Yesterday I went through the first four volumes of the Hideout Comp Series and looked up where each band was from. Out of 88 bands, 39 are from Europe. Here's how they break down by country:

England - 8

Sweden - 5

Germany - 4

Italy - 4

Scotland - 4

France - 4

Switzerland - 4

Greece - 2

Norway - 1

Spain - 1

Belgium - 1

Belarus - 1

I guess that's not bad, but it also means that the USA is totally dominating this thing with 33.

I'm surprised that there aren't more bands from Spain and Belgium, not to mention Finland, Denmark, Austria, Ireland, etc.

I have not tabulated the bands who have been selected for Volumes 5 and 6 yet, so hopefully that will help fill in some of the gaps.

All I can say is if you haven't submitted a song yet, then what are you waiting for? Now taking submissions for Volume 7, due out (hopefully) by the end of the year. Click here for details.

Thanks!

Errrrr........I know we only just joined.........but are we too late to submit a song?..........

yo!we have just uploaded a song couple of days a go.we think we are also a european band;)

kopper said:

No, I'm only accepting submissions from bands/musicians with Hideout accounts. That's the point of the series... to showcase bands from the site & help promote them to the rest of the world.

Saltycat said:

Ah ok sorry, I thought you were about to ask various bands no matter if they're here or not.

No, I'm only accepting submissions from bands/musicians with Hideout accounts. That's the point of the series... to showcase bands from the site & help promote them to the rest of the world.

Saltycat said:

Ah ok sorry, I thought you were about to ask various bands no matter if they're here or not.

Ah ok sorry, I thought you were about to ask various bands no matter if they're here or not.

I think you missed my point. I'm not gonna "check out" or go looking for any bands. We're only featuring bands who actually have members here. I posted here so that the folks already here with bands would submit stuff. Make sense?

Saltycat said:

Check out Chuckamuck from Berlin, Germany. Often described as the German Black Lips. Another band from Germany would be The Royal Flares, but i've only seen a flyer tellin' they're a 60s style garage band from Munich. So I can't tell a thing about them. And The X-Ray Harpoons from Bonn. I totally recommend their garage-psych scorcher Zombie Love.

Also worth to mention: Batman & Robin from Austria. Weird stuff.

Yeah, whut's up with that?? Get our gear on ye euope-peen' shmucks! (That includes me ;)

Oh. Right. True...

kopper said:

 I was just posting here about the European bands since this is, ya know, the European group.

Check out Chuckamuck from Berlin, Germany. Often described as the German Black Lips. Another band from Germany would be The Royal Flares, but i've only seen a flyer tellin' they're a 60s style garage band from Munich. So I can't tell a thing about them. And The X-Ray Harpoons from Bonn. I totally recommend their garage-psych scorcher Zombie Love.

Also worth to mention: Batman & Robin from Austria. Weird stuff.

One band from South Africa (The Make-Overs) was on Vol. 3, but that's it. Yes, it would be great to get some more bands from other parts of the world, as well (esp. Japan and NZ). I was just posting here about the European bands since this is, ya know, the European group.

I think the language barrier between Japan and the rest of the world is pretty huge. We have some members here from Japan, but no bands, I don't think. Still, even the Japanese members we have here have to be pretty fluent in English to participate, or they rarely ever visit the site.

Hi Kopper,

 

say, does the Hideout have any bands from Asia, Africa or Australia and New Zealand? I was just wondering, for Japan e.g. should have some garage punk going on, and Australia and New Zealand also (I mean, NZ has got the fantastic Flying Nun label, and Australia's got so many great bands...).

 

Cheers, Doc