Bands that should have been huge but never got that popular

[SirPorl]

I have three that I am going to list.

Catherine Wheel
Idlewild
Soul Asylum

 

[miketheidiot]

explain what this thread is about? Imaginary bands that should have been popular?

 

[nboy22]

Drycell is pretty amazing but they broke up and not a lot of people have heard of them.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Grant Lee Buffalo - Lone Star Song

 

[middlehead]

[henry.rollins]THE RUTS![/henry.rollins]

 

[Farang]

Mother Love Bone

 

[Lonyo]

Any band which Jorn Lande was vocalist for.

 

[nageov3t]

The Vapors.

totally 1-hit wonder, but their first album was amazing. 28 years later and there's still over a half-dozen songs on the record that sound fresh.

 

[Kadarin]

Voice Farm. They opened for Depeche Mode during their Violator tour, and played at both the Cow Palace and Madison Square Garden.

 

[dug777]

Catch-22

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Floater. I'm not even a huge fan, just because it's not the genre I'm frequently in to, but dayum, they are good. Hollywood is the most singularly additictive song I have ever heard, to the point that I used it in a Counter-Strike movie (What? I was young and stupid, though I must say the video came out great!).

 

[Gibsons]

Originally posted by: SirPorl
I have three that I am going to list.

Catherine Wheel
Idlewild
Soul Asylum

Grave Dancers Union sold like eleventy bajillion copies. They were at least briefly huge. I hope I never hear Runaway Train again...

My nominees

Carnival Season
The Buck Pets
Pixies
Hum (as heard on current Cadillac commercials)
Mercyland
Pervis
Tripping Daisy

 

[Rubycon]

Rheostatics

 

[hans030390]

Cave In (Album - Jupiter)

 

[paulxcook]

Jimmy Eat World. Though I'm not thrilled with their new album.

 

[clamum]

CKY
Clutch

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: clamum
CKY
Clutch

holy christ someone else who knows sho CKY is

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: clamum
CKY
Clutch

holy christ someone else who knows sho CKY is

Eye of the Tiger?

 

[clamum]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: clamum
CKY
Clutch

holy christ someone else who knows sho CKY is

Haha . Yeah not too many people know about them. I started listening to them around 2001 when Jackass was on MTV and they used some CKY songs in it.

Definitely a great, original rock band who don't give a fuck about what rock trend is popular at the moment... same as Clutch. I think Cluch is Jess Margera's (drummer for CKY) favorite band.

 

[RadioHead84]

Originally posted by: clamum

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: clamum
CKY
Clutch

holy christ someone else who knows sho CKY is

Haha . Yeah not too many people know about them. I started listening to them around 2001 when Jackass was on MTV and they used some CKY songs in it.

Definitely a great, original rock band who don't give a fuck about what rock trend is popular at the moment... same as Clutch. I think Cluch is Jess Margera's (drummer for CKY) favorite band.

I think CKY is pretty well known, along with the Pixies.


I would venture to say Beta Band should have gotten a lot more recognition than they did.

 

[Mr Pickles]

Foiled
The Persona Affect
After The Lies Fade (ATLF)
Shucks
Belton Brothers (folk music, but good folk music)
Heroes
The Fifth 1/5
Grasshopper
Fortitude
One Liner
The Nancys
Shoehorn (Or Shoe Horn? Cant remember)
Blastoff
Watching Wilma
Thwarted
Shindig
Alabama String Band
Push
Brignac
Somethings Not Right
Jason Bass
The Counted
Reconciled

 

[moshquerade]

Moshquerade, the band.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: clamum
CKY
Clutch

That CKY video is boring as fuck. The Clutch one however got my toes tapping.

 

[KeithTalent]

...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead

KT

 

[RightIsWrong]

Pretty well known to those in/around Pittsburgh....

The Clarks have some pretty good songs out.