OK, so I thought I'd up the antithesis to the "overrated" thread...
List some bands you think should have more notoriety than is given. I expect to see a bunch of bands I've never heard of before


Here's what this guy thinks...
The Most Underrated Bands of All Time | Shoutmouth

Not sure that i agree w/ the entire list...

Here's mine -
Faith No More (so much more than "Epic")
NOFX (only true punk band left)
Clutch (heavy rock-blues greatness)
Galactic (New Orleans Funk-tastic)
Ryan Adams (no; not Bryan Adams - sheesh)

Uh, NOFX is Punk?

Uh, Yeah. What would you call them?

Punk rock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed the perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock. They created fast, hard-edged music, typically with short songs, stripped-down instrumentation, and often political, anti-government lyrics. Punk embraces a DIY (do it yourself) ethic, with many bands self-producing their recordings and distributing them through informal channels."
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I think NOFX qualifies.

Wow, I never heard of any of those bands listed except for #1, the Replacements, and I couldn't even name one song by them either. I guess I am more of fan of the mainstream bands for the most part.

If you think they're hard-edged or whatever go ahead. Different strokes for different folks. But they're not Punk, they're pretty blatantly commercial, if you like their music it doesn't matter, but they're not Punk.

Republic of Loose and Parliament-Funkadelic are too really under-rated bands. Both are great.

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Sure, my personal preferences aside - I still don't see how you can say they are commercial. They have some "pop-y" sounding songs, I admit. But commercial... I just don't see that.

1) never once aired on MTV (even while other west coast punk bands at the time were ex. Rancid, Offspring)

2)never once have I heard them on commercial radio (satellite yes, terrestrial no)

3)I sure have never seen a TV commercial feature an audio bit of NOFX

4)Co-own their own record label (that's pretty DIY, no?)

Sorry to still drag this on, just wondering your thoughts on why NOFX can not be labeled as "punk". Were they @ one time punk and sold out? What are they doing or not doing that makes them not punk, while other bands are?

Is this really a matter of YOU don't like them so they're not punk? Have you listened to Liberal Animation? Ribbed? S&M Airlines?

Hasn't punk always been an attitude rather than a sound? If all punk bands HAVE to follow a regiment on what they sounded like - that would in a sense kill everything punk means. Then we'd have 100's of Ramones or Misfits wanna-be bands out there.

No, if Punk was an attitude you could consider a hell of a lot of things
Punk. Musically they're not Punk. I don't even dislike them, I'm just indifferent. It's a music message board, no shame in pointless arguments...

I always thought of the as Skate punk. or punk rock.... not PUNK in a traditional sense... not the *** pistols, exploited or BFG's punk.. but still in the vein. just as bands like Sum 41 or Roulette aren't punk.. more like pop punk.. all good music and your into stuff cuz that's what pleases your ear not cuz it's a certain genre right?

you're list is pretty accurate