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Bands that never made it big that you liked

Nils got his break at 19, playing guitar for Neil Young.

Connells got serious MTV play time with 74-75 and took that song to number 1 in a lot of foreign markets.

Partial to Dillon Fence of course but liked their older stuff better. They had a shot when they opened for Hootie's tour after Hootie hit it big; when that failed to take off that was the end for them.

100% agree on Nada Surf, they have a brilliant catalogue. Their last album is one of my favorite by any group in last 10-15 years; saw them for first time at Cat's Cradle and it was fantastic. Matthew Caws is massively underrated.

Currently, the Temperance League out of Charlotte deserves greats things to happen, just a tremendous rock and roll band and their album The Night Waits is one any music fan should check out.

Sadler Vaden from Drivin N Cryin is doing well as guitarist in Jason Isbell's 400 Unit but obviously Kevn Kinney was the heart of that band.

FWIW I still see Connells and D n C pop up on satellite radio.

Whiskeytown is the greatest band ever from NC and few people know their stuff unless you dig Alt Country.

Jeffrey Dean Foster is another very talented local (W-S), his albums with the Pinetops are some of my favorites.

6 String Drag is back and making great music.

Sex Police had one great album, one okay album and third was crap which was good time to hang it up.
 
WakeandBake said:
All the bands I was in.


From the NC scene I thought The Vanguard and later Stream was just great. Don Dixon's bands, too. And the Fabulous Knobs and the Spongetones.


I just recently played a gig with an 80/90s Chicago band called Green that by all accounts shoulda "made it." (Tunnels posters note that's Ken Kurson on bass in Dont even need her..)




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Knobs & Spongetones; oh haaaaalll yes!!!!! Throw the Cigaretz and 3PM (Jerry Peak on bass!!) in there too. Had a serious jones for Debra DeMilo back in the day.
 
Sex on her Period
Wizard's Jism
Cold Cackling Koala
Purple Buttholes
The Chattanooga Duo: Jasper and Mervin
Unfundamentalist Christians
The Todd Van Burpey All-Stars
 
With the exception of De Lux, these are the 09' Wake Radio jamz.

De Lux



Jookabox



Duster



Mimicking Birds



Carloman

 
Dillon Fence said:
Nils got his break at 19, playing guitar for Neil Young.

Connells got serious MTV play time with 74-75 and took that song to number 1 in a lot of foreign markets.

Partial to Dillon Fence of course but liked their older stuff better. They had a shot when they opened for Hootie's tour after Hootie hit it big; when that failed to take off that was the end for them.

100% agree on Nada Surf, they have a brilliant catalogue. Their last album is one of my favorite by any group in last 10-15 years; saw them for first time at Cat's Cradle and it was fantastic. Matthew Caws is massively underrated.

Currently, the Temperance League out of Charlotte deserves greats things to happen, just a tremendous rock and roll band and their album The Night Waits is one any music fan should check out.

Sadler Vaden from Drivin N Cryin is doing well as guitarist in Jason Isbell's 400 Unit but obviously Kevn Kinney was the heart of that band.

FWIW I still see Connells and D n C pop up on satellite radio.

Whiskeytown is the greatest band ever from NC and few people know their stuff unless you dig Alt Country.

Jeffrey Dean Foster is another very talented local (W-S), his albums with the Pinetops are some of my favorites.

6 String Drag is back and making great music.

Sex Police had one great album, one okay album and third was crap which was good time to hang it up.
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love Jeffrey Dean. Long Gone Sailor is one of my favorite songs. https://jeffreydeanfoster.bandcamp.com/track/long-gone-sailor

also his stuff with Steve Dubner as The Right Profile was great (another Boone shout-out). Clive Davis signed them and it just didn't materialize, Dubner goes on to Columbia and ends up writing Freakonomics, etc. http://freakonomics.com/2013/05/06/the-right-profile-lives-again-for-about-15-minutes/
 
I used to work with an in-law of the Connells. She was not into the music too much.
 
TripleDeacon said:
Sex Police

Freddy Jones Band

Life in General

Not sure what constitutes "making it big" but I always thought The Connells and Drivin & Cryin did pretty well for themselves.
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+1 on Freddy Jones Band

Tripping Daisy ( lead man Tim Delaughter turned into The Polyphonic Spree)so he turned out okay.

Little Sister

Billy Goat
 
The Urban Sophisticates, Greensboro/Philly band. They put out 3 albums and I think now their lead singer became their manager and they just do hired music work like weddings and stuff....hate that they never made it big.






This is definitely my favorite song of theirs:

 
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