Under-rated bands (with good bassists)

[bassstrangler]

The Banshees were not a punk band. I don't care who the members were. The music itself is not punk.

I disagree, they were punk when they started and evolved into more than just a gothic band.

 

[Jason42]

Cry of love

 

[ObsessiveArcher]

A few come to mind:
Kevin Rutmanis of Melvins


Shawn Barclay of Mudvayne


Greg Edwards of failure:

 

[Pedulla-Player]

A few come to mind:
Kevin Rutmanis of Melvins


Shawn Barclay of Mudvayne


Greg Edwards of failure:

Wasn't that Ryan Martinie in Mudvayne?

 

[MCF]

I'm going to stick with the 90's, just to narrow it down; that was such a weird time period, what with the grunge onslaught. There were so many under the radar yet interesting bands that came along with something different in spite of all that. For the most part, the bassists weren't necessarily astounding players, but they did their jobs, played for the song, and got an occasional high profile moment. This first band did have a loyal following, cranked out a lot of albums and singles, and while stylistically were a mash-up of the Velvet Underground, Swingle Singers, Bossa Nova, Jet-Age Lounge, Free Design, Joe Byrd, and motorik Krautrock like Neu!, Can, and La Dusseldorf, they still managed to sound like no one else...




The epitome of what was labeled 'twee pop', this Scottish outfit is still going strong after 25 years(I saw them last summer); not a lot of flash bass work, just what is needed, echoes of early Donovan, Simon & Garfunkel and Nick Drake in their stuff...




Even with the 'Britpop' surge, these guys got totally lost in the shuffle, great atmospherics, but hopelessly obscure...




This outfit had it going on for a brief period, very groovy transcendental 60's psychedelia, and no wonder...the lead singer/guitarist was the son of one of that decade's icons, Hayley Mills...

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Kula Shaker - Tattva

No flannel anywhere.

I like Belle and Sebastian. Not sure I'd say they're underrated. Along similar lines, Camera Obscura has a talented bassist. When I think underrated, it's Big Head Todd and the Monsters that immediately comes to mind. Great band. Rob Squires is a damn good bass player.

 

[ihaveaquestion]

Starcrawler

 

[Fletz]

Big country.

 

[Jason42]

Wasn't that Ryan Martinie in Mudvayne?

Amazing tone especially iin the context of supper happy metal.

 

[ihaveaquestion]

Here comes some super happy metal

 

[Misfit Wookiee]

Mindfunk:

John Monte (former M.O.D. bassist) was fun to listen to, especially on this song.

The String Cheese Incident:

Keith Moseley fits in the groove beautifully.

 

[rodv66]

Blue Oyster Cult

 

[japhy4529]

Check on Chadwick Sails' fretless bass work with the band Seed. They only released one album called "Ling." Great stuff.

 

[ObsessiveArcher]

Wasn't that Ryan Martinie in Mudvayne?

Yup, they both were . I just happened to sample the song from Shawn Barclay.

 

[Pedulla-Player]

Yup, they both were . I just happened to sample the song from Shawn Barclay.

I did not know that. Thanks for the info.

 

[ihaveaquestion]

UFO

 

[Michedelic]

I like Belle and Sebastian. Not sure I'd say they're underrated. Along similar lines, Camera Obscura has a talented bassist. When I think underrated, it's Big Head Todd and the Monsters that immediately comes to mind. Great band. Rob Squires is a damn good bass player.

I love Camera Obscura. The thing is, Big Head Todd had a much higher profile by virtue of the fact that they were on Warners, got a reasonably big promotional push, got caught up in the HORDE festival/jam band thing, so on, so forth. B&S, while being on at least a substantial indie label(Matador), had an uphill battle, especially from not being from this country. They certainly found their cult audience, but it remained just that. They really didn't have a breakout song. Other acts like that, that I was fond of, were Tindersticks, Divine Comedy, and Momus. Great quirky stuff, but way too esoteric to gain a huge audience. I'm surprised that Pulp did as well as they did here.

 

[murphy]

Do some research.

Thank you
They were a part of our scene...and we were punk rockers seeing punk rock bands....including all the bands in that era that looked different...expressed a personal style and made music outside the pop/rock format ....and played gigs with all the bands that were part of the revolution...Siouxsie and the Banshees were highly regarded....and there were no rules in the music...but the more weird and aggressive the better.....Be angry...be honest....say something....Be different....Say No

 

[murphy]

My absolute favorite band!

This is the most important point.....I absolutely love them too
from punk days to alternative /New Wave to Goth to pop....They can do no wrong

If you want to see a great tribute band of Siouxsie and sex pistols and The stranglers
Lizzie and the banshees
Sex Pistols Experience
Straighten out
All perform and capture the sound and vibe of the 70s punk scene.........So great to see the original bands and these tributes are top notch as well

 

[Jokei]

Nate Mendel in Sunny Day Real Estate... I'm gonna be that guy and say I don't care for his work in Foo Fighters.

 

[stratovani]

Lots of younger people might not have heard of them, but I feel that The Moody Blues have become underrated nowadays. Here's an underrated track from To Our Childrens Childrens Children called Eternity Road. Excellent bass line from John Lodge.