re: Most Underrated Band of All Time?

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Simple Minds

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Did they have anything other than Don't You...

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Cheap Trick
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Dunno about underrated as a band, but She's Tight is underrated as a song.

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"Alive and Kicking", "Sanctify Yourself", and "She Said".

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Ah, yeah I remember now. Do not like-do not hate.

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Crash Test Dummies - Another group unfairly pegged as a one hit wonder. They had a unique sound that grows on you the more you hear them.

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Probably a top 3 for me on underrated. Their first album is as solid as they come. Absolutely love the Superman Song and At My Funeral.

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The best "young" bands are RHCP, Soundgarden and Tool - they're all my age or older

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Gleefully ignorant is gleeful, nonetheless.

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Sorry cool guy I don't even know what that stands for. And I have never heard of any of those groups you named earlier in this thread. Are they even "rated" at all? Where could someone find out about such awesome music? You would think they would be more available since they are so great.

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you know the internet is a wonderful thing in that so much is easily accessible. this is a thread about underrated bands. the entire purpose is posting bands that most people are not familiar with, but the bands had strong influences on music, or are currently releasing really good albums that are not just the same rehashed formula as many bands that gain a lot of attention (often undeserved). one of the marks of a great underrated band is when bands that come after them (some that become very popular) state how much influence they gained from these bands that most have not heard before.

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I agree about Big Star being extremely appreciated now. they're still definitely one of the great underrated bands of all time though given the fact that their albums originally received critical acclaim, but were not known because of poor distribution from a bankrupt Stax records and a lack of live shows.

and whoever mentioned Teenage Fanclub, I completely agree. they released amazing power pop in a time where most popular bands put out mediocre grunge.

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King Crimson

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certainly a well known band, but most people just know a song or two. I definitely would agree with you on them being underrated though based on In the Court of the Crimson King's influence on progressive rock.

blind melon
better than ezra
pure prairie league

actually think the Replacement have become underrated. They are slipping through the cracks of history. The punkers don’t claim them, and all prefer their contemporaries, Husker Du. The rockists don’t claim them, because they were left of the dial weirdos. And indie rock hipsters don’t claim them because they were too drunk, sloppy, and uncommitted to musicianship (and they are too busy fapping to REM). They are left without a modern fanbase to champion them.

And they are one of the best and most influential American bands in all of rock history. 20 years ago, I never thought the Mats would be a footnote, but they are becoming one.

And personally, its Archers of Loaf. Who are just a band who slipped through the cracks in the 90s. But a great damn band.

I f'n LOVE Hootenanny.

Blind Melon
Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Screaming Trees
Drivin and Crying

Interesting... Most people I know hold The Replacements in the highest regard... that said I guess I dont really know the musical tastes of the kids...

I think the genius and brilliance of the Minutemen are lost on the young generation...

I think Teenage Fan Club got their due in the 90's, but history has kind of cast them aside

There are so many good/great indie bands from the 80s-90s, but the indie kids today just pick and choose the cream of the crop from that era and move on... With the internet today, there is so much new music to choose from, I cant blame them... but the smarter ones will put some of that crap on hold and dig backwards...