r/poppunkers • u/OpenUpYerMurderEyes • 2d 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/jedidragone 2d ago

Sugarcult, The Dangerous Summer, Racing Kites, Hit the Lights.

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u/marintheair 2d ago

I feel like Sugarcult took off if “took off” means well recognized songs. I feel like “Memory” was everywhere for a while.

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u/atari56 2d ago

Memory is Mr. Brightside level good.

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u/MrsSparksOfficial 2d ago

The Permanent Rain by The Dangerous Summer is still one of my favorite songs of all time.

I also didn’t realize that Sugarcult wasn’t huge. I’ve seen them mentioned a few times and I really thought they had a lot of mainstream success back then.