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Bands that " jam" without being wankers?

Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 1:51 pm
by Ty Webb_Archive
Some of you missed the "rock" criterion in the description. I know jazz and experimental bands jam. That's practically their raison d'etre. I'm interested in rock bands, ostensibly confined by the relatively narrow strictures and demands of the genre, succeeding in playing long songs without losing your attention or their momentum.

Bands that " jam" without being wankers?

Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 12:22 am
by readysetrawk_Archive
foo fighters

q and not u

the roots (the dropped-on-a-dime "Appache" segways kill me)

Jurassic 5, Gift to Gab (i'm going to count good freestyling as the hip hop equivalent to "jamming without wanking")

wilco

animal collective

radiohead

deerhoof

that lady from magik markers who punches people in the face for no reason (i remember reading how her whole guitar style is based on the opposite of a guy jerking off [implication being that's how all the rock guys play])

Bands that " jam" without being wankers?

Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 2:03 am
by z00york_Archive
Rumah Sakit

Del Rey

Grand Ulena

Sunburned Hand Of The Man

Bands that " jam" without being wankers?

Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 2:15 am
by hayseedboys_Archive
i wuld say shellac.. and i'm not sure if i'm talking bout improv

Bands that " jam" without being wankers?

Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 2:40 am
by juice_Archive

Bands that " jam" without being wankers?

Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:16 am
by Ty Webb_Archive


Oh HELL YEAH!

I love this band. Caught them in Brooklyn last year and they were damn good. Really wish they'd come back.

Bands that " jam" without being wankers?

Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 1:36 am
by iodizedsalt_Archive
dirty three
bardo pond
lightning bolt
last exit (jazz, i know...)
van morrison
...

Bands that " jam" without being wankers?

Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 10:22 am
by rayj_Archive
iodizedsalt wrote:lightning bolt

...


Ahh...if we're going that route, also:

Mind Flayer
Wounded Head
Gorge Trio
P.I.L. (Metal Box, I'm thinking)
Metalux
Crack, We Are Rock
Henry Cow (well, it's charted jamming...)
Magma
Skullflower
Jimi Hendrix

...and about half of my record collection. I'll be late for work if I type it all in...

Bands that " jam" without being wankers?

Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 10:54 am
by atdarecook_Archive
Clutch!

Bands that " jam" without being wankers?

Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 1:35 pm
by interloper_Archive
Yeah.....Can.