Bands that could have been successful, but weren't

interesting.. they only did two tours of England in that time frame and the biggest venue they played was in London. The Hammersmith Odeon. They were not playing stadiums.. not even close to it...but small theaters

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Rush Album:                            UK Chart Position:

Disco Inferno never found commercial success only releasing 3 albums (actually they're a band I know that have more EPs than albums...) but they were a seminal band in the early post-rock scene.

FatherChristmas wrote: I was actually talking about Rush's chart positions when I said they weren't that popular in Britain, it's clear they have their share of mad fans from just looking at this site. The only period they got close to large scale success in the early 80s, and that was about level with the success of old Genesis in the UK - and I saw a post that lamented that old Genesis should have been much more successful. This is from the OCC: Rush Album:                            UK Chart Position: Rush                                       ~ Fly by Night                             ~ Caress of Steel                         ~ 2112                                       ~ A Farewell to Kings                   22 Hemispheres                            14 Permanent Waves                     3 Moving Pictures                        3 Signals                                     3 Grace Under Pressure                5 Power Windows                        9 Hold Your Fire                          10 Presto                                     27 Roll the Bones                          10 Counterparts                            14 Test for Echo                            25 Vapour Trails                            38 Snakes and Arrows                    13 Clockwork Angels                      21

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: micky wrote: AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: micky wrote: interesting.. they only did two tours of England in that time frame and the biggest venue they played was in London. The Hammersmith Odeon. They were not playing stadiums.. not even close to it...but small theaters and max capacity there IRC was 5k...  think your book writer drank a bit too much of the Rush cool aid as Rush fans are apt to do. Well, just by the charts alone you can see they were as big in the UK as the US. I am still looking for that page and I could be a bit off. I might have to read the whole damn book all over again.  big of course being relative... ie they weren't...  in either country... they were successful though.. they grew an audience over their albums..from literally none prior to 2112... at that point in the late 70's they were a cult band. A small but fanatical fanbase..until they hit the big time in the 80's with AOR albums and getting their mugs onto MTV  ..that is when they became big  You too Micky? Really? Rush were never big? I guess Yes weren't either and neither were Genesis(as a prog band).

FatherChristmas wrote: AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: micky wrote: AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: micky wrote: interesting.. they only did two tours of England in that time frame and the biggest venue they played was in London. The Hammersmith Odeon. They were not playing stadiums.. not even close to it...but small theaters and max capacity there IRC was 5k...  think your book writer drank a bit too much of the Rush cool aid as Rush fans are apt to do. Well, just by the charts alone you can see they were as big in the UK as the US. I am still looking for that page and I could be a bit off. I might have to read the whole damn book all over again.  big of course being relative... ie they weren't...  in either country... they were successful though.. they grew an audience over their albums..from literally none prior to 2112... at that point in the late 70's they were a cult band. A small but fanatical fanbase..until they hit the big time in the 80's with AOR albums and getting their mugs onto MTV  ..that is when they became big  You too Micky? Really? Rush were never big? I guess Yes weren't either and neither were Genesis(as a prog band). Oh wait. I think I see what you are saying. Well, in the late 70's they were starting to get big but they already were in Canada.  But it's ok because we all have our own opinions anyway. A lot of Yes fans think Yes were huge but I say they never really were and it's arguable they were ever even big. Even in the 80's I remember the kids in high school all had U2, REM, Metallica, Iron Maiden t shirts but only one or two here and there had Yes t shirts. Rush were one of the most successful prog bands. A successful prog band is not necessarily a successful band.

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: micky wrote: interesting.. they only did two tours of England in that time frame and the biggest venue they played was in London. The Hammersmith Odeon. They were not playing stadiums.. not even close to it...but small theaters and max capacity there IRC was 5k...  think your book writer drank a bit too much of the Rush cool aid as Rush fans are apt to do. Well, just by the charts alone you can see they were as big in the UK as the US. I am still looking for that page and I could be a bit off. I might have to read the whole damn book all over again.

A Show of Hands was filmed at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, which holds around 15,000. That's not a "small venue."

Yeah, they weren't as big in the U.K. for a few years. It took them Moving Pictures and Signals to move them up a few notches.

Sorry if I caused you offence. I make mistakes often, it's no big deal (except for when it is), I check them, then try to correct them. My memory is not what it was even a few years ago -- deteriorated quite badly. I only mentioned it because I thought verslibre might have not understood the context since he seemed to be referencing Micky's small theatres comment which referred to your recollection. Despite being such a confusing writer, I'm a big one for clarity, transparency and particularly context.

By the way, Rush did play an arena in London in I think about 1978. The London Gardens Arena in London, Ontario, Canada. It's not a very big hockey arena, though. Rush playing hockey arenas, how stereotypically Canadian, just add back-bacon, maple syrup and beer and an apology, eh?

Peace
- Greg the kooky Canuck.

Edited by Logan - July 26 2020 at 17:43