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Bands that never quite 'made it'
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Have you ever seen or heard a band that you thought were destined for big things, but they didn't quite hit the big time?
One that stands out for me was a band from Glasgow called Speedway that I saw in the early 2000s but a few years later they split without hitting the heights. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Hidden Charms
Check them out on YouTube  "
Think the guys must have been on Fab too, with song titles such as:
'Lady Like You'
'Dreaming of another girl'
'I love you cos you're there'
and from a ladies POV, 'I just wanna be left alone'  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Saw a group of really young guys called the Janice Graham band in Manchester years ago and I really thought they'd go somewhere but never did.
Alternatively, I saw Susan Boyle's first audition and knew she'd go far   |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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70's prog merchants "gong" are my fave band that not a lot of people know about..also magma,they are mad!!!
there was a band around scotland in the early 2000's called funktree...were an awesome band did 2 albums then dissapeared |
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WU LYF brought out an excellent album about 10 years ago and then promptly broke up.
Jim Noir, I thought he'd make it but unfortunately not. Still releasing things and last year's album was his best yet. |
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By * Plus ECouple
over a year ago
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"70's prog merchants "gong" are my fave band that not a lot of people know about..also magma,they are mad!!!
there was a band around scotland in the early 2000's called funktree...were an awesome band did 2 albums then dissapeared"
M had their (Gong) Shamal album for a few years. 
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
There and to the left a bit |
There's an excellent ska band I follow called The Simmertones that really deserve to be bigger - they get occasional national radio airplay and are well thought of in ska circles but have never quite broken through, which is a shame as their music has a wide appeal
Check out their cover of Doris Day's "Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps" with Doris' vocal woven into it - really is quite clever:
https://youtu.be/TMpl0hKqojw |
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The career of any artist that I like dies a death as soon as I buy their album. It's a sure-fire way to ruin it for somebody. I shouldbbe used as a litmus test in the music industry. I'm kind of the opposite if Simon Cowell. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"The career of any artist that I like dies a death as soon as I buy their album. It's a sure-fire way to ruin it for somebody. I shouldbbe used as a litmus test in the music industry. I'm kind of the opposite if Simon Cowell."
If only I had a time machine....so many terrible careers that could have been avoided |
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Bit of a weird one as I tend to like bands who never make it big(Black Keys and Muse beingg the exceptions) and seem destined to continually play small tto medium sized venues. - garagey rock type stuff.
Selfishly thinking I kind of prefer it that way as when they 'make it' I get annoyed with people who don't jump up and down anymore at their gigs. Saying that, I'm always happy for the band members making a bit of mulah finally if they get to that size.
But too many to mention! |
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