ok what do you think was the most underated 90`s band
forget blur oasis or plup
is it someone like mansun, placbo or maybe sleeper what do you think was the most underated
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tiger...
maybe.
SMART WENT CRAZY
End of thread go home.
what a great band!
!
FLOWERED UP!!
WEEEEEKENDER
The Boo Radleys
Few other bands have ever covered such a wide range of styles, let alone aced every single one. Martin Carr is a genius.
Perhaps...
Prolapse. Or maybe Presidents of the USA.
I'm tempted to go for Prolapse as well.
Italian Flag certainly deserves "lost classic" status. As does Catherine Wheel's "Ferment".
GOD yes
prolapse all the way.
special mention to longpigs.
Remind me please
Were Prolapse like a 90's version of Los Campesinos?
nope
definitely not
they were like a holy union
between arab strap, stereolab and sonic youth.
with other good things thrown in there for good measure.
i know i have some of there early singles
but i cant remember how they sound. Is Huggy Bear a good reference?
Not really
Somewhere inbetween Stereolab, The Fall, Th' Faith Healers, Joy Division, Gang of Four and a host of late 80s scratchy guitar bands.
changed my mind
yeah prolapse, or ac acoustics.
YESSSSSSSSS
THE BOO RADLEYS
without question
end of story
Yes yes
Another vote for The Boo Radleys from this corner.
salad
P.E.E
One band that all the Kinsella kids should check out. Criminally unheard of.
I'd like to add
Karate to this list.
Mansun
:D
hammerhead
or god bullies
SHUDDER TO THINK
^5
Dr. Phibes and teh Hosue Of Wax Equations...
fuck yeah!
Arab On Radar
perhaps?
Have we not just had this thread?
Lovesick
sleeper.
The Chainsaw Kittens !
i thought not
Geneva
were seriously underrated. two superb LPs.
agreed
album 1's a corker
2's got their best few songs
vastly underated
menswe@r? :)
ah fuck.. thats not even funny...
i sincerely hope they all work in mcdonalds now...
Sadly not...
Their guitarist Simon White now manages Bloc Party and Les Savy Fav.
Another works at a call centre in Brighton
can't remember his name
but one of menswear worked in "Sherrys" - the quality purveyour of cheap mod knock off stuff off carnaby st for quite a number of years after menswear imploded.
menswe@r were alright
i know simon a bit and he seems like a nice bloke and a great manager.
anyway my vote is for SLEEPER. they really were one of the very best Britpop bands.
No, seriously
breathe deeper, daydreamer.
Didn't one die?
Cap'n Jazz
Should have been like the most successful band of all time. Or something.
jejune
christie front drive
SAMIAM
SAMIAM - YES
lullaby is a great tune.
CHRISTIE FRONT DRIVE
STEREO = YES.
I THINK I LOVE YOU.
Do you like Lovesick?
Of course!
My band rips them off regularily.
YAY!
Samiam!
Also, Jawbreaker
kiss the bottle!
Senser
First album only, mind.
oooh fuck yes
senser were very good.
Senser - Age of Panic (Glastonbury 94')
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4QvZzqCjik
I was there, back when they still had decent line-ups!
I saw Senser in about '92
Totally amazing, so get my vote.
that bird
...she wasnt in the original line up was she??, I first saw them at soton uni early 90's and im sure the chick in the band then was a lot sexier than that.....or id downed my quota of Newcastle brown and the beer goggles were well and truly on,either way they were the fackin bomb
Thinking Fellows Union Local 282
was anyone else a fan of this band?
like a very oddball pavement
Loads of 90s bands
are horrendously underrated. Jacob's Mouse, Boo Radleys, Carter USM, Longpigs, AC Acoustics, Marion... It's always fun meeting people who agree, though, so you can have a nerdy 2 hour conversation about your favourite Longpigs b-side, or the genius of 'Giant Steps', or the aceness of the unexpected drum pause at the start of the second verse of 'Dolphin' by Shed Seven. Which is, incidentally, totally sweet.
Not to mention
the genius of Pop Will Eat Itself or prime Wonder Stuff. Or how good the early Bluetones singles were. Or 'Up To Our Hips', the great lost Charlatans album. Or 'Social Dancing' by BiS.
^ All the above plus Neds Atomic Dustbin
Mega City 4, Senseless Things, The Frank & Walters, Sultans of Ping FC and Leatherface!
AC Acoustics...
great band !
thinking fellers
brilliant band.... even better live than on record i've heard but how on earth could that be when the records were so damn good?
Do you have any of there stuff on digital?
the best albums Lonelyville and Mother of All Saints I only have on vinyl
D:REAM
its true
Shudder To Think
already mentioned, but deserve it twice.
SFA
People will probably disagree, but their first 2 albums Fuzzy Logic and Radiator were fucking awesome, and they were relatively unheard of at the time.
Also, SFAs best album (in my opinion) is MWNG, which is also not a very well known album (nothing to do with the fact that it is all in Welsh of course).
Have to disagree
Every single from both Fuzzy Logic and Radiator, was in the top 40, and im sure radiator was in the top 10 album charts so they were certainly quite well known. Definately not unheard of.
Cable were the most underrated band
A few more
Cows
Sun City Girls
Drive Like Jehu
The Jesus Lizard
Further
Nation Of Ulyses
the dandy warhols
they're album 'come down' is deffo one of the best albums of the nineties !
go buy it !
second that
Sun City Girls and The Jesus Lizard are more relevant now than ever. It's not so much that they were ahead of their time tho', rather wrong-timing.
New Fast Automatic Daffodils
approx 15 years ahead of their time...
deelight
approx 500 million mamillion years ahead of their time...
^ Agreed
My vote would have to go to 'Ruby'
Buffalo Tom
pretty much ruled the 90's for me, Let Me Come Over is a classic!
Cable
You knows it
Yes
Yes Yes
YEs
Presidents of the United States of America
half the songs are about little frogs rocking out and stuff like that. listened to it with my mate in the car on a long drive the other day and felt 14 again.
u.n.d.e.r.r.a.t.e.d.
and Talk Talk
^ Fucking yes!
Buffalo Tom were fantastic.
Moose
MOOSE!
Oh yes!
Teen Cthulhu
Best. Band. Ever. Underrated, criminally so.
For me
Wildhearts
but I accept that I am alone in that opinion.
'The Drum'
'Diskin' is AMAZING!
no you're not.
also i think dawn of the replicants deserve a mention
so true !
The Wildhearts
are still going and every bit as good. Rammed out the Astoria at Christmas with people who didn't just cheer for the old stuff.
I was there!
They're still phenomenal live, prob my favourite live band of all time.
Ginger's living with my bandmate's old drummer in New York at the moment. The 15 yr old fanboy in me is well chuffed at the tenuous connenction!
Huggy Bear
always.
Porno for Pyros
archers of loaf
buffalo tom
the divine comedy's very early stuff
i.e. before Casanova. No-one bought it, but it was the best material they released by a long way.
it is
Magoo.
It is
Bivouac
World Of Twist
their LP Quality St has some brill pop moments.
SYMPOSIUM
end of...
^ seconded
As someone says ^ up there
There were LOADS. I'll put a vote in for Salad.
echobelly
Nirvana.
Man, NO ONE liked those guys. They were nowhere. And now everyone's getting into them. Madness!
:D
Remember
Ether?! Very under appreciated!
they weren't so hot
i saw them, grass show and the supernaturals in one show. grass show were the best by far
Swervedriver
Ride
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1Dg2xGxl74
Im soooooooo
going to listen to 'Going Blank Again' right now.
Ride get my vote too.
Im soooooooo
going to listen to 'Going Blank Again' right now.
Ride get my vote too.