Popular Post ABCDBKK Posted April 5 Popular Post Share Posted April 5 (edited) There are a few rock bands from the grunge rock era that I feel should have ended up being bigger and more successful, but unfortunately they never made that leap. Below are the three that really stick in my mind most. Were there any other notable ones like them from that period, either grunge rock or regular rock? Edited April 5 by ABCDBKK 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jerrymahoney Posted April 6 Popular Post Share Posted April 6 OK not grunge by my answer to the query Atlanta Rhythm Section (ARS) great bass line: 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStar Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Moby Grape, Poco, Tony Joe White, Chambers Brothers, Leslie West, JJ Cale, Mother's Finest, Saraya, Cult, Wishbone Ash 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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retarius Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray, the Rolling Stones, Leadbelly, Blind Lemon, Blind Willie McTell etc etc 10 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andrew Dwyer Posted April 6 Popular Post Share Posted April 6 2 minutes ago, retarius said: Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray, the Rolling Stones, Leadbelly, Blind Lemon, Blind Willie McTell etc etc So you think Hendrix, Clapton, SRV and the Rolling Stones should have been bigger or did you not understand the op ? 1 10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JimTripper Posted April 6 Popular Post Share Posted April 6 (edited) Not every band should make it big. Many times the music is great, but it only caters to a small audience. They are meant to be small and not sell many albums. Edited April 6 by JimTripper 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thenewgoo Posted April 6 Popular Post Share Posted April 6 Prince was only 5 ft 2 ins. He could have been bigger. 1 1 1 2 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Purdey Posted April 6 Popular Post Share Posted April 6 Green on Red. Saw them live and they were great. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Amazing Rhythm Aces, The Shins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sallecc Posted April 6 Popular Post Share Posted April 6 Triumph. Yeah they were big in Canada and maybe USA, but they could (and should) have been bigger worldwide... Many of my friends who like rock never heard of them. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ColeBOzbourne Posted April 6 Popular Post Share Posted April 6 Anal Leakage was a popular local band where I come from. As far as gigs and big contracts, they never managed to solidify anything. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andrew Dwyer Posted April 6 Popular Post Share Posted April 6 5 minutes ago, ColeBOzbourne said: Anal Leakage was a popular local band where I come from. As far as gigs and big contracts, they never managed to solidify anything. They had a good run though !! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retarius Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 2 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said: So you think Hendrix, Clapton, SRV and the Rolling Stones should have been bigger or did you not understand the op ? Yes I think they should have been way bigger. The OP is easy to understand but has lamentable taste in music. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Guitar God Posted April 6 Popular Post Share Posted April 6 Moby Grape, derailed by legal troubles in their prime. Bad Finger ruined by thieving management. 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post maechanman Posted April 6 Popular Post Share Posted April 6 Rory Gallagher was very underrated in my opinion, a far better guitarist than most and also the Icicle Works, a great 80s band from Liverpool. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champers Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Guitar God said: Moby Grape, derailed by legal troubles in their prime. Bad Finger ruined by thieving management. Badfinger wrote "Without You" which was a huge hit for Nilsson and later Mariah Carey. They were signed to Apple when the Beatles broke up and never saw a penny. Both writers committed suicide. Edited April 6 by champers 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post khunPer Posted April 6 Popular Post Share Posted April 6 Rock bands that should have been bigger: My old rock band in the late 1960s... 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Dwyer Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 2 hours ago, maechanman said: Rory Gallagher was very underrated in my opinion, a far better guitarist than most and also the Icicle Works, a great 80s band from Liverpool. + 1 for Rory, a real workhorse who wanted nothing more than to play his music to an appreciative audience. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Anthony mellows Posted April 6 Popular Post Share Posted April 6 Wishbone Ash, great guitar action.Critics always moaned the vocals were poor, but their music was 2 guitar driven. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecyclist Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 6 hours ago, retarius said: Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray, the Rolling Stones, Leadbelly, Blind Lemon, Blind Willie McTell etc etc It doesn't get much bigger than the Stones. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecyclist Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 King Crimson , Camel, Anathema, Marillion, The Winter Machine, Katatonia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABCDBKK Posted April 6 Author Share Posted April 6 (edited) Thank you all for your input. I appreciate it. Yes, this isn't a thread about big rock bands that made it. That's why I didn't mention bands like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Who, or even some of the most successful grunge rock bands like Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, or Soundgarden. To be honest, the three that I did mention; Creed, Dishwalla, and Candlebox, might be considered alternative rock rather than grunge rock, but I guess genre is partly subjective opinion too. Anyway, thinking about the synthesized rock/pop era, there were a few in that genre that should've gone further too. Bands like Depeche Mode, The Cure, and Yazoo made it big, but there was Bronski Beat, Soft Cell, and A Flock of Seagulls that seemingly could have made it bigger. One more I should have had in my original post is Bush. Another great grunge rock band that didn't really make it very far past their album Sixteen Stone, which was excellent. Edited April 6 by ABCDBKK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Keeps Posted April 6 Popular Post Share Posted April 6 I never understood how this Peruvian band never made it big 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeps Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 And possibly the best 'covers' album ever........ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furioso Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Status Quo! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sivblqJGN4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickstart Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 6 hours ago, maechanman said: Rory Gallagher was very underrated in my opinion, a far better guitarist than most and also the Icicle Works, a great 80s band from Liverpool. I would go with the Icicle Works, they biggest hit was Love is a wonderful color, something different from the Stock, Ake and Waterman crap from the 80's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NativeBob Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 (edited) Living Blues, Creedence CLearwater Revival, Cream >>> can hear them again and again, but they didn't go that big as they should. Hendrix - sorry he left way too early, he was genius. Clapton was just great. "Double Trouble" as an example, decades later he released Money and Cigarettes is a masterpiece. Pink Floyd - Mr. Waters shouldn't pull his ego to the stratosphere - they were great together, why did they go solo? Pros and Cons of HitchHiking, Radio K.A.O.S., Amused to Death were great albums, but what Gilmore, Wright and Mason did were ____________ (sad words). Why Mr. Waters didn't do it with original Pink Floyd? And at last Mike Oldfield. He should rise higher than reissuing Tubular Bells over and over again. PS: Ian Anderson is huge! Edited April 6 by NativeBob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biervoormij Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 2 hours ago, ABCDBKK said: Thank you all for your input. I appreciate it. Yes, this isn't a thread about big rock bands that made it. That's why I didn't mention bands like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Who, or even some of the most successful grunge rock bands like Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, or Soundgarden. To be honest, the three that I did mention; Creed, Dishwalla, and Candlebox, might be considered alternative rock rather than grunge rock, but I guess genre is partly subjective opinion too. Anyway, thinking about the synthesized rock/pop era, there were a few in that genre that should've gone further too. Bands like Depeche Mode, The Cure, and Yazoo made it big, but there was Bronski Beat, Soft Cell, and A Flock of Seagulls that seemingly could have made it bigger. One more I should have had in my original post is Bush. Another great grunge rock band that didn't really make it very far past their album Sixteen Stone, which was excellent. I thought the four bands you talked about were all successful. The wiki for Creed says they were the 9th best selling act in the 2000s and they broke up in 2004. I personally preferred the band Alter Bridge that was mostly Creed members forming in 2004 after Creed broke up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABCDBKK Posted April 6 Author Share Posted April 6 21 minutes ago, biervoormij said: I thought the four bands you talked about were all successful. The wiki for Creed says they were the 9th best selling act in the 2000s and they broke up in 2004. I personally preferred the band Alter Bridge that was mostly Creed members forming in 2004 after Creed broke up. Interesting. Thanks. I didn't know Creed had that much success. They really only had that one big album titled Weathered, which they released in 2001 and they broke up in 2004 as you said. Then they released another album in 2009 with material mostly written when they wrote Weatherhead, which was a bit strange. But, by then, Scott Stapp had come back to rebuild some version of the band in 2009 and they stayed together after that for another 5-6 years more it seems. Here is Stapp back in the saddle in 2009. Not quite the vocalist he once was: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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