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Originally posted by Zoocoustic:
In the US, I'd say Coldplay is VERY underrated. Sure, "Yellow" was a big radio hit, but nothing else from the album will be.
And it is such a good album - this group gives me hope that all new groups do not suck.
Originally posted by The Wanderer:
*Alice in Chains (dark and heavy, but laced with great melodies)
*Powderfinger (if they were American or British everyone would know them)
*The Verve (at least in the United States they are, most people only know 1 of their songs)
*Our Lady Peace (not a huge commercial success because they don't produce big-time singles, but their albums are very solid from start to finish, excellent Canadian band)
*Coldplay (they have so much more to offer than just their smash hit Yellow, they recorded one of the strongest albums of the last few years - again, this is coming from the perspective of an American who hears nonstop about bands like Creed, Incubus, Linkin Park, etc)
Originally posted by The Wanderer:
*Our Lady Peace (not a huge commercial success because they don't produce big-time singles, but their albums are very solid from start to finish, excellent Canadian band)
Originally posted by The Riddler:
Turin Brakes
on the other hand whenever I see a list of the best 100 bands according to readers of british music magazines, they always manage to mention 90 british bands as if the US and the rest of the world hardly existsOriginally posted by zooropamanda:
Many of the great bands go unnoticed in the States and thats why we have American after American in threads like these saying The Verve and The Cranberries are underrated, when in fact they were huge bands.
Originally posted by The Wanderer:
I never said there was anything wrong with Incubus, but they are a bit over-hyped when you consider that a great band like The Verve went almost unnoticed in the United States
Originally posted by zooropamanda:
Many of the great bands go unnoticed in the States and thats why we have American after American in threads like these saying The Verve and The Cranberries are underrated, when in fact they were huge bands.
Thankfully you guys have the net to discover these bands. Don't you find it funny though that a small country like Australia (pop not land area) knows all about acts from all around the world, yet the US who supposedly are the leaders in communication and everything else, are not exposed (THANK YOU ANGIE) to the brilliant music that the rest of the world seems to know about?
I recommend Americans to go buy albums By The Verve, The Cranberries, Pulp, Blur, and The Stone Roses.
The rest of you go buy Powderfinger and The Living End now!
I think The Tea Party but they are prolly huge in Canada right?
Originally posted by PrincessBadgirl:
My bad then. Was the verve the band that made the song "bittersweet sympony"? And the video with guy pushing people around and stepping on a lady's car?
Originally posted by EXIT_TO_THE_NORTH:
Duran Duran
Originally posted by zoomerang II:
powderfinger (outside Australia) no-one else has heard of australias biggest act.
depeche mode, outside central & eastern europe, are definately underated.
Originally posted by CrashedCarDriver:
a little band which may have snuck underneath our doormats
James
they've been around for a long time; fans of the synth pop genre (ie NewOrder, Depeche Mode) will like them alot