History NeedsMoreLove / Music

** A huge percentage of their fanbase is Polish, due to them making several songs about awesome badass deeds that Poland has accomplished, especially during WorldWarTwo. In the fandom, it's a RunningGag that 40:1 is the unofficial Polish national anthem. They also have a big German fanbase and a large Scandinavian fanbase. They aren't very famous in the Anglosphere. Fortunately, this is changing as they did their first ever tour to the United States in the summer of 2012.

* MachinaeSupremacy has a loyal underground following and positive critical reception to their studio albums.... but that's about it. They can't seem to gain any real significant fanbase and their record company, while supportive of their music, doesn't want to take a lot of risks with them. Because of this, they've never toured outside of Europe and only recently started touring outside ''northern'' Europe.

* The english {{Vocaloid}}s. They have some nice voices, if you care to listen to them.

* The Acro-Brats are an excellent punk band that most know from their song "Day Late Dollar Short," which is in RockBand. They're quite talented and deserve a listen. Just look them up on Youtube.

* By the standards of [[IdolSinger Idol Singers]] with connections to the Creator/DisneyChannel (although she doesn't record on a Disney-owned label), Creator/EmilyOsment may count. Since 2009, when she first started seriously pursuing a singing career, she's released a mini-LP, a full length CD and a number of songs for soundtracks, all of which have had relatively modest success compared to, say, the Hollywood Records-signed MileyCyrus, SelenaGomez or the JonasBrothers. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEJlyyyAlDE&ob=av2e Her]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1pjTRmGPhs&ob=av2e songs]] [[{{Earworm}} are ''insanely'' catchy]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jauthmokKWk&ob=av2e and]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NOotunFktU well-written]], [[GenreRoulette in many different styles]], and she has a unique way of presenting her songs in music videos. Her full-length CD, the techno-dance-flavored ''Fight Or Flight'', was produced by Nellee Hooper and features songs co-written by Adam Schlesinger of Music/FountainsOfWayne. Osment is a very talented live performer with a low-key, but exciting live show. She also plays guitar, co-writes most of her music and has a very good singing voice. Many music fans and journalists not normally interested in TeenPop have enjoyed her music, she does have a following, but has yet to really catch on in the mainstream. Unfortunately, perhaps because she's signed to an AlternativeRock music label (Wind-Up Records, which signed Music/{{Evanescence}}) not known for promoting pop acts, and she has no Disney shows to cross-promote as of 2012, she winds up (no pun intended) under the radar.

* The [[MoralGuardians moral panic]] of a (relatively) [[HotterAndSexier sexier]] MileyCyrus in cleavage-revealing clothing in the video for the title track took over much of the publicity for her third full-length studio album, ''Can't Be Tamed''. Rather than the steamy, explicit, sexual/profane album many in the media painted it as, the album is a catchy, well-written, honest and heartfelt techno-inspired work filled with ''motivational'' songs like the pro-gay rights anthem "My Heart Beats For Love", "Liberty Walk", which asks those in abusive situations to stand up for themselves, and the title track, which asks men not to exert control over women or hold them down as people. "Permanent December" (an ode to loyalty to a man over temptation), the thoughtful "Who Owns My Heart", and personal ballads like "Take Me Along", "Stay" and "Scars" are also worth checking out. The profanity is only found on the title song ("go to hell"), and the word "sexy" is in "Permanent December", but that's as racy as it gets.

* Music/VanMorrison. It's true he's a very well-respected Artist, but his fanbase is mostly relegated to critics and other musicians. Many people think he's responsible for the hits "Brown-Eyed Girl", "Domino", "Gloria", and maybe "Wild Night", "Moondance" and "Have I Told You Lately..." and nothing more. Yet he's easily the Northern Irish equivalent of his contemporaries Music/BobDylan and Music/NeilYoung, and his successor, BruceSpringsteen.

* [[http://www.tallyhall.com/ Tally Hall]]. Dear LORD, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq46m0FT42I their]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS58HURlgUc new]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVAxGQX9ZZg album]] is looking to be (yet again) a pop masterpiece. They independently released a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGQZItOMz6k phenomenal debut]] and recorded the follow-up with major producer Tony Hoffer, only to suffer from DevelopmentHell in accordance with Atlantic Records, who held onto the record for a while and then decided to junk it. These guys should be huge, but they're back to being signed to an obscure indie label and playing small venues across the US.

* Geinoh Yamashirogumi, the band - [[InsistentTerminology er...collective]] that worked on {{Anime/Akira}}, is very, very unknown outside of Japan, [[NoExportForYou with none of the albums actually getting released outside Japan]]. Some of their best work includes [[http://www.20jazzfunkgreats.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/geinoh%20yamashirogumi%20-%20ito%20wo%20tsumuideita%20toki.mp3 Ito Wo Tsumuideita Toki]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRQiaRrNbCY Chaos]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWD4f2GdEdw Gaia]], and my personal favorite, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVmZjEJ03Rc Reincarnation]]. I'm actually surprised not many people have heard of it. It is just such an incredible band - [[InsistentTerminology er...collective.]] Sadly, their last album was released in 1990, so we probably won't get anything new from them.

* By the standards of [[IdolSinger Idol Singers]] with connections to the DisneyChannel (although she doesn't record on a Disney-owned label), Creator/EmilyOsment may count. Since 2009, when she first started seriously pursuing a singing career, she's released a mini-LP, a full length CD and a number of songs for soundtracks, all of which have had relatively modest success compared to, say, the Hollywood Records-signed MileyCyrus, SelenaGomez or the JonasBrothers. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEJlyyyAlDE&ob=av2e Her]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1pjTRmGPhs&ob=av2e songs]] [[{{Earworm}} are ''insanely'' catchy]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jauthmokKWk&ob=av2e and]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NOotunFktU well-written]], [[GenreRoulette in many different styles]], and she has a unique way of presenting her songs in music videos. Her full-length CD, the techno-dance-flavored ''Fight Or Flight'', was produced by Nellee Hooper and features songs co-written by Adam Schlesinger of Music/FountainsOfWayne. Osment is a very talented live performer with a low-key, but exciting live show. She also plays guitar, co-writes most of her music and has a very good singing voice. Many music fans and journalists not normally interested in TeenPop have enjoyed her music, she does have a following, but has yet to really catch on in the mainstream. Unfortunately, perhaps because she's signed to an AlternativeRock music label (Wind-Up Records, which signed Music/{{Evanescence}}) not known for promoting pop acts, and she has no Disney shows to cross-promote as of 2012, she winds up (no pun intended) under the radar.

* By the standards of [[IdolSinger Idol Singers]] with connections to the DisneyChannel (although she doesn't record on a Disney-owned label), Creator/EmilyOsment may count. Since 2009, when she first started seriously pursuing a singing career, she's released a mini-LP, a full length CD and a number of songs for soundtracks, all of which have had relatively modest success compared to, say, the Hollywood Records-signed MileyCyrus, SelenaGomez or the JonasBrothers. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEJlyyyAlDE&ob=av2e Her]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1pjTRmGPhs&ob=av2e songs]] [[{{Earworm}} are ''insanely'' catchy]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jauthmokKWk&ob=av2e and]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NOotunFktU well-written]], [[GenreRoulette in many different styles]], and she has a unique way of presenting her songs in music videos. Her full-length CD, the techno-dance-flavored ''Fight Or Flight'', was produced by Nellee Hooper and features songs co-written by Adam Schlesinger of Music/FountainsOfWayne. Osment is a very talented live performer with a low-key, but exciting live show. She also plays guitar, co-writes most of her music and has a very good singing voice. Many music fans and journalists not normally interested in TeenPop have enjoyed her music, she does have a following, but has yet to really catch on in the mainstream. Unfortunately, perhaps because she's signed to an AlternativeRock music label (Wind-Up Records, which signed {{Evanescence}}) not known for promoting pop acts, and she has no Disney shows to cross-promote as of 2012, she winds up (no pun intended) under the radar.

* Music/{{Torae}} is an underrated Brooklyn rapper ([[SeriousBusiness not Bronx]], [[BigApplesauce Brooklyn]]) easily on par with {{Nas}} and Music/JayZ, but he doesn't have the gimmicks of more popular artists or the [[SoBadItsGood sheer shittiness]] of acts like Solja Boy, Kitty Pryde, and Lil B the Based God.

* Music/VanMorrison. It's true he's a very well-respected Artist, but his fanbase is mostly relegated to critics and other musicians. Many people think he's responsible for the hits "Brown-Eyed Girl", "Domino", "Gloria", and maybe "Wild Night", "Moondance" and "Have I Told You Lately..." and nothing more. Yet he's easily the Northern Irish equivalent of his contemporaries BobDylan and NeilYoung, and his successor, BruceSpringsteen.

* While she's an iconic figure in her native UK, KateBush is relatively obscure in the U.S. Which is a shame, as she's one of the most unique and innovative singer-songwriters of all time.

* 2wo, [[Music/JudasPriest Rob Halford's]] side project. Signed by [[NineInchNails Trent Reznor's]] label, they only lasted a couple of years and made one album (which sold poorly.) Their best known song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFr53FLotRE I am a Pig]] was featured on the ''Film/IdleHands'' soundtrack.

* Music/VanMorrison. It's true he's a very well-respected Artist, but his fanbase is mostly relegated to critics and other musicians. Many people think he's responsible for the hits "Brown-Eyed Girl", "Domino", and maybe "Wild Night", "Moondance" and "Have I Told You Lately..." and nothing more. Yet he's easily the equal of his contemporaries BobDylan and NeilYoung, and his successor, BruceSpringsteen.

* The english [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Vocaloid Vocaloids]]. They have some nice voices, if you care to listen to them.

* Music/BlindMelon. Especially their second album, Soup. It was given some harsh reviews because of the darker and unique sound that changed a lot from their first album. The death of Shannon Hoon soon after kept the band from being able to tour and support it keeping the album from being a hit like it deserved or at least a {{cult classic}}.

* Bruce Hornsby might've gotten a Grammy or two, and a few really big hits, but he doesn't seem to be known for more than those songs, and to some people, "The Way It Is" is all he's known for. Looking through his discography stretching out over 20 years with too many different artists to count, with clever, indulgent lyrics, amazing piano-playing, and over nine albums with interesting mixes of genres and instrumentalizations, he SugarWiki/NeedsMoreLove for sure.

* Arthur Brown. While simply known for his [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOErZuzZpS8&feature=related 1968 hit "Fire"]], he was much more than that, delivering delightfully trippy psychedelic music throughout the early 1970s, not to mention being an early pioneer in Shock Rock.

* Music/ParadeOfLights are a pretty much unknown band. This is a shame, because songs like "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dph9BqR3lWg Golden]]" are epic, infectious synthpop that essentially combine Music/PassionPit and Music/ImagineDragons.

* Music/{{Pentatonix}}, the Season 3 winners of the ACapella show ''Series/TheSingOff''. A quintet featuring a trio of extremely talented vocalists, a bass that sounds like it could ''easily'' be an instrument, and a vocal percussionist who has been known to ''[[CrazyAwesome play cello and beatbox at the same time]]'', they've put together some fantastic covers of songs including an entire album of Christmas songs and a Website/YouTube video featuring music from the 18th century to the present. Unfortunately, although they are becoming more and more well-known and have a very vocal group of fans, they still have yet to really hit the mainstream, which is notoriously difficult for a capella groups.

* Google "Top X Guitarists of all time" -- make X as large as you want. And then note how few (if any) of them include [[TheIsleyBrothers Ernie Isley]].

* SaraBareilles. You can't be a human being and not know "Love Song," but she has other good songs too. The Music/BenFolds produced Lie To Me and Sweet as Whole come to mind.

* Despite being extremely influential to pretty much every alternative band of the 90's who achieved chart success (from Music/{{Radiohead}} to Music/{{Blur}}) and the fact that those who do know of them absolutely adore them and everything they've ever done, The {{Cardiacs}} (described on this very wiki as "that perfect band you've been looking for all your life but couldn't find because they're so damn obscure") have only ever got one song in the charts and that peaked in position 84.

* Despite being extremely influential to pretty much every alternative band of the 90's who achieved chart success (from {{Radiohead}} to Music/{{Blur}}) and the fact that those who do know of them absolutely adore them and everything they've ever done, The {{Cardiacs}} (described on this very wiki as "that perfect band you've been looking for all your life but couldn't find because they're so damn obscure") have only ever got one song in the charts and that peaked in position 84.

* {{Torae}} is an underrated Brooklyn rapper ([[SeriousBusiness not Bronx]], [[BigApplesauce Brooklyn]]) easily on par with {{Nas}} and Music/JayZ, but he doesn't have the gimmicks of more popular artists or the [[SoBadItsGood sheer shittiness]] of acts like Solja Boy, Kitty Pryde, and Lil B the Based God.

* ''{{Caramell}}'', the group responsible for the [[MemeticMutation internet hit]] [[CaramelldansenVid Caramelldansen.]] Unfortunately, other than this one song, practically nothing is known about them.

* {{Sparklehorse}} really deserve more popularity than they get.

* KitchensOfDistinction are one of the lesser known DreamPop/{{Shoegazing}} bands. They were highly active and wrote 4 critically acclaimed albums, including one of them that may be a RockOpera. They weren't just OvershadowedByAwesome by Music/MyBloodyValentine, but every other {{Shoegazing}} band at the time they were around. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54VwUVdMaO8 They are pretty awesome.]]
* MyVitriol gained some minor popularity back in the early 2000s but quickly disappeared after they refused to release a second album. The second wave of {{Shoegazing}} bands owe a lot to these guys, as they are used as the focal point of where the second wave officially started. People tend to forget they exist due to their sudden decision to hide from the spotlight. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0_TLDOOTnM They gave the genre a new modern flair.]] Whoever said Music/MyBloodyValentine were the only Shoegazing band to spark an entire movement?
* RedHousePainters are one of the most consistently acclaimed artists of TheNineties. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1F8r_f0qWo With slow, drawn out songs with lovely instrumentation,]] it's a wonder why they didn't get a wide audience.