good bands that had short lifespans

[jeffhaskeft]

i saw toploader twice live and they were brilliant
and yes, dancing in the moonlight wasn't their song but i bet you it always gets the ladies dancing at any club/pub disco

[Steve R]

Mott The Hoople - with Ariel Bender (Luther Grosvenor).

Marvellous band.

[Scaramanga]

Shed Seven. They're still gigging but never really set the world alight.

Chasing Rainbows is one of the best tunes i have ever heard.

[JonnyHungwell]

What about Paul Young - is he dead???

He had one massive album and then nothing else. Not a band in his own right, but he had a band.

[one eyed jack]

Paul Young is very much alive and well. I bumped into him and his two kids in the Game shope where I live.

Seriously. No jest. I cant approach him though because the only song I know of his was "Wherever I lay My Hat" from his No Parlez album

I was a kid then and that was a long time ago. I'm not sure he would want me saying. "Hey Paul. Loved your No Parlez album. When you doing another one?"

[bristolian]

Dredged up a few good one-hit wonders (not quite the same) but in the right area:

Feels Like Heaven by Fiction Factory
Mary's Paryer by Danny wilson
Died in Your Arms by Cutting Crew (contains the great 'twisted lyric' "must have been some kind of cheese..")

[Pervert]

Meet Danny Wilson is a brilliant album, Bristolian.