Underrated music artists/bands
 

Who do you feel does'nt get enough credit?

the question is, who do you feel doesn't get enough credit?

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pete doherty for me. he's seen as this total junkie twat waster (which he is) but if people would only give his music a chance.. (check out his bands, the libertines (now defunct :( ) and babyshambles) i let the music speak for itself...

he gets all this bad press, but hey, can't knock him, still a total junkie loser but he's only knocking into one of the world's elite supermodels (kate moss)

Basically any band I listen to is underrated. Their all European metal bands and they all get over shadowed by less talented American metal bands because fat drunk people don't like to mosh to anything that has a guitar solo in it.

Enough credit from whom? Artists usually get their due within the music community, but not necessarily fame and fortune. Music generated for mass consumption is like food generated for mass consumption: insipid enough to offend as few palates as possible, or pumped full of Unnatural Color #45.

Rx Bandits are extremely underrated. But I'm not too fussed: means I can still afford to go see them perform and get right up close when they do.

Butch Walker is one of my favorite artists, he had one big hit in the band Marvelous 3, but now kinda flys just under the radar, while gaining lots of fame for his production on current hit artists. His last album The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Let's Go Out Tonites is one of the greatest albums of the past year.

Hear some of his songs:

http://www.butchwalker.com/

http://www.myspace.com/butchwalker
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From whom? I mean, the general public as a whole. I was just asking which bands or music artists that you feel, would be under appreciated.

The Mad Capsule Markets are pretty unknown, but they do have a song that was featured in THPS3, and had a music video as a special feature on "Blood: The Last Vampire," otherwise, I don't think that they're all that recognized here in the states.

I feel that Genesis, perticularly Phil Collins. The media and the critics constantly takes cheaps shots at him. Even The Simpsons did, with Bart uttering in one episode " I used to be a drummer, now I'm nothing. Just like feel Collins." I take offense to that. Hell, a Kurt Cobain impersonator told me that Phil sucks. Finally, I recall VH1 including several of his songs on some kind of "The Worst" list. All of them never stated exactly why they hate the guy. But I'm sick of it. His status as a drummer and singer never seemed to deteriate, in least in my eyes. Even though his songs often incorporate themes of lost love, they are excellent songs. Typically featuring nice beats, and Phil's great voice, reciting lyrics full of wonderful messages. He is classic, case closed. Regarding Genesis, I found nothing really wrong with them. In America, they've been bashed due to sounding "boring", which I find to be quite immature. The lyrics are supposed to be intellectual, and rather thoughtful. Some may perfer something more akin to their needs, like Cannibal Corpse, but they just appear to be shallow enough to not understand the concept. Yet, they get alot of bad press. Even The Preacher graphic novel took a shot at them.

Ok these guys are not really underrated at all but my favorite band of all time Pink Floyd, I don't think gets a whole lot of credit especially in America. In London they are gods, but America I find they are not as great. The band's dark side of the moon spent a record breaking 14 years on the billboard charts.

Maybe they really are considered to be great in America but I still think (especially David Gilmour and Roger Waters' solo work) they have not really been given a whole lot of credit for some of their stuff.

Besides them I guess maybe the shins? I think the only reason they got recognized was because Zach Braff used them in Garden State but after the latest album it seems like they are getting some better press

would someone come after me with a blowtorch if i even mention APC?

haha. no not really, they're not that underrated.

i would say isis, neurosis...maybe not neurosis...and ladytron used to be underrated, but i think once their "destroy everything you touch" started hitting AE stores...meh. still awesome, though. outside of those, i listen to a lot of obscure electronica and industrial stuff, so there are way too many underrated artists to name.

Bleeding Through. They have awesome breakdowns and amazing keyboard work. Not to mention they can be very heavy at times ("City of the Condemned", "Love Lost in a Hail of Gun Fire"), or they can pull it back and be fairly melodic ("Line in the Sand").

Another underrated band: Darkest Hour. This is the band that Atreyu ripped their sound off from. If you listen to the verse riff from DH's "For the Soul of the Savior" and then listen to the outro of Atreyu's song "Someone's Standing on My Chest", you'll notice it's almost the exact same riff.

I'd say the Canadian group Delerium doesn't get enough credit nor airplay. They are kind of ambient and a bit of techno rolled into one.

Another group I like is a project called E.S. Posthumous. This sounds like
film soundtrack music (a bit of Orff's Carmen), mix in some Zepplin, and some
pop.