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Why didn't the rock band Baton Rouge hit it big? (Link)
Posted on 10/16/25 at 12:32 pm
Posted on 10/16/25 at 12:32 pm
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I put a link to the video.. These guys sound good.Why didn't they make it big like other bands?
I put a link to the video.. These guys sound good.Why didn't they make it big like other bands?
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Posted on 10/16/25 at 12:51 pm to Islandboy777
Timing. They were basically a third wave hair band. (Example- Motley -RATT—Quiet Riot were 1st wave, Poison, Warrant were 2nd wave)
If they had come out 3- 4 years earlier they would have had a shot. By the time they released their first album the scene was at the tail end & Grunge was simmering & about to blow it all up.
If they had come out 3- 4 years earlier they would have had a shot. By the time they released their first album the scene was at the tail end & Grunge was simmering & about to blow it all up.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 12:52 pm to Islandboy777
This is now an as cities burn thread
Posted on 10/16/25 at 12:53 pm to Sun God
1990 - not long after grunge started to take out hair metal bands
Posted on 10/16/25 at 12:54 pm to Islandboy777
It says they broke up in 1991, wasn't that about when grunge/punk rock were taking over?
Posted on 10/16/25 at 12:55 pm to Islandboy777
If they'd have changed their name to St. George, they would have made it big.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 1:07 pm to Christopher Columbo
One of the guys in the band, Kelley Keeling, put out a great solo album, Giving Sight to the Eye. He also wrote/played with some other big name acts. Guy had a lot of talent.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 1:08 pm to Islandboy777
Music board
Posted on 10/16/25 at 1:10 pm to Islandboy777
Timing. They were as good as many bands who had their ride on the rock star express in those days. They just didnt hit it at the right time.
IIRC they actually were from Lafayette.
IIRC they actually were from Lafayette.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 1:21 pm to BR Tiger
Microcosm of Louisiana - always following others and staying a decade behind
Posted on 10/16/25 at 1:25 pm to Hetfield
quote:
Timing. They were basically a third wave hair band. (Example- Motley -RATT—Quiet Riot were 1st wave, Poison, Warrant were 2nd wave)
If they had come out 3- 4 years earlier they would have had a shot. By the time they released their first album the scene was at the tail end & Grunge was simmering & about to blow it all up.
This is the most likely reason.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 1:28 pm to Hetfield
Yea, hair metal was going through its death throes about that time.
I can listen to Hair Nation on Sirius XM and they play music from that era and I've never even heard of most of the bands. After about 1989, there wasn't much from that genre.
I can listen to Hair Nation on Sirius XM and they play music from that era and I've never even heard of most of the bands. After about 1989, there wasn't much from that genre.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 2:26 pm to Islandboy777
They should have just changed the name to Red Stick. Coulda' done lots of marketing around that, but Baton Rouge? I'm sorry, was there a band named Shreveport, too? How 'bout Zwolle?
Posted on 10/16/25 at 2:28 pm to Islandboy777
1990 was a little late for hair metal right?
I agree they sound good.
I agree they sound good.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 2:32 pm to Islandboy777
Baton Rouge and Southgang hit the scene too late.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 2:35 pm to Islandboy777
THE
CURSE
OF
BATON
ROUGE
CURSE
OF
BATON
ROUGE
Posted on 10/16/25 at 2:38 pm to Islandboy777
Should we just post music videos of acts from BR that maybe should have “made it”?
Let me start:
Let me start:
Posted on 10/16/25 at 2:46 pm to Islandboy777
They were a legitimately damn good band. Always hated they didn’t put out more music.
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