2 very good bands. ( although I was slightly letdown by both bands last albums)

I've been lucky enough to see dEUS live twice - first time in the early 90s shortly after they released Worst Case Scenario (still one of my all time favourite gigs), second time a few years ago when they played the Latitude festival.

(I'll always be grateful to them for releasing Worst Case Scenario at the height of Britpop and giving me something decent to listen to. )

Hard Fi.

Badfinger
Adventures
Ordinary Boys
Fountains Of Wayne

I think maybe what 'my name is joe' is trying to say is that there can be a difference between being underrated and unknown.

For instance, dEUS you could argue are not underrated as such, merely relatively unknown in the mainstream - they have had a lot of critical acclaim over the years and they have their fair share of fans, so calling them 'underrated' is questionable, as few people out there are saying how awful they are, quite the opposite. They just don't get chart hits or any real mainstream attention.

'Underrated' for me implies artists who are often criticised or not highly regarded by critics or music fans, but are in fact worthy of more praise than they get, which isn't quite the same as not being well-known.

One Direction




Pahahaha

still kodaline..

Half Man Half Biscuit

The Felice Brothers
My Morning Jacket
The Handsome Furs

I saw the OBs live quite early on - they were a good little band. Nothing groundbreaking, but some decent lyrics and a lot of presence.

Preston's evolution into a reality TV slag and subsequent descent into obscurity undermined this. I bet the other members of the band really hate him now.

Love them, but they can be a bit hit and miss, especially if the subject he is joking about i know nothing about.

This one always makes me laugh http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glB6ZJfrEzs 24 Hour Garage People

The Beatles.

Well, they seem to be underrated on this forum!

the beatles couldnt be more overrated if they tried tbh..

You've just proven my point. Thank you.

probably not underrated but i'm surprised tame impala haven't had a bit more recognition, their last album was fantastic
agree with mew as a poster mentioned earlier though, kind of annoying how coldplay have such massive success when most people still haven't heard of mew [who are better IMO but kind of similar.]
could list dozens of bands i think deserve a bigger fanbase though!

Mew - first album Frengers was amazing. Not so impressed with subsequent output, though. Comforting Sounds is an amazing song.

Deus - never really got into them but loved Roses, Little Arithmetics and Suds and Soda from some years ago

Levellers and NMA - aargh! Run, it's folky agitprop. Fiddles and bodhrans and fake Irish accents!

Also:

The God Machine - 90s angsty / grungy. Better than Nirvana, I reckon

Six By Seven - British indie at its best at the turn of the millennium. Criminally underrated, overlooked in favour of post-punk copyist smackheads etc.

Neutral Milk Hotel - American indie bordering on the insane. Big hit with the critics, ignored by the public

Catherine Wheel - initially lumped in with the shoegazing scene in the early 90s but jumped that bandwagon after their first album and morphed into a heavy rock Talk Talk

Ultrasound - another band like Six By Seven who entered the indie world in a blaze of glory at the end of the 1990s and promptly disappeared after confounding the critics with an overblown, immense behemoth of a debut album. Returned recently with a brilliant song called "Welfare State" and were ignored once again.

Hard-fi

Squeeze - probably my favourite ever band, always felt they deserved far more success.

I adore Frengers - but I find both Kites and Stories are a just as good, somewhat less immediate perhaps but very rewarding.

Good call on Neutral Milk Hotel (although with Mangums unique vocals they were never likely to break mainstream!) and Catherine Wheel - love their first 4 albums, but Christ their last album was one of the biggest letdown ever!

Hurts - In the UK anyway.

I like Mew's later stuff.

I always thought Gun were underrated. They had a hit with a rock cover of Word Up. But their own stuff makes great 'driving music'.

Living Colour

Dr Feelgood
Hot Chocolate
Anvil
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Devin Townsend Project
Angels and Airwaves

Nada Surf
Mountain Goats
The Veils

^^^^
THIS