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What's a band that you like that was gone way too soon?
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Nirvana.
I dunno man. I love Nirvana and they broke through just as I became a teenager.
But I think they would have become lame eventually. The greatest thing about Nirvana was their resistance to the mainstream, they youthful energy and great melodies. I don't think it would've been pretty when Kurt turned 40.
It's depressing how difficult it is to imagine an alternative universe where Kurt could have made it to 40 and still been Kurt.
Maybe somewhere out there was a 90s with better solutions to mental health problems then "just do heroin until you can't stand it any more then kill yourself" and we'd have a few thousand more artists running around.
But would it have been enough? I feel like he'd hate the world we built.
Corporations psychopathically wrung every penny they could from his life, art and obvious misery. They didn't show the slightest remorse for their part in his tragic, lonely death, instead just revealing in the feed frenzy it caused and the millions it put into their bank accounts.
But even after watching them feed artists into the woodchipper over and over again, we still didn't burn it down. We didn't even get angry. We just let the neoliberalism wash over us, settling into it like a lukewarm bath.
He couldnt stand racism, homophobia, fundamentalism and toxic masculinity. He was angry, hurt and disillusioned so he wrote poetry and music and put it into the world.
Now the angry, hurt, dissilussioned kids just make far-right memes because a social media exec decided letting them get groomed was worth it for 14c worth of ad impressions.
I just don't see how he could have made it here, watching everything he hated packaged up in plastic and sold to the world, unable to even hide away with his little family because for a few years he was the hot new product.
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New Radicals made only one album, and it’s probably in my top 10 albums of all time.
System of a down. I mean they're not gone but they've only produced music for like 6-7 years and nothing since.
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Sublime.
Fuck, that was so tragic. Would it have changed his life if he had lived a couple more months? Would he have cleaned up and gotten his shit together? We'll never know. The news really cast a pall over that year, especially for those who already knew of Sublime. It just felt so unfair, man. We had finally come to accept Kurt's death, were still mourning Shannon's passing, and now Brad, who never got to reap the fruits of his labor, was gone. He left us a gift, and I mean one hell of a gift because it's a freaking beautiful album, but it's hard to not wonder "what if?"
Like Kurt and Shannon, he was just so wonderfully talented and beloved, the world suddenly felt very cold and slightly less bright in his absence. Just so unfair. Pour one out for Brad, he is still sorely missed.
Well said. I also think people would dig more of their catalog/non mainstream recordings. Brad's voice was magic imo.
Pure gold, without a doubt. I've seem them with Rome and while I do like his style, it's just not the same. I was supposed to see them right before Brad's passing.
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Hard to say whether it would have changed anything. He was in a vicious cycle that's claimed many before and since, but it would have been nice to at least have him see the magic he brought into the world.
Presidents of the United States of America
aka POTUSA
If you have young kids (or maybe even if you don’t) check out Casper Babypants. Same singer as POTUSA and it’s solid kid music.
Ok will do, thanks
I still sing Peaches to myself all the time, lol... great memories!
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The death of Mark Sandman (such a great name) on stage, 24 years ago, brought an end to Morphine. No other band can match the imagery and atmosphere of Noir as well as they could. You could also feel the evolution of their sound from their last album The Night.
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Traveling Wilburys. I know a supergroup of old guys is kind of cheating as an answer to your question. But it's a shame they weren't able to record more.
They never did release volume 2, only volumes 1 and 3. So sad.
Slint. They broke up before dropping one of the greatest, most influential albums of all time.
Came here to say this, if I had a time machine I'd just go back and catch a Slint live show.
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I always liked the band Jellyfish.
I just took a gander over to Wikipedia to learn why they broke up. It was there where I read one of the best break up write ups ever:
"During the tour for Spilt Milk, Sturmer and Manning grew increasingly distant as friends. On their return home, the two songwriters independently wrote material for a third album, provisionally titled Nausea Trois. By then, they were drifting apart musically. Manning remembered that, prior, they would bond over albums such as Paul McCartney's Ram or the Zombies' Odessey and Oracle; however, "it was clear that none of that was happening anymore." He said that he was "rediscovering my love of [...] high-energy, fun melodic pop with attitude. And Andy was Leonard Cohen. That was it." When Sturmer presented him a country ballad song, he accordingly "left in tears because I had zero interest in recording it." Sturmer felt that Manning had outgrown the partnership, and for his part, was fearful that Manning's new songs would likely inspire journalists to persistently compare the band to Alice Cooper."
Really paints a picture!
They were a good band while it lasted.
Also...In 2004 or 2005, Coachella organizers invited Manning to reunite Jellyfish for a one-off performance at the festival. Manning advised the organizers to consult Sturmer first. Sturmer, through his lawyer, responded he would not accept the offer regardless of any amount of money involved.
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Blind Melon
Shannon Hoon went out way too soon.
Juice WRLD. Was introduced to his music about a year after he died, and was bummed there wouldn't be any new songs from him.
I was today years old when I realized he's dead...
Jeff Buckley
Frightened Rabbit. Good body of work still but would have loved to see them keep going. Their music really hit close to home. Plus I only learned of them several months after Scott Hutchison’s suicide. What could’ve been.
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The original Drowning Pool.
Death
I would love to hear the songs Chuck would have written about the current state of the world. Stuff like 1,000 Eyes always gets me when I hear it today.
Can we include Trevor Moore in this discussion?
2 albums of music in addition to the wkuk (which had songs as well)
Story of out times
High in church
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Mad Season
Just hours ago I played a vinyl of this I found last week. Great stuff.
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Power Trip. I don't even know what happened to the guy but I'll respect the family's privacy.
Apparently it was Fentanyl
Mother Love Bone: broke up before they'd released their first album. RIP, Andrew.
Also, School of Seven Bells (RIP, Ben)
I don't have any bands that just... Disappeared after releasing a banger or two, but I do lament how Kings of Leon drastically changed after their first album.
Loved the way the singer sounded on that first album. But the subsequent releases sounded like a totally different singer and band and musical style, and I don't like them beyond their first album.
No wait... I do know of a couple bands that disappeared way too soon. Fastball, who was deemed "too ugly for music videos" when MTV was at its height making it difficult for them to go anywhere, and Blind Melon, whose frontman died at a young age and kinda destroyed the band.
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Birmingham's own Nineteen Forty-Five. Not sure what happened; a couple of the members went on to backup Amy Ray for her solo career, another released her own solo album.
Two amazing albums and handful of other releases.
The Bravery. Only got to see them once but it is one of my fondest shows
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Mutemath.
Drummer Darren King (an amazing drummer btw) abruptly quit the band for good in the middle of a tour one year, and while they did find a replacement for him to finish out the tour, that was the thing that started the unraveling of the band. It wasn’t long before all the remaining members left, leaving the founder and lead singer, Paul Meany, alone with the name. He’s tried to do some small things with it since that time, but he admits (as he should) that Mutemath’s real existence is in the past now.
IMO a full third of Mutemath’s essence was Darren King’s drumming. It made sense for the band to cease existing without him or someone like him. The replacement they used on the tour was ok but just not the right fit. He (seemingly) couldn’t do what Darren did.
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Jellyfish. Would’ve been interesting to hear how their sound evolved over time. Same fi Dee Lite — Dewdrops In The Garden was a cool album. I wish they’d get back together even if just to make one modern LP.
Miser
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIwkFNxj5qU803iy7Vtw-6VPkDCc2wmHL
They put out one album and I love it. They don't seem to be interested in doing another one.
Memento
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I found them years after they broke up and am sad. Love this album.
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Acid Bath. Their bassist died in a car accident after they released two of the best, most unique metal albums of all time imo. I still listen to them regularly. Sammy went on to do Goatwhore. The vocalist had other projects I wasn't fond of. But still one of the best bands of all time for me.
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