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[Robin]

Sound Opinions is planning a show on the best "One Note Wonders" in popular music. We'd love to hear your nominations. What are some great bands who really only do one thing--but do it very well. Email interact@soundopinions.org or post here and we can contact you to be on the show.

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obligatory Ramones, AC/DC, Motorhead post

[Badger]

Clinic fit in here I guess but I'm not sure they'd thank me for saying so.

[chocothunder]

Fu Manchu

[Bob Loblaw]

Cake

[Agrimorfee]

Enya White Stripes Chuck Berry Kraftwerk (don't bother contacting me, thanks)

[Bob Loblaw]

[Agrimorfee]

Well...<novelty song nerd thinks it over>
OK, his modus operandi was covering any song that he thought was *good*, no matter it's contextual quality or style--so one could say he did it quite well-- but he didn't always sing like his pants were twisted onto his groin.

Put Weird Al on this list, too, as well as Tom Lerher & Stan Freberg, since we are traversing the comedy route.

[Agrimorfee]

Gogol Bordello, tovariches.

[Bob Loblaw]

Presidents of the USA. One note music played on a total of five strings. I heard their new album leaked a couple weeks ago. Anyone have that?

[yancy]

Montana

[Bob Loblaw]

It's beginning to look like The Go Team! has just the one trick up their sleeve.

[Waylon]

It's beginning to look like The Go Team! has just the one trick up their sleeve.

I was going to post this as soon as I remembered what their name was.

[norton]

Chuck Berry

Yes and no. Sure a lot of his hits had the same guitar intro, but he had a lot of stuff like Wee Wee Hours, Brown Eyed Handsome Man, Havana Moon, Memphis, Bye Bye Johnny, Nadine, You Never Can Tell, Downbound Train, Drifting Heart and others that drew from traditional pop, blues and latin influences.

I made a 2-disk set of his stuff a while back. Let me know if you want me to dig it out and send you a copy. you might be surprised by some of what you hear.

[Meldrick Lewis]

Montana

Also Mark E. Smith, not necessarily in that order.

[no magnets]

kings of leon (though "very well" could be debated)

[RadioHitchcock]

Bad Religion? re: Chuck Berry: yeah, Havana Moon and Bye Bye Johnny and Downbound Train. Chuck Berry's "Downbound Train" ~ Bruce Springsteen's "Downboand Train".

[Fiat Records]

White Stripes

They have lots of different styles of music that they play, but they should be on this list because of this.

[Montana]

Better to have played one great note, than three hundred mediocre ones.

[mouthbreather]

The Jesus & Mary Chain The Ravonettes (see The Jesus & Mary Chain)