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re: Great bands that never really found their way
Posted on 1/26/25 at 3:34 pm to TFTC
Posted on 1/26/25 at 3:34 pm to TFTC
I think You Am I should have been huge world wide... but they went unnoticed in the US for the most part...
Their lyrics are very Oz-centric.. that's the mainn theory for them never really making it big here... makes sense I guess...
Their lyrics are very Oz-centric.. that's the mainn theory for them never really making it big here... makes sense I guess...
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Posted on 1/26/25 at 4:11 pm to Bayou
I saw them fronting for the Allman Brothers in the early 70’s. Awesome band
Posted on 1/26/25 at 4:13 pm to Bayou
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U F O
Posted on 1/26/25 at 4:27 pm to 88Wildcat
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Tempted to put The Cult on here. They were big around Electric and Sonic Temple but they should have been bigger then they disappeared off the face of the earth.
While The Cult should’ve been bigger than they were, they have been pretty successful.
Love, Electric and Sonic Temple are as great of a 3 album run as any band has ever produced. And Ceremony after that was still good.
They are still active and had an album just a couple of years ago which is pretty good.
I take this topic as bands that never made it, despite their potential.
The Cult has had over a dozen studio albums, so not sure they qualify.
This post was edited on 1/26/25 at 4:29 pm
Posted on 1/26/25 at 5:21 pm to Edwardo
Wishbone Ash
Posted on 1/26/25 at 7:49 pm to Bayou
Posted on 1/26/25 at 9:36 pm to 88Wildcat
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Lone Justice
That is a great one that should have been bigger
David Geffen really swung for the fences trying to break them....they opened for Springsteen and U2....he even convinced Bob Dylan to write a song for them
Posted on 1/26/25 at 10:16 pm to Bayou
Great live band.
Posted on 1/27/25 at 2:12 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
quote:10 good years and millions of records sold, plus they still exist
The Cult has had over a dozen studio albums, so not sure they qualify.
i'd say they made it
Posted on 1/27/25 at 4:18 pm to cgrand
Rare Bird a British prog rock band...
Posted on 1/27/25 at 5:06 pm to brsa
Think he’s correct on UFO. At the height of their popularity in the 70’s, they were opening for Rush who weren’t even yet at the height of their popularity.
Pete Way was so crazy even Ozzy had to fire him for being too crazy.
Funny story about when Pete Way heard Geddy Lee listening to a Bill Buford album:
Pete Way was so crazy even Ozzy had to fire him for being too crazy.
Funny story about when Pete Way heard Geddy Lee listening to a Bill Buford album:
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Pete came stumbling around the bus and was just appalled at the sound of it. He sat down beside me and said, as if in profound pain, "Glee", which he used to call me, "don't listen to this, it isn't rock and roll." You know, Pete's a rocker at heart and he's remained true to that from the music that he's played to the way he's lived his life.
Posted on 1/27/25 at 5:42 pm to wareaglepete
New Riders of the Purple Sage
This post was edited on 1/27/25 at 5:43 pm
Posted on 1/27/25 at 5:47 pm to Bayou
Gentle Giant
Posted on 1/27/25 at 5:52 pm to Bayou
quote:appropriate success i think. 1969-97 is a good run (reunions followed). dawson had a finite number of songs in him, it happens. they had moderate success as a recording artist and moderate to good success as a touring act. love NRPS but i dont think their talent out-shined their achievements.
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Posted on 1/27/25 at 5:56 pm to Bayou
Posted on 1/27/25 at 11:12 pm to Bayou
If I remember correctly, Reggie and the Full Effect were in a Battle of the Bands competition in the mid 2000's that was judged by My Chemical Romance. The winning band would get to open a few shows for MCR on tour. However, they lost the competition to a completely unknown band from L.A. called Escape the Fate, which featured a teenage frontman named Ronald Radke. They would blow up with their first album Dying is Your Latest Fashion, and Ronnie Radke would later find even greater success with his current band Falling in Reverse.
While Ronnie Radke eventually became a household name (and is currently even more relevant than ever), Reggie and the Full Effect faded back into obscurity.
Posted on 1/28/25 at 8:27 am to kingbob
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While Ronnie Radke eventually became a household name
Gonna have to disagree with you here.
Posted on 1/28/25 at 8:57 am to wesfau
Falling in Reverse is literally the biggest rock/metal act on the planet right now. I can’t stand Ronnie, but he’s basically the Kanye West of alternative music. He’s one of the only pop culture figures relevant in the world of guitar driven music right now. Sad, but true.
Posted on 1/28/25 at 9:23 am to kingbob
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He’s one of the only pop culture figures relevant in the world of guitar driven music right now
Perhaps. Never heard of the guy.
Therefore, he's not a "household name."
Posted on 1/28/25 at 9:26 am to wesfau
Just because he’s not heard of in the household of posters on a message board whose average age is somewhere between WW2 and Korean War veteran, doesn’t mean an artist isn’t a household name most other places. Do you think WW1 vets knew about Van Halen?
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