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Post by John on Jun 25, 2022 5:41:38 GMT
I thought it be good to share those bands or artists we like that never really met their potential in popularity. It can be any style just something you love that has a strong cult bass of fans but never really hit the heights they could have.
I am going to start off with Diamond Head. They have influenced diverse bands like Metallica and Europe but never broke into the big time. A great live band first saw them blowing off April Wine and seen them over 20 times. Badly managed and had a record company that no idea how to promote them. capable of being heavy but also catchy.
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Post by Slinger on Jun 25, 2022 8:19:05 GMT
I'd have to pick Del Amitri as my first choice. They have a strong songwriter in Justin Currie, they can play, they can sing... Maybe they're too good for their own good. I always think they should have been huge though.
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Post by MartinT on Jun 25, 2022 8:43:34 GMT
Skin Games
I saw them live at the Boston Arms back in the 1980s with two friends. Between us and the band we were about 10 people, so we watched them perform and then had a drink with them afterwards. I really thought they were going to strike it big but they disappeared soon after without trace.
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Post by Slinger on Jun 25, 2022 9:57:29 GMT
Skin Games were a British pop/rock band of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Critically acclaimed as artists, they never gained commercial success, and broke up after just one album release, The Blood Rush, released in 1989. The soaring vocal style of lead singer Wendy Page has been compared with both Kate Bush and The Cocteau Twins but the music is otherwise hard to categorise. The band released a number of singles from the album, but only "Brilliant Shining" managed to gain any significant airplay. Other notable tracks include the Steve Hillage-produced "Cowboy Joe", "Where the Wild Things Are" and "Tirade".
Skin Games were:
Wendy Page (vocals)
Jim Marr (bass guitar)
Jonny Willett (lead guitar)
Dave Innes (drums)
Adam Lee (keyboards)
Despite sinking with relatively little trace, Wendy Page and Jim Marr went on to pen some hits for Martine McCutcheon ("Perfect Moment") and Billie Piper ("Honey to the Bee", "Because We Want To") and also wrote and produced "Dangerous To Know" on Hilary Duff's third album. In 1999, Page collaborated with production duo Tin Tin Out, on the album Eleven To Fly, co-writing and providing lead vocals on the majority of the tracks. She also continues to have a solo career.
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