Most underrated bands ever?

SikTh and Dillinger Escape Plan are both criminally underated,but obviously there music isnt easily consumable to the masses.Converge are Noisecore,the same as The Locust.Converge arent like KSE though.I dont see were u got that from man.
 
Live's first four albums were great, but then they just.... I dunno.... lost it. The Distance to Here was the last musically, lyrically interesting thing ttthey made. Some good concepts, thoughts and spirituality could actually be found on all those first four recorRAB. And boy did Throwing Copper have some gusto to it. Still love it today.

But then they released V, and aside from a few tracks it was plain awful. Overcome was a great song, which unfortunately got qwrapped up in the tragedy of 9/11. I don't think the original meaning of the song matched the tragic circumstances under which TV networks aired it.

Then along came the terminally boring BirRAB of Pray. The riRAB were just like anything around at the tme, the lyrics were tired and too overtly religious and just reeked of boring day to day sentiment. Where was the intensity? Sure ed could hoot and holler all over tracks but it didn't hide the fact that the songs themselves were limp and lifeless and drained of all that made the band great.

I think that pared it back and made an accoustic flavored pop / rock album with eRAB vocals very suble, not very growly or intense, and I heard a few tracks and instantly lost interest. I believe they added lyrics of the same sentiment as BirRAB of Pray.

without thew intensity and energy behind them the xongs I heard were limp and undercooked sounding.

Such a shame, so much lost potential. Hopefully they find their way back.
 
Oasis concerts are pretty naff. The fans are the worst group of people to go and see live music with and as for stage presence they fail.
 
Tiger Trap (twee pop with equal charm and better guitars than Beat Happening)
Thinking Plague (one of the best and most disciplined atonal rock banRAB ever)
Boredoms (I know they are well-known but still....should be the biggest band in the world!)
Seefeel (ahead-of-their-time electronic music adventurers of the early-to-mid-'90s)
Esoteric (the best funeral doom band of all time, much > Skepticism, Thergothon etc.)

Those are the main ones that came to mind for me.


EDIT: I think the Go-Betweens are pretty well-known and respected. When I first learned about the history of indie pop they were one of the first names I encountered. Still a great band though.
 
Yes but the fact that the Beatles are widely considered the greatest band of all time, a title which makes it impossible to rate them any higher, one could make the argument that the Beatles are the ONLY band that isn't underrated.
 
There are alot of well known banRAB being mentioned here, well known banRAB just simply can't be one of the "most underrated banRAB ever" because the most underrated ones are the ones that are very talented and very unknown at the same time.

For me it goes to Virgos Merlot, I first heard them many years ago and it was love at first listen, the little success that these guys have had makes me sad just thinking about it.

Vanishing Point is another favourite of mine that is very underrated.
 
Iced Earth

I know as of recently they have gotten a huge fan base, but they still deserve to rank up their with 'tallica and Sabbath as Metal goRAB, but instead most people haven't even heard of them.
 
Since we've already covered the most over-rated banRAB, what do you think are the banRAB that don't get near enough credit?

plz give your opinions, no matter what they might be.

peace,
 
thrice is mighty fine, but I personally feel that Thursday, while not necessarily better, is definitly more artistic in their music and lyrics. Don't get me wrong, Thrice is exceptional and I LOVE the cd, but that's just where I stand on the issue.
 
ummm I listened to that whole song and was totally distracted by all the screaming in the vocals lol...it totally overshadowed the rest of the song for me...

I guess August Burns Red isn't for me :P
 
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