Best of British Music that Should Be Introduced to the Americans
 

A comment about the Jam in another thread on this forum has sparked an idea.

Which British and European bands/artists, past and present, did not/have not "make it big" in the US but deserve to be re/introduced to the Americans?

I didn't know that the Jam never became popular in the US. I guess tastes are that different.

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Simple Minds are so much more than the flippin Breakfast Club
Beautiful South
Manic Street Preachers
Texas

there's a couple of really great bands that never hit it off here/

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Are the Alabama 3 (A3 over there I think) cashing in on the Sopranos soundtrack yet?

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Well at the risk of having eggs thrown at me I miss Robbie Williams! Yes I know its probably a girl thing however he does have great music. He has tried to make it over here but as yet unsuccessfully. I love the fact he is funny and says what he wants, which is very refreshing when you have singers like Justin Timberlake always people pleasing...boring :eek:

Recently Jessica Simpson released his record 'Angels' and she completely hammered it to death Mariah Carey stye, shame.

Anyway thats who gets my vote. :)

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Depeche Mode
Gary Numan
Marillion
Gary Glitter (just for shits and giggles)

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Amen sister Lisa! That cover was against all that's holy. I never got why Robby didn't make it over here.

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Manics yep,
Texas yep

Beautiful South?hmmm

What about The Charlatans?

Busted, Girls Aloud and Will Young, oh and Gggggggareth ggggates.
The state of the british music industry today...

Incidentaly a few brit bands breaking into the US market: Franz Ferdinand, Snow Patrol and Keane, worth a few quid if your after a cd.

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Beautiful South


Very Very good.. but.. I think lyrically.. they touch too many sore spots.

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Billy Bragg too, maybe for the same reasons.

You'd have thought Texas would have made it, with a name like that ;)

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Portishead...

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that's proper slit the wrist material.
them and Radiohead, miserable twats the lot of them.

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Yup, would have to agree...so would be perfect over here...

and Super Grass *l*

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feel alright

Deacon Blue though IMO were a ****ing cracking band.

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Robbie Williams made it big over here...what are you talking about? I love him too. Didn't you see him on MTV's cribs. Yeah i can't stand Jessica Simpson's version...

Robbie hit it big here with Millenium and Angels. I've seen him sing Come Undone and Feel on a few tv shows as well...so i think he's done alright over here.

Carey

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Depeche Mode was/is huge over here as well..i saw them in concert in the early 90's right after Dave Gahan tried to kill himself.

Carey