Under-rated bands/artists (that we've actually heard of!)

[krusin1]

Let's flip the coin.

How about the bands/artists you think are under-rated.

PLEASE, though... let's not get too esoteric here - we've all got that special "can't believe they're not famous" unheard of band...

But, for the sake of conversation, let's stick to ones everyone's probably heard of.

Here goes...

Under-rated:

1. Creedence Clearwater Revival - good gritty stuff.

2. REO Speedwagon - yes, lots of ballads, but in concert they could rock.

3. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms is as good as anything out there and Mark Knopfler is one of the best.

4. Alabama - did they every do a song that didn't go to #1?

Next....

[Wino you know]

YOWSER!

Coral Reefer Band

Creedence Clearwater Revival

John Fogerty

Neil Diamond (GOD, I want to hear him live someday)

Gordon Lightfoot (VERY under rated)

John Denver

Karen Carpenter (the most angelic voice I've ever heard by anyone)

Statler Brothers

Bellamy Brothers

Alabama

Jo Dee Messina

Mary Chapin Carpenter

Dire Straits

Henry Kapono

Olivia Newton-John (if you've never heard her live you don't know what you've missed)

Sonny Landreth

Little Feat

JAKE SHIMABUKURO

John Prine

[ragtopW]

Heart

[pbans]

Let's flip the coin.

How about the bands/artists you think are under-rated.

PLEASE, though... let's not get too esoteric here - we've all got that special "can't believe they're not famous" unheard of band...

But, for the sake of conversation, let's stick to ones everyone's probably heard of.

Here goes...

Under-rated:

1. Creedence Clearwater Revival - good gritty stuff.

2. REO Speedwagon - yes, lots of ballads, but in concert they could rock.

3. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms is as good as anything out there and Mark Knopfler is one of the best.

4. Alabama - did they every do a song that didn't go to #1?

Next....

We saw REO last summer, they can still rock!
Got to visit with Kevin Cronin over a cup of coffee out in front of the Flamingo in Laughlin for a minute....it was pretty cool for an 80's rocker chick.

[pbans]

I think Firefall is a very under-rated band.....great song writers...awesome lyrics...just good stuff.

[PIA]

keller williams

dispatch

slightly stoopid


Oasis

Alice in Chains...

[krusin1]

Let's flip the coin.

How about the bands/artists you think are under-rated.

PLEASE, though... let's not get too esoteric here - we've all got that special "can't believe they're not famous" unheard of band...

But, for the sake of conversation, let's stick to ones everyone's probably heard of.

Here goes...

Under-rated:

1. Creedence Clearwater Revival - good gritty stuff.

2. REO Speedwagon - yes, lots of ballads, but in concert they could rock.

3. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms is as good as anything out there and Mark Knopfler is one of the best.

4. Alabama - did they every do a song that didn't go to #1?

Next....

We saw REO last summer, they can still rock!
Got to visit with Kevin Cronin over a cup of coffee out in front of the Flamingo in Laughlin for a minute....it was pretty cool for an 80's rocker chick.

Very cool. A guy I used to work with is cousins with REO's original lead guitarist. Always spoke well of Cronin.

BTW... I bought an REO Live CD a while back - recorded sometime in the last few years, and it seemed like Cronin's voice had... changed... did he have some kind of throat problem, or was it just that album, or???

(Also BTW... I love 80's rocker chicks. )

[SMLCHNG]

keller williams
dispatch
slightly stoopid
Oasis

Alice in Chains...

Alice in Chains is the ONLY one I've heard of.

[PIA]

keller williams
dispatch
slightly stoopid
Oasis

Alice in Chains...

Alice in Chains is the ONLY one I've heard of.

lol man....
ok ill add


the black crowes

stevie ray vaughan...

the moody blues....hahaha

[7lords]

Cheap Trick and .38 Special - I've never seen a band that has as much fun as either of these 2 in concert

[ragtopW]

I think Firefall is a very under-rated band.....great song writers...awesome lyrics...just good stuff.

I'll buy that..

[pbans]

Let's flip the coin.

How about the bands/artists you think are under-rated.

PLEASE, though... let's not get too esoteric here - we've all got that special "can't believe they're not famous" unheard of band...

But, for the sake of conversation, let's stick to ones everyone's probably heard of.

Here goes...

Under-rated:

1. Creedence Clearwater Revival - good gritty stuff.

2. REO Speedwagon - yes, lots of ballads, but in concert they could rock.

3. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms is as good as anything out there and Mark Knopfler is one of the best.

4. Alabama - did they every do a song that didn't go to #1?

Next....

We saw REO last summer, they can still rock!
Got to visit with Kevin Cronin over a cup of coffee out in front of the Flamingo in Laughlin for a minute....it was pretty cool for an 80's rocker chick.

Very cool. A guy I used to work with is cousins with REO's original lead guitarist. Always spoke well of Cronin.

BTW... I bought an REO Live CD a while back - recorded sometime in the last few years, and it seemed like Cronin's voice had... changed... did he have some kind of throat problem, or was it just that album, or???

(Also BTW... I love 80's rocker chicks. )

I don't know....he's had a lot of "struggles" chemical and otherwise, so could be....I was sitting out on a bench waiting for my husband...we were at the Laughlin Motorcycle Rally....he sat down waiting for them to bring his car around....asked if I saw the show, we talked about that....I told him I was a big fan back in the Hi-Infidelity days and that Tuna Piano still got a lot of play....he said thanks wished us a safe ride home and drove off in his Range Rover...I guess old 80's rockers drive themselves! He was very nice, though.

We met Dee Snider from Twisted Sister in Sturgis last summer, too....
he was just hanging out at the Broken Spoke.

[pbans]

Let's flip the coin.

How about the bands/artists you think are under-rated.

PLEASE, though... let's not get too esoteric here - we've all got that special "can't believe they're not famous" unheard of band...

But, for the sake of conversation, let's stick to ones everyone's probably heard of.

Here goes...

Under-rated:

1. Creedence Clearwater Revival - good gritty stuff.

2. REO Speedwagon - yes, lots of ballads, but in concert they could rock.

3. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms is as good as anything out there and Mark Knopfler is one of the best.

4. Alabama - did they every do a song that didn't go to #1?

Next....

We saw REO last summer, they can still rock!
Got to visit with Kevin Cronin over a cup of coffee out in front of the Flamingo in Laughlin for a minute....it was pretty cool for an 80's rocker chick.

Very cool. A guy I used to work with is cousins with REO's original lead guitarist. Always spoke well of Cronin.

BTW... I bought an REO Live CD a while back - recorded sometime in the last few years, and it seemed like Cronin's voice had... changed... did he have some kind of throat problem, or was it just that album, or???

(Also BTW... I love 80's rocker chicks. )

I don't know....he's had a lot of "struggles" chemical and otherwise, so could be....I was sitting out on a bench waiting for my husband...we were at the Laughlin Motorcycle Rally....he sat down waiting for them to bring his car around....asked if I saw the show, we talked about that....I told him I was a big fan back in the Hi-Infidelity days and that Tuna Piano still got a lot of play....he said thanks wished us a safe ride home and drove off in his Range Rover...I guess old 80's rockers drive themselves! He was very nice, though.

We met Dee Snider from Twisted Sister in Sturgis last summer, too....
he was just hanging out at the Broken Spoke.

[bravedave]

Paul Simon (yeah, he's under-rated)
Michael Penn
Don Dixon/Marti Jones
Mac (Jimmy's hairy co-conspirator)
Prince

[daddymention]

Most of the older artists that are still touring and/or recording today do not get much respect anymore and it's a shame...

Merle Haggard
Ray Price
Neil Sedaka
Billy Joe Shaver
Echo and the Bunnymen
The Psychedelic Furs
James Brown
Jerry Lee Lewis


and very under-rated...

Ani DiFranco
Dan Fogelberg
Dwight Yoakam
Mike Stinson

[RinglingRingling]

Cheap Trick and .38 Special - I've never seen a band that has as much fun as either of these 2 in concert

that tour they did together... mid to late 80s.. that was a show.

[TommyBahama]

Love Reo.......probably the band i've seen more in concert other than Buffett and The Beach Boys!!!.....Also someone asked if Cronins voice changed...didn't they have another singer for a brief moment on a couple of albums??


I think Styx was a little under-rated.....great in concert!!!

[SchoolGirlHeart]

The members of the Coral Reefer Band. I think someone here on BN recently referred to them as hired help....

[LIPH]

1. Creedence Clearwater Revival - good gritty stuff.

My first concert, great band that didn't last nearly long enough.

John Fogerty

Neil Diamond (GOD, I want to hear him live someday)

Sonny Landreth

Little Feat

JAKE SHIMABUKURO

Fogerty is a genius. Neil Diamond was on the Today Show Friday concert earlier this year, he can't sing at all anymore. He talked all the lyrics. Sonny Landreth is one of the best guitarists I've ever seen, and I've seen Clapton and BB King. Little Feat is just a great band, but the woman singer they have now brings nothing to the table. Jake is an amazing musician.

keller williams
dispatch
slightly stoopid
Oasis

Alice in Chains...

Alice in Chains is the ONLY one I've heard of.

I've heard of Oasis. I think they're awful, but I've heard of them.

Now for mine:
The J. Giels Band (or is it Geils?)
George Thorogood
Nils Lofgren from The E Street Band, he had a pretty good solo career going before he joined The Boss
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes

... and 2 others that probably not too many people have heard of:
Popa Chubby, a great blues guitarist
The Good Rats, one of the best bar bands I ever heard. I know it's not much but when I was in college they were the biggest band on LI.

[captenuta]

Badfinger: On record they were great and from what I read they were a great live band. Very sad that they were ripped off by their manager and then Peter and Tom both committed suicide.