Your 'most underrated' band(s)

thecolourbox

Oh and a friend of mine was remisincing over Dodgy the other day! Excellent Brit Pop

Philly_Q

thecolourbox said:

I quite like a band called Love from the 60s, I'm not sure though if they were well known or not, or whether they were given their due credit or not at the time or since because I wasn't born until 1987 but generally very neat song writing, Little Red Book especially could have been written this decade. Good band.

Probably better known now than they were then.  Their third album Forever Changes is one of those records which wasn't particularly successful at the time, but is now regarded as a classic.  So much so that I did a blind buy.... and it does nothing for me at all, I'm afraid.

stratman3142

thecolourbox said:

I quite like a band called Love from the 60s, I'm not sure though if they were well known or not, or whether they were given their due credit or not at the time or since because I wasn't born until 1987 but generally very neat song writing, Little Red Book especially could have been written this decade. Good band.

I remember Love. That band came up with the classic lyric "Oh, the snot has caked against my pants. It has turned into crystal".

thecolourbox

That's the one it's one of those stage ones where I've no concept of how popular they were at the time or since, they popped up on an old streaming service once (This House is not a Motel) and I liked them so I went with it.

It's a bit like when my dad, a huge Beatles fan, will make references to whatever song being a single from whatever year and expecting me to know, I have no idea which were or were not singles as I've just listened to albums

StageStruck

Terrorvision - They were a really great live act and had some excellent catchy rock songs. Their album How To Make Friends & Influence People is a favourite of mine from around that time.

RocknRollDave

StageStruck said:

Terrorvision - They were a really great live act and had some excellent catchy rock songs. Their album How To Make Friends & Influence People is a favourite of mine from around that time.

Yes! Excellent fun live. Good call!

Phil_aka_Pip

Fretwired said:

Phil_aka_Pip said:

Camel

But Camel were big in the 1970s and they still fill concert halls.

Except that most people have never heard of them. True, they can fill a concert hall with ageing diehard Camel fans but ask anyone in the pub if they've ever heard of Camel and 49/50 haven't and perhaps 1/50 will suggest Peter Frampton's outfit.  There's some nice Camel stuff on our pub's jukebox. I'm sure I'm the only one that plays it

Dopesick

Another one on the Kings X pile.

Cardiacs
Dax Riggs / Acid Bath
Dead Can Dance
The Gathering
Toxik
Solitude Aeturnus

All magnificent.

Dopesick

RocknRollDave said:

Anthrax when John Bush was fronting them (Joey Belladonna is gash)

Utter nonsense!

RocknRollDave

Marillion - The Steve Hogarth years. Not to detract from what they did with Fish, but it is a crying shame that for so many people the band ended when he left. Sure, they have released a lot of albums and can be a bit too meandering and maudlin at times, but when they get it right they are great.

funkyfraz

Nickelback... brilliant rock band if you get past their radio friendly stuff. they get alot of hatred, but some of their stuff properly rocks.

xSkarloey

@thecolourbox Lovecwere big on the LA scene in the mid 60s. They were Elektra Records' big act until the Doors hit even bigger.

Group tensions led to a split they never really recovered from post Forever Changes.

Arthur Lee drifted in and out of obscurity and prison for much of the 70s, 80s and early 90s. Late 90s on was rediscovered in a big way. Toured Forever Changes. I saw him playing it with a four piece younger band in N London in about 2003. Superb.

Was working on new stuff then died of leukemia. Shame.



My fave 'underrated' muso is Stephen Duffy of 'Tintin' fame. Less famous for solo stuff and the Lilac Tine sadly. He ay bad fer a Villa fan.


Edit. Let me also add the late and very, very great Jackie Leven.

JezWynd

Long time ago but... The Heart Throbs. Shoulda, coulda..

neilrocks25

The Wildhearts

EricTheWeary

Skarloey said:

@thecolourbox Lovecwere big on the LA scene in the mid 60s. They were Elektra Records' big act until the Doors hit even bigger.

Group tensions led to a split they never really recovered from post Forever Changes.

Arthur Lee drifted in and out of obscurity and prison for much of the 70s, 80s and early 90s. Late 90s on was rediscovered in a big way. Toured Forever Changes. I saw him playing it with a four piece younger band in N London in about 2003. Superb.

Was working on new stuff then died of leukemia. Shame.

The Love single '7 and 7 is ' was a minor hit but covered by the Ramones, Alice Cooper ( probably my favourite Cooper track, although I say that as not particularly a fan)and Rush. I'm guessing possibly the only song covered both by the Ramones and Rush! 

Reverend

Doesn't Hendrix's version of Hey Joe use the lyrics from Love?

thecolourbox

Maybe they aren't underrated then, and do in fact get the recignition I think they deserve

I'm not very good at knowing non-mainstream stuff.

Can I offer the Flamin' Groovies, the Rats and erm...Screaming Lord Sutch?

JookyChap

Love were brilliant - 'Alone again, or' was covered by the Damned I think at one point

@Reverend I think Love covered it too, but it wasn't there song

Reverend

@JookyChap

Not their song but I remember hearing a story about Arthur Lee telling someone the wrong lyrics and it was that version that Hendrix covered. 

Brize

Wishbone Ash.