What bands 'should' have been bigger?

[conkerman]

Catherine Wheel.

Rob D messing with Porsches has put the kybosh on that.

Maybe the Charaltans could be here, they really should have been HUGE!

Edited by conkerman on Friday 8th October 14:47

[shih tzu faced]

Have we had The Alarm yet?

I love them, but feel they could have had more success than they did. Maybe they weren’t that easy to pigeon hole; not quite punk, or rock, or metal and very different to any of the mainstream stuff around in the mid 80s. Quite a raucous sound, 68 Guns is a classic but plenty of their less well known songs were really good too, for example Blaze Of Glory).

I believe Mike Peters (the lead singer) still tours and performs but not sure if it’s with the rest of the band; I must check this out as I’d love to see him / them.

[droopsnoot]

shih tzu faced said:

I believe Mike Peters (the lead singer) still tours and performs but not sure if it’s with the rest of the band; I must check this out as I’d love to see him / them.

He was support on the Stranglers tour a few years ago, I think as a solo artist.

[shih tzu faced]

^^ Cheers... actually come to think of it The Stranglers are probably quite a good fit in terms of pigeon holing the music.

[Trophy Husband]

I give you Audioweb.
Battered the album and it is one of 5 cd's in my car. Fireworks City.
https://youtu.be/5fXzgRQ5eX4

Probably dismissed by the industry because too political at the time perhaps?

Edited by Trophy Husband on Friday 8th October 19:17

[miroku1]

Trophy Husband said:

Ned's Atomic Dustbin.

Fantastic live , am off to see them In December

[Trophy Husband]

miroku1 said:

Trophy Husband said:

Ned's Atomic Dustbin.

Fantastic live , am off to see them In December

Where?
First band I ever recall seeing with two bass players! They were epic!
If I close my eyes I could still be there and it was 30 odd years ago!

[miroku1]

Trophy Husband said:

Where?
First band I ever recall seeing with two bass players! They were epic!
If I close my eyes I could still be there and it was 30 odd years ago!

Wolverhampton civic hall , I think!

[roscopervis]

I’m very happy there’s been a lot of love for Kerbdog - so good. Lots of other big favourites mentioned too - Kyuss, Fu Manchu, Monster Magnet, Therapy?, Reuben, Porcupine Tree etc, etc.

A few bands I’d like to mention that I haven’t seen are Man Will Surrender (very Kerbdog/Helmet esque) produced by Garth Richardson of On The Turn sound, Groop Dogdrill - a quality hard rocking band, saw them supporting Therapy?, Far - an influential ‘emo’ band when emo was emotional hardcore not what the heck it is now. More recently Exit Ten were great and had it all, shame they called it a day.

[Japveesix]

Longpigs. Saw them live a few times and loved their album The sun is often out. Much more depth than many of their contemporaries in the Brit pop/rock scene.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1fdbblQ2HMc

Amazing song.

Richard Hawley went on to write plenty of good songs as he's a very talented singer and songwriter. His album Cole's Corner is great, relaxing and warm:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ChcYmkTAFAY

[Driver101]

Japveesix said:

Longpigs. Saw them live a few times and loved their album The sun is often out. Much more depth than many of their contemporaries in the Brit pop/rock scene.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1fdbblQ2HMc

Amazing song.

Richard Hawley went on to write plenty of good songs as he's a very talented singer and songwriter. His album Cole's Corner is great, relaxing and warm:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ChcYmkTAFAY

I agree with Longpigs. That was a great album.

[anonymous-user]

The Average White Band could have tried a bit harder.

[Trophy Husband]

Driver101 said:

Japveesix said:

Longpigs. Saw them live a few times and loved their album The sun is often out. Much more depth than many of their contemporaries in the Brit pop/rock scene.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1fdbblQ2HMc

Amazing song.

Richard Hawley went on to write plenty of good songs as he's a very talented singer and songwriter. His album Cole's Corner is great, relaxing and warm:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ChcYmkTAFAY

I agree with Longpigs. That was a great album.

Lost Myself is a grand tune!
I love the name, The Longpigs.
Otherwise known as us!
All of us.
People used to eat people and probably still do. Cannibals.
We are all long pigs!

[andySC]

roscopervis said:

Groop Dogdrill - a quality hard rocking band, saw them supporting Therapy?.

I practiced with this lot a few times in the 90’s when they were looking for an extra guitar player. They made a proper racket with one guitar so I declined, not sure it woulda worked out anyhow as the music wasn’t completely my cuppa & likely my style wasn’t theirs. The first album was a belter & live they were mega.

[rover 623gsi]

PJ Harvey

[The Don of Croy]

It Bites.

One hit in the 1980’s but coulda shoulda have been bigga.

[Driller]

Anybody mentioned Leatherwolf yet? Silly name but good God what a band. Did 3 albums in the eighties and then just fizzled out.

[Joyrider1]

Trophy Husband said:

I give you Audioweb.
Battered the album and it is one of 5 cd's in my car. Fireworks City.
https://youtu.be/5fXzgRQ5eX4

Probably dismissed by the industry because too political at the time perhaps?

I loved Audioweb - Still listen to both of their albums, some absolutely cracking tracks - Got into them after seeing them support U2 on their Popmart tour, funnily enough alongside Longpigs that have had so many mentions on this thread, and whose albums I also loved.

The lead singer from Audioweb had a new band a few years ago (Supajamma) that I really liked, but other than an EP and a couple of singles they didn't seem to go anywhere

[cooky73]

It Bites

XTC

[TeaNoSugar]

Welshbeef said:

Foo foghters?

I mean they are epic and huge already but the smash Green Day / linkin park


Boney M

Just skimming through this thread to see what suggestions there are. This post made me laugh.

Don’t get me wrong I love the Foo Fighters; I’ve seen them 4 times over the past 20 years, but what I can’t get my head around is the suggestion that they should’ve been bigger

I mean where do you start with that? How “big” could they be?