Most Underrated Band

LoganRice

it is a hipster thread

the evasion_kid

ikeano29 wrote: »

Husker Du.

Still am amazed by the roller coaster Zen Arcade with ear phones and cranked up loud.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kTjfl0yhyRk

Amazing album.. some angry loud tracks on it too

shamrock55

Soundgarden:cool:

jacksie66

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BOHtox

alt-j. Savage music! Great live! Sold out the O2 a few weeks ago. Not saying they're the best band in history but they're a personal favourite of mine and most don't know a single song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNYjOVo5IEw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVeMiVU77wo

J Mysterio

"BOHtox wrote: »

Sold out the O2 a few weeks ago

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BOHtox

J Mysterio wrote: »

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You can sell out a relatively small venue and still be considered under-rated

porsche959

I think Suede are somewhat under-rated, even allowing for them getting vast critical acclaim in early years and their albums selling in reasonable quantities.

BobbyPropane

BOHtox wrote: »

alt-j. Savage music! Great live! Sold out the O2 a few weeks ago. Not saying they're the best band in history but they're a personal favourite of mine and most don't know a single song.

Read the thread title again ALT-J are a massive current band

BOHtox

BobbyPropane wrote: »

Read the thread title again ALT-J are a massive current band

Really? About 4 or 5 of my mates are fans and the rest haven't heard of them. Even making small talk with work or college colleges about what I'm listening to at the moment it's met with "Never heard of them" or "Oh yeah I think I might have heard of them".

You can still be known to few and unknown, and therefore underrated, to many

JFlah

retalivity wrote: »

The Knife
Andrew WK
Robyn (some great cheesy as fcuk pop)

pop is not normally my cup of tea but Robyn is amazing

fuzzydunlop85

A house

MagicMarker

slightly_broke wrote: »

fleetwood mac

while not the beatles , the smiths or bowie

they were unfortunate in that they were at their peak around the time that punk exploded so immedietly go labelled as super NAFF

Ah yes, sold over a 100,000,000 albums. But must be underrated.

The Strawman Argument

Someone somewhere once said something else was somehow better than them in some way, so they must be underrated!


What's actually scary is that I've heard this kind of argument be presented as a justification for calling the Beatles "underrated" before.

Clandestine

enjoy

Macavity.

Codeine are really underrated, not even on Spotify.

Ed Winchester

Doves. Came out around the same time as Coldplay. The sh!te band became massive. Doves made some brilliant albums and were class live.

Also another shout for Supergrass. Ridiculously talented band. In it for the Money is one of THE albums of the 90's IMO.

rannerap

Reuben

Darkglasses

Some strange shouts here, a lot of these bands were and in some cases are still huge. These definitely are not, but could have been -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4THR70i6gk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxr146QphI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1PFQExWlvI

I friggin loved the show 120 minutes on MTV 2 a few years ago. Stayed up til all hours listening to the music on the telly, good times. Most of favourite songs even today came from that show.

BlaasForRafa

Jilted John - punk/new wave

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs7tNCghgq8

John Shuttleworth - alt-pop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNCAcKybSfE

Skullface McGubbin

Sarannewrap wrote: »

Reuben

Do you mean this Reuben?

If so, then I agree

The band has split up since then but the lead singer has gone solo.

The_Captain

BOHtox wrote: »

Really? About 4 or 5 of my mates are fans and the rest haven't heard of them. Even making small talk with work or college colleges about what I'm listening to at the moment it's met with "Never heard of them" or "Oh yeah I think I might have heard of them".

You can still be known to few and unknown, and therefore underrated, to many

Matilda was on heavy repeat on Phantom/TXFM for about a year, Tesselate was played to death, the album won the Mercury Music prize and they were nominated at the Brit awards for best group, but your mates have never heard of them so they must be underrated

blue note

Santana. They've sold about a hundred million records, are in the rock and roll hall of fame, so are obviously not underrated in the same way that a band like Television are, but in my opinion they deserve to be in the discussion when people are discussing the greatest bands and musicians of all time. I'd have them right up there with bands like Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, etc.

For a smaller band - The Super Furry Animals. When I think of the bands who were massive at the same time as these guys were going strong I just cringe. For about 15 years these guys were consistently producing top class albums, but never got the sales or critical acclaim they deserved. Not even close.

e_e

Suicide are very overlooked too. Probably the best punk band who didn't use guitars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn7SBQ6X5HU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av7mhWYtAoY

Birneybau

There are so many bands that don't get the recognition they deserve:

Camera Obscura:

Wild Nothing:

The whole album 'Nocturne' is pretty amazing.

Mesrine65

Le Gipsy Jukebox

BOHtox

The_Captain wrote: »

Matilda was on heavy repeat on Phantom/TXFM for about a year, Tesselate was played to death, the album won the Mercury Music prize and they were nominated at the Brit awards for best group, but your mates have never heard of them so they must be underrated

There's underrated and there's unknown. I'm not saying they're totally unknown I'm saying they're underrated. I said I really enjoyed their music and that the vast majority of people I talk to my age, and anyone the generation older than me have never heard of them. Are you being deliberately obtuse?

Sephiroth_dude

No longer together but Scheer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xOXhp_tf4U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w0dBmGENHY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTq8WOauiu8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGpKy3Clt4I

Kettleson

BlaasForRafa wrote: »

Jilted John - punk/new wave

Can't believe that you failed to mention his classic "Europigeon" collaboration which amongst others included Katrina Leskanich, (Katrina and the Waves) Lynsey de Paul, Johnny Logan, Clodagh Rogers, Bruce Welsh (Shadows), and all of Brotherhood of Man.

Underrated? I think not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emn1ZkrrNAY

Mesrine65

C.W. Stoneking

The_Captain

BOHtox wrote: »

There's underrated and there's unknown. I'm not saying they're totally unknown I'm saying they're underrated. I said I really enjoyed their music and that the vast majority of people I talk to my age, and anyone the generation older than me have never heard of them. Are you being deliberately obtuse?

I don't want to get into an argument about it, but if a band is massively popular and critically acclaimed they aren't underrated. I don't know how old you are, but anyone I know who is into indie/alternative has heard at them.

I'm not really trying to single you out, there's been plenty of ridiculous choices in this thread.

osarusan

Haven't read the thread, so maybe they've already been mentioned, but:

melekalikimaka

Streetlight Manifesto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-UTPKL-UGY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mIV6ADAnnk

BlaasForRafa

Judy Street

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WuwDEUEyj4

Gannicus

SMASH MOUTH !!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_jWHffIx5E

Say Your Number

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1dmBUBu9P4

Larbre34

My Bloody Valentine.

Citroen2cv

Ween.

paulbok

The Wonderstuff

BOHtox

The_Captain wrote: »

I don't want to get into an argument about it, but if a band is massively popular and critically acclaimed they aren't underrated. I don't know how old you are, but anyone I know who is into indie/alternative has heard at them.

Right we'll I'll reply to this and then we'll leave it.
I guess underrated is a matter of opinion. Of course you and I and people who are into the indie scene will more than likely have heard of them. I'm not disputing that fact. I know them from the first song of their first album to the last song of their last album. I think there's conformity here anyway.

Where we differ is simply in our definition of under-rated. I happen to think their unique style of music and particularly the singles off both their albums are good enough to be recognised and appreciated by your average Joe Soap.

The_Captain wrote: »

I'm not really trying to single you out, there's been plenty of ridiculous choices in this thread.

Oh no you di'in't

BlaasForRafa

Ozric Tentacles used to be fairly popular amongst students when I was at college...especially when certain substances were partaken of. I don't think they ever had much popularity outside that demographic despite putting out some great music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTmGi-KSo3g

rubadub

Mackas_view wrote: »

I'm goin to follow the general drift of this thread and say Led Zepplin and The Beatles

I actually would think the beatles are underrated these days. Since these days its actually more common for me to hear people say they are overrated and call them mediocre, than somebody saying they are good.

DarraghFitz98

Two Door Cinema Club!

Birneybau

DarraghFitz98 wrote: »

Two Door Cinema Club!

Now you're taking the p!ss.

Think Joe from TXfm must have seen this thread. Hi Joe!

Boardom

I always thought the Prayer Boat deserved a bit more attention.

Boardom

I was also surprised that Annie didn't make a big breakthrough with La Roux, Goldfrapp, Little Boots and others doing well in the genre. She suffered from having the most unsearchable, generic name possible for search engines.

D-FENS

Sleaford Mods

AndyBoBandy

My Morning Jacket

http://youtu.be/Bpdwwa7lsUI

Tarzana2

Elastica.

Tarzana2

crockholm wrote: »

Alice In Chains. They were big in the 90s,but much less appreciated than Nirvana and Pearl Jam.

My BF fookin' loves them!