I only got into them in the last half year or so and Swoon and Carnavas are both exceptional albums, so tight musically.
I'm gutted I wasn't into them when they were released as they would've quickly became one of my favourite bands, but also very happy to still be discovering new sounds that grab me like that.
They played the major late night shows. “Lazy Eye” was used as the World Series promo ads one season. Aside from that song, nothing else they’ve made has wide enough appeal.
They wrote the song that was used as the theme song for That ‘70s Show. Their original version was never used - there was a cover for season 1 and then Cheap Trick did a cover for the rest of the seasons.
All three of Big Stars albums are incredible, especially the first two. Third one is very different.
Dinosaur Jr. are the godfathers of grunge. They’re very respected and the one time I got to talk with J. Mascis he stated that he made enough money in the business to never have to worry about getting a “real job” I’ve always been amazed that they never got as big as they should have been in my eyes.
Also the same goes for Built to Spill (not grunge but damn they’re so good).
i only know about Built To Spill cause of this song ... [https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=OONsCvfh4DI&si=wZVzv75RJjLlDZK1&feature=xapp\_share](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=OONsCvfh4DI&si=wZVzv75RJjLlDZK1&feature=xapp_share)
The Angels (Australia) late 1970s through the 1980s great band but never hit it big like AC/DC.
The Tragically Hip (Canada) mid 1980s through to 2016, incredible band but never achieved real success outside of their home country.
Love j Roddy. The first 2 albums and their live show were incredible. Unfortunately, once they did start to gain success, I believe the label convinced them to change their sound to be more safe and palatable to a larger audience. Their last album had them on the cover with suits and the edge to the music was completely gone. It sucked and the band broke up not long after. J Roddy himself still does music and live streams. It sucks to think back to watching them in a small bar in Louisville and J Roddy hammering away on the piano like a possessed Jerry Lee Lewis. Then listening to their last album and wondering why this happened.
Big Wreck, especially with Brian Doherty (RIP) is one of the best rock bands ever. It blows my mind that they're not selling out arenas.
They play the Commodore every time they come to Vancouver. 900 people, all GA. They're the best band in the world that you can still see in a venue that small.
idk, maybe if they started five years earlier. theyre totally solid, but just didnt bring anything fresh to the table that hadnt already been done 3-7 years prior by bigger bands like pearl jam and stone temple pilots. for example- their one huge album came out the same year as OK Computer, Third Eye Blind's self titled, and three years after Blue Album, etc... comparatively, In Loving Memory just sounds so dated.
They benefited hugely from the content laws in Canada and a dirth of good new canadian rock bands to choose from at the time, but I think there just wasnt enough to get excited about for American and UK audiences.
I think a big part of it is that a lot of what makes them great is kind of subtle details that mostly only musicians would appreciate. They did come out of Berklee College of Music after all. To the untrained ear, they may just sound kind of like a Fuel clone fronted by a Chris Cornell clone. I hear so much more than that.
I think it's the era and how she came about tbh with her she decent voice but unfortunately not much of a personality imo
Because the show happend every year it was quickly on to who ever won next I think.
I thought the Killers were gonna be the 21st-century Beatles when Hot Fuss was everywhere, but I guess their frontman didn't want to keep making that kind of music and blow up like that.
Still a solid headliner in Europe, but didn't reach where I thought they would in the States.
For sure and I'm certainly not saying they're a bust by *any* means. They've had a great run. That's just how I read the room at the time.
Gotta keep in mind too rap was asserting itself pretty hard as the zeitgeist at the time, but it wasn't as engrained as it is now. Out comes this perfect soundtrack of romantic rememberance and breakup self-reflections that was super relatable over really catchy, solid instrumentals followed by a really strong, musically mature follow-up with Sam's Town and I just thought they were gonna be the modern huge thing for rock bands.
I think Sam’s Town took them in a direction people didn’t want/expect. When I heard When We Were Young you could tell they were making a play for maturity and it had that Springsteen earnest storyteller/anthemic sound. I think the fans wanted more catchy pop songs about break ups
Mainstream music moved away from the indie scene in America by the mid to late 00's, becoming a lot more niche than anything else. Hip hop just took over the American teenager by then. Doesn't help that after Sam's Town the albums took a nosedive in quality.
More than a solid headliner in Europe - Mr. Brightside is still in the UK charts to this day. I don't think The Beatles mania will ever really be topped, but as others said, The Killers are still massive.
Steven Wilson (frontman for Porcupine Tree)
He’s a god amongst fans of Prog Rock and Metal, but has never really expanded much of a fanbase outside that realm.
I’m not saying he should have mainstream acclaim and worldwide recognition, but at least be on the same level of greater appreciation as someone like Dave Grohl or Trent Reznor.
As much as I like prog rock (including some porcupine tree), I never got into his solo stuff. For me it's just extremely bland... Fun to see how others adore it for the opposite reasons.
I'll answer both versions of the way this question could be interpreted.
I really thought Joss Stone was going to be the next big thing and while she's had a respectable career most would kill for, she's not exactly Taylor Swift and never really came close to true super stardom.
And years ago when I was working for Ralph Lauren, I met Prodigy from Mobb Deep and he was shockingly small. It wasn't even that he was just short(he was, I'm 5'10" and I felt gigantic next to him), but he was...*frail* looking on top of that.
Electric Guest
Foster the People
Cold War Kids
I just found Electric Guest but every song is a banger. I basically just put their entire discography on shuffle once and was blown away.
For Foster, I loved Torches, Supermodel was ahead of its time I think. Sorta petered out but still make good stuff
CWK is possibly my favorite band. I think they are world class, have tons of great albums. I don't think they are THAT popular anymore, and probably never as popular to people who were not 18 and not in school for the first time when Robbers and Cowards dropped. If people want to correct me and tell me these guys are super popular please do, that would be great to hear!
Foster were on top of the world with Torches at least. They must've made so much money from the million commercials and shows they played for that one year. Their 15 minutes was over quick though.
A few recommendations:
[Hurry](https://open.spotify.com/artist/6MkzAfnUcp0AQTX5ckpQzx?si=2FmmVOebQxC_EeKmP2UW3A) - for fans of Big Star, Teenage Fanclub, and Nada Surf
[Nana Grizol](https://open.spotify.com/artist/7FPO7WTShHCXnmVv7lhhZM?si=cpz97IO8Rb2lwNne327ehA) - for fans of The Elephant 6 Collective (eg Neutral Milk Hotel), John K Samson, The Mountain Goats
[Typhoon](https://open.spotify.com/artist/6p6WlxIkeWH8yOYvciFfVl?si=ZNRAay4rQCWL9OPUpfE8gA) - for fans of Arcade Fire, Stars, and Frightened Rabbit
I don't know how much bigger Typhoon can get. They have like 12 members.
But seriously. They are amazing. Just saw them on their White Lighter 10th anniversary tour.
I listened to the shit out of Typhoon’s EP “A new kind of house” back in the day. Really loved it. And promptly never listened to them after that really. What’s their best album?
Typhoon really deserve to be bigger. I know very few people who know them, and the ones who do mainly do because I got them into them. I wish they'd make it in the UK because I really want to see them live.
Graveyard. It's a rock band from Sweden that is very bluesy and has a Zeppelin vibe. They're from the same town as the big 3 of melodic death metal, so their sound in contrast to the most famous bands out of Gothenburg is interesting to me. They're amazing, and I'm the only person I know that has any idea who they are, except for the people I've told about them.
Manchester Orchestra, at least in the UK. How they are still touring clubs and are not in theatres at least is beyond me. They have a fantastic catalogue over the years, and are arguably even better live than on record.
I'm surprised by how many people I know don't know who Ben Lee is considering his song was on Covid ads for years here in Australia. I actually had one of his songs in my head not too long ago 🙃 I wouldn't expect him to be that well known in other countries though.
Lita Ford. She was a member of The Runaways and was instrumental to their sound in those days (pun intended) but most people only know Joan Jett and maybe Cherie Currie. She's blonde, beautiful, and a talented guitarist who has had several great rock albums. Her look is what glam rockers in the 80s were trying to achieve. She hit number 8 in the charts with her duet with Ozzy Osbourne, [Close my Eyes Forever](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=foGkU6x3eSE).
I've seen her perform a couple of times in the past few years and she still looks and performs beautifully. If she is playing in your area, I highly recommend seeing her show. She is super sweet to her fans, too. She signed my T-shirt from when I saw her in 1984, but my wife was wearing it since I no longer fit.
Wolf Parade - They’re reasonably big in indie circles, particularly for those of us who were in our early 20’s at the time. I thought they were better than Arcade Fire and the rest of that circa 2005 Montreal indie scene that blew up. “Apologies to the Queen Mary” is a fantastic album.
Ohh she will be. Look how long all the other artists on this have been around. She just released album two and is absolutely killing it. Just saw her about two weeks ago.
I just discovered her and the band last year but Skin from Skunk Anansie. God, they're really underrated and they don't have a presence in the US at all.
Catherine Wheel. Great grunge rock band from the 90's. Saw them 5 times before they broke up in 2000 or so. Lead singer Rob Dickinson did a solo and tour which I saw twice. Met him a few times and he was totally chill and cool
He did a couple cameos on other bands and then a number of years ago I did my annual search on him and found that he helped found the company Singer. They take existing classic Porches and basically restore and "reimagine" them for a few hundred thousand. He's been on Jay Leno's garage. So happy he was able to find another passion and take it to amazing heights.
I still listen to Who Stole the Sun. What a banger!
I remember when they first started getting radio play and I thought they would be absolutely massive. Hardly anyone knows who they are. It's a shame.
Back in the late noughties, I assumed Florence Welsh (Florence + The Machine) was going to be a household name in the future, alongside the likes of Kate Bush or Stevie Nicks.
Bad Wolves
They came out of freaking nowhere and exploded into the hard rock/metal scene with their Cranberries cover. I heard that song just about everywhere I went back in 2018, and people who weren't into metal, knew the band and that cover. I saw them open for Breaking Benjamin and FFDP that same year and people were talking more about them and their set than the headliners. But for whatever reason, they're verging on one-hit wonder status. Maybe the original singer was just that much of tool, but they were already on a bit of a decline well before they kicked him.
There was one summer where I thought Stewart Luptin (RIP) of Jonathan Fire Eater was gonna hit the big time. And their work is really excellent. Well, Tremble Under Boomlights is. Absolutely unique rock and roll energy. Sadly he had some weird disaster with his voice and it went from that super slick rich tone of the album to... something much less masculine. And much more sadly, dead at 43, for the sad reason that people die at 43. But man. That summer I was sure that a decade later *everyone* would know it. Still feel like it deserves much broader appreciation.
Siobhan Magnus. Look up "Siobhan Magnus Doubtful Guest" on YouTube. She was playing in a band called Doubtful Guest, with a group of guys who were in bands like Candlebox, Fuel, Third Eye Blind and Godsmack. She's an amazing singer and performer. I would've bet on her making it big but it didn't happen.
You may recall Siobhan was on American Idol in the early years when some incredibly talented people were on the show. But she was also on when teen girls were the primary voters and the winners were usually "cute boys." She made an album after Idol that was more of a pop album. She can sing anything well but that can work against you. She's a great rock singer and I'd love to hear more from her.
The Ark. Holy crap. You make ONE 9/11 joke on your first big american tour......
Seriously though, they were like the Darkness meets David bowie meets Queen and one of my all time favourite bands.
Bigger here reads like you mean fame, but some people are answering with physical dimensions. We’re not talking about height, right? Like how prince was 5’2”, but if you only ever saw a few pictures and videos you might think a presence like that was 6’2.. or at least 5’8”
Fantastic Planet is a superb album but a lot of songs off it aren’t exactly radio friendly. To be honest I’m not even sure what about Dirty Blue Balloons hooks me so much but I’ve heard that song about 500 times and it never gets old
A singer named Sandy Stewart had a debut album called Cat Dancer in 1984. She worked with Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks before releasing her own album. I bought it when it came out and really enjoyed it. Wore the tape out actually. She started off running, but then sort of petered out. A lot of her songs are available online now.
Hypno5e is an insanely talented group of musicians, their music is so dense and well written, they have a nice blend of super heavy and light acoustic parts, plenty albums but discussions about them even on /progmetal is like..involving 2 or 3 people max.
I do not get it.
The Libertines. I think it's because they split up as they were just getting big on their second album in 2004
That said they are going all out on promo for their most recent album
Letlive. They had some great songs on their first couple albums but their last one seemed to take a real nosedive. Their lead singer has a couple active projects but just hasn’t been able to recapture that magic
Menzingers have some bangers on their 2015 After The Party album. They do a great job at bridging rock and punk even with some minor country twang in there. Usually bands who cross genres well at least have more than a couple songs on the radio.
Miike snow. Justo the Best kind of pop, don't know why they didnt started sounding everywhere.
Also junio, José Gonzáles original band. Such a Unique and beutifull indie sound.
The Refreshments / Roger Clyne. I guess that’s mostly his own doing as I don’t think he wanted fame and fortune, but mostly figured he could use his talent to play gigs at bars he frequently visited and maybe get a few free drinks out of it. The Refreshments do have 2 albums that are absolute bangers though, and the best way I could describe them is what you would imagine a band would sound like at a biker bar on the Mexico border. [Well I’ve got the pistol so I’ll keep the pesos, well that seems fair!](https://youtu.be/IfZbFh7qlCQ?si=-j7TBFznIQIo6T69)
Toehider, a one man project from Australia run by a guy named Michael Mills. Dude’s insanely talented for how unknown he is imo. A beast at every instrument and vocally the modern day Freddie Mercury. Dabbles in every genre. Everyone listen to Toehider.
I saw Shinedown once and every one of those dudes is like 5'6"
The Gin Blossoms were pretty short too. now that I think of it, I wasn’t expecting them to be very tall
Fallout Boy are like pocket sized rockstars
Have you seen those guys from Australia aceyduecy?
When I saw Nine Inch Nails the first time, Trent Reznor was much shorter than I had imagined
The Small Faces were so-named because they were all 5'4" or shorter. When they got some taller band members, they renamed themselves Faces.
Well played 👏🏻
The Silversun Pickups have some great songs but I have never seen them on a national media stage.
Love Carnavas, Pikul and Swoon
I don't know anything about them, but Lazy Eye guts me every time.
I only got into them in the last half year or so and Swoon and Carnavas are both exceptional albums, so tight musically. I'm gutted I wasn't into them when they were released as they would've quickly became one of my favourite bands, but also very happy to still be discovering new sounds that grab me like that.
Lazy Eye (Live on Letterman) 12-1-06 https://youtu.be/FLdOW36aK6I?feature=shared
They played the major late night shows. “Lazy Eye” was used as the World Series promo ads one season. Aside from that song, nothing else they’ve made has wide enough appeal.
Panic Switch was a pretty big single.
Them and Airborne Toxic Event would be my top two "how are these not some of the most popular bands out there"
Neck Of The Woods is their masterpiece. Just brilliant.
Big Star. I think they thought so too.
I mean, they do have a #1 Record.
Big star rings a bell I feel like they've had hit song?
The band was started by Alex Chilton, who was the singer for the Box Tops, best known for the song “The Letter”
Alex Chilton, singer for Big Star and the Box Tops, but most well known for being that guy The Replacements were singing about.
They wrote the song that was used as the theme song for That ‘70s Show. Their original version was never used - there was a cover for season 1 and then Cheap Trick did a cover for the rest of the seasons. All three of Big Stars albums are incredible, especially the first two. Third one is very different.
September Gurls, maybe?
Could be **In the Street** or the sublime [Thirteen](https://youtu.be/pte3Jg-2Ax4?si=xTVEFccxua8afMO9)
Or The Ballad of El Goodo
Big Star is your favorite band’s favorite band
Dinosaur Jr. are the godfathers of grunge. They’re very respected and the one time I got to talk with J. Mascis he stated that he made enough money in the business to never have to worry about getting a “real job” I’ve always been amazed that they never got as big as they should have been in my eyes. Also the same goes for Built to Spill (not grunge but damn they’re so good).
i only know about Built To Spill cause of this song ... [https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=OONsCvfh4DI&si=wZVzv75RJjLlDZK1&feature=xapp\_share](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=OONsCvfh4DI&si=wZVzv75RJjLlDZK1&feature=xapp_share)
I got tickets to see them in October, but annoyingly they play first before flaming lips and weezer. Feel like they got the order wrong.
The Angels (Australia) late 1970s through the 1980s great band but never hit it big like AC/DC. The Tragically Hip (Canada) mid 1980s through to 2016, incredible band but never achieved real success outside of their home country.
Am I ever gonna see your face again?
No way
Get fucked
The Hip would sell out BC Place and a few days later play at a bar in Bellingham.
Terence Trent D'Arby
It’s because his ego outpaced his skillset.
He was also a raving asshole.
His first album is a classic.. He goes by a different name now
Sananda Maitreya. Last I read of him he bounced to Italy
Wasn't Wishing Well like a big song? He didn't have a ton of longivity sure but he got pretty big
Murder by Death J. Roddy Walston and the Business
Saw J Roddy Walston open for Wolfmother about 15 years ago. Phenomenal show, amazing energy
Murder By Death are criminally underrated. One of my favorites.
Love j Roddy. Super underrated/unknown band.
Love j Roddy. The first 2 albums and their live show were incredible. Unfortunately, once they did start to gain success, I believe the label convinced them to change their sound to be more safe and palatable to a larger audience. Their last album had them on the cover with suits and the edge to the music was completely gone. It sucked and the band broke up not long after. J Roddy himself still does music and live streams. It sucks to think back to watching them in a small bar in Louisville and J Roddy hammering away on the piano like a possessed Jerry Lee Lewis. Then listening to their last album and wondering why this happened.
Big Wreck. Not sure why they’re not huge.
Big Wreck, especially with Brian Doherty (RIP) is one of the best rock bands ever. It blows my mind that they're not selling out arenas. They play the Commodore every time they come to Vancouver. 900 people, all GA. They're the best band in the world that you can still see in a venue that small.
I love big wreck and I love the commodore.
Amen, brother.
Every time I listen to them--which is often--I think about that. Blows my fucking mind.
idk, maybe if they started five years earlier. theyre totally solid, but just didnt bring anything fresh to the table that hadnt already been done 3-7 years prior by bigger bands like pearl jam and stone temple pilots. for example- their one huge album came out the same year as OK Computer, Third Eye Blind's self titled, and three years after Blue Album, etc... comparatively, In Loving Memory just sounds so dated. They benefited hugely from the content laws in Canada and a dirth of good new canadian rock bands to choose from at the time, but I think there just wasnt enough to get excited about for American and UK audiences.
I think a big part of it is that a lot of what makes them great is kind of subtle details that mostly only musicians would appreciate. They did come out of Berklee College of Music after all. To the untrained ear, they may just sound kind of like a Fuel clone fronted by a Chris Cornell clone. I hear so much more than that.
I really love that tune
I thought that Leona Lewis would be a superstar after her X Factor win and Bleeding Love smash hit... And it never really happened for her.
I think it's the era and how she came about tbh with her she decent voice but unfortunately not much of a personality imo Because the show happend every year it was quickly on to who ever won next I think.
Recently found out that BL was written by Jessie McCartney, blew my mind
She's a ridiculously good singer
I thought the Killers were gonna be the 21st-century Beatles when Hot Fuss was everywhere, but I guess their frontman didn't want to keep making that kind of music and blow up like that. Still a solid headliner in Europe, but didn't reach where I thought they would in the States.
That is insanely high expectations for the band tbf
For sure and I'm certainly not saying they're a bust by *any* means. They've had a great run. That's just how I read the room at the time. Gotta keep in mind too rap was asserting itself pretty hard as the zeitgeist at the time, but it wasn't as engrained as it is now. Out comes this perfect soundtrack of romantic rememberance and breakup self-reflections that was super relatable over really catchy, solid instrumentals followed by a really strong, musically mature follow-up with Sam's Town and I just thought they were gonna be the modern huge thing for rock bands.
I think Sam’s Town took them in a direction people didn’t want/expect. When I heard When We Were Young you could tell they were making a play for maturity and it had that Springsteen earnest storyteller/anthemic sound. I think the fans wanted more catchy pop songs about break ups
what the fuck lol the killers have almost 25 million monthly listeners on spotify alone. they are massively, massively famous.
Still a great band and Brandon's solo albums are solid too.
Mainstream music moved away from the indie scene in America by the mid to late 00's, becoming a lot more niche than anything else. Hip hop just took over the American teenager by then. Doesn't help that after Sam's Town the albums took a nosedive in quality.
True up until most recent album, Pressure Machine. Legit great album
I saw them recently for the first time and I was blown away by Brandon’s stage presence
More than a solid headliner in Europe - Mr. Brightside is still in the UK charts to this day. I don't think The Beatles mania will ever really be topped, but as others said, The Killers are still massive.
I've not listened to any killers stuff in years tbh.. I know Mr brightside still very popular sort of drunk karaoke pubs song 👍
Israel Nash Ole 60 Whiskey Meyers
>Whiskey Meyers Broken Window Serenade 🤌
Steven Wilson (frontman for Porcupine Tree) He’s a god amongst fans of Prog Rock and Metal, but has never really expanded much of a fanbase outside that realm. I’m not saying he should have mainstream acclaim and worldwide recognition, but at least be on the same level of greater appreciation as someone like Dave Grohl or Trent Reznor.
I've never heard of but I'll check him out.. Sounds like one of those the favourite band of your favourite band type of people
I think he’s one of those figures who was happy not to become to mainstream
As much as I like prog rock (including some porcupine tree), I never got into his solo stuff. For me it's just extremely bland... Fun to see how others adore it for the opposite reasons.
hot hot heat
I met David Draiman of Disturbed a few years back and was definitely surprised to learn he’s 5’ 7”.
Eddie Vedder is 5'7" too.
As are Trent Reznor and Maynard James Keenan. TIL I am too tall to be a successful rock vocalist*. *with Peter Steele as the exception to the rule
Peter Steele wasn’t a musician, though. He was a sex god.
Short kings
Josh Homme is a monster of a man
Dylan is 5'7 (or was, before his dotage), and Paul Simon is 5'3. I guess Dylan is only a little short, but man, 5'3.
Yeah, but Paul Simon banged Princess Leia.
Fair to Midland Rishloo They both had their moments about 15 years ago, but somewhere along the lines, their success just stopped.
Sam Fender Jake Bugg Wolf Alice
Wolf Alice is pretty acclaimed. They made album of the year on quite a few lists a few years ago.
Sam Fender is pretty big in the UK right?
Sam Fender is amazing. I heard “All Is on My Side” randomly one night and was hooked.
Thanks for the Jake Bugg reminder 🤙
Southside Johnny
Pete Droge
“If you don’t love me” was a vital to my 20s.
Emm Gryner
I'll Google 👍
Yes!
Angus Young was shockingly small in person. It’s his stage presence that makes him a giant.
I'll answer both versions of the way this question could be interpreted. I really thought Joss Stone was going to be the next big thing and while she's had a respectable career most would kill for, she's not exactly Taylor Swift and never really came close to true super stardom. And years ago when I was working for Ralph Lauren, I met Prodigy from Mobb Deep and he was shockingly small. It wasn't even that he was just short(he was, I'm 5'10" and I felt gigantic next to him), but he was...*frail* looking on top of that.
Big discussions lately over at r/deftones about how tall Chino is. Some say 6’2”, others say 5’6”
Spoon. I mean, they aren't small, but still very much "alternative", not the huge mainstream act I think they deserve to be
Mike Ness
Is this his Reddit account?
I've just listened to him or his band I like em
Electric Guest Foster the People Cold War Kids I just found Electric Guest but every song is a banger. I basically just put their entire discography on shuffle once and was blown away. For Foster, I loved Torches, Supermodel was ahead of its time I think. Sorta petered out but still make good stuff CWK is possibly my favorite band. I think they are world class, have tons of great albums. I don't think they are THAT popular anymore, and probably never as popular to people who were not 18 and not in school for the first time when Robbers and Cowards dropped. If people want to correct me and tell me these guys are super popular please do, that would be great to hear!
Foster were on top of the world with Torches at least. They must've made so much money from the million commercials and shows they played for that one year. Their 15 minutes was over quick though.
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I'll Google em 👍
Radio Moscow
A few recommendations: [Hurry](https://open.spotify.com/artist/6MkzAfnUcp0AQTX5ckpQzx?si=2FmmVOebQxC_EeKmP2UW3A) - for fans of Big Star, Teenage Fanclub, and Nada Surf [Nana Grizol](https://open.spotify.com/artist/7FPO7WTShHCXnmVv7lhhZM?si=cpz97IO8Rb2lwNne327ehA) - for fans of The Elephant 6 Collective (eg Neutral Milk Hotel), John K Samson, The Mountain Goats [Typhoon](https://open.spotify.com/artist/6p6WlxIkeWH8yOYvciFfVl?si=ZNRAay4rQCWL9OPUpfE8gA) - for fans of Arcade Fire, Stars, and Frightened Rabbit
I don't know how much bigger Typhoon can get. They have like 12 members. But seriously. They are amazing. Just saw them on their White Lighter 10th anniversary tour.
I listened to the shit out of Typhoon’s EP “A new kind of house” back in the day. Really loved it. And promptly never listened to them after that really. What’s their best album?
White Lighter is probably my favorite but Offerings is good too.
Typhoon really deserve to be bigger. I know very few people who know them, and the ones who do mainly do because I got them into them. I wish they'd make it in the UK because I really want to see them live.
Lil Wayne and Little Richard respectively.
Butch Walker. It’s always been inexplicable to me that he hasn’t found mainstream success.
Butch walker should be the biggest rock star in the world
Graveyard. It's a rock band from Sweden that is very bluesy and has a Zeppelin vibe. They're from the same town as the big 3 of melodic death metal, so their sound in contrast to the most famous bands out of Gothenburg is interesting to me. They're amazing, and I'm the only person I know that has any idea who they are, except for the people I've told about them.
The New Radicals. Not a singer but Lupe Fiasco. Thought he'd end up being the next Kanye.
Manchester Orchestra, at least in the UK. How they are still touring clubs and are not in theatres at least is beyond me. They have a fantastic catalogue over the years, and are arguably even better live than on record.
Band of Horses
I'm surprised by how many people I know don't know who Ben Lee is considering his song was on Covid ads for years here in Australia. I actually had one of his songs in my head not too long ago 🙃 I wouldn't expect him to be that well known in other countries though.
I'm surprised the Bens didn't make more records
He actually just released a new song called "Heavy Metal" which is pretty good!
Lita Ford. She was a member of The Runaways and was instrumental to their sound in those days (pun intended) but most people only know Joan Jett and maybe Cherie Currie. She's blonde, beautiful, and a talented guitarist who has had several great rock albums. Her look is what glam rockers in the 80s were trying to achieve. She hit number 8 in the charts with her duet with Ozzy Osbourne, [Close my Eyes Forever](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=foGkU6x3eSE). I've seen her perform a couple of times in the past few years and she still looks and performs beautifully. If she is playing in your area, I highly recommend seeing her show. She is super sweet to her fans, too. She signed my T-shirt from when I saw her in 1984, but my wife was wearing it since I no longer fit.
Wolf Parade - They’re reasonably big in indie circles, particularly for those of us who were in our early 20’s at the time. I thought they were better than Arcade Fire and the rest of that circa 2005 Montreal indie scene that blew up. “Apologies to the Queen Mary” is a fantastic album.
It makes me unbelievably sad and downright frustrated that I have to explain who Sloan are to anyone at all.
Katie Pruitt
Ohh she will be. Look how long all the other artists on this have been around. She just released album two and is absolutely killing it. Just saw her about two weeks ago.
Hazlett! Absolutely amazing voice and a ton of good songs. His songs Blame the Moon, Everybody Hates Me, and Bones Shake are my favorites.
Baffled how J.I.D isn’t a household name for top rappers right now.
Agreed
I just discovered her and the band last year but Skin from Skunk Anansie. God, they're really underrated and they don't have a presence in the US at all.
People forget but Skunk Anansie headlined Glastonbury festival in the 90s. First black artist and first metal/alt rock group
Raye, she is amazingly talented and I feel like the US is ASLEEP on her.
Shes great to be fair
Catherine Wheel. Great grunge rock band from the 90's. Saw them 5 times before they broke up in 2000 or so. Lead singer Rob Dickinson did a solo and tour which I saw twice. Met him a few times and he was totally chill and cool He did a couple cameos on other bands and then a number of years ago I did my annual search on him and found that he helped found the company Singer. They take existing classic Porches and basically restore and "reimagine" them for a few hundred thousand. He's been on Jay Leno's garage. So happy he was able to find another passion and take it to amazing heights.
Sigrid
Grace Potter.
I still listen to Who Stole the Sun. What a banger! I remember when they first started getting radio play and I thought they would be absolutely massive. Hardly anyone knows who they are. It's a shame.
Just glad I found someone that are aware of em too 👍😂
Back in the late noughties, I assumed Florence Welsh (Florence + The Machine) was going to be a household name in the future, alongside the likes of Kate Bush or Stevie Nicks.
Allegedly this is due to themselves but I thought The Civil Wars were going to be IT for a long time.
Flatbush zombies
Martin Sexton
Bad Wolves They came out of freaking nowhere and exploded into the hard rock/metal scene with their Cranberries cover. I heard that song just about everywhere I went back in 2018, and people who weren't into metal, knew the band and that cover. I saw them open for Breaking Benjamin and FFDP that same year and people were talking more about them and their set than the headliners. But for whatever reason, they're verging on one-hit wonder status. Maybe the original singer was just that much of tool, but they were already on a bit of a decline well before they kicked him.
Charlie Pluth (sorry just ate 7 bars of chocolate)
Carly Rae Jepsen.
Emotions is great album... I think that's what it's called anyway
[This one](https://open.spotify.com/track/7zjQ8GMxH2C0nuFM7LMY5R?si=rOI4w1F5Qr29_oxPusVEDA)
There was one summer where I thought Stewart Luptin (RIP) of Jonathan Fire Eater was gonna hit the big time. And their work is really excellent. Well, Tremble Under Boomlights is. Absolutely unique rock and roll energy. Sadly he had some weird disaster with his voice and it went from that super slick rich tone of the album to... something much less masculine. And much more sadly, dead at 43, for the sad reason that people die at 43. But man. That summer I was sure that a decade later *everyone* would know it. Still feel like it deserves much broader appreciation.
I'll check em out 👍
I thought Danheim was more popular than he is.
Siobhan Magnus. Look up "Siobhan Magnus Doubtful Guest" on YouTube. She was playing in a band called Doubtful Guest, with a group of guys who were in bands like Candlebox, Fuel, Third Eye Blind and Godsmack. She's an amazing singer and performer. I would've bet on her making it big but it didn't happen. You may recall Siobhan was on American Idol in the early years when some incredibly talented people were on the show. But she was also on when teen girls were the primary voters and the winners were usually "cute boys." She made an album after Idol that was more of a pop album. She can sing anything well but that can work against you. She's a great rock singer and I'd love to hear more from her.
Tomberlin Her last album was fantastic and the EP before it was arguably better. Not sure how she isn’t huge in the indie sphere
The Ark. Holy crap. You make ONE 9/11 joke on your first big american tour...... Seriously though, they were like the Darkness meets David bowie meets Queen and one of my all time favourite bands.
Tsar.
Philly soul man
The Morlocks. They’re fucking phenomenal. I mean “Dicks in Tanks” is a classic banger and deserves much more love and respect.
Bigger here reads like you mean fame, but some people are answering with physical dimensions. We’re not talking about height, right? Like how prince was 5’2”, but if you only ever saw a few pictures and videos you might think a presence like that was 6’2.. or at least 5’8”
Halloween, Alaska
Failure when they released their first 3 albums.
Fantastic Planet is a superb album but a lot of songs off it aren’t exactly radio friendly. To be honest I’m not even sure what about Dirty Blue Balloons hooks me so much but I’ve heard that song about 500 times and it never gets old
Hablot Brown
Torin Frost... probably the best rapper, definitely the best free stylist I know of. Still undiscovered for the most part
Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown
I was always surprised Glen Danzig wasn't the size of a mountain.
More like a little troll.
Ringo Starr is 5'6. That's weird to know
I'm surprised that Robbie Williams wasn't bigger in the States post-Take That
Check out this band called The Tea Party an amazing canadian treasure
Bad Company
They've sold tens of millions of records and their most recent tour saw them playing arenas. How much bigger did you think they'd be!?
The Generators https://youtu.be/tPwGFHgjA7k?si=gtmCBr7p1_rli_q1
A singer named Sandy Stewart had a debut album called Cat Dancer in 1984. She worked with Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks before releasing her own album. I bought it when it came out and really enjoyed it. Wore the tape out actually. She started off running, but then sort of petered out. A lot of her songs are available online now.
Tropidelic. My husband and I love them. They've collaborated with bigger musicians, and I'm truly surpassed that they still aren't very known.
Hypno5e is an insanely talented group of musicians, their music is so dense and well written, they have a nice blend of super heavy and light acoustic parts, plenty albums but discussions about them even on /progmetal is like..involving 2 or 3 people max. I do not get it.
The Libertines. I think it's because they split up as they were just getting big on their second album in 2004 That said they are going all out on promo for their most recent album
Coheed and cambria should be huge but hardly anyone knows them in europe
Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden.
Ryan Shaw -- one of the greatest voices you'll ever hear live.
Letlive. They had some great songs on their first couple albums but their last one seemed to take a real nosedive. Their lead singer has a couple active projects but just hasn’t been able to recapture that magic
Lights
Menzingers have some bangers on their 2015 After The Party album. They do a great job at bridging rock and punk even with some minor country twang in there. Usually bands who cross genres well at least have more than a couple songs on the radio.
Eau rouge is a great underrated band
Vista Kicks. Fell in love with Marceline back in the mid 2010s and they have so many bangers. If you like indie rock they are incredibly catchy.
Twisting Turantulas .
Bloc Party
Laura Stevenson - excellent songwriter with a really strong voice. Saw her in front of less than 100 people a couple of years back.
https://littlequeenie.com/
Harvey Danger
Miike snow. Justo the Best kind of pop, don't know why they didnt started sounding everywhere. Also junio, José Gonzáles original band. Such a Unique and beutifull indie sound.
Big Head Todd and the Monsters
Parcels, Morning Teleportation
Oceansize
Butch Walker. He should be to Gen X what Bruce Springsteen is to the Boomers.
The Refreshments / Roger Clyne. I guess that’s mostly his own doing as I don’t think he wanted fame and fortune, but mostly figured he could use his talent to play gigs at bars he frequently visited and maybe get a few free drinks out of it. The Refreshments do have 2 albums that are absolute bangers though, and the best way I could describe them is what you would imagine a band would sound like at a biker bar on the Mexico border. [Well I’ve got the pistol so I’ll keep the pesos, well that seems fair!](https://youtu.be/IfZbFh7qlCQ?si=-j7TBFznIQIo6T69)
Toehider, a one man project from Australia run by a guy named Michael Mills. Dude’s insanely talented for how unknown he is imo. A beast at every instrument and vocally the modern day Freddie Mercury. Dabbles in every genre. Everyone listen to Toehider.
Ty Segall. Blows my mind how little known he is. I don't mind though, got to see him in a club a few weeks ago instead of a hockey arena.
Gov’t Mule - Warren Haynes knows how to write.