r/Alternativerock • u/Decent_Month6696 • 2d ago

Discussion What alt rock bands do you wish would get back together?

I keep diving into music from between 10 and 20 years ago. Some older bands seems to be still around but we lost some real classics in-between.

  • Talk Talk (one older band I miss)
  • The Open
  • And They Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
  • Idiot Pilot
  • Nine Black Alps
  • School Of Seven Bells
  • Friendly Fires
  • The Sundays

You must have some too. I want to find some undiscovered classics...

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u/shoule79 2d ago

Fugazi, Catherine Wheel, Title Fight, Shudder to Think, Weakerthans, hHead, Eric’s Trip

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u/therealpopkiller 1d ago

Shudder to Think are back together. They just played a couple shows a few weeks ago here in LA and put out new music last year

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u/AmbassadorSevere3113 1d ago

100% for Catherine Wheel! I only got to see them once but it was phenomenal!

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u/Moe-Scutus2 1d ago

Dickinson & Futter good guitar pair

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u/Moe-Scutus2 1d ago

Now for a Shudder to Think/ Jawbox tour

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u/therealpopkiller 22h ago

Funny enough, Robbins was here a week later opening for Sugar

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u/enigmaman49 22h ago

is Greg involved? i thought he was having health isues

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u/therealpopkiller 22h ago

Greg?

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u/enigmaman49 9h ago

I meant Craig...craig wedren....im pretty sure you could figure that out, just busting my balls...i heard his heath was shit

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u/enigmaman49 22h ago

id love any of these bands

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u/Odd-Flower6762 2d ago

Morphine

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u/sheldman2 2d ago

One big hurdle, for that one 😢

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u/Odd-Flower6762 2d ago

Didn't see any stipulations. lol

New album dropping this December tho.

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u/sheldman2 1d ago

Just because I am an old dude I will mention that I used to see Treat Her Right (Sandman's earlier band) at the tiny bar Plough and Stars and they were awesome.

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u/blackjacktarr 1d ago

I was really into Treat Her Right when their first two records came out. I couldn't believe that was Mark in Morphine when I first heard that band. Morphine was like the dark funhouse mirror version of Treat Her Right. Both great, but entirely different vibes.

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u/ChadDevil 2d ago

What? Hell yeah!

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u/SomeVelveteenMorning 2d ago

Interesting. Looks like much of it is alternate recordings or new edits of previously released songs.

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u/SomeVelveteenMorning 2d ago

Two, really. Though Jerome could always take the drums.

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u/blackjacktarr 1d ago

Same with Talk Talk.

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u/Moe-Scutus2 1d ago

Yes yes yes yes swing yr swift sword sister

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u/da9ve 2d ago

Still pissed at Thurston for messing up and breaking up Sonic Youth.

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u/AdventuresOfDan 2d ago

REM

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u/therealpopkiller 1d ago

R.E.M. are my all-time favorite band and I both want this very badly and don’t want it at all and I can’t decide which one I want more

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u/AmbassadorSevere3113 1d ago

While I would love to see them one more time (only if Bill were playing), I truly believe it will never happen.

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u/therealpopkiller 1d ago

I saw them twice, as much as I’d like to see it happen, I’m okay if it doesn’t

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u/AmbassadorSevere3113 1d ago

I was lucky enough to see them 5 times, starting w/ the Green World Tour.

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u/therealpopkiller 1d ago

That is lucky! I saw them on the Monster and Accelerate tours. Only had one other chance to see them, at a rock the vote thing in 04 but I was in college and poor at the time

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u/AmbassadorSevere3113 1d ago edited 1d ago

The Green show was my favorite because it was my 1st time and it was utterly amazing. It was almost exactly what you see if you watch the "tourfilm" video. Accelerate was a great show as well because it had been a long time since I had seen them live.

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u/AmbassadorSevere3113 1d ago

If you are close to one of the cities they are touring, go see a Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy R.E.M. Tribute Show. I saw them do Fables and it was awesome! They didn't come around for Life's Rich Pageant and aren't scheduled close to me for Document (current tour and my favorite album!) and I am VERY BUMMED!

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u/therealpopkiller 22h ago

Already got my tickets for the LA show!

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u/AmbassadorSevere3113 19h ago

Another act I have seen is the R.E.M. cover band Dead Letter Office. They do a great job but it is a different vibe of show than Shannon/Narducy. It is still worth the price of admission.

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u/therealpopkiller 18h ago

I’ll have to look for them if they’re ever out this way. I’ve always been kinda eh on tribute bands though

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u/Maelzoid2 1d ago

Unlike a lot of others, I think this will happen one day, and it'll be because Bill Berry says he wants to play again. It will be a short run of shows, and it will be amazing.

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u/AmbassadorSevere3113 1d ago

Really? I don't think Stipe will ever do it.

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u/Deanmarrrrrr 2d ago

Ween

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u/mambopoa 1d ago

Yep, I've only seen them twice and it's not enough

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u/Withnails 1d ago

The Replacements.

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u/PolesawPolska 2d ago

The Smiths

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u/Decent_Month6696 2d ago

Saw Johnny Marr when he swung by SF last year... was amazing!

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u/Bass-n-Bonefish 1d ago

That’s the one.

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u/ResponsibleOffice805 1d ago

Andy Rourke being dead is less of a barrier to a Smiths reunion than how insufferable Morrisey has become.

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u/blueeyedguy70 1d ago

Chavez,Catherine Wheel,Curve,Elastica,REM

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u/TowerOk117 1d ago

Catherine Wheel, Elastica & Curve are all personal favorites of mine. We must have similar taste in music. 

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u/ChadDevil 2d ago

They already did...Meat Puppets

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u/verbynotro 2d ago

And They Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead still play shows occasionally in Austin.

Mine would be Fugazi and Elastica.

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u/therealpopkiller 1d ago

Elastica is on my list for sure

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u/Decent_Month6696 2d ago

No way... I so loved them. Wish they would come to California.

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u/BitterJalapeno2 2d ago

Dismemberment Plan

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u/ezekielsays 2d ago

Dunno, I heard they're terrified. 

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u/kramwest1 2d ago

School Of Seven Bells were amazing. Sad that Curtis died of lymphoma.

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u/Snoo-7943 2d ago

Jawbox or Burning Airlines

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u/RossMachlochness 2d ago

Saw Jawbox back in ‘22 when they toured. They still killed it.

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u/Snoo-7943 2d ago

Jealous!!!!

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u/FanofBobRooney 2d ago

Foxygen but it’s looking like I won’t have to wait very long 🙏 .

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u/catcolordancer 2d ago

The Bravery

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u/stolen_guitar 2d ago

Thin White Rope

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u/RitchieViolence 2d ago

Hate to break it to ya but the singer for Talk Talk died a couple years ago.

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u/BATBoyd2014 2d ago

Remy Zero

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u/kramwest1 2d ago

OMG! I came here to say Remy Zero. Love them. I got to see them live twice.

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u/termsofengaygement 1d ago

Cocteau Twins

Mazzy Star

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u/Weekly_Try5203 1d ago

Rage Against the Machine

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u/Inkdman73 1d ago

Curve- Catherine Wheel-

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u/D0rkJunkie 1d ago

Sonic Youth

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u/Negative-Window-5912 1d ago

Sonic Youth. Never gonna happen, but they’re one of my favorite bands ever and I only got to see them once

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u/Smintjes 2d ago

Fang Island.

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u/Chessapeak-play 2d ago

Revved Up by Triple Fast Action

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u/thegreattrun 2d ago

Soul Coughing.

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u/urbanek2525 1d ago

Mike Doughty has released some excellent solo albums.

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u/thegreattrun 1d ago

Definitely. He's one of those incredibly rare musicians where I find pretty much every song of his to be good.

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u/InvisibleNo1 2d ago

Oceansize

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u/Known-Monitor-8610 2d ago

The Fairlanes

The Impossibles

Reggie and the full effect

The Parka Kings

Choking Victim

Operation Ivy

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u/Puzzled_Tomato1629 1d ago

Reggie is the best!!

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u/Lego_Chicken 1d ago

I saw a band called the Fairlanes open for Jonathan Richman in the early 00’s in San Francisco. They had an Asian singer and they were fantastic live. Is that who you’re talking about? I always expected to hear big things from them….

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u/Known-Monitor-8610 1d ago

Yes! They were a smaller band, but they were a lot of fun!

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u/goldprofred 2d ago

New Fast Automatic Daffodils

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u/-HeyThisIsntTheYMCA- 1d ago

At the Drive-In

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u/KatheterPeter 1d ago

The White Strips

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u/Swimming_Egg4695 2d ago

The Rakes

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u/OMC78 1d ago

Yes! Someone else who knows this band! I had tickets to see them in Toronto, two weeks before the show they split. :(

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u/chemicalscream 2d ago

Kill Hannah

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u/urbanek2525 1d ago

Yea Sayer

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u/Friendly_Leave_3816 1d ago

Living Things

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u/NazcaKhan 1d ago

Before Christine McVie passed, I hoped for Fleetwood Mac. But The Sundays, The Smiths, and Talk Talk would be cool too.

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u/Mountain-Nobody6240 1d ago

Nice as Fuck

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u/Puzzled_Tomato1629 1d ago

They’re on tour now!

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u/tRyP_wYzArD 1d ago

Shudder to think, Sunny Day Real Estate both active again. I'd love to see Burning Airlines or Chavez

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u/GabrielaM11 1d ago

The Smiths

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u/Puzzled_Tomato1629 1d ago

I just saw Trail of Dead a few years ago. I’m pretty sure they’re on tour now.

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u/OMC78 1d ago

Trail of Dead are still around. Just cant afford to really tour as their last trip to Europe they were asking fans for donations.

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u/OMC78 1d ago

Seaweed, The Walkmen (I know they just reunited in 2023 for a tour but get back together and release a new album).

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u/Ornery-Vehicle-2458 1d ago

Some sort of Kyuss reunion would be nice, along with some new material. Can't see it happening before hell freezes over, though.

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u/blackstars91 1d ago

Nice call for Nine Black Alps. Was giving them a spin just last week.

For me maybe The Bravery or Ambulance Ltd?

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u/Salty_Software_2092 1d ago

I wish fontaines split

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u/millipede1969 1d ago

Concrete Blonde

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u/rawcane 1d ago

Cop Shoot Cop 

Penthouse

Creaming Jesus 

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u/tommon80 1d ago

Orange juice

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u/Nizamark 1d ago

my answer would have been Don Caballero, but just last week they announced a reunion

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u/Maelzoid2 1d ago

Talk Talk would have been amazing, but since losing Mark Hollis, it's an impossibility. Incredible body of work left behind.

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u/Dry_Poet_702 1d ago

The Sundays

The Replacements

Talking Heads

Fleetwood Mac (yes, I know Christine is no longer with us)

Strawberry Switchblade

10,000 Maniacs with Natalie Merchant

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u/Rich-yeah 1d ago

Longpigs

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u/frances_ugh 1d ago

happened this year for me - i got to see sugar last week and im still buzzing

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u/Elissa-Megan-Powers 1d ago

Mr bungle

NOMEANSNO

Happy Mondays

Pop Will Eat Itself

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u/Prestwick-Pioneer 1d ago

I was gonna say none because there is loads of good music happening all the time and we have had all this amazing music already, then read SVIIB. So yeah I'd maybe buckle for them but they'd probably still be with us if Ben hadn't died.

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u/OMC78 1d ago

Savages

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u/Spirited_Affect9851 1d ago

Love and Rockets

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u/Master-Fee8859 18h ago

Maybe not exactly alt rock, but we could all use more Sonia Dada.

https://soniadada.com/

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u/Jmazoso 17h ago

TIL Tuesday

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u/reflexspec 1d ago

Nemo (Canada) and Slint