This quirky little band out of Baltimore could have been bigger than Steely Dan.
Posted on 03/30/2018 12:53:21 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
I'm feeling like hearing some interesting music that I've never heard before, so I thought I'd start a thread on FReeper's favorite underrated bands. Post several good examples of their music and why you feel they're underrated. Should be fun.
My favorite band of all-time, and a band that has been very influential on many others but is chronically under-rated: X. Exene, John Doe, Billy Zoom, and DJ Bonebrake. Legends from LA. Formed by Exene and Doe, two punk poets/artists, and drawing on rockabilly, folk, country, and jazz and then fueled by the early punk rock of the Ramones and the Clash they were unforgettable. They recorded their best albums from 1978-1981. “Wild Gift” is the best of the lot but they are all good. “Los Angeles” from their debut album is the gtreatest punk rock song of all time...a gritty slice of life in the LA punk underground of the late 1970’s. Check them out. They do not sound dated because they never sounded like anything at the time, anyway. Love X!!!
I like it too. My 16 year old son prefers the original.
UFO:
Profession Of Violence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHJquONIKd8
(great guitar solo at 2:17)
Too Hot to Handle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF4MvVgmHSI
Try Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u5joA0strw
Love to Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIBhwWbviFw
Wow, like Kraftwerk with boyband vocals. Interesting.
Ashen Glow - “Frozen Ice”
My college roommate was from Baltimore and he loved those guys.
10 CC.
I’ve never heard Sad Café before, nice, polished and chill. Reminds me a bit of Steely Dan.
Surprised no one has mentioned Gentle Giant, yet.
I’m not seeing “Hotel” by ARS, which album, maybe the whole thing’s online somewhere.
I also like: The Refreshments - a band from Sweden and The Tractors with Boogie-woogie Choo Choo Train.
Another band from Sweden
The Hives - Hate to Say I Told You So
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz1Jwyxd4tE
Their ‘leader’ John Palumbo wrote some really great tunes, but they always seemed to implode right when they were on the verge of greatness. They still gig.
Nantucket. Heartbreaker.
I am a big fan of progressive rock/metal...so I’d have to add Porcupine Tree.
Kix was the other Baltimore band he liked.
Zebra - “One More Chance”
Triumph - “Lay It On The Line”
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