[Closed] Underrated/forgotten bands

Pale Saints. Comforts of Madness one of the great albums (IMHO of course)

The stone Roses? Undersated/forgotten bands?

this is a long list of instantly forgettable painting by numbers songs/bands, you may like them boys, but sometimes it's ever so obvious that this forum is mostly full of 40 somethings.

I should get a login for my dad, he'd love this.

Blind Melon; possibly remembered for No Rain and Change...

It doesn't really surprise me that they've not been mentioned yet, infact it's testamony to just how forgotten The Beatles have become.

Truly original and inspirational, they still deserve widespread acclaim.

this forum is mostly full of 40 somethings

And mostly men, too. But don't knock us for it, that's just what we are. Happy to have all sorts join the ranks, of course, and it's not like anyone's turned away for not being a 40+ bloke, is it?

Lone Justice.

Lowgold, saw them a few times. brilliant live:

January, signed to Alan McGees label, the one after creation, was it poptones?

Blyth Power - post punk folk rock sort of..

One of the best British songwriters of all time is their Josef Porter, not to mention one hell of a raconteur - drinking with him post a gig at an English Civil War re enactment was a great evening. Plus he sings and sort of plays drums (keeps a good tight ship, nowt fancy, just how I like it) and the revolving cast of musicians keep things fresh, I don't think I've seen the same line up twice.

If there were any justice they'd be a lot more popular, but I think they are a little bit too clever for their own good.

40+ somethings, awe c'mon we're all friends here yeah? Does age really matter?? Nah for sure it don't. Anyways there are lots of Bands from a range of years I like, not just 90's stuff.. But the OP did ask for forgotten stuff, so thats what we're doin', just rememberin'.
And most of todays pop stuff is forgotten, is so yesterday, so out of it as soon as it's released.. Bit like Sheryl Cole.

Blyth Power - post punk folk rock sort of..

The band I was in back in the day opened for Blyth Power at the Duchess (Leeds). They were great that night. Signalman White the stand-out track.

Happy days...

this is a long list of instantly forgettable painting by numbers songs/bands,

So lead by example. Who are your underrated / forgotten bands?

Hi TSY, you're back! Are you starting a thread about your trip in THE BIKE FORUM?
I'm not joining in with this thread, because some of it is actually making me angry.

oh yeah, right... 😆

Ever heard of the millionaires? Them

The Grit. Well worth a look (whoever mentioned rockabilly) but not much stuff up on Youtube...

brassneck - Member

Blyth Power - post punk folk rock sort of..

Great, band, have a search, lots of fans on here.

This lot were brilliant, very influential and never got the credit they deserved:

+1 for The Monks, really don't think the likes of The Fall would sound the same without them. Proof if it were needed that "manufactured" groups are often the most interesting ones.

The Minutemen aren't necessarily underrated but I'm sad that all most people will ever hear of them is 20 seconds over the credits of Jackass.

Anyone with an interest in US indie bands like the Pixies and Nirvana should check out "Our Band Could Be Your Life" by Michael Azerrad, loads of great stuff in there.

fIREHOSE.

Absolutely fantastic band, just so right.

Still widely heard on telly as an instrumental accompanyment to football

"Bass guitar" - Sawt-id

this is a long list of instantly forgettable painting by numbers songs/bands, you may like them boys, but sometimes it's ever so obvious that this forum is mostly full of 40 somethings.

Count, lots of them. Grew up being dragged to Glasto and gigs, seen loads of these sorts of bands, my dad probably has most of this stuff on CDs.

Lots of this stuff is alright. OK, it's not music by numbers, that was mean. Sorry

Pale Fountains / Shack wouldn't be that well known outside of their home town of Liverpool (where they are deified). Classic band (nearly) lost to heroin and bad luck - such an obviously pop and accessible sound they could have been household names. They invented Oasis, though, so probably deserve some punishment.

[i]Asobi Seksu, Shearwater, Pretty Girls Make Graves, The Like, The Stills, The Shins, Wolf Parade, Freelance Whales, The Wailin' Jennies, Sharks Took The Rest[/i]

Emsz has got a point though (except for the 40-something bit).
Yours is a good list, but some (most?) of the bands mentioned were shit chart acts in their day and are best forgotten!

Oh bum, I said I'd stay away... sorry.

Trash Can Sinatras.

Pretty Girls Make Graves

The New Romance is a good album (by good i mean i like it 😉 ), saw them live when they relesed Elan Vital - not as good IMHO.

Trash Can Sinatras.

Some bands were forgotten for good reason.

The Trash Can Sinatras (now 'rebooted' as just Trashcan Sinatras), will forever live in infamy as one of the three or four worst bands I've ever seen. They were terrible. And I'm not a tough critic when it comes to that sort of thing. Just abysmal.

Some of the songs were OK, in a wispy-wee-Scots-och-we'll-be-no-bother sort of way, I'll give them that, but mostly they were dull at best, and I don't recall that they wrote anything worth listening to after [i]Cake[/i].

Mudhoney-so much better than Nirvana.....

but sometimes it's ever so obvious that this forum is mostly full of 40 somethings.

Hmmm Far better to be a 40 something on here now & to have lived than to be a non 40 something wasting my time on here..... 8)

The Shins are terrible.

this is a long list of instantly forgettable painting by numbers songs/bands

excuse me? if any of the stuff I've posted is "painting by numbers" it would look something like this

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young 'uns of today, think they bloomin invented music 🙄

I have said it before....Gene

lots of Scottish ones.. Gun, Silencers, Geneva, Associates, Goodbye Mr Mckenzie? Mull Histroical Soceity (sp)

seen lots on Jools Holland that did nothing after the show.... Olso being one

Gun are ace.

Finally got to see them live a year or so back, with Toby Jepson fronting them.

Speaking of which, Little Angels.

Smoking Popes! Not heard that in years. Thanks.

Also, this:

And this:

Good shout for Mull Historical Society there...

nickf - Member

Carter USM got close to mainstream success but never quite made it. They had a No.1 album but very few people can remember its name, let alone any of the songs on it.

OTOH they've sold out Brixton again in November. [i]Almost[/i] on the same day they shot Kennedy. Not bad for a band that split up 13 years ago

The Southern Yeti - Member

It doesn't really surprise me that they've not been mentioned yet, infact it's testamony to just how forgotten The Beatles have become.

Seriously? The most commercially succesful band of all time? Unsurprisingly nobody's mentioned them in this thread about forgotten and underrated bands.

What's next? Coldplay?

[i]Seriously?[/i]
Almost definitely not

Without being judgmental on what anyone else has said, I nominate, for the forgotten, underrated band:
EAT.

_tom_ - Member
The Shins are terrible.

grant lee buffalo

also depeche mode are totally underatted in the UK but massive everywhere else.

and before the "aint they a gay band" DM haters come along a bet you cant even name 3 albums! (and dont go and cheat and look on google!)

Depeche Mode? Forgotten? Even the bloody SATURDAYS covered one of their songs!!

Depeche Mode? Forgotten? Even the bloody SATURDAYS covered one of their songs!!

I'll go along with The Monks and add The Sonics and Chocolate Watchband
In a different genre- Close Lobsters

Anyone remember Electrasy and their album Beautiful Insane?

THey were around in 98 and had a single called Morning Afterglow which Radio 1 pushed. It's me and mrslister's song, even though it's about breaking up 🙂

+1 for The Violent Femmes - I'd like to see the numbers painring that they came up with. Most played in my head while digging trails.

Also That Petrol Emotion - very usefull when theres a need to tamp down the loose

Think they're split up now but I liked these guys

Oh and Hey Mercedes 🙂

At the risk of making LeathalD angry to these guys fit in the underated /forgotten bands who should hav been bigger?