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Bands With TOO Short Of A Career

g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,196
edited January 2013 in Other Music
Do you have any favorite bands whose careers were short but you wished could have been longer?


Fugazi
Noctournal Zoo...mid 80's
Secret French Kissing Society
Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
THE CLASH
Peter Tosh
Bob Marley and The Wailers


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  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,429
    I could definitely do with another album or 2 from the Big Pink/ST lineup of The Band
  • Wma31394Wma31394 Posts: 3,045
    Zwan
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  • PapPap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,028
    Bob Marley & The Wailers (1974-1981)
    Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968-1972)
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  • OlivavuOlivavu England Posts: 1,683
    I would say Refused, but they are back! :D

    Longpigs definitely though.
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  • foodboyfoodboy Posts: 988
    how about emf and aha . but did get to see bob marley twice the clash and peter tosh
  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,604
    Beatles
    Led Zeppelin
    Police

    Cranberries & Toad the Wet Sprocket, but looks like they are back or maybe getting back.

    I could go for some more Them Crooked Vultures.
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  • RedMosquito22RedMosquito22 Posts: 8,158
    Nirvana
    The Doors
    The Beatles(It's amazing their impact on American Music in only 5 years)
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  • CTD10CTD10 Posts: 351
    Blind Melon. God how I loved this band. Still got their debut album on cassette. I really think these guys would have put out so many more great albums
    ctd
  • RedMosquito22RedMosquito22 Posts: 8,158
    CTD10 wrote:
    Blind Melon. God how I loved this band. Still got their debut album on cassette. I really think these guys would have put out so many more great albums

    Damn, how could I forget about Blind Melon. One of my all time faves. Good call!!

    Amazing how many great musicians died at 27 years old.
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  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,429
    Hendrix
  • Dead Man WalkingDead Man Walking Toronto-ish Posts: 2,762
    CTD10 wrote:
    Blind Melon. God how I loved this band. Still got their debut album on cassette. I really think these guys would have put out so many more great albums

    I said they could have been the next Zeppelin.

    I do not retract that statement.
  • EdsonNascimentoEdsonNascimento Posts: 5,521
    RedMosquito22 wrote:
    The Doors
    The Beatles(It's amazing their impact on American Music in only 5 years)

    Yeah. I don't get starting a thread with Fugazi and Nocturnal Emissions and missing the obvious ones (these along with Zep, Hendrix, etc.). I don't even think Fugazi enters the conversation. Sorry.
    Sorry. The world doesn't work the way you tell it to.
  • RedMosquito22RedMosquito22 Posts: 8,158
    EdsonNascimento wrote:
    I don't even think Fugazi enters the conversation. Sorry.

    Especially when they were together for close to 20 years
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  • Wma31394Wma31394 Posts: 3,045
    CTD10 wrote:
    Blind Melon. God how I loved this band. Still got their debut album on cassette. I really think these guys would have put out so many more great albums

    Shit..for sure..i always forget about them..Gonna listne to change now.

    And the doors..yup..by pics of morrison before he died you would have though he was in his 40's instead of 27.
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  • drinkbigredinsteaddrinkbigredinstead Posts: 2,240
    Culture (with Joesph Hill)

    Nirvana

    Sublime
  • RedMosquito22RedMosquito22 Posts: 8,158
    drinkbigredinstead wrote:
    Culture (with Joesph Hill)

    Nirvana

    Sublime

    As much as I liked Sublime, I don't know how long that style would have lasted. I could be wrong with that, but I sure loved them when they were around though.
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  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,429
    I love Zeppelin and The Beatles as much as anybody, but I think they accomplished too much for this conversation. I'm not sure how staying together would've benefited them. I include the Doors in this as well, but personally, I think their career was too long.
  • drinkbigredinsteaddrinkbigredinstead Posts: 2,240
    RedMosquito22 wrote:
    drinkbigredinstead wrote:
    Culture (with Joesph Hill)

    Nirvana

    Sublime

    As much as I liked Sublime, I don't know how long that style would have lasted. I could be wrong with that, but I sure loved them when they were around though.


    Long Beach Dub Allstars quickly followed but didn't last. Pepper is the closest band to Sublime out there now IMHO , No Shame, Kona Town and In With the Old are all really good albums.
  • RedMosquito22RedMosquito22 Posts: 8,158
    DewieCox wrote:
    I love Zeppelin and The Beatles as much as anybody, but I think they accomplished too much for this conversation. I'm not sure how staying together would've benefited them. I include the Doors in this as well, but personally, I think their career was too long.

    This topic is length of career. The Beatles as a successful band were together a shade over 5 years. Of course they put out 2 album per year most of that time but still was way too short.

    I agree with you about Zeppelin though. They shouldn't be on this list.
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  • Wma31394Wma31394 Posts: 3,045
    DewieCox wrote:
    I love Zeppelin and The Beatles as much as anybody, but I think they accomplished too much for this conversation. I'm not sure how staying together would've benefited them. I include the Doors in this as well, but personally, I think their career was too long.

    Too long??? Morrison died at 27..not sure when they started..my guess when he was 18-22. They were just hittin their stride with L.A. Woman. IMO their best album.
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  • RedMosquito22RedMosquito22 Posts: 8,158
    Wma31394 wrote:
    DewieCox wrote:
    I love Zeppelin and The Beatles as much as anybody, but I think they accomplished too much for this conversation. I'm not sure how staying together would've benefited them. I include the Doors in this as well, but personally, I think their career was too long.

    Too long??? Morrison died at 27..not sure when they started..my guess when he was 18-22. They were just hittin their stride with L.A. Woman. IMO their best album.

    The Doors were only together for only 5 years as well, just like The Beatles. Way too short.
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  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    RedMosquito22 wrote:
    drinkbigredinstead wrote:
    Culture (with Joesph Hill)

    Nirvana

    Sublime

    As much as I liked Sublime, I don't know how long that style would have lasted. I could be wrong with that, but I sure loved them when they were around though.
    I agree with this...I think they would have travelled the same path jeremy lin is destined to go down. But I would've loved to see where they could have gone.
    I echo CCR and The Doors for sure.

    I will add SRV...he had 10 or so highly productive years but still far too short
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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,196
    EdsonNascimento wrote:
    RedMosquito22 wrote:
    The Doors
    The Beatles(It's amazing their impact on American Music in only 5 years)

    Yeah. I don't get starting a thread with Fugazi and Nocturnal Emissions and missing the obvious ones (these along with Zep, Hendrix, etc.). I don't even think Fugazi enters the conversation. Sorry.

    I left those out just for you...I'm not a Beatles fan so their exit doesn't matter too much to me. However, please list what YOU like.

    Peace
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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,196
    RedMosquito22 wrote:
    EdsonNascimento wrote:
    I don't even think Fugazi enters the conversation. Sorry.

    Especially when they were together for close to 20 years

    However, I wished they were here and STILL touring after seeing them many years all around DC. There's no argument here list what you want or don't want.

    Peace.
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • Wma31394Wma31394 Posts: 3,045
    Guns n Roses only together what 6 yrs or so. I like them back in the day..not sure what they would be now..my guess somewhere inbetween motley crue and metallica.
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  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,429
    edited February 2012
    RedMosquito22 wrote:
    DewieCox wrote:
    I love Zeppelin and The Beatles as much as anybody, but I think they accomplished too much for this conversation. I'm not sure how staying together would've benefited them. I include the Doors in this as well, but personally, I think their career was too long.

    This topic is length of career. The Beatles as a successful band were together a shade over 5 years. Of course they put out 2 album per year most of that time but still was way too short.

    I agree with you about Zeppelin though. They shouldn't be on this list.

    Maybe I'm taking more into account than what is meant for the discussion. I just think both bands had peaked and weren't gonna achieve much more together. It's hard to deny that there was a creative decline with Let It Be compared to the 5 previous recorded Beatles' albums. By most accounts, they knew they ran their course. I think they called it quits at just about the perfect time.

    I think The Beatles were a successful band for about the same amount of time as Zeppelin. Zeppelin's studio work ran from 68-78, Beatles 63-70.
  • RedMosquito22RedMosquito22 Posts: 8,158
    g under p wrote:
    RedMosquito22 wrote:
    EdsonNascimento wrote:
    I don't even think Fugazi enters the conversation. Sorry.

    Especially when they were together for close to 20 years

    However, I wished they were here and STILL touring after seeing them many years all around DC. There's no argument here list what you want or don't want.

    Peace.

    This list isn't a list of who you wish were still together. This is a list of careers that were too short, which to me means as a band under 10 years and probably closer to 5 years. I hardly think that a 20+ year career is short, in fact it's the complete opposite for a rock band. Not many make it to 20 years that's for sure.
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  • brosiobrosio Posts: 60
    I know I am coming to the game late, but as others have said Blind Melon came to mind first.
    I guess we could include Soundgarden in this as well. I know they are "back" but their hiatus is 2x as long as they were together.
  • uninnocent-uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    I'll agree with everyone who said Blind Melon. They were so good in such a short period of time.
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,196
    edited February 2012
    RedMosquito22 wrote:
    This list isn't a list of who you wish were still together. This is a list of careers that were too short, which to me means as a band under 10 years and probably closer to 5 years. I hardly think that a 20+ year career is short, in fact it's the complete opposite for a rock band. Not many make it to 20 years that's for sure.

    It's just short for ME...agree or disagree reason being I loved the band saw them from beginning to end.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGJFWirQ3ks

    BTW there's some commercial using this opening baseline..I hope the band is getting some publishing money.

    Peace
    Post edited by g under p on
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
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    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


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