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Criminally commercially unsuccessful bands
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Nantucket. I was in a band that played a couple of their songs and they went over very well. The band put out several studio and live albums but never got bigger. They are still together.
Featuring Atlanta Rhythm Section's Barry Bailey and Paul Goddard:
Hold out for the 1:30 mark... League is in a "league" of his own...
Paul Goddard was a wonderful bass player. ARS struggled to make it out of the south.
STARZ
Had all their albums as a kid, friends with Richie Ranno now... They should have been MUCH bigger.
They're currently touring with a regrouped Angel, and Ace Frehley is joining them on select dates
StarzCentral
Had all their albums as a kid, friends with Richie Ranno now... They should have been MUCH bigger.
They're currently touring with a regrouped Angel, and Ace Frehley is joining them on select dates
StarzCentral
The god machine
Two brilliant rock albums in the beginning of the 90'. They split up after the bass player died. Singer and guitarist Robin Proper Shepphard then formed Sophia.
Who remembers them ?
Scenes from the second storey
One last laugh in a place of dying
Two brilliant rock albums in the beginning of the 90'. They split up after the bass player died. Singer and guitarist Robin Proper Shepphard then formed Sophia.
Who remembers them ?
Scenes from the second storey
One last laugh in a place of dying
The Struts are amazing, but I don't think they fit this topic well, they're young, new & breaking
Ouch. I remember them getting hyped in High Fidelity (a great movie, IMO).
Chilliwack
The Producers
Kings X
Budgie
Deaf School
Sorry I didn’t offer any videos. There’re all worth looking up, IMHO.
The Producers
Kings X
Budgie
Deaf School
Sorry I didn’t offer any videos. There’re all worth looking up, IMHO.
Galactic Cowboys (another Houston band closely associated with King's X) and Alien Ant Farm.
Galactic Cowboys (another Houston TX band closely associated with King's X) and Alien Ant Farm.
I 'liked' the "my band" response, which I was going to say but - more objective - I also had a stringer job for a UK magazine which had a Liveology column for unsigned band reviews. I saw a lot of bands, and made a point of principle in buying their cassettes if they sold any. So many good live performances, backed up by a dozen or so songs recorded in 8-track or suchlike cheap studios. AFAIK, none of my little reviews gave them more than a small legup. No point in mentioning them all, unless somebody who used to be in either Manchester's The Deckchairs or London (prev Croatia)'s Stella Maris Googles themselves, 20 years later.
Lot of mentions for Gentle Giant but their predecessors Simon Dupree and the Big Sound had a hit with Kites but they hated it and look like they have form for not spreading their legs in the name of success.
Anyways, Doves and Elbow (partic the latter - post "Seldom Seen Kid") have had decent success this side of the pond, but why don't people ever go back to earlier albums? "Lost Souls" and "Asleep in the Back", respectively, are two of the greatest debut albums but with miserable YT views. Do yourself and them a favour:
And Prefab Sprout top my 80s criminally-undersuccessful list (TalkTalk running them close). I think Paddy McAloon tried a bit too hard with Americana refs to try and get into that market, but superb songwriting, excellent lyrics and his brother Martin's delicious bass tone await if you YT the full albums of "Swoon" and "Steve McQueen" (which I think was released with a different title in the US).
Lot of mentions for Gentle Giant but their predecessors Simon Dupree and the Big Sound had a hit with Kites but they hated it and look like they have form for not spreading their legs in the name of success.
Anyways, Doves and Elbow (partic the latter - post "Seldom Seen Kid") have had decent success this side of the pond, but why don't people ever go back to earlier albums? "Lost Souls" and "Asleep in the Back", respectively, are two of the greatest debut albums but with miserable YT views. Do yourself and them a favour:
And Prefab Sprout top my 80s criminally-undersuccessful list (TalkTalk running them close). I think Paddy McAloon tried a bit too hard with Americana refs to try and get into that market, but superb songwriting, excellent lyrics and his brother Martin's delicious bass tone await if you YT the full albums of "Swoon" and "Steve McQueen" (which I think was released with a different title in the US).
Prefab Sprout really takes me back 35 years ago and some friends I used to run with, I still have the vinyl that I haven't revisited in a criminally long time, thanks for that.
YW. Prefab Sprout do have that ability to take one back. Steve McQueen is one vinyl I decided to hold onto (despite not having a turntable) and Swoon I picked up on CD later, but YT has somebody's upload of just about everything now. Even pretty much of Linoleum's under-purchased album is on there now.
