Bands who were once huge but have been forgotten by the mists of time

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sha na na had like fifteen members! who has broadcast sha na na reruns since the early eighties??!!!

What happened to Northern Uproar? Menswear?

Okay, so they weren't *huge*.

The Galloping Porkrinds

The We've Done This.

The Search Functions

The Beatles.

The Screaming Trees were literally huge

"You know how they talk about Seattle having a ton of bands? Well, we're a ton of band!"

The Screaming Trees were literally huge

They shrunk?

In the wash, yes.

Probably not, who the fucks knows they broke up

Seriously, who here has bothered listening to Therapy? since oooh... at least 1998?

Ha, my son has been listening to Therapy? since '94, constantly :)

Anyhoo - Sailor? They were sorta huge-sque globally, weren't they?

(Vice versally speaking, I do wish the sodden Smokie were gulped down in the thickestest mists of time, digested to aerosol, shat out and buried in a swamp. Together with ...argh, there 're too many)

Blood Sweat and Tears
The Kingston Trio
Chicago

Bread

Live

Boomtown Rats

There was one other band like this, but I can't think of their name right now. Maybe it will come to me later.

Paul Revere and the Raiders?

Missy Elliot

Men at Work.
Dina Carroll.

Just googled and Dina Carroll sold 1.5 million copies of her debut album in the UK alone but i doubt if anyone here would be able to recognise her or remember any of her songs.

yeah but that's the UK. i'm sure that most people in the UK would shrug their shoulders if you mentioned hit albums from 2005.

Boston

Thompson Twins
REO Speedwagon

M People

(thank god they've been forgotten)

badly drawn boy

jet

T'pau

The Mission were huge in the UK up until about 1991. Unbelievable really, given how crap they actually were.

Just googled and Dina Carroll sold 1.5 million copies of her debut album in the UK alone but i doubt if anyone here would be able to recognise her or remember any of her songs

au contraire - first hit was a cover of Carole King's It's Too Late in combination with Quartz, followed by Ain't No Man, Express and a song about the new year at er, new year.

"The Perfect Year" from Sunset Boulevard and you looked up EveryHit.

Showaddywaddy:

http://www.everyhit.com/searchsec.php

don't click on the link, you will be sucked through a portal to hell. Possibly.

I think you're getting Showaddywaddy mixed up with the White Stripes.

by and large, the various "next Smiths" have really faded over the years:

Stone Roses
Gene
Echobelly
Suede

and let's not forget Elastica...

Thanks for that post, Geir.

in what way have the Stone Roses been forgotten by the mists of time?

The best selling disco act of all time: Modern Talking

Seriously folks, Showaddywaddy. Check out how many top 40 hits they had in the UK:

2 Showaddywaddy Hey Rock And Roll May 1974
15 Showaddywaddy Rock 'N' Roll Lady Aug 1974
13 Showaddywaddy Hey Mister Christmas Nov 1974
14 Showaddywaddy Sweet Music Feb 1975
2 Showaddywaddy Three Steps To Heaven May 1975
7 Showaddywaddy Heartbeat Sep 1975
34 Showaddywaddy Heavenly Nov 1975
32 Showaddywaddy Trocadero May 1976
1 Showaddywaddy Under The Moon Of Love Nov 1976
3 Showaddywaddy When Mar 1977
2 Showaddywaddy You Got What It Takes Jul 1977
4 Showaddywaddy Dancin' Party Nov 1977
2 Showaddywaddy I Wonder Why Mar 1978
5 Showaddywaddy A Little Bit Of Soap Jun 1978
5 Showaddywaddy Pretty Little Angel Eyes Nov 1978
17 Showaddywaddy Remember Then Mar 1979
15 Showaddywaddy Sweet Little Rock 'N' Roller Jul 1979
39 Showaddywaddy A Night At Daddy Gee's Nov 1979
22 Showaddywaddy Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Hearts Sep 1980
32 Showaddywaddy Blue Moon Nov 1980 Notes
39 Showaddywaddy Multiplication Jun 1981
31 Showaddywaddy Footsteps Nov 1981
37 Showaddywaddy Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp-A-Bomp-A-Bomp) Aug 1982

The Oh My Fucking God In The Four Long Years I've Been On ILX This Must Be The Slowest Day Evers

WATCHA GOT SUCKERS? I GOT SHOWADDYWADDY.

also, travis

What about Darts, the poor man's Showaddywaddy? Okay so they weren't huge, but that one guy definitely was.

Also: Manhattan Transfer

We should have a thread about Britpop

The eternally unrehabilitatable Dire Straits.

quitney: revive some calum threads

Just scroll though this list for the true WTF experience. Boyz II Men sold 50+ million records? On the back of that one End Of The Road song?

Grand Funk Railroad. They were the first Shea sellout since the Beatles, right?

Dwight Twilley--Hit #1 with "I'm on Fire" in 1976.

En Vogue

Great call on Grand Funk. Funny how popular (I have heard) they used to be, and are totally a footnote now.

whaddayamean they're playing the Alameda County Fair this weekend!