I thought macklemore had a really fun song and haven't heard anything since. Thought he would be huge.

Dexy's Midnight Runners?

Puddle of Mudd is actually playing a bar in Katy in the next couple of weeks.

Surprised no one has mentioned Wall of VooDoo. Really thought they were going to change music forever.

Loved ion square. I they were the next big indie thing around 2006. It's too bad. I know he collaborates with other artists.

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Psychag said:

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Zebra
Triumph

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Completely agree with Zebra. But Triumph??

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Triumph was so bada** and talented!..They were very big in Texas...

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Just clarifying that I thought Triumph was somewhat big, and had a decent run.

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The Hives
The Strokes
The Vines
The White Stripes

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I think this speaks more to the fall of rock music than those specific bands. I thought that garage sound was gonna be the next big thing in rock & roll, but it was apparently just its last gasp (on a mainstream, popular scale).

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Agreed, it's a shame.

As far as bands that I thought would continue to get bigger goes... Wolfmother.

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Wolfmother is a great choice. They should have been leading worldwide stadium tours.

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Wolfmother opened for GnR at Heinz Field a couple summers ago and they SUCKED.

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Quinn said:

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HeadGames said:

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double aught said:

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Head Ninja In Charge said:

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The Hives
The Strokes
The Vines
The White Stripes

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I think this speaks more to the fall of rock music than those specific bands. I thought that garage sound was gonna be the next big thing in rock & roll, but it was apparently just its last gasp (on a mainstream, popular scale).

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Agreed, it's a shame.

As far as bands that I thought would continue to get bigger goes... Wolfmother.

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Wolfmother is a great choice. They should have been leading worldwide stadium tours.

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Wolfmother opened for GnR at Heinz Field a couple summers ago and they SUCKED.

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The original band split up after their second album, I believe, and I haven't really kept up with them since then. I saw them twice after their debut album and they put on a hell of a show (RIP Gypsy Tea Room).

I see Puddle of Mudd mentioned and can't help but laugh. Their live show is awful. There's a reason they never made it huge.

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Quinn said:

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HeadGames said:

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double aught said:

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Head Ninja In Charge said:

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The Hives
The Strokes
The Vines
The White Stripes

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I think this speaks more to the fall of rock music than those specific bands. I thought that garage sound was gonna be the next big thing in rock & roll, but it was apparently just its last gasp (on a mainstream, popular scale).

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Agreed, it's a shame.

As far as bands that I thought would continue to get bigger goes... Wolfmother.

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Wolfmother is a great choice. They should have been leading worldwide stadium tours.

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Wolfmother opened for GnR at Heinz Field a couple summers ago and they SUCKED.

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It's hard for any opening act in a stadium like that. I've seen them numerous times in smaller venues and they kick ass live.

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You guys have a pretty big ceiling for big.

Oasis - Around 75 millions albums sold worldwide seems pretty damn successful to me. Outside of them breaking up, nothing really got in their way. They were the biggest act in an entire country (England) for a decade.

Killers - 22 million sold worldwide. Headlines a few big festivals last year.

MGMT - I'd say one of the bigger indie bands of the last decade. Festival headliner at some shows.

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Oasis - huge first/second album and not much since, including both brothers having 3 or 4 terrible bands. People expecting them to continue or exceed the first two albums isnt really a "big ceiling", especially if you were alive when this happened.

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You're way off on this.. just because maybe you don't hear songs off later albums doesn't mean it didn't sell.

Oasis has 7 albums, and every one was #1 in the UK. Their last album hit #5 in the US.. 'whats the story morning glory' hit #4. Their second to last album sold 6million copies worldwide and was #5 or better in 10 countries.. #1 in 3. Their third album (the one after morning glory) charted better worldwide than morning glory.

They kinda went away in the US, but worldwide, they had staying power until the end. Not many bands approach the 100million album mark. They have.

To answer op.. I always thought Pushmonkey would get pretty big. They could never quite break out though.

Blind Melon would have been significantly bigger, but not hard to see why they didn't last longer... Hoon's voice was the band.

BTE still tours pretty regularly and draws good crowds. Kevin Griffin makes enough off his songwriting royalties that any touring he does now is just for fun.

Gotcha!

Tripping Daisy
Deep Blue Something
Stone Roses

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Oasis

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They were big and sold a lot of albums but for a band people considered the new Beatles they have fallen off entirely. I saw Noel Gallagher open for Smashing Pumpkins last night and the first 7 songs were his solo stuff followed by 4 Oasis songs. Most of the crowd was sitting during his solo stuff and no one was into it or singing along. Huge turn when he started the oasis stuff with the crowd very into it. It wasn't a surprise but it was odd to see it in real time how irrelevant they have become since their early success.

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Blind Melon would have been significantly bigger, but not hard to see why they didn't last longer... Hoon's voice was the band.

BTE still tours pretty regularly and draws good crowds. Kevin Griffin makes enough off his songwriting royalties that any touring he does now is just for fun.

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Well I feel like a schmuck - I listed Blind Melon without remembering why they weren't successful later...

I loved Better Than Ezra and thought they were the next big thing back in the day.

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Jim01 said:

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You guys have a pretty big ceiling for big.

Oasis - Around 75 millions albums sold worldwide seems pretty damn successful to me. Outside of them breaking up, nothing really got in their way. They were the biggest act in an entire country (England) for a decade.

Killers - 22 million sold worldwide. Headlines a few big festivals last year.

MGMT - I'd say one of the bigger indie bands of the last decade. Festival headliner at some shows.

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Oasis - huge first/second album and not much since, including both brothers having 3 or 4 terrible bands. People expecting them to continue or exceed the first two albums isnt really a "big ceiling", especially if you were alive when this happened.

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You're way off on this.. just because maybe you don't hear songs off later albums doesn't mean it didn't sell.

Oasis has 7 albums, and every one was #1 in the UK. Their last album hit #5 in the US.. 'whats the story morning glory' hit #4. Their second to last album sold 6million copies worldwide and was #5 or better in 10 countries.. #1 in 3. Their third album (the one after morning glory) charted better worldwide than morning glory.

They kinda went away in the US, but worldwide, they had staying power until the end. Not many bands approach the 100million album mark. They have.

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Such a cliche from a wannabe musician. "Were really big in Belgium". Sorry, ace this is America and we aren't talking about popularity in Senegal.
Spotted dick, porridge, and driving on the wrong side are also huge in England.

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Tripping Daisy

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Heroin ended that band.

Boyz II Men. Their second album was huge and you couldn't turn on the radio without hearing one of their songs. Then they just kind of fell off the face of the earth.

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Boyz II Men. Their second album was huge and you couldn't turn on the radio without hearing one of their songs. Then they just kind of fell off the face of the earth.

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Mercifully.

Third Eye Blind

Wallflowers

Third Eye Blind is getting more butts in seats now than they ever did in their hey day.

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Third Eye Blind

Wallflowers

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The Wallflowers played outside the MSC by the fountains when I was either a freshman or sophomore. Maybe..Maybe; 15 people were standing there listening to them. 89 or 90.

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Third Eye Blind is getting more butts in seats now than they ever did in their hey day.

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I haven't heard their names in 15 years. Had no idea they were still around.

They were ginormous for a few years.

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AgGrad99 said:

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Third Eye Blind

Wallflowers

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The Wallflowers played outside the MSC by the fountains when I was either a freshman or sophomore. Maybe..Maybe; 15 people were standing there listening to them. 89 or 90.

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That's funny. They got big for a while. I figured with Jacob Dylan, they'd be equipped to stick around for a while.

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Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights. They were awesome on their first album, it must have been independently produced because it's almost impossible to find. They put on a great show and really seemed to be going somewhere, and then just disappeared.

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Great call out. I lived in Austin when they were starting out of Dallas and must have seen them a dozen times between 2007-2010 then all of a sudden they were playing ACL and Bonnaroo and then disappeared.

Made me curious so I googled him and it and looks like Tyler had a falling out with the label, had legal issues with using the band name, and became a alcoholic. He's sober now and playing small shows around TX.

Now excuse me while I go listen to Gypsy Woman a dozen times.

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62strat said:

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expresswrittenconsent said:

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Jim01 said:

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You guys have a pretty big ceiling for big.

Oasis - Around 75 millions albums sold worldwide seems pretty damn successful to me. Outside of them breaking up, nothing really got in their way. They were the biggest act in an entire country (England) for a decade.

Killers - 22 million sold worldwide. Headlines a few big festivals last year.

MGMT - I'd say one of the bigger indie bands of the last decade. Festival headliner at some shows.

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Oasis - huge first/second album and not much since, including both brothers having 3 or 4 terrible bands. People expecting them to continue or exceed the first two albums isnt really a "big ceiling", especially if you were alive when this happened.

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You're way off on this.. just because maybe you don't hear songs off later albums doesn't mean it didn't sell.

Oasis has 7 albums, and every one was #1 in the UK. Their last album hit #5 in the US.. 'whats the story morning glory' hit #4. Their second to last album sold 6million copies worldwide and was #5 or better in 10 countries.. #1 in 3. Their third album (the one after morning glory) charted better worldwide than morning glory.

They kinda went away in the US, but worldwide, they had staying power until the end. Not many bands approach the 100million album mark. They have.

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Such a cliche from a wannabe musician. "Were really big in Belgium". Sorry, ace this is America and we aren't talking about popularity in Senegal.
Spotted dick, porridge, and driving on the wrong side are also huge in England.

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Doesn't matter where you sell your records.. when you approach 100 million sales, you have pretty much beat 99% of others in the industry.

Oasis has sold about as many albums in the world as Pearl Jam (source says oasis is 75m by 2009; PJ is 85 million by 2016)... would you consider them not lasting long as well since they don't have modern songs all over radio like oasis?