Amazing Bands who just arrived too late to the party...

Louis Cypher · 08-05-2012, 09:23 AM

Talking bout bands that deserved to be huge, should have been but arrived on their relative scenes just too late to catch the tidal wave of success and missed out on platinum sales, stadium tours etc etc and all down to nothing more than changing times & tastes...

Start this off with UK Band Thunder... Imagine if Backstreet Symphony had been release in 1987/88 same time as Hysteria and 1987....

She so fine

Love walked in

PettyThief · 08-05-2012, 12:51 PM

The old lineup of Exodus. (should have been way bigger than metallica....)

BucketheadRules · 08-05-2012, 12:59 PM

Probably Testament. First album out in '87, way after the first wave of thrash had broken. They still aren't doing too badly though

That would be a combination of skill, determination and ....ing cracking songs.

Also, these guys:

They really should have been big, and I don't know why they weren't. They had the songs, they most certainly had the chops (Steve Lynch was known for his incredible eight-fingered tapping solos on nearly every song), the singer's voice is a little annoying in large doses but he can definitely sing... but they just never hit big, and consequently barely anyone has ever heard of them. That's a shame IMO.

Thep · 08-05-2012, 01:43 PM

Sanctuary

wrongnote85 · 08-05-2012, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BucketheadRules

Probably Testament. First album out in '87, way after the first wave of thrash had broken. They still aren't doing too badly though

That would be a combination of skill, determination and ....ing cracking songs.

Also, these guys:

They really should have been big, and I don't know why they weren't. They had the songs, they most certainly had the chops (Steve Lynch was known for his incredible eight-fingered tapping solos on nearly every song), the singer's voice is a little annoying in large doses but he can definitely sing... but they just never hit big, and consequently barely anyone has ever heard of them. That's a shame IMO.

dude, i'm pretty sure everyone knows turn up the radio. however, not knowing who the band/artist is has been the norm for a majority of the population for years now.

Shammas · 08-05-2012, 02:17 PM

Event- An awesome late 90s prog band that came out right around when DT was doing FII and LTE. They toured with some good bands, just never really got the credit they deserved.

Weatherman-

Perfect Illusion-

Murmel · 08-05-2012, 02:18 PM

.... yeah, Thunder.

Koop · 08-05-2012, 02:30 PM

Ghost!

BucketheadRules · 08-05-2012, 03:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wrongnote85

dude, i'm pretty sure everyone knows turn up the radio. however, not knowing who the band/artist is has been the norm for a majority of the population for years now.

That's the only one they know though - they were a complete one-hit wonder but Turn Up The Radio is by no means their best song. Does it still count if they had about five minutes of fame and little else?

LamaSabachthani · 08-05-2012, 10:25 PM

Even though they're not at all a favourite band, I think that TNT would fit the bill. They've enjoyed a relatively long career, albeit with a hefty dose of cheesiness thrown in.

Typically absurd 1980s needlessly over the top drumkit as well haha

BIG ND SWEATY · 08-05-2012, 10:35 PM

they were kinda early to the party i guess lol

Bloody_Inferno · 08-05-2012, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by BucketheadRules

Probably Testament. First album out in '87, way after the first wave of thrash had broken.

Testament have been around since 83 but they got signed on the day Cliff Burton died so even the band themselves thought that to be an eerie stigma. But then again, Death Angel were around the same time and also released their first album in 87. Hell if it weren't for another unfortunate but non fatal accident....

Otherwise I agree:

An amazingly heavy album that came right in the peak of the grunge era long after thrash was on the down low (pun intended). Though it's also arguable that the album was ahead of it's time...

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Originally Posted by BucketheadRules

They still aren't doing too badly though

They're doing far better than a lot of their peers and predecessors and still showing the new thrash bands who's boss.

ilyti · 08-08-2012, 08:56 PM

I'd say Warrant, but they did have one hit. Killed by grunge. And D-A-D had one hit in the USA in 1989, but were similarly knocked off by grunge when it exploded. However they had, and still have, a pretty decent career in Denmark.

After that they managed to make some great alt rock albums (one of which actually made it to Beavis and Butthead), but by then it was too late.

If you're a prog fan, you probably know Threshold, but they should have been a lot bigger than they were (or are, because they're still active in England mostly).

anomynous · 08-08-2012, 09:16 PM

Revocation

20 years too late, if they were somehow around in the 80's, I think they'd be in the Big Four

Bloody_Inferno · 08-08-2012, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Bloody_Inferno

Testament have been around since 83 but they got signed on the day Cliff Burton died so even the band themselves thought that to be an eerie stigma. But then again, Death Angel were around the same time and also released their first album in 87. Hell if it weren't for another unfortunate but non fatal accident....

Actually, to elaborate further, 1986-1987 onwards was when thrash was really booming. Vio-Lence, Forbidden, Annhialator: all also released their debut albums in 87. A lot of the next wave of thrash bands were also bringing their big guns at this time. That's what happens when Master of Puppets, Peace Sells, Among The Living and Reign In Blood all come out.

Ralyks · 08-08-2012, 11:38 PM

Fates Warning. I firmly believe that had 'Parallels' been released before Grunge kicked in and they were pretty much lost promotion for the album, they would had been big.

Andromalia · 08-09-2012, 08:36 AM

Queensryche. Being a prog metal band from Seattle with quite a technical background at the time of the grunge explosion woas sort of counterproductive, people expected grunge when they heard "Seattle".

Tang · 08-10-2012, 12:03 AM

I feel they really missed the apex of the whole 'djent' wave.

anomynous · 08-10-2012, 01:06 AM

Considering the djent wave is still going strong (apparently), I find it hard to say they missed it.

Loomer · 08-10-2012, 02:54 AM

If Tom Waits was born roughly 2000 years earlier, nobody would have given that "Jesus" guy any credit.

M3CHK1LLA · 08-10-2012, 03:12 AM

yeah some great bands mentioned...testement, exodus, fates warning & death angel for sure! i would also add flotsam and jetsam.

maybe a little more "underground" but also s.o.d. / m.o.d. and d.r.i.

HeHasTheJazzHands · 08-10-2012, 03:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andromalia

Queensryche. Being a prog metal band from Seattle with quite a technical background at the time of the grunge explosion woas sort of counterproductive, people expected grunge when they heard "Seattle".

Queensryche released their first album in '84 and were consodered one of the biggest metal bands between '88 - '94. They died out because of GT's and his wife's horrible decisions.

Iced Earth fits the bill, IMO. They released their first studio albums, which are amazing thash records .in the early 90s, when grunge was booming.

TheSpaceforthis · 08-10-2012, 04:27 AM

Textures, Mnemic, Sybreed

all those would be bigger by now

technomancer · 08-10-2012, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by ilyti

I'd say Warrant, but they did have one hit. Killed by grunge.

They were killed by grunge, but they were big, just not for very long. Their first two albums both went double platinum and IIRC 6 songs from those albums hit above 20 on the US rock charts... Dog Eat Dog not being anywhere near as good as the first two albums didn't help them either

Osiris · 08-10-2012, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Ralyks

Fates Warning. I firmly believe that had 'Parallels' been released before Grunge kicked in and they were pretty much lost promotion for the album, they would had been big.

I was gonna say something about Arch-Matheos' recent work, but then again there wasn't really a prog party, ever.

or was there

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08-05-2012, 09:23 AM	#1
Louis Cypher SS.org Regular Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 1,454 Thanked: 69 Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Amazing Bands who just arrived too late to the party... Talking bout bands that deserved to be huge, should have been but arrived on their relative scenes just too late to catch the tidal wave of success and missed out on platinum sales, stadium tours etc etc and all down to nothing more than changing times & tastes... Start this off with UK Band Thunder... Imagine if Backstreet Symphony had been release in 1987/88 same time as Hysteria and 1987.... She so fine Love walked in

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BucketheadRules Annoying idiot Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: UK Posts: 3,467 Thanked: 106 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Probably Testament. First album out in '87, way after the first wave of thrash had broken. They still aren't doing too badly though That would be a combination of skill, determination and ....ing cracking songs. Also, these guys: They really should have been big, and I don't know why they weren't. They had the songs, they most certainly had the chops (Steve Lynch was known for his incredible eight-fingered tapping solos on nearly every song), the singer's voice is a little annoying in large doses but he can definitely sing... but they just never hit big, and consequently barely anyone has ever heard of them. That's a shame IMO. Sikthness likes this. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out my YouTubings by making clicks upon this most generously provided link: http://www.youtube.com/user/ConnorFGuitar?feature=mhee You can thank me later. Or throw stones, it's your call. It's always funny until someone gets hurt, and then it's just hilarious...

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Shammas ss.org Regular Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: MA Posts: 21 Thanked: 2 / 1 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Event- An awesome late 90s prog band that came out right around when DT was doing FII and LTE. They toured with some good bands, just never really got the credit they deserved. Weatherman- Perfect Illusion-

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Murmel Fapping to J-rock Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Hotgirl-City, Sweden Posts: 3,159 Thanked: 33 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	.... yeah, Thunder. Schecters don't have baseball bat necks. Get the .... over it. "I think this mistake was the equivalent of a 6000 foot tall cock bukkake tsunami-ing Tokyo." -metallisuk Shono, forever and always.

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08-05-2012, 10:25 PM	#10
LamaSabachthani Gegen England! Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 696 Thanked: 3 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Even though they're not at all a favourite band, I think that TNT would fit the bill. They've enjoyed a relatively long career, albeit with a hefty dose of cheesiness thrown in. Typically absurd 1980s needlessly over the top drumkit as well haha

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08-08-2012, 08:56 PM	#13
ilyti Lazy Ryebread Viking Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 1,654 Thanked: 19 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I'd say Warrant, but they did have one hit. Killed by grunge. And D-A-D had one hit in the USA in 1989, but were similarly knocked off by grunge when it exploded. However they had, and still have, a pretty decent career in Denmark. After that they managed to make some great alt rock albums (one of which actually made it to Beavis and Butthead), but by then it was too late. If you're a prog fan, you probably know Threshold, but they should have been a lot bigger than they were (or are, because they're still active in England mostly).

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anomynous SS.org Regular Join Date: May 2011 Location: Internet Posts: 642 Thanked: 2 / 1 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Revocation 20 years too late, if they were somehow around in the 80's, I think they'd be in the Big Four xhellchosemex likes this.

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Ralyks The One Who Knocks Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Dutchess County, NY Posts: 1,266 Thanked: 17 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Fates Warning. I firmly believe that had 'Parallels' been released before Grunge kicked in and they were pretty much lost promotion for the album, they would had been big. ilyti, November5th, cfrank and 1 others like this.

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Andromalia Pardon my french Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Paris, France Posts: 4,222 Thanked: 44 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Queensryche. Being a prog metal band from Seattle with quite a technical background at the time of the grunge explosion woas sort of counterproductive, people expected grunge when they heard "Seattle".

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Tang Master of Chihuahuas Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 576 Thanked: 3 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I feel they really missed the apex of the whole 'djent' wave.

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anomynous SS.org Regular Join Date: May 2011 Location: Internet Posts: 642 Thanked: 2 / 1 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Considering the djent wave is still going strong (apparently), I find it hard to say they missed it.

08-10-2012, 03:12 AM	#21
M3CHK1LLA angel sword guardian Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: orbiting caprica Posts: 2,176 Thanked: 28 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	yeah some great bands mentioned...testement, exodus, fates warning & death angel for sure! i would also add flotsam and jetsam. maybe a little more "underground" but also s.o.d. / m.o.d. and d.r.i. I always thought Cliff getting killed instead of Lars was like John Lennon getting killed instead of Yoko - MJS how many guitars are enough? ...just one or two more!

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TheSpaceforthis SS.org Regular Join Date: May 2012 Location: Buenos Aires Posts: 151 Thanked: 5 / 1 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Textures, Mnemic, Sybreed all those would be bigger by now

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