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Post by 4real on May 28, 2009 14:12:35 GMT -5
Pretty much every Britpop band from the 90's. As well as The Smiths, The Jam and The Stone Roses before them
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Post by Tarik Dee on May 28, 2009 14:49:47 GMT -5
The Killers
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on May 28, 2009 14:57:57 GMT -5
Pretty much every Britpop band from the 90's. As well as The Smiths, The Jam and The Stone Roses before them I think the Smiths have a decent cult following here. The Jam and Stone Roses are unknowns, though.
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Post by Hidden Jake on May 28, 2009 15:19:11 GMT -5
Yeah the whole Britpop explosion in the 90s really only translated with Oasis and that was just pretty much Wonderwall. I think Nick Cave is pretty huge in Australia but unknown everywhere else. Weezer are only known as the band that did Buddy Holly and Beverly Hill in the states but they're treated like Gods in Japan.
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Post by KingPopper on May 28, 2009 15:36:37 GMT -5
Foo Fighters have more fans in Europe, then they do in North America.
Electric Six has/had a pretty big following in the UK. Nobody has really heard of them in the states.
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Post by Cavs for Mavs Mafia on May 28, 2009 16:18:30 GMT -5
Muse were (don't know about now). After the last album they played two sell out shows at Wembley Stadium in England, co-headlined the 2007 Australian Big Day Out music festival with Tool and they returned later in the year to do a successful arena tour. Meanwhile the best they could do in the U.S during this period was opening for My Chemical Romance during MCR's U.S tour. I saw them for free at my College back in '05. Ah-ha is know as a one hit wounder in the US, but was supposedly huge in there native Sweden and pretty big in Europe as a whole.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on May 28, 2009 16:20:16 GMT -5
EDIT: Oh, I forgot Robbie Williams. He made a valiant attempt a decade ago, trying to ride the coattails of the pop renaissance in the US, but his whole self-deprecating thing didn't register. I became a fan when at that time. One thing I must say is that I hope that Jamiroquai is big somewhere. It would be a crime if they are not. Single hit in the US doesn't seem adequate for them (granted, it was the biggest hit of that year though).
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Post by AriadosMan on May 28, 2009 16:23:25 GMT -5
the New York Dolls. The press loved them, the public hated them. Their music didn't ever really translate out of New York, especially with their look. Ironically, if you trace it back thru lineage, almost everyone has ripped off something off the Dolls. KISS? Alice Cooper? Most glam-rock acts?
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Post by Will Has 'Til Five, Ref on May 28, 2009 16:41:11 GMT -5
"Number of the Beast", "Piece of Mind" and "Powerslave" all at least were registered gold at some point in the early/mid 80's. Ok do you know the last time they did a stadium tour in the US ? All I can remember is them playing arenas or amphitheaters. I don't think they've done stadium tours in America. And to answer your question about gold and platinum records in America, Killers and No Prayer for the Dying are gold and The Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, Powerslave, Live After Death, Somewhere in Time, and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son are platinum.
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Post by anticonscience on May 28, 2009 16:52:00 GMT -5
The Tragically Hip are huge enough in Canada to play arenas, yet in the US they can do no better than a bar/concert venue that holds a few hundred a few blocks from me (and even then the crowds are largely made up of Canadians). They are huge in the Buffalo area too, probably since we're so close to Canada. They're playing a sold out 4 night stand around here next week. And not a small venue either, lawn seats alone were like $40 (the reason I'm not going...damn my brokeness)
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Post by waffleofpower on May 28, 2009 16:57:24 GMT -5
I would say Faith No More to an extent. Sure, they had "Epic" here but that was about it. Their albums sold a lot more in Europe. Which is why I suppose they only decided to tour their when they reunited. =/
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Post by Cyno on May 28, 2009 17:00:25 GMT -5
Foo Fighters have more fans in Europe, then they do in North America. But Foo Fighters are still pretty freakin' huge here. There's a good chance that any act is going to have more fans in Europe than North America if they're internationally popular because they have about 200 million more people than we do. I saw some mentions of Muse, and it took them awhile, but they started getting big after Absolution finally made the jump over to the US. BH&R also had a ton of radio friendly hits like Starlight, Supermassive Black Hole, and Knights of Cydonia (which got a LOT of play time in these parts). Oasis was also really popular around here in the mid-late 90's, and not just for Wonderwall.
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Post by Jason Todd Grisham on May 28, 2009 18:50:56 GMT -5
Rain apparently has a large enough fan base to win the online Time Magazine poll for person of the year, but cannot for the life of him break into the American scene.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on May 28, 2009 18:54:03 GMT -5
Rain apparently has a large enough fan base to win the online Time Magazine poll for person of the year, but cannot for the life of him break into the American scene. Maybe if Speed Racer hadn't sucked so bad, it'd be a different story.
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Post by Jason Todd Grisham on May 28, 2009 18:59:39 GMT -5
Rain apparently has a large enough fan base to win the online Time Magazine poll for person of the year, but cannot for the life of him break into the American scene. Maybe if Speed Racer hadn't sucked so bad, it'd be a different story. On that note Jackie Chan is a fairly successful singer in China and Hong Kong, but he doesn't even try to break into the US. And of course, Germans love David Hasselhoff.
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Ass Dan
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Post by Ass Dan on May 28, 2009 19:06:22 GMT -5
Rush is pretty fringe in the U.S.
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Post by Jason Todd Grisham on May 28, 2009 19:08:54 GMT -5
Rush is pretty fringe in the U.S. When Tom Sawyer, Fly By Night, and Free Will are on the Radio daily, I don't think that counts as "fringe." Even their newer stuff gets play, at least where I am. Tom Sawyer was a hit single. They're more of a band who's time has come and gone.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2009 23:00:02 GMT -5
Electric Six has/had a pretty big following in the UK. Nobody has really heard of them in the states. Sad but true I've been to see the Six over twenty times, own all 5 albums and all singles (not hard given they had all FOUR of them) and think they're one of the most criminally ignored bands OF ALL TIME. People think they have no depth, the fact most fools can't read into humorous lyrics because 'omg, stupid, comedy can't make serious points' annoys me. That, and those folk probably only listen to Weird Al. Then again even in the UK the Six aren't well known. They had a HUGE first album, a semi-popular second, but the fact they had it written into their contract to release their Radio Ga Ga cover as a single meant their credibility and mainstream careers were over. But Hell, the band still make shithot music, and are some of the nicest blokes I've ever met. /RANT
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Post by Metalheadbanger Man on May 28, 2009 23:03:36 GMT -5
Electric Six has/had a pretty big following in the UK. Nobody has really heard of them in the states. Sad but true I've been to see the Six over twenty times, own all 5 albums and all singles (not hard given they had all FOUR of them) and think they're one of the most criminally ignored bands OF ALL TIME. People think they have no depth, the fact most fools can't read into humorous lyrics because 'omg, stupid, comedy can't make serious points' annoys me. That, and those folk probably only listen to Weird Al. Then again even in the UK the Six aren't well known. They had a HUGE first album, a semi-popular second, but the fact they had it written into their contract to release their Radio Ga Ga cover as a single meant their credibility and mainstream careers were over. But Hell, the band still make excretory matterhot music, and are some of the nicest blokes I've ever met. /RANT I saw them last year at Loughborough Uni. I remember I used to rock the "Fire" album all the time, and then they just fell off the radar. The last album of theirs I got was "Switzerland", which was their best IMO.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2009 23:08:06 GMT -5
I second that! In fact Switzerland is my SEVENTH favourite album of all time (I know this because I just did a list on Rate Your Music, I didn't just invent that number...)
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