Musicians which deserved more success

[newpedals]

These two are the ones I thought about. There are male artists too who were victims of poor marketing and misfortune in some way.

 

[GuitarBilly74]

Me. (According to my mom). But moms are always right, so....

 

[nicolasrivera]

Ian Thornley

 

[Sleezy E]

<---- this guy

 

[CBHScott]

KING’S fukkin’ X.

 

[FuzzyAce]

Define success.

 

[KHAAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!!!!!!]

Define success.

 

[DrewJD82]

King’s X and Sevendust are my two big ones.

 

[TSJMajesty]

Crack The Sky

 

[Aelred]

Probably so. However, "success" is something that can be quite undeserved happenstance or marketing etc.

Did The Macarena deserve success?

Down Under, we consider Cold Chisel to be our greatest ever rock band - not AC/DC. But they never broke America thanks to Marty Schwartz and the volatile lead singer giving his (Marty) bag of nose candy to a crowd.

They did get a song out of it.

 

[TSJMajesty]

Down Under, we consider Cold Chisel to be our greatest ever rock band - not AC/DC.

Wow! I'd have never known that.

 

[norminal]

Crack The Sky

Hah! I grew up listening to them. Rick Witkowski’s a close friend of my uncle.

 

[Aelred]

Wow! I'd have never known that.

Well, I should have said that Bon Scott AC/DC will live forever in our hearts and memories.

The urban legend that Jimmy Barnes was asked to join them when Bon died is false: they were mates. Barnes replaced Bon in Fraternity for awhile.

 

[TSJMajesty]

Hah! I grew up listening to them. Rick Witkowski’s a close friend of my uncle.

Really!

The other guitarist in my 2nd band, who was 3 years ahead of me in HS, turned me onto them, and me, him, and my drummer buddy, whom I've been friends with both for like, 45 years, all 3 of us LOVE these guys! We've probably seen them 8 times. Most of any band I've seen.

Last time was right in my town, (we're on his side, all of 8' from him) and we hung out and chatted with Rick after. He STILL has that on-stage energy, and I wanna say he's right around 70.

And of course the 3 of us, being in bands together, covered many CTS songs-

Hold On
She's A Dancer
Lighten Up McGraw
Techni Generation
All American Boy

SUCH a fun band! Most everyone I've turned on to them have liked them. They got into a record deal where the label didn't promote them properly for some reason. RS lists their debut in the top 50 greatest prog albums.

Being somewhat near to their scene (Balt/DC, sort of), I've met many people who know the members personally.

 

[norminal]

Really!

Yeah, my uncle grew up with him and still lives in the same town as Rick. Rick owns a studio and does a lot of work for local TV stations like commercial jingles, in addition to recording local artists:

http://studiolrecording.com/

 

[TSJMajesty]

Yeah, my uncle grew up with him and still lives in the same town as Rick. Rick owns a studio and does a lot of work for local TV stations like commercial jingles, in addition to recording local artists:

http://studiolrecording.com/

I could totally see him writing jingles.

 

[Aelred]

I could totally see him writing jingles.

Well, Bon did steal from the Mortein insecticide ad for the line "I'm dirty, mean and mighty unclean"

Louie the Fly!

 

[ragingplatypi]

The Tedeschi Trucks Band has provided a haven for 2 of my favorite underrated artists: Doyle Bramhall and Gabe Dixon.

 

[Intimo]

Michael Hedges

 

[ragingplatypi]

Michael Hedges

I can’t believe I forgot about Michael Hedges. I was obsessed with him in high school. I saw him about 7 or 8 times, and was such a blubbering idiot meeting him after the show. Since I was so young I think I internalized him as “successful”, but he certainly deserved more.