Most Underrated Band

NapoleonInRags · 05-02-2016 6:01pm

:eek: 19 pages and no mention of these legends......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XDmasbARtE

callaway92 · 05-02-2016 8:17pm

Foals?

Diemos · 05-02-2016 8:22pm

The Deftones

Sprog 4 · 06-02-2016 12:13am

Has to be Ween. Super talented bunch of lads. Never really made the big time - possibly due to poor record labels and choices for singles or possibly due to their refusal to settle into one particular style. Their songs have made me laugh and cry sometimes both at once.

boobar · 06-02-2016 1:04am

The Cure

Brilliant live band, seriously guitar sound, fantastic lyrics.

06-02-2016 8:04am

Diemos wrote: »

The Deftones

The Deftones that have sold 10 million albums and whose members have made tens of millions?

Underrated?

06-02-2016 8:11am

boobar wrote: »

The Cure

Brilliant live band, seriously guitar sound, fantastic lyrics.

The Cure, with almost 30 million album sales?

How is a band that have had album after album in the top 10 over 2 or 3 decades underrated? They are by any stretch HUGE. Personally I think a vastly vastly overrated band, a pop band with some pudgy singer with hair spray who did pretend goth to foist their silly dirge like Lovecats on the goth masses in the 80s. Now if you went for other goth outfits like the Sisters of Mercy I'd understand, but not the biggest most popular hugest one ever that was like in MTV 24/7 in the early 90s.

Arne_Saknussem · 06-02-2016 1:28pm

Deleted User wrote: »

The Cure, with almost 30 million album sales?

How is a band that have had album after album in the top 10 over 2 or 3 decades underrated? They are by any stretch HUGE. Personally I think a vastly vastly overrated band, a pop band with some pudgy singer with hair spray who did pretend goth to foist their silly dirge like Lovecats on the goth masses in the 80s. Now if you went for other goth outfits like the Sisters of Mercy I'd understand, but not the biggest most popular hugest one ever that was like in MTV 24/7 in the early 90s.

I think you underrate them slightly

Titzon Toast · 06-02-2016 1:41pm

Sprog 4 wrote: »

Has to be Ween. Super talented bunch of lads. Never really made the big time - possibly due to poor record labels and choices for singles or possibly due to their refusal to settle into one particular style. Their songs have made me laugh and cry sometimes both at once.

Never heard of these guys before, but I'm intrigued about them now.
Thanks for posting that song.

Mesrine65 · 06-02-2016 1:46pm

nuckeythompson · 06-02-2016 6:15pm

An Emotional Fish

Junk Puppets was one of my all time favourite Irish albums of all time

nuckeythompson · 06-02-2016 6:15pm

An Emotional Fish

Junk Puppets was one of my all time favourite Irish albums of all time

timthumbni · 06-02-2016 7:46pm

Future Islands. Saw them for the first time on Jools Hollands hootenanny show on New Year's Eve.

Now that's what I call a front man. Whatever the lead singer is on I want my name put down for a tonne of that.

Other bands now just pale into insignificance.

Ulysses Gaze · 07-02-2016 12:01am

Has to be these guys

Kettleson · 07-02-2016 7:44pm

timthumbni wrote: »

Future Islands. Saw them for the first time on Jools Hollands hootenanny show on New Year's Eve.

Now that's what I call a front man. Whatever the lead singer is on I want my name put down for a tonne of that.

Other bands now just pale into insignificance.

Def...however I thought the sound on Jools Holland was dreadful....not the bands fault. For me, their appearance on Letterman was one of the best performances of that year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK4lD3Uf8_o

wakka12 · 07-02-2016 7:46pm

Feels more like a which bands have become less popular than they used to be thread

Kettleson · 07-02-2016 7:58pm

.....going back a few years, 1998 and definitely underrated. Still going probably, now and again.

Leatherface. "Not Superstitious".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URmg0Zg3uzQ

jobless · 07-02-2016 8:01pm

timthumbni wrote: »

Future Islands. Saw them for the first time on Jools Hollands hootenanny show on New Year's Eve.

Now that's what I call a front man. Whatever the lead singer is on I want my name put down for a tonne of that.

Other bands now just pale into insignificance.

I love this band..... had the pleasure of seeing them at electric picnic

Baron Kurtz · 07-02-2016 8:07pm

The Prayer Boat
Pony Club

These Irish bands had something once upon a time but failed to catch a huge audience. I have a pleased indifference about this all the same.

Kettleson · 07-02-2016 8:11pm

Posted on Sound Cloud 12 days ago, with 417 views.

"The 202's". Oh My My.

https://soundcloud.com/202s/oh-my-my

DanielODonnell · 07-02-2016 8:58pm

Evanescence as most people only are aware of the few songs that were in the pop charts.

Anesthetize · 07-02-2016 10:21pm

Evanescence are a watered-down version of The Gathering aimed at teenage girls.

BO-JANGLES · 08-02-2016 8:24am

Aslan and Walking on cars.

AnonoBoy · 08-02-2016 8:59am

Menomena.

First three albums were brilliant.

08-02-2016 3:05pm

timthumbni wrote: »

Future Islands. Saw them for the first time on Jools Hollands hootenanny show on New Year's Eve.

Yeah I saw that too. Spent the whole performance staring at it going "Oh dear god - what is that man doing" then when he did the growl thing I thought "Oh god its getting worse".

Then when it was over I realised I had really enjoyed it - even though I had not noticed enjoying it while it was actually happening.

Checked out their website. Appear to have no tour dates listed. Rather they have an old still .txt file of shows they did in the past.

And judging by their Facebook page they did an unscheduled "All Bowie" night in some pub local to them. Have yet to see anyone upload you tube footage of that though. I bet it would be a sight.

Wichita Lineman · 08-02-2016 4:38pm

Sadly now on hiatus but I love a band called 'Red Molly'. I found them on youtube and amazingly a short while later they came and played in Athboy so I popped along and thought it was a brilliant show. Americana is the genre I suppose but they seem to do a little bit of every area - bar thrash metal perhaps.

AnonoBoy · 08-02-2016 10:26pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Yeah I saw that too. Spent the whole performance staring at it going "Oh dear god - what is that man doing" then when he did the growl thing I thought "Oh god its getting worse".

Then when it was over I realised I had really enjoyed it - even though I had not noticed enjoying it while it was actually happening.

Checked out their website. Appear to have no tour dates listed. Rather they have an old still .txt file of shows they did in the past.

And judging by their Facebook page they did an unscheduled "All Bowie" night in some pub local to them. Have yet to see anyone upload you tube footage of that though. I bet it would be a sight.

They played Vicar St. at the end of 2014 - phenomenal show apparently!

YFlyer · 09-02-2016 1:56am

The Wedding Present.

Ally Dick · 09-02-2016 1:59am

One of the most overrated bands ever is Arcade Fire. What's that all about ? Every song more than similar, and a lead singer who sings identically to David Byrne !