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Links:
Rob Ford drops a beat @ The Rivoli
Young Buckethead is God
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ha49z5LXM0
Anonymous – Message to the American People
The Departed (4/5) Movie CLIP – Officer Down (2006) HD
CNN: Scientology vs. Anonymous : Tommy Davis Responds
Celebrities Read Mean Tweets #5
KILL CHEERLEADER – DEATHBOY
Zolar X – Rocket Roll
Zolar X Recitation/Timeless Video
Klaatu 1976 Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft
Klaatu – All Good Things
Lordi – Hard Rock Hallelujah (Finland) 2006 Eurovision Song Contest Winner
Prozzak — Sucks to be You (Full)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlcYw3Pg4jY
The Philosopher Kings – Hurts to Love You (1997) ►STEREO◄
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqvgnzN5hp0
JJ DOOM – GUV’NOR
Fake MF Doom Booed Off Stage 08.09.08 Rock The Bells
DESTROID in San Francisco, first ever show ft. Excision, Downlink, KJ Sawka
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SCRIPT
The colourful mayor of our beautiful hometown was recently caught on tape manning the decks at a local fundraiser — and the video prompted the Guardian to joke that maybe Rob Ford is secretly Burial, the famously anonymous electronic artist. Which is stupid. Rob Ford is Buckethead, the famously anonymous guitar virtuoso.
Anonymity can be a powerful tool.
Concealing your identity can help you report crime without fear of retribution or protest the worldwide wrongdoings of a notoriously litigious church or call someone something awful on the internet.
And so in an era of constant over-sharing, it’s become just as trendy to release music mysteriously, hiding your face in press photos and “leaking” singles and videos.
Artists like Ms Mr, the Knife, and Crystal Castles have all benefited from early speculation over just who in the hell they actually were. Sometimes this seemed engineered to create buzz, and sometimes it was because the truth was corny
This is a tough fact to source properly, but I’m going to go ahead and say that this all started with Zolar X.
Zolar X landed on earth in 1973. Insisting they were aliens and speaking their own language, the band never connected with a commercial audience — even with cool-ass names like Qazar Quantor.
They found modern-day earthling champions in Jello Biafra and Nardwaur, who respectively re-issued and promoted their long-lost LP, but they are still not as famous as Klaatu.
Okay Klaatu are super fun. They’re from Toronto, point, and in 1976, everyone thought they were the Beatles.
The origins of this rumour are murky, but it all stems from Klaatu’s decision to credit their music and production under just their band name, no real names. And the same people who thought Paul McCartney died after making Revolver were convinced that this was the remaining members’ secret way of honouring their dead friend. It was not.
Anonymity as a creative device seemed to fall off through the ’80s and ’90s. But it came back in a big way, especially in metal.
Lordi won Eurovision and no one knew any of their real names until their drummer died in 2012 — and he was the replacement for a guy who was kicked out for attempting to reveal his identity.
I’m genuinely curious if Prozzak ever broke outside of Canada, but for a time, they seemed like the most popular mysterious fake-British band in the world. Everyone wondered who they could possibly be! And it ended up being two dudes from the Philosopher Kings!
Doom might be the best at anonymity. Everyone knows his real name is Daniel Dumile, it’s pretty easy to figure out what he actually looks like, and yet he still sends out ringers in his trademark mask to perform for him sometimes. Literally you never know if you’re going to see the real Doom. It’s hilarious?
My notes for this episode were long as hell so I’ll just play one more video from my favourite previously anonymous band, supposedly featuring secret superstar DJs
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You’re gonna mention Lordi but not Gwar? Lordi were a childish Gwar rip off.
other cool 'anonymous' bands include Here Come the Mummies and Tupperware Remix Party
Oh yea, Destroid is so fucking cool 😀
Ugh all the fuckin cokey people in my hometown listenwd to that excision dude
I aooreciate anonymitiy, IN MUSIC. it lets us enjoy more of what we love, with the imagination of illusion. especialy, when its a genre we love in my case, metal and punk. -jake cosplays
Not sure if this has been brought up. But names for all band members of Lordi have been put out, BUT all videos of them has either been "forbidden" orproven to be fake
GWAR! is this, and only Gwar
One of my favorite anonymous bands is the one-man project Elysian Blaze, funeral doom metal from Australia. Pure gold.
Well, this sucked.
Actually the residents came a year before zolar x! Very good video though
YOU FAKE ASS CARTOON is going to be my yearbook quote lol
buckethead is the best out of these bands.
Where is Hevisaurus?
didn't see Berzerker….am disappoint
Fuck yeah dude, excision is lit
Gorillaz….
Is really Lords Of The Crimson Alliance still not revealed?
doesn't it make sense for mf doom to send a doom bot to his shows instead of himself tho? 😛
Yes, there are people outside of Canada who know who Prozzak is. I love Prozzak, my mom LOVED Prozzak, and we both live (well, in her case, lived, in the past tense, unfortunately) in Texas. I mean, I don’t know their whole discography, but I know more than one song, if that counts for anything. LOL
You know, you're pretty brilliant. Well done, consider me subscribed.
The drummer did reveal his identity and they've known their names for a really long time. Identities too, but they choose to only appear in the costumes.
Wasnt milli vanilli one of these bands?
Why the fuck is Ethan Kath making traditional rock?????!!!!!???!
Prozzak has been my favorite band for a while and im in louisiana
Sorry if I sound stupid but what was that robot band at the end
Idk how they didn't figure out excision was in destroid his costume literally has his trademark X all over it, even in his sampler-guitar
Foxboro Hot Tubs
prozzak for LIFE!!
Honest thoughts most of the music by gimmick bands are fun but not special. It's the rock and roll circus come to town, entertaining but ultimately shallow. Feel like it's style over substance debate and style is only interesting because of the care and time in crafting not the message it hints at.
Growing up Slipknot blew up with the first 2 albums and while the image and hyper energy was fun to get pumped up to I never felt the need to buy an album or merch.
I would suggest enjoying and have fun but don't bank on a marketing scheme to be part of your identity and direction in life.
There’s no real point to this video, no stance taken to either agree or disagree with, just 6 minutes of laundry listing d-list bands. No actual history (modern or otherwise) about anonymous or masked concept bands. It’s like the YouTube equivalent of the kid in the study group who just says the title of chapters and asks everyone else what they got for answers.
anonymous bands simply want a private life its not a gimmick its a way to retain a private life. super Lordi fan, i would never be so crass as to pry into the private lives of a band i enjoy.
Wait a member of Lordi has died? I'm a Finn but i didnt know that 🙁
You made this entire video without giving due credit to the bands that were actually incredibly successful using anonymity gimmicks. Kiss…Gwar…Mudvayne…maybe even the 40 million album selling Slipknot… Weak vid man. 👎
Entombed T … ok… really reply 3 Entombed tracks for 2 albums and 1 e.p then I might consider you credible… ref the guy hosting this vid.. ta 😉
How do you make a video about anonymous bands and not mention The Residents?
Newsflash, David Bowie is not actually David Bowie.
who am i
How the hell could you omit The Residents!?
hard to believe that rob ford played the rivoli before nirvanna the band
Spark master tape
RIP MF DOOM
Everyone's asking why no Ghost or Gorrilaz here, but aren't The Protomen pseudo-anonymous too?
no residents?
Does anybody know what is the name of the song at 2:03 ?
Really hope sam never takes these videos down
Ghost, gwar, maybe the aquabats