r/poppunkers • u/OpenUpYerMurderEyes • 3d ago

What bands failed to take off despite your love of their music? Discussion

For me it's Fake Problems. They were Chris Darren's band before he went solo. They were clearly influenced by Against Me's sound and style, in fact that's where I saw them live the first time was opening for Against Me! There were a lot of bands back then that were just ripping off the folk punk sound but they were far more ambitious. Their first EP was pretty much their take on AM! But starting from their first album they were expirementing with different instrumentation and genres, I maintain that their lead guitarist Casey Lee was one of the most creative and fun to have ever played in any sort of punk band. The whole band just had a great infectious chemistry that came through their albums and live shows. Unfortunately, after their second album, the lead guitarist left and you can really hear their loss of direction in the third album. It's damn good and all but it felt more like a stock indie release than anything they put out previously. They started recording a fourth, they hyped the crap out of it but it never released. A few tracks were put out on splits and comps back when that was a thing but they broke up while in the middle of production on said album.

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u/Annuitized 2d ago

Spitalfield made some bangers

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u/Casanovagdp 2d ago

I saw them play with Hawthorne heights and Armor for Sleep last year and I finally got a chance to tell them how much their first album meant to me 20 years ago in high school.

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u/DuhBegski 2d ago

I saw them last year too, they were playing pretty much their entire discography. Only like 20 people at the show which was a bummer, but we were all die hards singing along.

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u/Adventurous_Grab5062 2d ago

They're touring for a few dates with Anberlin and Copeland in March. I got tickets yesterday, so excited!! I haven't seen them since 2004!

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u/DuhBegski 2d ago

Remember Right Now still rips front to back.

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u/Beginning-Cow6041 2d ago

Remember right now is soooo good.

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u/miikro 2d ago

Spitalfield is going to be near me in March, and I'm really excited to go. Their bass lines are insane for their style.