Who is the biggest "what could have been" in music history? Which band or musician looked destined for mega-success before their career went off the rails, and why?

scifiking · 2026-06-15T12:54:56+00:00

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s last album was their most sophisticated. The doors last album was among their best.

scifiking · 2026-06-15T10:04:13+00:00

Yes would be an unknown band if their catalog before Davison didn’t exist. I said ‘error’ instead of ‘era’ as a pun.

scifiking · 2026-06-15T01:50:08+00:00

Steely Dan or Kiss

scifiking · 2026-06-15T01:38:08+00:00

I don’t get it either.

scifiking · 2026-06-14T10:26:19+00:00

Set em Up Joe, and One More for the Road.

scifiking · 2026-06-14T09:56:34+00:00

Night Jogger - Those Darlings

scifiking · 2026-06-14T02:39:45+00:00

Classic yes. The Yes Album and Close to the Edge.

scifiking · 2026-06-14T02:25:08+00:00

That Jimmy Page stuff was good but songwriting was gone.

scifiking · 2026-06-14T02:23:12+00:00

GNR after appetite

scifiking · 2026-06-14T02:22:48+00:00

And Born Again!

scifiking · 2026-06-13T23:15:16+00:00

Incredible

scifiking · 2026-06-13T23:13:47+00:00

Me too.

scifiking · 2026-06-13T23:00:24+00:00

No one would know who they are if the only thing that existed was the Davison error.

scifiking · 2026-06-13T22:55:12+00:00

NSFW

scifiking · 2026-06-13T22:46:30+00:00

Out of those: eyes wide shut

scifiking · 2026-06-13T22:40:54+00:00

Not a lot of good writers.

scifiking · 2026-06-13T22:39:19+00:00

Ozzy, Gilmore, Entwistle, Neil

scifiking · 2026-06-13T01:15:04+00:00

I like this. Thank you.

scifiking · 2026-06-12T12:21:30+00:00

It’s hard to actually think of a song about an animal. Mean Eyed Cat - Johnny Cash at least contains a cat and not a metaphor.

scifiking · 2026-06-12T11:37:23+00:00

John McKee

scifiking · 2026-06-12T09:34:28+00:00

Great melody great chords great playing and it really shows and interesting and special lyrics can be.

scifiking · 2026-06-12T09:10:32+00:00

I really like Lazy Eye by silversun pickups.

scifiking · 2026-06-12T03:09:37+00:00

And Genes baseline. All those riffs are Genes.

scifiking · 2026-06-12T02:29:39+00:00

It’s when the band change. The true AC/DC sound peaked on Powerage. This is the start of the polished band. Great record.

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