Most underrated rhythm section(s)

Bill Church/Denny Carmassi from Montrose
Tony Franklin/Chris Slade - The Firm (when I saw them live, they pretty much WERE the band)
Tony Kanal/Adrian Young - No Doubt

 

Jesse Murphy/Aaron Johnston of Brazilian Girls is a great combo.
Colin Greenwood/Phil Selway of Radiohead -- they're a totally stable foundation for a great band.

 

Joey Spampinato & Tom Ardolino - NRBQ

Kenny Gradney & Ritchie Hayward - Little Feat

Here's a blast from the past -

Mike Rutherford & Phil Collins - Genesis... those early tracks were really quite good.

 

Serafin/Cetera
Rodby/Wertico
Egan/Gottlieb
Prestia/Garibaldi
The Who
THe Blue Line

 

Very good indeed. Listen to anything on Lamb Lies Down On Broadway or before.

Suggested tracks:

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  [*]Watcher of the Skies
  [*]Get 'Em Out by Friday
  [*]In The Cage
  [*]The Fountain of Salmacis

MM

 

+1 to the OP. Probably the first time that I recognized the bass as an influential part of music. I loved the interplay they had on those old songs. 11-17-70 is my favorite live recording because of that!

 

There was another thread recently about the Smiths, and I think they are an underrated rhythm section.

 

Fleetwood Mac
Double Trouble

 

The guys from the Counting Crows are AMAZING, and so underrated that I don't even know their names!

 

Shouldn't be underrated, but any number of combinations of bass/drums/conga/timbales that Santana has put together over the years.

My dream combo would have to be Alphonso Johnson/Graham Lear/Armando Peraza/Karl Perazzo. WOW!

 

Chic: Bernard Edwardson bass, Tony Thompson on drums, and Nile Rogers on Guitar. Even though their production work outside of Chic proved they were great musicians, I still feel that they are underrated.

 

trying to stick to some "underated" sections
-tortoise... pretty much everyone in the band rotates between guitar and drums (a key to their success?) implementing some tasty, fairly egoless playing.
-critters buggin'- brad houser (bs), matt chamberlain (dr), mike dillon (per)
-fly, metheny/mehldau, mehldau trio- larry grenadier (bs) and jeff ballard (dr)
-william parker (bs) and hamid drake (dr)
-phish- mike gordon (bs) and john fishman (dr)

 

The Police: Stewart Copeland/Sting (Copeland is my favourite drummer ever)
Rage Against The Machine Brad Wilk/Timmy Comerford
Chic Tony Thompson/Bernard Edwards
Ian Dury & The Blockheads Charlie Charles/Norman Watt-Roy
King Crimson Bill Bruford/Tony Levin
Pearl Jam Matt Cameron/Jeff Ament
Rush Neil Peart/Geddy Lee

 

Big +1 for the Chic section...absolute killer.

How 'bout the bassist and drummer from all of those Elvis Costello and the Attractions albums? Those guys came up with a lot of great parts and managed to set the right vibe on a wide range of material. ditto for the pianist, Steve Nieve! Feeling like a dope because I can't remember either the bassist or drummer's names...Pete Thomas? Check out "Trust;" not Costello's best-known album, but a pretty eclectic outing and the rhythm section is all over it in providing appropriate settings.

 

Anything but underrated.