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Who should have made it big/bigger
Posted on 12/28/15 at 8:08 pm
Posted on 12/28/15 at 8:08 pm
What singer/band SHOULD have had a better career than they did? For whatever reason.
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Posted on 12/28/15 at 8:23 pm to FightinTigersDammit
marcy playground
Posted on 12/28/15 at 9:06 pm to FightinTigersDammit
Jem (not the Holograms one) a few really catchy tunes she actually wrote...then POOF
Save Me
They
Venus Hum (Lisa Loeb's looks didn't hold her back... so the same mold + electronica + better voice shoulda done better)
Hummingbirds
I Feel Love (Donna Summer cover) - LIVE w/Blue Man Group
Here's my "off the radar" choice:
Reflection Theory (Dallas-based band that opened for Pet Shop Boys, Erasure and other big artists on their TX tour legs in the early 2000s... but split up after 1 EP)
Don't Promise Me think: Shiny Toy Guns for the rave scene
It's Been Too Long features their very talented female "other" lead singer... an acoustic feel
Another Light Trippy down-tempo groove
Save Me
They
Venus Hum (Lisa Loeb's looks didn't hold her back... so the same mold + electronica + better voice shoulda done better)
Hummingbirds
I Feel Love (Donna Summer cover) - LIVE w/Blue Man Group
Here's my "off the radar" choice:
Reflection Theory (Dallas-based band that opened for Pet Shop Boys, Erasure and other big artists on their TX tour legs in the early 2000s... but split up after 1 EP)
Don't Promise Me think: Shiny Toy Guns for the rave scene
It's Been Too Long features their very talented female "other" lead singer... an acoustic feel
Another Light Trippy down-tempo groove
Posted on 12/28/15 at 9:47 pm to yurintroubl
The Cult.
I know they were big. I just feel they should have got bigger. They were just a band that me and one buddy only seemed to get. Everybody else only knew the club songs. She Sells Sanctuary and Rain.
I know they were big. I just feel they should have got bigger. They were just a band that me and one buddy only seemed to get. Everybody else only knew the club songs. She Sells Sanctuary and Rain.
Posted on 12/28/15 at 9:48 pm to FightinTigersDammit
I always say The Kaiser Chiefs.
They have a really nice following in the U. K., but never really caught on in the USA.
Best songs are "Ruby" "Modern Way" and "I Predict A Riot"
They have a really nice following in the U. K., but never really caught on in the USA.
Best songs are "Ruby" "Modern Way" and "I Predict A Riot"
Posted on 12/28/15 at 9:49 pm to FightinTigersDammit
Derek and the Dominos
Posted on 12/28/15 at 10:04 pm to FightinTigersDammit
Dax Riggs
Posted on 12/28/15 at 10:17 pm to SEClint
In the US? You Am I
Posted on 12/28/15 at 10:49 pm to FightinTigersDammit
I could list dozens of acts. Hundreds really.
Off the top of my head:
Big Star
The New York Dolls
Moby Grape
Love
Hackamore Brick
Gram Parsons (much bigger dead than he ever was alive)
Gene Clark
Tracy Nelson/Mother Earth
Steve Young
Ry Cooder
Richard Thompson
The Flamin' Groovies
The Blasters
The Long Ryders
The Beat Farmers
The Old 97s
Big in the UK but not US:
The Small Faces
The Move
Roxy Music
Mott The Hoople/Ian Hunter
Fairly successful in the UK, unknown here:
Fairport Convention/Sandy Denny
The Pretty Things
Blue (Scottish band of the '70s)
The Thrills
Off the top of my head:
Big Star
The New York Dolls
Moby Grape
Love
Hackamore Brick
Gram Parsons (much bigger dead than he ever was alive)
Gene Clark
Tracy Nelson/Mother Earth
Steve Young
Ry Cooder
Richard Thompson
The Flamin' Groovies
The Blasters
The Long Ryders
The Beat Farmers
The Old 97s
Big in the UK but not US:
The Small Faces
The Move
Roxy Music
Mott The Hoople/Ian Hunter
Fairly successful in the UK, unknown here:
Fairport Convention/Sandy Denny
The Pretty Things
Blue (Scottish band of the '70s)
The Thrills
Posted on 12/28/15 at 10:57 pm to Kafka
Pete Yorn
Posted on 12/28/15 at 11:23 pm to Paul Allen
Pretty much every band I see.....The Donkeys.....Centromatic......Pokey LaFarge.......Slobberbone.....The Gourds..... Built to Spill.....the more I learn about how big labels generate flase hype about their bands the more I realize making it big is a function of schiterism......
Posted on 12/28/15 at 11:35 pm to Zappas Stache
quote:I listed The Blasters, Long Ryders, Beat Farmers, and Old '97s as well. Essentially Cowpunk and alt.country are two genres that never really made it -- somebody once described alt.country as "the genre with more bands than fans".
The Gourds
quote:With rap eating into rock's audience every day and the virtual disappearance of contemporary rock radio stations, I'm not sure a rock band can even make it big anymore
the more I learn about how big labels generate flase hype about their bands the more I realize making it big is a function of schiterism
quote:I adamantly refuse to google this
schiterism
Posted on 12/28/15 at 11:35 pm to Kafka
Of all the "mainstream" rock types of the mid-80s to the early 90s...
The Northern Pikes (shades of Smithereens, The Hooters, Drivin' n' Cryin, George Thorogood, etc...) Biggest stumbling block IMO: From Canada
She Ain't Pretty probably their best known...
...but their BEST song is easily Dream Away Really great tune.
The Northern Pikes (shades of Smithereens, The Hooters, Drivin' n' Cryin, George Thorogood, etc...) Biggest stumbling block IMO: From Canada
She Ain't Pretty probably their best known...
...but their BEST song is easily Dream Away Really great tune.
Posted on 12/28/15 at 11:43 pm to yurintroubl
quote:another one I should have listed
Smithereens
And how could I have forgotten this man?
One of the greatest debuts of all time
Full album
Posted on 12/29/15 at 7:46 am to Paul Allen
quote:
Pete Yorn
+1
Posted on 12/29/15 at 9:05 am to Kafka
quote:
Smithereens
Definitely. Huge fan of the Smithereens. Everyone I've introduced to their music has become a fan.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 9:17 am to BasilFawlty
hum
Posted on 12/29/15 at 10:13 am to FightinTigersDammit
I'm gonna keep it local and go with Potliquor, The Radiators and the subdudes.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:42 am to FightinTigersDammit
I always thought Rachel Sweet and Mink DeVille should have had more success then they did.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 12:36 pm to FightinTigersDammit
Agree with:
Blasters
Smithereens
I'll add:
DEVO
Jason and the Scorchers (yes Kafka alt country)
Kyuss
Dwight Yoakam, he has a following but his entire genre has cast him out, you never hear a DY tune on a country station.
The one that makes me scratch my head though:
The Replacements: how much good shite do you have to put out to get recognized?
Blasters
Smithereens
I'll add:
DEVO
Jason and the Scorchers (yes Kafka alt country)
Kyuss
Dwight Yoakam, he has a following but his entire genre has cast him out, you never hear a DY tune on a country station.
The one that makes me scratch my head though:
The Replacements: how much good shite do you have to put out to get recognized?
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