Bands that dissapeared off the face of the planet

[lafunky xxvii]

Me and my mate were wondering the other day what happened to The Vines.

They released a new album last year. I've only heard their single from it ("Don't Listen to the Radio") but it's pretty much like everything else they've done except worse. Highly Evolved is a pretty decent album, though.

[Farmer Reil]

Whatever happened to A?

There was Nothing, and then Starbucks, and then... well, nothing. But the quiet kind of nothing, not the ear-splittingly high-pitched whiny vocals kind.

Edited March 5, 2007 by Farmer Reil

[lafunky xxvii]

Just going through old MP3s - whatever happened to Andrew WK?

[GA!]

Whatever happened to A?

There was Nothing, and then Starbucks, and then... well, nothing. But the quiet kind of nothing, not the ear-splittingly high-pitched whiny vocals kind.

Big fan of A, so naturally I know the answer. They made a new album "Teen Dance Ordinance" in about 2004 (tis a great album) but had some serious issues with the record company over releasing it. They eventually got it out in 2005 with little promotion or support from radio stations or magazines (because they didn't fit this indie, diluted guitar shitbitch music we still have to put up with today) and it only reached in the 90s in the charts. They went on tour and went on hiatus as of October 2005 because they'd ran out of money. The lead singer is currently a producer (he's produced Mcfly or something?), the guitarist is a Radio 1 DJ and the drummer plays for Bloodhound Gang now. There's been no indication of them reforming as of yet.

EDIT: Oh and Funky, I have no idea about Andrew WK as of this moment, but I knew he pretty much fucked up his party-rock style of music with a quiet (read: boring) second album and lost all of his momentum.

Edited March 5, 2007 by God-Awful

[Thrilla]

Filter.

[lanky316]

Whatever happened to A?

There was Nothing, and then Starbucks, and then... well, nothing. But the quiet kind of nothing, not the ear-splittingly high-pitched whiny vocals kind.

Big fan of A, so naturally I know the answer. They made a new album "Teen Dance Ordinance" in about 2004 (tis a great album) but had some serious issues with the record company over releasing it. They eventually got it out in 2005 with little promotion or support from radio stations or magazines (because they didn't fit this indie, diluted guitar shitbitch music we still have to put up with today) and it only reached in the 90s in the charts. They went on tour and went on hiatus as of October 2005 because they'd ran out of money. The lead singer is currently a producer (he's produced Mcfly or something?), the guitarist is a Radio 1 DJ and the drummer plays for Bloodhound Gang now. There's been no indication of them reforming as of yet.

[YI]

Rooney. They had "Blue Side" and the self-titled album released around...I'd like to say 2002, and not a damn bit of material since.

Edited March 5, 2007 by YI

[Farmer Reil]

Whatever happened to A?

There was Nothing, and then Starbucks, and then... well, nothing. But the quiet kind of nothing, not the ear-splittingly high-pitched whiny vocals kind.

Big fan of A, so naturally I know the answer. They made a new album "Teen Dance Ordinance" in about 2004 (tis a great album) but had some serious issues with the record company over releasing it. They eventually got it out in 2005 with little promotion or support from radio stations or magazines (because they didn't fit this indie, diluted guitar shitbitch music we still have to put up with today) and it only reached in the 90s in the charts. They went on tour and went on hiatus as of October 2005 because they'd ran out of money. The lead singer is currently a producer (he's produced Mcfly or something?), the guitarist is a Radio 1 DJ and the drummer plays for Bloodhound Gang now. There's been no indication of them reforming as of yet.

EDIT: Oh and Funky, I have no idea about Andrew WK as of this moment, but I knew he pretty much fucked up his party-rock style of music with a quiet (read: boring) second album and lost all of his momentum.

[TheCrippler]

I used to love 'A', but when they released 'Nothing' and 'Starbucks' and all that shite it was really the beginning of the end for me.

'How ace are buildings' and 'Monkey Kong' however, are awesome albums. (Y)

[Big Tuna]

Andrew WK ended up releasing a Japan/Korea only CD last summer, but that's supposed to be released in America this summer on vinyl only. He's supposed to be doing the same thing with a US first album this year and a Europe first album next year. So he's still around, just not as popular.

[Stevie B]

Sum 41? Havn't heard from them in years.

How about OPM?

[lanky316]

I think I read in Kerrang! They're planning a new album to be released in the not too distant future... The guitarist left them and didn't the front man marry Avril Lavigne?

[Mick]

The Chumbawumbas.

You could find Tubthumping playing 24 hours a day on the radio in late 1997....

And like that *poof*, they're gone. . .

[YI]

I think I read in Kerrang! They're planning a new album to be released in the not too distant future... The guitarist left them and didn't the front man marry Avril Lavigne?

Edited March 5, 2007 by YI

[Styk]

Filter.

[therockbox]

Xisloaded.

[Skummy]

The Chumbawumbas.

You could find Tubthumping playing 24 hours a day on the radio in late 1997....

And like that *poof*, they're gone. . .

They're called Chumbawumba, there's no "The" about it.

The thing with them is that they'd been around for years beforehand (released one of the best albums of the 80s in "Pictures Of Starving Children Sell Records"), but they were very big on anarchistic political statements, doing their own thing and releasing albums as a holistic product, and as such never really released singles, before Tubthumping, which essentially made them a one-hit wonder, while being one of their worst songs. They're still around, but not doing anything media-worthy. They had a decent song out a few years back called "Pass It Along", which sampled "Enter Sandman" amongst other things, and promoted file-sharing.

As for Andrew WK, I'm surprised no one mentioned the reality TV sensation that was "Ask Andrew WK".

[GA!]

As for Andrew WK, I'm surprised no one mentioned the reality TV sensation that was "Ask Andrew WK".

Ssshhh... The government outlawed any reference to that show two years ago. That show was so awful! :lmao:

[Fanku Kaibutsu]

I think I read in Kerrang! They're planning a new album to be released in the not too distant future... The guitarist left them and didn't the front man marry Avril Lavigne?

Yes, yes and yes.

They're minus the 'talented' guitarist (...the one that was tarred with the brush a bit). So now they're just a 3 piece. A new album is out this year. And they put out a live release either last year or the year before.

And Cumbawumba are still plugging away. But were merely a mainstream 1-hit wonder.

[B-Rad]

Whatever happened to The Presidents of The United States of America and Bush? Both had one great CD followed by one lackluster CD in the mid-90s, then nothing.

Edited March 5, 2007 by B-Rad