We have a thread like this in the metal forum so how about one here?
I don't have any examples of weird metal but I have several examples of weird, avant garde non-metal.
Alabama 3 for one:
Or Shriekback:
Or Fad Gadget:
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exact33 The King
Number of posts: 15608 Age: 38 Registration date: 2007-02-10
Subject: Re: Weird, Avant Garde Non-Metal Thu Sep 15, 2011 2:38 am
I got these:
Dawn Loneliness 2007 Independent Drums and Tuba Battles Ole' 2005 Independent Electric Orange Orange Commutation 1996 Delerium Electric Orange Abgelaufen! 2001 MPL Electric Orange Platte 2003 Sulatron Electric Orange Fleishwerk 2005/2008 Sulatron Electric Orange Morbus 2007 Sulatron Electric Orange Krautrock from Hell 2010 Sulatron Records Hidria Spacefolk HDRSF-1 2001 Independent Hidria Spacefolk Symbiosis (Digi) 2002 Silence Records Hidria Spacefolk Balansia (Digi) 2004 Silence Records Hidria Spacefolk Live Eleven AM 2005 NEARfest Records Hidria Spacefolk Symetria (Digi) 2007 Next Big Thing Records Hidria Spacefolk Live at Heart Burg Herzberg Festival 2007 Inakustik Records Kosmos Kosmos 2007 The End Records Kramer Kramer 2007 Independent Lemmus Lemmus Lemmus Lemmus 2008 Naked Lemming Records Litmus Planetfall 2007 Candlelight USA Records Morglbl Grotesk 2007 Lasers Edge Records Quantum Fantay Agapanthusterra 2007 Inakustik Quantum Fantay Ugisiunsi 2007 Inakustik Quantum Fantay Kaleidothrope 2009 Shiver Records Quantum Fantay Bridges to Kukuriku 2010 Bassick Records Signal to Noise Ratio Stan Nieustalony 2008 MALS Records Small Faces, The Ogdens Nut Gone Flake 1968/1985 Castle Records Stereolab Emperor Tomato Ketchup 1996 Elektra Records Stereolab Dots and Loops 1997 Elektra Records Stereolab Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night 1999 Elektra Records
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Hamer12 Metal master
Number of posts: 706 Age: 39 Registration date: 2007-02-01
Good call. Anything Mike Patton is involved with is weird.
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S.D. Administrator
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Subject: Re: Weird, Avant Garde Non-Metal Fri Sep 16, 2011 7:56 am
I suppose a rock band using a "2-string bass guitar played with slide, baritone sax, drums" lineup is a tad odd...but it's also HIP AS HELL. I loved Morphine, I was really saddened when the vocalist passed away (during a performance no less).
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