Does anyone outside the U.S. like Dave Matthews Band?

gabers
gabers Posts: 2,787
edited March 2006 in Other Music
Just curious. I have a feeling they don't get much exposure overseas, or if so they're just not very popular.
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  • MCG
    MCG Posts: 780
    I am in Canada and I can tell you there are fans of DMB here. I am certainly not one of them however.
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  • gabers
    gabers Posts: 2,787
    Okay, how about you Europe? Where you at?!
  • Klumpie
    Klumpie Posts: 2,649
    gabers wrote:
    Just curious. I have a feeling they don't get much exposure overseas, or if so they're just not very popular.

    They just aren't good enough. I know them a little bit, but in Holland they never get airplay.
  • shahril
    shahril Posts: 288
    gabers wrote:
    Okay, how about you Europe? Where you at?!

    yay i can respond to that..nobody asks anything abt asia ever..psshhh
    im into dmb..solid band..dave is a respectable musician and songwriter..they dont deserve the amount of stick they get here
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  • Jeremy1012
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    Not at all big in the UK. I am aware of them but I couldn't name a song or even recognise them if they came on the radio
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  • #105
    #105 Posts: 5
    yes D.M.B. is popular in canuckland
    morning
  • gabers
    gabers Posts: 2,787
    It's kind of like that Robbie dude in the UK. Nobody knows who he is here but he's apparently been knighted over there.
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    I'd never heard of him before I came on this board.
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    gabers wrote:
    It's kind of like that Robbie dude in the UK. Nobody knows who he is here but he's apparently been knighted over there.
    Yeah he really is the biggest guy in pop here. I heard a story that he went out with an american girl then took her home. He went off somewhere and she popped in a dvd - Him at Knebworth in front of 300,000 people. needless to say she was a little freaked out, never having heard of him.

    Ps he is utter shite :D shallow, vapid pop-drivel
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  • Phyuck Yu
    Phyuck Yu Posts: 12
    Oh yeah, i know lots of DMB fans...
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  • Peatrical
    Peatrical Posts: 59
    MCG wrote:
    I am in Canada and I can tell you there are fans of DMB here. I am certainly not one of them however.
    What he said.
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    I'm not a big fan either, but I still really like his "Crash" album. Other than that, I find everything else he's done to be incredibly boring and not really worth my time. The guy is definitely talented though, I'll give him that.
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  • brhf9
    brhf9 Posts: 1,475
    down here in south america they have a cult following. (and no love on the radio)

    but they played @ rock in rio 3 in 2001 in the same night with sheryl crow and neil young and there were like 150.000+ people that night so i assume some of them were dmb fans.
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  • bladworth116
    bladworth116 Posts: 344
    really a big hit in Chicago. when you're hit by a bucket of feces and urine under a bridge I hear.
  • dan_alive
    dan_alive Posts: 123
    They are not big here, i dont think they chart at all... but i know people who like them in Melbourne... they are a U.S band and i've heard people are very surprised when they find out they are almost unknown here in Australia.

    Anyway i liked them a couple years ago... Listener Supported was a kick arse album but their album with American baby sucked majorly... wasted talent of that awesome Carter!!
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  • facepollution
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    I've got a few DMB cds, and I live in the UK. Not sure exactly how I came to hear the music. Is it true that DMB are the choice band for jocks in America?! To me they aren't really all that accessible, so I would be quite surprised.
  • dan_alive
    dan_alive Posts: 123
    facepollution wrote:
    I've got a few DMB cds, and I live in the UK. Not sure exactly how I came to hear the music. Is it true that DMB are the choice band for jocks in America?! To me they aren't really all that accessible, so I would be quite surprised.

    facepollution, that's what i heard too... they are hugely popular with college kids too
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  • ScReaMing LunGs
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    DMB aren't very popular in Southern Ontario: Toronto, Hamilton, London, Windsor Kitchener etc... they have some good songs, but get no play on 102.1 the edge and really only have a cult following.
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  • Terryible
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    I'm from New Zealand and have been listening to them since 1996. They are not very well known here, the Busted Stuff album wasn't even released here
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  • gabers
    gabers Posts: 2,787
    They used to be a big college band. It just so happened that "jocks" got into them too. I don't know about now. The "jocks" used to also get into Pearl Jam back in the day. It was very easy for them to throw on a flannel shirt and wear their hat backwards and voila! Grunger! I saw DMB while I was in college for the first time in around '96. I wasn't really into them up until that point, but their live show changed my mind. And there were really all types their. Young high schoolers, college kids, couples, whatever. There were two 50-ish former Dead Head type gals in front of me dancing during the whole concert. They really are fun to see live. The group is full of outstanding musicians.

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