fiddler in 1992 - 6 bands, all utterly lost to time. I'd say they all had something pretty good going on for what they were doing, and the winners really had something - sorta Simply Red but nowhere near as irritating. I tried searching recently for any sign of any of their existence - nada. (Band name - Planet, for what its worth, a nightmare name to search for).
Most people assume I guess that if a band was unknown and commercially failed that they did so cos their songs were lousy. Of course that might often be the case, but certainly isn't always - there are as many reasons for band splits as there are bands. Some kind of falling out seems to be the most common, I guess.
And yes, quite true that many old band videos are on formats that are virtually unplayable now. Still, there must be tens of thousands of neglected youtube videos buried out there from folks who either bothered to convert and put up their old bands, or from the last decade when youtubing became pretty much ubiquitous. Where are they?!
https://youtu.be/k618Us52KhA
Great graphics and video effects, I'm sure you'll all agree.
I guess it was a kind of reverse snobbery.
The folly of youth.
There's a whole bunch of tracker music made back in the late 80s, early 90s which is fairly obscure these days. These were songs made by using tracking software like ScreamTracker or ImpulseTracker and mostly distributed over BBSes.. which required specialized software to play (this is pre-mp3).
Notable examples:
Purple Motion - Satellite One
Skaven - Catch that Goblin
Captain - Space Debris
Necros - The Crossing
All 4 artists I posted went on to make music professionally. Purple Motion works as a conductor and orchestrator. Skaven did the music for pretty much all of PopCap's games. Captain did the music for Alan Wake and Max Payne 2. Necros did the music for Unreal Tournament.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OOb3_APDXM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVgluZYA1oU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYTiBqTmmaI
Fantastic, Billy - I'll drop you a PM.