Obscure But Glorious

I apologise upfront if this is a bit outre for a post, but I was prompted by a recent upload to recall a wonderfully deranged Brit/Irish outfit called Stump (great name) - I remember almost pissing myself laughing when I first saw them performing the gem that is Buffalo. A non-PC song about ladies with large posteriors, and not remotely like the Queen track on the same theme. Ahhh, those were the days. Anyone else got stuff like this? Obscure but unforgettable.

How much is the fish? How much is the chips?? Quite so.....

I believe this was from an album called "A Fierce Pancake".

posted by MajorDundee (9 comments total)

I bought the Hawaiian Pups EP in the very early 80's because of the song Baby Judy, which I found hilarious and entirely catchy. Sadly it was the only good thing on the album.
I don't think there was ever a video for it, so the above is a MySpace page link.
posted by chococat at 12:54 PM on February 24, 2010

Hey, Stump were on C86, so they weren't exactly obscure. Pretty much every NME reader fast forwarded over that track 14 years ago. Kev Hopper of Stump is still making unusual music.

High on the charming but incomprehensible list are The Singing Saw Shadow Show.
posted by scruss at 1:38 PM on February 24, 2010

Not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for, but the one album I am obliged to bring up in all "Best albums nobody's ever heard" discussions is Sunrise on the Sufferbus by Masters of Reality, 1992. Just fantastic from start to finish... it never, ever gets old. It's just a fantastic plain rock'n'roll album, great vocals, great riffs, great drums... Ginger Baker was in the lineup for that recording.

Bonus video, not on the album: John Brown.
posted by usonian at 10:57 AM on February 25, 2010

Velandia y la tigra fits here perfectly. Someone might object and say that they are too recent to qualify, but I'd respond to that saying that you can fast forward 20 years and they won't be any more famous than they are now, so there's no reason for not including them.

Also, the band -as it was in that recording- apparently broke up. They say that the leader of the band, who earns a living teaching music at a primary school, got fed up with the rockstar tantrums of the other band members, broke up the band and is now touring with the kids from the school as supporting musicians.
posted by micayetoca at 11:21 AM on February 25, 2010 [1 favorite]

Velandia y la tigra...wow...just...wow!
posted by Zenabi at 12:12 PM on February 25, 2010

That really scared me]
posted by Zenabi at 12:13 PM on February 25, 2010

Major, the rather excellent Buffalo is from Quirk Out, their fist LP. I am in possesion of mud on a colon (debut EP), Quirk Out and Buffalo. Smite down Scruss for his quips! Haven't heard fierce pancake. Read all about the Stump story HERE!
posted by the_very_hungry_caterpillar at 11:20 AM on March 1, 2010

Obscure but glorious? the FANTASTIC Tones on Tail - Danny Ash & Kevin Haskins side project from Bauhaus. A few EPs and a lone LP, all of which you can get on the collection "Everything". Experimental... nice!
posted by the_very_hungry_caterpillar at 11:23 AM on March 1, 2010

Quite so t-v-h-c, although if we want to get pedantic (which I don't), Buffalo was released at least twice as a single (once on an indie label and at least once on Ensign) so the album derivation is perhaps academic.

Oh and I meant to apologise to scruss for failing to meet his/her exacting obscurity standards, but in keeping with things I forgot all about it. I was also curious about the assertion that "pretty much every NME reader fast forwarded over that track 14 years ago", which must have taken one hell of a survey to establish as the fact it plainly is(n't). I mean, I don't remember beings asked.......
posted by MajorDundee at 2:35 PM on March 1, 2010