________ is underrated

[Kane Knight]

Originally Posted by Fabien Barthez Is it? Did you know she did artwork and sang on a few songs for 2pac? Did you know she has about 10 years of background as an amazing pop-culture artist?

Does that really fucking matter? If you're getting that kind of accolade, I think you've lost the right to call yourself underrated.

Though it is ironic watching Clox make that argument.

Potentially underrated:

• Buffalo Tom: BT was a band that was rather large around Boston, but didn't really get a lot of acclaim outside the Boston scene. However, if one listens to Buffalo Tom and then Third Eye Blind, it's very easy to see where 3EB's first record came from. Which is ironic, because one of the BT records was accused of ripping off 3EB. Heavily influential on the 90s alternative sound.
• La Peste: La Peste is another Boston area act who won the WBCN Rock and Roll Rumble, who had a modern Punk Sound back when the Ramones were off "inventing" it.
• Extreme: LOL Hair Metal. No, but they had several very talented musicians. Any band that can spawn Population 1, Mourning Widows, and Tribe of Judah should be praised.
• Brian May: Queen's Guitarist never really gets the praise he deserves. Best Guitarist Ever? No. But he's amazing, and often disregarded on this side of the pond at least.
• Siouxsie and the Banshees: Again, this may be different on the other side of the pond, but over here, they're practically an Also-Ran group. Also, Despite them being a British act, I've never spoken to a Brit and brought up the name and had them recognise it. As a side note, I need to fince Twice Upon A Time again.
• Ednaswap: Primarily, I only bring them up because the lead singer is so influential. I mean, the fact that her song "Torn" scored a hit for Natalie Imbruglia alone should say something, but then she's also written for some very big names, including Madonna, and penned hits for them. Ednaswap is cool on its own merit, but the success she had was fan-fucking-tastic.

I can probably name a lot more, but I don't feel like wasting the time.