Greatest but very unsucessful bands

[KurskKnyaz]

Blue Oyster Cult
Dokken
UFO

 

[olds]

Great White

 

[IronWing]

MC5

 

[olds]

Flat Tire

 

[Oil]

Kyuss

 

[Squisher]

Originally posted by: KurskKnyaz
Blue Oyster Cult
Dokken
UFO

UFO and then the Mickal Shenkar Group got a lot of play time in my system.


In the same vein:

Detective - one of the few bands on Swan Song (Led Zep, Bad Co., Pretty Things, & Detective)
Cactus - might I suggest Cactusology
Bloodline (first two albums) - Rock driven blues

Originally posted by: ironwing
MC5

If you were from Detroit and a child of the 70s you saw the MC5 in multiple small venues. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[clamum]

Deviates

 

[nageov3t]

the vapors.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Clear_Days

1-hit wonders, but really, every single track on their first album is incredible. "Letter from Hiro" is one of my favorite songs of all time.

 

[aesthetics]

Does Vanilla Ice count?


hahaha

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: aesthetics
Does Vanilla Ice count?


hahaha

noooooooo

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: Squisher

Originally posted by: KurskKnyaz
Blue Oyster Cult
Dokken
UFO

UFO and then the Mickal Shenkar Group got a lot of play time in my system.

you mean this?

Love is not a Game

:thumbsup:

 

[Squisher]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: Squisher

Originally posted by: KurskKnyaz
Blue Oyster Cult
Dokken
UFO

UFO and then the Mickal Shenkar Group got a lot of play time in my system.

you mean this?

Love is not a Game

:thumbsup:

Sorry for the mispelling, Micheal Schenker.

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[Skel]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Great White

I wouldn't say them, as they were extremely successful in the 80s but their time just passed when hair bands fell out of fashion.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: aesthetics
Does Vanilla Ice count?


hahaha

noooooooo

he lives right down the street from my parents...he is really doing ok still, he lives in a community most can only dream about in the US let alone the whole world.

 

[irishScott]

Bliss 66
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0Uiz7LHfINc

 

[sjwaste]

Originally posted by: ironwing
MC5

 

[classy]

The Bangles

 

[BrownTown]

Blue Oyster Cult can't be all that unsuccessful if even I have heard of them.

 

[IronWing]

Originally posted by: classy
The Bangles

All Over the Place was a great album.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: BrownTown
Blue Oyster Cult can't be all that unsuccessful if even I have heard of them.

They've sold over 15 million albums and had a whole bunch of gold and platinum records and are still touring after 40 years. They never got the major success they deserved there's no way they can be called "very unsuccessful".

 

[SpanishFry]

Velvet Underground

 

[BurnItDwn]

I don't know if I would consider "Kyuss" to be "unsuccessful" by any stretch of the imagination. There are now hundreds, perhaps thousands of imitation bands out there today, because they liked their sound so much. They may not have initially sold billions of albums and became uber rich, but they kinda crafted their own subgenre of stoner rock, and they have a huge following. At the very least, I would consider them to be Successful.

I agree with Browntown and GagHalfrunt about Blue Oyster Cult. They may not have been "super megastar" blablabla, but they are very successful.

 

[Twofootputt]

Originally posted by: SpanishFry
Velvet Underground

:music: Totally agree. :music:

 

[soonerproud]

Oops, got them confused with Velvet Revolver. My bad.

 

[Slick5150]

Dream Theater definitely never achieved the level of success they deserved.