To add to a couple of comments:

I don't think Tool is necessarily underated either but I really just wanted a thread to list some of my favorite bands.

As far as Megadeth, I figured all BOLers knew that they were underrated yet extremely talented. SF admitted as much via a PM.

What, waffles are too much trouble?

that requires cooking, chicks cook

The Killers.

AGREED!
Etta James, Jimmy Reed, any backup singer....

My dad used to always have Jimmy Reed playing.....loved listening to him (John Lee Hooker too).

The Killers ♥

Not that I feel they are underrated, I just like them.

A dozen donuts are easier to carry and I dont want syrup in the bed. Duh!

possibly because they are unable to perform since Freddy Mercury died in 1991 and the group disbanded...why would anyone talk about them 22 years later with no new music being released?

we aren't the NSA - we don't have the ability to monitor your PM (not yet, anyway)

I understand that but I feel that the band is not being acknowledged as much as Beatles, Aerosmith, etc does and Queen made awesome music that paved the way for other bands nowadays.

Weird Al made Another One Rides the Bus - anytime Weird Al makes a parody of your miusic, that shows you have made it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(band)



At the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards on 6 November, Queen received the Global Icon Award, which Katy Perry presented to Brian May.[195] Queen closed the awards ceremony, with Adam Lambert on vocals, performing "The Show Must Go On", "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions".[195] The collaboration garnered a positive response from both fans and critics, resulting in speculation about future projects together.[196]

In October 2011, it was announced that Queen will be recording a new album featuring lost demos of Mercury on vocals.[197] Brian May confirmed that he and Taylor are working their way through the band's old material to compile a selection of unreleased songs for the forthcoming album.[197] May also revealed that a series of duets that Mercury recorded with Michael Jackson are to be released in 2012.[198] On 25 and 26 April, May and Taylor appeared on the eleventh series of American Idol at the Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles, performing a Queen medley with the six finalists on the first show, and the following day performed "Somebody to Love" with the 'Queen Extravaganza' band.[199] Queen were scheduled to headline Sonisphere at Knebworth on 7 July 2012 with Adam Lambert[200] before the festival was cancelled

Yeah, they're not underrated, but i take this thread as "artists i like". That's basically what it boils down to.

The Ramones.

Earth, Wind, and Fire

rock rock rock rock rock-n-roll high school

or

bah bah bah bah buh bah bah bah bah i want to be sedated

or

sheena is...a punk rocker...sheena is...a punk rocker

yeah, clearly understand that musical genius

Underrated artist: Van Morrison.

RH - I'm with you.

E.G.B. - I got to see Marky Ramone sit in on a session in Vegas earlier this year. It was awesome to have the opportunity to see him in action live and close up.

What about Iggy Pop?

Fixed.

The only thing that the Beatles paved the way for was the ability to make bad music and have people tell you its good.

and they were a springboard to Ringo's starring role in Caveman

hey, it got him a date then marriage with Barbara Bach - nothing wrong with that

Spinal Tap