financeguy
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By the way, as a general point to counteract what a few people have said as regards bands only being considered world class if they have broken the US market, this works both ways. My take is US bands and artists cannot even be up for consideration for this 'elite' group unless they have had very significant success outside the US. Guns 'n' Roses and Nirvana, or if we bring in pop, Michael Jackson and Madonna, passed that test, but most US bands don't.
Grunge in Europe was really only big for 1991/94. Even then, dance was probably bigger. A Dutch Eurodance act called '2 Unlimited' sold millions and millions of records in Europe in the early 1990s (seven number one singles in Holland, NINE in Spain), but I bet most Americans have never heard of them.
I like US hard rock bands like Van Halen and Alice in Chains, but of that genre, probably only G'n'R and Aerosmith can be said to have really broken the 'outside the US' market.
Linkin Park can be said to have bucked the trend of US grunge and post-grunge bands not particulary succeeding outside the US, as they have done very well in the UK and Europe also, at least their first three albums did. Can't understand why. I find their music really uninteresting.
Grunge in Europe was really only big for 1991/94. Even then, dance was probably bigger. A Dutch Eurodance act called '2 Unlimited' sold millions and millions of records in Europe in the early 1990s (seven number one singles in Holland, NINE in Spain), but I bet most Americans have never heard of them.
I like US hard rock bands like Van Halen and Alice in Chains, but of that genre, probably only G'n'R and Aerosmith can be said to have really broken the 'outside the US' market.
Linkin Park can be said to have bucked the trend of US grunge and post-grunge bands not particulary succeeding outside the US, as they have done very well in the UK and Europe also, at least their first three albums did. Can't understand why. I find their music really uninteresting.