One that came to mind was Screaming Trees, hardly given any credit, while other grunge bands such as Pearl Jam and AIC got all the glory.
Can you think of any bands that would have/could have been bigger if not for these "pesky" popular bands?
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2007-09-17 08:28:05 · 21 answers · asked by Cinny [1334♀] 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
The question seems so badly worded now that i've read it over..
Forgive me.
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2007-09-17 08:34:26 · update #1
Some bands that weren't really hair bands go tlumped into the hair band genre, and I think it hurt their popularity.
Tesla
Kix
LA Guns
Three great bands that never reached the heights of the Motley Crue and Poisons of the world.
2007-09-17 11:51:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
My Sisters Machine. The grunge movement overlooked them. Other than AIC, they were the best band to come out of Seattle in the 90's.
Also, King's X were overshadowed by the hair metal and then the grunge movement of the 80's and 90's.
2007-09-17 10:02:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cracker could've done so well, but they were overshadowed by Nirvana.
Ten Years After, and Sugarloaf played at Woodstock, and horribly went downhill after taking a loss to popularity, people were interested in Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, and The Rolling Stones.
Alan Parsons Project was as good as Pink Floyd, yet Pink Floyd took the glory along with Led Zeppelin, and Deep Purple.
2007-09-17 08:36:27 · answer #3 · answered by Josh 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there were many great bands in the sixties and seventies, who were overshadowed by the Beatles. Although these bands were very good, They could not compete with the Beatles song writing. The same goes today. The bands with the song writing capabilities or a good song writer, who writes music to suit ther style, will always get more radio airplay, If there more widely heard, they sell more albums.
2007-09-17 10:08:11 · answer #4 · answered by patrick s 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good question!
I do think a band called Big Star could've been much bigger in the early 70s had it not been for their hugely successful contemporaries Badfinger & The Raspberries.
Uriah Heep, Flash & a host of other 'lesser' rock bands of that same time frame were overshadowed by guys like Deep Purple & Yes.
2007-09-17 08:39:52 · answer #5 · answered by Fonzie T 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I absolutely agree, Screaming Trees were great as is Mark Lanegan's solo stuff. I''m a big fan of the late 80's/early 90's indie/alternative/whatever the hell you want to call it scene and to me the most overlooked band was one called Seam. Sebadoh and Pavement were the indie critic's darlings but I feel Seam was as good if not better than all of them.
2007-09-17 15:23:20 · answer #6 · answered by Huevo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
THE HUSH SOUND
They are one of the Best Band i have ever heard So Wonderful And If All Of The Other band that SUCK would Just get out of the way and let them have some spotlight they could be awesome
2007-09-17 11:33:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Moody Blues
The Animals
Ten Years After
MC5
The United States Of America
The Kinks
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2007-09-17 08:34:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
Well, The Kinks were definetly overshadowed by the Beatles and The Rolling Stones but the Kinks were an amazing band that deserves more fame than they have.
2007-09-17 08:31:23 · answer #9 · answered by meep meep 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The Manic Street Preachers should have been bigger, but other bands like Blur and Oasis were more popular at the time.
2007-09-17 08:32:36 · answer #10 · answered by Ginny Jin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋