# The most underrated band/artist ever... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 6, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-underrated-band-artist-ever/186608 "2003-07-06T19:22:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-underrated-band-artist-ever/186608/21 "2003-07-07T20:38:24Z")
The late **Danny Gatton** was a brilliant player who never really got the recognition he deserved. His CD “88 Elvira Street” is a masterpiece. He recorded a few more before he died by his own hand. He appeared on Austin City Limits once. He played a stunning slide guitar number with a full beer bottle foaming all over the neck of his Telecaster. Without missing a lick, he put down the bottle, draped a towel over the guitar, and continued to dazzle the audience, _playing through the towel!_ ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-underrated-band-artist-ever/186608/22 "2003-07-07T21:23:20Z")
The Smiths. Way better than The Beatles. ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-underrated-band-artist-ever/186608/23 "2003-07-07T23:23:37Z")
Jeff Buckley. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-underrated-band-artist-ever/186608/24 "2003-07-09T07:46:57Z")
anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-underrated-band-artist-ever/186608/25 "2003-07-09T08:22:30Z")
The most under-rated artist is [Joe Satriani](http://www.satriani.com/). Maybe the best guitarist who ever lived. Some of the most expressive instrumental music ever (IMHO). ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-underrated-band-artist-ever/186608/26 "2003-07-09T11:39:30Z")
Joe Jackson - for diversity, originality, sheer guts ---
**Author:** ![Phoebestar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Phoebestar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phoebestar)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-underrated-band-artist-ever/186608/27 "2003-07-09T15:28:40Z")
Some of the artists I really like are considered “one-hit wonders”, meaning they had one or two hits and fell off the charts. The public never delves into the rest of their body of work to see how great it is. Jill Sobule is one example. She had a hit with “Kissed a Girl”, and people forgot about her. Her lyrics are wonderful, and I find her songs touching, funny, and wry. Cracker is another example: They had the hit “Low”, and disappeared. Their latest album, “Forever”, is great, and they’re wonderful to see live. On the non-one hit wonder front, I think a now-defunct band called The Uninvited was a really cool group. Catchy, funny songs. A band called The Push Stars has had a few songs on soundtracks, but both of their albums I have are really nice solid power-pop, and I don’t understand why they have yet to “hit it big”. As Ben Fold is one of my favorite artists (I’ve seen five times solo, one time with the Five), I will have to agree he is highly underrated. Very little from his solo album got any airplay, but it’s probably one of my favorite albums of the past five years. He’s touring with Tori Amos this summer (another of my favorites, although I don’t think she’s underrated anymore.) I think I’m going to go blind and deaf after this experience. hehe. URLs for above artist, so you may explore: > **[Jill Sobule Official Website](https://www.jillsobule.com)** > > Jill Sobule official home on the internets! Show dates, news, theatre and all things Jill > **[Cracker](https://www.crackersoul.com/)** > > Home page of Cracker, from richmond va / redlands ca > **[The Uninvited | Official Band Website - The Uninvited](https://uninvited.com/)** > > \[et\_pb\_section fb\_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” module\_id=”home” \_builder\_version=”4.9.0″ \_module\_preset=”default” background\_color=”#000000″ custom\_css\_main\_element=”margin-top: -80px;” global\_module=”189″ custom\_css\_main\_element\_last\_edited=”on|phone”... [www.pushstars.com](http://www.pushstars.com) > **[Ben Folds](https://www.benfolds.com/)** > > Throughout his career, Folds has created an enormous body of genre-bending musical art that includes pop albums as the front man for Ben Folds Five, multiple solo rock albums, as well as unique collaborative records with artists from Sara Bareilles... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-underrated-band-artist-ever/186608.md?page=1)