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https://youtu.be/iBxJEE4u4_s
Wrongly lumped in with the student crowd this lot were a great band imo
Buffalo Tom were a straight up jeans and t shirt rock band
With regards to grunge I think it was a daft genre
Nirvana were a good band imo , good crossover of punk and rock
Sound garden......hard Rock , Pearl Jam .....ditto
Stone Temple Pilots , Screaming Trees , Alice In Chains all good rock bands liked by people wearing silly ripped jeans
‘Let me come over’ is a great LP of its type, the one after was good too. Saw them once in London a fair few years ago now. Do think they get fairly lumped in with the (American) student crowd though Sludgey, definite 90s college rock.
My first big go to when I think of this question are:
The Chameleons (not helped by consistently questionable artwork): https://youtu.be/SHYBC8qeh-I
The Sound (released a fair amount of records before sadly the singer took his own life): https://youtu.be/vdA159Apd4I
And a third whilst they came to mind.
American Music Club: https://youtu.be/I-cR_b2sZYs
I remember this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEjmJ1Ge00U
this is purely based on the genre of music i prefer.
It bites.
Planet X
Frost
car bomb
Tesseract
Sky harbor
Dirty loops ...(!?!?!?)
Disperse
From times gone by there was a local S Wales band called Kooga (formally Preacher) released an album called Across the water.Would have put my bottom dollar on them making big time.
Tidy that, here's my offering:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c0gkXzDZdM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLlfi5Hz-U8
The Adventures went on to to chart very low with a couple. But the latter never made it.
For anyone who likes a bit of Industrial Dance I'll put Nitzer Ebb into the mix
https://youtu.be/NdzcqeAOF10
Husku Du
Bad Brains.
Buthole Surfers.
Big Black.
3 Johns.
Mekons .
Membranes.
Ted Hawkins.
Melvins
Wire
Helmet
I'm am slowly recalling the greats that were underrated
Green on Red
The Replacements
Jessie Malin Ex D Generation ( playing Newport Soon Le Pub 21st June 2022)
Long Ryders
Jason and The Scorchers
For those folk who like the unsung hero's of music Bob Mold of Husku Du , who in my mind have paved the way for Pixies, Nirvana, the Foo Fighters, Metallica, Green Day and many more plays the Globe in June 28.
The ‘Mats are definitely one of those sort of doomed, “shoulda been a contender ‘ma” type bands. Loved their stuff from the beginning till ‘pleased to meet you’.
Bob Mould definitely worth seeing live. Husker Du are/were one of my favourite bands ever, although they’re not recognisable in a mainstream sense they definitely had a big influence (in certain circles) so I never quite think of them as being underrated.
Mentioned Red on Green and I did have a bit of a re-listen to those Paisley Underground bands recently. Rain Parade in particular I liked a bit.
As you mentioned Big Black I thought I’d post Cardiff’s own answer (Slowjam): https://youtu.be/QzA19BnsdGE
Minor Threat , Fugazi
Gentle Giant, a really underrated prog-rock band:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TQdhTA8gNc
John Weathers (drummer) originally from Carmarthen. He later moved to Swansea and played with Man after Gentle Giant disbanded.
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Talk Talk.Mark Hollis was hugely talented but how many people knew his name? A sad loss.
Colosseum (from 1970) featuring the excellent, Chris Farlowe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uqT9rMZOB4
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The excellent, Lovin' Spoonful from 1967;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr4n-nSicnM
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