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Criminally commercially unsuccessful bands

#341
Rum Ham said:
Hum! You'd prefer an Astronaut. The sound of that band on that album was thick and grinding.
But I think the most CRIMINALLY overlooked band is.... CLUTCH!
Those guys have been rocking all over the world for years and years but you never hear a peep on terrestrial radio about them. Never hear anything about them at all. But it's the one band you say to someone and they respond 'Ohyeah, those guys kick@$$!"
And I'm not even a huge Clutch fan. Weird
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Guitarist I used to jam with was HUGE on Clutch!! Went on and on about them. We toyed with the idea of adding thier song 'Willy Nelson' to our set!
 
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#346
Mugre said:
I don't know if they "should" have made it to arenas but I thought Icicle Works was criminally under appreciated. All the good parts of XTC and Tears for Fears mixed together but buried in a sea of similar sounding quirky, 80's synth pop. Wang Chung was another excellent synth-pop band but they had their few moments of being "big".
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Before they changed their name because people couldn't pronounce it properly: Huang Chung


Thumbs up for IW and XTC.
 
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#350
Michedelic said:
Did you try to keep up with Bill Nelson’s prolific solo output? Between that and all his guest appearances, it’s been maddening. Then there was Red Noise, pretty over the top for it’s time. BBD were one of the very few acts that it could be said were at the intersection of Glam, Prog, and New Wave.
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Got to admit I didn’t. Life got in the way when I did grad school, got married, had kids...it is fun rediscovering old favorites as well as getting into newer stuff.
 
#352
Michedelic said:
The Who, well Pete, owe The Kinks a lot from when they were just getting off the ground and moving past R’n’B covers. ‘I Can’t Explain’ was modeled on ‘All Of The Day...”, plus they had the same producer. When The Kinks got away from the riff styled tunes, Ray blossomed as a keen observer of human behavior and situations, as did their music itself. ‘Days’, ‘Sunny Afternoon’, ‘Dead End Street’, ‘Waterloo Sunset’, not huge hits, but it doesn’t matter. They’re “well respected” classics. Check the albums ‘Something Else’, ‘Village Green’, ‘Muswell Hillbillies’ to start.
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The Kinks reflected British culture like no other band there seemed to. It may have prevented them from catching on bigger in the USA. Genesis had their social commentaries like Get ‘Em Out By Friday but the Kinks self-deprecation and sardonic wit along with their catchy grooves made it work so well. Delightfully humorous.
 
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