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Bands that should've been much bigger than they were 14:45 - May 23 with 6451 viewsBrixtonBlue

Ruby Cruiser - cracking debut called 12 Short Stories, which was exactly that. Punky/poppy and quirky. Then disappeared without trace...




X-CNN - rockingly good. Again vanished and hard to find...




ROC - Indie/electronica from Brixton. Have made a bit of a comeback in recent times but still virtually unheard of, which is a travesty...







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Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 19:06 - May 23 with 2393 viewsNthQldITFC

Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 17:54 - May 23 by hoppy

The Seahorses




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Massive yes to The Seahorses, also to Mansun as mentioned above.

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Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 19:14 - May 23 with 2387 viewsEnigma_Blue





The following should have also been much bigger than they were.

Wild Swans
Talk Talk
The Mock Turtles
Rialto
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Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 19:20 - May 23 with 2371 viewsBlueNomad

Georgia Satellites

The Hamsters

King King
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Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 19:27 - May 23 with 2364 viewsbrogansnose

Felt should have been far ,far bigger than what they were, this is absolutely majestic and pre-empted shoe gaze. This particular tune is aided by the sheer wondrousness of Liz Fraser.



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Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 19:30 - May 23 with 2361 viewsBrixtonBlue

Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 19:27 - May 23 by brogansnose

Felt should have been far ,far bigger than what they were, this is absolutely majestic and pre-empted shoe gaze. This particular tune is aided by the sheer wondrousness of Liz Fraser.





Liz Fraser of Cocteau Twins fame?

I guess Cocteau Twins were fairly big but they should've been bigger.
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Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 19:33 - May 23 with 2362 viewsBrixtonBlue

Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 17:54 - May 23 by MattinLondon

Whipping Boy - 90s indie band should have been much much bigger than what they were. In an age where even Menswear achieved some sort of success I don’t understand why they didn’t.



Don't really know much about Whipping Boy, but I always remember this one and it's majestic. Love the lyrics;

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Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 19:35 - May 23 with 2359 viewsbrogansnose

Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 19:30 - May 23 by BrixtonBlue

Liz Fraser of Cocteau Twins fame?

I guess Cocteau Twins were fairly big but they should've been bigger.
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Yep, same Liz Fraser Dolly and yes, The Cocteau Twins were bloomin' magnificent too and should have been bigger. Very ground breaking too.
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Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 19:57 - May 23 with 2334 viewsStochesStotasBlewe

Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 18:20 - May 23 by footers

Seen Thunder loads live with footers snr. Are they still going?! I remember them doing a tour a year pretty much, just like Hamsters used to.
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Still going dear boy, though like many of us are looking considerably older. Saw them at the regent on their "Please Remain Seated" tour last year, a very fine accoustic set indeed.
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Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 20:46 - May 23 with 2306 viewsMattinLondon

Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 19:33 - May 23 by BrixtonBlue

Don't really know much about Whipping Boy, but I always remember this one and it's majestic. Love the lyrics;

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An excellent song from an excellent album - Heartworm - 10/10.
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Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 20:59 - May 23 with 2297 viewsSwansea_Blue

I always thought The Dogs D'Amour should have been bigger than they were. Probably not everyone's cup of tea, but at a time when GnR were massive, they had a similar if slightly more laid back vibe.

Carter USM too - some banging tunes and fantastic live, but never really took off (bit of a one album band, that was their trouble).

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Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 21:03 - May 23 with 2295 viewsEwan_Oozami

Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 17:54 - May 23 by hoppy

The Seahorses




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Prefer the Shirehorses

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Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 21:03 - May 23 with 2295 viewsEwan_Oozami

XTC

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Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 22:57 - May 23 with 2262 viewsGodzilla




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Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 23:05 - May 23 with 2257 viewsHerbivore

The Longpigs

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Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 00:08 - May 24 with 2236 viewswellyblue

Spacemen 3
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Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 00:41 - May 24 with 2216 viewshoppy

The House of Love...






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Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 02:11 - May 24 with 2198 viewsHiphopopotamus

Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 23:05 - May 23 by Herbivore

The Longpigs


Was just thinking Longpigs would be a good shout. Excellent first album. Not so much the second. And Richard Hawley on guitar. Why weren’t they a bigger deal in the 90s?
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Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 07:06 - May 24 with 2169 viewsHerbivore

Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 02:11 - May 24 by Hiphopopotamus

Was just thinking Longpigs would be a good shout. Excellent first album. Not so much the second. And Richard Hawley on guitar. Why weren’t they a bigger deal in the 90s?


I quite like the second album, very different from the first and more of an acquired taste I think. They were hugely dysfunctional, which is why the second album took about 3 years and still doesn't necessarily sound fully coherent. They came up during the Britpop era but didn't really fit the Britpop mould, they also had some terrible luck at key times in their career that contributed to stalling them.

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Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 07:56 - May 24 with 2158 viewsBlueNomad

Lynyrd Skynyrd - but for the plane crash they would have been the biggest of them all
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Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 09:30 - May 24 with 2134 viewsBrixtonBlue

Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 20:59 - May 23 by Swansea_Blue

I always thought The Dogs D'Amour should have been bigger than they were. Probably not everyone's cup of tea, but at a time when GnR were massive, they had a similar if slightly more laid back vibe.

Carter USM too - some banging tunes and fantastic live, but never really took off (bit of a one album band, that was their trouble).


You're joking about Carter surely? Massively took off; had several hits, several very good albums, performances on TOTP and a sizeable fanbase. I wouldn't even know which album you're referring to as their "one album"?!

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Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 11:28 - May 24 with 2103 viewsGlasgowBlue

The Faces.

Had Rod Stewart not had a solo career they could have been as big as the Stones.

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Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 11:38 - May 24 with 2096 viewsWeWereZombies

Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 11:28 - May 24 by GlasgowBlue

The Faces.

Had Rod Stewart not had a solo career they could have been as big as the Stones.


Except that Ronnie Lane's multiple sclerosis would have brought his involvement in the band to a premature end, the documentary the BBC did (The Travelling Show?) about his life was very revealing about rock music and the characters around it.

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Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 11:40 - May 24 with 2088 viewsreusersfreekicks

Eels - 5 or 6 brilliant albums
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Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 11:42 - May 24 with 2086 viewsBarcaBlue

There were some great bands around in Ipswich / Colchester in the early 80s that maybe some here will have seen and deserved more than local recognition.

Off the top of my head The Reasonable Strollers, Panorama in Black, Nagamatzu, Still Life in Action, The Boredom Brothers. Whilst up in Norwich bands like The Higsons and Farmers Boys got some exposure (mainly via John Peel) that didn't really happen in Ipswich.
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Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 12:24 - May 24 with 2061 viewsBryanPlug

Bands that should've been much bigger than they were on 18:45 - May 23 by BrixtonBlue

The La's is an excellent shout - although they did have a massive hit with There She Goes they definitely should've been a lot bigger.


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