Under-Rated Musicians

[NoriYuki Sato]

Theory of a Deadman, because they stick to their guns, unlike Nickleback..they used to sound the same..then Nickleback got made fun of for always singing the songs that they sang, and then they went vulgar and annoying...Theory however, got made fun of even more than Nickleback, and is one of the greatest bands ever

 

[EzraPound]

I'd confer about Cat Stevens.

 

[jpoon]

Tool.

Everyone just claims that their songs are too long and weird. I say "Fuck you!" to such people.

Also, Radiohead. Yes, they may be very mellow, but it's still damned good!

So, you're an ass to people who voice their opinion on a band that isnt overlokked and are not under appreciated?

You know what, my one major complaint with Tool is the fact that all their songs sound the exact freakin same.

"well, you've never listened to a Tool c.d. have you?" That's the second most common response I get when I tell somebody that. The first one is a "nuh-uh!" or some obsenity followed by them crying and cutting themselves with the edge of their Tool c.d.

I actually own a Tool c.d. and I've seen Tool live. I listened to that C.D. from first track to last track and it all sounded the same. I had no idea when we changed songs. That is not an underappreciated band. That's a bunch of twats with instruments seeing how many times they can make the same damn song and how much money they can make off it!

Anyways, an unappreciated band I would say would be Tsunami Bomb. They didnt revolutionize anything butthey made terrific music in a short enough span before they broke up.

Are you sure we're all talking about the same band? Tool's songs are almost always different from the last. Every album they have goes from one end of the spectrum to the other. I can't say that any of their songs really sound like another except for the songs that are meant to flow into one another (Parabol/Parabola and Wings for Marie/10,000 days). They are one of an extremely small number of truely unique bands, IMO. Of course, it is all opinion so don't kill the messenger. =P

 

[leighjet]

carpathian..
australian hardcore band..
massive here, not anywhere else though

 

[cleverlymadeup]

i'm going to go out on a really strange limb and say Prince. mostly cause people just dismiss him as being too poppy, the dude has more talent in his left pinky than most bands do

 

[Jackson - Deathclaw]

Karnivool, starting to get big over here now
Paul Kelly, only because im starting to see the extent of his work for school
john 5
there are probably others but they don't immediately come to mind

 

[wastedyouth89]

Oh God where to start. There are so many. Ok I'll do this by genre.

METAL
Protest the Hero, Dillinger Escape Plan, Giant Squid, Opeth, Meshuggah, Psyopus, Dog Fashion Disco, Boy Hits Car, and anything with Mike Patton, CKY, Clutch, Type O Negative, Taproot, Machine Head

PUNK
Billy Talent, Minor Threat, Horrorpops, Wasted Youth, Street Dogs, Time Again

SKA
Streetlight Manifesto, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Big D and the Kids Table, Tip The Van, Mighty Mighty Bosstones

RAP/HIP HOP
Aesop Rock, Bus Driver, Quarashi, Danger Mouse, Gangstarr, R.A. The Rugged Man

ALTERNATIVE/OTHER
The Coral, Blues Traveler, Imogen Heap, Ben Folds, Birthday Massacre

All these plus most of the ones I've seen in the above posts. Except...

 

[LooK iTz Jinjo]

Tool

Stop lying they are not under appreciated.

I'm going to say Buckethead and Joe Satriani just because at least where I live most people haven't heard of them outside guitar hero.
Maybe we should start and OVER appreciated artist thread to go along with this one *cough* DragonForce *cough.*

 

[QuirkyTambourine]

I'm confused about Tom Delonge, he's a pretty awful guitarist when you compare him to people who have actually mastered the craft of guitar...Morello comes to mind if you're looking for a good rock comparison.

I'd say that Tom Waits is underrated in general, most people write him off simply because he has a voice that's hard to listen to at first. His music's great

 

[SonicKoala]

I'm sorry what? How is Tom Delong underrated. I'm gonna say that considering one of his bands was one of the biggest pop punk bands of all time, he is not underrated. In fact he is overrated. He's not a great guitarist or a great singer. Especially now that he has hit puberty and is still trying to hit those high notes (watch the performance of "All the Small Things" on Leno and you'll get it). Don't get me wrong I like Blink-182 (not so much Angels and Airwaves but whatever) but they are definitely not underrated. If you'd like to say something to defend him than please do so. This is your opinion vs. my opinion after all.

Just because they are well known doesn't make them any less under-rated. Yes, a shit load of people have heard of blink-182, but that doesn't mean blink has EVER been the recipients of any sort of critical praise. Everyone thinks of blink-182 as a joke, which they aren't. They are serious musicians who consistently turn out high quality music and have done so ever since "Cheshire Cat". Then again, I'm talking about blink-182 as a whole, not Tom Delonge personally - Tom is not a good guitar player, and he's a bad singer. But he's a good song writer, and blink-182 as a whole are a really good band; because of that opinion, i feel they are under-rated.

 

[r3lix]

-The Devil Wears Prada

None of my friends had heard them before me!!

 

[Lord_Coinage]

Jonathan Coulton, anybody?

 

[Tonimata]

ME

 

[Superior Mind]

There are a bunch of New Zealand artists who should be more well known but never will be due to their location.

Main one is Shihad. These guys are fantastic, they're even one of Dave Grohl's favourite bands yet they're practically unknown outside of New Zealand and Australia despite the fact that they've been going for 21 years.

 

[Tonimata]

Jonathan Coulton, anybody?

I appreciate him, does that count?

 

[Christemo]

Sonic Syndicate. IGN gave them a 4, but screw IGN.

 

[TSED]

Lol I just typed these guys out in another thread.
-August Burns Red
-Attack Attack!
-Chiodos
-A Skylit Drive
-Circa Survive
-Born of Osiris
-The Devil Wears Prada
-Hadouken!
-I Set My Friends on Fire
-Streetlight Manifesto

Those are my favorites, and like no one has heard of them it seems.

I was going to respond to this but then I realised you were trolling. ):


ANYWAYS: YES, BATHORY! How come no one knows about them?!

Tool: ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Frigging everyone loves Tool, only, they kind of, you know, suck. There. I said it. Tool's totally overhyped. No, shut up, you're wrong, they suck.

METAL
Protest the Hero, Dillinger Escape Plan, Giant Squid, Opeth, Meshuggah, Psyopus, Dog Fashion Disco, Boy Hits Car, and anything with Mike Patton, CKY, Clutch, Type O Negative, Taproot, Machine Head

Access Denied.

A bunch of those aren't even metal. Meshuggah is a little over rated (but not too bad). Machine Head is right about where they should be (though apparently they're all mallcore now, which sucks. I haven't listened to anything by them but The Blackening, and I intend to keep it that way if they're mallcore now). Opeth is way overhyped (boring progdeath. woo). Actually haven't heard of Psyopus and Giant Squid before (though Giant Squid is making me think of Blood Red Squid), but given the rest of your list...



Ok, metal elitist's opinion tiems!

Let's go wiiiith...

Lux Occulta, Warning, Primordial (underrated in North America, apparently they're big in Europe though), Enslaved, Decrepitus, Hanging Garden, Anata.

Yeah. I think I'm ok with that list. I want to say Agalloch but that's just because only metalheads have ever heard of them, where as any metalhead worth his salt already knows (and loves) them. Kind of want to say Acid Bath, but everyone knows Acid Bath.

Enslaved and Anata are relatively big, but they should be WAY bigger than they are. Even if Anata is basically the leading band of Techdeath already (though they fight for it bitterly with Gorod).

 

[aruseusx]

Bathory, the fathers of both Black and Viking metal, yet no-one seems to have heard of them, great shame.

I've heard of bathory, but haven't listened to them. I prefer Mayhem's style of black metal.

On topic:
The band Death. Good old chuck invented death metal and yet barely anyone knows about him. Death never tried to be brutal but be actually good at death metal.

RIP Chuck

 

[Kaboose the Moose]

Newton Faulkner I guess.

 

[Citrus]

Tool, the best metal or progressive rock band period! Far under appreciated yet they make some of the most thought provoking music and videos I've seen. Fuck yeah, TOOL!

tool is great, lateralus is a classic album for sure. But i personally believe the greatest progressive rock/metal band is porcupine tree. Steven Wilson, the singer, songwriter, lead guitarist, and producer is insanely talented. He actually produced three of Opeth's albums, Blackwater Park, Deliverance and Damnation.

If you can spare 5 minutes, i seriously recommend checking out this live video, shows alot of their different styles in one song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hezXFUPRme4&feature=PlayList&p=DB0DFDFA4D8E8385&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=1

Porcupine Tree are great (If you can't tell from my avatar); I'm actually just coming back from their show in Montreal... And it was awesome. It was at a pretty small venue so it was cozy. I spent half the show about 10 meters from Wilson. They played the whole 55 minute piece The Incident without stopping longer than for swapping Wilson's guitars or for him to sit at the piano.

It's been a little over 4 hours now and I still can't hear high frequencies well from my left ear. : P

I agree with these two people.

And Mr. Tea, you are a lucky guy; I live in Calgary, and as far as I know, Porcupine Tree has never come here and has no plans of coming here or anywhere near here. Which sucks, because they've been my favourite band for a while now and they look awesome live.

On-topic, yes, Porcupine Tree is a painfully underrated band. Great music, but nobody I know has heard of them.