Who are some British bands that got big there but never crossed

Oasis

Manic Street Preachers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creation_Records

Th,e beantleds

>>72221108
BUSTED

But, they did break America kind of. Also the Dumdums, two of my favorite pop punk bands despite my being an Ameriburger

>>72221614
>seen Busted live twice
>Wheatus opened for them the second time
>I'm a 24 year old black metal fan

The Vaccines
Arctic monkeys before AM
The Cribs
Bloc Party
Catfish and The Bottlemen
Foals
Kasabian
The Kinks
The Libertines
Oasis
Palma Violets
Peace
Primal Scream
The Stone Roses
Two Door Cinema Club

These bands are all massive in the uk yet you hardly hear about them on here, they just don't seem to appeal to US audiences.

>>72221685
>Wheatus and Busted
There's a lineup I could only dream of.

>>72221756
That some of these bands are big here is news to me desu. Maybe I should start reading the NME more.

>>72221998
They're the big mainstream indie bands, maybe not all well known to the average person but anyone following indie music would know them even the most basic entry level alt kids.

Slade and Gary Glitter. Not for lack of effort either, Slade toured the US hard for a while. With Aerosmith, even. But Americans just weren't interested. They're mostly known here thanks to Quiet Riot.

>>72222121
To be fair, Glitter's known as much as he is here for his... extracurricular activities

>>72221685
lmao wheatus

>>72221756
>The Kinks

It always makes me mad how often they got fucked over throughout their career.

>>72221127
>>72221756
>Oasis
That's a bit unfair. Sure, to normies they're just "that Wonderwall band", but they were huge with music geeks in the 90s and got plenty of rotation on alternative radio, and were a pretty big influence on pop punk as a whole, especially Liam's vocals which were very widely imitated.

>>72221756
>Arctic monkeys
Nah

>>72221975
Someone called Emma Blackery was first on too

>>72222107
they were barely big in the uk desu. two good albums, one grabage one, and then a quiet fade into nothing. I think 'stars' gave them just as much exposure in the states as it did over here.

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>>72221756
Two Door Cinema Club is great for radio idk why its not a thing over here tbqh

>>72222367
Yeah they weren't big but they had 8 UK Top 40 songs. Didn't realise America even knew about them in the 90's.

>>72222318
Americans don't realise just how huge Oasis are in the UK. Literally everyone can sing along to wonderwall, champagne supernova, don't look back in anger and they have so many huge hits. Even your grandma would know who the Gallagher brothers are. Even if you don't listen to oasis or people who listen purely to top 40 pop know oasis. Think of nirvana in the US, Oasis are far bigger to us.

Status Quo, another big UK act that Americans never got into.

>>72222444
>8 UK Top 40 songs.

8 UK number ones actually and like twenty five Top 20 hits.

Wonderwall, Champagne Supernova, and Don't Look Back In Anger were huge in America back in the day.

>>72221108
Sleaford Mods

If we're talking Oasis and Top 40 airplay/exposure in America, Wonderwall went to #8, Champagne Supernova to #20, Don't Go Away to #35, Live Forever to #39, Don't Look Back in Anger to #40, and D'you Know What I Mean? to #49.

Definitely Maybe sold over a million copies, What's the Story sold 4 million, Be Here Now sold a million, and the rest of their discography sold about a million combined too.

They also sold out Madison Square Garden in 2005 and 2008.

So, definitely not as huge as in the UK, but not quite unknowns... Though the younger crowd is much less familiar with them then the people who lived through the 90s.

>>72222471
>Think of nirvana in the US, Oasis are far bigger to us.

Are you saying that Oasis is bigger than Nirvana in the US or their bigger than them in the UK??

>>72222645
you dense? he said bigger then Nirvana in the US

>>72222498
Status Quo's problem is that their generic boogie blues just weren't unique or interesting enough for Americans. And of course they dragged on well past when they should have quit. Most bands from their era became effectively obsolete in 1977, yet the product kept on coming for some reason. The worst obviously was Status Quo's 80s-era degeneration into a family friendly Top of the Pops band that you could feel safe letting your 10 year old listen to.

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>>72221108
Literally every britpop band

>>72222645
He's saying think how big Nirvana are in the US; Oasis is comparatively larger in the UK

>>72222665
Well thats fucking wrong considering Nevermind went diamond while Morning Glory sold 4m copies

Bush sold more albums in the US than Oasis

>>72222727
I wasn't him btw, but I think that oasis did break in the US and shouldn't get a pass because its bigger in the UK

Pulp and Suede made no dent at all in the US mainstream. Supergrass is probably still best known here for having a song in Clueless.

Siouxse and the Banshees. Only song of theirs to chart here was Peek-A-Boo, which also is not one of their better songs.

Deep Purple are just that Smoke on the Water band to 90% of Americans.

>>72222471
AND SO

What Nirvana is to the US, Oasis is to the UK.
Arguably Oasis at their 1996/1997 peak was way bigger in the UK than Nirvana was in the US. That was an incredible phenomenon.

>>72221141
I don't know why a Welsh socialist punk band with lyrics about anorexia and self-harm didn't capture America's attention desu

Tony Martin-era Black Sabbath attracted no attention at all during the era when thrash metal was king in the US.

The Who

Razorlight

>>72222884
To be fair, most of that 80s British Goth scene didn't really appeal to Americans, it was cultural to a large extent and driven by the depressive nihilism of 70s-80s Britain. Britpop emerged as a reaction against those bands (ok enough depression let's have a good time and a pint now).

King Crimson

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The poster child of that right here, these guys would've been as big as the beach boys

>>72222884
Peek a boo is a great song stfu

>>72223395
>>72222884
Like, you know. Happy House is sort of about the general state of British society in the early 80s, which wasn't really something that clicked with Americans.

>>72223464
I could like it if it weren't for the accordion.

>>72223474
Big deal, we had guys like Springsteen bitching about the decay of the Rust Belt back then.

>>72221756
A lot of that is NME-Core

People forget that the Beach Boys were quite huge in the UK from 1965 onward, some of their albums especially the late 60s stuff was much more successful there than here.

>>72222442
>two door cinema club
>british

Iron Maiden have always been respected by band geeks but as far as normies are concerned, they're much bigger in Europe and Latin America. And they were mostly popular in the US in 1982-84, their earlier and later albums being pretty obscure over here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVdIGHZ-I28 one of the greatest bands of all time. Good thing they never made it big in the US because that directly influenced some of their best records. The frontman is the man behind Gorillaz who made it big in America though

Blur was one of da best ever imho but didnt do anything in America except song 2

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>>72221108
Purple were big in America, headlining the California Jam in 1974, but they never managed to crack the States on the level Zeppelin did. Whereas in Europe and Japan, they were just as big, if not bigger.

David Bowie. Again, music geeks in the US have always loved him, normalfags have not, but in Britain he's almost a deity. When he died, you'd have thought the Queen had dropped.

>>72223967
Yeah, Blur really only had about three decent hits on alternative rock radio (There's no Other Way, Girls and Boys and Song 2) that briefly crossed over into the mainstream but were quickly forgotten about (though Song 2 lived on through continued radio play and sporting events usage). The "Blur" album got gold certification, but they've only sold about 1.5 million records total in America in their 25 years as a band.

It's funny because Gorillaz and Blur are about even in worldwide sales, but Gorillaz has sold like 3 times as many albums in America.

Most British hip-hop especially the entire Grime scene is totally unknown to Americans.

Kate Bush, but then it's not like she ever toured after the very beginning of her career.

>>72224089
>grime
>hip-hop

>>72221108
>Who are some British bands that got big there but never crossed over to America much?
Literally just Blur: the question

>>72224089
Big deal, it's no different in France. All of our rappers are niggers/North Africans and nobody here listens to American hip-hop unless it's Eminem or something.

>>72223853
nigga ireland is literally a few hours travel to the UK

>>72222471
to me it's mind blowing that these two brothers from manchster who were dirt poor manged to get this big

>>72221685
a 24 year old fan of black metal
or a 24 year old black man who is into metal

>>72223783

WTF ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!?

The Beatles were very big in america!

>>72224273
>nobody here listens to American hip-hop unless it's Eminem or something.

Uhh do you actually have friends outside of the 4chans?