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

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Seriously, who here has bothered listening to Therapy? since oooh... at least 1998? Yet they were massive once. How strange...

the next grozart, Thursday, 5 July 2007 00:21 (seventeen years ago)

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uhrrrrrrr10, Thursday, 5 July 2007 02:33 (seventeen years ago)

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

Tim Ellison, Thursday, 5 July 2007 02:35 (seventeen years ago)

What happened to Northern Uproar? Menswear?

Bimble, Thursday, 5 July 2007 02:36 (seventeen years ago)

Okay, so they weren't *huge*.

Bimble, Thursday, 5 July 2007 02:36 (seventeen years ago)

The Galloping Porkrinds

latebloomer, Thursday, 5 July 2007 02:46 (seventeen years ago)

The We've Done This.

Trayce, Thursday, 5 July 2007 03:02 (seventeen years ago)

The Search Functions

Noodle Vague, Thursday, 5 July 2007 03:15 (seventeen years ago)

The Beatles.

mulla atari, Thursday, 5 July 2007 03:19 (seventeen years ago)

The Screaming Trees were literally huge

badg, Thursday, 5 July 2007 03:24 (seventeen years ago)

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

latebloomer, Thursday, 5 July 2007 03:32 (seventeen years ago)

The Screaming Trees were literally huge

They shrunk?

Geir Hongro, Thursday, 5 July 2007 05:01 (seventeen years ago)

In the wash, yes.

Bimble, Thursday, 5 July 2007 05:14 (seventeen years ago)

Probably not, who the fucks knows they broke up

badg, Thursday, 5 July 2007 05:35 (seventeen years ago)

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)

t**t, Thursday, 5 July 2007 07:27 (seventeen years ago)

Blood Sweat and Tears
The Kingston Trio
Chicago

Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 5 July 2007 15:00 (seventeen years ago)

Bread

Mark G, Thursday, 5 July 2007 15:10 (seventeen years ago)

Live

kornrulez6969, Thursday, 5 July 2007 16:45 (seventeen years ago)

Boomtown Rats

zeus, Thursday, 5 July 2007 19:18 (seventeen years ago)

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

o. nate, Thursday, 5 July 2007 19:48 (seventeen years ago)

Paul Revere and the Raiders?

Cunga, Thursday, 5 July 2007 21:40 (seventeen years ago)

Missy Elliot

Dom Passantino, Thursday, 5 July 2007 21:44 (seventeen years ago)

Men at Work.
Dina Carroll.

Billy Dods, Thursday, 5 July 2007 22:02 (seventeen years ago)

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.

Billy Dods, Thursday, 5 July 2007 22:05 (seventeen years ago)

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.

the table is the table, Thursday, 5 July 2007 22:36 (seventeen years ago)

Boston

baaderonixx, Friday, 6 July 2007 08:46 (seventeen years ago)

Thompson Twins
REO Speedwagon

Grandpont Genie, Friday, 6 July 2007 08:50 (seventeen years ago)

M People

(thank god they've been forgotten)

StanM, Friday, 6 July 2007 08:51 (seventeen years ago)

badly drawn boy

electricsound, Friday, 6 July 2007 08:56 (seventeen years ago)

jet

electricsound, Friday, 6 July 2007 08:57 (seventeen years ago)

T'pau

baaderonixx, Friday, 6 July 2007 08:57 (seventeen years ago)

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

flowersdie, Friday, 6 July 2007 11:09 (seventeen years ago)

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.

Grandpont Genie, Friday, 6 July 2007 11:15 (seventeen years ago)

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

Marcello Carlin, Friday, 6 July 2007 11:25 (seventeen years ago)

Showaddywaddy:

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

moley, Friday, 6 July 2007 12:52 (seventeen years ago)

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

moley, Friday, 6 July 2007 12:53 (seventeen years ago)

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

Marcello Carlin, Friday, 6 July 2007 12:57 (seventeen years ago)

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

Stone Roses
Gene
Echobelly
Suede

and let's not forget Elastica...

henry s, Friday, 6 July 2007 13:00 (seventeen years ago)

Thanks for that post, Geir.

Dom Passantino, Friday, 6 July 2007 13:03 (seventeen years ago)

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

acrobat, Friday, 6 July 2007 13:06 (seventeen years ago)

The best selling disco act of all time: Modern Talking

Siegbran, Friday, 6 July 2007 13:10 (seventeen years ago)

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

moley, Friday, 6 July 2007 13:16 (seventeen years ago)

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

That one guy that quit, Friday, 6 July 2007 13:20 (seventeen years ago)

WATCHA GOT SUCKERS? I GOT SHOWADDYWADDY.

moley, Friday, 6 July 2007 13:21 (seventeen years ago)

also, travis

That one guy that quit, Friday, 6 July 2007 13:22 (seventeen years ago)

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

Also: Manhattan Transfer

NickB, Friday, 6 July 2007 13:27 (seventeen years ago)

We should have a thread about Britpop

Dom Passantino, Friday, 6 July 2007 13:29 (seventeen years ago)

The eternally unrehabilitatable Dire Straits.

mike t-diva, Friday, 6 July 2007 13:30 (seventeen years ago)

quitney: revive some calum threads

acrobat, Friday, 6 July 2007 13:30 (seventeen years ago)

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?

Siegbran, Friday, 6 July 2007 14:38 (seventeen years ago)

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

mike a, Friday, 6 July 2007 17:16 (seventeen years ago)

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

MC, Friday, 6 July 2007 17:18 (seventeen years ago)

En Vogue

henry s, Friday, 6 July 2007 17:26 (seventeen years ago)

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

Bill Magill, Friday, 6 July 2007 18:23 (seventeen years ago)

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

Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 6 July 2007 18:29 (seventeen years ago)


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