[narlus]

seems English is king in rock, in no small part because of the huge influence that american and UK bands have had in its formation and evolution. but, there are tons of great bands and ideas from other countries outside the anglo-centric world...what's yr collection look like?

i am prompted by this thread because a Dungen song just came on...modern day swedes really playing the 60s hard psych card well. and sung in swedish.

others...Os Mutantes (brazilian psych band from the 60s featuring Caetano Veloso); Sigur Ros (well, it's not icelandic, but they make up their own language); Super Furry Animals (Mwng is a great lp sung entirely in Welsh); a lot of japanese bands on the PSF and other labels (keiji haino, kan mikami, etc); Kemialliset Ystävät (a bunch of weirdo Finns making avant-garde improv stuff); any number of French crooners (Serge Gainsbourg, etc)...i've got some 60s psych comps from places like Mexico, Cambodia, etc but that's kinda cheating.

i can't believe that i am coming up blank w/ spanish or german bands.

 

[Enginerd A2]

Refused - coupla' Swedish tracks - I love Refused
Soulfly - Portegese

Spanish - Mars Volta, Downset

German - Rammstein, do Can and Kraftwerk sing many songs in German?

Edit:
I would like to add that one could hardly consider many modern rap songs to be English.

 

[narlus]

i think Faust has some German songs...the singers for Can were American (Malcolm Mooney, currently living in Boston!) and Japanese (Damo Suzuki).

 

[bluebug32]

I've got a couple Sigur Ros albums. I also like some French artists and have some German rock too.

 

[-dustin]

got a couple asian punk albums, and the spanish version of VGS's Firme.

 

[firetoole]

I've got a couple Sigur Ros albums.

not only is it Icelandic but most of it is made up words that don't mean anything

 

[Enginerd A2]

i think Faust has some German songs...the singers for Can were American (Malcolm Mooney, currently living in Boston!) and Japanese (Damo Suzuki).

For some reason, I thought Can was a German band...

 

[narlus]

they are. the band was german, just not the singer(s). michael karoli and jaki leibizeit are phenomenal players.

 

[mack]

I have 2 rammstein albums lyin around some where. Thats about it.

 

[narlus]

oh, i've got an Aguaturbia lp too; peruvian (or colombian?) psych which is deeply channelling jefferson airplane.

 

[Enginerd A2]

I have a couple Air albums, if one would consider them a rock band. Can Frenchies even rock? I can't think of an example.

 

[firetoole]

Blindside is like half German half English hardcore

 

[sanjuro]

I own Os Mutantes. I read that Beck's Mutations, my favorite of his albums, was influenced greatly by them.

 

[narlus]

I have a couple Air albums, if one would consider them a rock band. Can Frenchies even rock? I can't think of an example.

sub pop put out a single by french punk Les Thugs back in the day...if you like prog rock, Magma is french. but really, 'French' and 'rock' are almost mutually exclusive.

i do dig Air, though.

 

[manziman]

I've got this guy named Magnus Uggla from Sveeden. He's amazing, he's like the Sveedish version of Ozzy.

 

[jimmydean]

Does Supltura count? I think they sing in English, but can't speak it, nor can you understand it. Isn't that just as good?

 

[bluebug32]

not only is it Icelandic but most of it is made up words that don't mean anything

They call it Hopelandic. It's kind of trippy to fall asleep to

 

[bluebug32]

I have some U2....does that count??






j/k

 

[Austin Bike]

BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB

Have lots of cuban music. Also have some French music (Hotel Costes, etc.)

 

[narlus]

Have lots of cuban music. Also have some French music (Hotel Costes, etc.)

but do you have any Costes

 

[Polandspring88]

Ill Nino does some of their tracks in Spanish.

Quarashi does some of theirs in I think its Icelandic.

 

[ALEXIS_DH]

in spanish.

"hombres g". 80s spaniards who are quite popular and good. poppish kinda rock.
"loquillo y los trogloditas" anothers 80s spaniards who are good. "la matare" is a nice song.
"los rodriguez" argentineans with quite a few good songs.

 

[pZyteX]

heideroosjes (dutch punkband they have a couple of dutch songs)http://www.heideroosjes.nl

 

[BuddhaRoadkill]

** Scrounges around for Nena casette **

 

[narlus]

heideroosjes (dutch punkband they have a couple of dutch songs)http://www.heideroosjes.nl

The Ex or Dog Faced Hermans never sang in Dutch, did they?

 

[rpk1988]

Rammstein all the way man. OR Blumentopf, I downloaded two of their songs and they are like a German Rap group. They sound pretty cool. And if you want pop German, check out Silbermond, they have some pretty catchy music.

 

[narlus]

i think Blumfeld sang in German. i've got a single of theirs.

 

[Tenchiro]

M.I.A. is a rapper chick from Sri Lanka, her albumn came out this year and is quite good. It almost borders on dance/pop though.

I also have Control Machete who are rappers from Mexico and quite a bit harder.

 

[motomike]

I've got some Orwell sitting around.

 

[Mani_UT]

MAno negra, Noir desir, Dolly. All good stuff

 

[skinny mike]

i think modern rap is in the foreign language of ebonics.

 

[punkassean]

Gotta love Mc Solaar the french hip-hopper. Not rock music but boy can he rock!

 

[Rip]

Lacuna Coil
Rammstein,
Old Dimmu Borgir.

 

[TheMontashu]

I have a bunch of israeli hip-hop and rap.

 

[zahgurim]

I've gotten a few different cds from around...

Brujeria --> Spanish metal
Schwein --> German/Japanese industrial thrash
BuckTick --> Japanese industrial thrash
Einsturzende Neubauten --> German old-school industrial
Crash --> Korean metal
Therion --> German/Spanish/Swedish? eurometal

 

[oly]

Brujeria - the ultimate heavy mexican metal.
Zeni Geva -Japan noise metal. KK Null is the front man, and is in some other cool projects.
Edge of Sanity- Norwegian metal.
Carahter- forget where they are from, but there from some latin country.
KMFDM- German industrial... now living in seattle... Have the new record that has a bunch of german. I hear their old stuff was also mostly in german.
Corrupted- Metal in spanish.

im sure i have more... SOme would say most of the metal i listen too is also in a foriegn language since you cant understand one word they say....

 

[Dog Welder]

Japanese - The Pillows and the Mad Capsule Market

 

[BikeGeek]

Voodoo Glow Skulls - "Firme" (Spanish)

 

[caboverpete]

I don't own any albums with foreign languages but listen to a lot of MRR radio and they do alot of foreign sets.

 

[narlus]

Zeni Geva -Japan noise metal. KK Null is the front man, and is in some other cool projects.

i saw these guys ages ago...good show!

you ever see Ruins? two japanese guys, one on drums and the other on bass. kinda pre-dated Lightning Bolt by at least a decade.