It was always kinda wild to me that there were 3 bands running around in the 90s underground rock music sphere sharing the prefix Un-.

Unsane (Music | Unsane) is a NY noise rock band, releasing most of their material on the famed AmRep label. Their blood-soaked album art suggests something more extreme, but they provide reliable bludgeoning riffs with a rumbling low-end. The song Scrape shows off this attack plus a hint of groove.

Unrest (Music | Unrest) is a DC indie rock/pop band. They started off making lo-fi records on their self-started TeenBeat Records before making a couple of more polished LPs in the early 90s. The song Suki feels like a sugar high.

Anyone in this sub familiar with either of these bands?

Evening comrades, I am currently a senior about to get my bachelor's, but in order to do so, I must do my senior project, which is to record an EP of my own music. Unwound is a huge, monumental influence to me and my sound. I really need your guy's help to piece together micing techniques, specific gear, and preamps. I know a general grasp of their production techniques, panning, and double tracking, but I am more so confused as to get that spacy drum sound, Vern's bass tone, and how Justin's guitar was mic'ed. Appreciate this subreddit so much Its so great to know you guys love this music as much as me.

Vern is probably a musician that inspires me the most. He's the reason i picked up a bass 4 months ago. Id like to know if there is any specific music theory or something that will help me play like him

Is there any chance that the It was Wound 10 cd box set will ever come back? I have been wanting it and they is currently no way to get it legally without paying 300$ to not even support Unwound

it's on Live Leaves album on Spotify.

I don't know what they even call it technically but the thing where you can preview track and if theres tags you can scroll 'similar " songs. I know it's usually for the algorithm, tiktok-ified reels, they suck all that jazz but the band chose to put it put them on these tracks some reason. because it's a special ?! I dont own the album or anything - & just wondering who made it and if so if there's a full animation piece

Check out my video on Unwound. https://youtu.be/L2g9IIhw3H8

I’m so funny. Happy new year

Da band is sooo good goddamn. Idk how I’ve never heard of them before

Does anybody know if anyone in the band has ever mentioned the Fall? I hear enough similarities in their music to make me wonder if Unwound was directly influenced by them in any way.

Maybe I’m schizophrenic. Does anyone else hear similarities?

Hii I always like knowing these kind of things, many bands either come up with the name randomly or name themselves after a thing but I don't really know what could be the case with them, honestly it may just be cause it sounds cool, idk if they ever said it

unwound has been one of if not the biggest influences on my guitar playing and yet it's still extremely rare that i come up with anything resembling justin's guitar style (usually when i do it's by accident). other than using alternate tunings, what is it about the way he plays that makes the band sound how it does?

So melodic, so hypnotic. Underrated performance.

RIP to the GOAT

Not every song but tracks like terminus, Look a ghost, Demons sing love songs, october all over give the same energy and sound like some tracks in silent hill games ost. Here a Example very similar to terminus

Anyone feels the same way?

Grim atmosphere, cloudy feeling, melancholic with a touch of unhinged paranoia

Searching songs that can emotionally hook in a same way that terminus does with change of a tone and drammatic violin atmosphere.
P.S. already a fan of a GYBE or Swans

I really like aggressive noisy bare bones guitar like drive like jehu, at the drive in, unwound, and fugazi. Anytime I’ve had a teacher they didn’t really like the same stuff so I was wondering if anyone had recommendations. It’s just tricky learning a lot of this stuff by ear and tabs don’t help much cuz a lot of ‘em suck

I’m a semi beginner - grade 3 on acoustic (playing stuff like “joyride in a Cadillac). I’m looking for a good unwound song to just learn all the way through on guitar, but also something that’s a proper challenge.