Rock groups that hit their commercial peak when their best work was behind them
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Chicago at their artistic peak, 1970:
https://youtu.be/-daSUCz-IFo
Chicago at approximately their commercial peak, 1982:
https://youtu.be/1A0MPWseJIE -
Too soon @chuck ?chuck said:Chicago at their artistic peak, 1970:
https://youtu.be/-daSUCz-IFo
Chicago at approximately their commercial peak, 1982:https://youtu.be/1A0MPWseJIE
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I've said many times that newbs shouldn't mess with handguns.YellowSnow said:
Too soon @chuck ?chuck said:Chicago at their artistic peak, 1970:
https://youtu.be/-daSUCz-IFo
Chicago at approximately their commercial peak, 1982:https://youtu.be/1A0MPWseJIE -
I think these bands would be considered
The Cure
Before Disintegration they had a not charted, 186, 193, 133, 180, 59, and 35
After Disintegration went to #12, they had a 2, 12, 16, 7, 16
Depeche Mode
Before Violator they had 192, 177, 51, 90, and 35
Violator went to #7.
after Violator they had a 1, 5, 8, 7, 3, 6 and a 5, probably can’t name a song from those albums. -
Is Terry still alive with a good, old fashioned wheel gun instead of a 9mm? His .38 didn't get him but the 9mm did.chuck said:
I've said many times that newbs shouldn't mess with handguns.YellowSnow said:
Too soon @chuck ?chuck said:Chicago at their artistic peak, 1970:
https://youtu.be/-daSUCz-IFo
Chicago at approximately their commercial peak, 1982:https://youtu.be/1A0MPWseJIE -
I actually didn't know any details. So it was a 9mm eh?YellowSnow said:
Is Terry still alive with a good, old fashioned wheel gun instead of a 9mm? His .38 didn't get him but the 9mm did.chuck said:
I've said many times that newbs shouldn't mess with handguns.YellowSnow said:
Too soon @chuck ?chuck said:Chicago at their artistic peak, 1970:
https://youtu.be/-daSUCz-IFo
Chicago at approximately their commercial peak, 1982:https://youtu.be/1A0MPWseJIE
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He was fucking around with the roadies 9mm. The mag was empty but there was one still in the chamber and as a joke he put the thing to his head.chuck said:
I actually didn't know any details. So it was a 9mm eh?YellowSnow said:
Is Terry still alive with a good, old fashioned wheel gun instead of a 9mm? His .38 didn't get him but the 9mm did.chuck said:
I've said many times that newbs shouldn't mess with handguns.YellowSnow said:
Too soon @chuck ?chuck said:Chicago at their artistic peak, 1970:
https://youtu.be/-daSUCz-IFo
Chicago at approximately their commercial peak, 1982:https://youtu.be/1A0MPWseJIE
Yeah, probably. -
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Foreigner suckschuck said:
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. -
El_K said:
Cheap Trick. Granted their #1 song was it. They then went back to making not good albums.JoeEDangerously said:
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.
My first introduction to Cheap Trick was via MTV and their lame cover of “Don’t Be Cruel.” It wasn’t until years later that I heard “Surrender” and realized they were once something before being lame.
Never heard of “The Flame.” I’ve always assumed “Surrender” was the hit that carried that band.
