Bands that didn't live up to their potential.

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Rastus

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I got this idea from the Creed thread.

Has beens or coulda beens or wannabe bands.

REO, Journey, and Styx rocked early on, but became parodies of themselves, then hung around too long.

Is Creed following that same pattern? I haven't heard their new stuff yet, but they seem a little one dimensional to me.

What are some other bands?
 
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slipperyslope

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IMO Pearl Jam NEVER reached their full potential. Their first two albums were awesome but everything went to hell with the rest of the albums. I never liked Creed.

Jim
 
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royaldank

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I don't think Nirvana reached their full potential...mainly because Kurt thought he'd be a legend by killing himself.

Pearl Jam could have been good, but their recent albums suck.

Stone Temple Pilots? Could have been good if they hadn't chosen a smack-head for their singer.

Sublime...since their singer took one too many hits of something...
 
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Fraggle

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i went to a Creed concert cuz i got free tix once... i TRIED to hold on until they got to one of their popular songs, but I literally could not. they were horrible.
 
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mithrandir2001

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James (constantly hyped in the UK, never made it big)
Catherine Wheel (from awesome to horrible)
Pearl Jam (just one downhill slope)
The La's (one album then kaput)
The Chameleons UK (one of my all-time faves but they broke up too soon)
Marillion (Fish left too soon)
Comsat Angels (label problems)
Big Star (label problems)
Nirvana (premature death)
For Squirrels (premature death)
Stevie Ray Vaughn (premature death)
 
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mithrandir2001

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Garth Brooks (hasn't been able to repeat the quality of his 2nd/3rd albums)
Oasis (produced a ton of great material but didn't improve with time)
The Smiths (again, stacks of great material but never had a US breakthrough)
Bush (well, they were never actually good)
Nine Inch Nails (Pretty Hate Machine was brilliant but later releases were off the mark)
Nick Drake (appreciated only after his death)
Duncan Sheik (don't know what's holding him back)
Sugar (avoided success as if it was harmful)
Alice in Chains (stage-shy, best material is on an EP!)
The Sundays / The Cranberries / Counting Crows / 10000 Maniacs / Toad the Wet Sprocket (all these bands had hints of greatness but just didn't quite come together)
House of Pain / Urge Overkill / 311 / The Presidents of the United States of America (what happened to them?)
Modern English (one-hit wonder)
The Cure / New Order / R.E.M. / Rush (best days are behind them)

You can go on and on, really.
 
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Rudee

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Sabastian Bach from Skid Row had one of the most amazing voices I've ever heard. The dude had it all. He left Skid Row and went solo. It didn't work out, and Sabastian became just another rock 'n roller lost in the shuffle to be soon forgotten. Too bad, because he one of the most talented artists to come out of the 80's.

mithrandir2001 - why in the heck is Garth Brooks on your list???? Garth can easily sell out 2 shows on each city he chooses to tour in. Many artists don't have the potential to even sell one show. Garth has definately "made it" and easily lived up to his potential show after show. He can easily take 2-3 years off from touring and easily sell out all his shows when he decides to tour again. He should definately NOT be on this list.
 
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Lankin

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The Presidents of the United States of America, quit making music, they got pissed off at the industry/their label, I forgot what. But they are supposedly working with Sir Mix-a-Lot, making some sort of album, but thats been awhil(a year or longer)..
 
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BDawg

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Rush's best days are behind them? What do you want??? They've been putting out great albums for 25 years...

Just because they're not on pop music stations doesn't mean they aren't successful.
 
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DuffmanOhYeah

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<< Sabastian Bach from Skid Row had one of the most amazing voices I've ever heard >>


IMHO, he was the best wailer ever. Never heard anyone come close. Of course this WAS in the 80's when the big hair was in so maybe he was just a little too late
 
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Still waiting for The Prodigy, Future Sound Of London & Fluke to put put out new material...

Also waiting for new New Radicals

mirthrandir... James has had plenty of success
 
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SpongeBob

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IMO Pearl Jam NEVER reached their full potential. Their first two albums were awesome but everything went to hell with the rest of the albums.

Hmm...well, I guess that's your opinion. I think Pearl Jam has been getting better and better. I think Nirvana's Nevermind was a hell of a lot better than PJ's Ten album, but now I think PJ's latest albums are far better than anything Nirvana ever did.
 
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SpongeBob

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Also waiting for new New Radicals

You're gonna be waiting a long time, the lead singer broke the band up a while back.
 
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<< Also waiting for new New Radicals

You're gonna be waiting a long time, the lead singer broke the band up a while back. >>



The Alexander frontman guy does alot o' stuff, hopefully he will put out some stuff eventually
 
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SpongeBob

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Nine Inch Nails (Pretty Hate Machine was brilliant but later releases were off the mark)

I'll agree that pretty hate machine was incredible(one of my favorite albums), but expectations were too high after it. IMO, The Downward Spiral, and The Fragile were brilliant albums, and would have received more critical acclaim if expectations weren't already so high.
 
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loup garou

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Yeah, New Radicals are gone last I heard.

I'm also anxious for more FSOL (they've definitely lived up to their potential though, IMO) and Fluke. I could care less about the Prodigy. I was never a fan. For awhile there, I thought we were going to have to add the Crystal Method to that list too.
 
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royaldank

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<< The Presidents of the United States of America, quit making music, they got pissed off at the industry/their label, I forgot what. But they are supposedly working with Sir Mix-a-Lot, making some sort of album, but thats been awhil(a year or longer).. >>



The band got back together last year and released an album. It wasn't nearly as good as their first album, or the follow up.

I also heard they were working with Sir Mix-a-Lot but haven't seen that album yet. I have since forgot the name they were going to use, but when I knew it, I never saw it. The spot on MTV (or VH1) where they talked about the two meeting was funny. The lead singer said, "Yeah, one day I answered the phone and said, 'Hello, Mr. A-Lot.'"

 
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CountZero

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Well if we are talking about living up to potential I don't think record sales numbers should count sometimes greatness slips under the radar of popular music.

Nine Inch Nails - I think they did reach their potential with Pretty Hate Machine and even more so with Broken (it won a grammy I think). Their more recent stuff seems to lack the raw emotion of those first two releases though they do some interesting stuff musically.

The Cure - I think they are past the time they reached their potential too. Faith, Pornography, and Seventeen Seconds were all really good.

Moby - Not a big fan of his but it seems like he holds back a little and could do more, he seems close to brilliant but far away too.

Jewel - Again not a fan of hers but her new single sounds so much like everything else out that it just disappears. She seemed to have promise but it doesn't come through in her new song.

Pearl Jam, Nirvana - They both seemed to reach their potential. Never seemed like they had bigger things they could do, they were doing the big things.

Thats all I can think of ;).

 
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iamwiz82

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<< The Presidents of the United States of America, quit making music, they got pissed off at the industry/their label, I forgot what. But they are supposedly working with Sir Mix-a-Lot, making some sort of album, but thats been awhil(a year or longer).. >>



The band got back together last year and released an album. It wasn't nearly as good as their first album, or the follow up.

I also heard they were working with Sir Mix-a-Lot but haven't seen that album yet. I have since forgot the name they were going to use, but when I knew it, I never saw it. The spot on MTV (or VH1) where they talked about the two meeting was funny. The lead singer said, "Yeah, one day I answered the phone and said, 'Hello, Mr. A-Lot.'" >>



a friend of mine has the mp3's from the mix-a-lot and POTUSOA. It was humorous. The name of the band is called SUbSET, i believe.
 
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pulse8

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I agree with Stone Temple Pilots. Scott Weiland's drug problems have brought that band to a halt. Too bad there is no STP without him.

I also have to agree with Sublime. They could've gone SO far and done SO much had the lead singer, Bradley Nowell, not passed away.
 
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mithrandir2001

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Testy, testy!

Brooks is on the list because he is something of a has-been. Garth-mania has subsided and he really hasn't put together a compelling album since In Pieces, back in 1993. Sure he can sell out shows, but he's lost that "magic".

Rush is rather overripe, I'm sorry. I am very keen on the loyalty of Rush fans having being a participant in the alt.rock.rush newsgroups back in the day, but that can't overlook the fact that Rush is not producing the same quality of material as before. They peaked with the PW/MP/Signals trio and had several great moments afterwards, but their 90s material isn't that fantastic. Test for Echo was weak, if not embarrassing, and they haven't been in the studio much since then. I feel Rush is nearing the end of the line. Don't tell a Rush fan that, of course.
 
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Robert01

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<< mainly because Kurt thought he'd be a legend by killing himself. >>

Maybe he didn't want to become a legend.

<< I think Pearl Jam has been getting better and better. I think Nirvana's Nevermind was a hell of a lot better than PJ's Ten album, but now I think PJ's latest albums are far better than anything Nirvana ever did. >>

Well let's see, Pearl Jam has had seven additional years of growing in their music. Nirvana hasn't. I'm not dissing Pearl Jam though.
 
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royaldank

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a friend of mine has the mp3's from the mix-a-lot and POTUSOA. It was humorous. The name of the band is called SUbSET, i believe. >>



Yep, that is the name...Thanks for refreshing my memory. I'm going to check around tonight and see if I can locate any of the tracks.

You don't have any track names do you?
 
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