[Stu]

Originally Posted by Tom

I'm sorry but what utter bollocks. Using that thinking means the likes of Amy Winehouse is a complete failure.

As you said later in the post there are other things to consider- huge album sales but poor singles doesn't doesn't equal one hit wonder. Far from it.

And I never had a strict definition. You've got selected reading where the definition I did give is concerned anyway.

Pink Floyd's career is over and thus is subject to overall critical and commercial evaluation. The same can't be said for Amy Winehouse.

Huge album sales but poor singles doesn't doesn't equal one hit wonder. Far from it. Your right. That was my only point. That you have to use some common sense and rational thinking to judge a one hit wonder. In which case The Bloodhound Gang are certainly not one hit wonders, which is what you said.

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Judas Iscariot

Pink Floyd's career is over and thus is subject to overall critical and commercial evaluation. The same can't be said for Amy Winehouse.

Huge album sales but poor singles doesn't doesn't equal one hit wonder. Far from it. Your right. So Bloodhound Gang and there six million albums ...

But 6m albums weren't born in the UK though were they? Would you consider The Nolans a one hit wonder or a success considering they were huge in Japan? BHG aren't big in the UK, they never have been, and as we live in the UK I think its fair to evaluate bands as a one hit wonder based on their success here.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by Tom

But 6m albums weren't born in the UK though were they? Would you consider The Nolans a one hit wonder or a success considering they were huge in Japan? BHG aren't big in the UK, they never have been, and as we live in the UK I think its fair to evaluate bands as a one hit wonder based on their success here.

On what basis are Bloodhound Gang not big in the UK? Their albums have always sold steady in the UK, they do a lot of shows in the UK, they have a lot of fans in the UK, they are well known throughout all the alternative rock mediums in the UK, just like they are in the U.S.

The fact that one of their songs saw fit to break into the charts in a big way hardly makes them a one hit wonder automatically.

Besides which The Ballad of Chasey Lain also charted.

Oops.

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Judas Iscariot

On what basis are Bloodhound Gang not big in the UK? Their albums have always sold steady in the UK, they do a lot of shows in the UK, they have a lot of fans in the UK, they are well known throughout all the alternative rock mediums in the UK, just like they are in the U.S.

The fact that one of their songs saw fit to break into the charts in a big way hardly makes them a one hit wonder automatically.

Besides which The Ballad of Chasey Lain also charted.

Oops.

... at 15. Hardly an earth shattering success. Some people have been dropped for less. they have a cult following in the UK, they are big in certain circles but not on the whole. If we're talking about one hit wonders then its people in the mainstream, otherwise actual one hit wonders are very few and far between. The majority of people mentioned in this thread are still performing.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by Tom

... at 15. Hardly an earth shattering success. Some people have been dropped for less. they have a cult following in the UK, they are big in certain circles but not on the whole. If we're talking about one hit wonders then its people in the mainstream, otherwise actual one hit wonders are very few and far between. The majority of people mentioned in this thread are still performing.

It was still a charting single though. Meaning they had two charting singles. Meaning they are not a one hit wonder band. Unless there is a certain magic number in the charts you need to reach?

I wouldn't call Bloodhound Gang's following in the UK as being 'cult' really anymore than I would of them in the U.S. They are well known if you are into that type of music. Besides which you just provided an argument against yourself, unless I'm mistaken. Only people in the mainstream can be one hit wonders? And The Bloodhound Gang are not mainstream. So ...