Rock band's best attempt at dub?

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Well, these examples are loosely rock bands and maybe their efforts are loosely dub, but I nominate:

Simple Minds - "This Fear of Gods" (listening to it also inspired this thread, aside from the obvious)
Kitchens of Distinction - "Anvil Dub"
Slowdive - "Souvlaki Space Station"
Killing Joke - "Turn to Red"

― What we want? Sex with T.V. stars! What you want? Ian Riese-Moraine! (Eastern Ma, Sunday, 27 March 2005 18:25 (twenty-one years ago)

I'd like someone to note that IAN CITED KILLING JOKE BEFORE I DID!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 27 March 2005 18:32 (twenty-one years ago)

PiL

― you make me feel like a tyrannosaurus rex (deangulberry), Sunday, 27 March 2005 18:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Mmmm Hmmmm I like me some Metal Box! And Dif Juz dipped their hands in dub on more than one occaision.

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Yes Killing Joke was mentioned before you did, Alex.

― Bimble... (Bimble...), Sunday, 27 March 2005 18:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I'd like someone to note that IAN CITED KILLING JOKE BEFORE I DID!
And THAT was my real intention of making this thread! Haha!

PiL and Dif Juz...why did I not mention them? WHY?!

― What we want? Sex with T.V. stars! What you want? Ian Riese-Moraine! (Eastern Ma, Sunday, 27 March 2005 18:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Blind Idiot God.

― pdf (Phil Freeman), Sunday, 27 March 2005 18:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Dif Juz's "Mi" in my opinion is their most successful dubwise piece...and in regard to PiL, maybe "Home Is Where The Heart Is" since it's the closest of all their songs to the heart of dub since it didn't have a disco beat and Keith didn't play guitar throughout the entirety of it like "Poptones".

― What we want? Sex with T.V. stars! What you want? Ian Riese-Moraine! (Eastern Ma, Sunday, 27 March 2005 18:46 (twenty-one years ago)

alone in a darkened room
the count.

― kephm, Sunday, 27 March 2005 18:51 (twenty-one years ago)

The Clash to thread!

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 27 March 2005 18:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Blind Idiot God! Why did I not mention them?

― Bimble... (Bimble...), Sunday, 27 March 2005 18:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Bauhaus' Of Lillies & Remains isn't dub is it? DAMN!

― Bimble... (Bimble...), Sunday, 27 March 2005 18:59 (twenty-one years ago)

scorpions "is there anybody there"

― dave q (listerine), Sunday, 27 March 2005 19:03 (twenty-one years ago)

I've always thought that Bela Lugosi's Dead was a dub song- that huge, simple, heavy bassline, the sidestick patterns, the guitar scritches, the predominance of effects, the sense that it could be five minutes long or twenty minutes long . . .

The Slits to thread
The Pop Group to thread (both Dennis Bovell produced, so )
Bad Brains "Rally Round Jah Throne"

― Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Sunday, 27 March 2005 19:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Don't be put off by the title:

Brit-pop bands doing Dub songs

― Alba (Alba), Sunday, 27 March 2005 20:14 (twenty-one years ago)

mark beer's pretty dub is a great one.

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Sunday, 27 March 2005 21:47 (twenty-one years ago)

PiL and Pop Group seconded/thirded/etc

― sleep (sleep), Sunday, 27 March 2005 22:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Dub?

― Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Sunday, 27 March 2005 22:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, "Bela Lugosi's Dead" is definitely dub, and many of Bauhaus' songs have dub bass lines.

I've always considered The Slits to be more of a dub group than punk and so it's not like they were attempting to be dubby and so their inclusion's redundant. The Pop Group were very dubwise but it's always blended with other styles and so they weren't making a conscious attempt at being dubwise. I love them both very much, though!

― What we want? Sex with T.V. stars! What you want? Ian Riese-Moraine! (Eastern Ma, Monday, 28 March 2005 00:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Primal Scream - "Stuka," "Higher Than the Sun (A Dub Symphony in Two Parts)"

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Monday, 28 March 2005 00:15 (twenty-one years ago)

i would like to hear the sessions robert palmer recorded with scratch

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Monday, 28 March 2005 00:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Ruts DC _Rhythm Collision_.

― Jeff Wright (JeffW1858), Monday, 28 March 2005 01:14 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm with Geir. Although I can't remember which songs would be classified as dub. "Bankrobber"? "The Guns of Brixton"?

― Ken L (Ken L), Monday, 28 March 2005 01:21 (twenty-one years ago)

xtc
tortoise
a.r. kane

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 28 March 2005 01:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Fugazi

― Danny, Monday, 28 March 2005 01:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Ted Leo has some dub thing on his site ( I think it's called congressional dubcession) that's pretty decent.

― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 28 March 2005 01:26 (twenty-one years ago)

the Boo Radleys - upon 9th and fairchild, lazarus, and much of their Giant Steps era.

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 28 March 2005 08:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Japan did a bit of nice dub at the start of their career - stuff like "Rhodesia" from Obscure Alternatives.

― Trayce (trayce), Monday, 28 March 2005 09:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, they're not rock - but:

Soft Cell's 'Tainted Dub' deserves a mention.

And Pete Shelley's 'Telephone Operator'.

One big disappointment was the Flying Lizards album, 'The Secret Dub Life of the Flying Lizards'. It's really quite tame - a big let down considering how successfully they combined dub and ambient styles for their second album 'Fourth Wall'.

― Bob Six (bobbysix), Monday, 28 March 2005 10:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs "No No No"

― mcd (mcd), Monday, 28 March 2005 16:00 (twenty-one years ago)

This Heat

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Monday, 28 March 2005 16:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Um, does Dub Trio count?

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 28 March 2005 16:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Not a band effort per se, but from the unlikely origin of Legenday Pink Dots, Ryan Moore has done brilliant things with Twilight Circus Dub Sound System.

― brianiac (briania), Monday, 28 March 2005 16:20 (twenty-one years ago)

hide this thread from chuck eddy or it'll turn into another one of these

― The JaXoN 5 (JasonD), Monday, 28 March 2005 16:52 (twenty-one years ago)

The Effigies "Security"

― earlnash, Monday, 28 March 2005 16:56 (twenty-one years ago)

"The Guns of Brixton" indeed.

A.R. Kane seconded...probably "Baby Milk Snatcher" if anything.

― What we want? Sex with T.V. stars! What you want? Ian Riese-Moraine! (Eastern Ma, Monday, 28 March 2005 17:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Transplants. (Not that they're the best by any means. That'd be "Time Has Come Today" by the Chambers Brothers.)

― Frank Kogan (Frank Kogan), Monday, 28 March 2005 17:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Monday, 28 March 2005 17:54 (twenty-one years ago)

(Chuck's probably on his lunch break or something, so it was up to me to carry the banner.)

x-post

― Frank Kogan (Frank Kogan), Monday, 28 March 2005 17:55 (twenty-one years ago)

thank you, frank

― The JaXoN 5 (JasonD), Monday, 28 March 2005 18:14 (twenty-one years ago)

'World Friction' on Essential Logic's LP.

― mnm, Monday, 28 March 2005 20:24 (twenty-one years ago)

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