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josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,597
edited February 2007 in Other Music
ok so let's name some w/potential/talent but just never progressed further in their careers .??
[1] SPIN DOCTORS what ever happened .

[2] BIG COUNTRY scottish i know lead singer/guitarist commited suicide but they were really good ......what are yours people ??
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  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    josevolution wrote:
    ok so let's name some w/potential/talent but just never progressed further in their careers .??
    [1] SPIN DOCTORS what ever happened .

    [2] BIG COUNTRY scottish i know lead singer/guitarist commited suicide but they were really good ......what are yours people ??
    I second that on Spin Doctors. I heard the singer got some throat disease that fucked him up. He's back now though and they tour a bit.

    also, what ever happened to Babylon Zoo ;):D
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    spin doctors is a great choice. their first album was so good.

    im gonna add radiohead. poised to be one of the best rock bands ever, thom decided he had more fun twiddling dials and stroking his own ego.
  • lephtylephty Posts: 770
    Zebrahead!

    wasted mind is freaking awesome.. newest album Broadcast to the world is great too!

    RATM meets punk/reggae! fun band live
  • 3sheets3sheets Posts: 284
    RATM. I say this b/c their first record was fresh and original, but the two other albums they released sounded just like a re-hash of the first album.

    Also, Morcheeba. Great first 2 albums, then they descended into mediocrity. Same with Air. Tremendous first album and then the score for Virgin Suicides was top notch. Then they have just fizzled. Talkie Walkie was okay, but nothing as interesting as those first two. Perhaps Pocket Symphony will lift them out of their rut.
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix...

    They could have done SOOO much more.
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  • stateoflove79stateoflove79 Posts: 2,845
    Alice In Chains
    Blind Melon
    Sublime
    Jimi Hendrix
    Nirvana
    Mad Season
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  • Coathanger HalosCoathanger Halos Posts: 137
    Jeff Buckley
    Candlebox
    The Verve
    Mother Love Bone
    Creed (let me explain). Their first album was awesome. Had they kept up the way they were going with that, they would've been far more respected.

    X-Cops (GWAR side project). They released "You Have the Right to Remain Silent" and then went back to GWAR. They should've kept it up for at least another album.
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  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    soulsinging wrote:
    spin doctors is a great choice. their first album was so good.

    im gonna add radiohead. poised to be one of the best rock bands ever, thom decided he had more fun twiddling dials and stroking his own ego.
    I disagree. Radiohead have nothing but PROVEN their potential and longevity by changing their styles so dramatically every album.

    There are a few bands poised on real importance now..

    Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kings of Leon, Strokes.. they're so close to being just remarkable,.. all they've gotta do is stick it out. All three bands are showing progression.. not sticking to their comfort zone - really pushing it sometimes. It's a very optimistic trio. :)
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  • NickyNoochNickyNooch Posts: 629
    Autopilot Off - Their EP was INCREDIBLE. The last album was really good to, sad to say they broke up recently.

    Days of the New - First and second album were a good start to a long career, the third was the end of that career.

    Just 2 off the top of my head.

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  • Coathanger HalosCoathanger Halos Posts: 137
    Days of the New...good one! I can't believe I forgot about them! That self titled album is a masterpiece.
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Coathanger Halos wrote:
    Jeff Buckley
    Candlebox
    The Verve
    Mother Love Bone
    Creed (let me explain). Their first album was awesome. Had they kept up the way they were going with that, they would've been far more respected.

    X-Cops (GWAR side project). They released "You Have the Right to Remain Silent" and then went back to GWAR. They should've kept it up for at least another album.
    great call on Jeff Buckley and Mother Love Bone (my one "what could have been" band)
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  • BrainofdzBrainofdz Posts: 1,617
    Jeff Buckley
    Television
    Rancid
    Weezer
    Cypress Hill
    Dismemberment Plan
    Q and not U
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  • NickyNoochNickyNooch Posts: 629
    Brainofdz wrote:
    Rancid

    I'm baffled! Indestructable was probably their best album yet. Their live show is amazing. Every album is practically a 10. Looking forward to the new stuff coming out. One of my favorite bands ever.

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  • 1STmammal2wearPants1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 2,938
    soulsinging wrote:
    im gonna add radiohead. poised to be one of the best rock bands ever, thom decided he had more fun twiddling dials and stroking his own ego.

    yeah, im also going to have to respectfully COMPLETELY disagree with this too. they've already proved themselves.
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  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,597
    NickyNooch wrote:
    I'm baffled! Indestructable was probably their best album yet. Their live show is amazing. Every album is practically a 10. Looking forward to the new stuff coming out. One of my favorite bands ever.
    yeah that's what i thought ,i meant bands that just fall off the cliffside so i won't consider RANCID to be one of them....
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  • BrainofdzBrainofdz Posts: 1,617
    josevolution wrote:
    yeah that's what i thought ,i meant bands that just fall off the cliffside so i won't consider RANCID to be one of them....


    In my opinion, the albums have fallen off significantly since "And Out Come the Wolves"

    Just my opinion
    "Stunned by my own reflection, It's looking back, sees me too clearly and I swore I'd never go there again, Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down,down,down"

    When you see me on the street, yell out "FAVO!!!"

    I've been to alot of Pearl Jam shows;So fucking what.
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    1STmammal2wearPants wrote:
    yeah, im also going to have to respectfully COMPLETELY disagree with this too. they've already proved themselves.

    proved themselves by making 2 of the best rock albums ever and then pissing it away to become a mediocre electronica group? sure.

    elliott smith. another one taken before his time. basement on a hill was one of his best so it didnt look like he was losing anything with age.
  • sadprofessorsadprofessor Posts: 1,034
    I think Jeff Buckley pretty much takes this thread hands down.

    I am going to throw out Slobberbone, if anyone knows who they are. They made 4 great records that no one ever heard (except for DBT fans). Now they are reformed with three of the members as The Drams, but it just isn't the same.
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  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    Pond. 2 amazing albums, one lackluster one and they called it quits. Best band from the early 90's no-one ever seems to know.
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  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    How about Nick Drake? Pink Moon was, imo, easily his best album. Then he records a few demo tunes months later and dies. Listen to those demos. Imagine a whole album like that.
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Ya, seeing as the last 2 recordings Nirvana made were, IMO the best... the next record could have been fucking amazing.
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  • yosi1yosi1 Posts: 3,272
    I know they've been said, but I agree with Jeff Buckley and Days of the New. Jeff, obviously cause he died. And Days, that first album was so fucking incredible, and the next two were also not bad, but Travis Meeks just couldn't keep it together.
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  • gossardstradlingossardstradlin Posts: 324
    josevolution wrote:
    ok so let's name some w/potential/talent but just never progressed further in their careers .??
    [1] SPIN DOCTORS what ever happened .

    [2] BIG COUNTRY scottish i know lead singer/guitarist commited suicide but they were really good ......what are yours people ??

    I vote a big NO!!! on the Spin Doctors. Every song seemed to sound the same for me.

    I would have loved to have heard more from Stone Roses. I think "Second Coming" is an incredible album

    Blind Melon as well.
    "She knows there is no success like failure
    And that failure's no success at all."

    "Don't ya think its sometimes wise not to grow up."

    "Cause life ain't nothing but a good groove
    A good mixed tape to put you in the right mood."
  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    BinFrog wrote:
    How about Nick Drake? Pink Moon was, imo, easily his best album. Then he records a few demo tunes months later and dies. Listen to those demos. Imagine a whole album like that.
    Sounds a lot like Buckley's "Sketches for my sweetheart the drunk".
    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

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  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    *TheirInvisibleCrown wrote:
    Ditto, I think about that everytime I listen to them :( Sad, sad, sad.
    The more into the Pixies Kurt got the more original and brilliant the music got. If he'd been around to make more albums no one would be able to call him overrated I think.
    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

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  • sebaarg88sebaarg88 Posts: 1,277
    Jeff Buckley
    only love can break your heart
    but only love can brake your fall
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Pearl Jam and toast wrote:
    The more into the Pixies Kurt got the more original and brilliant the music got. If he'd been around to make more albums no one would be able to call him overrated I think.

    yeah but if he'd been around to make more albums i doubt nirvana would be as highly rated as they are now anyway ;) it'd probly be aic instead... maybe i should add them. they never did release enough material if you ask me, and i got the feeling they were only getting better as they aged.
  • BrainofdzBrainofdz Posts: 1,617
    Joy Division
    Buffalo Springfield
    Cream
    The Sex Pistols
    Nas
    Biggie Smalls
    "Stunned by my own reflection, It's looking back, sees me too clearly and I swore I'd never go there again, Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down,down,down"

    When you see me on the street, yell out "FAVO!!!"

    I've been to alot of Pearl Jam shows;So fucking what.
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