Most UNDERRATED bands?

[roller]

There's always a lotta chatter about established musical artists being overrated... but who, in your opinion, is established yet UNDERRATED?

My votes go to Simple Minds, The Afghan Whigs and Stereophonics. I recognize Stereophonics are bigger in Europe... but unfortunately, they're not a big blip on the radar with most folks in the U.S.

Who's on your underrated list?

 

[bassdude51]

OK, being an "old turd" I'm going way, way back.

My son and I were talking about this subject yesterday and we came up with Canned Heat. Very underrated and one of America's best bands ever!

 

[Plake]

There are alot. I find the "one hit wonder" label leads to some killer albums/bands. Faith No More, Local H and Helmet to name a few.

One of my most underrated would be The Cult.

 

[fhm555]

Not sure if they are even still in existence, but when the Kinsey Report was coming through town a couple times a year they were consistently the tightest band i've ever seen play.

 

[Aberdumbie]

I'm like @bassdude51 ..... I gotta go way back to Uriah Heep. And that would be the 1970's version of Heep. Such incredible musicianship and stage presence. Filled stadium upon stadium but was lost too soon before they reached "mythical" status. Heep carried on and still do today but are a mere shadow of the greatness they showed in the early 70's.

 

[sacreddog717]

There are alot. I find the "one hit wonder" label leads to some killer albums/bands. Faith No More, Local H and Helmet to name a few.

One of my most underrated would be The Cult.

I totally agree. Clutch is another one that comes to mind.

 

[the harp unstrung]

There are alot. I find the "one hit wonder" label leads to some killer albums/bands. Faith No More, Local H and Helmet to name a few.

One of my most underrated would be The Cult.

Damn!
Local H was a Fine duet!

Underrated from my point of view might be the David Bromberg band...Horslips...
I've often thought that if America would get its musical head out of its arse, Dr. John would be a Supah Stah!

 

[5544]

I used to see Local H playing at the Thirsty Whale back in the early 90's.

Mindfunk and Damn the Machine are pretty underrated bands.

 

[NigelD]

Mothers Finest!

 

[NigelD]

Not sure if they are even still in existence, but when the Kinsey Report was coming through town a couple times a year they were consistently the tightest band i've ever seen play.

They're still around.

 

[fhm555]

They're still around.

I just looked them up. The brothers are still going but their cousin has been replaced and Big Daddy has passed.

Back in the early 90's they came through town at least a couple times a year and i always made time to go. They were then and still remain one of the smoothest, tightest bands i've ever seen live. I've seen a lot of live bands over the years and most of them were good, but the Kinsey brothers took it to a whole nother level. Every show was perfection. I don't know if it was some kind of special connection through blood or the fact they each started playing at such an early age but it was definitely something rare and special to behold.

In addition to his work with his dad and brothers, Donald played guitar with Bob Marley in the middle 70's and it was his work on the Wailers album Burnin, particularly "I Shot The Sheriff" that inspired EC to cover that tune.

 

[PillO]

I think that many/most of the under-rated bands disbanded because they didn't get traction in the market and so the proposition was eventually found to be uneconomic for the participants. Or, with fewer $10 words; the broke up 'cause they weren't making any money.

But here is one I think well of.

 

[Bodeanly]

I used to see Local H playing at the Thirsty Whale back in the early 90's.

They are still around.

Awhile back, they released this version of Lorde's "Team," which kicks too much ass not to share again:

 

[bassstrangler]

Simple Minds haven't put out a good album since Street Fighting Years. Once Upon a Time may have been the most overrated album ever by them or any band. Now, any of there first albums Life in a Day, Reel to Real, Empires and Dance, Sons and Fascination, Sister Feelings Call, A Sparkle in the Rain, and New Gold Dream are very underrated classics.

 

[Bodeanly]

I would like to cast a vote for Hum. While they may be considered more "unknown" than "underrated," they deserve to be remembered as one of the greatest things to come out of Podunk, IL, even though they have disbanded. Here's one some of you might have heard. If you like, feel free to fall down their youtube hole:

 

[40Hz]

+1 w/ @Aberdumbie regarding the early incarnation of Uriah Heep. That's always been the first band to come to my mind whenever this question gets asked.

All the pieces were in place. All of them. Anyone who ever heard "Heep" figured these guys were going to become a really big thing very shortly. But for some reason, they never achieved critical mass.

So it goes.

 

[the harp unstrung]

...and sometimes, across the course of the decades, the Q stood for 'Quintet'...

 

[tattooSAM]

H

 

[planetdrumz]

In my opinion there are way too many to list

 

[Odinbass]

Fastball.

Awesome songwriting.