these are ten great bands/artists who are almost never talked about.  Talk about them now lol

Big Star
The Buzzcocks
Todd Rundgren/The Nazz
The Zombies
The Dam*ed
Hot Tuna
The Flaming Lips
Al Kooper
King Crimson
The Pretty Things

I LIEK THE FLAMING LIPS VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY....

Ween needs to be here too, Goddammit.

Blue Rodeo and Tragically Hip, two really good bands from Canada.

8)  The Shippensburg High School Marching Band!    8)

http://www.vintageimages.net/misc/schools/Shippensburg%20%20PA%20High%20School%201908.jpg

Fast forward a few decades and move to the west and you'll have a picture of the current high school.


Or...if that's not what was meant, then I'd have to say Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder.

The Kinks
Grateful Dead
Warren Zevon(not a band i know..)
Hank Williams, Sr.
Tom Rush
Lou Reed
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Jimmy Buffet
Steve Miller Band
Donovan

Red Hot Chili Peppers


The Red Hot Chili Peppers get talked about a lot.  Maybe not as much as they used to but still.

For a list:

Kill Hannah (If I had to make a guess these guys are the next step in punk music)
Charon (just an awsome band all around)
Blessid Union of Souls  (they come and go with hits yet no one seems to notice them)
Tantric  (since 2001 you never hear about them)
Nightwish
Within Temptation  (I seem to be mention them and Nightwish on every board like this but they fit here too.  Awsome bands never talked about here in the US)
Hazardous Pedestrians  (my friends band so I had to throw them on here  ;) )
Custom  (this band would probably disgust many people but their songs are just so catchy)
Jimmies Chicken Shack  (fun band that had one hit and hasn't been talked about since)

Ok, I was only able to come up with 9 but its 3am so I have an excuse.  :P

Jimmies Chicken Shack  (fun band that had one hit and hasn't been talked about since)


I downloaded 'What do I do now' by accident a few months back. I love that song. It encapsulated a vibe for me at the time. Lol.  ;D

Mad Season
They only released one album (Above) but there are some fab songs on it

these are ten great bands/artists who are almost never talked about.  Talk about them now lol


Todd Rundgren

The Zombies


Dunno much about the rest, but as for these two :

Dang fine taste Billy boy  ;)

Blessid Union of Souls (they come and go with hits yet no one seems to notice them)


I like them, but I always thought it was funny that the two big hits that I know of by them --- 1995's piano pop ballad "I Believe" and 1999's alternative-tinged upbeat "She likes Me for Me" --- couldn't be more opposite each other, LOL! ;)

In fact, when I found out the latter song was by them, I was shocked - sounds way more like a cross of Nine Days and Third Eye Blind, but honestly, I like both songs.

Bright Eyes
Wheat
Rilo Kiey




~Beth

the velvet underground, the first alternative rock band.

Alright, well since I posted in this thread, I guess I better come up with a list! ;) In no particular order/era/style:

Loverboy - 80's hard arena rock/new wave could hardly get catchier.

Collective Soul - 90's alternative pop/rock band way underrated today (I hope their new CD 'Youth' doesn't slip through the cracks - it's their best work yet, imo!).

Tsar - Power pop/punk band circa 2000. I love their self-titled album - some of the catchiest new stuff I've heard in a long time (only discovered it by a guy recommending it to me at the used CD shop!).

John Cafferty - Guy from Eddie & the Cruisers. Did some great oldies-tinged 80's rock - say Springsteen meets 1962 meets Rocky IV - that's a general idea.

Survivor - Similar to Loverboy but not quite as hard. Just try to get "Is this Love" out of your head!!

Van Stephenson - Sounds like a dead ringer for Don Henley. Great 80's borderline hard rock, had a minor hit with "Modern-day Delilah".

Laura Branigan - Way more than just "Gloria" -- some of the catchiest, well-written danceable pop/rock of the 80's. I never got a full album of hers until after her death the past August (:(). I wanted to kick myself for that!

Eddie Money - I was hooked right when I heard "Take me Home Tonight". Catchy and somewhat hard rocking at the same time - same goes for all his 80's and early 90's albums.

Silvertide - Cool new band that sounds like a modernized Aerosmith in a way.

Buckcherry - Another modern/classic rock hybrid - like a more aggresive, alternative rock take on hair metal, but less cheesy/polished.

Rilo Kiey







ooh, nice choice

Bright Eyes is getting a lot of press right now,so I wont call him underrated or not talked about just right now

ooh, nice choice

Bright Eyes is getting a lot of press right now,so I wont call him underrated or not talked about just right now




You like saddle creek bands?


:)Beth :)

Ween needs to be here too, Goddammit.


you talk about Ween all the time...so I cant call them "not talked about" lol  ;)

You like saddle creek bands?


:)Beth :)


other than Bright Eyes, I dont think I know many other bands on the Saddle Creek label...I know his brother is on it....

You like saddle creek bands?


:)Beth :)



if its of any interest to you, Beth, here is the review of Bright Eyes Im wide awake it's morning that I did for my college's paper:


http://www.hofstrachronicle.com/news/2005/02/03/Entertainment/Bright.Eyes-853416.shtml



edit: it would have been nice to add the link in there lol

if its of any interest to you, Beth, here is the review of Bright Eyes Im wide awake it's morning that I did for my college's paper:


http://www.hofstrachronicle.com/news/2005/02/03/Entertainment/Bright.Eyes-853416.shtml



edit: it would have been nice to add the link in there lol




Very good article, billy.....I never noticed it until you pointed it out that he does if fact, sound a lot like Elliott Smith.


~Beth

I like them, but I always thought it was funny that the two big hits that I know of by them --- 1995's piano pop ballad "I Believe" and 1999's alternative-tinged upbeat "She likes Me for Me" --- couldn't be more opposite each other, LOL! ;)

In fact, when I found out the latter song was by them, I was shocked - sounds way more like a cross of Nine Days and Third Eye Blind, but honestly, I like both songs.


Yeah, "I Believe" and "Hey, Leonardo" are probably their biggest hits.  But they have had other ones like "Storybook Life".  Some other songs like "Oh Virginia" and "I Wanna Be There" have gotten moderate air play when they came out.

Underground Hip-hop:

Atmosphere
Sage Francis
Aesop Rock
Jurassic 5
Blacklicious
A Tribe Called Quest
The Phormula (very underground, local Oregon group)

Other bands:
Non-Take on Me a-ha (early stuff mostly)
Linkin Park (they get plenty of talk but most people don't like em)
Devo (it's all about Duran Duran and the Cure >:(  )

Out of many...  8)

10. The Sounds... along with Interpol & Franz Fernidand, '80's inspired band The Sounds have been compared to the likes of Blondie. Their debut album "Living In America" has many great cuts like "Seven Days A Week" and the title track.
9. Spandau Ballet... one of the most underrated new wave bands that wasn't popular in the US, but had many hits in the UK.
8. Dokken... should be ranked along with Van Halen & Def Leppard as one of the great '80's hard rock bands.
7.  Expose'...The best  of Freestyle  :D
6. 10,000 Maniacs... pre solo Natalie Merchant
5. White Lion... They're just as talented as Bon Jovi & Def Leppard
4. PJ Harvey...  One of the most underrated artists from the 1990's.
3. The Replacements... Best of '80's alternative
2. Devo... I agree with DevoRule that they're the pioneers of new wave.
1. Deborah Gibson... she still puts out great music as a stage actress, but doesn't get the recogition she deserves.

I don't think I could come up with 10, but I should mention that OMD and Thompson Twins always seemed to be living in the shadows of Depeche Mode, although I thought both were better than Depeche Mode.

Ash
The Flaming Lips
Talking Heads
The Clash (still underrated after all these years)
Hot Hot Heat
George Harrison (his solo work)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Pavement
Tom Waits
Tenacious D

Ash
The Flaming Lips
Talking Heads
The Clash (still underrated after all these years)
Hot Hot Heat
George Harrison (his solo work)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Pavement
Tom Waits
Tenacious D


Nick Cave and the Bad seeds is a nice choice.....almost forgot about them....also, here are more:

The Birthday Party
Television
Richard Hell and the Voidoids

Whole list? Here:

Voltaire
Ween
Grandaddy
Eels
Neutral Milk Hotel
Beck