Most "Under-Rated" Bands Of All-Time?

[KingLouieLouie]

This is inspired by Ryanwb's thread on "sell-outs", but obviously with a different twist....

Which bands to you are the most "under-rated" of all-time? Gomez, Fear Factory, Monster Magnet, Sebadoh, Sevendust, Type-0 Negative, and Stabbing Westward are a few of recent memory that immediately comes to mind.....

 

[Phlegyas]

Training For Utopia and Lengsel.

 

[Mr.Dibbs]

Warrior Soul

Dr. Octogon

Rollins Band

LA Guns later albums

Mogwai

 

[Brandon_Webb]

B Spears a lyrical genious

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

Triumph

Kings X

 

[Ryanwb]

Winger

 

[thirty-two]

I might be shot for saying this, and I'm more than a little biased, but I honestly think Hanson is way under-rated.

People just can't get past the Mmmbop thing.

 

[Ryanwb]

I might be shot for saying this, and I'm more than a little biased, but I honestly think Hanson is way under-rated.

People just can't get past the Mmmbop thing.

Let me think....ummmm NO

 

[O]

A band from Phoenix from the eighties, ICON. I am partial to them because I was their LD and I owe my career to them.

A band from the late seventies, early eighties, CITY BOY. They released five albums, four of which were produced by Robert John Lange.
For those of you who don't know who Robert John (Mutt) Lange is, he produced AC/DC Back in Black, Def Leppard Pryomania, numerous multi- platinum albums. Defined the metal guitar sound, and drum sound, in particular bass drum sounds. These sounds are still in existence today, thanks to him.
CITY BOY, was a great band on their own. Great vocals, great rhythm section, intelligent music abd lyrics, killer guitar player (Mike Slammer).
The interesting thing about City Boy and Mutt Lange is the reolution and birth of a producer and sounds that are still the standard today.
SIDE NOTE... Mutt Lange is Shania Twain's husband, and in my opinion solely responsible for her career, you can hear CITY BOY licks in her music, as well as anything Mutt has done.
You have to search for their stuff but it is out their and well worth the effort.

 

[thirty-two]

Let me think....ummmm NO

that's too bad...

 

[Chaplin]

Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, baby!

 

[Pariah]

Sugar Ray (they're my guilty pleasure).

 

[Djaughe]

Smashing Pumpkins!

 

[WizardOfAz]

Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band.

 

[jf-08]

A band from Phoenix from the eighties, ICON. I am partial to them because I was their LD and I owe my career to them.

A band from the late seventies, early eighties, CITY BOY. They released five albums, four of which were produced by Robert John Lange.
For those of you who don't know who Robert John (Mutt) Lange is, he produced AC/DC Back in Black, Def Leppard Pryomania, numerous multi- platinum albums. Defined the metal guitar sound, and drum sound, in particular bass drum sounds. These sounds are still in existence today, thanks to him.
CITY BOY, was a great band on their own. Great vocals, great rhythm section, intelligent music abd lyrics, killer guitar player (Mike Slammer).
The interesting thing about City Boy and Mutt Lange is the reolution and birth of a producer and sounds that are still the standard today.
SIDE NOTE... Mutt Lange is Shania Twain's husband, and in my opinion solely responsible for her career, you can hear CITY BOY licks in her music, as well as anything Mutt has done.
You have to search for their stuff but it is out their and well worth the effort.

I think Eddie Kramer helped out on a ccouple of their albums. (I was a huge Kiss fan and Kramer was real involved with Kiss)

I think Kramer also helped out with WASP.

 

[Chaplin]

Smashing Pumpkins!

Since when was Smashing Pumpkins underrated?

 

[mdamien13]

Catherine Wheel. The greatest band you've never heard.

 

[Beaver]

1. Alice Cooper
2. Deep Purple
3. Black Label Society
4. Silverchair
5. U.P.O
6. Soul Coughing (everyone knocks me cuz I like these guys)
7. Machines of Loving Grace
8. Seven Mary Three
9. Helmet
10 Steve Earl

Man, I could go on forever.

 

[Ryanwb]

Sugar Ray (they're my guilty pleasure).

Ah man! You must have to shower twice everyday

 

[Beaver]

1. Union Underground
2. Blues Brothers
3. Taproot
4. Local H

 

[Pariah]

Ah man! You must have to shower twice everyday

Three times, but the third is just for other guilty pleasures performed IN the shower. It's a vicious cycle.

 

[O]

I think Eddie Kramer helped out on a ccouple of their albums. (I was a huge Kiss fan and Kramer was real involved with Kiss)

I think Kramer also helped out with WASP.

Yes, we spent three months with Eddie in Bearsville New York.
He was fired when recording was finished and Ron Nevison did the final mix.

 

[thirty-two]

4. Silverchair

I loved "Frog Stomp" and "Freak Show" but their newer albumb "Diorama" or Dio whatever was SO completely not silverchair of the past. But I still like 'em.. just their older stuff.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

A band from Phoenix from the eighties, ICON.

Right Between The Eyes, right?

 

[Brian in Mesa]

I might be shot for saying this, and I'm more than a little biased, but I honestly think Hanson is way under-rated.

People just can't get past the Mmmbop thing.

I couldn't agree more. Funny thing is...we could play some of their more recent stuff and people would be into it, even Ryan, until you told them/him it was Hanson.