Name fairly obscure 90s band that had hit or two but are now forgotten

obscure after "criminal"?

maybe if you mean she never again appeared semi-naked in a heavy-rotation film clip...

not only did she go from strength-to-strength as an artist after tidal but she became an absolute critical darling (justifiably too; she's tops).

 

Fiona Apple, proof that the public like people who are slightly weird, as long as they are attractive.

 

Mutha's Day Out

very melodramatic 90's posturing here

Superdrag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhVr5rRRTM0

Nudeswirl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q0DOWZRksI

Sugartooth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPu774tsUmo

Sheila Divine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4TRD-Vc9vU

 

Well, I guess she is to me! LOL

 

Can't say I've heard her name out there too often, how many top 40 hits has she had since 1996? Not saying she's a bad artist or anything but I don't think the masses have really heard anything outside of "Criminal". I know she's out there making music but seems she faded into more of the underground scene since that time.

 

Anyone mention Mary's Danish yet?

 

Letters to Cleo
Frente

 

Nudeswirl and Sugartooth have a connection (though, admittedly, an obscure band). Can you name it?

I'm loving your selections; right in my wheelhouse!

 

I haven't looked at responses so apologies if these have been stated but here are a few:

1-belly - hit was gepeto from star. You could put throwing muses here had they had a hit (and well maybe breeders were it not for the pixies connection). They were critic darlings back in the day...

2-elastica-connection from elastica. A pretty great album followed up 5-6 yrs later with another solid album (the menace) that didn't sell....maybe in Britain she's more known with the Damon albarn connection but what happened to Justine frischman anyway???? I'd love to hear more music.

3-mazzy star. Hope sandoval's voice is stunning, but I know these guys faded a bit and yet when they had their pretty excellent comeback a couple yrs ago it seemed to come and go to me--I found out about it last year....

4-the la's. Lee Mavers makes one of the decades absolute best albums (his debut) then disappears for at least 25 yrs.., there she goes became a bigger hit in the late 90s cover but the las original is light yrs better, and Looking Glass is an unmitigated classic....this is the "oar" of the 90's except far more hinged than Skip Spences acid casualty masterwork...

5- lemonheads -maybe I'm forcing this as unknown a bit--I'm still a big fan, but I really think Dando has become pretty unknown despite being a major talent--and quietly bringing some alt/punk/pop-country to the fringe masses 10 yrs before it was trendy...I love the lemonheads and you should too lol.

 

Don't know if these have been mentioned yet because I really don't want to go through 19 pages, but Candlebox's first album and Filter are a couple I can think of.

 

Karl wallinger was great...a perfectionist too...imagine what the waterboys could've been had wallinger and mike Scott figured out a way to collaborate....I mean the waterboys were still great, but I'd love to know what Karl could've done with the fishermans blues-forward stuff. Wallinger had a brain aneurysm that nearly did him in and cost him 10-15 yrs, thus causing them to be forgotten.

 

Must be talking about Godspeed. I've actually jammed with Rob from Godspeed. Another coincidence, I was supposed to see Tommy from Godspeed perform tonight. He currently plays guitar in a reformed line up of the mid 80's Jersey hardcore band Mental Abuse.

Ever hear the band Horsey? Was ex members of Nudeswirl in that band. Similar vein but replace the "grunge" influences with heavier Southern rock.

 

the Lemonheads unlike many "pop up out of nowhere" alternabands in the 90's did actually start out playing as a hardcore band in Boston. they eventually evolved more in line with Husker Du and Dinosaur Jr. and then eventually more pop/country/folk type influences crept in. Also listen to the early works by the Goo Goo Dolls. Another band who recreated themselves after putting themselves through touring the punk rock circuits.

 

Lemonheads also became more Evan Dando 'a band.....as Ben Deily left.

Dando never really lost his punk roots, but he was more adept at the countrified pop alt punk--he never sold out but kind of faded out doing his own thing and battling addiction.

If he wanted truly to play the game, he'd have been huge as he had a nice vocal style, a knack for melody, and an ability to write lyrics that at first seem basic, but often have a little deeper meaning behind the initial exterior.

They coulda been bigger than the goo goo dolls--I'm glad they weren't...

 

Tracy Bonham - I think I mostly like the part where she just screams -

 

I grant you that she's more in the underground scene these days, but when I think of 'obscure' I'm thinking of most of the other bands posted in this thread where if you mentioned them to someone, 99% of them would be like 'who the hell is that?" I think the majority of people know who Fiona Apple is.

 

This was a beautiful tune. Didn't realize that it was a hit in Canada. Probably why my friend who lived near the border knew the song and loved it and I've never found anyone else that heard it before

 

I know Tommy. And he's actually the link between Sugartooth and Nudeswirl as he and Shane played in Slaprocket.

 

"mother mother" was a great tune.

 

Justine is a visual artist living somewhere in Colorado.

 

The first time I heard that song on the radio, I thought it was a new Courtney Love song. It sounded like "Violet" for the Lilith Fair set.

 

We had many in Canada who probably never made it anywhere else:
The Age of Electric
Copyright
Zuckerbaby
Econoline Crush
Wide Mouth Mason
Moxy Fruvous
Vibrolux
The Gandharvas
... and many others

 

This self-undermining thread proves that nothing is forgotten in an Internet world.

 

I agree totally. The first Elastica album is the premier 'Britpop' album to my ears. 'The Menace" is a darker but really good album.
Justine is an artist, does well at it, and lives in California - EDIT -Colorado according to post above. Donna is a Christian pastor. Very unlikely they will ever reform.