Rock groups that hit their commercial peak when their best work was behind them
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@swaye possible analog with Metallica and Fleetwood Mac. In their pre Lindsey Buckingham/ Stevie Nicks iteration, they only (barely) cracked the US top 50 a couple of times in their first 9 attempts from 1968- 1974. Then "Fleetwood Mac" in 1975 and "Rumors" in 1977 both topped the charts and they were arguably the biggest band in the world at that point.
But it seems with Fleetwood Mac, it's really a tale of two completely different bands that happened to have the same name and same drummer and bassist. -
Like David Lee Roth said on Rogan in 2019, if you look at any rock or rap video of today, there's a little bit of David Lee Roth in all those videos.alumni94 said:I think a lot of this has to do with the popularity of the music video in the 80s and early 90s. Just think how many bands would have never been big without a music video, and others died due to not making one or making a bad one.
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I think was the only Rogan pod I ever got the whole way through. Just never got into his show for what ever reason (nothing Tug related or anything like that).DerekJohnson said:
Like David Lee Roth said on Rogan in 2019, if you look at any rock or rap video of today, there's a little bit of David Lee Roth in all those videos.alumni94 said:I think a lot of this has to do with the popularity of the music video in the 80s and early 90s. Just think how many bands would have never been big without a music video, and others died due to not making one or making a bad one.
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These are just off the top of my head. Not sure about the numbers and such
Aerosmith. I remember buying Permanent Vacation on a whim. Turned out to be I was onto something. Then Aerosmith became huge again.
Heart. I liked early Heart. Then it got really MTV-ized.
Sammy Hagar.
Cheap Trick. Granted their #1 song was it. They then went back to making not good albums.
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I think The Flame is Cheap Tricks only number one hit and they had to get an outside songwriter for it.El_K said:These are just off the top of my head. Not sure about the numbers and such
Aerosmith. I remember buying Permanent Vacation on a whim. Turned out to be I was onto something. Then Aerosmith became huge again.
Heart. I liked early Heart. Then it got really MTV-ized.
Sammy Hagar.
Cheap Trick. Granted their #1 song was it. They then went back to making not good albums. -
The Beegees album sales peaked with Saturday Night Fever, but their stuff from the late 60s and early 70s is way better.
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I feel like Aerosmith’s comeback was fueled by not only letting Run DMC do Walk This Way but making it a joint effort.El_K said:These are just off the top of my head. Not sure about the numbers and such
Aerosmith. I remember buying Permanent Vacation on a whim. Turned out to be I was onto something. Then Aerosmith became huge again.
Heart. I liked early Heart. Then it got really MTV-ized.
Sammy Hagar.
Cheap Trick. Granted their #1 song was it. They then went back to making not good albums.
If you find a greatest hits album from Run DMC, it’ll have Walk This Way on it but Aerosmith’s greatest hits will only have the original version. -
Solid pull on Aerosmith @El_K . The judges will accept. They never hit #1 until Get a Grip and Nine Lives. Well past their mid 70's artistic peak. Rocks did make it to #3.El_K said:These are just off the top of my head. Not sure about the numbers and such
Aerosmith. I remember buying Permanent Vacation on a whim. Turned out to be I was onto something. Then Aerosmith became huge again.
Heart. I liked early Heart. Then it got really MTV-ized.
Sammy Hagar.
Cheap Trick. Granted their #1 song was it. They then went back to making not good albums.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerosmith_albums_discography
Same is true for Heart. Their commercial peak came in 1985 - 90. Not with their mid 70's classics.
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Great suggestions. I never liked Aerosmith and still don't, but couldn't agree more that their peak period was pre 80s.El_K said:These are just off the top of my head. Not sure about the numbers and such
Aerosmith. I remember buying Permanent Vacation on a whim. Turned out to be I was onto something. Then Aerosmith became huge again.
Heart. I liked early Heart. Then it got really MTV-ized.
Sammy Hagar.
Cheap Trick. Granted their #1 song was it. They then went back to making not good albums.
Heart owned the 80s big hair, power ballad genre. They weren't as prolific as Chicago (another candidate for this) or Foreigner, but better than both.
I hated them for it back then. Nowadays I even appreciate how good they were at that.
In reality the best thing either Wilson sister did after the 70s was when Anne joined Alice In Chains on the Sap EP. -
I didn’t even think about Aerosmith, who I loved right up to Draw the Line, when they had the v.1 meltdown. Toys / Rocks was the peak for me…
