Great musicians who should have been famous except....


I'm throwing this out there as an example. My 16 yr old aspiring drummer son asked me if I had anything in the vinyl collection tonight... apparently the U Tube video tutorials finally got boring. He is really good and practices non stop but it was refreshing when he asked about ideas for sound. In a moment of 30 years past clarity I put on the B side of Van Halen 1984… Is Alex Van Halen the most under rated rock drummer of all time? And is there a better lead in to ANY rock vinyl side than that???
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John McGeoch, a brilliant guitarist who played with several bands of the post-punk era, including Siouxsie and the Banshees, Visage, Magazine, and Public Image Ltd.

From Wikipedia...
He has been described as one of the most influential guitarists of his generation, and was referred to in the music press as "the New Wave Jimmy Page"
   Signature characteristics of his playing style included inventive arpeggios, string harmonics, the uses of flanger and an occasional disregard for conventional scales.

Radiohead's Ed O'Brien cited him as a "big influence" as well as U2's The Edge, Johnny Marr, and Dave Navarro.

RIP

It's true jazz drummers are unknown except to those that travel in that circle. I would consider Billy Cobham famous and recognized for his music and skill. He sells out shows whenever he plays, but isn't known to the general public. 
Drummers like Steve Gadd or Peter Erskine are at the top of their field, yet are unsung heros.

Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones, 
Jack DeJohnette. There is one big difference...DeJohnette got paid very well.

Keith Moon...mega famous and not an underrated drummer.

Isn't this what the thread is about?