Wait a second, Deep Purple? What the fuck? How are they underrated? They are literally one the most successful rock bands all time. Think about it, the first song one learns on guitar is by them.
+7101998GreenDay Man, these top ten vids are bullshit! How is Deep Purple underrated? They're rock icons in an elite class that any jack ass would know. I'll never watch another one of these top ten vids again. Next they'll do top ten most underrated British bands....."And our #4 most underrated British band- The Beatles."
+7101998GreenDay I agree with you but maybe mojo's point is that in the US they are not given the respect that other bands like LZ and BS are given. For most clueless people here DP was a one hit wonder and never heard of In Rock, Fireball, Made In Japan, Burn, etc. Even the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame called them a one hit wonder. Go figure.
+Matthew Di Flumeri I'm not a Deep Purple fan but I'd have to say that all of Machine Head is a "one hit wonder". As a live band I may have two of their recordings. Some of their jams are just awful, imo, but the album Machine Head is a complete and essential classic rock album. This said they were much less talented than Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath simply due to the songwriting. Then too I haven't really explored the band because I haven't liked music beyond Machine Head. I had one greatest hits collection of theirs once which had some other songs that I liked a bit at the time but really Deep Purple doesn't do it for me. Zep and Sabbath do a whole lot more for me.
+jaxflfreebird Folks, Deep Purple made 21 albums - a bit rich saying that they were a one hit wonder. Further, I can't believe that The Kinks and ZZ Top are seen as under-rated. Sheesh. Maybe The Kinks are not as well known in 2015 as they were in the 60s and 70s, but they were absolute pioneers of rock riffing and songwriting.
+jaxflfreebird Do you know what you are talking about? From 1968 to 76 Deep Purple were chart toppers, Hush, In Rock, Fireball, Machine head, Made in Japan, Burn and Who Do We Think We Are and their Perfect Strangers comeback in the 80's were huge. To say DP is not as talented as BS and LZ is simply uninformed. Blackmore, Paice, Lord and Glover were all better musicians than their counter parts.
@@jacocharzukanamericanautho2422 dude, again, can your average dumbass on the street name ELO or Deep Purple as music bands? No. So yes, these bands are under rated.
This must have been made by a child whose parents sucked. Most of these bands were monstrously popular in the 70s, 80s & 90s, and have been highly regarded ever since.
When you mention bands like CCR, Deep Purple, ELO and ZZ Top, it's obvious you don't know what you're talking about. Those bands are legends and huge commercial successes. Nobody I've ever met believes they are "underrated."
But are they still huge successes today and has their music stood the test of time? It's about bands that are underrated today, not in their heyday. I think out of these 4 bands, only Deep Purple has a massive following. Also, one has to take the scale of their body of work into account and that's why the Kinks are at number one. Their discography is absolutely massive. That's why I'm surprise Yes wasn't on the list.
@@BlunderCity I think your wrong when you say only deep DP has a massive following ,try buying a ticket to see Jeff/ELO or ZZ top. they wouldn't still be touring and filling venues 30+ years after they started without a massive following .Maybe they should change the title to "Ten bands millennial's havn't heard of"
Steve Ryczek Except he’s not talking about ‘in their heyday’, he’s talking about now. In today’s music world dominated by pop and horribleness that barely passes for rock ‘n’ roll (Led Zeppelin imitators... anyone?). Being older I have loved and appreciated all the bands listed but I fully realize they will not immediately leap to mind for anybody 35 and younger into rock music. I’m betting a few of these bands cause younger rockers to go “who?“
The Kinks were underrated because there was a time period in America where they were banned from preforming there so their popularity in the USA did not grow as much as it could have. Deep Purple really only song that is well known, but even then people may not be able to name the band when Smoke on the Water comes on. ZZ Top is also not that well known except for the fact that they have crazy beards. Don't get me wrong, I like all these bands but just because you have heard of them doesnt mean everyone else has.
I agree with all that minus The Kinks... As I mentioned in a prior discussion, Deep Purple has Smoke on the Water...and even Lars Ulrich, apparently their biggest fan ever, couldn't squeeze more than another 5 songs into their induction speech. Cuz that's all they got.
They are in the U.S. I don't know a single person that had even heard of The Kinks until I played them an album...then they all went crazy for them. It was a grassroots effort
+Marc B I must be a bit older than you. The Kinks may not get the recognition they deserve today, but from the mid-60s to the mid-80s they were quite popular. I saw them live several times, and had all their albums on vinyl. Great band.
You may want to consider a part 2. Blue Oyster Cult deserved better than an honorable mention. Here's a few more from my perspective: King Crimson, UFO, Uriah Heep, They Might Be Giants, Saxon, The Cult, Y&T, Legs Diamond, Diamond Head, & Smash Mouth all come to mind.
@Dan oz No, because albums sales are nowhere near what they once were. Yes, there might be many more platforms with which to hear music now and so much easier to reach people online. Back in their halcyon days Purple were huge globally, only really second after Zeppelin. They still do well, their last three albums sold really well, reaching number one in numerous countries, with their most recent getting to number 3 here in the UK, not bad for a 52 year old band.
The Association had so many great hits like Windy, Never My Love, Along Comes Mary and Cherish, yet how many people have ever heard of The Association?
I always believed that the kinks were one of the great bands along with the Stones The who The Beatles led zep some kind of green card trouble I've always heard
They were really memorable for about 5 years after they broke up. Than everyone forgot about them. They are also the band with the most number two hit songs, without ever having a number one hit song.
They are as underrated as Messi or Ronaldo. It's absurd to call them underrated but it's watchmojo, the same guys who called Mirror's Edge the most underrated game of its generation despite selling 2.4 million copies.
The Moody Blues - It took 50 years after the release of their Days of Future Past album for them to finally be inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame. Sadly, Ray Thomas who played flute on Nights in White Satin and wrote a couple of their best songs had died by then. They didn't get much airplay on the mainstream radio stations of their day because their songs where not the standard two minutes and fifty seconds long. But their sounds dominated the airwaves between the hours of midnight and 4 in the morning on the new FM stations which where coming on the scene in the early 70's.
@@fortunateson101 Yes it certainly was. But unlike their later stuff they didn't write the song. It was a cover. It was written by Larry Banks and Milton Bennett in the USA and first recorded in January 1964 by Bessie Banks. That said, their arrangement and particularly the unique piano back tune and cadenza written by Mike Pinder was very original and made it something special. Interestingly, many people who recognize the song are quite often surprised when they find out it was the Moody Blues. As their drummer, Graham Edge once said of their early years as a blues band: "In those days we where were exposed to the most magnificent music coming from America. - We packaged it up and sold it back to you! But eventually we began to feel a little phony singing about it since none of us had ever even seen a bale of cotton and we weren't quite sure what Smoke Stack Lightning was." That's when they hired Justin Hayward and John Lodge and started writing their own stuff.
Bryan, agree with you, ZZ Top, Deep Purple, The Kinks, Clcr, Soundgarde, in their own styles are not underrated. However, to be in the rock and roll hall of fame is not the big deal
@@hugosalas3907 ~ Being in the RRHOF says that these musicians have already been acknowledged for their contributions to popular music. So yes, they have already been put up on that pedestal. Weather or not it is deserved, that's for another day. But the original commentator is correct, they are hardly underrated...
Metro station is one of the most underrated rock bands in history. (trace is miley’s brother) but “ kelsey “ “ control “ and “ seventeen forever “ are SO underrated. we only know “ Shake it “ . They deserve more attention guys.
Very true. First saw them on the Thick as a Brick tour in May of 72, then again in November of that year, and many many times since. Not sure if people know or care just how popular they were. Selling out the LA Forum 5 consecutive nights. Literally as big as anyone including Zeppelin, the Stones and Elton John for about 3 years there, between 72 and 75. And bigger than Pink Floyd, the Grateful Dead and Black Sabbath. It's all there in the world wide box office numbers. And winning that grammy which they probably could have taken a pass on. But that that is what they seem to be remembered for. People seemed to decide it was a heavy metal award when the title was hard rock/heavy metal. No one who has seen Jethro Tull, particularly in the early 70's but still the case in 87 when that grammy award is from would doubt that one of the colors in their incredibly wide pallet was hard rock. I daresay Cross Eyed Mary makes the grade. Or Farm on the Freeway or Jump Start off the grammy album.
Tull are one of the phenomenal bands that really knew how to play their instruments, though never, never a heavy metal band. Their arrangements and time signature changes are overwhelming, and as a prog rock band of the 70's, they are up their with Yes and ELP. Good choice John McCarthy.
brandonedge NO shit, anyone who doesn't know the songs from the best decade of pure rock classics in music history 1964-1975, and from 67-71 if they don't know every song by CCR they shouldn't be allowed to talk about music like they actually have a fucking clue.
...and I wouldn't put that track anywhere near the top of the list of the band's best. It was a Top 40 hit and probably made the band a ton of money [which John Fogerty doubtless found a way to blow!] but it isn't a CCR track I want to ever hear again. Tired of it.
TFF one of my favorite bands from my college days. Saw them live and was blown away. Roland Orzabal is a songwriting genius. Both guys have incredible voices.
Why did the dickhead talking mention David Coverdale when talking about Deep Purple? The guy singing was Ian Gillan.... Don't believe in research do you guys?.
Pixies, Alice in Chains, Dinasoaur Jr, Soundgarden, Mudhoney/Green River, Mother Love Bone, The Melvins, Red Kross, Love Battery, Fishbone, Living Color, Sharp Nine, Amebix, Voivod, Coroner, Bathory, Ministry, O.L.D, SYL, Devin Townsend, Post Cavalera's Sepultura, Sarcofago, Budgie, Thin Lizzy, Riot, Death SS, W.A.S.P, Hanoi Rocks, Diamond Head, Angra, Eraserheads, Cynic, Cro-Mags and Pushmonkey are some examples of underated rock bands.
+Psytex Anonymous I think Voivod is more than a metal band, they are metals answer to prog rock, they influenced Cynic, Meshuggah, Tool, Mastodon, The Dilinger Escape Plan, Death (When they were more technical) and possibly more. Hell, some even say Voivod discovered the Djent guitar playing by accident!
It’s not Rollin’ On The River. The song’s title is Proud Mary. Please get your facts straight before you make a bad list. I mean hell, CCR is in the RRHoF. 20+ commercial hits in their prime. Underated is an understatement for what they accomplished.
Doesn't that just piss you off that these idiots can't get their shit together to even get the songs titles correct. No excuse that CCR didn't even write Proud Mary.
You're right - whoever put this together has zero awareness of the era. Forget needing video, one note of that voice was all anyone should need if they know the band. Also Christ on the original JC Superstar album...
Underated: Alice In Chains, Rage Against The Machine, Queensryche, Jethro Tull, The Moody Blues, Yes, Roxy Music, Uriah Heep, Traffic, The Animals, Pantera. Actually, to numerous to mention more bands.
oohhh Riot, blast from past , your list is better. Hawkwind yes. I fact came to you tube to look up an old song from Uriah Heep I heard on new show Quarry
+mediaman46 nice nice there are more underrated bands I could of mention but I was focusing on the rock category there are tons of metal bands that are so underrated examples savatage, morbid angel, metal church, exciter, axxis, sarcofago, fates warning, skyclad, diamond head, and many more. uriah heep is one of those that we both agree deserve a way lot more credit
Gong. TalkTalk. Joy Division. Spooky Tooth. Wishbone Ash. So many choices. There should be a list of artists that very rarely got airplay, like Zappa, KC, and so on, who have long been inspiration for other, more popular bands.
Calling the Beatles "rock" is like calling Mortal Kombat "suitable for all ages" or calling us "metal." The Beatles couldn't even play their instruments!
@doubleheadergr I have a slow phone (a ZTE Z899VL) and my custom keyboard didn't detect one of my period presses (I literally had to look at the back of my phone for the serial number).
Wilson Neto I would say Stone Roses qualify, but otherwise should get a different name. Tears for Fears, ZZTop? The Pixies?? Are you under a rock? Do multiple successful albums, chart success, fanbase? An underrated band would be deficient in those areas. Were it not for Blister in the Sun I can see VF How about Tool (looking below note) Flaming Lips maybe. I don't get this list at all. Need to reread the dictionary definition of under rated
Michael Rawson thats why Mojo Is just youtube Media Slurp and not to be taken seriously. They dont know shit about the subjects they produce and post on.
Luis Cajas Ramirez I don't know who makes these lists for mojo, but lately they've been failing. You're extremely right about Credence. They were so famous, they were sued for plagiarizing John Fogarty.
“The Kinks” are underrated when compared to The Beatles, The Who, and the Stones but I would say “The Animals” are way more underrated than “The Kinks”.
Deep Purple sold more than 100 million records WW and ZZ Top sold more than 25 million albums in the US alone. How is this amazing success making them underrated?
Roger Smith These bands are arguably and hugely talented but their fame can't be argued. Not the case for bands like The Replacements and Cocteau Twins. Then again, music isn't Watchmojo's forte.
Roger Smith I'm thinking Deep Purple was included on this list because for a lot of people, their career begins and ends with that riff from Smoke On The Water. I'm not saying I agree with their inclusion, but that's the only rationale I could think of.
+Roger Smith You can sell millions of records and still be underrated. I am in full agreement with the Kinks being number one. They are a ground breaking band and besides they've not sold as many records as you might think anyway. Their Gosling/Dalton era albums include some of the best songs ever written (Shangri-La, Everybody's in Showbiz and 20th Century Man amongst others) and sold very few copies.
April Wine is underrated. They've been around for almost 50 years and wrote several classic rock songs such as I like to Rock, I'm On File, Roller and Say Hello. Yet they mostly play small venues.
I can't heap enough praise on the kinks. They are totally underrated. The albums something else by the kinks, the village green preservation society and Arthur or the decline and fall of the British empire are truly classic
@@arnoldstallonereeves7469 fortunate son, proud Mary, bad moon rising and have you ever seen the rain are very very famous. And they had way more big hits
E.L.O. was amazing, and if it weren't for Jeff Lynne we wouldn't have had some of the best Tom Petty material, least of which being the Traveling Wilburys. So, while E.L.O. may not have been huge in their prime, their body of work today is undeniable and Jeff Lynne remains a power to be reckoned with in the recording studio.
Had the privellage of seeing ELO in concert. Definitely one of the most under rated bands. Jeff wanted an orchestra... he got one. Twice over. Hell, three times over.
ELO was huge in the late 70's and early 80's. Doing the very disco influenced LP Discovery (Disco" Very was the joke) is what killed them with hard core fans just as 1 song from 1979 did in the original KISS.
Bravo Bro!!!!! One awesome "live" band never mentioned along with CCR. Mark,Don & Mel had a sound that changed the world so they were able to forget about reality for a few hours. Thank You Flint Michigan!!!
The Kinks are the British version of The Velvet Underground. The VU is highly underrated, they never get played on radio and have limited fanfare. No complaint with The Kinks being number 1 though, they are the most overlooked of the British Invasion bands.
I agree ! in the 1980s the biggest Rock station in NYC would do a " Beatles, Stones, Led Zep, Who " weekend. nothin but those 4 bands Friday afternoons to Sunday midnight. It should have had the KINKS on the list.
Dire Straits and The Cars are missing. Other than CCR, I pretty much agree with the list. ELO is definitely one of the most underrated bands of all time.
jms1963 I meant they write very interesting titles for their total incompetent content like this list. They go for clicks/views only. Underrated as a clickbait co. They take somebody else’s quality content and create shitty lists like this. Maybe I can’t express myself in English good enough, it’s not my native language.
The Outfield, Triumph, Mike + the Mechanics, Survivor, The Alan Parsons Project, REO Speedwagon, The Moody Blues, The Fixx, Level 42, Styx, Cheap Trick, Yes, Foreigner, Squeeze, Midnight Oil, Boston, Eddie & the Hot Rods and The) Scorpions may or may not be underrated (some most-definitely are)...but they're all not rated as high as they should be.
The outfield sucks. Survivor is a shitty one hit wonder, REO SW has as much fame as they deserved. Styx isn't underrated, nor is Yes and Boston as well as foreigner. Cheap trick is overrated and frankly theyre not much above pop.
I think they should've add Badfinger to the list. They were signed to Apple Records and made pretty good songs. Their career wasn't successful because of financial problems and bad management deals. Unfortunately, only one member is alive since two of them committed suicide and the other died in 2005. And they wrote Without You which became more recognizable because of Harry Nilsson and Mariah Carey's version.
Better list: #10: The Sweet #9: Barenaked Ladies #8: Tears For Fears #7: Boston #6: Little River Band #5: INXS #4: The Doobie Brothers #3: America #2: Chicago #1: Toto Yes, I’m aware that most of these bands achieved incredible fame, but some of them have also been underrated, Chicago and Toto especially. Toto has contributed a lot more to pop music than just “Africa”, and Chicago’s guitarist was a favorite of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page.
you made my day. finally someone who has some real knowledge of great, yet very undersppreciated, music... my list has some differences though: 10.Queensryche 9. The Black Crowes 8. Uriah Heap 7. Three Dog Night 6, Little River Band 5. Thin Lizzy 4 The Animals 3. The Doobie Brothers 2. Toto 1. Steely Dan And for a bonus, my top pick for the most underrated/underappreciated band in music today: Halestorm. They deserve SO much more success & fame than they currently are afforded. Lzzy Hale is such an amazing vocalist. She is so underrated imo. (Of course, it doesn't help that rock music is dying a slow death, thanks to record labels churning out & pushing the same simple music formulas in every song, due to shorter attention spans and lack of patience in the ones who make up most of today's music market; millenials. Not that I blame them, they can't be faulted for lack of exposure to truly artistic music. I blame the record labels - they shove the same revamped bullshit down your throat, to where you hear a song in every store, on every radio station, in commercials, movies... you can't escape it even if you wanted to. They oversaturate a song so much these kids are almost forced into liking the garbage that passes as music today, simply because of mere familiarity. and sadly, it might just be the death of real rock music.
@@MsDivaKelli Queensryche is awesome band.Toto too ,but i am so sad that they make so good music and the are forgotten by the people.Faith No More too.
AntonyPancake Again it's not underrated by other bands and musicians but the general public..There actually are many people who know Zeppelin but don't know anything about Deep Purple(apart from an iconic riff)..And Deep Purple is much more than Smoke on the Water
Timelordwinterandsun But out of the rock world they are unknown to most people. Bands like Nirvana, Guns and Roses, Rolling Stones, etc... almost every person knows them even people that are not involved in rock music.
Uriah Heep any day over Tears for Fears, which is NOT rock, but rather pop. BOC is definitely my most underrated rock group. A guitar band incomparabilis
Where is The Alan Parsons Project, Fate's Warning, Marillion, Riot, Crimson Glory, Type 0 Negativa, Y&T, King Crimson, UFO, AngelWitch, Triumph, Jethro Tull, Kansas, Grim Reaper????
Maybe do, but their concerts were incredible! I got to see their "Kilroy Was Here" concert. It was like WOW! Dennis DeYoung was the best keyboard player in his era.
I agree with this list .. Cheap trick is also underrated. Moody blues. As well., the Michael Des Barres band. There so many., the replacements, the smithereens. Love, to name a few
They lost me at Soundgarden. Sure, they aren't renowned as their peers of their genre/sub-genre but those guys achieved enough critical and commercial success to not be under the underrated category.
Bad taste huh you don't what real music CCR and I know not of your favorites is known as the Voice Paul Rodgers is what all the rest want to be and never will be so lets see what's you have and if you put todays bands and rap crap in them you have no taste in music. so friend show me what you've got and if you have some no problem I will agree with you if not it just goes to show you everyone likes what they like including you. have a nice night.
If you want to bring up Adam Ant you should probably bring up Adam and the Ants, the full band, because except for a few tracks his solo stuff sucked. Kings Of The Wild Frontier, however, was one of the best albums of the 80's. And I love Cat Stevens.
The Kinks are at least somewhat underrated. They deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as The Beatles, Beach Boys, the Who, and the Rolling Stones, yet they hardly ever are.
They are probably the most underrated band ever ... Just look : they got an honorable mention but only got "4 seconds" in the video (after 12 seconds of "jonny hate the world ?") ... ONLY FOUR FU####G seconds .... even in underrated subjects they don't have the place would they deserved !!
Blue öyster cult easily shares the top spot of being the best rock band of all time, yet no one knows them, and mostly recognise their work from the ‘dont fear the reaper’ more cowbell sketch
Graduating from high school in the mid 70s, I'm not sure I'd consider Deep Purple or ZZ Top as being under-rated. Everyone I hung out with had at least one or two of their albums and saw them when they came to town. I think you could make the case for Credence being under-rated. I do totally agree with your #1 pick. The Kinks were among my favorites and I've always been amazed at how many people would say "The Kinks? Who are they?" but were familiar with Lola, You really got me, and All day and all through the night. Saw them around '78 after Low Budget came out and thought they were great. Dave Davies is one hell of a guitarist who dosen't get enough credit as well.
Pretty Good list but I think thr following bands are sadly missing The Smiths Black Flag Iggy Pop/Stooges The Buzzcocks Echo and The Bunnymen Jesus and Mary Chain The Yardbirds Small Faces/Faces Roxy Music T-Rex The Ocean Blue Minor Threat The Specials New Order/Joy Division Crowded House Split Enz The Church Television New York Dolls Velvet Underground(obviously) Dr.Teeth and Electric Mayhem and On and On and On!!!
+Andrew Mills is Dr.Teeth the Muppets?!?!? LOL! LOVE Roxy Music! Paul Carrack (Ace, Roxy Music, Squeeze & Mike+mechanics). New Order, and Crowded house all good !
How is CCR underrated? They are one of the most beloved bands of all time. And I don't get how you feel Soundgarden is underrated, they are one of the pillars of the grunge movement (although I think Chris Cornell as a solo artist was criminally underrated, may he rest in peace). For me, one of the most underrated bands is The Offspring. They are one of my favorite 90's bands, their songs are loaded with social commentary and they are musically talented. Also, thanks for showing Violent Femmes some love!
Maybe where you come from but here we never talk about "British Blues" bands because whatever "blues' Brits have originated here. It would be like talking about British Baseball. ZZ Top may have elements of the blues but it's more of a classic rock and roll group. There's a saying here that Country Music and Blues Music had a baby and they called it Rock and Roll. ZZ Top is hands down one of the best Rock and Roll bands ever. Stones are the only comparable British rock band as far as I'm concerned.@@bensagal-morris8072
superchitownhustler Really? Because Cream, John Mayall and the bluesbreakers, the Jeff Beck group (1968-1970), and the early Led Zeppelin definitely beg to differ on that one. Yes blues originated here, but the Brits refined it to the point that it had mainstream appeal to people. They are the reason people like me even found out who Robert Johnson, BB King, and all the rest even were. Clapton himself is considered an honorary blues man by people like Buddy Guy. He grew up not knowing who his mother was only to find out that who his parents were calling his sister was his mother, and he was raised by his grandparents. His mother’s whole family rejected him. Then, his love for Pattie Boyd was rejected after he released the awesome love poem album known as Layla. Then all of his friends like Hendrix and Duane Allman all died young leaving him with no peers. Then his little kid fell out of that window which inspired him to write tears in heaven. My point is, there are other ways than growing up in the Jim Crow south to write the blues. We all have had tragedy in our lives and we can harness that into our work. So us Americans may have invented it but there are definitely non-American blues artists.
I guess it's all about who you like. Frank Zappa/Mothers have never been given their due by the public at large. On the other hand musicians knew how good Zappa really was. Steppenwolf and Spirit are two more excellent bands that had so much competition at the time they were popular that they just got lost in the shuffle. In other words timing can be either friend or enemy.
I must admit I wasn't a big Zappa fan till a buddy took me to one of his concerts in Manchester UK, holly crap I had no idea, OK his music was weird and off the wall but man his band blew my socks off, first Frank's guitar playing was totally original and brilliant but one thing I did notice was his goofy looking drummer Vinnie Colaiuta, holly crap, I'd seen The Buddy Rich Band about a year before and although I wasn't really a big Jazz fan I was blown away by his playing and I thought wow if I could only get a guy that good in my then crappy blues-rock band I'd have sold my soul. It was then I realized that without a superb drummer a band would always be just a garage band.I had to wait till Jeff Beck's Live at Ronnie Scott's to see I was right, not that I am comparing myself to JB, like Hendrix both these guys could play better than I could even while sleeping or in handcuffs:)
The Kinks underrated? soundgarden? CCR? Deep Purple? ELO? ZZ Top? Tears for Fears? Underrated? Definitely smoking something when they devised this list!
I would add bonus ones to this list. Cream, REO Speedwagon, Steve Miller Band, Nazareth, and Heart. Edit: Grand Funk Railroad, Player, Kansas, Jethro Tull.
Given that this is WatchMojo's list, I was waiting for the Beatles, Rolling Stones and Nirvana.
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I waited the entire video for Queen, Metallica and Led Zeppelin. Lol.
The Doors...
And Led Zepplin
Since when was CCR and ZZ Top considered underrated?
No mention of Kansas. Who can name a song other than carry on wayward son or dust in the wind? Never a bad song from them
Right?! I didn't know selling 50 million albums was "underrated" lol
@@tuckersears2281 ya,..........ummmmmmmm....since when were they overlooked and ignored??? They are both on the radio all the time!
Yup i feel offended
Idk
CCR, Deep Purple, ZZ top, The Kinks underrated?
Nyx I agree these bands aren't underrated at all, just overlooked on occasion.
Nyx CCR is my favorite band ever, and I was honestly surprised that they were listed.
Nyx In United States!
Nyx I feel like Watchmojo doesn't have a 60's-70's classic rock radio station in town.
Got to admit, when you think of British Invasion, the kinks are the last band you think of.
ZZ Top underrated???? lol
Yeah, ZZ top and CCR aren’t underrated (both great bands though).
Wait a second, Deep Purple? What the fuck? How are they underrated? They are literally one the most successful rock bands all time. Think about it, the first song one learns on guitar is by them.
+7101998GreenDay Man, these top ten vids are bullshit! How is Deep Purple underrated? They're rock icons in an elite class that any jack ass would know. I'll never watch another one of these top ten vids again. Next they'll do top ten most underrated British bands....."And our #4 most underrated British band- The Beatles."
+7101998GreenDay I agree with you but maybe mojo's point is that in the US they are not given the respect that other bands like LZ and BS are given. For most clueless people here DP was a one hit wonder and never heard of In Rock, Fireball, Made In Japan, Burn, etc. Even the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame called them a one hit wonder. Go figure.
+Matthew Di Flumeri I'm not a Deep Purple fan but I'd have to say that all of Machine Head is a "one hit wonder". As a live band I may have two of their recordings. Some of their jams are just awful, imo, but the album Machine Head is a complete and essential classic rock album. This said they were much less talented than Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath simply due to the songwriting. Then too I haven't really explored the band because I haven't liked music beyond Machine Head. I had one greatest hits collection of theirs once which had some other songs that I liked a bit at the time but really Deep Purple doesn't do it for me. Zep and Sabbath do a whole lot more for me.
+jaxflfreebird
Folks, Deep Purple made 21 albums - a bit rich saying that they were a one hit wonder. Further, I can't believe that The Kinks and ZZ Top are seen as under-rated. Sheesh. Maybe The Kinks are not as well known in 2015 as they were in the 60s and 70s, but they were absolute pioneers of rock riffing and songwriting.
+jaxflfreebird Do you know what you are talking about? From 1968 to 76 Deep Purple were chart toppers, Hush, In Rock, Fireball, Machine head, Made in Japan, Burn and Who Do We Think We Are and their Perfect Strangers comeback in the 80's were huge.
To say DP is not as talented as BS and LZ is simply uninformed. Blackmore, Paice, Lord and Glover were all better musicians than their counter parts.
My band was so underrated nobody has ever heard of us.
Mine was so underrated I left after one day. . . .
I've sold well under a million albums...
@@jc.1191 I sold one copy of our album.....to my grandparents, after I made them buy it...
Mine was so underrated it only exists in my imagination
Lol. Nice thread.
This is like “underrated” bands for people who don’t really know much about music
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Lol. Right?
@@jacocharzukanamericanautho2422 dude, again, can your average dumbass on the street name ELO or Deep Purple as music bands? No. So yes, these bands are under rated.
Fact
This must have been made by a child whose parents sucked. Most of these bands were monstrously popular in the 70s, 80s & 90s, and have been highly regarded ever since.
When you mention bands like CCR, Deep Purple, ELO and ZZ Top, it's obvious you don't know what you're talking about. Those bands are legends and huge commercial successes. Nobody I've ever met believes they are "underrated."
But are they still huge successes today and has their music stood the test of time? It's about bands that are underrated today, not in their heyday. I think out of these 4 bands, only Deep Purple has a massive following. Also, one has to take the scale of their body of work into account and that's why the Kinks are at number one. Their discography is absolutely massive. That's why I'm surprise Yes wasn't on the list.
Agreed.
@@BlunderCity I think your wrong when you say only deep DP has a massive following ,try buying a ticket to see Jeff/ELO or ZZ top. they wouldn't still be touring and filling venues 30+ years after they started without a massive following .Maybe they should change the title to "Ten bands millennial's havn't heard of"
This child who put this video out is clearly out to lunch. CCR, Deep Purple, ELO, and ZZ Top were huge in their heydays.
Steve Ryczek Except he’s not talking about ‘in their heyday’, he’s talking about now. In today’s music world dominated by pop and horribleness that barely passes for rock ‘n’ roll (Led Zeppelin imitators... anyone?). Being older I have loved and appreciated all the bands listed but I fully realize they will not immediately leap to mind for anybody 35 and younger into rock music. I’m betting a few of these bands cause younger rockers to go “who?“
What about: King crimson , Supertramp, Xtc, Talking Heads...
OMFG SUPERTRAMP. Yes, they are very, very underrated.💔
XTC & Talking Heads, phenomenal.
@@gregleavitt1255 I love The Talking Heads!💙💙💙
@@elizabethlee339 That means you have great taste and you are ahead of the game 😉
King Crimson? If you are going to talk prog I would say Yes are more under rated these days.
Most of these bands are acclaimed as rock classics. ZZ Top and Deep Purple underrated? seriously?
And the Kinks under rated I don't think so. And I have ZZ Top tickets is October :)
The Kinks were underrated because there was a time period in America where they were banned from preforming there so their popularity in the USA did not grow as much as it could have. Deep Purple really only song that is well known, but even then people may not be able to name the band when Smoke on the Water comes on. ZZ Top is also not that well known except for the fact that they have crazy beards. Don't get me wrong, I like all these bands but just because you have heard of them doesnt mean everyone else has.
I agree with all that minus The Kinks... As I mentioned in a prior discussion, Deep Purple has Smoke on the Water...and even Lars Ulrich, apparently their biggest fan ever, couldn't squeeze more than another 5 songs into their induction speech. Cuz that's all they got.
They are in the U.S. I don't know a single person that had even heard of The Kinks until I played them an album...then they all went crazy for them. It was a grassroots effort
+Marc B I must be a bit older than you. The Kinks may not get the recognition they deserve today, but from the mid-60s to the mid-80s they were quite popular. I saw them live several times, and had all their albums on vinyl. Great band.
You may want to consider a part 2. Blue Oyster Cult deserved better than an honorable mention. Here's a few more from my perspective: King Crimson, UFO, Uriah Heep, They Might Be Giants, Saxon, The Cult, Y&T, Legs Diamond, Diamond Head, & Smash Mouth all come to mind.
The vast majority of these bands are good. For Smash Mouth I only got a few select favorites. Walking On The Sun is one of them
Deep Purple have sold 150 million albums, which is more than Black Sabbath, so they're not really underrated.
@Dan oz No, because albums sales are nowhere near what they once were. Yes, there might be many more platforms with which to hear music now and so much easier to reach people online. Back in their halcyon days Purple were huge globally, only really second after Zeppelin. They still do well, their last three albums sold really well, reaching number one in numerous countries, with their most recent getting to number 3 here in the UK, not bad for a 52 year old band.
Note: David Coverdale is not Ian Gillan.
True that, but sadder still, Ian Gillan is not Ian Gillan anymore.
They really needed to do some research before posting this cr*p. And tears for fears was not underrated, they're just poor.
Gillan? Coverdale? What a dip shit...doesn't know the difference? DP + Gillian all the way DP Mk II yeah!
Nobody says "I have to hear Electric Light Orchestra" because everybody just calls them ELO.
So true 😂😂
Plus they are not a rock band.
Thodsr Sr yes they are
Thodsr Sr They are a rock band goddammit they were just very creative like the Beatles
I love ELO. I agree
The Association had so many great hits like Windy, Never My Love, Along Comes Mary and Cherish, yet how many people have ever heard of The Association?
I heard of 'em after reading the Grammy winners on Song of the Year and wondered how it beaten The Beatles' Hey Jude
They were like the Monkees. The Wrecking Crew session musicians performed on all their records.
One of the better 60s bands.
Refers to David Coverdale as the "guy from Whitesnake" whilst simultaneously showing footage of Ian Gillan......ffs
Whitesnake is More Underrated than same Deep Purple
I always believed that the kinks were one of the great bands along with the Stones The who The Beatles led zep some kind of green card trouble I've always heard
FFS
i have to admit i did a double take then laughed...
"Rollin' On A River?" Really, guys???
It's Proud Mary!!!!!
LOL, Also I'm sick of the political songs from the 60's. Naturally todays idiots gravitate towards those first.
@@ohheyfukyoo337 shut up.
Noticed that too lol.
really they got that wrong
Jeff Lynne and ELO is just musical talent personified!!! They have shown many times that that they can make a song of any genre and it will be magic!
Television, The Cars, Roxy Music, Talking Heads, Velvet Underground, Uriah Heep, Smokie, Scorpions, Jethro Tull, Thin Lizzy
Add the Yardbirds to that list.
@@tenn_ore Exactly.
Not to mention Yes.
Blue Oyster Cult
CCR underrated? Aren't they one of the best known 60's-70's bands
They were really memorable for about 5 years after they broke up. Than everyone forgot about them. They are also the band with the most number two hit songs, without ever having a number one hit song.
reeroo11 And you are full of it. They still get airtime on rock stations to this day.
In fact, "Run Through the Jungle" is playing as I type this.
They are as underrated as Messi or Ronaldo. It's absurd to call them underrated but it's watchmojo, the same guys who called Mirror's Edge the most underrated game of its generation despite selling 2.4 million copies.
Samuli Hynninen Many youngsters have never heard of the name, but probably would recognize some of their songs.
Samuli Hynninen Mojo clearly don't know them well. They think "Proud Mary" is called "Rollin on the river".
The Moody Blues - It took 50 years after the release of their Days of Future Past album for them to finally be inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame. Sadly, Ray Thomas who played flute on Nights in White Satin and wrote a couple of their best songs had died by then. They didn't get much airplay on the mainstream radio stations of their day because their songs where not the standard two minutes and fifty seconds long. But their sounds dominated the airwaves between the hours of midnight and 4 in the morning on the new FM stations which where coming on the scene in the early 70's.
They were really special to me!
'Go Now' has to be one of the best early 60s electric blues songs out there!!!
@@fortunateson101 Yes it certainly was. But unlike their later stuff they didn't write the song. It was a cover. It was written by Larry Banks and Milton Bennett in the USA and first recorded in January 1964 by Bessie Banks. That said, their arrangement and particularly the unique piano back tune and cadenza written by Mike Pinder was very original and made it something special. Interestingly, many people who recognize the song are quite often surprised when they find out it was the Moody Blues.
As their drummer, Graham Edge once said of their early years as a blues band:
"In those days we where were exposed to the most magnificent music coming from America. - We packaged it up and sold it back to you! But eventually we began to feel a little phony singing about it since none of us had ever even seen a bale of cotton and we weren't quite sure what Smoke Stack Lightning was."
That's when they hired Justin Hayward and John Lodge and started writing their own stuff.
Absolutely!!!
Does everyone hate their album A Question Of Balance?
Elo, clcr, deep purple, ZZ Top, the kinks underrated?!?! Do you know music at all?? These bands are in the rock and roll hall of fame.
Bryan, agree with you, ZZ Top, Deep Purple, The Kinks, Clcr, Soundgarde, in their own styles are not underrated. However, to be in the rock and roll hall of fame is not the big deal
MOJO you don't understand a dick!
They are all great bands known around the world, how about "Slade"
@@hugosalas3907 ~ Being in the RRHOF says that these musicians have already been acknowledged for their contributions to popular music. So yes, they have already been put up on that pedestal.
Weather or not it is deserved, that's for another day. But the original commentator is correct, they are hardly underrated...
Deep purple made one of the best rock songs ever
WHY ANYONE MENTIONED KANSAS? They’re criminally underrated. I feel sad, just hear all of their songs and you will fall in love with that band as I did
The first six Kansas LPs were all masterpieces,and Leftoverture ? I consider it one of the most flawless recordings of all time..
Even theyer forgotten album Cultasaurous Erectus Black Blade is the best song on said album
@@kiplambert64 yep.. not underrated for us real Kansas fans..
Kansas is great, Carry On Wayward Son is a masterpiece
They are a really good example of an underrated band.
I think we have a different definition of the word underrated.....
Totally agree with you.
You guys want an underrated band look up Sixx: A.M.
you want under rated look up robin trower
Metro station is one of the most underrated rock bands in history. (trace is miley’s brother) but “ kelsey “ “ control “ and “ seventeen forever “ are SO underrated. we only know “ Shake it “ . They deserve more attention guys.
@@gamedudeyo662 Yo! Thank you for recommending sixx A.M.
Their songs are pretty amazing, thanks again!
Jethro Tull never gets any love. Great band with great live concerts, I saw many of them in the 70's
Jethro Tull won a grammy over Metallica!
My Grandma loves them, every time I listen to jethro tull it reminds me of her (I live in another country) and drinking sangria with my grandpa
Very true. First saw them on the Thick as a Brick tour in May of 72, then again in November of that year, and many many times since. Not sure if people know or care just how popular they were. Selling out the LA Forum 5 consecutive nights. Literally as big as anyone including Zeppelin, the Stones and Elton John for about 3 years there, between 72 and 75. And bigger than Pink Floyd, the Grateful Dead and Black Sabbath. It's all there in the world wide box office numbers. And winning that grammy which they probably could have taken a pass on. But that that is what they seem to be remembered for. People seemed to decide it was a heavy metal award when the title was hard rock/heavy metal. No one who has seen Jethro Tull, particularly in the early 70's but still the case in 87 when that grammy award is from would doubt that one of the colors in their incredibly wide pallet was hard rock. I daresay Cross Eyed Mary makes the grade. Or Farm on the Freeway or Jump Start off the grammy album.
Jethro Tull, who have sold 60 million albums, never get any love? Are you stoned?
Tull are one of the phenomenal bands that really knew how to play their instruments, though never, never a heavy metal band. Their arrangements and time signature changes are overwhelming, and as a prog rock band of the 70's, they are up their with Yes and ELP. Good choice John McCarthy.
Rolling on the river by CCR is actually called Proud Mary
i really couldn't believe that mistake. it's only one of the most famous rock songs of all time.
and CCR were together for over 10 years, just under different names (blue velvets, golliwogs, etc.)
brandonedge NO shit, anyone who doesn't know the songs from the best decade of pure rock classics in music history 1964-1975, and from 67-71 if they don't know every song by CCR they shouldn't be allowed to talk about music like they actually have a fucking clue.
...and I wouldn't put that track anywhere near the top of the list of the band's best. It was a Top 40 hit and probably made the band a ton of money [which John Fogerty doubtless found a way to blow!] but it isn't a CCR track I want to ever hear again. Tired of it.
Ya I face palmed when I saw that
TFF one of my favorite bands from my college days. Saw them live and was blown away. Roland Orzabal is a songwriting genius. Both guys have incredible voices.
deep purple??? wtf?? one of the most important bands in rock history. blackmores rainbow (with dio) are underrated.
porcupine tree are underrated!
Which is probably the most famous live album ever ...
Why did the dickhead talking mention David Coverdale when talking about Deep Purple? The guy singing was Ian Gillan.... Don't believe in research do you guys?.
I know, catch the rainbow just 10/10... Perfecttion from Dio in his time away from Dio and Sabbath.
i think blind melon should be on here, it was super underrated
Hum is also an extremely underrated band. "Stars" is easily the most powerful alt-metal ballad of all time.
When you don't know the bands, it doesn't mean that they are underrated. It's just you. You have a lack of references.
Pixies, Alice in Chains, Dinasoaur Jr, Soundgarden, Mudhoney/Green River, Mother Love Bone, The Melvins, Red Kross, Love Battery, Fishbone, Living Color, Sharp Nine, Amebix, Voivod, Coroner, Bathory, Ministry, O.L.D, SYL, Devin Townsend, Post Cavalera's Sepultura, Sarcofago, Budgie, Thin Lizzy, Riot, Death SS, W.A.S.P, Hanoi Rocks, Diamond Head, Angra, Eraserheads, Cynic, Cro-Mags and Pushmonkey are some examples of underated rock bands.
Lee Torry i dont agree with Alice and soundgarden they are pretty well known but i will certainly agree with thin lizzy and Quiet Riot
+Psytex Anonymous I think Voivod is more than a metal band, they are metals answer to prog rock, they influenced Cynic, Meshuggah, Tool, Mastodon, The Dilinger Escape Plan, Death (When they were more technical) and possibly more. Hell, some even say Voivod discovered the Djent guitar playing by accident!
Lee Torry Talking Heads dudde
Lee Torry The Tragically Hip.. seriously underrated.
+acfreak55 He means Riot, aka the guys who released the album Thundersteel. (Riot V now)
Savatage and Crimson Glory are a few others I can think of.
Nancy Wilson of Heart is definitely an underrated guitarist.
In my opinion Lindsey Buckingham from fleetwood mac is the most underrated he doesnt get nearly enough credit
Mick Mars from Mötley Crüe
When it comes to the female variant, Hell yeah!
@@gp. who is the first?
@@kingjohnny4314 I agree!
It’s not Rollin’ On The River. The song’s title is Proud Mary. Please get your facts straight before you make a bad list. I mean hell, CCR is in the RRHoF. 20+ commercial hits in their prime. Underated is an understatement for what they accomplished.
Doesn't that just piss you off that these idiots can't get their shit together to even get the songs titles correct. No excuse that CCR didn't even write Proud Mary.
@ Raymond, I hope you are joking. If so it is sadly not clear. If you aren't please stop posting about music.
Watch Mojo is a big joke
Pink floyd
HeyItsTim
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David Coverdale was not in this video. That was Ian Gillan.
You're right - whoever put this together has zero awareness of the era. Forget needing video, one note of that voice was all anyone should need if they know the band. Also Christ on the original JC Superstar album...
Proving just how underrated Deep Purple is when "knowers" can't even get the members right on a list about how they deserve more recognition...
Gordon Reaps I noticed that too.
Deep purple is not underrated. People that listen to hard rock and metal know deep purples influence. And are well respected in the genre.
Yea both clips in that part was Gillan lol. Whoever made this is a dumbass
CCR underrated ??!! Please... And that song is called "Proud Mary"
mrsuns10 WatchMojo.com is just part of the 90% on this whole planet.
Armando Escalera Watch mojo don't know any band who didn't have success, pretty dumb doing this list
Watchmojo: “Underrated”
Inigo Montoya: “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”
I hope they didn't kill your father.
The wisdom of Inigo
INCONCIEVABLE!
Underated: Alice In Chains, Rage Against The Machine, Queensryche, Jethro Tull, The Moody Blues, Yes, Roxy Music, Uriah Heep, Traffic, The Animals, Pantera. Actually, to numerous to mention more bands.
@John Cena: Are you talkin' to me? Are you talkin' to me?
Pantera is a famous band
Pantera Underrated? Jajajaja
The Tragically Hip
BeetlesJunkee don't forget Dream Theater
What about thin lizzy, Uriah heep, ufo, bugie, yes, genesis, king crimson, elp, asia, hawkwind, rainbow, riot. those bands r underrated
oohhh Riot, blast from past , your list is better. Hawkwind yes. I fact came to you tube to look up an old song from Uriah Heep I heard on new show Quarry
+mediaman46 nice nice there are more underrated bands I could of mention but I was focusing on the rock category there are tons of metal bands that are so underrated examples savatage, morbid angel, metal church, exciter, axxis, sarcofago, fates warning, skyclad, diamond head, and many more. uriah heep is one of those that we both agree deserve a way lot more credit
Riot was awesome, and it's Budgie btw.
+Rich M. riot is still together now know as riot v and bugie deserve more really they do
Gong. TalkTalk. Joy Division. Spooky Tooth. Wishbone Ash. So many choices. There should be a list of artists that very rarely got airplay, like Zappa, KC, and so on, who have long been inspiration for other, more popular bands.
Deep Purple so under appreciated that the narrator’s talking about David Coverdale when the clip (and peak era) features Ian Gillian
Cire Nosnor I LOVE Deep; own many albums+CD’s; Stormbringer is one of my favs, along w/Fireball....,but he failed to mention Ritchie, too!
The Deep Purple singer featured is not David Coverdale, it's Ian Gillan.
and they said that the CCR song was rollin on a river 😂😂
@@shybinx_ he should of known it was proud mary lol
What an insult honestly.
Where the hell is Sweet? They never got the credit they deserved!
With the best drummer of all time,Mick Tucker.
@Antonio Zerillo
John Bonham would like to have a word with you.
THANK YOU!!!!
Slade
@@GabrielLopez-qe2od Slade were never underrated. They were one of the biggest and most influential glam rock bands of the 70s.
Half of your list are members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Underrated? It is surprising, you don't have the Beatles at number one.
Calling the Beatles "rock" is like calling Mortal Kombat "suitable for all ages" or calling us "metal." The Beatles couldn't even play their instruments!
couldn't play their instrumnets where do you get that stupid idea from gee whizz you tube intellegency.....
@@amylee9092 saying the Beatles is not a rock band is debatable, but then saying they dont play their instruments, is just ignorant
@@Kferler I said couldn't, not don't I studied music for years before I started Evanescence, so I think I'm a better judge of that then you.
@doubleheadergr I have a slow phone (a ZTE Z899VL) and my custom keyboard didn't detect one of my period presses (I literally had to look at the back of my phone for the serial number).
Most of these bands are hardly underrated
No fucking shit
Wilson Neto I would say Stone Roses qualify, but otherwise should get a different name. Tears for Fears, ZZTop? The Pixies?? Are you under a rock? Do multiple successful albums, chart success, fanbase? An underrated band would be deficient in those areas. Were it not for Blister in the Sun I can see VF
How about Tool (looking below note) Flaming Lips maybe. I don't get this list at all. Need to reread the dictionary definition of under rated
Melissa Jerry They're Canadian, cut em some slack lol
Prof. Oak The top all time 10 all time? Perhaps not. But these groups come to mind as underrated... The Smithereens, Concrete Blonde, P.I.L etc etc
Prof. Oak I'm surprised The Beatles weren't on it.
My dad was an 80s kid and told me that Tears for Fears was one of the most popular bands of his time
No normal people know what that is
@@Xxrocknrollgod they were one of the most popular bands of the 80s
Yep, the band was great
@@mackdog3270 they were a good band, but Influential???
@@TheToledoTrumpton I have no idea if they were influential and don't care much. I didn't like their music though :)
Why do I keep watching these watchmojo lists when I know I'll just be disappointed...
Thats what I'm thinking
Sameeeee
I've found new music with them. Someone needs to start a new list channel with longer lists!
Plus, there's the wonderful comments! 😁💜
Because you suck
Woah!!! Rolling On The River??? It's called Proud Mary!!!
Michael Rawson thats why Mojo Is just youtube Media Slurp and not to be taken seriously. They dont know shit about the subjects they produce and post on.
Yeah. That's fucking retarded.
Creedence should not be on this list.@@deathofamailman
I'm pretty sure the first riff anyone plays on a guitar is smoke on the water
I think Stairway to Heaven is the first song most beginner's learned, why else is it all but outlawed in Guitar Shops around the world?
No Kent, First Name Last is absolutely right.
Mine was Green Day's "Good Riddance".
I don't know if you've heard of em but Led Zeppelin? They're pretty underrated
Nah fam, I haven’t herd of them. Have you heard of the Beatles? They are pretty underground
Yeah those song stealing pieces of shit.....ive hear of em
Don’t know what your talking about queen is SOOOOOOOO underrated
Nahhhh I've never heard of them, have you ever heard of Michael Jackson? Super unappreciated
What i have heard of all of the mentioned bands, i love Queen and The Beatles...
In fact Creedence does not belongs to this list because were very famous.
Luis Cajas Ramirez I don't know who makes these lists for mojo, but lately they've been failing. You're extremely right about Credence. They were so famous, they were sued for plagiarizing John Fogarty.
Other way around. John Fogarty (former lead singer of CCR) was sued for sounding too much like CCR, whose catalogue was owned by another company.
They are not underrated in my house.
+Huw Leonard Yes, that was definitely a WTF? moment when John Fogarty was sued for sounding like....John Fogarty. LOL
No way they are underrated. Ridiculous.
Underrated bands are bands like New York Dolls and Slade. Not CCR and ZZ Top.
Deep Purple come to mind.......
Slade: underrated. New York Dolls: overrated
If youre gonna mention the Dolls, then Iggy Pop would have to come first.
Jason, Slade were not underrated in the UK.
@@albion2742 , here in the states, they were.
“Rollin’ on a River” and “Telephone”? Seriously? Can you at the very least get the names of the songs right? It can’t be that hard
ikr
Exactly. Everybody knows at least two ELO/CCR songs.
Everybody know the title are "Proud Mary". Wow, sloppy work from a commercial channel. Maybe they haven't learned to google?
It’s Telephone Line
I couldn't believe my eyes. These people are just not experts in this.
The Kinks are the most under appreciated band ever
The Cars
Absolutely they're amazing
Cos they’re shit
Facts
“The Kinks” are underrated when compared to The Beatles, The Who, and the Stones but I would say “The Animals” are way more underrated than “The Kinks”.
Blue Oyster Cult should have made the list -- not just the honorable mentions. I would have also included Porcupine Tree.
Blue Oyster Cult should have been number 1. So many brilliant albums. Amazing musicianship in that band too.
Porcupine Tree is the best, man
Who's Blue Öyster Cult?
Jk I know and they're the best and deserve more attention and should be played more on the radio
Michael Edwards
Absolutely. Sadly, I didn't discover them until after they had essentially broken up. Never had a chance to see them live.
mytmouse57 Saaaame
Deep Purple sold more than 100 million records WW and ZZ Top sold more than 25 million albums in the US alone. How is this amazing success making them underrated?
Roger Smith These bands are arguably and hugely talented but their fame can't be argued. Not the case for bands like The Replacements and Cocteau Twins. Then again, music isn't Watchmojo's forte.
Ronald Ho nothing is watchmojos forte...
Roger Smith I'm thinking Deep Purple was included on this list because for a lot of people, their career begins and ends with that riff from Smoke On The Water. I'm not saying I agree with their inclusion, but that's the only rationale I could think of.
+Roger Smith You can sell millions of records and still be underrated. I am in full agreement with the Kinks being number one. They are a ground breaking band and besides they've not sold as many records as you might think anyway. Their Gosling/Dalton era albums include some of the best songs ever written (Shangri-La, Everybody's in Showbiz and 20th Century Man amongst others) and sold very few copies.
They aren't in the rock n roll hall of fame even though they've been eligible for quite sometime
The CCR song is called Proud Mary...NOT Rolling on the River. C'mon WatchMojo:(
Glad somebody else noticed that.....Jeeze.....
agree
It also wasn't David Coverdale who sang on Deep Purple's "Child in Time" but Ian Gillan. They tend to get stuff wrong...
I know this was bothering me so much
agree
The velvet underground is pretty under rated I mean they may have a following but it’s not nearly as big as like the kinks
? Really? I don’t know what planet you live on but Velvet is huge.
you listed the song "Proud Mary" as "rolling on a river"
+Greg Mueller That's sadly the intelligence level of fucktards Watchmojo.
+Greg Mueller So underrated (disagree with them on this list) even one of their most popular song gets wrong title
April Wine is underrated. They've been around for almost 50 years and wrote several classic rock songs such as I like to Rock, I'm On File, Roller and Say Hello. Yet they mostly play small venues.
I totally agree!! A very underrated band. Should have been on the list.
i saw you on sweet child o mine
Isn't "Just between You And Me" considered one of the first rock ballads?
Starz
Guitar Lessons - EASY TO LEARN BobbyCrispy April wine is so underrated
I can't heap enough praise on the kinks. They are totally underrated. The albums something else by the kinks, the village green preservation society and Arthur or the decline and fall of the British empire are truly classic
The Kinks are rated but not enough. One could argue they were better than the Fab Four.
Creedence Clearwater is nowhere near underrated. 😂😂😂 One of the most iconic American bands ever. 🇺🇸
Average people even those people at 60s can't name other CCR songs other than "Fortunate Son"
@@arnoldstallonereeves7469 *stupid people
@@arnoldstallonereeves7469 fortunate son, proud Mary, bad moon rising and have you ever seen the rain are very very famous. And they had way more big hits
@@kartoffelgratin050 but there is a lot stupid people average people are stupid people
E.L.O. was amazing, and if it weren't for Jeff Lynne we wouldn't have had some of the best Tom Petty material, least of which being the Traveling Wilburys. So, while E.L.O. may not have been huge in their prime, their body of work today is undeniable and Jeff Lynne remains a power to be reckoned with in the recording studio.
Brett Cooper Still very underrated there only known for Mr Blue sky but they have other songs better then that
Only known for Mr. Blue Skye? You can't be serious.
Electric Light Orchestra is like 1/2 of my soul
Had the privellage of seeing ELO in concert. Definitely one of the most under rated bands. Jeff wanted an orchestra... he got one. Twice over. Hell, three times over.
ELO was huge in the late 70's and early 80's. Doing the very disco influenced LP Discovery (Disco" Very was the joke) is what killed them with hard core fans just as 1 song from 1979 did in the original KISS.
GRAND FUNK RAILROAD is band that is forgotten. You had to be good to do a show with them. And some bands found out the hard way.
Bravo Bro!!!!! One awesome "live" band never mentioned along with CCR. Mark,Don & Mel had a sound that changed the world so they were able to forget about reality for a few hours. Thank You Flint Michigan!!!
Got that right....ask Led Zeppelin.....or even Fridgid Pink,remember them? Headliners???? Not. Grand Funk destroyed both of them on stage.
Dennis Holiday, I used to love Grand Funk Railroad. I had most of their albums. But I don't think their music held up very well.
Sins a good mans brothrt
I'm gonna have to agree. They had some successful singles and they're overshadowed by other hard and blues rock acts of the 60s and 70s
The Kinks are the British version of The Velvet Underground. The VU is highly underrated, they never get played on radio and have limited fanfare. No complaint with The Kinks being number 1 though, they are the most overlooked of the British Invasion bands.
I agree ! in the 1980s the biggest Rock station in NYC would do a " Beatles, Stones, Led Zep, Who " weekend. nothin but those 4 bands Friday afternoons to Sunday midnight. It should have had the KINKS on the list.
Kinks and ELO, 2 of my favorites.
ikrr and they were commercially successful too
Dire Straits and The Cars are missing. Other than CCR, I pretty much agree with the list. ELO is definitely one of the most underrated bands of all time.
Dire Straits had success with Money for Nothing.... not underrated at all.
Who is the most underrated clickbait company? Watchmojo?
Don't you mean "overrated?"
Jaden Pina - seems to me like you're the one getting triggered.
Take a look at 100% of the other comments.
I think you mean overrated. That was a terrible list.
jms1963 I meant they write very interesting titles for their total incompetent content like this list. They go for clicks/views only. Underrated as a clickbait co. They take somebody else’s quality content and create shitty lists like this. Maybe I can’t express myself in English good enough, it’s not my native language.
No, you got it right. You explained what you meant 100% correctly.
The Outfield, Triumph, Mike + the Mechanics, Survivor, The Alan Parsons Project, REO Speedwagon, The Moody Blues, The Fixx, Level 42, Styx, Cheap Trick, Yes, Foreigner, Squeeze, Midnight Oil, Boston, Eddie & the Hot Rods and The) Scorpions may or may not be underrated (some most-definitely are)...but they're all not rated as high as they should be.
+songsfinallyuploaded Triumph yes! SO underrated
The outfield sucks. Survivor is a shitty one hit wonder, REO SW has as much fame as they deserved. Styx isn't underrated, nor is Yes and Boston as well as foreigner. Cheap trick is overrated and frankly theyre not much above pop.
+Maximus Crusade Imbecile!!
+songsfinallyuploaded I only agree with Yes, Cheap Trick, Styx and by fucking far. TRIUMPH! That band is MAGIC!
I think they should've add Badfinger to the list. They were signed to Apple Records and made pretty good songs. Their career wasn't successful because of financial problems and bad management deals. Unfortunately, only one member is alive since two of them committed suicide and the other died in 2005. And they wrote Without You which became more recognizable because of Harry Nilsson and Mariah Carey's version.
Badfinger??
YES
Badfinger, Bread or the Spencer Davis Group are bands no one is talking about.
Sad!
Better list:
#10: The Sweet
#9: Barenaked Ladies
#8: Tears For Fears
#7: Boston
#6: Little River Band
#5: INXS
#4: The Doobie Brothers
#3: America
#2: Chicago
#1: Toto
Yes, I’m aware that most of these bands achieved incredible fame, but some of them have also been underrated, Chicago and Toto especially. Toto has contributed a lot more to pop music than just “Africa”, and Chicago’s guitarist was a favorite of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page.
First time that I saw someone mentioning the sweet
you made my day. finally someone who has some real knowledge of great, yet very undersppreciated, music... my list has some differences though:
10.Queensryche
9. The Black Crowes
8. Uriah Heap
7. Three Dog Night
6, Little River Band
5. Thin Lizzy
4 The Animals
3. The Doobie Brothers
2. Toto
1. Steely Dan
And for a bonus, my top pick for the most underrated/underappreciated band in music today: Halestorm. They deserve SO much more success & fame than they currently are afforded. Lzzy Hale is such an amazing vocalist. She is so underrated imo. (Of course, it doesn't help that rock music is dying a slow death, thanks to record labels churning out & pushing the same simple music formulas in every song, due to shorter attention spans and lack of patience in the ones who make up most of today's music market; millenials. Not that I blame them, they can't be faulted for lack of exposure to truly artistic music. I blame the record labels - they shove the same revamped bullshit down your throat, to where you hear a song in every store, on every radio station, in commercials, movies... you can't escape it even if you wanted to. They oversaturate a song so much these kids are almost forced into liking the garbage that passes as music today, simply because of mere familiarity. and sadly, it might just be the death of real rock music.
@@MsDivaKelli Queensryche is awesome band.Toto too ,but i am so sad that they make so good music and the are forgotten by the people.Faith No More too.
Id put styx somewhere in there, maybe an honorable mention, they had some big hits, but really only a small few
# 5,8 and 9 IMO should not be nominated for a long time. Too many, Rock Bands deserve a higher ranking.
Deep Purple and ZZ Top? WTF?
AntonyPancake Again it's not underrated by other bands and musicians but the general public..There actually are many people who know Zeppelin but don't know anything about Deep Purple(apart from an iconic riff)..And Deep Purple is much more than Smoke on the Water
AntonyPancake I don't think they know what the term underrated means.
klsau Purple is one of the biggest bands of the 70's far from underrated.
Timelordwinterandsun But out of the rock world they are unknown to most people. Bands like Nirvana, Guns and Roses, Rolling Stones, etc... almost every person knows them even people that are not involved in rock music.
Ik right!? And CCR... I was this list is going to be shit. Was hoping to see robin trower
1)The Kinks
2)Deep Purple
3)Uriah Heep
4)Cheap Trick
5)Golding Earring
Uriah Heep should be here. On par with Zeppelin and Purple in the early 70s
Ja'Crispy Smoove. Shit, how old are you? Old geezer..
Yea magicians birthday, demons and wizards and more
Uriah Heep any day over Tears for Fears, which is NOT rock, but rather pop. BOC is definitely my most underrated rock group. A guitar band incomparabilis
And Hanoi Rocks. The mother of all Glam Rock groups ahead of their time. They have been a great inspiration to Guns N' Roses, among others.
is creedence underrated? they has sold over 80 millions albums
i think they put it in the list because those years were overshadowed by beatles and the stones.
yes they HAVE sold a ton of albums. i've never thought of them as underrated. EVERYONE knew them. yes?
They havent sold over 80 million albums.
And they are too overshadowed by The Beatles, etc
Edgar nope! They where music for a generation! Mojo got a lot wrong on this count down!👈😯😒
Nevard Tellalian okay!!😦
Scorpions is the most underrated band of all time. 40 years of music, still not in R&R HOF.
Lovedrive is one of the best hard rock albums evar!
They formed in 1965. Fun fact
Cuz there dogshit
I absolutely agree!!
Good call, very influential band and live act that spawned a thousand copy bands.
they throw some of the most influential rock bands here and title it as underrated
What about Badfinger?!?!?!?
And Rush!
+James Doolittle Not very familiar with the "top 10" are you? Fucking idiot.
And what is with The Turtles !?
James Doolittle You are a butt hurt little child aren't you?
+James Doolittle you could say that watchmojo gave them the bad finger.
Top 10 Underrated Rock Bands - Shows one of the most instantly recognizable bands ever in thumbnail
Yea 😅
This just shows that this retarded channel knows nothing about rock bands
Where is The Alan Parsons Project, Fate's Warning, Marillion, Riot, Crimson Glory, Type 0 Negativa, Y&T, King Crimson, UFO, AngelWitch, Triumph, Jethro Tull, Kansas, Grim Reaper????
Styx is by far the most underrated. Actually maligned, yet
Maybe do, but their concerts were incredible! I got to see their "Kilroy Was Here" concert. It was like WOW! Dennis DeYoung was the best keyboard player in his era.
I agree with this list .. Cheap trick is also underrated. Moody blues. As well., the Michael Des Barres band. There so many., the replacements, the smithereens. Love, to name a few
You lost me at ZZ Top supposedly being underrated.
Lion_Turtle the Pixies too.
Yep, I had no idea a band with 50 million album sales could be underated.
Lion_Turtle these lists are just getting worse and worse
Titus Parker Pixies are extremely underrated, they are indirectly responsible of 90's alternative music entry into the mainstream
They lost me at Soundgarden. Sure, they aren't renowned as their peers of their genre/sub-genre but those guys achieved enough critical and commercial success to not be under the underrated category.
My top 10 list
1. FREE
2. BAD COMPANY
3. CCR
4. BTO
5. Five Man Electrical Band
6. Meatloaf
7. Three Dog Night
8. The Band
9. 38 SPECIAL
10. The FIRM
Your list just shows your bad taste in music.
Bad taste huh you don't what real music CCR and I know not of your favorites is known as the Voice Paul Rodgers is what all the rest want to be and never will be so lets see what's you have and if you put todays bands and rap crap in them you have no taste in music. so friend show me what you've got and if you have some no problem I will agree with you if not it just goes to show you everyone likes what they like including you. have a nice night.
Meatloaf isn't underrated.
38 Special,Boston and rush rocked me in the 80s. The 80's was an amazing time for music, movies and fashion. Take me back~
STYX RUSH KANSAS ANGEL JUDAS PRIEST KROKUS FOGHAT JETHRO TULL MAHOGANY RUSH NAZARETH TED NUGENT
Ten Years After and Budgie were really underrated
Yeah, Budgie was the first who came to my mind. But they're only underrated by the masses, not by their fans.
ZZ top, ELO, CCR, Deep purple and the Kinks are underated? (Breathes deapely) No... Ther all legends of the genre
Oh and I forgot - XTC, Echo and the Bunnyman, The Alarm, Adam Ant and Cat Stevens.
If you want to bring up Adam Ant you should probably bring up Adam and the Ants, the full band, because except for a few tracks his solo stuff sucked. Kings Of The Wild Frontier, however, was one of the best albums of the 80's. And I love Cat Stevens.
I wouldn't call Cat Stevens a rock and roll band I do love his music though
Cat Stevens, not the others.
Cat Stevens.
Frank Zappa...Grossly underrated.
I disagree;I think Zappa has a huge following, and tremendous respect, though he isn't as main-stream as, say, ZZ Top.
Sorry I never got Zappa. I knew he worked with great musicians. But his music reminded me of weird Al yankovic.
Unusual and interesting guy. I find his guitar playing incredibly creative. JMO
I think the problem with Zappa was simply that he didn't do radio friendly music.
And the mothers of creation
What about The Alan Parsons Project? Very underrated band, as I think.
ZZ Top, Kinks, ELO underrated? You're too young kid.
Nat Napoletano they don't mean unpopular they mean underated
At least ELO was inducted into the R&RHoF
The Kinks are at least somewhat underrated. They deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as The Beatles, Beach Boys, the Who, and the Rolling Stones, yet they hardly ever are.
Blue Öyster Cult only honorable mention?
Criminal, isn't it? They should be #1.
They are probably the most underrated band ever ... Just look : they got an honorable mention but only got "4 seconds" in the video (after 12 seconds of "jonny hate the world ?") ... ONLY FOUR FU####G seconds .... even in underrated subjects they don't have the place would they deserved !!
You know you're underrated when even a so-called Underrated list gives you short shrift
Blue öyster cult easily shares the top spot of being the best rock band of all time, yet no one knows them, and mostly recognise their work from the ‘dont fear the reaper’ more cowbell sketch
Hawkai Stargazer Jimmy Eat World
This is the most clueless list ever done. Just wow.
Joe Smith obviously these clueless idiots have never heard of nick cave and the bad seeds
Joe Smith because it’s watchmojo
There's so much new music coming out all the time - you only have 24 hours a day and you've got to eat and sleep too!
@@batonbe1 or the Birthday Party for that matter
Joe Smith a lot of their rock and metal lists are quite clueless
Graduating from high school in the mid 70s, I'm not sure I'd consider Deep Purple or ZZ Top as being under-rated. Everyone I hung out with had at least one or two of their albums and saw them when they came to town. I think you could make the case for Credence being under-rated. I do totally agree with your #1 pick. The Kinks were among my favorites and I've always been amazed at how many people would say "The Kinks? Who are they?" but were familiar with Lola, You really got me, and All day and all through the night. Saw them around '78 after Low Budget came out and thought they were great. Dave Davies is one hell of a guitarist who dosen't get enough credit as well.
Tears for Fears you got right. But Jesus calling the Kinks, Deep Purple, ZZ Top and CCR underrated is just plain misinformed.
Pretty Good list but I think thr following bands are sadly missing
The Smiths
Black Flag
Iggy Pop/Stooges
The Buzzcocks
Echo and The Bunnymen
Jesus and Mary Chain
The Yardbirds
Small Faces/Faces
Roxy Music
T-Rex
The Ocean Blue
Minor Threat
The Specials
New Order/Joy Division
Crowded House
Split Enz
The Church
Television
New York Dolls
Velvet Underground(obviously)
Dr.Teeth and Electric Mayhem
and On and On and On!!!
While I love your inclusion of punk rock, they do get the respect they deserve.
+Andrew Mills Those bands are all widely praised.
+Andrew Mills You forgot X
+Andrew Mills is Dr.Teeth the Muppets?!?!? LOL! LOVE Roxy Music! Paul Carrack (Ace, Roxy Music, Squeeze & Mike+mechanics). New Order, and Crowded house all good !
A lot of those are really good bands, but most of them are very successful and appreciated, I'd hardly call them underrated.
You forgot Nazareth....
How is CCR underrated? They are one of the most beloved bands of all time. And I don't get how you feel Soundgarden is underrated, they are one of the pillars of the grunge movement (although I think Chris Cornell as a solo artist was criminally underrated, may he rest in peace). For me, one of the most underrated bands is The Offspring. They are one of my favorite 90's bands, their songs are loaded with social commentary and they are musically talented.
Also, thanks for showing Violent Femmes some love!
ZZ Top underrated? Mojo you are OVERRATED.
superchitownhustler They are often overlooked when talking about great blues rock bands by their more famous British peers.
Maybe where you come from but here we never talk about "British Blues" bands because whatever "blues' Brits have originated here. It would be like talking about British Baseball. ZZ Top may have elements of the blues but it's more of a classic rock and roll group. There's a saying here that Country Music and Blues Music had a baby and they called it Rock and Roll. ZZ Top is hands down one of the best Rock and Roll bands ever. Stones are the only comparable British rock band as far as I'm concerned.@@bensagal-morris8072
superchitownhustler Really? Because Cream, John Mayall and the bluesbreakers, the Jeff Beck group (1968-1970), and the early Led Zeppelin definitely beg to differ on that one. Yes blues originated here, but the Brits refined it to the point that it had mainstream appeal to people. They are the reason people like me even found out who Robert Johnson, BB King, and all the rest even were. Clapton himself is considered an honorary blues man by people like Buddy Guy. He grew up not knowing who his mother was only to find out that who his parents were calling his sister was his mother, and he was raised by his grandparents. His mother’s whole family rejected him. Then, his love for Pattie Boyd was rejected after he released the awesome love poem album known as Layla. Then all of his friends like Hendrix and Duane Allman all died young leaving him with no peers. Then his little kid fell out of that window which inspired him to write tears in heaven. My point is, there are other ways than growing up in the Jim Crow south to write the blues. We all have had tragedy in our lives and we can harness that into our work. So us Americans may have invented it but there are definitely non-American blues artists.
In defense of Mojo - I like them most for La Grange.
It's all rock and roll to me.@@bensagal-morris8072
I guess it's all about who you like. Frank Zappa/Mothers have never been given their due by the public at large. On the other hand musicians knew how good Zappa really was. Steppenwolf and Spirit are two more excellent bands that had so much competition at the time they were popular that they just got lost in the shuffle. In other words timing can be either friend or enemy.
I agree about Frank Zappa during and post Mothers. And yeah, you're correct it's all about who you like.
I must admit I wasn't a big Zappa fan till a buddy took me to one of his concerts in Manchester UK, holly crap I had no idea, OK his music was weird and off the wall but man his band blew my socks off, first Frank's guitar playing was totally original and brilliant but one thing I did notice was his goofy looking drummer Vinnie Colaiuta, holly crap, I'd seen The Buddy Rich Band about a year before and although I wasn't really a big Jazz fan I was blown away by his playing and I thought wow if I could only get a guy that good in my then crappy blues-rock band I'd have sold my soul. It was then I realized that without a superb drummer a band would always be just a garage band.I had to wait till Jeff Beck's Live at Ronnie Scott's to see I was right, not that I am comparing myself to JB, like Hendrix both these guys could play better than I could even while sleeping or in handcuffs:)
JC Wood U--8
You are right! Frank and the Mothers were great! Remember..... Don't Eat Yellow Snow!
The Kinks underrated? soundgarden? CCR? Deep Purple? ELO? ZZ Top? Tears for Fears? Underrated? Definitely smoking something when they devised this list!
I think tears for fears was underrated :/
I would add bonus ones to this list. Cream, REO Speedwagon, Steve Miller Band, Nazareth, and Heart.
Edit: Grand Funk Railroad, Player, Kansas, Jethro Tull.
The who isnt underrated
Nazareth were huge in Canada
Heart isn't underrated