Hey guys.
So, an idea was floating in my head for quite a while. Since we all are a wide geographically spread community, we may have some interesting/great music others didn't know about. So why don't we share some bands that aren't well-known here due to some factors? I'm sure pretty much everyone here knows who are Beat Crusaders, Straightener or Oasis.
Sharing:
Frist of all, since i'm russian, and i didn't see much of my comrades here, i'll start with a russian rock/blues/country band called Chizh&Co (Чиж & Ко). They are actually one of my favorites, and they do a lot of western styles. Themselves they call it russian blues, but it really varies. Here's some examples:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlwS7hWqIaw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EneATEr24Eo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfMakE0PFc0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEXb6nP_peY

Tried to pick out different styles of songs here.

Next, playnig Rocksmith i've recently discovered the relatively young band VS Them. Not really much material, but i liked what i heard. First song actually reminds me of Uematsu/Black Mages style a lot.

http://vsthem.bandcamp.com/track/impossible-dreams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TkcEzfgAeA

And a videogame music that is not OCremix, band called Lonelyrollingstars:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5gnSpcKgVA

Continuing with videogame musci, i'd recommend to watch a couple of Bravely Default's OST live performances (but anyone interested in videogame music must have already watched it). There's a v-kei band called Sound Horizon jamming with a symphonic orchestra and totally enjoying it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... Rh2-SSXycc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... LpBeNWRbRo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... _ao_JgbJQU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... V0ZtSDvr9Q

Well, that's what i could think off the top of my head, would love to hear from you guys.

So the purpose of this thread is to post bands that haven't been mentioned on this forum?

Pretty much yes, and those that people are unlikely to stumble upon themselves.

It's all well and good, but I thought that was the purpose of the Music subforum.

[quote="CactuarP"]Pretty much yes, and those that people are unlikely to stumble upon themselves.[/quote]

Ah, ok. I will give it a shot then. Well lately I've been listening to a list of Japanese Rock bands that's listed in wikipedia. So I don't know If I like them as a whole. But I've been digging these artists lately: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2rtB7ukUy0]The Checkers[/url], [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljDPNYjIgf8]7 HOUSE[/url], [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=craDV-9NhlA]Bazra[/url] (I've been actually digging them for a long time but never seen them ever mentioned here), [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INk-kgp3AoU]WINO[/url], [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHIbEOKfAdc]175R[/url], [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6cA4lWXiuI]TOKIO[/url], [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqyH47i32XQ]CASCADE[/url], [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkhukNNVbSU]FOLKS[/url], and [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIQkCYitxDs]The Roosters[/url].