History has erased them

They had 3 entries in the latest edition of Virgin's "All Time Top 1000 Albums". Doesn't sound "forgotten" to me (and btw. Family had one album in that list too)

I knew that -- H&C officially disbanded sometime in the mid-'90s and Mark Seymour the solo artist entertained the Australian Olympic athletes back in 2000 -- I was just inquiring whether they were just obscure or practically being erased from music history.

Occasionally VH1 Classic surprises me by throwing in "Throw Your Arms Around Me" in the "All Star Jams" block, and I do remember seeing "Is There Anybody In There?" and "Talking to a Stranger" (I doubt I can express to anyone how much I adore that song) early in the year, but it doesn't seem as though they get much attention these days, aside from the odd mention of, "You know, Russell Crowe is a big Hunnas fan."

Well, yeah. I think Russell is a fine actor, and I even had a crush on him for a couple of years ca. "The Insider", but, um, so? I would rather there be more fans around here of the Hunnas, or that the local radio station that plays '80s music included H&C in their playlist.

Oh well. Just dreaming.

Now onto Geir's post:

I don't think Men at Work are "erased". I think as long as there are people such as myself out there who at least remember "Classic MTV" and "The Big '80s", Men at Work will never be erased. The Belle Stars? Didn't they do "Iko Iko" for the "Rain Man" soundtrack? I liked that cover. Bucks Fizz? I don't think ANYONE could forget THEM. And anyway, weren't they going for a long period of time after the '80s were over? I thought they were the British equivalent of Menudo. Kajagoogoo? Never forgettable, not as long as "Too Shy" keeps getting airplay on your everyday generic "best mix of the '80s, '90s, and today" radio station. Blancmange? You might have a point there. Really horrible, too, as I thought Blancmange were a good group. Classix Nouveaux, being erased? Over my dead body! Sal Solo & co. will NEVER be forgotten, not if I can help it! *attempts evil cackle, coughs*

Five Thirty
Ratcat
Blue Aeroplanes
House of Freaks
Straitjacket Fits
Titanic Love Affair
School of Fish
Jellyfish
Catherine
The Dylans
Gumball
Eugenius

Nitzer Ebb
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
Republica
Das EFX
Levitation
Mega City Four
Best Kissers In The World
Think Tree
Rise Robots Rise
Cell
Sponge
Summercamp
Babes In Toyland
Pond
Material Issue

Ned's Atomic Dustbin, if no-one's mentioned them yet.

Yeah, what DID happen to Babes in Toyland? That was just a Bermuda Triangle disappearance.

Ahhhhhhahahahaha.

Also:
Jeffrey Osbourne
Omar
Raw Stylus

Jellyfish probably have a bigger following now than back when the band existed. There are lots of people like me who love the band despite not having discovered them until long after they broke up.

There is an entire international underground of Jellyfish influenced "soft" powerpop acts.

http://www.birdpages.co.uk/images3/jellyfishfanclub.gif

This thread makes me MAD!

of course if they'd been albums by Ned that would be a different story

Indeed.

In the interest of fairness, I'd like to rebut:

Cake (well, I live in the Bay Area and they still come around fairly often)
Hum (and I used to live in Champaign with many many people who are still hardcore fans)
Wallflowers (dude, come on, it's Bob Dylan's kid; they're not going anywhere)
Toadies (I have friends who still talk about them, albeit more often as a punchline)
Drop Nineteens (ditto)
Ned's Atomic Dustbin (I still own God Fodder. It's a good album! Really!)

There was a few good bands in Bloomington around that time that never got to make a record. Trailside Killers/Joyride/Speed Luxury was a great band.

I'm not trying to take it away from you, Carey....so long as you keep your grubby little mitts off my Birdland disc.

Hum may have been erased from history but yet their records still go for shiteloads on eBay, inasmuch as that means anything

Erm, well, all people seem to remember of them these days is "Making Your Mind Up", those detachable skirts, winning the Eurovision, and Cheryl Baker. Nearly everything from "Making Your Mind Up" onwards seems to have been erased from history, which is a shame because every song after that from the original line-up was superior in every way. I got the "Greatest Hits" (circa 1984/5) on vinyl secondhand, and "Making Your Mind Up" doesn't appear until the second last track on side 1, and is immediately undercut by the awesome Sparks-like "When We Were Young" which follows immediately after. Before is the equally impressive "Now Those Days Are Gone", which features the group in acapella for almost the opening half of the song! The opening track was actually their biggest hit "My Camera Never Lies". "Land of Make Believe", which probably the only other song most people remember from Bucks Fizz, is relegated to the opening of side 2.

No if and buts about it, Buzz Fizz was definately hard done by!!!!

You are not alone. ;-) They readily fall into the 'great band but good GOD almighty kill the singer' category.

(either)...means you all aren't totally daft and acknowledge that, even though they've never had one platinum nor even gold album, are a very influential band who also is still writing, recording, and performing very amazing music right now.

(or)...proves that history has erased them, so much so that their existence has been completely wiped out of your minds, and thus you can't even remember them existing to notice they're "disappearance".

(I'm k-excited cuz I get to see them play in Cincy next Friday)

Peter Prescott told me (at the L.A. MOB show, August 2002) that all the master tapes are in a vault, it’s just a matter of someone wanting to do it, and it ain’t him.

Any takers?

PS Buck's Fizz will never die in this household (GF's Monkees)