Underrated Bands

[william_brasky]

List one with some sort of link to one of their works.

I have the authority to approve or disapprove.

I'll begin.

The Call (http://youtube.com/watch?v=272T8hZUqcs)

[royalfan5]

Harvey Danger
http://youtube.com/watch?v=oTnLVX689fE

[william_brasky]

Harvey Danger
http://youtube.com/watch?v=oTnLVX689fE

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[william_brasky]

The Chameleons (http://youtube.com/watch?v=9rnkyXi-Uhs)

[soonerscuba]

While Lovefool might be one of the most annoying songs ever recorded, they also had good stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8paAUN6lC3I

[soonerscuba]

It's not for everybody, but Yann Tiersen has some skills.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML4ffX4pvjk&feature=related

[SoonerStormchaser]

Laugh at me all you want, but IceHouse (http://youtube.com/watch?v=bkVkuuCch7w)

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

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Case Closed

[12]

I disagree with Nickleback, but that's just me. I'd throw the Old 97s in there.

[Soontobeone]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8bDpzpDVu4

Gomez<----- Highly Underrated...

[sooneron]

The Hold Steady

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCZB3nSoNbU

[william_brasky]

Some good ones so far. One or two, not so much.

Big Country (http://youtube.com/watch?v=e3Veko70OfQ)

[47straight]

U2
















jus kiddin

[The Maestro]

Jack's Mannequin...saw them open up for Panic! at the Disco when I was forced to that show to take my kid...Dude that played the piano and was lead vocals was just a rock star.

[Jerk]

Deftones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5NV1kaZn8M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7T7qICJohc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uja2a13Ynb0&feature=related

[Big Red Ron]

Ryan Adams and the Cardinals

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid271548326/bctid769394015

[yermom]

The Hold Steady

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCZB3nSoNbU

i keep meaning to check them out

[yermom]

my personal vote is The Black Keys, they are working into TV spots and commercials though


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-CukK3eYt0

new album out Tuesday

[royalfan5]

I think that Less Than Jake deserves more appreciation than they get.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7LikqpXX4No

[Cam]

IMO, Tesla was underrated.

[royalfan5]

I don't think people appreciate Hall and Oates enough either.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cQdu4UOCUZc

[william_brasky]

Handsome Family (http://youtube.com/watch?v=nHqovA2NXfM)

[CORNholio]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_-Gld700LE

[birddog]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-23Shlba1L8

eagles of death metal.

[birddog]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rrXh5NlNp50

2 drummers.

[Boomer.....]

Red

[yermom]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-23Shlba1L8

eagles of death metal.

another one i've been meaning to listen to more of... i've liked what i've heard

i hear them mentioned a lot, they were in some mp3 player commercial or something

[BigRedJed]

Gotta agree with yermom on Black Keys

Also, Low is a band that probably never will get the audience they deserve. Thanks, sucky music industry.

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[royalfan5]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rrXh5NlNp50

2 drummers.
One of whom is Josh Homme from Qotsa and Kyuss.

[BigRedJed]

In another era, Rogue Wave would have been a hit machine.

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[BigRedJed]

Midlake is another band that probably should have been around in the seventies. They would have been rich, bitch.

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[BigRedJed]

Kunek is a band from right here in Oklahoma (Stillwater, no less), that would be HUGE if there were justice in the world.

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[Rogue]

Old Union! (http://www.myspace.com/oldunion)

Eddie Spaghetti and Supersuckers! (http://youtube.com/watch?v=GAZk59HxWAM)

Bottle Rockets (http://youtube.com/watch?v=v9V8odXnG5o)

Laugh if you want, but I know my hair bands and Twisted Sister was underrated (http://youtube.com/watch?v=n-sa21TMMac).




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[Rogue]

Jane's Addiction (http://youtube.com/watch?v=nXKXL8OlpUM)

Pixies!! (http://youtube.com/watch?v=PHhox4_SeHQ)

[IronSooner]

Caroline's Spine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d9E-8yGlVo)

[Cam]

Jane's Addiction (http://youtube.com/watch?v=nXKXL8OlpUM)

Hell's yeah.

[william_brasky]

some good stuff being mentioned

IMO, here's a guy who should be bigger than he is:

Paul Collins - circa late 70's, early 80's (http://youtube.com/watch?v=-jkryWKArK4&feature=related)

Paul Collins 2007, with dancing girls (http://youtube.com/watch?v=kYdqpVMHjMk)

[tbl]

Pavement
http://www.youtube.com/v/W1SBQKOW8qE&hl=en

[LilSooner]

Wolfmother for my Rhino (http://youtube.com/watch?v=sKPPnGsdh0A)

[yermom]

saw them at Cain's

they rock

also in commercials and Guitar Hero :D

[BillyBall]

MC5

[NormanPride]

The now defunct Golden Gods were pretty badass. Here's a live show (with a lot of naughty language at the beginning) with some pretty bad audio. ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atvlo__YWPo

[King Crimson]

scratch acid
squirrel bait/slint
brian jonestown massacre
kinghorse
tortoise
linton kwesi johnson (not a band, but dub poet/singer)
the homosexuals
pere ubu

[sooneron]

New Edition



just sayin'

[BigRedJed]

MC5 and Scratch Acid. Nice. BJM too. I knew KC would hook this thread up.

[soonermix]

color me bad

[King Crimson]

MC5 and Scratch Acid. Nice. BJM too. I knew KC would hook this thread up.

MC5 is all about BillyBall. BB, who spekked not too while back on the Pretty Things....so, he's hep.

Pretty Things put out a LOT of crap....but, Bowie covers them twice on Pinups.

they have some really good "rockin-blues, proto-punk, British Invasion"...working the same ground as the Yardbirds type stuff.

edit: the best version of Scratch Acid's "She Said" isn't up on youtube anymore.

[BillyBall]

Velvet Underground
Love

[yermom]

i just recently discovered MC5, they are really good.

i tried to like Velvet Underground, i just don't. maybe i'm listening to the wrong stuff

[King Crimson]

i tried to like Velvet Underground, i just don't. maybe i'm listening to the wrong stuff

man, even Dean likes VU.

:D

[sooneron]

Translator

:les: get them in your earholes, people!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ9TfJjKHUM

[King Crimson]

the feelies

game theory

i can get with Translator. i had a bunch of their records, and saw them in OKC with defenestration open. always compared to Moby Grape, Translator.

edit: wow, thanks for posting that vid "ron".

[silverwheels]

New Edition



just sayin'

Cool it now...

[thesnowbishop]

The butthole surfers

http://pop.youtube.com/watch?v=1GMZYcWhirA&feature=related

[OUstud]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jerh7n7m5I&feature=related

[BigRedJed]

Longwave

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[sooneron]

Every vid that Jed links goes kablooey.

[BigRedJed]

Doves.

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[BigRedJed]

Every vid that Jed links goes kablooey.
Srsly?

[BigRedJed]

I fixed the Rogue Wave link on the last page. I'll fix Longwave here in a sec.

[sooneron]

Srsly?

Doves was fine, but the one before said, No dice Chicago!!

[BigRedJed]

The Dandy Warhols

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[BigRedJed]

Doves was fine, but the one before said, No dice Chicago!!
I fixed it. Try again.

[BigRedJed]

Dude, TELL me the Rapture wouldn't have been scoring serious bank in the eighties.

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[BigRedJed]

The Fixx was a band that got lots of commercial success, but I don't think they ever really got their due. I'm not sure why.

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[sooneron]

The Fixx was a band that got lots of commercial success, but I don't think they ever really got their due. I'm not sure why.

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They're still putting on good shows.

[King Crimson]

The Dandy Warhols

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i'm not a huge fan of the Dandy's. my cousin says their live shows are pretty bad ***, and i respect his opinion mostly.

they are catchy, but what else is there?? bohemian like you is cutting culture criticism?

[C&CDean]

Uh, hello? This thread is titled "under rated bands" not "obscure ****ty bands that nobody gives a **** about."

Under rated band: The Dixie Dregs

TIA

[BigRedJed]

i'm not a huge fan of the Dandy's. my cousin says their live shows are pretty bad ***, and i respect his opinion mostly.

they are catchy, but what else is there?? bohemian like you is cutting culture criticism?
No, it's pretty poppy, for sure. They should be hitmakers. But the industry isn't really set up for a band like that to be hitmakers these days. That's one definition of "underrated," I guess.

But I'd think you'd be interested if for no reason other that the Brian Jonestown Massacre connection.

Did you see Dig! ?

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

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[BigRedJed]

Uh, hello? This thread is titled "under rated bands" not "obscure ****ty bands that nobody gives a **** about."

Under rated band: The Dixie Dregs

TIA
So you throw out an obscure ****ty band that nobody gives a **** about for a rebuttal?

:confused:

:D

[BigRedJed]

They're still putting on good shows.
Yeah, I saw them about 3 years ago with about two hundred other people in the room. Got to hang out and talk to Cy for a few minutes until he realized how ripped I was and that I was "that guy" at the show that night. :O

I saw them in '88 or so at Tommy's on Canton in Dallas, that was an amazing show.

[C&CDean]

So you throw out an obscure ****ty band that nobody gives a **** about for a rebuttal?

:confused:

:D

Dude, the Dregs, on drugs, had more talent in their pinky toenail than the noisemakers you're mentioning.

[sooneron]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOdq9iohCpU

[King Crimson]

c'mon, everybody knows the Dregs.

we all here are trying to educamacate the low brain power MTV kids who think Poison was really good.

[stoopified]

Chainsaw kittens

[BigRedJed]

Dude, the Dregs, on drugs, had more talent in their pinky toenail than the noisemakers you're mentioning.
Says the guy who hasn't clicked on one link I've posted.

[King Crimson]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOdq9iohCpU

Los Lobos are cool. i bought that first record with Will the Wolf Survive.

musta been mid 80's.

[sooneron]

wOdq9iohCpU

hey!! I gots it!

[C&CDean]

Says the guy who hasn't clicked on one link I've posted.

Wrong. I clicked on a couple of them and thought "wtf is Jed cookin' in that crackpipe tonight?"

Just because somebody is ugly, has bad hair, warbles like a sick cow, and strums 2 chords on a guitar does not make them good.

[C&CDean]

Los Lobos are cool. i bought that first record with Will the Wolf Survive.

musta been mid 80's.

Oui. I concur.

[King Crimson]

xtc previous to "dear god", which wasn't even included on the Todd Rundgren produced Skylarking LP. i used to won a copy of skylarking that didn't have "dear god". great concept record *without dear god*.

Drums and Wires, Black Sea...great records.

[sooneron]

Oui. I concur.

Dean likes me, he really likes me!!!!
http://wofflings.wofflehouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/sally.jpg

:D

[BigRedJed]

Screaming Trees. Maybe the best thing to come out of the "grunge" scene. UNDERRATED.

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[BigRedJed]

DEAN HAS TEH YOUTUBE?? :eek:

[C&CDean]

DEAN HAS TEH YOUTUBE?? :eek:

I'm at the hotel, yo. I can sees it now.

[sooneron]

not a band...

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[r5TPsooner]

Dokken

[BigRedJed]

I'm at the hotel, yo. I can sees it now.
In that case, you need to check out yermom's nomination of the Black Keys. You'll prolly dig 'em.
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[BigRedJed]

Here's another Black Keys tune for good measure.

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[sooneron]

Black Keys are getting a lot of airplay up here these parts.

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

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[BigRedJed]

Good call on the Everlast. DEFINITELY underrated.

[sooneron]

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I would spek you until you couldn't be spekked anymore, for that one.

[sooneron]

Good call on the Everlast. DEFINITELY underrated.

Jed Likes me!! He really likes me!!

http://wofflings.wofflehouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/sally.jpg

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

I would spek you until you couldn't be spekked anymore, for that one.

One of my favorites...

[sooneron]

I may just use that Sally Field thing to death this wk.

[silverwheels]

Speaking of The Black Keys, the video for their latest single, "Strange Times", is up:

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They make the most random and goofy videos, but they're awesome. Also, new album Attack & Release is out tomorrow. It's more diverse than Magic Potion, which dragged a bit and was a little same-y, so I like it more.

[BigRedJed]

Truly awesome, BSG. Reminds me of this one, Blue Aeroplanes. Stone Roses still have them beat, though.

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[sooneron]

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catchy good times

[BigRedJed]

Borked.

[sooneron]

Borked.

I changed my mind on song title, tis good now.

[BigRedJed]

Maybe you were going to throw down some Happy Mondays? Not necessarily underrated, but they fit the whole Stone Roses/Blue Aeroplanes vibe the thread got all of a sudden.

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[BlondeSoonerGirl]

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[BigRedJed]

Charlatans. Nice, Sooneron. I'm waiting to see The Farm or the Soupdragons pop up at any moment. :D

[bluedogok]

List one with some sort of link to one of their works.

I have the authority to approve or disapprove.

I'll begin.

The Call (http://youtube.com/watch?v=272T8hZUqcs)
...featuring Northwest Classen grad Michael Been, his son is in the band Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.

The image on The Reconciled album cover is from the Western Heritage Collection of The University of Oklahoma Library and the back cover photo was from the National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41N0264MDZL._AA240_.jpg


Caroline's Spine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d9E-8yGlVo)
I used to see them at the Bricktown Brewery, I liked them alot. I found the Overlooked CD at Starship in Tulsa, hard to find that one anywhere.

[sooneron]

OH YEAH!

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[sooneron]

Charlatans. Nice, Sooneron. I'm waiting to see The Farm or the Soupdragons pop up at any moment. :D

That is SO wrong, :mad: .

You can blame the charlatans for those crap knock offs, but Manchester was built by them.

[KC//CRIMSON]

3RWyFX3UO_E

You -
Can dress in pink and blue just like a child
And in a yellow taxi turn to me and smile
Well be there in just a while
If you follow me

Me - Steppin....steppin out

[BigRedJed]

Aw hell, I liked those bands too. Who am I kidding? Charlatans was definitely the best choice, though.

[BigRedJed]

Dude. Ned's. ****ing awesome.

[C&CDean]

Joe Jackson. Hells yes.

[BigRedJed]

I'm probably the only one on this board who thinks Nitzer Ebb was underrated, but **** all y'all.

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[BigRedJed]

Don't click on that one, Dean.

[BigRedJed]

Nitzer Ebb makes me think of Bauhaus, for whatever reason. UNDERRATED.

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[BigRedJed]

The Tragically Hip

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[BigRedJed]

You can click on that one, Big Poppa.

[BigRedJed]

You know, the B-52s were obviously pretty darn successful commercially speaking, and critics liked them for the most part. But I would classify them as underrated from a public perception standpoint. The kitsch factor and a couple of huge novelty hits obscured the fact that they were/are a great band, for most people.

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[BigRedJed]

Smithereens.

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[King Crimson]

pretty much every thing Nick Drake ever recorded.

[KC//CRIMSON]

You know, the B-52s were obviously pretty darn successful commercially speaking, and critics liked them for the most part. But I would classify them as underrated from a public perception standpoint. The kitsch factor and a couple of huge novelty hits obscured the fact that they were/are a great band, for most people.

http://www.b52s.com/images/funplex_album_p_sm.jpg

Funplex - http://hypem.com/track/506874

Not sure about this new stuff, but those two girl harmonies still sound great together.

[william_brasky]

I have often thought that Robert Cray should be a household name (http://youtube.com/watch?v=gspgpKcu7Bo)

[william_brasky]

JJ and Leon representin' (http://youtube.com/watch?v=Fm-euFpRLMg)

[sooneron]

I'm probably the only one on this board who thinks Nitzer Ebb was underrated, but **** all y'all.

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I was a huge NE fan back in the sro/edge days.

[sooneron]

Underrated is an odd description in a way. By underrated, do we mean never got their due from the press? Did they never attain the popularity that they should have? Is it combined? Interesting to ponder...

[King Crimson]

not enough people listen to Nick Drake.

i respect the B-52's but i'm not sure i need a new record/overt pop culture social criticism from them. Fred S. is probably not going to be saying something to bring the whole spectacle down.

[sooneron]

not enough people listen to Nick Drake.



or Nick Cave:texan:

[King Crimson]

the birthday party is hard to beat. some serious stuff.

[King Crimson]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pfT_8uym8VI

just a great scene.

"I'm not gonna tell you 'bout a girl..."

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

not enough people listen to Nick Drake.

I love Nick Drake.

The absolutely remarkable thing about Pink Moon is that it has no age. You can't date it. It's a beautiful little work.

[sooneron]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pfT_8uym8VI

just a great scene.

"I'm not gonna tell you 'bout a girl..."

K Crimson Likes me!! He really likes me!!!!

http://wofflings.wofflehouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/sally.jpg

[King Crimson]

I love Nick Drake.

The absolutely remarkable thing about Pink Moon is that it has no age. You can't date it. It's a beautiful little work.


Bryter Layter is my fave. at the chime of a city clock and one of these things first.....just great.

edit: Northern Sky, too.

[BigRedJed]

I listen to something from Nick Drake just about every day, probably. My secret? Nearly everything of his is five starred in my iTunes.

[Beef]

I know I have issues, but I still like the Alarm. Although they might not have been underrated back in the day, they get no respect now.

[BigRedJed]

Catherine Wheel.

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[BigRedJed]

Meat Puppets. DEFINITELY underrated.

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[r5TPsooner]

The Cult

[BigRedJed]

Dude, I agree. I was gonna post a cult link at some point. I think they just confused a lot of people. What are these guys? Post-punk? Goth? Some sort of super-harsh New Wave? Metal that's nearly danceable? Also, like a lot of bands I'd consider "underrated," they had biggest commercial success with stuff that was IMO inferior to their earlier work.

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[sooneron]

I know I have issues, but I still like the Alarm. Although they might not have been underrated back in the day, they get no respect now.

You have issues, but not in this case.

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

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[BigRedJed]

Heh. "Ride the Beauty." :D

[BillyBall]

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

[BillyBall]

Kings of Leon

[KC//CRIMSON]

Underrated is an odd description in a way. By underrated, do we mean never got their due from the press? Did they never attain the popularity that they should have? Is it combined? Interesting to ponder...

I'd say you got your definition of underrated down. Having said that, over half the bands in this thread should not be here.;)

[BigRedJed]

I'd say you got your definition of underrated down. Having said that, over half the bands in this thread should not be here.;)
I'm defining it several different ways.

Commercial success not equal to quality of output. In the past this would be someone like Nick Drake, but these days it's just about any really good indie, alt-country, or off-the-beaten-path hip hop artist that doesn't fit the mold corporate radio is looking for.
Well-known by the public, but for a song or two that is/are really not indicative of their overall body of work. The B-52s would fall into this category, or even a band like the Flaming Lips (though they are less well known to the public, She Don't Use Jelly is well konwn).
Not remembered/appreciated in hindsight as much as (sometimes less talented) contemporaries.I've applied these (sometimes mutually exclusive) criteria to pretty much every band I've thrown out there. So some of them might appear contradictory at first blush, but if you consider that there might be different types of "underrated," they make sense.

[william_brasky]

I have often thought that Supergrass should be bigger than they are. They are so friggin' good.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1Wxeva4OuPo
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9s6T4QD-LGE
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1ILi0rt1FgA

[Beef]

Drivin' N' Cryin'

[thesnowbishop]

I have often thought that Robert Cray should be a household name (http://youtube.com/watch?v=gspgpKcu7Bo)

Absolutely.

In a similar vein--Jimmie Vaughn, Derek Trucks, Freddie King, Cleo Lane (bit of a stretch), Bukka White, Ry Cooder (specifically with Rising Sons).

Others: I reiterate my Butthole Surfers assertion--Locust Abortion Technician is one hell of an album, but they're usually only recognized for crappy "Pepper" (this also fits Big Red Jed's criteria); Stickmen With Rayguns, Operation Ivy, Faure, the Sons of the Pioneers, Ray Wylie Hubbard, I second Screaming Trees, Blood Sweat and Tears (another stretch), and The Flying Burrito Brothers (esp. with Graham Parsons).

[thesnowbishop]

I have often thought that Supergrass should be bigger than they are. They are so friggin' good.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1Wxeva4OuPo
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9s6T4QD-LGE
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1ILi0rt1FgA

I like supergrass, but listen to the first part of the first song (Richard III) and Sonic Youth's Silver Rocket off of Daydream Nation. They are eerily similar; never noticed that before.

[King Crimson]

Drivin' N' Cryin'

they never really seemed to "go national". always kind of a southern band. big in the south, that's for sure.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club has 1 if not 2 former members of the vintage Brian Jonestown Massacre lineup.

[KC//CRIMSON]

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Not underrated, just great.

[sooneron]

teh youtube is win

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[sooneron]

bubblegrunge

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[King Crimson]

i'd suggest the nexus of Tempe, Arizona bands that were Giant Sand and Naked Prey that produced Friends of Dean Martinez, Calexico and Howe Gelb's Arizona Amp and Alternator.

putting out pretty respectable stuff for 20 years.

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

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[King Crimson]

buzzcocks, the jam.

during the "do they know it's christmas" vid, that short guy that you went "who the heck is that?"....Paul Weller.

[12]

Planet P (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svl1t4b1RD4)

[silverwheels]

buzzcocks

Yes.

[Cam]

I'll 2nd Catherine Wheel. Hell of a band.

Here's a couple more I think are underrated.
Matchbox Twenty: They had a couple of albums that were top to bottom fantastic, not a bad song in the bunch.
Cast: British band that never hit it big here but I like them none the less.
Cowboy Mouth: If you ever get a chance to see them live, go. They're just a good old fashion have a good time doing what you're doing band with some pretty catchy tunes.
Mazzy Star: Love the voice. She ain't bad to look at either.
The Jayhawks: Love their sound.
Veruca Salt: Only really had one good album, but that one kicked ***.
Blur: Give me a break, I like the Brit-Pop stuff ok.

[yermom]

i like what Blur i've heard

i take a lot of issue with Matchbox 20, did you not listen to radio in the late 90's? :)

i think i've heard enough 3AM or Rainmaker or a few other tunes that i could never hear Rob Thomas's voice again and be perfectly happy


i like Veruca Salt, they got a lot of airtime though

[Fraggle145]

http://www.amazon.com/Epperley/dp/B000000P6O

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31pFMhSUR2L._SL500_AA216_.jpg

I always thought Epperley was good, I always wondered why they didnt make it.

BTW anyone got this cd? I want a copy.

[Animal Mother]

I'll 2nd Catherine Wheel. Hell of a band.

Here's a couple more I think are underrated.
Matchbox Twenty: They had a couple of albums that were top to bottom fantastic, not a bad song in the bunch.
Cast: British band that never hit it big here but I like them none the less.
Cowboy Mouth: If you ever get a chance to see them live, go. They're just a good old fashion have a good time doing what you're doing band with some pretty catchy tunes.
Mazzy Star: Love the voice. She ain't bad to look at either.
The Jayhawks: Love their sound.
Veruca Salt: Only really had one good album, but that one kicked ***.
Blur: Give me a break, I like the Brit-Pop stuff ok.

Eat My Dust You Insensitive F**k

I'll throw in with The Tragically Hip from Canada, eh? Unless somebody else already hollered their name. So let me add Cracker to the list. If somebody threw both of those in I quit. I quit anyway.

[BigRedJed]

I already threw in the Tragically Hip. Find your own band. :D

[BigRedJed]

bubblegrunge

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Nice. I saw the Lemonheads and Archers of Loaf circa '93 or '94 in a cool/ghetto little sheltered venue in Bricktown, fronting what would now be the Bricktown Canal. Today the area is a scooped out, empty field on corner where the canal turns south just opposite Mickey Mantles, and across the street from the Ballpark. Back then it was just some shell of a building (at street level -- the empty field is now at the basement or canal level of the buildings), and had a few really cool outdoor shows.

[Soonerchaz]

not enough people listen to Nick Drake.


or Big Star. They released 3 of the most seminal records of the early-mid 70s...but were just horribly mismanaged. Essential stuff.

Props to King Crimson for earlier mention of Squirrel Bait...Scratch Acid and The Feelies. Maybe this stuff is obscure to some...but me (and many others) were all over this back in our college days.

For more recent stuff...I'd go with anything Mark Kozelek/Sun Kil Moon related. I think the man is a genius.

[bluedogok]

Matchbox 20 underrated? I like them and have all of their CD's but I think not, they were just everywhere in the late 90's.

One group that I know got a lot of play in OKC but I always felt was a bit under appreciated elsewhere was The Nixon's. They were great every time that I saw them, which was often in OKC.

[sooneron]

Matchbox 20 underrated? I like them and have all of their CD's but I think not, they were just everywhere in the late 90's.

One group that I know got a lot of play in OKC but I always felt was a bit under appreciated elsewhere was The Nixon's. They were great every time that I saw them, which was often in OKC.

LOL! ahem* BRJ, you seeing this?

[BigRedJed]

Guh.

[sooneron]

heh, Zac RMFO.

[BigRedJed]

Back right after they switched the band name from Is That an Animal, when they were doing Hoyt Axton covers and before they decided on which band they wanted to ape, yes.




Wait. They never actually decided exactly which band they wanted to ape. They just lunged at whichever way the wind was blowing that year. I almost forgot.

[sooneron]

Was it REM or Pearl Jam or...?

[BigRedJed]

I think the order was U2, then R.E.M., then Pearl Jam, then Soundgarden, then irrelevant.

[william_brasky]

I don't know about underrated, but these guys were pretty good for the one album (I think) they released. Maybe file these guys under "could have been."

The La's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCAZHm6FgvE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pah62225Ee4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF68aqx1uZo

[Cam]

Just because a band has 3-4 songs that get constant radio air play, it doesn't mean they aren't underrated. MB20 had quite a few good songs, but most people only know the 2-3 that were in heavy rotation.

[royalfan5]

I think the Promise Ring
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OPySU-OdmRY
and

The Dismemberment Plan maybe underrated too
http://youtube.com/watch?v=DiyKvrd-sBk

[Cam]

Anybody mention Our Lady Peace yet?

[King Crimson]

or Big Star. They released 3 of the most seminal records of the early-mid 70s...but were just horribly mismanaged. Essential stuff.


your preaching to the choir here Chaz. #1 Record and Radio City are about my fave records ever....and have been for about 20 years since i first bought the vinyl re-releases of them that came out in the late 80's. i bought an import copy about that same time of 3rd/Sister Lover's in Dallas for like 20$ i think. good times. i still have those.

"Sitting in the back of a car..."


13th Floor Elevators.

[King Crimson]

and Chaz, if you don't have/or heard the Chris Bell solo LP I am the Cosmos....you should check it out.

it's got some great stuff on it.