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| Alrite, anyways, I don't see Sleater-Kinney as underrated, not saying that they aren't a good band, but they do get reviewed in major press mags (Rolling Stone, Spin, A.P.) and they are good reviews. Now, me, I come from Chicago, where all the good, cutting edge bands from here are highly underrated. The Jesus Lizard are one of the most inventive aggressive punk bands out there (the best way to describe them is a Tool less influenced by heavy metal and more influenced by the Sex Pistols) but I rarely hear anyone talk about them. Loraxx is another Chicago band that takes a similar approach to their music, except with a female vocalist and a bit more aggressive music (sorta like a Jesus Lizard more influenced by Minor Threat than the Sex Pistols, with a female vocalist). The bands that actually break through from the Chicagoland area are usually crap (with the exception of Cheap Trick and a few others). And the bands that I would like to see break, the Poster Children, Shellac (not that Shellac would ever become huge, it's a nice thought I have though...), the two afformentioned bands, the Arrivals, etc. seem to be doomed to relative obscurity. Sorry if I'm not making any sense here, that happens some times. And I really only wanted this post to be a couple of sentences, but then it blew up. |
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