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Great band - but short lived

raytreacy69
raytreacy69 Posts: 955
in General Charlton
Saw a documentary last night about one of my favourite bands -Badfinger
Produced a few great singles - namely -Come and get it,No matter what and day after day.
Unfortunately like a lot of bands were badly managed.
Tragically two of the group Pete Ham and Tom Evans both committed suicide.
Ironically one song they wrote but not released as a single by them -Without you went on to become a Multi million seller covered by both Nilsson and Mariah Carey.
As I said -Great band but short lived
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  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    Stealers Wheel?
    Saw them play in a bar in Kent University in front of twenty people a few week before Stuck in the Middle came out. They seemed to split up on the brink of big things. But both Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan went on to have great careers.

    And Blind Faith?
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,807
    The greatest of them all in my opinion has to be Cream - only actually active for a couple of years but what an influence those three were.
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    Addick Addict said:

    The greatest of them all in my opinion has to be Cream - only actually active for a couple of years but what an influence those three were.

    But at least they put out a few albums. I’m not sure they fit the parameters do they?
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,640
    raytreacy69 said:

    Saw a documentary last night about one of my favourite bands -Badfinger
    Produced a few great singles - namely -Come and get it,No matter what and day after day.
    Unfortunately like a lot of bands were badly managed.
    Tragically two of the group Pete Ham and Tom Evans both committed suicide.
    Ironically one song they wrote but not released as a single by them -Without you went on to become a Multi million seller covered by both Nilsson and Mariah Carey.
    As I said -Great band but short lived

    Come & get it was written by Paul McCartney.
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,150
    Medicine head another one...
  • Taxi_Lad
    Taxi_Lad Posts: 3,772
    Hearsay!
    A tragic loss to the music industry :wink:
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,150
    Slack Alice rock band..anyone remember "motorcycle dream"
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Can think of a few spin off bands like Them Crooked Vultures, The Good The Bad and The Queen, Derrick and the Dominoes and, er, The Seahorses... not sure they really count.

    What about the Sex Pistols? Only one proper studio album, very influential, ok, they've had some comeback gigs...

    Obscure, but The Monks were great while they lasted
  • CharltonMadrid
    CharltonMadrid Posts: 5,091
    edited July 2018
    Derek and the Dominos - only one album but the guitar interplay between Eric Clapton and Duane Allman was stunning.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,807
    JamesSeed said:

    Addick Addict said:

    The greatest of them all in my opinion has to be Cream - only actually active for a couple of years but what an influence those three were.

    But at least they put out a few albums. I’m not sure they fit the parameters do they?
    All depends what the criteria for "short lived" is - if the Stones are at one end of the spectrum them Cream has to be very near the other.
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  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 5,824
    The Redskins
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,450
    Addick Addict said:

    JamesSeed said:

    Addick Addict said:

    The greatest of them all in my opinion has to be Cream - only actually active for a couple of years but what an influence those three were.

    But at least they put out a few albums. I’m not sure they fit the parameters do they?
    All depends what the criteria for "short lived" is - if the Stones are at one end of the spectrum them Cream has to be very near the other.
    Cream are the band I'd most liked to have seen.
  • Clontarf65
    Clontarf65 Posts: 16
    Blodwyn Pig.Mick Abraham's band only made two albums.First album had best ever sleeve IMO.How about a thread about best album covers.
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,341
    Joy Division
    N.W.A.
    Nirvana
    The Jimi Hendrix Experience
    Chris and Glenn
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,211
    Be bob delux
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,851
    There are many bands that were only active for a relatively short period (for a number of reasons of course) that could be described as great/influential. The daddy of them all for me would be The Jimi Hendrix Experience but adding to that could be The Doors, Buddy Holly and The Sex Pistols. I also agree with AA on Cream.
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
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    Solidgone said:

    Be bob delux

    Bebop Deluxe
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    bobmunro said:

    There are many bands that were only active for a relatively short period (for a number of reasons of course) that could be described as great/influential. The daddy of them all for me would be The Jimi Hendrix Experience but adding to that could be The Doors, Buddy Holly and The Sex Pistols. I also agree with AA on Cream.

    I know what you mean, but I never really thought of any of them as truly short lived. I'm sure we can come up with better :-)
  • rananegra
    rananegra Posts: 3,690
    The Wild Swans - one fantastic single, a couple of sessions and only saw the light of day as an LP 20 years later. Not counting any reformed stuff.
    The Playn Jayn - 80s psychedelia from Charlton of all places. Great live.
    Josef K
    Teardrop Explodes

  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,199
    Difficult to say short-lived because they (probably?) still exist in some form or another but the line-up for Soft Machine in the first couple of years knocked out some decent stuff and was very influential. (The Canterbury Scene/Sound for the youngsters.)
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  • CharltonMadrid
    CharltonMadrid Posts: 5,091
    edited July 2018
    Moby Grape and Love - a couple of superb late 60s bands that didn't last for long.
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,251
    My mate Sam's band

    They were just the mere echo chambers until Sammy joined and they performed one gig as Open Anus and the Echo Chambers in Maidstone performing a plethora of post modern era punk and stadium rock covers as well as a handful of their own atrocious songs. They went down well with the polish community of Maidstone. Sadly Sam moved from the area to pursue work opportunities on the south coast so the Echo Chambers continued without the open anus
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,851
    JamesSeed said:

    bobmunro said:

    There are many bands that were only active for a relatively short period (for a number of reasons of course) that could be described as great/influential. The daddy of them all for me would be The Jimi Hendrix Experience but adding to that could be The Doors, Buddy Holly and The Sex Pistols. I also agree with AA on Cream.

    I know what you mean, but I never really thought of any of them as truly short lived. I'm sure we can come up with better :-)
    Their activity short-lived, their influence timeless.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,648
    The new radicals
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,743
    guinnessaddick said:

    The new radicals

    I bought that album based on that one bloody song.....
  • YTS1978
    YTS1978 Posts: 1,705
    The La’s
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,743
    YTS1978 said:

    The La’s

    Didn't 'they' go on to form Cast?
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,897
    The Seahorses
  • YTS1978
    YTS1978 Posts: 1,705
    edited July 2018
    SuedeAdidas said:

    YTS1978 said:

    The La’s

    Didn't 'they' go on to form Cast?
    John Power was the lead singer in cast and basis in The La’s. The genius behind The La’s, Lee Mavers, decided to disappear into thin air! I think they did a handful of gigs a few years ago, but only have one album. Wgich is a cracker to be fair!

    A quick google reveals a couple of other lads from the La’s were in the original line up of cast too, so you’re right @SuedeAdidas
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    I think the Travelling Wilburys fall into this category.

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