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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts) Sat Dec 6, 2014, 09:25 PM Dec 2014

Name a band/performer that had it ALL...image, material, performance...coming out of the GATE. [View all]

I wouldn't include Elvis in this because he had the image, he had the performance, but did NOT write the material.

I'm trying to think of performers who wrote their own songs, played the hell out of them, and had a fitting look / vibe...on the first album, not performers who "grew into greatness" later.

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Name a band/performer that had it ALL...image, material, performance...coming out of the GATE. [View all] Miles Archer Dec 2014 OP

Boston, Smashing Pumpkins, Alt-J, Van Halen Tobin S. Dec 2014 #1

Alt-J are amazing. Codeine Dec 2014 #7

I've got both of their albums. One of the best new alt rock bands out there. Tobin S. Dec 2014 #9

I was just listening to Alt-J. NaturalHigh Dec 2014 #14

Yes....but Populist_Prole Dec 2014 #27

arcade fire NRaleighLiberal Dec 2014 #2

The Smiths shenmue Dec 2014 #3

Yup. nt Codeine Dec 2014 #6

Yeppers. Other excellent examples on this thread. Here are some more of mine: Coventina Dec 2014 #36

Oooh, Bauhaus. Good example. Codeine Dec 2014 #40

The Doors nm Teamster Jeff Dec 2014 #4

Don't laugh -- Duran Duran. Codeine Dec 2014 #5

Agree with you on Duran Duran and Franz Ferdinand. Coventina Dec 2014 #37

Iron Maiden Initech Dec 2014 #8

Early Metallica while we're talking metal Tobin S. Dec 2014 #10

+1 Populist_Prole Dec 2014 #25

Madonna. Hands Down. Lochloosa Dec 2014 #11

The Police. Avalux Dec 2014 #12

I'm a Nirvana guy. NaturalHigh Dec 2014 #13

Portishead NRaleighLiberal Dec 2014 #15

Leonard Cohen greendog Dec 2014 #16

Joni Mitchell. NNadir Dec 2014 #17

Tom Petty. OrwellwasRight Dec 2014 #18

Elvis Costello OrwellwasRight Dec 2014 #19

That would be Mr. James Marshall Hendrix aint_no_life_nowhere Dec 2014 #20

Stevie Ray Vaughn panader0 Dec 2014 #21

Aerosmith lame54 Dec 2014 #22

The Beatles? malthaussen Dec 2014 #23

I'll add Adele and Amy Winehouse to the already excellent list nt riderinthestorm Dec 2014 #24

Woody Guthrie . . . . . .Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Steve Earle. Hoyt Dec 2014 #26

Led Zeppelin LeftInTX Dec 2014 #28

+ a brazillion hifiguy Dec 2014 #31

Well they kinda stole... sendero Dec 2014 #41

Mozart. nt Xipe Totec Dec 2014 #29

Prince n/t Nedsdag Dec 2014 #30

garth brooks and possibly onecent Dec 2014 #32

Boston was the first band I thought of. yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #33

Stevie Wonder n/t Mr.Bill Dec 2014 #34

Emmylou Harris lpbk2713 Dec 2014 #35

Jimi Hendrix Experience and Patti Smith Group Tom Ripley Dec 2014 #38

Patti Smith is a genius. Lochloosa Dec 2014 #44

Cream,top drawer easychoice Dec 2014 #39

The Clash fishwax Dec 2014 #42

zappa -- here's a few fun songs! orleans Dec 2014 #43