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Old 10-22-2015, 04:01 PM   #2051 (permalink)
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I think Joe Strummer, Johnny Otis, Rufus Thomas, Shakin' Stevens, Redd Kross, Robert Gordon, and Dave Edmunds are all really underrated.
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Also I think The Who stink. All time most overrated band.
.... and yes.

Robert Gordon was backed by legendary guitar players like Link Wray, Danny Gatton, and I think Chris Spedding too.
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Old 10-23-2015, 04:57 PM   #2052 (permalink)
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Looking back on it, a lot of the 80's alternative bands from America feel underrated - to me they generally feel less out of date than their British counterparts (although this may have been because they became more popular during the 90s, a decade after the British indie scene).
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Old 10-27-2016, 06:13 AM   #2053 (permalink)
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I've never understood why people get excited about the Violent Femmes.
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Old 10-27-2016, 05:15 PM   #2054 (permalink)
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I don't think ELO is exactly underrated but I do think they've been unfairly maligned over the years.
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Old 10-27-2016, 05:24 PM   #2055 (permalink)
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I've never understood why people get excited about the Violent Femmes.
Cause Hallowed Ground is ****ing amazing. Other than that I'm not wild about them, but that album rocks my ****.
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Old 10-27-2016, 06:31 PM   #2056 (permalink)
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practically every album they've released is fantastic

I'm not sure any rock band has ever done young male angst better than their debut

their bassist, I'm not recalling his name, is an absolute god
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Old 10-27-2016, 06:36 PM   #2057 (permalink)
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But this is still one of the best country songs ever, alt rock or not. Dose ****ing lyrics.

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violent femmes are def outsider post punk and art punk when they want to be not just boo hoo it's hard being white, though

I mean if you're gonna teenage angst ****ing make it the Violent Femmes debut
I dig that ****, but they went all out with that country **** on Hallowed Ground, and it was brilliant.
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I want to say I read in an interview Country Death Song was actually the first song Gano wrote he just couldn't get the green light to fully commit to that sound from the other members until after their first album
I believe it. The first album sounds like a test run for Hallowed Ground.
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The problem was Gano is very spiritual Hallowed Ground has that element to it the other two are just punks they weren't standing for that ****

but then they realized the kind of songwriter they were working with and it's like just let Gano do Gano
That's why Jason and the NASHVILLE Scorchers were only really legit on their first two EPs. After that Jeff Ringenberg kicked out whats-his-name who actually was about country and they became a lamer version of themselves.
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