LNBS: Most underated bands, who ya got
 

There is a ton of really good music out there that goes unappreciated by most people because they stick to a certain genre. Here is your chance to enlighten us all by turning us on to your favorite lesser known bands.

Here's a few of mine

Blind Mellon: Sleepy house, Change

The Black Crows: Wiser Time, She Gave Good Sunflower

Theory of a deadman: All or nothing, Wait for me

Sponge

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Huge Crowes fan. Their music is definitely at the core of the soundtrack of my life...

The Guess Who

Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac

The MC5

If we were back in the heyday of Myspace, I'd have at least two dozen posts for you... but the extent of my new music repetoire would probably rest here, with Greta Van Fleet

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The Mermen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSrAqghnmpI

Lesser Knowns:
For 70's era hard rock, Montrose.
For Blues, Junior Kimbrough
Singer Songwriter, Nick Drake
For folk-rock, The Pentangle and Fotheringay (getting out there now..)
2000s era rock, The Black Keys
Favorite female indy type, Cat Power.

Y&T

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mhxex1fprJk

Accept, Scorpions, and Thin Lizzy.

Dude. Well played.

The 1st three Fleetwood Mac albums are killer. Peter Green is one of my favorites. Mike Bloomfield as well.

Ditto. Crowes are a remarkable band. Have you checked out Magpie Salute? I really like their sound.

One of the most underrated bands of all time... Damnation of Adam Blessing

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These guys had a couple of albums that went virtually nowhere - but damn were they good!

The Pixies have a strong cult following, but I don't think they ever got their real due popularity-wise.

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Exodus never had anything close to the following of Metallica, Megadeth etc., but they were one of the better thrash metal bands, IMO.

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The Damned were one of the first (and one of the best, IMO) British punk bands during the era of the Sex Pistols and the Clash. They're still touring and making music (with a couple of long lapses and many lineup changes) and their music has evolved over the years. Very underrated, in my book.

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If you appreciate mellow, atmospheric electronica, think Brian Eno meets light jazz, this is a band to listen to

We're not talking woohoo rock n roll, just something to unwind to...Snayl has a special place in my heart

Tune in, and tune out

https://archive.org/details/WEFT_Sessions_-_Snayl

The Marvelous Three

Buddy of mine turned me onto them in college. They probably don't age well, but I still dig them. Might be nostalgia.

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April Wine

Bone Thugs -n- Harmony

The Replacements
Roxy Music
Big Dipper

Bands I haven't heard of in 20 years for 100, Alex.

Damn. I know you're my age, but I'm honestly surprised you heard of them at all. Surely you didn't listen to them, did you?

Since I'm a metal head (hence the Rockaholic name, although as I've aged I've turned more into Metalholic)

Mudvayne

Emmure

Sevendust

Nothing More

Wage War

Fire From The Gods

Beartooth

Slaves

I could literally go on all night.

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I've become a big fan of these guys, their sound is very Led Zeppelin-y. The lead singer has uncanny resemblance to Robert Plant in his vocals.

Their newest album is much better than their last from a technical perspective, the lead guitar is clearly trying to capture his inner Jimmy Page.

My **** sister did. I've spent my entire life doing whatever is diametrically opposite of whatever the **** she does.

Big Head Todd and the Monsters

The really cool thing about those guys, having read several interviews... is that they never set out to be Led Zeppelin

But the band itself just had that love for old school blues rock, then they added that singer... and it naturally morphed into a Zep II thing, even if they kinda try to downplay it during interviews

Compared to what passes as 'rock n roll' these days, I love them... their hearts in the right place for sure

The coolest part isnt that they're doing it, its that there is still an audience for great rock like that... it gives me faith in our youngsters

I was at the gym the first time I heard them come on, I heard what sounded like the trademark Robert Plant wail. I dropped what I was doing to Shazam them, thinking it was a Zep song I had miraculously never heard before.

You're exactly right, their heart's in the right place. It's not like some cheap imitation. They're pulling from the same blues rock influences Zep did, and they do a great job. Just coincidence in the vocals

The Strawbs
Wishbone Ash
Ambrosia
Anathema
Camel

Were it not for NZoner, I likely still wouldnt know about them

All Hail NZoner... :rockon:

So this is a hard thought to hash out in writing but I think you'll know what I'm talking about.

Jimmy page has a rif that he integrates throughout several of his solos in several songs. Kind of a building arpeggio scale. If Greta Van Fleet can come up with their own but similar thing, they are on track for legendary status

I googled it to see if there's a name for it, but it might be one of those things the average listener doesn't have the ear to pick up on. But it's kind of his default solo theme, that he varies and improvs

I've heard you reference the sister before. Please don't judge them men off her merit. They got skills.

Toad the Wet Sprocket

Nazareth

Right on. I suppose that's not fair.

The similarities to Page are undeniable, wouldnt argue the Jimmy influence at all

I'm just an ear player with little formal training, but Jimmies influence is undeniable with Jake Kiszka... dont care either way, love what those kids do

They're plenty young enough to grow and put their own stamp on things, I'll tell you this much... if they come around here, I'm there

RE: Greta Van Fleet. A friend introduced me to them a few weeks ago. Never heard of them before, but I really dig their sound. And yes, the lead singer is eerily a clone of Robert Plant.

The Suicide Machines

They're pretty well known in KC, but never reached the level of success they should have because of bad management.

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McClain still lives, or has a house in KC.

There was a singer about 15 years ago named Neal Coty who was great, but he only released two albums and then disappeared. Here's the lead song from his first album, which is a great story song.

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He was more blues/country on the first album. On the second album, he went very country, but even though I don't like country music I really liked his album. Here's one of my favorites off that one.

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Scorpions:
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Accept
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Thin Lizzy
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Deep Purple

I guess he went through some pretty serious health issues recently. Complications from the West Nile virus.
I wouldn't call Deep Purple underrated.

A Few really good local bands
Nave brothers. Great blues
Disco Dick and the mirror balls. 70's
Stolen Winnebagos. A bit of everything

Fun local bands that play around KC

Primus/ Les Claypool

Devil went down to Georgia is amazing, My name is mud is great, pork soda in general is pretty great

Deftones for sure; love the contrast of melody, from ethereal singing to screaming (with stellar instrumenals included)

The roots (not sure this counts as they were very successful)

Someone said Sevendust earlier- criminally underrated

Del

Flobots

Jackson Browne

I'll come up with more

The Verve

Seether

Not sure if anyone here is into dancehall music, BUT.. I present to you..

Vybz Kartel.... the man is a living legend in Jamaica. He’s almost like the dancehall version of Tupac legend-wise, but has more music than Lil Wayne! Lyrically there’s nobody in that genre that’s even close. He was part of a feud Gaza vs Gully that became such a big issue that the prime minister of Jamaica as well as the biggest drug dealer on the island at the time had to tell the parties involved to stop with it, because too many people were dying over it Too bad the Jamaican government hated him, and imo he was set up for a murder and has been locked up for many years. He pretty much predicted that the government would find a way to take him down, and they did. But what they probably didn’t count on was him being just as big of a presence in the dancehall scene, after many years of incarceration. He isn’t supposed to be recording music while locked up, yet still releases lots of music, and is finding ways to keep recording while locked up! He should be a big time artist in the US like Sean Paul, and Shaggy, but for whatever reason he never got the attention here he deserves.

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Ben Harper

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I put one of his songs in the 'Songs That Fill You With the Spirit' thread in the media center, and I know he is a MEGA-mogul [and he just had that bonkers interview], but I don't think enough people really appreciate how ably Quincy Jones managed to survive the backlash of the disco era and turn it into power pop of the 80s.

His stuff in the late 70s and early 80s was definitely disco-infused, but you could see the sparks of what Jacko and Prince sprinted off with soon thereafter.

And that's not even getting into Q-sound, some of the best stuff for the mastering business in a generation.

I'll leave Ai No Corrida in the 'Songs That Fill You With the Spirit' thread, and strongly suggest people go there to see it.

Slow it down for this thread.

Even if the music isn't your style, focus on the placement and dynamics and how tight every part of the ensemble is. Listen how you can pick out and place every part. Dude is a technician.

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:toast:

Here's another newer band I'm really liking

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That was a great band as was another KC original one whom Newsweek even pegged,"The next great rock-n-roll band"

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Also Dart,remember this gem from Shooting Star? I never understood why it wasn't on their greatest hits

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Midnight Radio might be the best night driving album ever. Right up there with Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Sessions at least.

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Thin Lizzy
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Great pick,easily a top 5 TL song for me personally

Nice,saw them live at Memorial Hall way back when.

Yep. That’s where I first heard of them as well in the thread from Nzoner.

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Another band called Indigenous is pretty good too

OK for you prog rockers I do hope you enjoy

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Speaking of Prog, I feel that Savatage is criminally underrated in that genre.

Probably one of the most underrated of all time - Our very own! Shooting Star

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5BqpvcWuyo

You're a little late to the party but I'll give you a thumbs up for another great song.

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I haven't heard that in many years.

I almost made this the first post in this thread lol

Good old no frills rock n roll, he knows how to get down on some lap steel :thumb:

None of them. All bands suck and are overrated.

:)


"Late to the party" is my middle name....... :)

Paul Collins Beat
Gary Myrick and the Figures
Dada
Chris Whitley
Dan Bern

Buckcherry

I will always remember The Rainmakers as Steve Bob and Rich and shows at one block west when it was one block west of KU Med Center. Steve Phillips has played guitar for a long time no in the Irish band The Elders. But I remember him in one his first band Fields who several HS buddies played in.

Was Shooting Star also once Morningstar for some reason I thought when they got their record label the name changed. I also remember Morningstar playing at a JHS or HS assembly cant remember which one.

Actually I could put the Elders in there with a Band that didnt get there just due.
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No, completely different band. I can't recall off the top of my head any of their songs, but I do remember seeing them open for Triumph at Memorial Hall one time.

http://www.kcmorningstar.com/

Gerry Rafferty a huge talent with Stealers Wheel, The Pacemakers just fell off the map became reclusive then died.

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Did you win those tickets to the Monster Truck Extravaganza at the Carson Fairgrounds? I heard Big Daddy Don Bodean was there with The Bohemoth.

:hmmm: