Great music acts that never made it commercially

Ceist Beag said:

Absolutely, fantastic band. I thought they did quite well commercially tho?

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Well "quite well", exactly, and I'm sure Frank Black (or has he reverted again?) will never starve, but they should have been Oasis big or REM big really.

Stina Nordenstam

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Yeah - liked her too. Google her will ya? - I'm on dial-up here.

Anyone remember Cry Before Dawn...... I think they were pretty good.. used to play in a local night club - not with sophistication in their country denim but with gusto and passion did those boy do their thing..

I always thought In Tua Nua should have made it bigger.

And Aslan are prime candidates. They played in Derry once a few years back and they got about 150 at it - despite the fact that they were playing to 7,000 in the Point quite often at the time. Got the pleasure of being in a lock-in with them - nice bunch of lads as well as talented.

Talking about non-Irish bands, can't understand why these folks aren't a whole lot bigger:

Seasick Steve
The Black Keys
Little Barrie

Absolutely love Kate Bush and the Pixies! Good thread. What about Foals? I hope they make it, I'm addicted to their album at the moment!

Loved the Golden Horde

Naturally Stiff Little Fingers (SLF) deserves a mention

RMCF said:

I always thought In Tua Nua should have made it bigger.

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Hear, hear. Steve Wickham's defection to the Waterboys was a mortal injury. Mind you, he did create some super music with the Waterboys at their peak around 86/87.

The Waterboys still whip up a storm live, though Steve has a couple of spare chins to tuck in his fiddle now.

What about the incredibly meaty Blue In Heaven from Churchtown. They played some hot, sweaty gigs in the Baggot in the mid-80's. I found mp3's of two tracks from Explicit Material available online recently, but I'd kill to get my hand on the full album.

Great thread - love a lot of the ones mentioned here.

It could me nostalgia for my early teens but I still think The Stunning should have made it bigger outside of Ireland. If you compare them to, say, Oasis, they were not only at least as good but ahead of their time. Fat Lady Sings were great too. Mind you this would be only very shortly after the era when I thought This post will be deleted if not edited immediately Jones were good

Caveat said:

Well "quite well", exactly, and I'm sure Frank Black (or has he reverted again?) will never starve, but they should have been Oasis big or REM big really.

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True, fair point.

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Yeah - liked her too. Google her will ya? - I'm on dial-up here.

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Just had a look there and she's apparently releasing a new album soon. Have ye got many of her albums and do many reach the height of 'And she closed her eyes'? 'Little star' must be one of my fav songs ever, absolute gem.

Fat lady sings, love it, that brings me back! Arclight was a classic. Also The Pale (I am a butterfly) what a track!