Bands that should have broke the mainstream but never did - Page 3

sun city girl · 11.28.2006, 09:14 AM

too late, lol.

dazedcola · 11.28.2006, 12:15 PM

Feelies

Silver Apples

MC5

Young Marble Giants

Signpost · 11.28.2006, 12:18 PM

The Seeds
Lungfish

LittlePuppetBoy · 11.28.2006, 12:28 PM

Velvet Underground

PAULYBEE2656 · 11.28.2006, 05:05 PM

hearsay

PAULYBEE2656 · 11.28.2006, 05:06 PM

sebadoh

PAULYBEE2656 · 11.28.2006, 05:06 PM

debbie gibson

!@#$%! · 11.28.2006, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by swa(y)

its safe to say sonic youth have broke into the mainstream. they arent all that "underground"...and not long after the late KDC champiuoned them it hasnt been (esp at one point in their carreer) so rare to see them on MTV (shit, thurstons even hosted shows on the channel). and for fuck sakes.....rather ripped can be bought at wal mart...no bullshit.

mainstream doesnt translate into "garbage music everyone likes" like so many kids like to believe.

theres plenty of great bands that are "mainstream"...well...not so many at the moment...but we could certainly use some to challenge all the garbage thats currently going on and maybe pave the way for future creative outlets.

ha ha yes rather ripped i saw @ walmart & i wanted to cry

well yes i guess what i mean is they never made millions like thruston wanted. o well.

the thing is mainstream/underground is no longer so sharp a distinction in that blurry zone in the middle, whereas the extremes are highly recognizable, but armies of cool hunters working for the advertising industry will always manage to co-opt anything even vaguely new or revive buried gems such as nick drake etc.

m^a(t)h · 11.28.2006, 06:04 PM

The Spectral Presence

CHOUT · 11.28.2006, 08:15 PM

Okay this one is a bit silly, but I think Nitro, for what they were, should've been huge in the hair metal days - they waste Poison, Warrant etc...

4 necked guitars and a singer with a 6 octave range? I can't believe I hadn't heard of them until last year.

And now the 100th time I've posted a link to their Freight Train video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c35FZf3Jom4

static-harmony · 11.29.2006, 02:18 AM

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Originally Posted by fishmonkey

The Beatles.

I was going to say that.

Hole, they never got big due to credit given out to other people instead of the band.

sonicl · 11.29.2006, 02:23 AM

Somewhat more sensible than my last response to this: Cowboy Junkies

Although I'd hate to become sick of them because of hearing them on the radio all the time.

static-harmony · 11.29.2006, 02:24 AM

I want to buy a record of them, always hear about them. maybe next paycheck.

the ikara cult · 11.29.2006, 06:13 PM

The Eighties Matchbox B-line disaster.
Like current media darlings The Horrors only with much more fun and better excecuted pretention. And one of the best singers ever. And they were Bhuddists.

11.28.2006, 09:14 AM	#42
sun city girl the end of the ugly Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: finland Posts: 945	too late, lol.
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dazedcola the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,075	Feelies Silver Apples MC5 Young Marble Giants __________________ "I said I didnt mean to take up all your sweet time Ill give it right back one of these days If I dont meet you no more in this world then uh Ill meet ya on the next one And dont be late " -Jimi Hendrix ...And me just another dream theory, lost inside your eye "when my mind's uncertain my body decides what it will do to get through the hell of the night as I trip on the ocean that leads through your eyes well my eyes can't wait til they finally see through you"
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m^a(t)h expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,204	The Spectral Presence
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CHOUT invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Minneapolis MN Posts: 3,128	Okay this one is a bit silly, but I think Nitro, for what they were, should've been huge in the hair metal days - they waste Poison, Warrant etc... 4 necked guitars and a singer with a 6 octave range? I can't believe I hadn't heard of them until last year. And now the 100th time I've posted a link to their Freight Train video... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c35FZf3Jom4 __________________ Chout's rare Sonic Youth vids: http://youtube.com/SONICchout
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sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	Somewhat more sensible than my last response to this: Cowboy Junkies Although I'd hate to become sick of them because of hearing them on the radio all the time.
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static-harmony invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: outside L.A Posts: 5,156	I want to buy a record of them, always hear about them. maybe next paycheck. __________________
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the ikara cult invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London sink Posts: 4,576	The Eighties Matchbox B-line disaster. Like current media darlings The Horrors only with much more fun and better excecuted pretention. And one of the best singers ever. And they were Bhuddists.
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