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Bands that never hit the crapper

Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 6,987
edited November 2013 in Other Music
Caveats:

Must have 3+ albums (live albums don't count)
Albums need to be consistently good to great. Not some mediocre debut and then they hit a stride with a sophomore release
Can still be recording or broken up/retired (though if they are still making music, you run the risk of them hitting said crapper)
Take into account critical, commercial, and peer opinions, not just personal
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    Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 6,987
    The Smiths
    Nirvana
    LCD Soundsystem
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    EarlWelshEarlWelsh Buffalo, NY Posts: 1,102
    Tim Simmons wrote:
    The Smiths
    Nirvana
    LCD Soundsystem

    Nice little list there. I can't think of many right now.

    Mogwai
    Yo La Tengo
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    JTHJTH Chicago Posts: 3,238
    Tim Simmons wrote:
    Nirvana
    Man, I love everything else they did, but I find almost every song on Bleach to be nearly unlistenable.

    There are others but I'll go with Arcade Fire (although who knows? I've only heard the one new song so far so I might think differently tomorrow.)
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    bluesuedeitzradbluesuedeitzrad Posts: 429
    This is tough, because so many bands had that one bad album. REM is amazing, but Around the Sun was a tough listen. Even greats like the Ramones, The Who and Neil Young had their low points.

    The first one that comes to mind:
    The Jimi Hendrix Experience
    Three studio albums that were amazing.

    Others that fit:
    Cream
    Beck (not a band but all of his albums are great)
    Foo Fighters
    The Beatles (too obvious?)
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    DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,413
    edited October 2013
    Zeppelin
    Floyd
    Beatles
    Black Crowes
    Hendrix
    White Stripes
    TOOL
    Wilco
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    bluesuedeitzradbluesuedeitzrad Posts: 429
    I think the easy way out is to think of bands that were only together for 5-10 years.
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    SJHalpSJHalp Posts: 37
    edited October 2013
    Wilco
    Alice in Chains
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    JTHJTH Chicago Posts: 3,238
    bluesuedeitzrad wrote:
    I think the easy way out is to think of bands that were only together for 5-10 years.
    OK, I'll change my answer then.

    Clutch.
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    SJHalpSJHalp Posts: 37
    Candlebox
    Collective Soul
    Stone Temple Pilots
    Silverchair
    Bush
    Days of the New
    Sponge
    Seven Mary Three
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    SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 NYC Posts: 25,903
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    JTHJTH Chicago Posts: 3,238
    JTH wrote:
    bluesuedeitzrad wrote:
    I think the easy way out is to think of bands that were only together for 5-10 years.
    OK, I'll change my answer then.

    Clutch.
    Wait. No. Arcade Fire's been a band since 2001 (holy shit am I old) so I'm sticking with them.
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    Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 6,987
    SJHalp wrote:
    Candlebox
    Collective Soul
    Stone Temple Pilots
    Silverchair
    Bush
    Days of the New
    Sponge
    Seven Mary Three

    I feel like most of these bands are the definition of diminishing returns/crapper. I don't know what most of them are doing or have done in the past 15 years.
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    JTHJTH Chicago Posts: 3,238
    Tim Simmons wrote:
    SJHalp wrote:
    Candlebox
    Collective Soul
    Stone Temple Pilots
    Silverchair
    Bush
    Days of the New
    Sponge
    Seven Mary Three

    I feel like most of these bands are the definition of diminishing returns/crapper. I don't know what most of them are doing or have done in the past 15 years.
    I've never been a fan but a friend of mine saw Candlebox not too long ago and he said they were great.

    Of course, as a child, he lived under power lines and ate paint chips with great regularity.
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    Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 6,987
    It's just funny to me that a band like Candlebox has supposedly never hit the crapper, but bands like REM, or the Rolling Stones have.
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    SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    Tim Simmons wrote:
    It's just funny to me that a band like Candlebox has supposedly never hit the crapper, but bands like REM, or the Rolling Stones have.

    Well, when you're around for 50 years they can't all be winners...

    1994_-_Dirty_Work.jpg

    I didn't keep up with Candlebox after the 90's so I can't really judge. I don't like much R.E.M. after New Adventures In Hi Fi (which might be my favorite album of theirs), after that they never seemed the same to me. Not shitty, just not interesting to me.

    Has anybody mentioned Zeppelin? I know In Through The Out Door was very different and not well liked by all, but I still like it and consider all their studio albums great in their own way.
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    ekwiptekwipt Vancouver Posts: 381
    JTH wrote:
    Tim Simmons wrote:
    Nirvana
    Man, I love everything else they did, but I find almost every song on Bleach to be nearly unlistenable.

    :o
    "School" is by far my favourite Nirvana song. The lyrics are genius albeit brief.
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    South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,708
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    JTHJTH Chicago Posts: 3,238
    ekwipt wrote:

    :o
    "School" is by far my favourite Nirvana song. The lyrics are genius albeit brief.
    That one is listenable.
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    JTHJTH Chicago Posts: 3,238
    Tim Simmons wrote:
    It's just funny to me that a band like Candlebox has supposedly never hit the crapper...
    They never hit the crapper because the crapper hit them first.
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    DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,413
    SatansFuton wrote:
    Has anybody mentioned Zeppelin? I know In Through The Out Door was very different and not well liked by all, but I still like it and consider all their studio albums great in their own way.

    I did. With stuff like Carouselambra and In the Evening as the epics, Hot Dog and Fool In the Rain as kinda quirky numbers that Zep had on the later albums.....All My Love is a little cheesy, it's really well crafted. I think it's good and really great for a low point.

    The Stones hit the crapper, trying to keep up with trends, but they had some good songs on everything and they've bounced back pretty well.

    Some of the bands, while solid, I don't think they were ever good enough to hit the crapper. You gotta take a pretty hard fall from grace, to me. Stuff like Candlebox and Live lived their life on the toilet rim.
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    Hugh Freaking DillonHugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    SJHalp wrote:
    Candlebox
    Collective Soul
    Stone Temple Pilots
    Silverchair
    Bush
    Days of the New
    Sponge
    Seven Mary Three

    I think this list was meant for the other thread.
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    EarlWelshEarlWelsh Buffalo, NY Posts: 1,102
    Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:
    SJHalp wrote:
    Candlebox
    Collective Soul
    Stone Temple Pilots
    Silverchair
    Bush
    Days of the New
    Sponge
    Seven Mary Three

    I think this list was meant for the other thread.

    :lol:
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    Hugh Freaking DillonHugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    The Headstones
    Queens of the Stone Age
    Black Mountain
    Soundgarden
    White Stripes
    Nirvana
    Gimli 1993
    Fargo 2003
    Winnipeg 2005
    Winnipeg 2011
    St. Paul 2014
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    nickburrows14nickburrows14 Posts: 858
    Some bands sure dipped towards the end or lately but not hit the crapper. Can't think of many though.

    PJ
    SOUNDGARDEN
    REM
    NIRVANA
    SPRINGSTEEN
    U2 (been a bit up and down and I really don't like No Line On The Horizon)
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    As for Neil Young........discuss
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