Yeah, Nicole, Lone Justice (specifically Maria McKee, I guess, really) had unfuckwithable L.A. credentials when that actually meant something to A&R guys. And it was of course Geffen who doled out the bucks.
― ellaguru, Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:08 (thirteen years ago) link
23. Mink Lungs22. Lady Sovereign
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Frickin' Lone Justice.
Some ILX talk on this thread about them a while back. Great post by Alfred following up on it.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Seeing ellaguru's post about Lone Justice made me think of Johnny Winter. His Columbia contract was at the time the biggest for a new act, but--while he did alright--he probably didn't pay commercially like the next Hendrix or Clapton like they thought he would.
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Mind Funk
I remember them being pretty hyped - can anyone confirm?
― kkvgz, Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:11 (thirteen years ago) link
yes
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:12 (thirteen years ago) link
20. Northern Line
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:13 (thirteen years ago) link
i guess veruca salt belong here too?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:15 (thirteen years ago) link
"Seether" was inescapable.
― kkvgz, Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Mind Funk LOL OMG
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:18 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm sure there was a slew of post-Spice Girls under-performing girl groups, but I'm struggling to remember any.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Replace one Northern Uproar with The Railway Children to keep the numbering in line.
Alan McGee had a whole string of overhyped nomarks - kind of glad I can't remember any of them.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Does Velvet Revolver count? Jesse Camp and the Lower East Side dumbasses or whatever?
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:19 (thirteen years ago) link
xxxp: I dunno - maybe they were good, but I saw a lot of advertisements for them and was almost convinced, but never bit the bullet.
― kkvgz, Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:20 (thirteen years ago) link
19. Zwan
― Darin, Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:25 (thirteen years ago) link
18. Macy Gray
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Good call on Zwan. "Billy Corgan, that chick from A Perfect Circle, some guy from an indie band--how can they lose?"
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Anyone remember the major label boyband response to Britpop called "Catch"?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:29 (thirteen years ago) link
To date, Gray has released five studio albums, one compilation album, and one live album, with her fifth studio album, The Sellout, released on June 22, 2010; and has received five Grammy Award nominations, winning one. She has appeared in a number of films including Training Day, Spider-Man, Scary Movie 3, Lackawanna Blues and Idlewild.
not sure what bit of that is failing spectacularly.
― meta the devil you know (onimo), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:30 (thirteen years ago) link
I bet even the lex doesn'txp
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Catch had a truly terrible song called "Bingo" didn't they? c.1997?
― Neil S, Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:33 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah that's them. cant even resemble the song tbh
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:34 (thirteen years ago) link
McGee and Horne could fill this whole thread with blagged flops.
― cee-oh-tee-tee, Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:34 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33SjUj4J5BU
see e.g.
http://www.cleveland.com/homegrown/index.ssf?/homegrown/more/macy/grayarea.html
and no single has cracked the US top 100 since the debut.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:35 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost -- That is one ugly freezeframe.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Northside
― (¬_¬) (Nicole), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:35 (thirteen years ago) link
xxxp Ugh. That track was on what seemed like constantly when I had a summer job in an industrial laundry in Bristol. Great days.
― Neil S, Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Ziggy did pretty well on Big Brother.
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Thanks Herman, I had successfully suppressed all memories of that Catch song.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:37 (thirteen years ago) link
18 Wheeler (lol david keenan)
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:38 (thirteen years ago) link
maybe these, maybe not exactly "mega-hyped", but17. Biff Naked16. Fiona15. Phranc
― dude (del), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:39 (thirteen years ago) link
14. Jonathan Fire*Eater
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:42 (thirteen years ago) link
13. Sammy
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:43 (thirteen years ago) link
12. Nellie McKay
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh God, the Medicine label.
― cee-oh-tee-tee, Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:45 (thirteen years ago) link
13. Kelly Osbourne
― Aqua Buddha (herb albert), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:46 (thirteen years ago) link
She's had more success in Europe, where the first three albums charted well. She still gets a good bit of press when she has a new release. I can appreciate from a singles point of view that she's a one hit wonder but she's been 'successful' enough to keep doing what she does. I don't think anyone in Northern Uproar made five studio albums. Even the link you posted has her opening for Bowie 5 years after her spectacular failure.
― meta the devil you know (onimo), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:49 (thirteen years ago) link
12. Los Lobos
― dude (del), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:51 (thirteen years ago) link
11. Mind Over Four
― dude (del), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Northern Uproar reminded me a band i saw on the same NME tour
12 Fluffy
― sonofstan, Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Make that
10 Fluffy
9. the firm (jimmy page and paul rodgers' 80s-collaboration)
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:55 (thirteen years ago) link
8. 60 ft dolls
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:55 (thirteen years ago) link
? the purpose of this thread has lost me. Bands with decades of output got megahyped then failed spectacularly?
9. The Beatles - all that hype then nothing for 40 years. You don't even hear them on the radio any more.
― meta the devil you know (onimo), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:55 (thirteen years ago) link
at the time rolling stone, other american music press made them out to be the best rock'n'roll band in america, blah blah blah. in contrast to how much they were hyped, what avg person would know any of their output other than the la bamba cover?
― dude (del), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Los Lobos became a long lasting cult band, which is more than you can say for Lone Justice or other similarly-hyped peers.
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 23 September 2010 19:02 (thirteen years ago) link
May as well rename the thread 'one hit wonders' if we're going to write off decades running artists as failures because they had a hit. I thought we were looking for something else here. Los Lobos were active for over ten years before La Bamba and are still active more than 20 years later.
― meta the devil you know (onimo), Thursday, 23 September 2010 19:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Did Kix have a long lasting successful career?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 23 September 2010 19:03 (thirteen years ago) link
i think of lone justice as being more of a cult band than i do los lobos
― dude (del), Thursday, 23 September 2010 19:03 (thirteen years ago) link