Most Underrated Band/Musician

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(02-05-2016, 12:11 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: -The Beach Boys/Brian Wilson  As influential as anything you can find.
-Traffic/Steve Winwood
-Faith No More
-Dinosaur Jr./J Mascis (In relation to bands like Nirvana and guitarists like Kurt Cobain)
-ELO
-Beck.  Had it been in a different era he'd be 10 times more known.
-Cake
-Del/Detron.  One of the best ever in hip-hop.  Writes way too intelligent shit for the masses listening to Kanye West.
-Morphine


-Mark Knopfler
-Andy Summers
-Brian May
-George Benson

I'll stop here.

John Barleycorn must die!!!!!   Love traffic, Dear Mr. Fantasy is one of my alltime faves, and the John Barleycorn album just kicks ass, my 3 and 5 year old daughters dig the shit out of it.  DEFINITELY underrated.

ELO----this band is like Pink Floyd, although they are literally a symphony of sound, and Floyd is like some weird futuristic symphony of sound.  Jeff Lynne is killer.

Beck gets way less love than he should.  A one man dynamo, I still play the shit out of Odelay!

Way Aye Man!  Absolutely dig Knopfler, even Money for Nothing.  There's something to be said for rocking out, being a virtuoso, and yet still writing a catchy enough hook to charm the masses.  I love that song he did about Ray Kroc.....killer licks, Boom Like That.

Brian May got overshadowed by Freddie, but he is a great player.