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
[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]
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.
THE SELF-RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS ! http://www.selfrighteousbrothers.com
“Have Fun With Your Penis”
Sweet Basil
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
Playing three chords is hard work?
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
John Larrigan:
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]
-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.
Todd Snyder - once opened for Jimmy Buffet. His “I Think I’m an Allright Guy” is a classic
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 …
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.
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.
Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers.
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