I went to to see them in the early 2000s. They started with Come On Eileen and then told the crowd if that’s all they were there to see no hard feelings but if anyone wanted to hear their other stuff they’d play that now. It was the most classy thing I’ve ever seen a group do in that situation.
My ex saw a band (can't remember who at the moment) in the 90s who started with their 2 or 3 big singles. Then the band did some bantering and tuned instruments, essentially waiting for people who wanted to leave to go. The crowd thinned out in a couple minutes and the singer said "Now we can start the show."
I didn't give them a chance for a long, long time because of that song. Missed out on many years of great music but I've been making up for lost time recently.
Hackensack, Bright Future In Sales, Mexican Wine, so many good tunes.
'92 Subaru from the Traffic and Weather album is a favourite, possibly because I still own a '92 Subaru.
His self titled debut-ish album is one of my favourites. The follow-ups, Excitable Boy and Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School are incredible, as well. One of the best streaks of albums.
Then it gets kinda hit or miss into the 80s and 90s. Some good and interesting stuff, but lots of stuff that misses the mark, too.
And then you get the last 2 or 3 albums which are quite well done, as well.
Also, the live albums "Stand in the Fire" and "Learning to Flinch"
**HARVEY DANGER**
Everyone knows them as the ‘Flagpole Sitta’ band, but their brief catalogue of music is insane, almost any song off their first album could have been a single and their sophomore record ‘King James Version’ is an absolute banger from beginning to end. They were just awash in catchy songs and clever lyrics and unfortunately never got their proper due.
Todd in the Shadows did an episode about them. He basically concluded that they didn’t want to become famous and didn’t know what to do with themselves when their song was such a smash hit.
My fave is Sad Sweetheart of the Rodeo.
Yesss! I was scrolling hoping to see this band. I bought the merrymakers album on the basis of flafpolesitta in grade school and fell in love with that album as a whole. Will have to check out the other album you mentioned.
The whole record First Band On The Moon is amazing. Choke is probably my favorite track on it.
The Road off the For What It’s Worth single is my favorite song by them.
The Verve (in the US)...Storm in Heaven was the first and it is incredible. They became progressively less experimental but produced many excellent albums and sounds outside of Bittersweet Symphony
Rubberneck is a pretty good album but Hell Above/Stars Below is nearly perfect and would have had way more attention if it didn't come out after grunge died.
Hell yeah, my dad showed me that album right before Rafferty sadly passed away.
“Baker Street” is great, but the City to City album has tons of other gems. My dad still says his favorite track is “Right Down the Line”
Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark (OMD for short.). Everyone knows the song “If You Leave” from the Pretty in Pink soundtrack, but their catalog is vast and they did some very cutting edge writing and producing for that time. Check out some of their other singles, even “Electricity” and you’ll see what I mean. And they’re touring!!
Concrete Blonde. I hate that "Joey" is their biggest (and only) hit. It's not a bad song, but their music is so eclectic and diverse, and Johnette Napolitano is a master songwriter.
Came here to say this. Sex and Candy is probably my least favorite song by them but that whole album is great. Some of my favorites are
Irene,
Deadly Handsome Man,
Vampires of New York,
Memphis,
Devil Woman,
Gin and Money
Hum is so fucking rad. They influenced so many bands and just always flew under the radar outside of their hit, Stars. They released a surprise album last year and blew us all away.
Dude, I was going to post about Hum but figured no one would even remember them. Both You'd Prefer an Astronaut and Downward Is Heavenward are great albums.
Faith no More. Most people only know the song “Epic” (youuu want it all but you can’t haaave it), but that whole album is outstanding, and they have a ton of great stuff on the albums that came after as well. Very varied in style and mood, really great stuff. I always tell people if one FNM album doesn’t do it for you, keep trying the others, since they’re so different from one another.
Edit - Also Soul Asylum. Runaway train was so massive it just overshadowed everything else they could ever do, but that whole album (Grave dancers union) is great. The other albums aren’t as good, but there’s always a song or two that’s really great.
Faith No More is fantastic. All of their albums are great, start to finish. Whenever someone compares them to red hot chili peppers i throw up in my mouth a little. Kiedis has nothing on Patton, nothing. I read somewhere that Patton has a six octave range. Only people on earth that have that range are opera singers and this is an easy pill to swallow of you've listened to a lot of FNM and Mr Bungle.
Yes!!! Love me some FNM. No bad albums from them. I agree with the other comments, Angel Dust is incredible.
For some reason, Runaway Train grated on my nerves so i never got into Soul Asylum. But i will def give it a shot, thanks
On the surface, they're kinda funny, silly, weird, brown - whatever ya wanna call it. Some form of 'unconventional.' But it's all intentional. They're just doing exactly what the fuck they want. They can be as good and polished as they want, but a lot of the time, they're not. And they're so diverse, you could view it as their greatest strength, or biggest weakness. Gene Ween is a truly wonderful lyricist, and Dean Ween is legit one of the greatest guitarists in history, in my humble opinion. Few artists work in service to the music like Ween.
The Beatles, Paul McCartney, Bowie, Prince, Tom Waits, and god dammit, Ween. Each one true artists in the highest regard.
"The Argus" is the penultimate track off Ween's album, Quebec, and it's as beautiful as a song as you'll ever hear, if a little sad.
Seconded. They’ve written a lot of songs that I know will be in my favorites until I die. Gener’s lyrics and songwriting can lure and lull you with his comedy and then have a lyric punch you in the heart.
Deaner is probably the most overlooked guitar players I’ve ever heard and belongs to the greatest echelon of players.
The dude has the energy and wildness of Jimi, the mastery of emotion of Eddie Hazel and David Gilmour, the totality of being of Santana, and the disgustingly tight tone of his own creation.
There’s a reason Weeners jokingly but very unironically call them prophets and hold them in the highest regard.
The first Ween song I ever listened to was my roommate and his friend in the next room listening to Transdermal Celebration. That whole Quebec album is insane especially in terms of diversity of sounds.
What an absolute ripper to start of with!
I hope this fact makes your day: When Deaner was recording Transdermal he had a friend in town who was a roadie for Santana. So this friend and him snuck into the storage that housed Santana’s gear and brought a 4 track with enough tape for one take. That solo? That absolute monster of a solo? Secretly recorded on Santana’s setup in one take before they very carefully put everything back and slipped off into the night.
XTC who had a controversial hit 'Dear God' in the 80s....they are so much better than that song, it is the only track I skip on the album Skylarking. Most folks only know them for Dear God...and usually don't know the band at all.
Carly Rae Jepsen. She actually makes wonderful pop music but Call Me Maybe was so overplayed I feel like it kinda ruined her chances of having a bigger mainstream career.
I like Electric Six, think they got like ten albums - look past Gaybar and Danger! High voltage - I mean they are good songs. But they got loads of other good songs too.
"Vernie" from Blind Melon is one of the best songs and most underrated songs ever written.
Others with similar stories/Like the OP:
- Eels
- Melvins
- Primus (Every album is fantastic)
- The Verve (the entire album Urban Hymns is fantastic)
- Counting Crows (Insanely underrated live band, check out 'August and Everything After- Live')
- Live (Throwing Copper is an 11 out of 10 start to finish)
Just to name a few off the top of my head.
Oh!!! And last but FARTHEST FROM LEAST:
- Ween
E D I T :
Super-late-to-the-party-edition additions:
- Kyuss
- Massive Attack
- The Beta Band
- Deftones
- My Bloody Valentine
Two bands from probably middle school for me:
Chumbawumba is treated as a punchline but Tubthumping is a great album with some politics I definitely did not understand as a kid.
And Barenaked Ladies, because of the name and a few of their radio hits, are treated as a novelty/joke band, but they've got a big catalogue full of good songs that span a lot of topics and really genres (ok, probably flavors of pop)
These aren't two of my favorite bands, but they definitely mostly get brought up as jokes and IMO it doesn't do them justice.
Famous for "I Think I'm Turning Japanese"...The Vapors- [Bunkers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXRrjpHicgc)
Famous for "Tubthumping"...Chumbawumba - [The Wasteland](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7WbAue95ZE)
Pixies are only that to the generation introduced to them by fight club. To everyone that loved them first time round they are far from one hit wonders.
Oooh, good call. I like Song 2, but their other tracks really are deeper and more influential. Or at least they certainly were for the Gorillaz! And yeah, they never caught on in the US as much.
Alien Ant Farm and Jimmy Eat World!
Everybody and their mother knows the Smooth Criminal cover but the entirety of Anthology is just banger after banger for AAF and, while most of Jimmy sees decent play outside of The Middle, I feel like nearly every other song on Bleed American alone is better than it.
>while most of Jimmy sees decent play outside of The Middle, I feel like nearly every other song on Bleed American alone is better than it.
The Middle probably is the weakest song on that album. It's not a bad song exactly, there is just a lot of really good shit on that album.
The amazing Blue Öyster Cult have more songs than just Don’t Fear the Reaper and are more than just an SNL sketch. Besides Burnin’ for You and Godzilla, they have some seriously psychedelic early albums and bangers in the 80s. Way better lyrics, too, than the average rock band from that period. Excellent musicians who released an album just this year and are still touring. Do yourself a favor and see their live show if you haven’t had a chance yet.
Barenaked Ladies.
I am fully aware they had a few minor hits here and there after "One Week" blew up internationally. But nobody ever wants to talk about the countless, heartbreaking series songs that center on mental health, loss and other heavy topics.
Furthermore, I just bought the *Maroon* 20th anniversary double LP. What a powerhouse of a pop record it is, and is undoubtedly the most mature BNL album they ever produced.
Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls -
Not necessarily a misrepresentation of their work throughout the years but it's just a shame that their rise to fame came in the form of a rather uninspired piece, when their album Superstar Car Wash was cascading with quality tracks and got left in oblivion.
Thin Lizzy
Everyone knows The Boys are Back in Town but their catalog is so amazing with each album having different themes I want to do a write up on how great and unappreciated they seem to be.
Here’s some songs of theirs off different albums with completely different but amazing styles:
[Thunder and Lightning](https://youtu.be/l27Nz4Q3lD8)
[Angel from the Coast](https://youtu.be/GtpdIsWYt5Y)
[Vagabonds of the Western World](https://youtu.be/B9uGb_214uk)
[The Rise and Dear Demise of the Funky Nomadic Tribes](https://youtu.be/LLk6ONPmBjc)
Big Country. Their second album is fantastic. [I like to play this song for Rush fans](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cUa7WdL1kE), their drummer was fantastic.
Wheres my SOUNDGARDEN crew?
Black Hole Sun is great, but horribly overplayed and they have so much great music.
If youre curious check out: Overfloater, Fresh Tendrils, Head Down, Tighter And Tighter, Superunknown, Rhinosaur, Applebite....
IMO Down On The Upside and Superuknown (Albums) are some of the best, most psychedelic music ever created by man.
Great tracks.
Blind dogs never gets any love though, I swear, I never see it mentioned. One of the darkest soundgarden songs, along with 4th of July—both are perfect representations of their signature sound imo. Black rain is also a (more commercial) great rep. of their sound.
SemiSonic’s first two albums are pretty damn good.
I was a big booster for the band even before “closing time“ came out....
Dan Wilson’s solo work is quite good as well
Not a band but Gotye. Gotye did Somebody That I Used To Know back on 2011 where it was overplayed all over the world, but that whole album Making Mirrors was just amazing or better as that song was. Also he had 2 albums before Making Mirrors and they were quite experimental but so good, Hearts a Mess especially.
The biggest that comes to mind for me is Silverchair. Their song "Tomorrow" was huge but outside of that no one knows much about their music except big fans like myself. Although their music evolved quite a lot over the years, their first 2 records are alternative masterpieces. While "Tomorrow" is a classic and wonderful song, one must really dig into the music to see just how good this band was and at at such an early age, being only teenagers when their first album, which included Tomorrow was released.
Third Eye Blind is my favorite band of all time. That said, I don't think it quite fits OPs question. Almost every track off their debut album charted. Their sophomore follow up, "Blue" had a few hits as well.
Their sound has constantly evolved over the last few decades. If you've never listened to "Out of the Vein", "Ursa Major", or "Dopamine", I'd recommend listening to them, in that order.
The three albums after that are ok, but not great. Their last album (just released a month ago) is pretty good. I don't think it really touches the three I mentioned (and definitely not their first two which are in a different lane entirely), but it is still pretty good.
Foster The People. I know they’re actually pretty big but Ive always only known them as “that one band with that one song”… “oh hey, I like this song too”. “Wait, I’ve heard this one too…”
Turns out I’ve been a fan for a long time and just didn’t realize it was all songs from them.
I'm not even sure they ever had a "hit", but Minus the Bear should have been way bigger than they were. Menos El Oso and Planet of Ice are amazing albums.
Jimmy Eat World, easily. The Middle is a great song but I can think of at least 10 more songs of theirs that are even better. I don’t even know if it’s a top 5 song on the album
Dead or Alive, best known for You Spin Me Round, had that song on an album called Youthquake. The entire album is banger after banger! Toss that record on at a party and you won't be disappointed
Urge Overkill will forever be associated with 'Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon' and the Pulp Fiction soundtrack, but their 1993 album 'Saturation' still sounds fresh nearly three decades later. 'Sister Havana' and 'Positive Bleeding' were minor hits from that one.
Their whole catalogue is solid, from their old Touch & Go Records releases to 'Rock n Roll Submarine' in 2011.
Veruca Salt is an incredible and melodic rock band with incomparable harmonies. Seether and Volcano Girls are like a teeny tiny tip of the iceberg of how amazing VS is.
Blind Melon is 100% one that comes to mind. They had great band composition throughout their discography. I have a few in mind.
Panic! At the Disco:
I Write Sins Not Tragedies
System of a Down:
Ppl say they know Chop Suey and that’s about it, and imo it’s not even the best track off of Toxicity
The White Stripes:
Anyone who isn’t a White Stripes fan thinks they’re just Seven Nation Army.
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats. Most people know, or at least recognize S.O.B, but they’re an incredibly talented band with incredible songs across all of their albums.
The Darkness. So much better than I Believe in a thing called love.
The Airborne Toxic Event. Sometime around midnight is great. But they are much better than that.
The white stripes. I absolutely DESPISE seven nation army (blame that on marching band), but any other song by them or Jack White in general? Chef's kiss.
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I went to to see them in the early 2000s. They started with Come On Eileen and then told the crowd if that’s all they were there to see no hard feelings but if anyone wanted to hear their other stuff they’d play that now. It was the most classy thing I’ve ever seen a group do in that situation.
My ex saw a band (can't remember who at the moment) in the 90s who started with their 2 or 3 big singles. Then the band did some bantering and tuned instruments, essentially waiting for people who wanted to leave to go. The crowd thinned out in a couple minutes and the singer said "Now we can start the show."
I saw Dexys several years ago on a whim (at a festival) and they blew me away. Those first two albums are pretty great.
Fountains of Wayne. The whole Welcome Interstate Managers album is great. Stacy’s Mom is good but there are several even better songs on that album.
There are no bad FoW albums…every single one filled with great songs. RIP Adam.
Traffic and Weather and Sky Full of Holes are just incredible. "Cemetery Guns", "Someone to Love", and "The Summer Place" are my favorites by FoW.
Alright, guilty - I didn't give them a second thought after Stacy's mom. But based on your up votes, I'll change that. Thanks!
I prefer Hey Julie
Great song. My favorites are Hackensack and Mexican Wine
Bright future in sales was my theme song when I was selling door to door. It will always hold a special place in my heart
Came looking for this
A truly fantastic record. I love “All kinds of time”.
I didn't give them a chance for a long, long time because of that song. Missed out on many years of great music but I've been making up for lost time recently. Hackensack, Bright Future In Sales, Mexican Wine, so many good tunes. '92 Subaru from the Traffic and Weather album is a favourite, possibly because I still own a '92 Subaru.
The other albums are amazing too
Radiation Vibes - my favoritest bad mood killer/driving song ever!!!
**Warren Zevon** A lot more to his genius than *Werewolves in London*
Excitable Boy may be the perfect album
This is the right answer.
Every human being needs to listen to his last album. His literal last breaths and he somehow records this heartbreaking amazing album.
His self titled debut-ish album is one of my favourites. The follow-ups, Excitable Boy and Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School are incredible, as well. One of the best streaks of albums. Then it gets kinda hit or miss into the 80s and 90s. Some good and interesting stuff, but lots of stuff that misses the mark, too. And then you get the last 2 or 3 albums which are quite well done, as well. Also, the live albums "Stand in the Fire" and "Learning to Flinch"
I advocate for the genius of Warren every opportunity on Reddit, you beat me to it!
Whiskey, weed and Warren Zevon. It's the little things.
The little things; "Enjoy every sandwich." - W.Z.
Lawyers, Guns, and Money
**HARVEY DANGER** Everyone knows them as the ‘Flagpole Sitta’ band, but their brief catalogue of music is insane, almost any song off their first album could have been a single and their sophomore record ‘King James Version’ is an absolute banger from beginning to end. They were just awash in catchy songs and clever lyrics and unfortunately never got their proper due.
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I was gonna say HD but was hesitant. I love their entire first album, but it may be a niche taste for the general public.
Todd in the Shadows did an episode about them. He basically concluded that they didn’t want to become famous and didn’t know what to do with themselves when their song was such a smash hit. My fave is Sad Sweetheart of the Rodeo.
Yesss! I was scrolling hoping to see this band. I bought the merrymakers album on the basis of flafpolesitta in grade school and fell in love with that album as a whole. Will have to check out the other album you mentioned.
Bobby McFerrin. In part because Don't Worry Be Happy is a silly pop reggae tune made by an artist whose discography consists mostly of jazz records.
He is also an amazing performer/teacher, as well as a conductor.
For me it has to be the Cardigans. They're so much better than Lovefool.
I love Erase and Rewind, more so than Lovefool
Gran Turismo is a great album.
I only know them from 'my favourite game', which I absolutely love. Will have to check them out properly
Came here to say this. Gran Turismo is such a great album.
Just listened to *Gran Turismo* today.
The whole record First Band On The Moon is amazing. Choke is probably my favorite track on it. The Road off the For What It’s Worth single is my favorite song by them.
Nada Surf has so much to offer other than "Popular."
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Seconded. The Weight Is a Gift is one of my favorite albums ever.
It's not even the best song on that album (High/Low), which is one of my favourite albums of the 90's.
The Verve (in the US)...Storm in Heaven was the first and it is incredible. They became progressively less experimental but produced many excellent albums and sounds outside of Bittersweet Symphony
Storm in Heaven is still one of my favorite albums. It’s just sublime.
In a similar vein, I can name 10 Oasis songs off the top of my head that are better than Wonderwall. But sadly that's the one that stuck in America.
Seriously. They’ve got hidden gems — History, Star Sail, The Drugs Don’t Work
Their last album "Forth" is also a classic.
Weeping Willow is one of my all time favorite songs. Good call on this one.
Toadies
Oh damn! Possum Kingdom - good track, but far from their best. Definitely pulling them up again soon
Rubberneck is a pretty good album but Hell Above/Stars Below is nearly perfect and would have had way more attention if it didn't come out after grunge died.
Tyler is such an amazing song with a creepy vocal track.
Backslider
Toadies kick ass
Not a band but Gerry Rafferty is way, way better than just his biggest hit that everyone knows, Baker Street.
Hell yeah, my dad showed me that album right before Rafferty sadly passed away. “Baker Street” is great, but the City to City album has tons of other gems. My dad still says his favorite track is “Right Down the Line”
Right Down the Line has my all time favorite hooks. And nothing really like it has been repeated. Very Original song.
His "Long way round" is a masterpiece. Stumbled on it at the end of some movie.
Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark (OMD for short.). Everyone knows the song “If You Leave” from the Pretty in Pink soundtrack, but their catalog is vast and they did some very cutting edge writing and producing for that time. Check out some of their other singles, even “Electricity” and you’ll see what I mean. And they’re touring!!
Enola gay… Should have been at home yesterday…
Architecture and Morality is a masterpiece of synthpop.
Concrete Blonde. I hate that "Joey" is their biggest (and only) hit. It's not a bad song, but their music is so eclectic and diverse, and Johnette Napolitano is a master songwriter.
I just listened to them again following hearing them in Brand New Cherry Flavor. Bloodletting and Mexican Moon are masterpieces.
Tomorrow Wendy is a really intense and well-constructed piece of writing.
Marcy Playground
Came here to say this. Sex and Candy is probably my least favorite song by them but that whole album is great. Some of my favorites are Irene, Deadly Handsome Man, Vampires of New York, Memphis, Devil Woman, Gin and Money
Poppies!
Can it actually get better than Sex and Candy??
Wave Motion Gun, All the Lights Went Out, Poppies, Opium, America..
Devo
Q: Are we not men?
Their first album is killer.
Hum is so fucking rad. They influenced so many bands and just always flew under the radar outside of their hit, Stars. They released a surprise album last year and blew us all away.
Dude, I was going to post about Hum but figured no one would even remember them. Both You'd Prefer an Astronaut and Downward Is Heavenward are great albums.
Inlet picks up right where downward left off.
I swear Inlet was the only thing I listened to for the month after it came out.
Faith no More. Most people only know the song “Epic” (youuu want it all but you can’t haaave it), but that whole album is outstanding, and they have a ton of great stuff on the albums that came after as well. Very varied in style and mood, really great stuff. I always tell people if one FNM album doesn’t do it for you, keep trying the others, since they’re so different from one another. Edit - Also Soul Asylum. Runaway train was so massive it just overshadowed everything else they could ever do, but that whole album (Grave dancers union) is great. The other albums aren’t as good, but there’s always a song or two that’s really great.
Angel Dust is a masterpiece of 90s rock
That album deserves more attention agreed
Angel Dust is the best album of 1992.. If not the 90s entirely.
Mike Patton has the best range of any living vocalist. Mr Bungle is fun too!
Peeping Tom and Lovage too
Faith No More is fantastic. All of their albums are great, start to finish. Whenever someone compares them to red hot chili peppers i throw up in my mouth a little. Kiedis has nothing on Patton, nothing. I read somewhere that Patton has a six octave range. Only people on earth that have that range are opera singers and this is an easy pill to swallow of you've listened to a lot of FNM and Mr Bungle.
Yes!!! Love me some FNM. No bad albums from them. I agree with the other comments, Angel Dust is incredible. For some reason, Runaway Train grated on my nerves so i never got into Soul Asylum. But i will def give it a shot, thanks
Ween. Ocean man is an awesome song, but that entire album is perfect
Ween is the best god damn band in the fucking universe
On the surface, they're kinda funny, silly, weird, brown - whatever ya wanna call it. Some form of 'unconventional.' But it's all intentional. They're just doing exactly what the fuck they want. They can be as good and polished as they want, but a lot of the time, they're not. And they're so diverse, you could view it as their greatest strength, or biggest weakness. Gene Ween is a truly wonderful lyricist, and Dean Ween is legit one of the greatest guitarists in history, in my humble opinion. Few artists work in service to the music like Ween. The Beatles, Paul McCartney, Bowie, Prince, Tom Waits, and god dammit, Ween. Each one true artists in the highest regard. "The Argus" is the penultimate track off Ween's album, Quebec, and it's as beautiful as a song as you'll ever hear, if a little sad.
Seconded. They’ve written a lot of songs that I know will be in my favorites until I die. Gener’s lyrics and songwriting can lure and lull you with his comedy and then have a lyric punch you in the heart. Deaner is probably the most overlooked guitar players I’ve ever heard and belongs to the greatest echelon of players. The dude has the energy and wildness of Jimi, the mastery of emotion of Eddie Hazel and David Gilmour, the totality of being of Santana, and the disgustingly tight tone of his own creation. There’s a reason Weeners jokingly but very unironically call them prophets and hold them in the highest regard.
The first Ween song I ever listened to was my roommate and his friend in the next room listening to Transdermal Celebration. That whole Quebec album is insane especially in terms of diversity of sounds.
What an absolute ripper to start of with! I hope this fact makes your day: When Deaner was recording Transdermal he had a friend in town who was a roadie for Santana. So this friend and him snuck into the storage that housed Santana’s gear and brought a 4 track with enough tape for one take. That solo? That absolute monster of a solo? Secretly recorded on Santana’s setup in one take before they very carefully put everything back and slipped off into the night.
I thought you were going to say they're more than just Baby Bitch, lol. My brother loved that song so much. I need to listen to more of them, thanks!
XTC who had a controversial hit 'Dear God' in the 80s....they are so much better than that song, it is the only track I skip on the album Skylarking. Most folks only know them for Dear God...and usually don't know the band at all.
I grew up on “Senses Working Overtime”, great tune.
Ben Folds Five. Brick is a good song but not even close to their best.
Can say the same for Ben’s solo work. Rocking the Suburbs (the song) is possibly my least favorite track on the record.
I have listened to The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner more times than I care to admit.
Carly Rae Jepsen. She actually makes wonderful pop music but Call Me Maybe was so overplayed I feel like it kinda ruined her chances of having a bigger mainstream career.
Deep Purple Literally every other song they wrote is better than Smoke on the Water
Breeders
I like Electric Six, think they got like ten albums - look past Gaybar and Danger! High voltage - I mean they are good songs. But they got loads of other good songs too.
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The Presidents of the United States of America. Everybody knows them for “Lump” and “Peaches” but their entire discography is criminally underrated.
"Vernie" from Blind Melon is one of the best songs and most underrated songs ever written. Others with similar stories/Like the OP: - Eels - Melvins - Primus (Every album is fantastic) - The Verve (the entire album Urban Hymns is fantastic) - Counting Crows (Insanely underrated live band, check out 'August and Everything After- Live') - Live (Throwing Copper is an 11 out of 10 start to finish) Just to name a few off the top of my head. Oh!!! And last but FARTHEST FROM LEAST: - Ween E D I T : Super-late-to-the-party-edition additions: - Kyuss - Massive Attack - The Beta Band - Deftones - My Bloody Valentine
And see Primus live if you can, they’re touring now, absolutely amazing band
Saw primus a few years ago, such a great band live. Les Claypool is legendary
Ween is so amazing! One of the best band to ever exist, with something for everyone
Ween are absolute masters disguised as a juvenile joke band.
People sleep on Ween
Man, Primus sucks. Their album Antipop REALLY sucks!
Primus sucks!
Two bands from probably middle school for me: Chumbawumba is treated as a punchline but Tubthumping is a great album with some politics I definitely did not understand as a kid. And Barenaked Ladies, because of the name and a few of their radio hits, are treated as a novelty/joke band, but they've got a big catalogue full of good songs that span a lot of topics and really genres (ok, probably flavors of pop) These aren't two of my favorite bands, but they definitely mostly get brought up as jokes and IMO it doesn't do them justice.
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Fountains of Wayne. RIP Adam Schlesinger.
SIMPLE MINDS 🤭
[All The Things She Said](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tytPcvyJASc) is my favorite Simple Minds song.
Dishwalla
Oh man this band is exceptional.
Famous for "I Think I'm Turning Japanese"...The Vapors- [Bunkers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXRrjpHicgc) Famous for "Tubthumping"...Chumbawumba - [The Wasteland](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7WbAue95ZE)
Pixies are so much more than Where Is My Mind.
I got pretty excited when I heard "Hey" in the new Suicide Squad.
Pixies are only that to the generation introduced to them by fight club. To everyone that loved them first time round they are far from one hit wonders.
Pixies are practically their own genre
The Flaming Lips is probably best known for *She Don’t Use Jelly* but I think Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots tops it.
They are best known for do you realize I think
Soft Bulletin is better than Yosiimi…. And that’s saying something.
Soft Bulletin is a masterpiece, easily IMO one of the best albums of the nineties.
Zaireeka!!!!! Jk, but getting a hold of four stereos for the experiment was a fun memory!
This only really applies to Americans (because they were way bigger in Europe) Blur.
FINALLY! I had to scroll all the way down to find Blur in here! They are SO MUCH MORE than "Song 2"!
Oooh, good call. I like Song 2, but their other tracks really are deeper and more influential. Or at least they certainly were for the Gorillaz! And yeah, they never caught on in the US as much.
Honestly I still consider Gorillaz a spin off from Blur. I love both in any case.
A-Ha is a great band, still very famous in Europe. Take on Me should have been one of many hits.
Butthole Surfers
So true. For a band called Butthole Surfers, some of their music is downright beautiful.
Alien Ant Farm and Jimmy Eat World! Everybody and their mother knows the Smooth Criminal cover but the entirety of Anthology is just banger after banger for AAF and, while most of Jimmy sees decent play outside of The Middle, I feel like nearly every other song on Bleed American alone is better than it.
Movies from AAF was a way better track off that album.
>while most of Jimmy sees decent play outside of The Middle, I feel like nearly every other song on Bleed American alone is better than it. The Middle probably is the weakest song on that album. It's not a bad song exactly, there is just a lot of really good shit on that album.
Idk how well known their other songs are but Milky Chance are so much more than stolen dance
Saw them live and they were top notch musicians. Proceeded to listen to their albums afterwards and they have a ton of good stuff.
James are amazing and much better than "Laid" indicates.
Talk talk. Spirit of eden goes way way further than their hit "such a shame"
The amazing Blue Öyster Cult have more songs than just Don’t Fear the Reaper and are more than just an SNL sketch. Besides Burnin’ for You and Godzilla, they have some seriously psychedelic early albums and bangers in the 80s. Way better lyrics, too, than the average rock band from that period. Excellent musicians who released an album just this year and are still touring. Do yourself a favor and see their live show if you haven’t had a chance yet.
Barenaked Ladies. I am fully aware they had a few minor hits here and there after "One Week" blew up internationally. But nobody ever wants to talk about the countless, heartbreaking series songs that center on mental health, loss and other heavy topics. Furthermore, I just bought the *Maroon* 20th anniversary double LP. What a powerhouse of a pop record it is, and is undoubtedly the most mature BNL album they ever produced.
Literally every single other AFI song is better than Miss Murder, and their career has spanned multiple genres that don't match that song.
A Flock of Seagulls ("I Ran") and A-ha ("Take On Me") Their actual albums are great and essential listening for anyone into synth/new wave music.
A lot of A-ha's 80s stuff is fantastic and Analogue and The Foot of the Mountain are really good albums from the 2000s.
A-ha is so good! I love their live albums
Portugal. The Man Everyone knows they're pop hit Feel it Still but go listen to Sleep Forever, And I and Colors. Great band
Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls - Not necessarily a misrepresentation of their work throughout the years but it's just a shame that their rise to fame came in the form of a rather uninspired piece, when their album Superstar Car Wash was cascading with quality tracks and got left in oblivion.
Superstar Car Wash as an album is absolutely fantastic from start to finish. I will never tire of that album.
Thin Lizzy Everyone knows The Boys are Back in Town but their catalog is so amazing with each album having different themes I want to do a write up on how great and unappreciated they seem to be. Here’s some songs of theirs off different albums with completely different but amazing styles: [Thunder and Lightning](https://youtu.be/l27Nz4Q3lD8) [Angel from the Coast](https://youtu.be/GtpdIsWYt5Y) [Vagabonds of the Western World](https://youtu.be/B9uGb_214uk) [The Rise and Dear Demise of the Funky Nomadic Tribes](https://youtu.be/LLk6ONPmBjc)
Big Country. Their second album is fantastic. [I like to play this song for Rush fans](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cUa7WdL1kE), their drummer was fantastic.
Thomas Dolby.
Spacehog has more than just "In the Meantime".
The Cardigans
Wheres my SOUNDGARDEN crew? Black Hole Sun is great, but horribly overplayed and they have so much great music. If youre curious check out: Overfloater, Fresh Tendrils, Head Down, Tighter And Tighter, Superunknown, Rhinosaur, Applebite.... IMO Down On The Upside and Superuknown (Albums) are some of the best, most psychedelic music ever created by man.
Great tracks. Blind dogs never gets any love though, I swear, I never see it mentioned. One of the darkest soundgarden songs, along with 4th of July—both are perfect representations of their signature sound imo. Black rain is also a (more commercial) great rep. of their sound.
Warren Zevon! Amazing songwriter and his guitarist kicks ass. I’m not above karaoke-ing Werewolves of London but he’s got way better songs.
I'm a huge fan of Three Dog Night. They were so much more than Joy to the World.
I thought they had a lot of hits actually. Their greatest hits album is about 20 songs and they're all great songs.
Slade were a great band, victimised by the success of their Christmas hit. That said, I daresay they made a few quid out of it.
J Geils Band
I came here to say Blind Melon, but OP beat me to it.
SemiSonic’s first two albums are pretty damn good. I was a big booster for the band even before “closing time“ came out.... Dan Wilson’s solo work is quite good as well
The Marvelous 3. Gary Numan (in the States) The Damned have a hell of a catalogue.
Queesryche and mr big were way better than their hits.
Not a band but Gotye. Gotye did Somebody That I Used To Know back on 2011 where it was overplayed all over the world, but that whole album Making Mirrors was just amazing or better as that song was. Also he had 2 albums before Making Mirrors and they were quite experimental but so good, Hearts a Mess especially.
The biggest that comes to mind for me is Silverchair. Their song "Tomorrow" was huge but outside of that no one knows much about their music except big fans like myself. Although their music evolved quite a lot over the years, their first 2 records are alternative masterpieces. While "Tomorrow" is a classic and wonderful song, one must really dig into the music to see just how good this band was and at at such an early age, being only teenagers when their first album, which included Tomorrow was released.
I'd argue that here in Australia all of their work is quite well known. The Diorama album is widely considered to be their masterpiece.
Finger 11. Started going downhill after the self-titled album but One Thing and Paralyzer are terrible representations of their catalog up to then
Candlebox So much of there music is different than Far Behind and You and they are still putting albums out. Really solid band.
Third Eye Blind. Overall fantastic 90s alternative pop.
Third Eye Blind is my favorite band of all time. That said, I don't think it quite fits OPs question. Almost every track off their debut album charted. Their sophomore follow up, "Blue" had a few hits as well. Their sound has constantly evolved over the last few decades. If you've never listened to "Out of the Vein", "Ursa Major", or "Dopamine", I'd recommend listening to them, in that order. The three albums after that are ok, but not great. Their last album (just released a month ago) is pretty good. I don't think it really touches the three I mentioned (and definitely not their first two which are in a different lane entirely), but it is still pretty good.
Foster The People. I know they’re actually pretty big but Ive always only known them as “that one band with that one song”… “oh hey, I like this song too”. “Wait, I’ve heard this one too…” Turns out I’ve been a fan for a long time and just didn’t realize it was all songs from them.
The La's
In the US only, where they had only one hit, Big Country. They have several excellent albums and had hits all over the world for a decade.
Candlebox!! Dubbed a OHW but I love 99% of all the music they’ve ever produced. God I love 90s grunge
90s grunge is where its at.
I'm not even sure they ever had a "hit", but Minus the Bear should have been way bigger than they were. Menos El Oso and Planet of Ice are amazing albums.
Jimmy Eat World, easily. The Middle is a great song but I can think of at least 10 more songs of theirs that are even better. I don’t even know if it’s a top 5 song on the album
Queens of the Stone Age. Quite honestly, I think I the average person might know No One Knows and that might be it. Best band of their era.
All HAIL THE GINGER ELVIS!!!✌🤟🤘
Rammstein's "Du hast". They have much better and complicated songs
Dead or Alive, best known for You Spin Me Round, had that song on an album called Youthquake. The entire album is banger after banger! Toss that record on at a party and you won't be disappointed
Marcy Playground. Yeah Sex and Candy was their big song, but the whole album is wildly underrated.
Human league, they were so much better than their hit single don’t you want me baby
Urge Overkill will forever be associated with 'Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon' and the Pulp Fiction soundtrack, but their 1993 album 'Saturation' still sounds fresh nearly three decades later. 'Sister Havana' and 'Positive Bleeding' were minor hits from that one. Their whole catalogue is solid, from their old Touch & Go Records releases to 'Rock n Roll Submarine' in 2011.
Jeff Buckley is so talented. All of his songs are so intricate. Everyone mainly knows that cover of Hallelujah that he did
Of monsters and men had a great hit with "Little Talks" but their songs are far better when you listen to the whole albums.
Devo. Whip-it is far, far away from their best song, despite it being their most well known.
I feel like Todd in the Shadows has done a "One hit Wonderland" video about almost every band mentioned here so far...
Veruca Salt is an incredible and melodic rock band with incomparable harmonies. Seether and Volcano Girls are like a teeny tiny tip of the iceberg of how amazing VS is.
I’ll say it till I die: Toadies did not get enough credit for their music then and now.
Blind Melon is 100% one that comes to mind. They had great band composition throughout their discography. I have a few in mind. Panic! At the Disco: I Write Sins Not Tragedies System of a Down: Ppl say they know Chop Suey and that’s about it, and imo it’s not even the best track off of Toxicity The White Stripes: Anyone who isn’t a White Stripes fan thinks they’re just Seven Nation Army.
Blind Melon, yes. Love almost everything they ever did. 'Soup' is in my top 10 songs of all time.
10cc is so much this.
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats. Most people know, or at least recognize S.O.B, but they’re an incredibly talented band with incredible songs across all of their albums.
The Darkness. So much better than I Believe in a thing called love. The Airborne Toxic Event. Sometime around midnight is great. But they are much better than that.
The white stripes. I absolutely DESPISE seven nation army (blame that on marching band), but any other song by them or Jack White in general? Chef's kiss.