Top 10 British Bands Who Never Cracked America
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- Top 10 British Bands Who Never Made It In America
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There have been countless bands that took the USA by storm, from the likes of the Beatles to recent artist Ed Sheeran. But not all musicians find such luck, and some are doomed to stay within the UK. In this episode we're highlighting some of the greatest British bands that never cracked America such as The Stone Roses, Maximo Park, and the Jam.
List entries and rank:
#10. Supergrass
#9. Madness
#8. Take That
#7. Kasabian
#6. Happy Mondays
#5. Stereophonics
#4. Manic Street Preachers
#3, #2, #1: ???
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Having no success in America is not a career failure.
.......no, it's probably a huge endorsement!!
thank god someone wrote this
Unless you’re an American band lmao
Nor it is said
Yes it is like rammstein said were all living in America.
I'm American and I've heard of nearly all of these bands, and love them. I absolutely LOVE Supergrass, Suede, and Madness.
The Jam are one of the greatest bands of all time, Paul Weller is a genius.
Try the Small Faces, Slade and Status Quo see what you think of them.
you best like the specials as well
ok ryan
@@nicholasthornley9708 The Jam is some of the best!
A lot of the bands mentioned were just too British for the American palette, which only serves to add to their charm.
I'm not sure that Take That was "too British" for the Yanks.
Yeah definitely Madness
I love Madness but they're great but they're as British as they come imo like Sex Pistols, they was big here but they're Britain in a Bottle
It's not just American, Its all countries
@@done1675 that's why I said "a lot of" rather than "every single one of".
Oasis? T - Rex? Prefab Sprout? Beautiful South? Texas?
Pulp was under appreciated in the states. When they reunited and played a show in LA, it was one the best gigs I have ever been to 😎👍🏼
Serge ain't the lead singer of Kasabian it's Tom
I said that!
Daniel Owen he's the song writer though
Danny Flannery I know but they said lead singer
Got so angry when he said that😅
And, it's Tom's quote.
America missed on Pulp, one of the most lyrically gifted bands of all time.
@Dylan Rimbaud Jarvis Cocker could write an awesome story about a dog and a cat within 5 minutes and that could be song of the year. That's how much of a talented guy he is.
I love Noel, Damon and other Britpop songwriters. But Cocker is the most talented songwriter of them all.
Up his own arse self indulgent took a long time to get there twat.Disgrace to British pop.
Babies , my favourite song from Pulp
I only heard one song so far (common people) but I really like it and the lyrics I’m kinda not rich so I can relate to it and my one friend is rich and she don’t understand I just can’t get a new phone if mine breaks she’s nice but she don’t get it also I’ll definitely check them out more because I just heard the song 2 days ago
Sariah Little Dreamer I love Common People
All these bands made it big in Canada, and that's more important
Same with Australia. USA don’t deserve them anyway
british bands are the best in the world simple
@@Jemalacane0 yeah mate they're not British bands are.
@@georgeb6300 With a few exceptions, musically speaking: continental Europe>everywhere else.
Gammareign hahahaha german good hole mate
Yeah, but the music is always imported from somewhere else: rock, blues, soul, funk, hip hop, electronica, reggae, ska...
Tom Curley I have to agree, starting from “The British Invasion”, on.... my personal fave is SKA! Elvis Costello and, of course Moz and the Smiths....😎❤️
I'm American and I've listened to most of these bands. I was a big Madness fan.
And I got that Happy Mondays album in the early 90's as well. Plus, my sister and I were listening to The Waterboys back in the late 80's, I loved Suede, and the Stone Roses kicked ass. Maybe they didn't hit the mainstream top 10, but they were definitely big on the American alternative scene.
Oh gee, well I guess they DID crack America then...
"The Stone Roses" (1989) is one of the best rock albums ever made.
Sir Psycho Sexy absolutely agreed
Quite possibly THE best. Can't think of another that compares other than definitely maybe.
True!!!! Legend!
Hell yeah, huge fan here.
So true
The whole rock n roll thing may have started in the states, but it was cutting edge bands like the Beatles, Rolling stones and Kinks which pointed to the future.
The fact that these bands didn't crack America makes me love them all the more, this is basically my record collection bar take that and Girls aloud.
The saddest one is The Jam. Such a great band.
Perhaps if they'd called themselves The Jelly .... ;)
"A Town Called Malice" is one of my all-time favorite songs.
Krychick,The greatest
The Jam was incredible
They were brilliant, but its no surprise they didn't. Their music is too quintessentially English for America. Its a bit like how with Blur, very English-themed singles like Parklife and Country House weren't US hits but then Song 2 was.
I'd argue that most of these groups have an overly inate Britishness about them which--when you consider how massive the US are--would only ever have make a small dent in their market. It's not a good or bad thing, it just is what it is.
You are absolutely right sir, especially the mid 90s. Britpop lgeneration. You got the feeling that although a lot of that stuff was great to U.K ears, to U. S ears it might have sounded fey and insubstantial to post grunge U.S tastes.
Yeah i think that is a pretty reasonable assumption. Most of them didn't even had a proper fanbase in europe. Still i don't really understand why Madness (Ska), Kasabian and Stereophonics (rock) didn't made it over there. Especially Kasabian.
I've shown the video for Parklife by Blur and the reaction is all good or bad. Too British was one of the raps on The Jam. I actually liked it, but I'm an Anglophile
There are American rock bands that are bigger in the UK than the US, Kings of Leon being an example on top of my head.
Sparks..Ron and Russell Mael had to go to England to get their career kick started....loved in Britain and Europe...does anyone in the U.S. know of them?
growing up in leicester is hearing a kasabian song at every single festival and having some random kid in your class telling you his mums friend knows one of them
As an American, I'm embarrassed by what U.S. stations choose to play on the radio. Most of the best bands I listen to are from England, some of which never made it big in the states.
I'd like to add the band Puressence to this list. Suede are also criminally underrated.
I realise this is an old comment, but it's the same here in the UK. Radio stations always pander to the lowest common denominator to try to appeal to as many people as possible. The end result is that we all get shit to listen to.
I definitely thought Blur would be on this list, as being American myself they're severely underrated over here. I do very much agree with Pulp and The Stone Roses though, both are top bands!
Their album Blur saw success in the states
Just being in FIFA made them famous
T. Rex?? They had like five #1 songs in the U.K.but only had one hit in America. Not to mention, Marc Bolan is one of the most iconic rock stars of all time.
A bit too dumb. Slade was hardworking to crack US but still failed.
Good call.
Supergrass one of the most underrated bands ever.
Still my favorite band ever!
Pulp, Suede, Stone Roses and Happy Monday’s are too good for America!
Definitely, we don't even need the US
They really were.
They would never have got them anyway.
I still have my Happy Monday CD from 1990 and grew up in Oklahoma. Popular with my group of friends back then.
The Stone Roses did re-unite... they only played Wembley Stadium last month... do some fucking research!
NOT ME *Language!*
They headlined Coachella Festival (California) in 2013!
sweetheart hate to let you know but ian brown confirmed their split again
He said at the end of June's Glasgow concert "Don't be sad it's over, be happy it happened", and the NME, so desperate to create a headline reported this as Brown 'suggesting' that the band have split again. Whether they have or not, there's been absolutely no official or unofficial 'confirmation'.
making false statements and not doing research are things watchmojo prides itself on!!!
AND encourages!!!!! on both sides of the pond!!!!
Madness’s “Our House” is a song woven into the American tapestry.
Diego Fianza yeah, but people only see them as “one hit wonders” here in the US.
@@clawdeeyah_ They're also known for "One Step Beyond" and "House of Fun." They were pretty popular on MTV in the '80s and during the ska revival that peaked in the '90s.
biffodio that's the song that instantly it's upon my lips!
our house, driving in my car and baggy trousers are the ones 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Saw Kasabian last December. Absolutely amazing concert, one of the best nights of my life
Same I love kasabian so much
how about XTC ? thought they were brilliant
And The Undertones with Mr. Feargal Sharkey.
XTC ruled my life utterly in the late 80's early 90's.
I live in the SF Bay Area FWIW.
Mayor of Simpleton and another track off that album did hit the American top 40
XTC actually did have some success in North America.
Average. NOTHING special
So many other bands could have been mentioned. The The, The Stranglers, China Crisis, Sisters of Mercy, XTC, Public Image Limited, The Verve (with the exception to that 1 obvious song), Ride, Big Audio Dynamite, Small Faces, Heaven 17, Fiction Factory, and The Charlatans, etc. etc.. Hell, I'd even argue that New Order barely was known here in the US and Canada back in their prime. They only became known now due to movies and video games. Sad but I swear it's true.
This is WatchMojo we're talking about.
To be fair most of them didn't have as much success as most of those mentioned in the video though I won't argue that plenty of the artists you mentioned are great.
General Cabbagehead Not heard of a single one of those bands and I'm British
Definitely agree with the stranglers
The Small Faces DID break out into America.
In the U.S., Status Quo were only known for their psychedelic early hit "Pictures of Matchstick Men" while they had a long, celebrated career as hard rockers in their native U.K.
Entertaining video list. I'm American and like-love several of these, certainly Happy Mondays and Stone Roses since their heyday. Guess I hung out with alternative kids. Thanks for the reminder of who sang "Our House" (Madness), I never would have recalled that one to mind.
Kasabian's singer saying he hates indie bands = hipsters talking about how they hate hipsters.
I love The Jam but I'm not surprised they didn't crack the USA. I always thought they were too English for the Yanks.
As were Madness
This Yank got them. Just had a record the other night, albeit a greatest hits which I am usually not fond of, but theirs is great
Hitting the UK is better than hitting the states
Yeah ive felt the same. Similar as to why Blur’s only taste of minor US success came with Song 2 and their s/t LP in 1997, as it toned down the Englishness of Parklife/Country House etc.
You're twisting my melon, man
Call the cops...
Bez!
Bez, how was he a thing? I admire him greatly.
Step on bro
It's deeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhrrrrrr
Had a friend from the UK, which is why I know (and love) Kasabian.
They are the best band ever
Ultravox should have at least been an honorable mention on this list.
I still go and see Paul Weller from The Jam whenever he comes to Chicago...He comes out with a new record every two yrs....Genius musician....
Agreed. I've seen him about a dozen times on his New York stops. One of rock's immortals to be sure.
Sad how no one in the US has heard of him...
When you know beforehand that Kasabian was going to be on the list... Still my favorite band
Was XTC too successful in America for this list, because of one song “Dear God”?
What an incredibly genius English group, so many incredibly distinct albums.
Forgive me the irrelevance but they have cultic following in Japan too!
Love all their albums, especially Skylarking.
How could you miss Status Quo! One of the most successful bands of all time in England (over 50 top 40 hits!!) and only 1 in the US. That has to be number 1! None of the first three bands that immediately came to mind made the list. The other two are Sweet and T. Rex. All were massively big in the UK and barely made a blip in the US. Thanks so much for an enjoyable video just the same. I live in the US and I'm going to check out a couple of these bands. I've never heard of Maximo Park but I really liked the clip you played and I look forward to 'discovering' them! Take care. -Mark
I suspect the person who made this compilation isn't quite old enough to know who Quo are. Other than Madness and The Jam, all that are mentioned seem to be from the 90's.
the biggest British band not to crack the states were Slade. Though their songs performed by other people, notably, Cum on feel the noize, recorded by Quiet Riot did well in the states and bands like Kiss were heavily influenced by Slade, Slade themselves never really cracked it themselves
They were a one hit wonder with "Run Runaway". They even made an appearance on "American Bandstand" (a legendary music/dance show) when that song was a hit, and an upload of it is on YT if you'd like to watch. Edit: I also think that in the '70s, there was already focus and attention on The Sweet, which did crack America, so Slade were probably drowned out over here as a result.
I saw SLADE live in LA in '74 and they were known in the states for a couple of their Tunes, Goodbye to Jane, etc.
At the time perhaps, but if it weren't for Merry Xmas Everybody I doubt more than a handful of people under 30 would know who Slade were! Most don't even know Cum on feel the noize is a cover of the Slade original!
They were to tour but not long after arriving Jimmy became ill and flew home.opportunity gone
+Paul Alfie Garner
Hepatitis.
Marillion dominated the European rock scene for two decades and played all the biggest stadiums, but had only a minor hit in the U.S. with "Kayleigh". Brilliant and wildly original, not for everyone but if you like it you'll love it !
Mr. Lane - Greetings from California! I was wondering if someone would give Marillion a nod. Love that band, or at least the old stuff. Saw them twice in the 80’s in San Francisco, but in a large club and a theater, no arenas-certainly no stadiums! But nothing like an intimate show where everyone there has every album as is well into it, as opposed to a huge show where most of the “fans” only know the singles.
They must be a cult thing over there; didn't the American fans raise money to get the band to tour over there? That's commitment! Two of my favourite bands are Status Quo who were massive in the UK in the 70s and 80s but pretty much unknown and Marillion - both could have been on this list
Marillion is bigger in the US than ever. I saw them in Denver and Dallas over the last year. Dallas was sold out at about a thousand seats, and Denver was a large theater that was nearly sold out, as compared to them not being able to secure paying gigs in the south 10-15 years before, as I was discussing with them in Columbus OH after a gig back then.Their web game is a model for bands wanting to make a living in this dead industry age, along with their bi-yearly "Marillion weekends". Those guys stay busy.
Marillion never even thought about touring the USA back in the 80's and 90's because they thought nobody here even listened to them. It wasn't until the very early days of the Internet that they realized they had a fan base here, and that was only because the fans has an online petition to have them do a show here, even offering to put up money for them to travel to the States.
Thank you. I had to go and look and sure enough they're British. I thought maybe because they were Irish or something these gits didn't include them on this list. I love the Fish era.
It’s very hard for any band (UK, Australia, Europe) to break into America since it’s such a big diverse country and industry on its own. Their radio stations are just so corporate driven and obviously don’t get the commercial push that they would get compared to local USA groups/artists. I personally have always felt UK bands were generally a lot more melodic and interesting.
I think Oasis and Verve could have been successful in the USA or at least gain a similar recognition that Radiohead have in the USA, if they weren’t so internally unstable and were more consistent in their efforts. Eg. Oasis with the common threat of Liam and Noel continuously fighting thus resulting in their cancelled shows and tours. While Verve just imploding and breaking up completely.
The Specials
The Fall
Stiff Little Fingers
tbf the fall never cracked england either 😂
@@bazilkush388 😂
Slade, well they may have a tiny bit of success, they never big here at all. I bought 2 of their best albums on cassette in a marked down section.
The Yanks would NEVER get The Fall!
Love The Specials
I love you for including the Manic Street Preachers!
I love British music but I think these bands were too British for American ears. My ears tell me that they are two very different sounds.
I’m American and I love Blur even though it’s so British lol 😂
@@riahlexington well if you want to know how London is, keep listening to Blur
George Piedra yup. I love them
Joe S haven’t listened to much so I can’t speak for those bands, but earlier blur stuff definitely has a lot of stuff I had to look up or was “too British” for me to get at first
I love Supergrass, Madness, and Kasabian!
I hadn’t heard of Stereophonics before but I definitely want to check them out!
There’s one song I know and like of Manic Street Preacher.
Souxsie and the Banshees?????
As an American, Siouxsie and The Banshees is in my Top 10
True! But this list was obviously focused on only the 1990s
I think they were sucessfull in America, isnt It? Well at least in Brasil cities in dust was playing at the radios even in the 00's
I prefer Britishmusic: Madness, Happy Mondays, Stereophonics, Manic Street Preachers, Pulp, The Jam, and The Stone Roses were and still in my playlist. I live in the US and am a total Anglophile.
Total respect
Molly Fanton Even the grime scene is good ..... Us Hip-Hop and Rap is so recycled with an exception of few artists like Kendrick Lamar and Childish Gambino......
You have anazing taste 👌
Manics and the Stereophonics! You have my upmost respect
Get yourself into oasis and kasabain
Sometimes it's best they don't make the states, they don't sell out and "Americanise" their sound.
muse and coldplay americanized their sound since mid 2000s
They wouldn't Americanise their sound they would Americanize it.
I always find it funny how the Gallagher's stick their noses up at American music, yet The Beatles were just trying to be an American Rock 'n Roll band. Britpop at it's core is basically just borrowing sounds from bands that borrowed their sound from the States in the first place.
Travis, Stereophonics, and Feeder were all better than Coldplay. It’s always the shittiest one that gets a hit here. Pulp was miles ahead of Blur and Oasis, but Pulp got the shit end of the stick.
Ben Forman Oasis at their core were ripping off mid-period Beatles. But Blur and Pulp were pretty far removed from the Beatles and the US acts which influenced them.
The Jam is one of my favourite bands of all time ❤️
The best band in this video isn't even included in the list. It's the Kaiser Chiefs whose video "Ruby" plays for the first 15 seconds. I'd never heard of them until I watched this several months ago. Now I feel like I'm obsessed with the band and their music. In addition to "Ruby," check out: "Never Miss a Beat," "Every day I love you less and less," "Coming Home," "On the Run," "I Predict a Riot," "Modern Way," and "Falling Awake." Great videos, too.
THE JAM!!!!! Fucking love British music
Didn't Paul Weller start a new band after The Jam finished up, The Style Council?
@@orla99913 yeah, but we don't talk about that 😁
@@1980alsful The Style Council did do some good tunes, but the majority of it is a bit naff.
SERIOUSLY, NO MENTION AT ALL OF ROXY MUSIC without whom not ONE OF THESE BANDS WOULD EXIST?!! Roxy Music -- the early 70s glam rock pioneers with Bryan Ferry's incredible visual sense and his brilliant proto-punk/new wave masterpieces?! The absolute genius Brian Eno who pioneered using synths and went on to INVENT ambient music, wrote music now in cell phone ring-tones and computers, and inspired/created Bowie's Berlin albums?! The band that inspired so many -- including the awesome producer/songwriter Nile Rodgers who went to an early Roxy show and said it changed his life?! AND their early 80s new wave output -- such as "More than this" -- perhaps Ferry's best song and the best new wave song period that didn't even crack the US charts?! Honestly, I know you guys are young, but seriously, learn about Roxy. If it weren't for Roxy Music we wouldn't even have new wave or punk, and Brian Eno's contributions alone merit their mention on this list.
aleister crowley Brain Ferry murdered jealous guy.
W Burns really I thought he made it. absolutely. I live the desperation in his voice
I might have made this up but I seem to remember reading even Lennon thought Ferry's version was better.
Unlikely as he was shot dead a couple of months before it came out. Unless they managed to pass it by him earlier.
Love Is The Drug and More Than This got a lot of radio play over here. Love Is The Drug even got played on the progressive stations (Journey, Van Halen, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac) and College/Alternative stations. Also Slave To Love, More Than This and prob others I've forgotten got a lot of radio play.
Divine Comedy
Placebo
Catatonia
Elástica
Primal Scream
Elbow
Suede
Lush
Belle & Sebastian
Seahorses
Sleeper
Ocean Color Scene
Doves
Etc etc etc etc
I feel like Elbow are known in the US to some degree mostly because of One Day Like This
These were the bands of my 20s in America. I had to search them out and I am glad that I did.
the 80's..The Stranglers...The Stranglers..The Stranglers..also " The Sound" "the Au Pairs", "The Hitmen" and "The Sinceros"..if you left NYC, you never heard them
I liked the Stranglers. No real hits though so they would have had to tour the States extensively. A tough road to hoe!
I've heard of the Stranglers, the only song I know of theirs and love is the creepy All Roads Lead To Rome.
All roads lead to the Stranglers...check out 'Let Me Introduce you to the Family', 'No More Heroes', 'Nice n Sleazy', (Get A) Grip, Straighten Out, No Mercy' ...all killer material.
Exactly what I said. The Specials, Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson; EXCELLENT music!
Stranglers were my first punk concert in Chicago in 1977 or so. They burned the house down. I still had long hair. Got it cut the next day!
I bloody love Madness.
The Waterboys are amazing, one of my favorite bands along with the Stone Roses. Another great band is Editors, I thought I would see them is this top 10.
Agree with you ! 'the whole of the moon' is probably one of the best british songs ever and yet so underrated !
They might not sucsses in North America. But some of them are loved in latin America.
Julian from Argentina.
Stereophonics are the best
The Waterboys are indeed criminally unloved and This Is The Sea is one of the few albums I still listen since the 80s. Mike Scott wrote one of the finest songs there.
Wait, Kasabian aren't a thing in the US?? God, they're missing out!
Sophie B This American here loves Kasabian! I saw a video on a music video station and was hooked. The internet radio program Pandora also plays a lot of their music for me depending on the station, and I'm seeing them later this fall. They should be much more popular than they are.
Sophie B Most Tony Hawks fans know them.
The U.S. is missing out on their own Beth Hart. Imagine Adele, Amy Winehouse, Billie Holiday, Tina Turner, Etta James and Aretha Franklin rolled up into one singer. That's Beth Hart. She is bigger outside the U.S. though.
With me they are! Love them here in Texas
Some of us do listen to them.
I agree with your picks. Growing up in America I always preferred British music. I was thankful for any bands that did cross over because back then prior to the internet it was hard to get exposure to some of the awesome bands from the UK. Other than the occasional college progressive radio station British music just wasn't accessible to Americans.
Growing up near Washington DC, I listened to WHFS. They were among the first "commercial" stations to play REM, New Order and more. In America, it was almost always on a low power college station. WHFS showed me Charlatans, Stone Roses, Depeche Mode, The Cure, James, The Smiths, Manic Street Preachers and XTC.
Erasure had 5 number one UK albums in a row, never very popular in the US....massively underrated band
HUGE erasure fan! I have most of their albums, and have seen them live three times. I think Homphobia really reduced the size of the Erasure audience in the US.
I was a huge Erasure fan back in the late 80's when I was living in L.A. thanks to Richard Blade and KROQ (Rock of the Eighties!)
A matter of definition though. Erasure were never big in the US, but they did have three top 20 singles and four top 60 albums, so it's not like they were completely obscure.
Sometimes is my favourite Erasure song
@@mapster72 I couldn't care less if any of the members of ANY band are straight, Gay, Bi or whatever! as long as the music's good, that's all that matters!
Where the hell are The Libertines? I know they weren't together for long in The Good Old Days, but they were huge. Used to be they were in the NME every other month.
Libertines were always shit, talk about overrated
there debut wasn't as big but they had notoriety in the US. I do remember listening to the Gavin and stacey soundtrack at 12 and loving every time the libertines shows up
Pete Doherty would never have got through the gates of the US.
I agreed with every choice on this list well done 👍
IDK, I’m American and have heard of most of these bands. Love the Jam
What about James?! No one gives a flying fig about Take That. James is an amazing Manchester band that has my number 1 favorite singer of all time, Tim Booth.
ACrackInTheWall2006 you know the title isn't Manchesters greatest band, it's British bands who failed to crack the US
James - Laid was 72 in the US charts, so by that metric, James did crack the US.
I'm American and I was huge James fan back in the day!
ACrackInTheWall2006 Americans are too confused because the lead singer is not called James
James are amazing produced Some of the best music of the Nineties,Great live too.
I never understood why Stereophonics never made it bigger in the US. Unbelievably talented band. I know they've had some songs on TV shows there, not sure what their radio play status has been, but they are criminally unknown there.
I'd forgotten why I don't watch WatchMojo, thanks for the reminder.
the uk is just the epicenter of most iconic bands
nathan smith honestly I wish Ireland could get as many good bands as England, although we do have a good few great ones like thin lizzy
@@maxegan2398 oasis
England has Queen
@@joeowen2340 Oasis are english mate
@@maxegan2398 U2 and The Undertones aswell
I could be wrong, but I don't think Joy Division cracked in the US once. At least prior to Ian Curtis's death. Also Blur didn't really crack the charts in the US (except for song 2 but that was it).
Jake the Playstation Gamer Ugh! Now all the teenie bopper US kids are listening to Joy Division because of they suicide show- 13 Reasons Why (teenagers should not be trusted around any sharp objects).
Humaira Ahmed But it would have been nice for them to crack when Ian was alive.
The Blur Album, in 1997, was #62 in the Billboard. I think that exempts them from this list. "13" was #80.
Joy Division didn't make it to the US, as they were literally about to set off on their first US Tour when Ian Curtis took his own life...that's the reason why they never broke into the US. Things have changed in recent years with their songs being heard in US films etc.
Even in the UK, the media coverage of the indie scene was far less developed at that time, so they had yet to make a real impact in the UK, though they were on the verge of doing that before Ian's death.
You're not wrong exactly, but they had such a brief run before Curtis died that it's a bit questionable to say they had "extended mainstream success" in the UK either.
i'm an american and bands like suede, the roses, the mondays, supergrass, the jam, pulp, manic, and the waterboys are groups that i love. actually, the roses did have a hit in america w/ "love spreads" which was big in the modern rock charts though it's not really representative of their sound.
Thevoid,you have great taste in music,it's kind of surprising these bands weren't big in the U.S as our country's share a language,culture and the same values! There's no countrys in the world closer than the U S and Britain,kick one and the other one limps tbh;All the best from England our American cousins 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Thanks I added almost all of them to my Spotify 😎😎
Wow, the Manics and Stone Roses. Two amazing bands!
Happy Mondays didn't influence the Stone Roses you bell-end. They were out at the same time on rival labels.... Who doesn't do the research on these top 10's?????
you know it's possible to be influenced by people who exist at the same time as you right? The beach boys were influenced by the beatles at the exact same time, and vice versa. 'Pet Sounds' being influenced by 'Rubber Soul'.
i don't know if that was the case for happy mondays and stone roses but it's possible.
they deffo influenced there style ian brown was a punk before they adopted the madchester image
Stone roses were a band when happy Monday’s were the they just didn’t have a break through
Mate, when he said that, the last time I laughed this much was when I watched Borat. Happy Mondays were still feeding pigeons with poison on rooftops when Stone Roses were ruling the UK.
the mondays debut came out in 87 mate roses wernt 'ruling the UK' till they dropped there debut in 89
As someone in Hawaii, thank you to the people commenting bands in the comment section. I'm finding a lot of good stuff.
Daniel Conley- Check out 2 Tone as well,bands such as the Specials,the Selecter and the Beat.I lived in Coventry(where the 2 Tone label was started by Gerry Dammers of the Specials) at the time and it was brilliant,the music never dates and is still going strong!
Maybe Tomorrow by the Stereophonics is such a great Jam
It's a great song not a great jam
Marc Bolan's T. Rex, Slade and Status Quo are obviously much bigger names in the UK than they were in the US. They should have been on the list.
Nailed it. Your three entries are better than this vid's entire list of 10.
Some of us across the pond knew & loved many of these bands. Supergrass music was included in a memorable scene of the wildly popular “Clueless” movie. Madness was quite popular where I lived - there were two top 40 hits for them on Billboard’s Hot 100, and I have most of their albums. The Jam ruled when I was in college; ditto the Style Counsel. The mysterious disappearance of the Manics’ lead singer hurt their chances for mass popularity, but we liked them just fine in Austin. Kasabian played at least one ALC Fest - I was at the show & it was packed. The Stone Roses ruled my summer of 1989 when I lived in Dallas.
Elaine,nice to know one of our American cousins loves The Jam,All the best from England 🇬🇧🇺🇸
completely with you on that...these and many more.
Y'all are some damn cool Texans, to be sure 👍
My darling husband lived in Austin in the 80's and played in a post punk band that opened for The Psychedelic Furs. Woo hoo! And his first wife's family were part of "Slackers." 👏👏
where is James??
Anyone old enough to remember how popular Slade and T-Rex were in the UK?
The Stone Roses debut was required listening in my Texas college days. Everyone had that album.
america you dodged a bullet with take that
We didn't want boy bands when Take That was popular, they never would have made it here.
ladydontekno They were popular in the 90s though...
Charizarzar they were popular in a time when boy bands weren’t charting, after NKOTB and before *NSYNC.
Yes, we did, and I hope we continue to dodge that bullet. None of the members made it big over here either...thank god. We've got enough of our own shit "musicians", we don't need more.
Hahaha,. Lmao, yes we did, thank you Jesus!! But we had to suffer 98 Degrees, or however they write that name. Possibly worse than Take That.
This entire list just makes me grateful that I have broadened my musical Horizons. This list is correct in that none of these bands really made a huge Splash in the states but I still know who all of them are because I've been listening to UK radio online for years. I just love that sound and so, whether or not they actually did well here in my home of the United States, I still am able to enjoy them all. I totally believe that the US audience is completely missing out
This list is missing Turin Brakes, The Divine Comedy/Duckworth Lewis Method, Lush, and The Maccabees.. super talented bands who I wish can receive more recognition here ❤
I loved a band called Texas, who are from Scotland I believe. They had a minor hit here but never got the attention they deserved.
As a kid growing up in the 80's on the outskirts of Philly, I was a huge fan of Madness and The Waterboys...I still think Whole of the Moon is one of the greatest songs of the decade. My garage bands of high school and college were the only ones with a brass section. Probably why we never made it...har har
I've literally heard all of these on the alternative station.
DoctorChibi740 wow
Did The Stone Roses actually try to cross over? If not, how can we even judge that they failed.
didn't ian brown say something along the lines of "america doesn't deserve us yet" and refuse to perform in the usa?? don't think they were ever really interested in crossing over, which is a shame because that first album was a masterpiece
Never tried, a way toooo lazy for that
@@marguskiis7711 jajajaja true!!!!
They actually did try & signed a huge record deal with an American Company - I think it was defjam - or one of the newer labels. Got $5Mill & blew it on coke & good times LOL.
Hey WatchMojo, why not turn the tables and do "Top 10 American Bands Who Never Cracked the UK".
It's funny because as an American, I have heard of all these bands and have some of their music...
I guess here they were considered more of One Hit Wonders... that being said I have a few more exemples:
James, Basement Jaxx, Dexter's Midnight Runners, The Coors, Babybird, Gomez, Texas, Travis, Motörhead (one of my favorite metal bands)...and more importantly: Joy Division (even though they were repackaged as New Order) Ian Curtis killed himself the day before their U.S. Tour... doesn't get anymore "Never Cracked the U.S." than that... Greetings to All Brits who love this music from Orlando, FL.
Rafael G. The Corrs are not British. They’re Irish 😊
you should ask these for a job, thats a better list :)
Dexys
Joy division sure are cracking america now though... i dont know how many times ive seent that famous album cover pop up in hollywood movies these days...cool for kids apparently.
Motörhead, don’t that do triple Hs theme songs? Also maybe frankie goes to Hollywood. I think relax was big in America then nothing else
I must be a weird American. I know songs from almost all of these bands, and own a Stereophonics album.
I own stuff from just about all of them (no Take That or Madness). Love Kasabian and Supergrass, even own the Supergrass-offshoot releases.
Nice one
Now I gotta go binge on Stone Roses and Happy Mondays
I remember “Madness “ ; back in ‘80 “One Step Beyond “ and “Madness “ were heard on new wave stations in NYC; probably stopped there, though. Partied to ska❤️ a lot back then!! 💜
Me too. English Beat and The Specials were two faves the year I graduated high school.
what about busted and mcfly. they were crazy popular here in the early 2000s but never made it state side
They both sucked and don't deserve to make it big anywhere in the world.
They were decent but then my childhood was spent in the 2000s so I'm bias to them (especially since mcbusted and busteds reformation). Also explains why dragon knight is better then masked rider imo
TriksterHD McFly's album tracks are fantastic! Their singles were standard 4 chord pop but their album tracks were fantastic, especially their 2nd album.
They were literally amazing and still are
Turbo100fish are you seriously putting them in with these bands (excluding take that) ? Busted and Mcfly were wank.
Why no mention of Slade or Status Quo, two of the most hard-working and successful rock groups in the UK.
Very fair point, I'd throw Dire Straits in there as well.
@@owenwebster8909 The Dire Straits had huge success in america ? Brothers in arms is one of the best selling albums of all time
@@owenwebster8909 Dire Straits had success in the US.
I was expecting Slade to be number 1, they were the best selling band in the UK in the 70s. Stone Roses weren't even 1/10 as successful. Gene Simmons has stated that Slade were one of the primary influences on Kiss.
namor357
Slade had heavy play on MTV in the mid 80’s. I can still remember that stupid video with the castle. It was awful.
2 of the bands you listed did had success here in the states. Madness and Take That both charted in the top 40 with their singles.
Well I am one American who is willing to admit the best music comes out of the UK. When I was a kid I remember first hearing Joy Division, and it just went on from there. That's why one of my favorite movies is 24 Hour Party People.
I love Suede. Nobody knows them here sadly 🙁
I don't just love Suede. I LOVE, LOVE LOVE Suede. Ever since I saw "The Drowners" on MTV in like 1992 I've been hooked. It's frustrating that they treat us American fans so shabbily, but there IS a Face Book group called "The Insatiable Ones". AMAZING bunch of people from all over the world. People on that page have made sure that people outside of The UK have access to UK only releases. I've gotten the debut and Dog Man Star on colored vinyl because of those folks. Check the page out.
Well, hardly anybody. Coming Up is in my vehicle's CD player currently. But then, I was a college radio DJ in the late 90s. To know them is to love them, I suppose.
Fellow American here (southern US). Suede is my favorite band and has been since 2011. I also adore the Manics and Pulp.
Edit: I second the comment about The Insatiable Ones on FB. I’ve talked with some amazing people on there.
Called the London Suede in the US as the name was already taken.
Suede is Brilliant and the lead vocalist is sexy
"brit pop" was sort of a response to Seattle grunge dominating the landscape within the UK, bands like suede, the manic street preachers, blur were probably a bit too "kitchen sink" and too rooted in a type of British angst for American audiences who just wanted a backing track to their suburban rebellion against white picket fence conformity.. Making the music much more about aesthetics than substance largely. Although bands like the pumpkins, nirvana, pearl jam.. Were still immensely popular in the uk. The pixies were recognised in the uk long before they were in the US, weirdly. 4ad (a British label) signed many American artists.. Tanya Donnelly, belly.. The breeders.. Strange how American bands can gain huge audiences without compromising, the reverse is often not true. Bands like Weezer and pavement or anything vaguely college rock seemed like reimagined ostensibly English indie aesthetics for American musical Pallets
I’m American I love Blur
Debug Skoi Blur is not yawn
Debug Skoi oh awesome!
ms xyz what lol. My pic on here is actually of me holding a Suede CD in 2018 I just got from England. I bought their first cd here in Indiana in 1993...I love Cocteau Twins from 4AD and so many other bands from the UK as well. There’s always been a stream of people that like these bands here in the US. I sometimes hate it when bands I like become mainstream lol. “Mainstream” is not the only stream in the country. ;)
Never forget when Jarvis mooned the audience during Michael Jackson’s performance.
Can you please do a Top 10 British boybands and girlbands (especially those who made a comeback) from the UK?