Greatest but very unsucessful bands

[soonerproud]

Mother Love Bone

Had Andrew Wood not died, they would have been bigger than Nirvana and there would never have been a Pearl Jam.

Temple of the Dog was a collaboration between Chris Cornell, the former roomate of Andrew and band mates Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament as a tribute to Andrew.

 

[LeadMagnet]

Faith No More

 

[soonerproud]

Originally posted by: LeadMagnet
Faith No More

Think again, Faith No More was a multi platinum seller beginning with The Real Thing which sold 4 million albums.

Even their final album sold 1.5 million copies. FNM was a very successful band.

 

[CaptnKirk]

There were 2 brothers in Los Angeles area that did some really odd hard rock back in the 70's to 80's. Kinda like Danny Elfman style.

I'll have to go searching . . .

 

[Gunbuster]

Stars

 

[aircooled]

The Pleasure Elite

 

[skywhr]

the new radicals

 

[cherrytwist]

the Stooges

also Joy Division but they reformed (New Order) and were moderately successful

 

[Crazee]

The Replacements.

 

[TestedAcorn]

Cake isn't so popular, but i think they're great. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...axAlP4&feature=related

 

[Xylitol]

blue oyster cult
no one knows their name. people only hear their songs on tv (ie: commercials/SNL-more cowbell).

they are a great band

 

[LikeLinus]

HUM
Quicksand
Taproot
Tinfed
Far
Failure
Year of the Rabbit
12v Negative Earth
[minus.driver]
Crowbar

I could name tons

 

[TestedAcorn]

Originally posted by: Xylitol
blue oyster cult
no one knows their name. people only hear their songs on tv (ie: commercials/SNL-more cowbell).

they are a great band

I've heard there name plenty of times. I'm 18 and I haven't only heard it from crap like Guitar Hero and TV. I've heard of them because I like older bands a lot. I like some Zeppelin, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Cream, Rush. Stuff like that rocks.

 

[LikeLinus]

Originally posted by: Xylitol
blue oyster cult
no one knows their name. people only hear their songs on tv (ie: commercials/SNL-more cowbell).

they are a great band

I think just about everyone knows The Reaper. There's no way this band is an unknown or unsuccessful band.

 

[LikeLinus]

Originally posted by: CaptnKirk
There were 2 brothers in Los Angeles area that did some really odd hard rock back in the 70's to 80's. Kinda like Danny Elfman style.

I'll have to go searching . . .

Are you thinking of Oingo Boingo? The band was made up of Richard Elfman and Danny Elfman = two brothers.

 

[Renob]

Blue Oyster Cult

Dokken

UFO

Dude BOC was huge as was UFO in the rest of the world and Doken sold a shit ton of music in the 80s

OH BTW I will be seeing both Dokken and UFO this coming weekend
South Texas Rock Fest

Tons of killer groups from the 80s wooot!!!
Tesla
Queensryche
LA Guns

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: KurskKnyaz
Blue Oyster Cult
Dokken
UFO

BOC and UFO were very successful. Not Queen, Pink Floyd or Led Zepplin successful but successful none the less

 

[CaptnKirk]

Originally posted by: LikeLinus

Originally posted by: CaptnKirk
There were 2 brothers in Los Angeles area that did some really odd hard rock back in the 70's to 80's. Kinda like Danny Elfman style.

I'll have to go searching . . .

Are you thinking of Oingo Boingo? The band was made up of Richard Elfman and Danny Elfman = two brothers.

No it was 'Sparks' - about the same era in time.
(Had to really jog the memory banks for this)

'Sparks' - the Mael brothers

This Town Ain't Big Enough . .

Number One Song in Heaven

Singing in the Shower

 

[BrokenVisage]

The Hooters. Yeah yeah they're from Philly, but I don't think they're appreciated much cross-country. Could be wrong.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Savatage. Edge of Thorns gave them a little bit of radio play, but when Criss Oliva died right after their sales plunged. At least they got some recognition later on in the form of Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

 

[PrinceofWands]

Twin Sister

 

[Spineshank]

Originally posted by: LikeLinus
HUM
Quicksand
Taproot
Tinfed
Far
Failure
Year of the Rabbit
12v Negative Earth
[minus.driver]
Crowbar

I could name tons

Do you visit the PRP much?

I think Taproot might have something good with the new cd based off the first single. But nothing will ever top Gift.

 

[Rockinacoustic]

Not a band, but Tom Waits comes to mind.

 

[skywhr]

Originally posted by: Rockinacoustic
Not a band, but Tom Waits comes to mind.

:thumbsup:

 

[RandomFool]

The Ramones. They're popular but were never really that successful.