Favourite bands that DON'T have pages on TV Tropes

decided to create a discussion for more obscure music that, as the title says, don't have TV Tropes pages, I'll start, Alabama 3, fucking love them, it's a shame most people know them for the, admittedly bithcing, "Woke Up This Morning" due to its use in The Sopranos, and have never heard such works as "U Don't Dance 2 Tekno Anymore" or "Peace In The Valley"

advancing the front into TV Tropes

The Durutti Column. Often mentioned alongside Joy Division or A Certain Ratio in that early Factory Records period, but who sounded very different from them and are often neglected when it comes to listening to their stuff. Vini Reilly (Durutti Column is pretty much him) is a very underrated guitarist.

For whatever reason, there isn't a page on Velvet Revolver.

Hi, I just appeared out of nowhere. I actually registered a week or two ago.

Anyway:

Mini Mansions (with their new album being the most popular, and my favorite; bonus points for the Voyager Record as the album cover)

Generationals

Cold War Kids

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - Err... just "Jr. Jr." now.

Delta Spirit

The Temper Trap

Philip Glass, who against all odds still does not have a page.

Saint Motel

A band I like but not a favorite: Pinback

Do the solo Brandon Flowers or Paul Banks (for example) warrant their own page or does that just flow back into their primary acts? They both have more than one album out by now.

Others:

Craft Spells

Mesita

Alabama Shakes

To be continued and discussed. Sometime.

edited 10th Dec '15 11:47:46 AM by SpencerOfProvisions

It could go either way. Personally, I think if the person's solo work is very similar to the band's work, then it's easier to lump both pages together.

I didn't write any of that.

In those two cases I'd say they are different enough from their associated acts to have their own pages, but that's up to opinion. And the actual work of creating it.

There isn't a page on Failure, not even behind all of the failure-related tropes.

Nonsense is better than no sense at all.

Traffic. Or Steve Winwood in general.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?

Traffic doesn't have a page yet?

Batman Ninja more like Batman's Bizarre Adventure

Tangerine Dream

Krokus doesn't have a page yet.

Batman Ninja more like Batman's Bizarre Adventure

A few years ago I had cause to circumnavigate the globe and a New Zealander band named Fur Patrol caught my interest.

Have a Nice Life still doesn't have one, which is a bit puzzling given Dan Barrett's penchant for weird meta-narratives and the fact that Deathconsciousness and the self-titled Giles Corey come with actual books.

Now, on the other hand, Bügsküll's absence is entirely understandable.

Also, shout-out to The Durutti Column. Great band/project.

I'll hide your name inside a word and paint your eyes with false perception.

Fates Warning is the main one I can think of. It helps that I'm mainly into rock and metal, and this site has a pretty strong bias towards those genres. I'm sure tropers who are fans of other genres experience this a lot more often.

Against Me!.

I consider them to be real important to the punk scene (and the LGBT scene now as well) but they're not on here.

I'd create an article for them myself but I don't really have the time.

The Wonder Years don't have a page on here yet

Double up on Alabama 3.

Anyways I listen to a lot of contemporary electronica so almost none of the things I listen to on a regular basis have pages. Just too new and not relevant enough yet.

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Bush. How do they not have a page?! They made Glycerine for God's sake and they're a giant example of misheard lyrics!

"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"

Our Lady Peace doesn't have a page. The Blues and Blues Rock pages are covered in red links. Albert Collins and T-bone Walker aren't even listed.

Stevie Ray Vaughan is a great blues guitarist that doesn't have a page here.

Eisbrecher, Das Ich, Hanzel und Gretyl, Velvet Acid Christ all need pages. I should get around to doing it.

edited 29th Jan '16 11:55:07 PM by Surenity

My tropes launched: https://surenity2.blogspot.com/2021/02/my-tropes-on-tv-tropes.html

Huh, Alien Ant Farm doesn't have a page. Might have something to do tonight, then...

Me? I don't mind The War on Drugs, The Cribs, The Futureheads... Britpop is kinda underrepresented here. Same with Don Henley (the singer of Eagles), Dusty Springfield, Cat Stevens, John Mayall... damn.

I've actually been thinking about adding album and band pages for every single entry in NME 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time and Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time. It'll take a while, sure, but hopefully it can get done sometime within the next year. Meanwhile, the existing album/artist pages aren't comprehensive; some look like they've been thrown together in just fifteen minutes. It's not a bad thing, since tropers only have so much time, but I feel we can generate a huge list of great artists while expanding our collective music tastes on this site.

But that's a topic for another discussion.

Keep in mind quite a few people have already been adding lots of albums, including albums which are on that list.

Gloryhammer. I've started a Sandbox.Gloryhammer page, but I don't think I can finish it alone.

As it says at the top of the page, please read the editing rules. If I've made a mistake, inform me and I'll correct it. Spoilers are shown, at the moment. I'll need help with what I should spoiler, since the 2nd album was released towards the end of last year. Anyway, it's 2:16 AM here, I'm going to bed a lot later than I should.

edited 13th Feb '16 6:16:41 PM by TheOneWhoTropes

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