Terrific Bands not quite able to break through to the "Bigtime"

[frostbrn]

I agree with all who've mentioned Guster. Also, John Butler Trio, and Poets of the Fall was a good choice as well.

[soilworker_24]

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More agreeance. Though, they did have a shot with a major deal, got quite a bit of radio play in Chicago but didn't catch on. They were promply dumped by the major. Good music, though, and really cool guys.

[Darth Poker]

I really cant believe all of you - this is total OOT failure.
Clearly the only answer is Motorhead.

[riverdance]

grasshopper takeover

[jesusarenque]

In the early 90s Steve Earle was about to sign a multi-million-dollar record deal. He was going to be Bruce Springsteen. He had his ticket to New York to go sign the deal, and he made it all the way to the airport. Then he turned around and sold his ticket for $100 and went and bought some crack. He didn't write a song for four years. He called it his "vacation in the ghetto."

[Andrew Karpinski]

Thrice.

I loved how their one song 'to what end', was actually about a philosophic issue I have been dealing with for years (that of the demoralizing nature of a deterministic viewpoint).

"To what end do we
proceed so boldly
if what we are is
chemical reactions"

[MyTurn2Raise]

1. Matthew Ryan

his album East Autumn Grin was delicious to the coffeehouse rock genre


2. Nuetral Milk Hotel

how did they not hit the mainstream?


3. Josh Rouse

another coffeehouse rocker


4. David Garza

good first album...not sold on the second one, but still surprised he didn't cut the mustard

[Sykes]

Mindless Self Indulgence.

[epdaws]

The Alternate Routes

Matt Wertz

Rusted Root is way too mainstream for this list.

[Josey_Wales]

Fixer

Check 'em out. Good music and stage presence out of NYC.

--The Outlaw