Most UNDERRATED band of all time...

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muppet hi fi wrote:
07 May 2020, 5:09pm
Wolter wrote:
07 May 2020, 12:34pm
There’s no way this thread doesn’t just turn into “bands we like that we don’t think other people like enough,”
:lol: Yep, very true. So here goes:
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Wolter wrote:
08 May 2020, 11:37am
BostonBeaneater wrote:
07 May 2020, 9:41pm
Wolter wrote:
07 May 2020, 3:51pm
BitterTom wrote:
07 May 2020, 1:30pm
Embrace. Love all their albums, beautiful music, terrific songwriting, absolutely bob on.
There is no way you mean the Ian Mackaye band between Minor a Threat and Fugazi, is there?
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Pailhead!
Both had solid singles and then disappeared.
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BostonBeaneater wrote:
08 May 2020, 1:42pm
Wolter wrote:
08 May 2020, 11:37am
BostonBeaneater wrote:
07 May 2020, 9:41pm
Wolter wrote:
07 May 2020, 3:51pm
BitterTom wrote:
07 May 2020, 1:30pm
Embrace. Love all their albums, beautiful music, terrific songwriting, absolutely bob on.
There is no way you mean the Ian Mackaye band between Minor a Threat and Fugazi, is there?
Egg Hunt!

Pailhead!
Both had solid singles and then disappeared.
The entire Pailhead ep is solid, but I think it was designed to be a one off.
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Wolter wrote:
08 May 2020, 2:19pm
BostonBeaneater wrote:
08 May 2020, 1:42pm
Wolter wrote:
08 May 2020, 11:37am
BostonBeaneater wrote:
07 May 2020, 9:41pm
Wolter wrote:
07 May 2020, 3:51pm


There is no way you mean the Ian Mackaye band between Minor a Threat and Fugazi, is there?
Egg Hunt!

Pailhead!
Both had solid singles and then disappeared.
The entire Pailhead ep is solid, but I think it was designed to be a one off.
I forgot about Trait. I'll have to give it a listen for the first time since 1992.
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The Monkees.
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BostonBeaneater wrote:
23 May 2020, 11:35pm
The Monkees.
Definitely underrated in my opinion. Not sure if the most underrated of all time. Great band though.
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Kraftwerk might be the answer given their importance for inspiring both techno and hip hop, which in turn have come to dominate the mainstream, yet how many music fans think about them?
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/ ... l-exchange
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
25 May 2020, 6:59am
Kraftwerk might be the answer given their importance for inspiring both techno and hip hop, which in turn have come to dominate the mainstream, yet how many music fans think about them?
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/ ... l-exchange
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Silent Majority wrote:
25 May 2020, 7:27am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
25 May 2020, 6:59am
Kraftwerk might be the answer given their importance for inspiring both techno and hip hop, which in turn have come to dominate the mainstream, yet how many music fans think about them?
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/ ... l-exchange
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Yes when you compare how far reaching and influential they have been versus their own legacy / credit / fame ( for want of a better word).

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
25 May 2020, 6:59am
Kraftwerk might be the answer given their importance for inspiring both techno and hip hop, which in turn have come to dominate the mainstream, yet how many music fans think about them?
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/ ... l-exchange
I love Kraftwerk and agree they are highly influential. I'm not really sure they are underrated any more than say band's like The Stooges or The Velvets are. A lot of this stuff is generational and the best band's always continue to inspire others. With Kraftwerk new music can always find inspiration with new technology and see them as pioneers.

Bands like Can and Neu are equally innovative.
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From reading this thread I think one of my definitions of underrated is when a band influences / inspires / creates something that others use to go on to larger commercial success / fame / reputation than the origin, but without the origin would not have done so.

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101Walterton wrote:
25 May 2020, 6:09pm
From reading this thread I think one of my definitions of underrated is when a band influences / inspires / creates something that others use to go on to larger commercial success / fame / reputation than the origin, but without the origin would not have done so.
To be underrated is to lack recognition for what you've achieved. If you've inspired lots of people that is recognition in itself therefore many will rate what you do. Lots of people cite Kraftwerk as being an influence from techno and synthpop band's through to indie guitar band's.
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101Walterton wrote:
25 May 2020, 3:46pm
Silent Majority wrote:
25 May 2020, 7:27am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
25 May 2020, 6:59am
Kraftwerk might be the answer given their importance for inspiring both techno and hip hop, which in turn have come to dominate the mainstream, yet how many music fans think about them?
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/ ... l-exchange
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Yes when you compare how far reaching and influential they have been versus their own legacy / credit / fame ( for want of a better word).
I was always under the impression that they were rated fairly highly in the UK, compared to here.
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Starsailor. I always felt this album should have been bigger, the couple before were good but a little on the wimpy side. On The Outside, had more bollocks to it and it's unfair how quickly they were forgotten, take this one for example, powerful, great chorus and a spunky middle 8, what more could you want?


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