Sweet Jane 61 Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 Mott The Hoople I think sometimes not as popular as they could have been. And after Ian Hunter left, the band did struggle somewhat. IMO though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_n_white Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 The Knack...Can't wait to hear the boo's and jeer's on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Jane 61 Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 BnW, you are in the wrong thread for the boo's and hiss... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_n_white Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 BnW, you are in the wrong thread for the boo's and hiss... Ohhh yeah...I forgot...the boo and hiss thread is the "I'm a bit sad" one where I mentioned that I felt today's music has no heart or soul and you agreed and got slammed for it...my mistake ...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Fish Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 haha, now that's sad YOKO KANNO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie_sane Posted August 29, 2007 Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 Unsurprisingly, I'd have to say Cold Chisel. They are huge in Australia, but they probably would have been much more popular overseas if they didn't generally dislike touring. They are without doubt my favourite band of the 80s, but they also recorded some good stuff in the 70s and 90s. YES! And Dragon. Why the hell weren't Dragon more popular? Same with Australian Crawl, love them. And The Screaming Jets, Hoodoo Gurus, The Divinyls, The Church...man, the Oz pub-rock scene was alive and kicking back in the day. Sometimes I think their limited overseas popularity had to do with the fact they wrote very Australian centered/themed songs which made no sense to overseas audiences (Australian Crawl did this a lot). On the international side of things, I'd have to say Small Faces/Faces. Great bands, shoulda been way more popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamisammy29 Posted August 29, 2007 Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 The Knack...Can't wait to hear the boo's and jeer's on this one. No boos here. I totally agree with you. The only reason they weren't more popular is that their third album kinda flopped and they went into hibernation for the next ten or fifteen years. They just gave up too quick. Power pop-punk was big at that time, and they could have easily lasted a while. Yeah, they had some cool guitar work in their songs, and were definitely good enough to be bunched in with artists like Cheap Trick, The Ramones, Dave Edmunds, Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello, The Pretenders, and the like, that all became big at the end of the 70's. Good call, Dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_n_white Posted August 29, 2007 Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 I remember reading a music mag,maybe Rolling Stone,where they were proclaimed to be the next Beatles.Nobody could have lived up to that kind of hype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamisammy29 Posted August 29, 2007 Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 I think it was because they dressed and looked a little like the Beatles. They were okay, but I don't think they were ever going to change the course of history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_n_white Posted August 29, 2007 Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 Oh I agree. I was in no way agreeing with what was being said about them in those days. They never could have been anywhere close to that level but I think they did have lots of potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamisammy29 Posted August 29, 2007 Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 They did have a good lead guitarist, though. That dude was quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted August 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 "Say it All" by Sondre Lerche should be a top 40 hit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skier43 Posted September 1, 2007 Report Share Posted September 1, 2007 Patti Smith Cindy Bullens Molly Hachet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_s_1987 Posted September 1, 2007 Report Share Posted September 1, 2007 In other words, I agree wholeheartedly with everything you said there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted September 1, 2007 Report Share Posted September 1, 2007 Oh yes, Small Faces. Small Faces and Humble Pie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted September 1, 2007 Report Share Posted September 1, 2007 Graham Parker and The Rumour. GP is just excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted September 1, 2007 Report Share Posted September 1, 2007 (edited) I agree with katie that The Church would have probably have achieved much greater worldwide success and acknowledgement without the disadvantage of being Australian. Consistently excellent band for nearly 30 years now... Otherwise, the most criminally underrated band/artist that springs to my mind is The Auteurs, fronted by the exceptionally talented musician and songwriting genius Luke Haines,(who boasts an equally under-rated "solo career"). Despite being right there at the forefront of the 1990s "Britpop" explosion and winning the coveted Mercury Music Prize for their debut LP in 1992, everything went tits up at the vital moment; Haines breaking his legs on the eve of a nationwide tour to promote the follow-up. In their absence, and whilst Haines fought his demons, Britpop went overground with the Oasis/ Blur spectacle, and inferior contemporaries such Suede and Blur stealing into the public consciousness whilst overtly purloining The Auteurs style and content. Too articulate/intellectual and insufficiently plebeian for the Oasis-crowd, perhaps a little too dour and misanthropic for the "upbeat" spirit of the times, Haines was not one for making the necessary concessions to court popularity and self-publicity; it could be argued that he urinated on his own pommes frites, resulting in a career characterised by much critical acclaim, but very little in terms of universal recognition. If in doubt: look at Amazon Customer Reviews of The Auteurs/Luke Haines and you'll get an insight into the consistent excellence of his work and the unstinting admiration of those "in the know". The "Luke Haines Is Dead" triple CD anthology is a substantial collection of unremitting brilliance. Every home should have one. Edited September 1, 2007 by Guest modification of phraseology Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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