I seem to be drawn to many bands who were great, but not widely recognised as such.

I guess this is because I've got most of the obvious stuff & for a long time have had to search harder & wider for new music - and unavoidably ending up cruising the backwaters & dark alleys of recorded sound.

I've not got much time at the moment but here's one band that are special to me:

Big Star http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC0Wa...eature=related

More later.............


By the way:
Cover versions are a good place to start. It's an easy way in & gives you something familiar to grab onto when getting into a new band.

'The Covers Project' is a handy tool - a database of cover versions. Each band/artist is listed with covers they've done, as well as songs of theirs that others have covered. http://www.coversproject.com/