As metal and hard rock fans, one of the things we love to do most is complain about how underrated our favorite bands are. Noisecreep recently had a passionate discussion with
THC : MUSIC president Thom Hazaert about this very subject. Since he had a lot to say about the subject of underrated artists, we asked him to send us a list of five artists he thought deserved way more attention during their respective runs.
THC : MUSIC is an independent hard rock/metal label distributed by Rocket Science Ventures/Sony RED, and home to American Head Charge, Primer 55, Dirge Within, Attika 7, Oedipus, Black Light Burns, Slaves on Dope, The Other Side of Morning, and more. Hazaert has also been a manager/co-manager for artists including Motorhead, Adema, Earth Crisis, Chimaira, Nonpoint, Switched, co-founder of Total Assault Marketing and Corporate Punishment Records, as well as a contributing writer for Circus, Foundations, Metal Hammer, The Green Bay Press-Gazette, and a dozen other magazines that don't exist anymore.
So yeah, the dude has certainly been around the metal scene for quite some time. Check out Hazaert's list below!
Saigon Kick
"When most people think of Saigon Kick, (if they do at all), they think of "Love Is on the Way", the sappy, if not harmonically intriguing, power ballad we all danced to at prom. Unfortunately, most never delved any deeper into their catalog to realize that there was far more to this Florida quartet. I have had many conversations with the metal elite, who consider this band one of the unsung
