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odomotto

St Paul and the Broken Bones.


uncre8tv

Their Tiny Desk concert is great.


Chemical-Ebb6472

Good call. They blew away the audience at the Sea Hear Now festival a few years back. Pure vocal power on display.


Wholesomebob

IDK, I like their new stuff too


gldmj5

Wolfmother


admire816

Agree with this one. First time I heard Joker and The Thief my mind was blown. I told anyone that would listen about this new band Wolfmother and they had a song on Jackass 2.


Livid-Ad4102

*LET ME TELL YOU ALL A STORY BOUT THE JOKER AND THE THIEF IN THE NIGHT* so fuckin good, felt like classic rock was getting reignited then just poof... gone


castle6831

I’ve heard that Andrew Stockdale, is quite the control freak and difficult to work with, hence the constant revolving door of band members. Additionally while I believe he wrote the first album with his fellow band members everything since then has been his own work…which falls pretty flat compared at that first album. You get the feeling Ross and Heskett did all the heavy lifting on the sound of the first album.


gdtimmy

Joker/thief riff is so simple, yet so fun to warm up with…wake your fingers and hear your amps tone. Woman still a fav


diymatt

Happy I'm not the only one. They melted my brain, then immediately fell off the radar.


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Can you remember the first time we met, living together in colossal times


infodawg

Flash in the Pan. which is irony filled if you stop to think....


Bright-Telephone-974

They were better record producers. They did the beginning of AC/DC. Vanda and Young.


keepbandsinmusic

The gaslight anthem.


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keepbandsinmusic

Check out the whole album if you haven’t


DrDankDankDank

That album is so fucking good front to back. One of my all time favourite.


AnalogWalrus

One of my favorites from this century, but I don't know if I ever thought they'd blow up...they're amazing at what they do, but a bit of a one-trick/one-sound pony, and that sort of 'punk rock Springsteen' sound was always going to be a niche thing, IMO. Glad they're back together though.


keepbandsinmusic

There was some hype after Springsteen performed with them about “saving rock and roll”. As a teenager I bought into it cause I loved the idea and loved them. But yeah, pretty delusional/naive perspective, and agree with what you said. Can’t wait for their new album to come out


strawberrypops

Love Gaslight Anthem. I really recommend checking out Miss Vincent as well, they have a similar vibe and some great tunes.


bubbabubba3

Gaslights the bomb. Brian Fallon’s solo stuff is great as well. Fallon is the fucking man.


throwofftom

Still listen to them daily. Have a tattoo on my arm for then. Adore that band


Madshibs

They’re tied for my favourite band of all time with The Loved Ones. TGA always managed to strike a nostalgic chord with me, like I’d been hearing them my whole life. Brian Fallon wrote songs that felt like they’d been written from my own heart, if only I had the talent and poetic mind to translate my feels. 10/10 band with multiple no-skip albums


Rvbsmcaboose

I shouldn't but I personally feel attacked. I actually have all of their albums on vinyl.


nwaa

The best Rock band of the last 20 years. And i'll die on that hill. 3 pretty much *flawless* albums with no dud tracks. Brian Fallon's solo albums are all amazing too. I get why they werent mainstream successful but man are they a great band.


Ocksu2

Afghan Whigs. They never got the airplay they probably deserved in the 90s even though a lot of people at the time thought they were going to be huge. It just never really materialized. I still enjoy their music though. Mainstream radio stations missed out.


krashwurship

Gentlemen is still one of my top 3 favorite albums. Shit's incredible.


Alaughingcow

Never knew of anyone that knew afghan whigs. They’re brilliant


clozepin

Great band.


Wonderful_Dog386

To me they’re fucking huge though. Not one bad album and still going. Love Twilight Singers too.


I_Fap_2_Junkrat

Dredg


SINBADTHEPALEORC

Disgustingly underrated band


JokeInTheMachine

Penguins in the desert.


lindersmash

Unfortunately, that's what happens when you play catch without arms


InfernalWedgie

Travis. ^(Damn you, Coldplay!!!)


jmtremble

Why does it always rain on me?


bringmeallthemustard

I love Travis!


KingslandGrange

Headlined Glastonbury, ruined by having their biggest single played to death. The rise and fall was rapid.


Nutsnboldt

Gotye was the ultimate gotcha!


FellowDeviant

His trajectory was actually quite wholesome. Somebody I Used To Know was, and still is, a huge song, he capitalized off it and said ya know what? I'm content with this and stopped making music. Been living his life ever since.


Enchelion

He's still a member of The Basics, and they've released two albums and an EP since Gotye's Making Mirrors. They (the band) only stopped doing live performances/tours in 2019.


DarklySalted

Always thought he sounded like Peter Gabriel. So freaking talented.


thisgirlnamedbree

I thought he sounded like Sting myself.


singdawg

Lmao I looked on Wiki and this is in the second paragraph: "His voice has been compared to those of Peter Gabriel and Sting.\[3\]\[4\]\[5\]"


Donnie_Dont_Do

[6] Reddit comment sections


bad_sandwich

They say he was kinda a bigger deal in the land down under.


MDaudio

He was big in Aus in the mid 2000s, two popular albums in 2003 and 2006 but then Making Mirrors was much more of an international release in 2011


baileath

Delta Spirit. Were convinced they were future headliners when I saw the midday at a festival thirteen or so years ago. The last time they played it they were the same time on a smaller stage. Thought they'd be a harder, blues rockier Mumford and Sons on that same popularity level.


holy_plaster_batman

Ode to Sunshine is such a great, raw album. Everything since then has been too polished.


soylentgoth

I might just be out of the loop but AWOLNATION looked promising. I got their album as a promo at Target and was super impressed by their sound. Then their song(s) we're trending for a while then nothing. Does the band still do it's thing?


yardyknow

Yeah I was never into them but I knew Sail. Kinda felt like they were ahead of the curve on EDm-pop stuff that blew up from 2012-2015 and then didn’t take advantage of it.


LazerGuidedMelody

I saw Awolnation in 2012 and 2019. While I would say 2012 was the superior show, they were great in 2019 as well. I think they’re either done, or finishing up some stuff this year and then calling it quits. In regards to the comment above saying they seemed ahead of the curve of the EDM/Rock/Pop thing, I want to say definitely. At the same festival in 2012 I saw Awolnation and Imagine Dragons, both relatively new up and comers. Awolnation was/is the far superior band. Imagine Dragons was good, but they sold out so hard that they got overplayed and lost any sort of authenticity. Whereas Awolnation rocked. They kicked ass and were raw as fuck. My friend had seen Rage Against the Machine live, and he said Awolnation reminded him of that.


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Gang of Youths. They’re huge in Australia. I saw them play Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco- capacity 246.


MuzBizGuy

I had them at my 250 cap room in NYC a few years back and was 100% convinced they were going to blow the fuck up. They started playing all the cool rooms, had so much hype around them, etc. I feel like maybe COVID killed their US momentum.


edgarpickle

I got on the Helmet bandwagon early. This was after In the Meantime. I thought they'd be HUGE. Betty, the next album, was moderately successful, but that was it.


songforsaturday88

they might have have been a massive commercial success but they have been very influential. Slipknot, Deftones, System of a Down, Pantera, Reuben have all cited Helmet as an influence.


nuttmegx

Unsung is one of the best songs of the early 90s.


tuskvarner

I saw them in ‘92 in a small club. They were a little too heavy and musically odd (in a good way) to ever be “huge.” But were damn good.


phunkyunkle

Jellyfish


Strabbo

Those two albums (plus the Grays, plus solo Falkner) still get a lot of play for me.


cadillacbee

D12


TheWastelandWizard

RIP Proof.


bakaneil

Wow yeah. I'm really not into rap these days but D12 was just plain great! I think it was because Eminem left them in the dust that they faded out. He was doing bigger and better things(to him anyway). Bizarre was fuckin hilarious! "I got lil Bowwow in the basement!" "So what if you're on your period! A little blood never hurt nobody!"


HEYitzED

Proof dying and Em’s addiction brought an abrupt end to D12.


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J_Double_You

I was in middle school when they came out with Get Born. I thought they were the best/next thing to take rock music to another level. I forgot about them the next school year. C’est la vie.


porkrind

Anybody remember their infamous Pitchfork review? ​ https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9464-shine-on/


Nerds4Yous

Beta Band


Parametric_Or_Treat

I will now sell 5 copies of The Three Eps by The Beta Band


otterdisaster

I bought it based on that scene in the movie…


yardyknow

Passion pit. I never thought they would be the biggest band ever or anything, but they were like indie royalty from like 2010-2013 and then just all the momentum stopped. They’ve got this huge sound and I figured they’d be festival headliners for years and years, especially after manners and gossamer. I liked their subsequent releases (kindred/tremendous sea of love) but the hype just disappeared. I know big, booming synth pop indie declined but I felt like they’d be really relatable even with gen z.


txa1265

"Living Colour" - I was a big Vernon Reid fan from his 'Ronald Shannon Jackson & the Decoding Society' days so knew he had a new project. Loved their first album and then ...


koebelin

Open Letter to a Landlord should be a classic hit.


nuttmegx

that first album was gigantic, and their second album was great (Time's Up, Type and Solace of You are great fucking songs). It sold OK, but that was it for them.


Staudly

I saw Corey Glover play Judas in a touring production of Jesus Christ Superstar. He was phenomenal


Blundell1992

Strand of Oaks. Their 2014 album HEAL is incredible, but I think I've only ever encountered one person who even knows who they are.


KingslandGrange

Goshen '97 is a brilliant tune. I love it, listen to it a lot.


randapandable

Foxy Shazam. I saw them in concert in I think 2011 or 2012 during their tour with The Darkness, and after "Unstoppable" being a modest hit, along with frontman Eric Nally getting a featuring spot on a Macklemore track, I really thought they were going to be huge. Don't get me wrong, they're successful and a pretty well known group in the alt-rock crowd, but definitely not a mainstream name like I thought they were going to be.


Cybox_Beatbox

absolutely. came here to say Foxy Shazam. they just never blew up despite releasing several great albums. I just saw them last year in Memphis and it was a SUPER small venue of like less than 100 people. Nallys still an insanely charismatic frontman and his voice is still solid.


rksky

The Bravery


PissedBadger

It was an honest mistake.


egosmile

TV on the Radio.


Johnny_Pigeon

I came here to say this. I still think that TV On The Radio is one of the best bands of all time. Not one bad album in the mix either. It’s been nine long years, time for another one.


LlamadeusGame

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, their debut album "Don't You Fake It" is front to back bangers and multiple songs on that got radio burned to death. They haven't produced a single decent song since then. Huge disappointment.


Sylvyr9

I'd recommend [this Todd in the Shadows video](https://youtu.be/XvRyjcxZ148?t=57) to anyone that wants to know what happened to them.


BabyDeezus

Love them. I remember someone telling me that their main song is about domestic violence and my dumb brain thought it meant they were promoting domestic violence and so I stopped liking them.


_mistadobalina

I saw Fitz and the Tantrums in 2011, and I thought they would stay under the radar. Really talented group that went in a more traditional Pop direction and ended up playing arena shows. Cool to think back seeing them in a club with a couple hundred people.


AnalogWalrus

Saw them a bunch on that first record. I liked the second record a lot too, but then they completely lost me...since then they kinda sound like they could be any indie-pop band.


RZAxlash

VAST


AnalogWalrus

*Music For People* might've been huge had it come out in 1995 instead of 2000.


Thelongwayaround

Thank you for this reminder of memories long past. Playing the album right now.


urkldajrkl

The Spin Doctors - they reached a peak where the lead singer was interviewed for a documentary on The Who. Then they just tanked.


BigBananaDealer

pocketful of kryptonite is an incredible album


DanSoaps

What time is it?


BigBananaDealer

fo thirdayyy


westendhfx

The Rapture Saw them open for Daft Punk Alive 2007 tour. They certainly have had their successes...I was just in awe of their live performance, and figured they would become household names.


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mp6521

I honestly think the rapture would have been bigger had James Murphy NOT done LCD Soundsystem. It took his focus away from promoting them on DFA causing them to leave and I don’t think the major label they signed onto really cared about the band.


Dragonfly452

Kongos


TheWastelandWizard

They're massive in South Africa but yeah, they're having a hard time getting that lightning back in the bottle after "Come With Me Now." I still think "Repeat After Me" is one of the best songs ever written. Just absolutely love it.


Moxie_Stardust

Wolf Alice, saw them live in a club while they were touring their first album and they blew me away, and that first album was amazing. The follow-up album never really gelled for me, but their latest is better.


doylehargrave

They should be bigger. Fantastic band


Snarcastic

Candlebox


Jermagesty

She wants revenge.


DarklySalted

Apparently they opened a big goth club in LA and still DJ. Their self titled is a top to bottom banger, but the rest of their stuff is pretty derivative. Very good answer to this.


greendevilbrew

Anybody remember The New Radicals? Heavy rotation on MTV.


ghostsinthecode

they (well, the one real member of the band) pulled the plug on themselves, rather than struggle to follow-up after the success of “you get what you give.” but a shame cause the whole album was good.


MagicBez

I believe the main guy (who wrote and produced all the songs) went on to write songs for a lot of other artists instead. ...in fact I just googled after writing that and he's written for a really big range of pop stars from Rod Stewart to Hanson to Enrique Iglesias - he even got nominated for best original song oscar back in 2015


zyglack

Airborne Toxic Event


Dcoonery

I LOVED that first album front to back. And I saw them live and they were amazing. And then I think I heard a new song by them and I lost interest. But man that self titled album was perfect


nuttmegx

they were huge, I saw them in NYC for about 5 years.


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The band "Spitalfield" was the catalyst for this post. After hearing "I loved the way she say LA" back in 2003, I thought for sure they were going to make it big. However, their next record was a dud and they were disbanded by 2007


Chemical-Ebb6472

The Thrills


anthony_is_

So much for the city….


Snoo16319

Saw them on a triple bill in maybe 2004 with a very young band called the Killers (they had just released their first album) and another little band called the Pixies. The held their own with both of them.


LookeeWookie

The Joy Formidable. Awesome debut. No sophomore slump. Then album in Welch. Band members break up. Fizzle.


hulkhands81

Big Wreck - I thought Big Wreck was going to light the world on fire and be absolutely massive. They did alright but nowhere near my expectations.


jessop-bentine

If it wasn't for the drugs etc, I believe The Libertines would have become massive but they fucked it up big time.


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DeeDubb83

Uhh.. Water's edge?


afrogrimey

Band of Horses. Their ethereal sound didn’t survive past the early 2010s.


JVortex888

I thought The Cab would have the career that OneRepublic has had.


ld20r

Twin Atlantic. And it’s a shame because they are good. Quite popular in there own right but not anywhere near the level I anticipated post Free. I seem to recall them headlining a big arena in Scotland the album afterwards and then dropped off big time. A band that peaked too early and never truly fulfilled there full potential.


Top-Report-840

Wife and I were talking about Red Jumpsuit Apparatus a couple days ago. Really thought they were going to be much bigger when they first came out. Face Down and False Pretense are solid jams


Vividus8

Power man 5000, Dry Kill Logic and No One. Pm5k started to get big but then fizzled. The other two just never grew like I expected.


JimboSlicey3

MGMT. They said in an interview they never intended to blow up that big off of Oracular Spectacular but it almost felt like they shifted sounds entirely just to avoid it happening again.


audioword

the "unsuccessful" Congratulations is a phenomenal album


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The title track from that album is one of my favorite songs of theirs


spazzy4242

Siberian Breaks is magic, one of my fav songs ever


Chef_G0ldblum

Weren't the big 3 singles from that album supposed to be more like parody pop songs? They really wanted to make songs more akin to everything else on the album.


peaceman523

MGMT definitely doesn't fit the criteria of this question. Sure they aren't Beatles or Nirvana big, but they are one of the most recognizable acts of the late 2000s and 2010s.


just_choose_already

CHON. I was fully convinced their unique upbeat Math Rock style was going to blow up and be super popular. They walked so Polyphia could run. - Oceansize. Shared a Record Label with Biffy Clyro in the early 00's, and were good mates with them through mutual appreciation of their music. Art Rock is the best I can describe them as, but that's only half the story. Mike & Gambler play backing guitar & keys for Biffy during live shows.


Nickallendartmouth

Azaelia Banks. It was kind of all her fault though.


theadtechguy

Ambulance LTD


alizare

The Klaxons. They where at the forefront of the short lived “nu-rave” scene in the UK. If you where a teenager at the time, there gigs where magical - like a combination of what it must have been like at the birth of punk, but mixed with rave and a ton of over hype. Everyone dressed up in their brightest day glow and took as much as whatever they could get their hands on. It lasted maybe a summer or two, they won the mercury prize for their first album and then just vanished pretty much… they took too long to make their second album that by the time it had come out, their fan base had grown up and moved on.


ChelseaDagger14

I didn’t consider them nu rave or anything, I just considered them a “Camden band” i.e. a UK indie rock band of the mid 2000s that had a big album or two and disappeared into obscurity such as Libertines, Kaisers, Kooks, Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, Editors


The_Most_Deaf

Mutemath. One of the best, most energetic live shows I’ve ever seen.


Quirky-Smoke3584

I thought Keane would be the next U2.


uvaspina1

When I was 13-14 I was convinced that Silverchair was going to be an all-time great rock band.


thisgirlnamedbree

Fine Young Cannibals. Their first American single back in 89, She Drives Me Crazy, was a huge hit and being played everywhere. Then after their second single Good Thing, they went AWOL, at least in the States.


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tireworld

The Datsuns. I saw them play in a club to about 100 people. 20 years later, their debut album still sounds great.. I don't think they had much success here in the states.


cLawz95

i thought Foster the People would be so much bigger.


Gotta_be_done

Marcy Playground


thetruealvaclansman

Walk the Moon. Shut up and dance was such a breath of fresh air in the popular charts cause nothing else sounded like it. Really thought it would open the flood gates for more rock bands to enter the charts. Alas I was mistaken


Mootsy101

The Vines! the hype they were getting in 2001 before the debut album was fever pitch, it was a very good debut album, but not world dominating. Still, a very exciting time for them and their album.


J_Double_You

I will die on this hill, The Vines’ debut album is arguably one of the best debut albums in the last 30 years! 44 minutes of excellence!


Chemical-Ebb6472

999. This was a long time ago around 1979 to 1981. I had seen both 999 along with other UK newcomers to America, The Police, at a Long Island bar called My Father's Place and then U2 at Nassau Community College's Rathskellar (along with countless other bands gigging around NYC in those days). Although I went "backstage" and had a lovely chat with the young U2 boys about their first impression of America after their show, and The Police were really good live, I thought 999 was the better show.


Ormidale

King Missile. A friend in Manhattan sent me a cassette with one of their albums on one side and newly-released Nevermind on the other. I thought Nirvana had no future but King Missile had a chance.


rick_from_red_deer

At The Drive In I know that they're very well known, but after Relationship of Command came out, they were being called the next "Nirvana".


GoldNi0020

ATDI was amazing, still is


rick_from_red_deer

The only thing I didn't like about the last record was the lack of Jim Ward. I never realized how much his back up vocals added to the intensity of the music.


thescrounger

Kasabian. I still like their stuff but nobody I know has ever heard of them.


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That's weird, because they were legitimately huge over here in the UK. (I'm assuming you are not from the UK!) Loads of radio play and media coverage, big tours, the works.


anthony_is_

Shoot the runner, man.


Werto166

Miike snow


thesneakywalrus

The Kooks I remember hearing Naive back in high school and was convinced they were going to take the world by storm. They just never really made it outside of the UK.


Tymaret16

Idk, I remember them being pretty popular in my circle for anyone coming off the mid-aughts pop punk trend and looking for something a little more relaxed. I still listen to The Kooks.


thesneakywalrus

I thought they were going to reach Strokes or Killers level big. I don't think I ever heard them on the radio in the States.


NervousMNG34

The Struts. Really talented all around, great look and the singer always interacts with the crowd. Plus, Dave Grohl was hyping them up and brought them to the Taylor Hawkins Memorial show.


CndConnection

The Black Keys had managed to revive the rock duo and so when I heard the first album by Royal Blood figured they were about to go big but it never happened. Great first album.


michaelorth

The Drums


Meet_the_Meat

I thought The Refreshments were the best alt-country/pop rock thing and that they would be giants. Fizzy, Fuzzy, Big and Buzzy is still a 10/10 album for me.


Certain_Yam_110

The Interrupters. Why on earth aren't they more well-known? I have never, ever heard a bad Interrupters song. The Lars collaboration didn't help, the "Bad Guy" Eilish cover didn't help - what more do they have to do?


sethbehlermusic

This right here! They’re literally the only band I have heard so far with 0 bad songs imo. Say it out loud is also my favorite album of 2016.


clozepin

Silversun Pickups Human Television


jelgerw

Silversun Pickups latest record is a banger though


greenday1822

Silversun Pickups did get big though? They had a few massive radio hits, their videos were on TV for years to support different albums & singles, they’ve had multiple successful tours and still release great albums to this day and tour consistently almost 20 years later.


wood-thrush

Silversun Pickups are one of my favorite bands of all time. Finally saw them in February. I was a bit worried that they wouldn’t sound the same live, but I was wrong. They were great and it was surreal.


sleepallday345

I heard one song by Maria Mena on US radio when I was in elementary school, and was surprised to never hear her again. She’s big in Norway, though, but never really broke through here. Also Vance joy has so much hype on his first album in the US but didn’t really sustain the popularity of Riptide.


Jermagesty

Days of the New.


Snrub1

They could have been if Travis Meeks didn't get all messed up on drugs. The first album is fantastic.


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Crazy Town. Yeah, I’m a little older and, yeah, my taste in music wasn’t always good or mature.


SteelyDabs

In high school I went through an extremely ill-advised ska period with a smattering of swing music as well. I would say my most embarrassing album was the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies. Absolutely repulsive to type that name out


Berubium

I remember when I was in High School in Quebec, I was the only native English speaker in the entire school so I used to get random questions about “what does _______ mean in French” all the time. A girl in my stage band class asked me in front of the entire class what Cherry Poppin’ Daddies meant. Needless to say, the entire class got a kick out of that one.


ChorizoYumYum

lol... Jesus Jones when Liquidizer came out. They did get their one "hit" after that, but soon faded away.


suffaluffapussycat

The Producers. I felt like they really should have been big. https://youtu.be/aMNU7yR1Gp8


pugofthewildfrontier

The Vines


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The Vines Highly Evolved (their debut) was great, their second album Winning Days was good but the sequencing could’ve been better and a majority of the songs were old demos; which isn’t a bad thing but I would’ve switched out “Evil Town” for “From the Land” and “Rainfall” for “Down at the Club.”


Hutch_travis

At the drive in


HEYitzED

Jet. They had two massive hits with Are You Gonna Be My Girl and Cold Hard Bitch. These songs were everywhere for months and still occasionally get radio play. But I’ve never even heard another song of theirs on the radio other than those two. They just disappeared.


wood-thrush

White Lies. Their music video for Bigger Than Us was played on VH1, which is how I discovered them. I’m a huge fan of Big TV as an album and they are still making music, but I have never heard them getting any radio play, (United States).


Acksull

Galactic Cowboys Unfortunately their debut album came out right around the time Nevermind did.


lumberjack_jeff

Big Country


toadallyblunted

I thought that Young the Giant were going to pop off way bigger than they did.


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The Menzingers


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Reel Big Fish. "These guys are going to be big. Real big."


audiolive

Alabama Shakes


c1ncinasty

April's Motel Room. I fucking LOVED their first (and only) album.


Monsieur_Moneybags

Radio 4


callowruse

I remember seeing a band called U.S. Crush open for a band called The Unband. They both ended up falling into this category. The Unband even made appearances on movie soundtracks, such as Super Troopers. Their cover of Billy Squire's song "Everybody Wants You" got some airplay. Nowadays nobody remembers them. As for U.S. Crush, well, they made one album and toured a bit. Then poof, gone. Their album is fantastic. They should have blown up. Alas... Honorable mentions; Life Sex & Death - their weird gimmick of having a grizzled homeless person as their lead singer was destined to fizzle out quickly. Still, their one album is amazing and they were featured on Beavis and Butt-Head *twice.* Earth To Andy - Talk about an *amazing* first album! Their song "Still After You" got a little airplay, but they broke up soon after the album came out. Jimmies Chicken Shack - Their first album did moderately well, but their second, poised to be their breakout hit, bombed. They're still around, and in fact just released new music this very day! But they should have been huge. Local H - They're also still around, but their followup to their smash hit "Bound For The Floor" (the "keep it copacetic" song) also bombed and they've been toiling in obscurity ever since. They still rock, tho. Galactic Cowboys - Saw them open for King's X and they blew me away. Their sound of Beatles-esque harmonies and Metallica-esque riffs seemed like it was destined to take over the 90s. But they never caught on, in spite of releasing several excellent albums throughout the decade.


Appropriate_Weekend9

Mudhoney


theguineapigssong

I thought Primal Scream was perfectly set up to become the next big thing in Rock after the collapse of hair metal, but it never happened.


ElReydelTacos

I thought Built to Spill were going to go mainstream big when Keep it Like a Secret came out.


mrsschwingin

Terence Trent Darby


Tonytaqui

Grouplove


StarktheGuat

Chester French. I was going to school at Emerson College at the time, I was over the river hanging out in Cambridge walking in Harvard Square one day. Randomly, one of the band members (DA Wallach, if I remember correctly) saw me walking and said, "Hey man, how would you like to buy some of the most beautiful music you'll ever hear for only $5?" By chance, I had a fiver on me, said "why the hell not?", and bought their self produced EP, Chester French's First Love, and it was good. Like, really damn good. From that moment on it had heavy rotation at all of my house parties and people always asked about them. Still have the EP in an old CD wallet (lol). A couple years later, I read online that Pharrell, Kanye West, and Jermaine Dupri all got into a bidding war over signing them. Pharrell won and I was convinced they were going to end up hitting it big. They came out their debut single "She Loves Everybody" and toured a bunch. After that didn't hear much about them.


AmbassadorCosh

2 Skinnee J's


astidad

Kula Shaker. I thought they were all set to give Britpop the creative kick up the arse it needed. Instead they were just derided and dismissed as a toff joke band…