Most Underrated band.

[serVice]

This is to go a companion to the overrated bands thread. Music is a subjective subject so tastes and opinions overrun most ideas of overrated. i want to hear what people think are some of the most underrated bands (current or past).
I.E.:
Marc Bolan
Human Waste Project
The Animals
Mindless Self Indulgence
Dog Fashion Disco
Mushroomhead



"You guys, do you know where i can find the clitoris?"
"what is that like finding jesus or something?"

[Armitage]

I'd say pretty much anything Mike Patton gets himself involved in :P

[monsterone]

not to get off on the wrong foot, but i was listening to tomahawk today. i really tried to get into it, but i kept saying to myself, "hey, this sounds like every other mike patton band."

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[TheMojoPin]

Even Lovage?

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[Armitage]

not to get off on the wrong foot, but i was listening to tomahawk today. i really tried to get into it, but i kept saying to myself, "hey, this sounds like every other mike patton band."

Well, it somewhat does :P

I have no real problem with it, though..

I do admit to liking the first Tomahawk album better than the second, though.

[Wormwood]

The Kinks

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7th & A

[grlNIN]

Vue.

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[chandler1420]

Dashboard Confessional

[grlNIN]

Dashboard Confessional





Feh.

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[Jack_Doff]

Creeper Lagoon. I still can't figure out how Take Back the Universe wasn't huge. Also underrated: Jeff Buckley. I know his name gets thrown around every once in a while and it's also hard to push a dead guy, but his voice was practically inhuman. Made me cry to see rappers on MTV's greatest voices and no Buckley.

PS. Dashboard ROCKS!!!!. I have this bad feeling they will fade back off the charts after "Hands Down" stops getting played.

This message was edited by Jack_Doff on 12-5-03 @ 10:34 PM

[Heavy]

No question-Danzig.

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[Arienette]

Creeper Lagoon. I still can't figure out how Take Back the Universe wasn't huge. Also underrated: Jeff Buckley. I know his name gets thrown around every once in a while and it's also hard to push a dead guy, but his voice was practically inhumanjack_doff is my new best friend... good stuff.

i'd also add to this:

bright eyes
idlewild
trash can sinatras
smoking popes
screaming trees
elliott smith (rip)


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[Jack_Doff]

jack_doff is my new best friend... good stuff.

i'd also add to this:

bright eyes
idlewild
trash can sinatras
smoking popes
screaming trees
elliott smith (rip)


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Right back at you, Arienette. And I thought I was the only person (outside the band) who knew who the Trashcan Sinatras were. I guess that's what happens when you write a song called Obscurity Knocks.
Also, I'm still mad at Elliot Smith. He was great.

[East Side Dave]

Color Me Badd

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Big Ass Mafia

[high fly]

I'm going with the Stooges.

They were key to kicking off the movement that revitalized rock--- punk.
Often imitated, never duplicated.
Look at all the guys who've tried to be Iggy- Johnny Rotten, Axle Rose, Billy Idol, Kurt Cobain, to name a few.
No hard rock collection is complete without 1970 and Raw Power.
Over 30 years after those albums came out, cats are still trying to match the feral intensity of Iggy and the Stooges.
Who else can that be said about?







(oh, and by the way, "most" is a superlative, so there can be only one.)






" and they ask me why I drink"

[Arienette]

I thought I was the only person (outside the band) who knew who the Trashcan Sinatras were.actually, they're adf's favorite band... so, he really deserves most of the credit there.

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[Se7en]

3 words: Machine Gun Fellatio.

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[Tazz]

Creed ;p

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[Death Metal Moe]

UNHALLOWED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[BoondockSaint]

The Roots

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[JohnnyCash]

The Pixies
The Alkaline Trio
The Stratford 4
Hope Sandoval (of Mazzy Star)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Calla

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[The Chairman]

Lots of these bands were/are great, but were/are critical darlings (i.e. Pixies, Stooges, Bright Eyes.)

I'll modify to add "sorely underappreciated" cause mine are/were "critically acclaimed" but nevertheless should be selling millions if 99% of people who listen to music had/have a clue:

All Time: Big Star and
The Replacments.

also:
Teenage Fanclub, Wilco, Screaming Trees (great one), Dinosaur Jr., Meat Puppets, My Bloody Valentine, Drive By Truckers, Love, Jeff Buckley when he was alive, Treepeople, The Jesus Lizard, Yo La Tengo, Uncle Tupelo, Slint, Squirrel Bait, Laughing Hyenas, Mule, pre-Runaway Train/Winona Ryder Soul Asylum, Built To Spill, Robbie Fulks, Modest Mouse, The Jayhawks, Blue Mountain, Old 97's, Mineral, Afghan Whigs, Matthew Sweet, Freedy Johnson, Young Fresh Fellows, etc.


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[reeshy]

Kinks(Jawbreaker beat me to it), Rammstein

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[badorties]

urban dance squad


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[Arienette]

jawbreaker
sunny day real estate
texas is the reason

Old 97's, Afghan Whigs, Freedy Johnsoni can always count on the chairman to remember the things i forget...


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This message was edited by Arienette on 12-7-03 @ 11:40 AM

[dingo]

Social distortion
Goldfinger

NJ's Sexiest Bicycle Mechanic

[JohnnyCash]

Social distortion




Yes! They have been one of my favorite bands for years. And Mike Ness' solo records are are also amazing. They are way underrated.



And I also must agree with The Chairman. Teenage Fanclub, Built To Spill and Dinosaur Jr. are great. Also way underrated.

Winona Ryder=jump the shark...

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[The Chairman]

sunny day real estate

Right back at ya Ari.

This album (they are all excellent) is one of my top 10-20 of all time and I'm so glad I saw them live several times during the period when diary came out....

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so all you kids who like Jimmy Eat World and Dashboard, etc, if you don't have this already, this is like the primordial soup of Emo.




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[TheMojoPin]

if you don't have this already, this is like the primordial soup of Emo.

More like the breathing fish of emo.

Herein lies THE soup...

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[gypsy]

Faith No More, Jurrasic 5.....


"I Whupped Batman's Ass" Wesley Willis R.I.P

[JohnnyCash]

Jesse Malin

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[high fly]

I like The Music Show on JFK too.

Especially the parts where they talk about bands that no one has ever heard of before and will never hear of again.

" and they ask me why I drink"

[keithy_19]

Alkaline Trio.

They get catergorized as a pop-punk band which pisses me off. They are, in my mind, the best lyric writers out there today.

And of course unhallowed.

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One thing I've never said. I'm truly happy in my heart and in my head...

[Arienette]

two great underrated bands that i'd like to add are:

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[high fly]

Sasquatch Seven---highly underrated.

" and they ask me why I drink"

[Furtherman]

Cornershop
Brad
Son Volt


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[cozmokramer]

GWAR.

everyone thinks of them as a joke, just because they eat people.

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<b>"Its time for a revolution"</b>

[Mike Teacher]

Fishbone

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[high fly]

Sasquatch Seven kicks Gwar's ass.

" and they ask me why I drink"

[Hottub]

Kinks
Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes
Danzig
Suicidal Tendencies
Black 47
Mott the Hoople
Crankcase
UNHALLOWED



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[high fly]

Ian Hunter Band.
I remember getting their live album out of a cutout bin.
The Southside Johnny live one is great, too.

And he's coming to the Birchmere!




" and they ask me why I drink"

[jafter]

X
The Blasters
Los Lobos

3 LA bands from the early 80's. God I miss Slash records.

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[FUNKMAN]

SWEET

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and when you're bad you die when you die

[Death Metal Moe]

Kinks
Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes
Danzig
Suicidal Tendencies
Black 47
Mott the Hoople
Crankcase
UNHALLOWED



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Thank you Hottub.

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[serVice]

GWAR

Did you ever see the "where are they now" with them. Funny shit, seeing them walking around in full gear and playing basketball. And the one guy's answer to the show asking where they are now. And i loved his idea that the band could literally go on forever, just get new people in the costumes after the old ones get too old.

"You guys, do you know where i can find the clitoris?"
"what is that like finding jesus or something?"

[Gringo Star]

Based on a response of "Who?" when their names are mentioned, yet among my favorites:

 The Posies
 Gomez
 Sloan
 The Frames
 Superdrag
 The Connells
 Poster Children
 Marillion
 BestKissersInTheWorld
 Francis Dunnery

...just to name a few.

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[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

<p>I have to agree with Whistle Pig on Iggy Pop. He was a force to be reckoned with that no one knew how to deal with. I got to see him live in 1988. It was my first time, and though he didn't writhe in peanut butter and glass, he put on an awesome show!</p><p>And I'm SO with High Fly on The Fleshtones. I've seen them more times than I've seen The Ramones. The Fleshtones put on an awesome show. More than the price of admission (maybe, $5?). </p>

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"We sound just like Cheap Trick only the guitars are louder,"
- Kurt Cobain

"I prefer to listen to Cheap Trick."
-Homer Simpson

[ChildofFez]

<p>WEEN!!!!!</p>

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A peek into the Life of Boring Interest (http://profiles.myspace.com/users/14086885).

[Dirtybird12]

<p>Drive-By Truckers</p><p><img height="225" src="http://www.exclaim.ca/images/year_drive_by_truckers.jpg" width="216" border="0" /></p><p>After tripping daisy broke up, Tim Delaughter created :<strong><font size="3">The Polyphonic Spree</font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="3" /></strong></p><p><img src="http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper679/stills/5q879qsr.jpg" border="0" /></p>

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[Knowledged_one]

<p>Wu Tang Clan - single handedly wrested control of West Coast Rap from the likes of Snoop, Dr. Dre, The Doggg Pound and some of those other clowns</p><p>Outkast - Now i know they got main stream recognition with Speakerboxx/Love Below but their other albums are way good and get no recognition and not only that their style changes for each new album.</p><p>ATLiens clearly their best album and southernplayalisticadillacfunkymuzik is also good.&nbsp; Its a shame some people thought outkast was a new band when they have been around for 11 years now</p>

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[Freakshow]

I love these thread where people try to out-obscure each other.

The Living End<br>
You Am I<br>
Regurgitator<br>
Supersuckers<br>
The Hangmen<br>
Turbo AC's<br>



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[McNabbShouldDie]

<p>Dismemberment Plan</p><p>Ted Leo/The Pharmacists</p><p>Flaming Tsunamis!!(Ok, maybe not but theyre fuckin awesome)</p>

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[JesterOfSadness]

<p>My girlfriend has me hooked on Manic Street Preachers and Joy Division.</p><p>All in all I'm really digging these hot tunes...</p>

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[McNabbShouldDie]

I just noticed Freakshow named The Living End, very good choice.

[TheMojoPin]

<font style="font-size: 9px" face="Verdana">quote: </font><p>Dismemberment Plan</p><p>Ted Leo/The Pharmacists</p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v53/monster6sixty6/guests/msd2_sig.jpg" border="0" /> <font color="#0000ff">Thank you m1!.</font><p>Woooooo-hooooo!</p><p>My girlfriend has me hooked on Manic Street Preachers and Joy Division.<br /></p><p>Even MORE &quot;woooooooo-hooooooooooo!&quot;</p>

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1979 << On the streets of your town... >> "You can tell some lies about the good times we've had, but I've kissed your mother twice...and now I'm working on your dad..."

[Heavy]

<p>Its clearly Danzig.&nbsp; Not close to mainstream but more talented then most.&nbsp; Unbelievable voice and several totally different sounds over the years.&nbsp; The Misfits, samhain, and now 2 different sounds as Danzig and all sound good depending what youre into.&nbsp; Also he did that Black Aria which is symphony type shit and its real good.&nbsp; </p><p>I cant count bands like Slayer or Pantera cause I think theyre about as popular as they can be&nbsp; with the style of music they play.&nbsp; Danzig CAN fit into mainstream because instrumentally his sound has always been good and his voice is about the best around (mix between elvis and Jim Morrison).&nbsp; If you dont know his music and you like Rock/ Metal, do yourself a favor and check his shit out.&nbsp; You're most likely to like something off &quot;Danzig&quot; &quot;Danzig II - Lucifuge&quot;&nbsp; or &quot;Danzig III- How The Gods Kill&quot;.&nbsp; If youre gonna download, allow me to provide songs for you:&nbsp; She Rides, Soul on Fire,&nbsp;devils Plaything, Anything, Bodies, dirty black summer, her black wings or sistinas.&nbsp; Try &quot;American Nightmare&quot; from the Misfit days to hear the song I actually told people was Elvis singing and they believed it.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img height="406" src="http://www.7thhouse.com/imagegallery/Danzig/2004studio/012704_gd1.jpg" width="452" border="0" /></p>

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ORACLE NEVER!!!

[keithy_19]

<p>The Smiths...cough...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But seriously, armor for sleep, wilco, tiger army, reggie and the full effect, max weinberg and the max weinberg 7. and oh, the explosion.</p>

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[Heavy]

Well look at that, i just went to see whateverybody else thought and saw I already posted.&nbsp; I'm more longwinded now.

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HORDE KING FOREVER!!!

ORACLE NEVER!!!

[TheMojoPin]

<p>Just got back from seeing one the 90's most criminally ignored groups reunite after about a decade...</p><p><img height="300" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000000W31.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" width="302" border="0" /></p><p>Mutahfucking.</p><p>Cool.</p><p>Like.</p><p>THAT.</p>

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1979 << On the streets of your town... >> "You can tell some lies about the good times we've had, but I've kissed your mother twice...and now I'm working on your dad..."

[epo]

Cheap Trick. The ultimate ear candy who seem to be loved by nobody.

[drjoek]

Cheap Trick. The ultimate ear candy who seem to be loved by nobody.



The Flame. A reason they are loved by nobody.

[epo]

The Flame. A reason they are loved by nobody.

I'm seriously going to not pay any future dental bills I get.

[Liverspot]

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[hedges]

More like the breathing fish of emo.

Herein lies THE soup...

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2% << December boys got it BAD >> "You might tell some lies about the good times we've had/But I've kissed your mother twice...and now I'm working on your dad..."

Good pick

Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac.