Top 100 prominent american artists who are insignificant to the british

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― deej.., Wednesday, 29 June 2005 20:03 (twenty years ago)

1. Big and Rich (sadly)

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 20:06 (twenty years ago)

2. Chicago

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)

3. Toto

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)

They aren't insignificant to the Radio 2 drive-time massive, though.

4. Garth Brooks.

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 20:09 (twenty years ago)

5. Kelly Clarkson (I have no idea if this is true or not though, but she's never made much of an impact on me, if that counts as some sort of arbitration)

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 20:14 (twenty years ago)

6. DAVE MATTHEWS

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 20:15 (twenty years ago)

7. Creed

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 20:16 (twenty years ago)

Yes, Chicago, with their #1 single you still hear on local radio daily and their 3 top ten albums are totally obscure.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 20:17 (twenty years ago)

Seriously, can Geir and DJ Martian have some sort of "being wrong" face off?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 20:17 (twenty years ago)

So far this list has me wanting to move to the U.K.

― darin (darin), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 20:21 (twenty years ago)

8. Matchbox 20
9. David Hasselhoff

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 20:36 (twenty years ago)

10. grateful dead

― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 21:06 (twenty years ago)

11. 'NSYNC

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 21:21 (twenty years ago)

12. KISS

― Edgware General (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 21:22 (twenty years ago)

13. Bob Seger

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 21:25 (twenty years ago)

14. Phish

15. Primus

― Palomino (Palomino), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 21:41 (twenty years ago)

From what I've read over the years, Kiss appear to have been the touchstone for two decades' worth of American rockers who followed in their wake. And yet, on this side of the Atlantic, if they're known at all, it's for the lamentable Crazy Crazy Nights.

Which reminds me:

16. Van Halen

Everybody knows Jump, of course, but while Dave and Eddie may have been heroes to most Americans, they never meant shit to the Old World.

― Palomino (Palomino), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 21:53 (twenty years ago)

KISS

― Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 22:19 (twenty years ago)

Goo Goo Dolls

Replacements

Every. Jam. Band. Ever.

― Cunga (Cunga), Thursday, 30 June 2005 00:48 (twenty years ago)

Oh, and Mandy Moore. She seems to be to the Brits what that S Club Seven girl is to us.

― Cunga (Cunga), Thursday, 30 June 2005 00:49 (twenty years ago)

CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH

― Mickey (modestmickey), Thursday, 30 June 2005 00:51 (twenty years ago)

The Jefferson Airplane/Starship never really made a dent in the UK.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 30 June 2005 04:16 (twenty years ago)

Prince
Cowboy Troy
Tego Calderon
Loretta Lynn
Outkast
Jay-Z
Wu-Tang Clan
Alan Jackson
Parliament
Funkadelic
Pitbull
Mannie Fresh
the Ying Yang Twins
Lil Jon
Daddy Yankee
Dwight Yoakam
David Banner
Marc Antony
Ludacris
Toby Keith
Gucci Mane
Young Jeezy
Trillville
Alabama
Three 6 Mafia
Eightball & MJG
Juvenile
James Cleveland
George Strait
Keith Sweat
Trick Daddy
Brooks & Dunn
Bebe & Cece Winans
Tupac
The Notorious B.I.G.
Montgomery Gentry
Trina
Anthony Hamilton
Gretchen Wilson
The D.O.C.
N.W.A.
Hank Williams
Hank Williams Jr.
Mahalia Jackson
Brand Nubian
Selena
Patsy Cline
Mike Jones
2 Live Crew
Bruce Springsteen

― Tony Blair Warner, Thursday, 30 June 2005 05:37 (twenty years ago)

Rush

― StanM (StanM), Thursday, 30 June 2005 06:15 (twenty years ago)

Pearl Jam.

― suzy (suzy), Thursday, 30 June 2005 07:07 (twenty years ago)

Cheap Trick

― Bidfurd, Thursday, 30 June 2005 07:10 (twenty years ago)

Modest Mouse

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Thursday, 30 June 2005 09:13 (twenty years ago)

Korn
Train

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Thursday, 30 June 2005 09:14 (twenty years ago)

Hootie and his chuffing Blowfish, thank fuck.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Thursday, 30 June 2005 09:15 (twenty years ago)

Some particularly glaring errors on Tony Blair Warner's list: Prince, Outkast, Jay-Z, Lil Jon, Tupac (currently #1 on the UK singles chart), Biggie, Patsy Cline, Bruce Springsteen.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Thursday, 30 June 2005 09:19 (twenty years ago)

Lil Jon just had a top 10 hit! The kids love the crunk here.

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 30 June 2005 09:24 (twenty years ago)

Hank Williams

He's not insignificant to my father in law.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Thursday, 30 June 2005 09:43 (twenty years ago)

Pearl Jam had a bunch of top 20 hits in the UK - granted this was over ten years ago.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Thursday, 30 June 2005 09:47 (twenty years ago)

Haven't scanned the foregoing, but the following immediately spring to mind:

Little Peggy March
Bobby Sherman
Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds
Tom T Hall
Dan Fogelberg
England Dan and John Ford Coley
Alabama
Corey Hart
The Cowsills
Wayne Newton

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 30 June 2005 09:51 (twenty years ago)

Heart

― timb, Thursday, 30 June 2005 10:31 (twenty years ago)

8 top 40 singles and 7 top 40 albums in the UK - hardly.

(anyway, aren't they canadian?)

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 30 June 2005 10:32 (twenty years ago)

And who else? Journey, Patti Smyth & Scandal, Melissa Manchester, Nicolette Larson, Rick Springfield, Grand Funk Railroad, Black Oak Arkansas, John Cougar Mellencamp, Jewel, Third Eye Blind, Rob Zombie, Boyz N Da Hood, Keith Urban, Josh Groban, Kenny Chesney, Hilary Duff, G-Unit, Hoobastank, Switchfoot, 3 Doors Down, George Strait, John Mayer, Kid Rock, Rascal Flatts... enough already. Vive la difference!

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Thursday, 30 June 2005 10:37 (twenty years ago)

...but also, and sadly, James Carr, William Bell, Aaron Neville, Shuggie Otis, Darrell Banks, Garnet Mimms, the Chambers Brothers, Afrika Bambaataa...

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 30 June 2005 10:42 (twenty years ago)

I had no idea Heart were so popular in the UK

― timb, Thursday, 30 June 2005 10:44 (twenty years ago)

G-Unit prob'ly have some audience over here - there's enough kids who'll buy anything Fiddy/Eminem related (including my oldest).

Me and a lot of my Metal Mates were very into Kiss in the early 80s, including the pre-Lick It Up stuff, so I don't think they count.

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:12 (twenty years ago)

Has anybody said Buster Poindexter yet?

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:17 (twenty years ago)

Did people listen to Kyuss in Britain?

― Seuss, Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:19 (twenty years ago)

bizarrely, despite the highest earning figure in hip-hop in the mid-late 90s, Master P never really made an impact in the UK.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:29 (twenty years ago)

well i suppose drug sales don't always translate into record sales hyuk hyuk etc.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:30 (twenty years ago)

Mannheim Steamroller

― Deluxe (Damian), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:46 (twenty years ago)

Mannheim Steamroller? Ker-AZY name! Any good?

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Thursday, 30 June 2005 12:05 (twenty years ago)

Not as good as the famous German trumpeter Mannheim Stoned.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 30 June 2005 12:07 (twenty years ago)

OH! Mannheim Steamroller = C.W.McCall! Disqualified!

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Thursday, 30 June 2005 12:10 (twenty years ago)

What, even though he was Davina's dad?

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 30 June 2005 12:15 (twenty years ago)

Paul Revere & The Raiders

― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 30 June 2005 19:14 (twenty years ago)

Uh, hello, Rick Springfield was AUSTRALIAN. I think he might've gained his American citizenship by the time he was a soap star (on "General Hospital") or by the time he released his first album (which I think was after he was established on GH), but he was born & raised in Australia.

And Corey Hart? Canadian, from Montreal. He was also raised in Mexico and one other place I can't remember. But yeah, pure Canadian at the end of the day and is still living in Canada with his wife, who's a singer.

― The Kind and Benevolent Oracle of Dee (Dee the Lurker), Thursday, 30 June 2005 22:47 (twenty years ago)

"This '80s artist-specific message brought to you by the obvious, i.e.:"

― The Kind and Benevolent Oracle of Dee (Dee the Lurker), Thursday, 30 June 2005 22:48 (twenty years ago)

what do british people think about modest mouse?

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 1 July 2005 00:05 (twenty years ago)

Beastie Beastie Boys

― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Friday, 1 July 2005 00:54 (twenty years ago)

Beastie Boys and Eminem are the only rap artists to have had 2 #1 albums in the UK.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 1 July 2005 07:53 (twenty years ago)

the Dixie Chicks.

― Roz (Roz), Friday, 1 July 2005 08:31 (twenty years ago)

> Afrika Bambaataa

What?!

This from http://www.hiphop-network.com/articles/djarticles/bamstory.asp

Urban spaceman Afrika Bambaataa and producer Arthur Baker, plus musician John Robie, were the trio behind a musical revolution called "Planet Rock", Bambaataa's 1982 single with Soul Sonic Force. Following the impact of "Planet Rock", UK groups made Electro-boogie pilgrimages to Baker's studio in Manhattan: Freeze's "IOU" rocketed jazz funk into the infosphere but more significantly, New Order's "Blue Monday" launched indie dancing and sold massively on 12". Also breaking and robot dancing, the acrobatic and simulated machine dances that drew many adolescents into the alien zone of black science fiction. Bleep music was one consequence of this. Hardly adequate to describe and encompass the protozoic chaos of New York Nu Groove, Detroit Techno, Chicago House, Next came techno.

― Rob Uptight (Rob Uptight), Friday, 1 July 2005 15:04 (twenty years ago)

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