The Godfathers
Mudoney
The Screaming Trees
The Fleshtones (one of the best club shows I ever saw)

Rockpile

JOnathan Richmond & the Modern Lovers

Mink Deville

October Project

Mike Nesmith's First National Band

>>>October Project

Oh, how right you are! Fantastically talented group, whose contract was cancelled by Sony after 2 albums, for some unknown reason.

social distortion
rancid
X

Mick Jagger tour

The Gun Club

Black Flag

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dcba
Black Flag

Yeah, but Henry did alright for himself. I saw Blackflag 84? 85?

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cbtaco19
The Godfathers
Mudoney
The Screaming Trees
The Fleshtones (one of the best club shows I ever saw)

thnx for mentioning Godfathers. i loved 'birth school work death' tremendously powerful and blistering. some really great stuff...saw them live circa their first yank release...onmygoodness

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JOnathan Richmond & the Modern Lovers

The liner notes of the record company on the Egyptian Reggae lp read something like this: "Beserkely Records - the most fun you can have - with your clothes on."

Hm, Mississippi Sheiks... this rings a bell. Haven't they written "Blood in my eyes", the song Bob Dylan covered on World Gone Wrong and the Supper Club shows?

Who did Black Flag influence? I like the first 4 years, Rollins was terrible...but they were part of a punk time...but I can't think of any bands that sound anything like them today. Maybe alot of punk bands sprung up who were influenced by Flag, but I don't know any who made it to anything. Stiff Little Fingers, Radio Birdman, X...I could see those...how X isn't in the RnR HOF is beyond me.

Flatlanders is right on...Butch should be a legend...his talents are incredible. Jimmie's voice is as sweet as it gets..."almost brings you to tears" Rolling Stone once wrote.

There are TONS who only made it "big" after their death...so I'll avoid that long list.

IGGY AND THE STOOGES!

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socialdistortion
Mick Jagger tour

lol

Mississippi Sheiks... this rings a bell. Haven't they written "Blood in my eyes", the song Bob Dylan

Yep that's it, ya on the trail now ....And don't forget Sittin' On Top Of Da World covered by everyone & their dog ....



ROCKMAN

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Who did Black Flag influence? ---

Zillions of punk rock bands?

Velvet Crush. Great power pop band.

what is influential and what is big?

dead kennedys (very important for punk, still not very big)
pixies
well lots of the old blues dudes didnt make it big. (ok those are looked at as solo artists)
gluecifer (scandinavian rock at its very best)
turbonegro

The Knack!

The New Yardbirds....

Just name-droppin': The Only Ones.

Great stuff. Peter Perrett!

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mickscarey
The Knack!

Not really,you must be joking...

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batcave
The New Yardbirds....

....until they re-named the band.

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batcave
The Pixies

Also Blur,The Replacements,The Blasters,the Jayhawks

Most of you are naming bands that did make it big. By making it big I mean lots of people know who they are. That's no small feat. Husker Du. XTC. Those were big bands by my barometer.

For a band who truly never made it big I'd vote for Uncle Green from Atlanta. Great pop band. Back in the '80s.

The Texas Meat Purveyors from Austin in the '90s. Great band.

And still around today who are awesome are Buttercup from San Antonio.

Tommy

The Angels
Aussie band - big in Aus since late 70's. Led the Aussie pub-rock explosion with ACDC and Cold Chisel. Better than ACDC but never made it big overseas. Known as Angel City in the States.

Did someone mention Geordie ?

Budgie!

The Cult
Flying Burrito Bros.
Nick Drake
Jayhawks

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The Gun Club

I'll second that one.