[Music] Top Bands who never had a hit song

[Arthur]

Madness only ever had one number 1 which baffles me given the amount of shit that was around in the 80s. But I guess they don't really count as they did have a hit song (assuming that is how we are measuring it).

The Twang. Were going to be the next big thing. First album got to number 3. Think they only had one top ten. Didn't quite disappear as they are still selling out venues now but haven't released anything for a while.

 

[BrianB]

Parliament , George Clinton had one hit single with his Funkadelic ( One Nation under a Groove ) grouping but none from Parliament..

 

[Molango's visa]

I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) peaked at 21and spent 4 weeks in the top 30.

That was with Gabriel. Off the last decent album they made.

 

[Molango's visa]

John Mayall and the Blues Breakers.
Been going 60 years, released dozens of albums, never troubled the singles chart.

Yeah but mayall is a truly shit singer.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

According to the man himself this actually isn't true, yet he gets asked about it every interview.

Probably because it is true according to the other man himself, the one who allegedly asked him. I wish I'd asked Jimmy Page when I met him, but I was too busy being surprised by his dirty fingernails.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Wonderous stories, number 7 in 1977. Owner of a lonely heart (Planet Rock, daily, twice sundays) got to number 1 in the US.

They'd gone mad by then.

Not sure what I hated more - the pretentious prog rock, or the later hideous attempts to create pop singles. My view f Yes was very much aligned with John Peel's.

 

[SeagullsoverLondon]

They'd gone mad by then.

Not sure what I hated more - the pretentious prog rock, or the later hideous attempts to create pop singles. My view f Yes was very much aligned with John Peel's.

Somehow, I thought it might be
Funnily enough my daughter following on from her punk flirtation has now got herself obsessed with David Bowie (which is possibly the most successful bit of parenting I have ever done)
She was asking about who played the piano on Life on Mars and Changes, and I said Rik Wakeman, more famous for playing in the band Yes. She said maybe I should listen to them then, and I just said No.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Somehow, I thought it might be
Funnily enough my daughter following on from her punk flirtation has now got herself obsessed with David Bowie (which is possibly the most successful bit of parenting I have ever done)
She was asking about who played the piano on Life on Mars and Changes, and I said Rik Wakeman, more famous for playing in the band Yes. She said maybe I should listen to them then, and I just said No.

 

[studio150]

Somehow, I thought it might be
Funnily enough my daughter following on from her punk flirtation has now got herself obsessed with David Bowie (which is possibly the most successful bit of parenting I have ever done)
She was asking about who played the piano on Life on Mars and Changes, and I said Rik Wakeman, more famous for playing in the band Yes. She said maybe I should listen to them then, and I just said No.

You missed the chance to say that he has a Criminal Record.