the 'almost made it" bands.

[billyporter]

how about a top 5 or 10 that have the bands that didn't quite make it for whatever reason.

thin lizzy at their peak of popularity were touring the states,[may of been the jailbreak album?] one of them get very sick and the tour in over. i think that made a big impact on their status in america.

similar story with ufo too.

everyone in the music biz including lots of famous musicians, threw heaps of praise on king's x.
everyone expected them to become one of the most popular bands in the world, but it never happened.
as a result, almost every single article or interview with the band over the years is prefaced with the story of how they should of been big. i'm sure the band get sick of reading about this too.

my top five would be:

thin lizzy
ufo
king's x
saxon
budgie

 

[METALPRIEST]

 

[Jake T]

I'm glad UFO and King's X didn't make it "big". If they did, radio stations would run them into the ground like they do to so many groups. I love Pink Floyd, but I get real tired of the local classic rock station playing their songs over and over and over again.

 

[Big Ears]

Man
Groundhogs
Nutz
Foghat
Stray
Nektar

 

[Nololob]

Uriah Heep
Nazareth
Edgar Broughton Band
Blue Cheer
Curved Air

It's hard to name only 5 bands.

 

[billyporter]

i've always considered uriah heep to of 'made it.'

 

[Big Ears]

Perhaps 'make it' needs defining. My list was based on bands that remained underground here. Uriah Heep, Thin Lizzy and Nazareth were big in the UK (for a sustained period).

 

[runtfan]

Utopia
The Tubes
Max Webster
The Pursuit Of Happiness
Saga

 

[runtfan]

everyone in the music biz including lots of famous musicians, threw heaps of praise on king's x.
everyone expected them to become one of the most popular bands in the world, but it never happened.
as a result, almost every single article or interview with the band over the years is prefaced with the story of how they should of been big. i'm sure the band get sick of reading about this too.

Totally agree...hard to see how they missed the brass ring.

 

[billyporter]

i suppose 'make it' would mean every album got into the american top 30, and were tour headliners.
bringing in the cash!

uriah heep were big down under as well.
heep had 3 lps in the american top 30.