We're going to try something different with the next music tournament. The tournament after the Sex-Symbol tournament is going to be The Greatest Underrated Band or Artist. This is a tournament we've been wanting to do for a while but couldn't figure out a black and white way of saying "Nope, too successful to be underrated" because after all there will be people out there that think Nirvana are underrated.
Here is how we're going to determine officially underrated or not. If an artist has a Gold or Platinum album in the U.S. they cannot be in the tournament. Solo and side projects aren't eligible if the person is from a band that has reached Gold or Platinum status. As always we need your suggestions so if you're curious you can check your entry here
Here's some examples - Thin Lizzy has a gold album - not eligible. Y&T doesn't so they would be eligible. But we want your suggestions!
Sunday, July 27, 2008
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CINDERELLA
RATT
POISON
TED NUGENT
HEADPINS
RONNIE JAMES DIO
LAUREN HARRIS
MEGADETH
Axe
Demon
Magnum
Sonique
The Lords of the New Church
Quiet Riot
Triumph
Saga
Loverboy
Wino Sinai
Bulletboys
Twisted Sister
WASP
Searched the RIAA database - according to their records, these bands are (criminally!) NOT gold-sellers:
MOTORHEAD!
Clutch
Melvins
Cannibal Corpse
Mastodon
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Cradle of Filth
Dimmu Borgir
The Misfits
Dragonforce
Meshuggah
Shadows Fall
In Flames
Sonic Youth
Testament
Voivod
The Supersuckers
Lamb of God has a Platinum long-form video (Killadelphia), but no gold or platinum albums...
Death
Mercyful Fate
Morbid Angel
Obituary
Great suggestions so far! I'll be getting tickets to see Motorhead, Misfits, and Airbourne this weekend.
Porcupine Tree
I too am going to see Motorhead w/ the Misfits & Valient Thorr in September!
Here's a few more non-gold musical giants:
Carcass
Neurosis
Opeth
The Replacements
Fugazi (and/or Minor Threat)
Black Flag
Tom Waits
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Jawbreaker
Quicksand
Avail
It's weird to me that the Dead Kennedys and the Butthole Surfers actually have gold records, but Tom Waits doesn't??
Dream Theatre
Blaze Bayley
cradle of filth
dragonforce
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