Your 'most underrated' band(s)

Octafish

Fatfingers said:

Has anyone mentioned XTC? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1NmJPwifMQ

Yeah XTC very good. Love their Dukes of Stratosphear psych tribute incarnation

Exorcist

octatonic said:

The Tea Party

Big Wreck

Agreed! And Matthew Good/Matthew Good Band - such a shame he is unheard of outside Canada, Beautiful Midnight is one of my favorite albums of all time.

Exorcist

PAW
HEADSWIM
Big Business
Crystal Caravan
Graveyard

PolarityMan

Prob no one has heard of them..its hard to even find good quality recordings on you tube but pulkas had a blinding first album and were all over the emtal amgs as the future of rock etc then completely disappeared...wonder what happened to them

Philly_Q

PolarityMan said:

Prob no one has heard of them..its hard to even find good quality recordings on you tube but pulkas had a blinding first album and were all over the emtal amgs as the future of rock etc then completely disappeared...wonder what happened to them

I have heard of them.  Dimly remember a bloke with short hair and a big nose who may have been the singer.  But I don't know if I ever actually heard them.

Edit:  Listening to their album now... it's good, if a bit unrelenting!  Trying to think who they remind me of.

Reverend

 PolarityMan said:

Prob no one has heard of them..its hard to even find good quality recordings on you tube but pulkas had a blinding first album and were all over the emtal amgs as the future of rock etc then completely disappeared...wonder what happened to them

I played a gig with them NYE 1999. Also on the bill were The Crocketts and The Yoyos (vomit everywhere)

builttospill

Sparklehorse & Mark Linkous, Mark was a fantastic song writer and much prefer them to the likes of the Flaming Lips & Mercury Rev 

Musicman20

At the moment, I'd day Failure...

Youtube them...

Kebabkid

Big Wreck, Jellyfish, Bourgeois Tagg and a lady called Rosie Vela (her one and only album had contributions from Donald Fagen)

Kebabkid

bingefeller said:

Strangeways!  Fantastic Scottish AOR.

Good call. Terry Brock was very nearly the lead singer of Journey.

PolarityMan

Reverend said:

 PolarityMan said:

Prob no one has heard of them..its hard to even find good quality recordings on you tube but pulkas had a blinding first album and were all over the emtal amgs as the future of rock etc then completely disappeared...wonder what happened to them

I played a gig with them NYE 1999. Also on the bill were The Crocketts and The Yoyos (vomit everywhere)

Were they decent live? I googled a bit after posting that and it turns out they tried to backout of their record deal and pslit up before the legal challenges were resolved.....talk about shooting yourself int he foot.

Reverend

PolarityMan said:

Reverend said:

 PolarityMan said:

Prob no one has heard of them..its hard to even find good quality recordings on you tube but pulkas had a blinding first album and were all over the emtal amgs as the future of rock etc then completely disappeared...wonder what happened to them

I played a gig with them NYE 1999. Also on the bill were The Crocketts and The Yoyos (vomit everywhere)

Were they decent live? I googled a bit after posting that and it turns out they tried to backout of their record deal and pslit up before the legal challenges were resolved.....talk about shooting yourself int he foot.

I don;t remember too much, It wasn't my bag. They were on Earache and a fair few  friends of mine have had issues when on Earache. 

Vibetronic

Reverend said:

 PolarityMan said:

Prob no one has heard of them..its hard to even find good quality recordings on you tube but pulkas had a blinding first album and were all over the emtal amgs as the future of rock etc then completely disappeared...wonder what happened to them

I played a gig with them NYE 1999. Also on the bill were The Crocketts and The Yoyos (vomit everywhere)

The Crocketts were mates from uni that I used to live with. Didn’t get to that gig I don’t think (some of back then is a bit hazy!). Went with them to a gig around that time one year, but it was in Aberystwyth and probably pre-1999.

hairmetal

The Dogs D'amour
Hanoi Rocks 
Great White

TonyR

• The Chameleons 
• The Only Ones
• The Style Council (some drivel but innovative and underrated nonetheless)

Kilgore

Camper van Beethoven
Pixies

ICBM

TonyR said:

The Style Council (some drivel but innovative and underrated nonetheless)

Good call. I think a lot of people missed that the songwriting was still very much in the Jam-esque sharp social/political commentary vein because the lounge-pop arrangements made the whole package sound much less aggressive. If anything I prefer it to much of Weller's solo output.

I'd probably pick Cowboy Junkies. Some absolutely beautiful songs, and Margo Timmins has one of the most emotive voices I can think of, but maybe they're just a bit too downbeat to have been more successful.

steven70

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PolarityMan

Sneaker Pimps

dogload

Octafish said:

Fatfingers said:

Has anyone mentioned XTC? 

Yeah XTC very good. Love their Dukes of Stratosphear psych tribute incarnation

I've never considered XTC under-rated. They always had hits, and they managed to get critical acclaim too. Possibly not a household name these days because Andy Partridge wasn't of the Sting/ Bono persuasion (thank fuck).

If you like The Dukes then you may like Plasticland - another homage to psychedelia (although a little less tongue-in-cheek). And under-rated (in as much as largely unknown/ forgotten!).