Under-Appreciated Artists?

[Volunteer_Kirby]

Seconding Husker Du! Good choice.

#1 Under-Appreciated Artist goes to Jeff Magnum of Neutral Milk Hotel. :clapping:

Genres:
Post-Rock - Talk Talk (late 80s early 90s)
Folk Rock - Pearls Before Swine (late 60s?)
Indie Rock - Circulatory System (mid 00s)
90s Rock - Brainiac (mid to late 90s)
Reggae - Linton Kweli Johnson (70s, 80s)
Soul - Donny Hathaway (late 70s,early 80s)
Rap - Del (present)
Bluegrass - Trampled By Turtles (present)

 

[blupotato]

the twinkle brothers.

 

[volinbham]

Husker Du, this has been my jam the past week:
YouTube - Husker Du- Dont wanna know if you are lonely

I had several Bob Mould solo works. I need to move back into some Husker Du.

 

[cd12]

My vote goes to...

 

[VOODOOVOL]

Tommy Bolin


YouTube - PEOPLE PEOPLE BY TOMMY BOLIN

 

[cwil4]

Talib Kweli

 

[cwil4]

Been listening to Common lately.

This guy is great at what he does but seemingly never gets the love he should.

Helps when Kanye is in your corner but he has been great since the 90's.

YouTube - Common ft. Dwele - The People

I Used to Love H.E.R. is one of the greatest hip hop songs of all time.

 

[Roughneck]

#1 Under-Appreciated Artist goes to Jeff Magnum of Neutral Milk Hotel. :clapping:

Believe it or not, he is going on tour this fall.

 

[Brave Volunteer]

Dream Theater! They have a very loyal following but have never really broken huge in the music scene. These guys are mega talented and have written some very cool, very complex pieces of music.

 

[volinbham]

Gotta add The Mekons; purveyors of one of the great rock anthems of all time

YouTube - Mekons "Memphis Egypt"

born inside the belly of rock'n'roll

 

[volinbham]

While I'm at it I'll throw in The Fall with the best mumbler of all time Mark E. Smith

YouTube - The Fall - Paint Work

YouTube - The Fall - Cab It Up!

 

[volinbham]

Can't resist one more from The Fall

YouTube - The Fall - New Big Prinz

 

[volinbham]

While I'm living in the past - how about The Feelies?

YouTube - the feelies - crazy rhythms

 

[volinbham]

How about The dB's?

YouTube - The dB's "Amplifier"

 

[volinbham]

Rocket from the Tombs version of Ain't it Fun.

So good

YouTube - Rocket From The Tombs - Ain't It Fun

 

[volinbham]

I'm on a punk roll - how about The Damned? With names like Captain Sensible and Rat Scabies how could you go wrong?

YouTube - The Damned-NEAT NEAT NEAT

 

[volinbham]

No one's stopping me so here's another under appreciated punk/pop pioneer - The Buzzcocks.

YouTube - The Buzzcocks Ever fallen in love

YouTube - Buzzcocks - Orgasm Addict

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4n8OXPj6AU&feature=related

the last one has a shout out to Ralph Nader

 

[volinbham]

How about The Tubes? The first vid shows one persona - crazy Glam with live shows bordering on live sex acts and the second the "hit" years of The Completion Backwards Principle with Talk to ya Later and She's a Beauty. A lot of late comers had no idea what the back catalog was like.

Also the second includes the Fishin' Musician from SCTV

YouTube - The Tubes doing White Punks On Dope

YouTube - SCTV, 7/24/81 - "THE FISHIN' MUSICIAN" WITH THE TUBES

 

[volinbham]

Montrose - see if you recognize the vocalist.

YouTube - Montrose- Rock the Nation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8T_PQoTC30&feature=related

 

[volinbham]

Last one for a while - Ozark Mountain Daredevils - had mild hits with If You Want to Get to Heaven and Jackie Blue. They really put out some great stuff in a short period.

YouTube - Chicken Train / Ozark Mountain Daredevils

 

[Brave Volunteer]

Montrose - see if you recognize the vocalist.

YouTube - Montrose- Rock the Nation

YouTube - Montrose- Bad Motor Scooter

:rock::rock:

"Cuz you're rock candy baby!! You're hard, sweet and sticky."

Gotta love lyrics like that!

 

[MadcapLaughs]

While I'm at it I'll throw in The Fall with the best mumbler of all time Mark E. Smith

YouTube - The Fall - Paint Work

YouTube - The Fall - Cab It Up!

Steve Malkmus agrees with this. Smith still as uncompromising as ever, did that song with Gorillaz, then said how bad they suck in every interview.

while I'm at it, I'll add malkmus and Damon Albarn to the list.

Ray Davies still unquestionably number one. god save the Kinks.

 

[volinbham]

You a Can fan at all Madcap? The Fall's "I am Damo Suzuki" is a brilliant tribute to Can.

 

[VOLFREAK11]

Corey Smith

 

[NashVol11]

Common is a good one.
The Black Keys.
RATATAT.
The Fugees.
Atmosphere.
Pete Rock & CL Smooth.
I don't think Neil Young gets the respect he deserves, but that might just be the people I'm around.