62. Campag Velocet
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Thursday, 23 September 2010 14:26 (thirteen years ago) link
^ been done
62. Slade (in the USA)
― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 September 2010 14:27 (thirteen years ago) link
61 : Tiny Dancers
the sheer extravagence on the promos etc (and weren;t they famously one of the last big ££ signings prior to the big EMI shakeup), but did anyone buy the album ?
― mark e, Thursday, 23 September 2010 14:30 (thirteen years ago) link
60. Northern Uproar
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 23 September 2010 14:35 (thirteen years ago) link
59. These Animal Men
― ledge, Thursday, 23 September 2010 14:39 (thirteen years ago) link
do american mags not hype up anything?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 23 September 2010 14:43 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm trying to remember the last actually hyped American band that had zero success; even The Click 5 had like one hit song.
― bang (HI DERE), Thursday, 23 September 2010 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't know if Christiana DeBarge was actually megahyped but she performed on So You Think You Can Dance once and then was never heard from again
even big n rich sell records right?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 23 September 2010 14:46 (thirteen years ago) link
they sell FUCKTONS of records!
― bang (HI DERE), Thursday, 23 September 2010 14:46 (thirteen years ago) link
58. Andrew WK
― Aqua Buddha (herb albert), Thursday, 23 September 2010 14:48 (thirteen years ago) link
^ yeah!
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 23 September 2010 14:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Not sure I understand the meaning of the word "megahyped" in re: half these bands
― Mo Tucker Mo Problems (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 23 September 2010 14:52 (thirteen years ago) link
57. Dave Matthews Band (in the UK)
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Thursday, 23 September 2010 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link
but dmb were never hyped in the uk. Probably never even written about. Noone outside of ilm has probably heard them in the uk!
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 23 September 2010 14:55 (thirteen years ago) link
I remember a huge poster campaign! 'Who is Dave Matthews?'
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Thursday, 23 September 2010 14:56 (thirteen years ago) link
56. clap your hands and say yeah
― Zeno, Thursday, 23 September 2010 14:58 (thirteen years ago) link
55. kula shaker
Andrew WK was fairly successful. WTF
― Lazarus Niles-Burnham (res), Thursday, 23 September 2010 14:59 (thirteen years ago) link
That really worked, didn't it?
― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 September 2010 14:59 (thirteen years ago) link
^ a million selling album is a failure?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 23 September 2010 14:59 (thirteen years ago) link
John Mayer is consistently regarded as the hit singer over here, except his hit total is one album on the chart here for 1 week.
― Mark G, Thursday, 23 September 2010 15:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Check: Dreamworks roster circa 2000. Cupcakes (industry hype), Palo Alto (Rick Rubin producing)...
― Excluding Skits and Such (Eazy), Thursday, 23 September 2010 15:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Kula Shaker did alright!
54. Joe Lean and the Jing Fucking Jang Fucking Jong.
― mike t-diva, Thursday, 23 September 2010 15:06 (thirteen years ago) link
^ thanx for nothing there, mike
― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 September 2010 15:09 (thirteen years ago) link
^ had erased them from my memory till then
― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 September 2010 15:10 (thirteen years ago) link
In the interests of useful info rather than self-plugging, here's a piece I co-wrote five years ago where the likes of Orlando, Birdland and Brinsley Schwarz explained what went wrong. We got curt refusals from Gay Dad and Terris.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2005/jan/28/2
― Haunted Clocks For Sale (Dorianlynskey), Thursday, 23 September 2010 15:11 (thirteen years ago) link
I have a promo copy of Joe Lean's unreleased debut. It will be worth literally pennies one day.
Oh man, World of Twist :(
― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 September 2010 15:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Any band that gets megahyped in the US is already popular. Milli Vanilli is probably the closest I can think of to a group that turned hype into spectacular failure.
― skip, Thursday, 23 September 2010 15:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Proteges and familiar relations of successful artists/industry-folks have that big push and fail in the U.S. all the time.
― Excluding Skits and Such (Eazy), Thursday, 23 September 2010 15:18 (thirteen years ago) link
I have an ultra-collectible six-track promo CD of the self-same lost masterpiece! Unfortunately, it is unplayable on any CD player which I possess.
― mike t-diva, Thursday, 23 September 2010 15:19 (thirteen years ago) link
where the likes of Orlando, Birdland and Brinsley Schwarz explained what went wrong.
Birdland were successful! They brought me and my wife together.
― meta the devil you know (onimo), Thursday, 23 September 2010 15:21 (thirteen years ago) link
so in the US, hype from indie mags doesn't count as hype? cuz that's just what most of the UK examples are.
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Thursday, 23 September 2010 15:22 (thirteen years ago) link
32 Birdland Sleep With Me Single Feb 1990
― Mark G, Thursday, 23 September 2010 15:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Well, the hype I was originally alluding to was the "big spend on advertising"...
Can you buy good coverage from the UK indie mags?
Answers on a postcard...
― Mark G, Thursday, 23 September 2010 15:24 (thirteen years ago) link
there must have been loads of hype for garage and jungle acts too
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 23 September 2010 15:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Scene-specific dance acts have their own criteria for success though.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Thursday, 23 September 2010 15:27 (thirteen years ago) link
In dance music, Alex Reece was a big flop but so was every "crossover" drum'n'bass act really. Even Goldie and Reprazent lost momentum very quickly.
― Haunted Clocks For Sale (Dorianlynskey), Thursday, 23 September 2010 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Also on Dreamworks: Chicks
― seandalai, Thursday, 23 September 2010 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link
53. Credit To The Nation
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 23 September 2010 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Hype from "indie mags" means something completely different, and a much much lower level of attention, in the USA.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 23 September 2010 15:29 (thirteen years ago) link
has ms dynamite ever been seen again?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 23 September 2010 15:29 (thirteen years ago) link
I see her in the shops buying sweets for her kids sometimes.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Thursday, 23 September 2010 15:30 (thirteen years ago) link
And Lady Sovereign's the one selling her the sweets
― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 September 2010 15:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Lisa Mafia on Sov's days off.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Thursday, 23 September 2010 15:31 (thirteen years ago) link
52. One True Voice
― jesper olsen twins (NickB), Thursday, 23 September 2010 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
51. Jedward
― jesper olsen twins (NickB), Thursday, 23 September 2010 15:33 (thirteen years ago) link
etc
(xxxp) Sign on the door saying "Speech Debelle will not to be served in this shop"
― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 September 2010 15:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Obie TriceLupe Fiasco
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 7 December 2017 12:13 (six years ago) link
Did anyone care about Obie once?
― President Keyes, Thursday, 7 December 2017 13:47 (six years ago) link