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I thought Sale of the Century was a good song tbh.
[i]I thought they (Gene) had one really good song which they gave several different titles.[/i]
and that one good song was a cover of a Smiths b-side 🙂
and that one good song was a cover of a Smiths b-side
And Morrissey stole their act!
Turin Brakes
They were actually my first thought when I saw the thread but I looked them up as I've never realised anything happened with them after The Optimist*. I was astonished to discover that they're still going and that they had two more top ten albums.
*Which I bought, even though it was shit, because I fancied a girl.
*Which I bought, even though it was shit, because I fancied a girl.
I can't even offer that excuse. What on earth possessed me to buy it remains a mystery.
The whole nu metal thing was always going to be difficult to sustain - you start out cheesed off about something, make a good album that goes stellar, earn a load of cash etc. I guess it's quite hard to maintain the spark. Look at KoRn - first album was amazing but nothing else has really come close.
Yeap, although Slpknot appear to have maintained momentum.
On that note, apparently Limp Bizkit are still going. That surprised me.
Louise Whatshername
Louise Redknapp (nee Nurding) >> Louise Wener
Papa Roach
Oh we're doing pop-Rock are we? (although of the correct age I always hated nu-metal, could listen to Korn and just about tolerate a few others but was happy once that fad died. Until I realised emo was replacing it. *shudder*)
Linkin Park (although they are just plain shite)
Kid Rock (hey covers are cool right?)
Bloodhound Gang
Powerman 5000
not rock but also popular for 5 mins then disappear:
Presidents of the USA
Barenaked Ladies
etc.
Presidents of the USA
Barenaked Ladies
Are still great... They're both more like one hit wonders (peaches and one week), in that one song sold a shit load of copies, but otherwise they sold records consistently for years.
isto - Member
Can I pre-emptively add The Amazing Snakeheads to the list since the singer has decided to sack the rest of the band? I'm hoping him and the sessions musicians he has hired can prove me wrong
I think the bass player is back with them. And there's only 3 of em anyway.
[i]Royal Blood[/i]
and when was their time, 1976?
The whole nu metal thing was always going to be difficult to sustain - you start out cheesed off about something, make a good album that goes stellar, earn a load of cash etc. I guess it's quite hard to maintain the spark. Look at KoRn - first album was amazing but nothing else has really come close.
Yeap, although Slpknot appear to have maintained momentum.On that note, apparently Limp Bizkit are still going. That surprised me.
The Bizkit's last album was utter bilge although in all fairness it all went wrong after Significant Other (I like that and $3 Dollar).
Slipknot's latest album is a bit squiffy and the last one was far too like Stone Sour. The first album was ace...it sounded so evil at the time. They were huge when Iowa was released, but it was odd seeing tiny kids running about in 'Knot shirts.
Oh we're doing pop-Rock are we? (although of the correct age I always hated nu-metal, could listen to Korn and just about tolerate a few others but was happy once that fad died. Until I realised emo was replacing it. *shudder*)Linkin Park (although they are just plain shite)
Kid Rock (hey covers are cool right?)
Bloodhound Gang
Powerman 5000
I'll admit to being a baggy trousered, spikey haired nu metal kid with piercings despite being bought up on the Cult, Maiden, Metallica and other classic rock. But I bloody hated Linkin Park. Kid Rock was funny....he's jumped on a new bandwagon of wannabe safe classic to know.
Powerman 5,000....better left alone. I don't think they did owt good did they.
I used to really like One Minute Silence too.
Emo seems to have died these days which is good. Fall Out Boy and co were so bloody pretentious.
XCNN......bloody awesome and I bet no one's ever heard of them?
chestrockwell - Member
I also loved Longpigs first album. Waited ages for the second which turned out to be a huge let down.Sleeper were good as mentioned but mainly because we all fancied Louise Whatshername.
How about Kenickie (had a soft spot for Laverne)?
Ah, Sleeper! Spawned the term 'Sleeperblokes' to describe the anonymous bunch standing around behind the cute lead singer. 😀
I liked Sleeper, and Kenickie, who were one of the most enjoyable, fun bands I've seen. Got to love a band when the gorgeous lead singer walks on stage and greets the crowd with "hello, totty"
Marie from Kenickie is one of the Cornshed Sisters now, Lauren's brother Pete, the drummer, is with Frankie and the Heartstrings, I believe, and Emmy-Kate is a research fellow in Urban Studies ant Glasgow Uni.
Dunno what Ms Laverne's doing now... 😉
Loved Lush, too, saw them a bunch of times, including Moles in Bath, where I had to keep leaning backwards to avoid being clouted on the nose by Emma's bass guitar.
Not that Moles is pokey, or has a non-existent stage, you understand...
Speaking of Sleeperblokes, there was another band I saw at The Fleece, anonymous blokes with a cute lead singer, had some success, but kicked the singer out because they didn't like being overshadowed.
Wherefore art thou now, theaudience?
As for their erstwhile lead singer, well Sophie Ellis-Bextor did rather better for herself...
There was so much music around back then, and gigs were so cheap, I did thirty-nine in one year, wasn't difficult to do three in a week, including one in London.
Can't afford to do that now, sadly. 😐