Terribly underrated bands that never got their dues

[lschiavo]

Marcy Playground

Yeah!

 

[KayaBrew]

Drive-By Truckers

 

[Vongo]

stone temple pilots

Underrated ?

 

[Vongo]

Son Volt

 

[JayWeezie]

Actually, they're out of Annapolis, MD. JCS was my favorite band back in 97! I'd also like to put forth another Maryland great, Clutch.

... let's just ignore that Hootie and the Blowfish came from MD too, ok?

Now im pretty sure hootie was from SC?!

 

[DunklesWeissbier]

Actually, they're out of Annapolis, MD. JCS was my favorite band back in 97! I'd also like to put forth another Maryland great, Clutch.



... let's just ignore that Hootie and the Blowfish came from MD too, ok?

+1 on Jimmie's Chicken Shack and Clutch!

I always thought Bif Naked was underrated as well.
Love that crazy tatooed rocker chick!

 

[the_bird]

You can't say that he didn't get his due (I mean, he's in the Rock & Roll HoF), but Tom Waits is probably the best songwriter of the past thirty years and he's criminally underappreciated. And, he's evolved his sound a ton over the years, he's gone from very beat-infuses, jazzy blues to very harsh, organic, world-music influenced stuff. No way to show the spectrum over three videos.

 

[KayaBrew]

Not a band, but a singer/songwriter: John Prine. Love the guy.

 

[nefarious_1_]

Musician? Yes. Underrated guitarist? I don't know about that. He hired Stunt Guitarists for a reason. He was a great guitar player but I don't think he's underrated in that regard.

Most underrated guitarist?

Steve Kimock.

Not a huge Kimock fan, gotta admit, but maybe that affirms your statement. Even still, gotta rehash and it seems others agree:

Frank Zappa.

Notice the period after his name... ...or should it be an apostrophe...

 

[nefarious_1_]

BTW, must comment on Waits... I absolutely love Tom Waits, but he has a huge following. Every time he tours, he sells out shows. Could it be because he rarely tours? Probably... But he sells out shows...

 

[sdillow]

Drive-By Truckers

Agreed.

 

[the_bird]

BTW, must comment on Waits... I absolutely love Tom Waits, but he has a huge following. Every time he tours, he sells out shows no problem. Could it be because he rarely tours? Probably... But even still, he sells out shows...

His fans tend to be pretty rabid. I've debated how much I would pay to see him perform live; I haven't figured out exactly what my upper limit is, but it's probably four digits (and I'm a cheap ****ing Yankee).

With that said, how many people know any of his stuff versus, say... Bob Dylan, or Bruce Springsteen?

 

[nefarious_1_]

His fans tend to be pretty rabid. I've debated how much I would pay to see him perform live; I haven't figured out exactly what my upper limit is, but it's probably four digits (and I'm a cheap ****ing Yankee).

With that said, how many people know any of his stuff versus, say... Bob Dylan, or Bruce Springsteen?

point taken...

 

[tmurph6]

Captain geech and the shrimp shack shooters

 

[arturo7]

Vintage Steel


Best garage band ever.


Why we were never signed is a mystery.

 

[Irishpenguin13]

Dead end kids, trampled by turtles, and street dogs! Great bands you probably dont know about. And if you do.....well, good.

 

[WYOBrews]

Huge thumbs up to the Trampled By Turtles! I gotta throw out The Mother Hips, Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers, Barefoot Truth, Blue Turtle Seduction, Mountain Heart, Mike Mangione and the Union, and Tyler Stenson to name a few!

Beer and Music. Hard to beat that!

 

[Irishpenguin13]

Thanks to that! I was starting to think I was the only one whos heard of em.

 

[critch]

the bonzo dog dooh-dah band

a rather eccentric modern beat combo from the sixties

 

[emjay]

The Beatles

 

[critch]

The Beatles

ah canadian irony, how quaint

 

[j1laskey]

Musician? Yes. Underrated guitarist? I don't know about that. He hired Stunt Guitarists for a reason. He was a great guitar player but I don't think he's underrated in that regard.

Most underrated guitarist?

Steve Kimock.

Do me a favor, please! Listen to Sharleena from the "You Can't Do This On Stage Anymore Vol. 3" album. The guitar playing by Frank and Dweezil will blow your mind. :rockin:

 

[EoinMag]

I don't think people mentioning Zappa and Waits as underrated actually understand what underrated means.

They are both cult legends, does that make them underappreciated, I don't think so.

They are both very much fringe players with some weird stuff, but they have a very very strong following, so I don't think they are underappreciated in any way, just not mainstream enough for most.

I personaly dislike both of them, but it's a taste thing, not an underappreciation thing.

 

[the_bird]

Well, that's a somewhat arbitrary way of defining "underappreciated."

Artists like Zappa and Waits; you aren't going to be able to write the history of music in the late 20th century without dedicating a chapter to these guys (if for no other reason than the influence they've had on other musicians). Yet, 9 people out of 10 you stop in the street has never heard of them, and 99 out of 100 couldn't name a song of theirs. The presence of a cultish fan base for these artists doesn't diminish how underappreciated they are in general.

 

[JonM]

Dead end kids, trampled by turtles, and street dogs! Great bands you probably dont know about. And if you do.....well, good.

Street Dogs!! Man, I have a helluva lot of respect for that frontman.

 

[Irishpenguin13]

Street Dogs!! Man, I have a helluva lot of respect for that frontman.

Agreed! Thats why I love that band.

 

[smakudwn]

Anything that Mark Lanegan has done.

 

[wildwest450]

Vintage Steel


Best garage band ever.


Why we were never signed is a mystery.

Perhaps you spent too much time staring out the garage windows instead of practicing?


_

 

[the_bird]

Anything that Mark Lanegan has done.

I loved Screaming Trees, they never got the recognition in the grunge scene that they deserved but most of that was because of their own self-destruction. I haven't paid any attention to anything he's done since.

 

[BendBrewer]

Do me a favor, please! Listen to Sharleena from the "You Can't Do This On Stage Anymore Vol. 3" album. The guitar playing by Frank and Dweezil will blow your mind. :rockin:

Not trying to take anything away from Frank at all but he was a composer first and a guitar player second. I happen to think Dweezil plays a better guitar personally but he could have never written the pieces. Frank could be sloppy at times but it didn't take away from the music.