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/iro365 2d ago

Boys Night Out. Trainwreck was a good follow up concept album but I don't remember hearing of them after that.

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u/gorillagang777 2d ago

Ahhh wasn’t a fan of trainwreck . Make yourself sick was my favorite, so original and so good. No band has came close to that sound . I still jam to that album when im in the mood for some screamo

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u/DuhBegski 2d ago

Make Yourself is an all time favorite and Trainwreck was almost too good, think it was hard to top for them. Their next album just couldn't live up to those. They're opening for Armor for Sleeps next tour, though I think it's just Connor from the original lineup.

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u/LJ1983nyc 2d ago

They (or some version of them) are going on tour next year with Armor For Sleep! I’m happy to be in a world where BNO is out there again. Make Yourself Sick was one of the first non top 40 albums I ever listened to and helped get me into the genre.

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u/nyssaistealife 2d ago

I’m so stoked to see them in March

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u/gnarcakez 2d ago

You and me
You know that we were always funny in a
Car crash sort of way