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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Feb 24, 2019 12:52:49 GMT -5
I gotta go with Lauryn Hill. She was probably the biggest star in music around 1998-99 and has done almost nothing since except show up late to all her shows.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Feb 24, 2019 13:07:53 GMT -5
Sid Vicious (The Sex Pistol, not the wrestler) has to be up there as a less talked about what if? It's tough to believe how young he was.
The guy was a terrible bass player, but got to the point of not terrible as far as his singing goes. I really like all studio versions of the three covers he did as a solo act. The thing about Sid though was what got him fans was his look and weird charisma. With how manufactured music became I could easily see Sid becoming a huge star in the 1980s. Instead he got on heroin, killed his girlfriend (probably), and died of an overdose at 21.
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Feb 24, 2019 14:11:49 GMT -5
Azealia Banks. Strictly speaking in terms of her music, she hasn't lost a step. But she's insisted on starting feuds with just about everyone, including Beyonce (!!!). Plus, for every point she makes that I agree with, she makes about ten thousand other points that are homophobic, transphobic, body-shaming, racist, deliberately reactionary, etc.
She'd be on the same level as Cardi B right now if she didn't insist on being such an edge lord.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2019 14:16:50 GMT -5
Azealia Banks. Strictly speaking in terms of her music, she hasn't lost a stop. But she's insisted on starting feuds with just about everyone, including Beyonce (!!!). Plus, for every point she makes that I agree with, she makes about ten thousand other points that are homophobic, transphobic, body-shaming, racist, deliberately reactionary, etc. She'd be on the same level as Cardi B right now if she didn't insist on being such an edge lord. There’s probably some underlying mental health issues going with her.
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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on Feb 24, 2019 14:23:25 GMT -5
Method Man.
Dude rolled a 20 on everything it takes to be a good rapper. Voice, flow, technique. He's got maybe the most famous group of friends ever in rap. He's good looking. He's got loads of street cred, but he's also got an unthreatening side. His lyrics are playful (a little simple compared to his Clan friends, but for the mainstream that's not necessarily bad) and when he's punchline focused, they land.
And with all that? Eh. He's done fine. He's that guy that likes to smoke weed, right?
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Post by Vampiro138 on Feb 24, 2019 14:46:04 GMT -5
Say what you will about the whole name of the band still being Guns n' Roses but dammit im still pissed off the line up of Axl Rose, Buckethead, Robin Finck, Tommy Stinson, Brain, Dizzy, Richard Fortus and Chris Pittman only made half an album since by the time it came out Bucket and Brain were gone and got re recorded on a few tracks. That line up had so so so much talent that its a damn shame Axl squandered it. Buckets plan was a new album every 2 years so by the time they reached year 8 it would be mostly material they wrote. When he saw that was never going to happen he left.
Dawayne Bailey was the most talented guitarist Chicago had after Terry Kath passed and they failed to release even one record with him until 8 years after he left. Also on Chicago, the fact singer Jason Scheff was in the band for 32 years but live never did any of the songs off of the like 14 albums he wrote and sang on is insanity, dude spent 32 years in a band still stuck singing Peter Cetera songs.
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Post by RedSmile on Feb 24, 2019 15:45:03 GMT -5
Max Cavalera.
Sepultura is one of the most important thrash metal bands of the 1980's, and by orders of magnitude the most important metal band in the Latin American metal scene. By the mid-90's Sepultura had lost a lot of fire and had changed styles, and by the late-90's Max left Sepultura to chase the nu-metal trend and give the world Soulfly where he continues to putz around and in other mediocre bands. He is the definition of washed up.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 24, 2019 17:38:41 GMT -5
In Flames. Right when their melodic death metal style was catching fire they ditched it so that they could sound like a bad Korn clone instead. Soilwork followed suit and Arch Enemy just kept making uninspired album after uninspired album. The only band from that scene still making quality music is Dark Tranquility. I'm leaving At the Gates out because of their long hiatus.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Feb 24, 2019 18:33:19 GMT -5
Terence Trent D'Arby/Sananda Maitreya. Symphony Or Damn and Neither Fish Nor Flesh are some awesome, sophisticated pop albums. But mental health problems and mismanaged marketing hampered his commercial momentum. Shame, dude's hella talented.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Feb 24, 2019 18:46:01 GMT -5
Theyve had a fair bit of success so i dunno if you'd call it wasted potential, but Lacuna Coil would be so much better if they got rid of the terrible male singer. He's completely holding them back.
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Post by Hit Girl on Feb 24, 2019 18:52:16 GMT -5
Sneaker Pimps
Their album "Becoming X" was stunning, then they made the foolish decision to drop the lead singer.
They were still a good band afterwards, but without Kelli Dayton, they were lacking a cutting edge.
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 24, 2019 18:53:15 GMT -5
Amy Winehouse wasn't my thing, but she had a hell of a lot more potential than she got to show. Some artists have demons. This woman was the full Ars Goetia.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Feb 24, 2019 19:20:27 GMT -5
Say what you will about the whole name of the band still being Guns n' Roses but dammit im still pissed off the line up of Axl Rose, Buckethead, Robin Finck, Tommy Stinson, Brain, Dizzy, Richard Fortus and Chris Pittman only made half an album since by the time it came out Bucket and Brain were gone and got re recorded on a few tracks. That line up had so so so much talent that its a damn shame Axl squandered it. Buckets plan was a new album every 2 years so by the time they reached year 8 it would be mostly material they wrote. When he saw that was never going to happen he left. And Brian May did a lot of work with Axl too. And Josh Freese. And probably 6 or 8 other guys I’m forgetting at the moment that passed through Guns over the years.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Feb 24, 2019 19:26:09 GMT -5
Terence Trent D'Arby/Sananda Maitreya. Symphony Or Damn and Neither Fish Nor Flesh are some awesome, sophisticated pop albums. But mental health problems and mismanaged marketing hampered his commercial momentum. Shame, dude's hella talented. Now that's a good one, I thought he was going to be huge
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Post by Vampiro138 on Feb 24, 2019 19:45:30 GMT -5
Say what you will about the whole name of the band still being Guns n' Roses but dammit im still pissed off the line up of Axl Rose, Buckethead, Robin Finck, Tommy Stinson, Brain, Dizzy, Richard Fortus and Chris Pittman only made half an album since by the time it came out Bucket and Brain were gone and got re recorded on a few tracks. That line up had so so so much talent that its a damn shame Axl squandered it. Buckets plan was a new album every 2 years so by the time they reached year 8 it would be mostly material they wrote. When he saw that was never going to happen he left. And Brian May did a lot of work with Axl too. And Josh Freese. And probably 6 or 8 other guys I’m forgetting at the moment that passed through Guns over the years. yeah, its why I love the demo version of Catcher In The Rye, his solo is fantastic. I dont understand why Axl would remove him from the final version in favor of Bumblefoot shredding instead. he had Brian May, Josh Freese, Zakk Wylde, and Dave Navarro work on Chinese Democracy. and then before Slash rejoined he had Orianthi for a small time replacing Bumblefoot who left but no shows were played at all. So much talent, so much nothing produced from it all.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Feb 24, 2019 19:50:35 GMT -5
And Brian May did a lot of work with Axl too. And Josh Freese. And probably 6 or 8 other guys I’m forgetting at the moment that passed through Guns over the years. yeah, its why I love the demo version of Catcher In The Rye, his solo is fantastic. I dont understand why Axl would remove him from the final version in favor of Bumblefoot shredding instead. he had Brian May, Josh Freese, Zakk Wylde, and Dave Navarro work on Chinese Democracy. and then before Slash rejoined he had Orianthi for a small time replacing Bumblefoot who left but no shows were played at all. So much talent, so much nothing produced from it all. Yeah Zakk and Dave were who I was thinking of but I thought Zakk came in while Slash was still there.
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Post by agent817 on Feb 24, 2019 20:16:06 GMT -5
Okay, I just posted a song video on the 2000s music thread from long-forgotten R&B singer named Houston. He had that song "I Like That," which was a hit back in 2004. It was even featured in a McDonald's commercial. Then came the suicide attempt and then gouged out his own eye. He never came back after that. He had so much potential, even though there was talk of him making a comeback at some point. It didn't happen, clearly.
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Post by Johnny Flamingo on Feb 24, 2019 21:15:43 GMT -5
Theyve had a fair bit of success so i dunno if you'd call it wasted potential, but Lacuna Coil would be so much better if they got rid of the terrible male singer. He's completely holding them back. Andrea Ferro started the band so I doubt they will get rid of him. I like his vocals though, I think he sounds good opposite Cristina Scabbia. I never understood why they never got bigger. Great band. Really enjoyed the last album. Probably my favorite since Comalies.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 24, 2019 21:44:31 GMT -5
Theyve had a fair bit of success so i dunno if you'd call it wasted potential, but Lacuna Coil would be so much better if they got rid of the terrible male singer. He's completely holding them back. He writes most of their music.
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Post by Paul on Feb 24, 2019 22:14:31 GMT -5
Everyone who's in the "27 Club". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_ClubAlso, Buddy Holly was only 22 when he died. I think dying early is a form of wasted potential.
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