Which Band Deserved More Success? - A Poll

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Which Band Deserved More Success?

Kingofthehill
1
2%
Kik Tracee
3
7%
Life, Sex & Death
12
26%
Pariah
2
4%
Roxy Blue
0
No votes
Slik Toxik
4
9%
Southgang
3
7%
Tuff
6
13%
Tyketto
12
26%
Wildside
3
7%
 
Total votes: 46
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These bands all came out towards the later end of the hairband era. Which one of these bands had the most talent and should have blown up had they come out earlier or had the musical climate been better?
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The correct answer is Sleeze Beez but they weren’t included in your poll.
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I don't remember any songs from many of those bands. Too much time would be involved for me to effectively participate in this poll.
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All great bands (with the exception of Pariah whom I'm not as familiar with), but of these I'll go with Slik Toxik. The Canadian Skid Row, and Doin' the Nasty is just perfect sleaze.
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Rocker4Real wrote: Sun Aug 24, 2025 4:15 pm I don't remember any songs from many of those bands. Too much time would be involved for me to effectively participate in this poll.
Yeah these bands didn't even have a baseline level of success.
veritas wrote: Wed May 21, 2025 3:37 pm Wow, late to this thread, but Sleek is pulling a Moggio here.

It's absolutely idiotic to contend Zep weren't A-listers in the 1970s.
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skinni wrote: Sun Aug 24, 2025 6:49 pmLSD
Fun gimmick, that wore off... quick!

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Of those bands Tuff would be 2nd to last

Ghost mystery early on LSD singer would have been a good guess. Takes brilliant mind to do LSD and Ghost

Kingofthehill should have had Nelson success, they were built for that life
Jani Lane and Bret Michaels should form a band called "Nelson II"
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For me, it's Tyketto by a lot.
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Bono Nettencourt wrote: Sun Aug 24, 2025 5:10 pm
Rocker4Real wrote: Sun Aug 24, 2025 4:15 pm I don't remember any songs from many of those bands. Too much time would be involved for me to effectively participate in this poll.
Yeah these bands didn't even have a baseline level of success.
That doesn’t mean some of them…a number of them weren’t good enough.
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Rocker4Real wrote: Sun Aug 24, 2025 4:15 pm I don't remember any songs from many of those bands. Too much time would be involved for me to effectively participate in this poll.

I’ll second that they deserve to be in the poll. I’m not sure they’d be my top pick but I liked them better than LSD, Wildside and a couple of others mentioned.
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Wildside all night!
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From the list, Tyketto. There are 2-3 songs that should have been hits and part of the hair metal canon by now. Timing, and maybe the band was too faceless for 1991 when the market was flooded with new-ish hair metal bands.

Not mentioned on the list - Pretty Maids, Icon and Slash Puppet. If the world was fair, they would have Jackyl's and Slaughter's platinum albums.
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Except for Tyketto and LSD they all sucked. Maybe Kik Tracee were okay.
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Bono Nettencourt wrote: Sun Aug 24, 2025 5:10 pm
Rocker4Real wrote: Sun Aug 24, 2025 4:15 pm I don't remember any songs from many of those bands. Too much time would be involved for me to effectively participate in this poll.
Yeah these bands didn't even have a baseline level of success.
Life Sex And Death had some success with the song ''School's for Fools'' which was featured in an episode of Beavis and Butthead. They used to rerun that episode a lot.
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fromanotherplace82 wrote: Mon Aug 25, 2025 10:03 am
Bono Nettencourt wrote: Sun Aug 24, 2025 5:10 pm
Rocker4Real wrote: Sun Aug 24, 2025 4:15 pm I don't remember any songs from many of those bands. Too much time would be involved for me to effectively participate in this poll.
Yeah these bands didn't even have a baseline level of success.
Life Sex And Death had some success with the song ''School's for Fools'' which was featured in an episode of Beavis and Butthead. They used to rerun that episode a lot.
Well that beats the CEO.
veritas wrote: Wed May 21, 2025 3:37 pm Wow, late to this thread, but Sleek is pulling a Moggio here.

It's absolutely idiotic to contend Zep weren't A-listers in the 1970s.
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Fat_Elvis wrote: Sun Aug 24, 2025 7:27 pm For me, it's Tyketto by a lot.
What Fat Elvis said.
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