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Post by Jesse on Mar 9, 2024 16:06:20 GMT -5
What artists wasted years not doing anything constructive and possibly wasted their careers/legacy by not doing anything for so long?
Triumph. They are the ones who got me thinking of this thread since this past week Rik Emmett came out and stated the obvious: Triumph is done. Sure, Emmett probably split with them at about the right time (1988/89) as they were probably done charting songs and selling albums, but they could've made a damn good living in the 1990's through the 2000's doing "Greatest Hits" tours. And that touring may have kept more of their songs in rotation of Classic Rock radio stations and persuaded a younger generation to buy their Cds (1990's), download their songs (early 2000's) and stream their songs (today). I'm sure Emmett has no regrets as he had a decent (though understated) career as a solo artist, doing what he wanted, making new music, touring and playing only the Triumph songs he wanted when he wanted. Still, I feel they wasted over 30 years doing nothing as Triumph and now they're really too old to even think about it.
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Post by mak1203usedbemak on Mar 10, 2024 8:01:27 GMT -5
What artists wasted years not doing anything constructive and possibly wasted their careers/legacy by not doing anything for so long? Triumph. They are the ones who got me thinking of this thread since this past week Rik Emmett came out and stated the obvious: Triumph is done. Sure, Emmett probably split with them at about the right time (1988/89) as they were probably done charting songs and selling albums, but they could've made a damn good living in the 1990's through the 2000's doing "Greatest Hits" tours. And that touring may have kept more of their songs in rotation of Classic Rock radio stations and persuaded a younger generation to buy their Cds (1990's), download their songs (early 2000's) and stream their songs (today). I'm sure Emmett has no regrets as he had a decent (though understated) career as a solo artist, doing what he wanted, making new music, touring and playing only the Triumph songs he wanted when he wanted. Still, I feel they wasted over 30 years doing nothing as Triumph and now they're really too old to even think about it. well a British band called Lone Star springs to mind and from the US it has to be Junkyard |
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Post by Jesse on Mar 10, 2024 14:26:37 GMT -5
Another one would be Heart. They spent the 1990's dicking around as "The Lovemongers" and cuddling up to the Grunge movement. When they did tour, the shows were a mess of cover songs, lesser-known album tracks and acoustic/alternate versions of hits. Much like Triumph, they weren't going to get radio play with new material post-1995 no matter what, "Jupiter's Darling" didn't even seem to try. With a revolving door band lineup, the focus became much moreso on the sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson, while watching any live footage of Heart pre-1993, it was clearly a FULL Band live (not just the sisters with backing musicians). Look up video footage of their 1990 tour, they could've continued to pack arenas and amphitheaters for the last 30 years with a similar show.
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Post by mak1203usedbemak on Mar 10, 2024 16:23:08 GMT -5
Another one would be Heart. They spent the 1990's dicking around as "The Lovemongers" and cuddling up to the Grunge movement. When they did tour, the shows were a mess of cover songs, lesser-known album tracks and acoustic/alternate versions of hits. Much like Triumph, they weren't going to get radio play with new material post-1995 no matter what, "Jupiter's Darling" didn't even seem to try. With a revolving door band lineup, the focus became much moreso on the sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson, while watching any live footage of Heart pre-1993, it was clearly a FULL Band live (not just the sisters with backing musicians). Look up video footage of their 1990 tour, they could've continued to pack arenas and amphitheaters for the last 30 years with a similar show. I like Heart but for some reason they were never popular in UK, don't think they quite knew what market/genre they wanted to hit, Rock fans are a pretty loyal bunch and if you played for them, rather than pender to Rock company who always wanted hit singles at the time, they invariably end up confusing the muscial direction of the band. While we are on this subject Foghat should have been big as well, same with April Wine (never quite made in the UK) |
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