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For example, a band like Joy Division. Two masterpiece albums in the form of Unknown Pleasures and Closer, and the untimely death of Ian Curtis cut it all short. They were even heading into the direction that New Order eventually went in, and it would have been interesting to see what Ian Curtis would have done if they fully made the leap into electronic music while he was still alive.

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[–] zuu@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Frightened Rabbit. Good body of work still but would have loved to see them keep going. Their music really hit close to home. Plus I only learned of them several months after Scott Hutchison’s suicide. What could’ve been.

[–] beveradb@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

+1 - I recently re-listened to all of his albums while creating karaoke versions of them all (here in case of interest: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjPVqMYwkaP4zaPCEhTfkTyRspxoOyjfY ) and it made me sad to think how much of Scott's reality was actually coming through in his lyrics.

[–] Kittybeer@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I always liked the band Jellyfish.

I just took a gander over to Wikipedia to learn why they broke up. It was there where I read one of the best break up write ups ever:

"During the tour for Spilt Milk, Sturmer and Manning grew increasingly distant as friends. On their return home, the two songwriters independently wrote material for a third album, provisionally titled Nausea Trois. By then, they were drifting apart musically. Manning remembered that, prior, they would bond over albums such as Paul McCartney's Ram or the Zombies' Odessey and Oracle; however, "it was clear that none of that was happening anymore." He said that he was "rediscovering my love of [...] high-energy, fun melodic pop with attitude. And Andy was Leonard Cohen. That was it." When Sturmer presented him a country ballad song, he accordingly "left in tears because I had zero interest in recording it." Sturmer felt that Manning had outgrown the partnership, and for his part, was fearful that Manning's new songs would likely inspire journalists to persistently compare the band to Alice Cooper."

Really paints a picture!

They were a good band while it lasted.

https://youtu.be/RTrfvwpX9g0

Also...In 2004 or 2005, Coachella organizers invited Manning to reunite Jellyfish for a one-off performance at the festival. Manning advised the organizers to consult Sturmer first. Sturmer, through his lawyer, responded he would not accept the offer regardless of any amount of money involved.

Woah!!

[–] puncmunc@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

The death of Mark Sandman (such a great name) on stage, 24 years ago, brought an end to Morphine. No other band can match the imagery and atmosphere of Noir as well as they could. You could also feel the evolution of their sound from their last album The Night.

[–] RainyRat@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Mother Love Bone: broke up before they'd released their first album. RIP, Andrew.

Also, School of Seven Bells (RIP, Ben)

[–] contextual_somebody@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Slint. They broke up before dropping one of the greatest, most influential albums of all time.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I haven't heard Slint, but I have caught the reference to Slint in a couple Pinback songs.

Listen to Spiderland and remember that it was recorded by college kids in the 1980's.

[–] katre@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Came here to say this, if I had a time machine I'd just go back and catch a Slint live show.

[–] snownyte@kbin.social 1 points 5 months ago

Device.

This was an industrial band project that only released one album in 2013. This was made during the time Disturbed was on hiatus and David Draiman got to be a part of something new. Would've been nice to have seen what a second album could've been.

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Can we include Trevor Moore in this discussion?

2 albums of music in addition to the wkuk (which had songs as well)

Story of out times

High in church

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't have any bands that just... Disappeared after releasing a banger or two, but I do lament how Kings of Leon drastically changed after their first album.

Loved the way the singer sounded on that first album. But the subsequent releases sounded like a totally different singer and band and musical style, and I don't like them beyond their first album.

No wait... I do know of a couple bands that disappeared way too soon. Fastball, who was deemed "too ugly for music videos" when MTV was at its height making it difficult for them to go anywhere, and Blind Melon, whose frontman died at a young age and kinda destroyed the band.

[–] SGforce@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Power Trip. I don't even know what happened to the guy but I'll respect the family's privacy.

[–] ryuundo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Apparently it was Fentanyl

[–] nyternic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Device.

This was a group that consisted of David Draiman from Disturbed and Geno Lenardo who is a former guitarist from Filter. Only one album was released in the entire discography and the project lasted 2 years. It was a nice breakaway to hear David branch out from Disturbed to see what else he can do and I wished more albums was released. It could've been an industrial supergroup.

[–] Candelestine@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Whoever performed the theme song for Sealab 2021.

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

That was Calamine.

These days lead performer Julie Stepanek teaches ukulele in Massachusetts.

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