[lowlandsmatt]

Just reading the thread about Gene.

The two bands that should have been far more successful in my opinion....GENE & THE REPLACEMENTS


Who would you include in the list?

[Trollslayer]

Skin.

[lowlandsmatt]

What Skin track to listen to first then?

[Homer X.Y.Z]

The Magic Numbers.

[RMCF]

Off the top of my head:

The The - sheer class.
The Wallflowers
Wolfmother
Little Barrie

[Craigy]

Afghan Whigs
Twilight Singers
Hope of the States
British Sea Power

[Badger0-0]

The The - sheer class.

Agreed, what happened there

[Iccz]

King Crimson & The Pixies for me

[Curly99]

Following on from the Pixies - Kim Deal leads me to The Breeders and then to Tanya Donelly - Throwing Muses

Snuff - excellent live band

Curly

[goodtimes]

Dixie Dregs

[Dony]

Campervan Beethoven

The Mooney Suzuki.

Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band

[unique]

Originally Posted by Badger0-0

The The - sheer class.

Agreed, what happened there

matt johnson didn't have a very chart friendly sound most of the time, he had a few hits like heartland and slow train till dawn, but his lyrics were a bit depressing for most. everything then went pear shaped when sony refused to release gun sluts and he released nakedself on an indie label and realised going down that route wasn't any better

it's a shame they didn't realise the second cd boxset with the rarer and unreleased albums and the dvd set of the stuff previously out on video as i was really looking forward to it. it was nice to get some of the 12"s on the limited 45rpm 2cd set though

[whiskyboozer]

Some of the aforementioned bands were successful in their own right, Pixies, Throwing Muses and Captain Beefheart. They produced challenging and interesting music with artistic integrity.

If you are talking about commercially successful, I would respectfully suggest that many bands are not motivated by seeking such success.

[xit2050]

Pop Will Eat Itself

[Pecker]

The Alarm.

It was 25 years last weekend since the release of Declaration, and it's still an excellent LP.

Steve W

[lowlandsmatt]

Originally Posted by whiskyboozer

If you are talking about commercially successful, I would respectfully suggest that many bands are not motivated by seeking such success.

What I mean is that I would much prefer to have The Replacements together and still releasing albums/touring and in the mainstream than the likes of someone like Bono and his merry band of millionaires all over the charts every couple of years. For all the talk of 'selling out' and remaining true to original ideals and all that, I'd still love to flick on mainstream radio and hear Paul Westerberg's voice now and again..

Think they would have probably killed each over by now though

[scratchyjase]

shed seven

also the doves should be one of the biggest bands on the planet they are so good.

[philoz]

Great subject.

I will throw, Vain and the wildhearts into the mix.
Both great bands with a good following but should have been more successful.

[Peridot]

Mellow Candle

[steve500]

What do you class as successful ??? Money or albums ???

I love The Wildhearts and even though financially they might not be there in every other way they have been, touring the UK Japan and USA every year and releasing 1-2 albums every 18mths for me ain't bad.

[lowlandsmatt]

Originally Posted by steve500

What do you class as successful ??? Money or albums ???

I love The Wildhearts and even though financially they might not be there in every other way they have been, touring the UK Japan and USA every year and releasing 1-2 albums every 18mths for me ain't bad.

I suppose what I was trying to get at is...the bands that deserve more recognition than they actually get/got.

IMHO, if every third household (or whatever the statistic is) had a copy of Tim by the 'Mats instead of Achtung Baby, the world would be a better place.

And if you havent heard Tim, then please go and give it a try

[Bill Hicks]

Eddie Edwards & the Alamo.

[Martian Phil]

Originally Posted by xit2050

Pop Will Eat Itself

I listened to Box Frenzy this afternoon - cracking stuff

[Jimmer]

Originally Posted by Craigy

British Sea Power

Still time for them Amazing live sets

[krish]

Therapy?
Dodgy
- my two favourite bands of the early 90s

[Curly99]

Originally Posted by krish

Therapy?
Dodgy
- my two favourite bands of the early 90s

Therapy? weird that you should mention them I was listening to the Nurse and Infernal Love cd's (was going to say last night) on Sunday evening, I was going to mention them in this thread but you beat me to it

Curly

[soundstory]

Originally Posted by unique

matt johnson didn't have a very chart friendly sound most of the time, he had a few hits like heartland and slow train till dawn, but his lyrics were a bit depressing for most. everything then went pear shaped when sony refused to release gun sluts and he released nakedself on an indie label and realised going down that route wasn't any better

it's a shame they didn't realise the second cd boxset with the rarer and unreleased albums and the dvd set of the stuff previously out on video as i was really looking forward to it. it was nice to get some of the 12"s on the limited 45rpm 2cd set though

Indeed, Infected is one of the few albums that I listen through from start to finish.

I'd love to see the Infected videos (the 8 track long form video). That's what got me into The The in the first place.

I can't say that The Naked Self was an easy listen and having no new material since 2000 is very frustrating.

[motr]

Big Country - I know they did quite well early on, but they made some cracking music throughout their career.

The Alarm - Forever in U2s shadow and mainly due to some poor decisions by IRS. Musically, were so much better than U2 and Mike Peters is still making top quality music today and still much better than U2 (and I am a U2 fan by the way).

[y2k]

Space, done well for a few years but I don't know where they went.

[Todd Tomorrow]

Palaxy Tracks, a band from Austin, Texas who have since split up. Haunting, dreamy and thoroughly gorgeous guitar pop along the lines of Galaxy 500 or later Yo La Tengo and yet unlike anything else out there.

I seem to be the only one who's ever heard of them. Cedarland and Twelve Rooms are among my two favourite albums of the last decade.