Way back in '87, they got some minor play on MTV with:
Some people thought David Kincaid was the next John Fogerty. Then they couldn't find an American record label that wasn't out to screw them so they signed with a minor European label that gave them a lot more freedom.
No slick studio productions. They sound just as good live in a small venue as they do on CD or in a concert hall...
Lead singer David Kincaid is incredibly versatile and is equally at home at a Celtic Folk Festival:
as he is in a Civil War music ensemble:
I'm not aware of the Brandos ever having trashed any hotel rooms or choking to death on their own vomit, so they may not be as reknowned rockers as Led Zep, but under rated?
Hell yeah.
For underrated 80’s bands, I have to go with the Blasters. Pretty simple rock n roll band, but they wrote a lot of great tunes, and they could play real American rock, rhythm & blues, country, boogie woogie, gospel, any of those styles like nobody’s business. The Stray Cats got the MTV rotation, because they had a pretty lead singer, but the Blasters did their schtick ten times better.