"Big" acts who have launched their careers through mp3.com or similar sites

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Mainly just wondering: Are there any? I know several local Norwegian acts who have got themselves local recording contracts based on that kind of sites, but are there any who have managed to launch themselves om "important" markets such as the UK or US market, and actually achieve some kind of success?

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 3 April 2006 12:33 (twenty years ago)

This the maybe the closest in the US:

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are a band that, less than a year ago, were making music without the help of a record label, pressing CDs themselves and selling them at concerts and on the Internet. Then the following happened: June 9: Dan Bierne writes about the band on his MP3 blog, June 14: Pitchfork Media posts a review of the song "In This Home On Ice", June 15: Blogger Gothamist posts an interview with the band, June 20: Blogger Stereogum announces the band's show at the Knitting Factory, June 21: Gothamist reports that David Bowie was in the audience at the Knitting Factory show, and June 22: Pitchfork posts one of a slew of reviews of Clap's first album. Now, they've been named to dozens of critics 'best of' lists, they're playing Conan and Letterman, and are about to embark on a new tour.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 3 April 2006 12:38 (twenty years ago)

Artic Monkeys, anyone?

― Johnny B Was Quizzical (Johnney B), Monday, 3 April 2006 13:21 (twenty years ago)

i remember when you could download every song by mhz & copywrite from mp3.com !! jedi mind tricks too

― ++++, Monday, 3 April 2006 13:22 (twenty years ago)

June 9: Dan Bierne writes about the rapper on his MP3 blog, June 14: Pitchfork Media posts a review of the song "Ten Times", June 15: Blogger Gothamist posts an interview with Copywrite, June 20: Blogger Stereogum announces the rapper's show at the Knitting Factory, June 21: Gothamist reports that Just-Ice was in the audience at the Knitting Factory show, and June 22: Pitchfork posts one of a slew of reviews of Copy's first album. Now, he's been named to dozens of critics 'best of' lists, he's playing Conan and Letterman, and is about to embark on a new tour.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 3 April 2006 13:29 (twenty years ago)

I was sure this was a Marillion thread.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Monday, 3 April 2006 13:30 (twenty years ago)

hahahaha

― +++++, Monday, 3 April 2006 13:30 (twenty years ago)

looks like this will be todays thread for camu tao & vinnie paz photoshops

― +++++, Monday, 3 April 2006 13:31 (twenty years ago)

Brett from Epitaph discovered Matchbook Romance through MySpace.

Sage Francis essentially got his start by doing internet hustle.

― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Monday, 3 April 2006 13:48 (twenty years ago)

and has spawned lucrative fansites like somanyshrimp.com

― +++++, Monday, 3 April 2006 13:53 (twenty years ago)

I think Linkin Park had a pretty big following online before they were signed

― grapple (grapple), Monday, 3 April 2006 21:36 (twenty years ago)

Geir and the Hongros are doing a stiff business on Orkut, I hear (I'm not invited).

― js (honestengine), Monday, 3 April 2006 21:38 (twenty years ago)

Doesn't "making it through the internet" basically just mean having a really smart publicist?

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Monday, 3 April 2006 22:04 (twenty years ago)

did clap your hands say yeah have a publicist?

publicists are fucking expensive.

― kyle (akmonday), Monday, 3 April 2006 22:45 (twenty years ago)

Louis Armstrong

Wait, sorry, I thought you said "cathouses or similar sites."

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Monday, 3 April 2006 22:46 (twenty years ago)

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