# Overlooked/underappreciated music (rock) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 2, 1999, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-underappreciated-music-rock/14005 "1999-09-02T00:09:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-underappreciated-music-rock/14005/41 "2000-02-17T04:35:00Z")
Should we start a Pre Nicks Fleetwood Mac thread? I followed them up to Bare trees. Others: Family (English) Kraan (Swiss/German) Omega (Hungary) Wigwam (Finland) progressive rock era groups all ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-underappreciated-music-rock/14005/42 "2000-02-17T05:41:00Z")
[ul][li]Kirsty MacColl.[/li][li]Translator[/li][li]Shoes[/li][li]Robert Gordon[/li][li]The Rezillos[/li][li]The Three O’Clock[/li][li]The Pooh Sticks[/li][li]Graham Parker (I know, but he’s still not as well-known or appreciated as he should be)[/li][li]Wreckless Eric[/li][li]Tav Falco & Panther Burns[/li][li]Joe “King” Carrasco[/li]The Searchers (sure, they had a couple of hits in the sixties, but they kept plugging away for years afterward and had two brilliantly done albums in the late 70s and early 80s that deserved much better fates than they received)[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-underappreciated-music-rock/14005/43 "2000-02-17T05:57:00Z")
Wow - last month someone mentioned Orange Juice, and this month we’ve got the Three O’Clock and the Pooh Sticks … things are looking up around here 🙂 My nominee: The Go-Betweens. They put out about half a dozen albums and every one of them was brilliant. Critics love them, other musicians love them, 95% of the pop-buying public never heard of them. ---
**Author:** ![Sweet\_Basil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@Sweet\_Basil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Basil)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-underappreciated-music-rock/14005/44 "2000-02-17T06:22:00Z")
THE SELF-RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS ! [http://www.selfrighteousbrothers.com](http://www.selfrighteousbrothers.com) “Have Fun With Your Penis” Sweet Basil ---
**Author:** ![George\_Gray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8edcca/32.png) [@George\_Gray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/George_Gray)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-underappreciated-music-rock/14005/45 "2000-02-17T08:00:00Z")
If it’s pretentious, it’s arty, it’s got guitars, and few people have heard of it, I’m into it. Pavement Flaming Lips Sonic Youth Brainiac Television Guided By Voices Richard Hell and the Voidoids X-Ray Spex The Dismemberment Plan Built To Spill Robert Fripp Soul Coughing * * * “The world is everything that is the case.” --Ludwig Wittgenstein ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-underappreciated-music-rock/14005/46 "2000-02-17T08:36:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Penneywise, … hardest workers in rock > n’ roll today Playing three chords is hard work? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-underappreciated-music-rock/14005/47 "2000-02-17T11:00:00Z")
Trumpy, I have just about every album the J. Geils Band recorded, from their debut to _Showtime_, including copies of _Full House_ on CD, vinyl, cassette, and 8-track. Generally, I agree with your _Love Stinks/Freeze Frame_ comparison, as they didn’t need the gratuitous electronic sound effects on the latter, but I think _Piss On The Wall_ was the best song on either album. Of the other bands listed so far, my collection includes recordings by Bad Religion, the Ramones, Suicidal Tendencies, Mountain, Pretty Things, Bloodrock, and Warren Zevon. Compilations include one song each by X-ray Spex and 13th Floor Elevators. And I had a Siegal Schwall 8-track. I’ll have to check out most of the other bands mentioned. Lately, I’ve been paying more attention to the all-female bands, since they don’t seem quite so angst-ridden. From the '80s, my most-overlooked nomination would be GirlSchool. Favorite album, _Hit And Run_. I still can’t find their first release, _Demolition_. From the last 10 years, L7. Three great releases in a row: _Smell The Magic, Bricks Are Heavy, and Hungry For Stink_. They’re great live, too. And since last summer, the Donnas _Get Skintight_, though I think they’re starting to get some recognition. * * * “If you’re so pro-life, do me a favor: don’t block medical clinics, lock arms and block cemeteries.” – [Bill Hicks](http://www.billhicks.com/darktimes/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-underappreciated-music-rock/14005/48 "2000-02-17T13:37:00Z")
2 words. The Undertones * * * J I’m a maniac, _a maa-ianac_ thats for sure, ANd Im dancin’ like I never did be-foor" Groundskeeper Willy ---
**Author:** ![bda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5e9695/32.png) [@bda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bda)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-underappreciated-music-rock/14005/49 "2000-02-17T13:50:00Z")
nice to see utopias woops wrong planet mentioned, also cheap trick. how about big star, katrina and the waves and lone justice? under-rated guitar players; neil young and peter frampton. ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-underappreciated-music-rock/14005/50 "2000-02-17T14:21:00Z")
Soul Coughing (so cool), Cake, Ozomotli, and what Wilco I know I like. Can anyone suggest a good starter Wilco album? I also think that Brian Setzer doesn’t get the credit he deserves for starting the whole Swing/rockibilly movement with The Straight Cats, but that’s another thread. And while they haven’t been around long enough to be overlooked, I am fond of a Boston trio called Guster. They have percussion instead of drums. w00h00! * * * Habit rules the unreflecting herd. - Wordsworth ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-underappreciated-music-rock/14005/51 "2000-02-17T14:30:00Z")
Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps. Carl Perkins. Eddie Cochran. Rockabilly LIVES. Oh, also The Charlatans. The FIRST of the great San Francisco acid bands, and completely forgotten. These boys almost singlehandedly created the Victorian Lace/Army Surplus/Cowboy/Patchouli melding that all we Grateful Dead/Jefferson Airplane/Quicksilver Messenger Service buffs enjoy so much even today. * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-underappreciated-music-rock/14005/52 "2000-02-17T15:01:00Z")
Josie Cotton, _Convertible Music_. One of the coolest albums I’ve ever owned. BS&T, _Child is Father to the Man_. This is the BS&T album _with_ Al Kooper, and _without_ David Clayton-Thomas. It’s a whole 'nother sound from what you remember of BS&T, and much more wonderful. Folksinger Si Kahn, especially _Home_ and _Unfinished Portraits_. A tip of the hat to Torgo for recalling Astrud Gilberto’s bossa nova vocals, which were great accompaniment for the Getz/Gilberto sound. ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-underappreciated-music-rock/14005/53 "2000-02-17T15:03:00Z")
John Larrigan: > [@](#): > > 2 words. > The Undertones Argh. How could I have left them off my list? Or the Bluebells, for that matter? In the clear light of morning, I see that I also omitted to mention: [ul][li]Brinsley Schwarz[/li]Ducks Deluxe[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-underappreciated-music-rock/14005/54 "2000-02-17T15:11:00Z")
-It’s a Beautiful Day -Liquid Soul And for those that think that Bad Religion is underappreciated, they are in Sega’s _Crazy Taxi_ for arcade and Dreamcast. ---
**Author:** ![dekayx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@dekayx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dekayx)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-underappreciated-music-rock/14005/55 "2000-02-17T15:36:00Z")
Todd Snyder - once opened for Jimmy Buffet. His “I Think I’m an Allright Guy” is a classic ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-underappreciated-music-rock/14005/56 "2000-02-17T17:11:00Z")
here’s a few more Pale Fountains That Petrol Emotion (first two albums) McCarthy (they’re semi-famous as Stereolab now, but were much better then) Game Theory The Rain Parade anyone on Cherry Red Records in the 1980s I could go on … ---
**Author:** ![Dirty\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Dirty\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Devil)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-underappreciated-music-rock/14005/57 "2000-02-18T06:46:00Z")
**Robyn Hitchcock.** _Brilliant_ singer/song writer. He’s got a small, rabid cult following, but doesn’t get any airplay or record promotion. Although Johnathan Demme recently did a movie about him called “Storefront Hitchcock.” It played at some local “art” theaters around the country. ---
**Author:** ![Born2Read](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cdc98d/32.png) [@Born2Read](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Born2Read)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-underappreciated-music-rock/14005/58 "2000-02-17T19:45:00Z")
Ike, you’re the best! You are the first person I’ve ever seen in any of the music threads that has even mention rockabilly. While we’re at it, how about Wanda Jackson, Big Sandy, Jerry Lee Lewis and the Phantom? Plus, my usual plug for the Persuasions. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-underappreciated-music-rock/14005/59 "2000-02-17T19:59:00Z")
Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-underappreciated-music-rock/14005/60 "2000-02-17T21:29:00Z")
Hey, Born2, where’ve YOU been? Only 65 lousy posts? Get on it, my man [woman], you’e got the quality, now get some quantity! We need more persons of taste around this joint… I didn’t include Jerry Lee 'cause I didn’t figure he was under-rated; after Elvis, he’s prolly the best-known in the field. Big Sandy? Wanda Jackson? That does it…I’m hitting the Oldies section of my local record shop tonight! Oh, here’s another one…anyone remember the HOLY MODAL ROUNDERS? Psychedelic folkies? Their first two albums have just been released on CD for the first time! * * * Uke [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-underappreciated-music-rock/14005.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-underappreciated-music-rock/14005.md?page=4)