Adrian Brody? Nah... he's still quite famous.

But I'd say most of the techno/dance artists are pretty much one-hit-wonders. Venga Boys would be one good example, but don't forget others such as Dr. Bombay, Toy Box, Eiffel 65, and all those bands that appeared in dance compilations which were popular back in the late 90s.

Wow... those memories

Wow... are they really that obscure that you got the name wrong? JOkinG

The Calling was quite a hit back in my secondary school days, but yeah... they did die out quite quickly after their second single "Adrienne" which I thought was a better song that the mushy "Wherever You Will Go".

Did THAT many boybands drop by Msia and held concerts? I must say I haven't heard most of them apart from the more famous ones.

Evan and Jaron... oh yeah... truly one hit wonder with "Crazy for This Girl". But "The Distance" was quite good too although that song didn't get much airtime. Kinda wasted though... their voices would have suited a rock band.

Nice songs though.

Maybe we should have a thread for "famous" bands in the late 90s and early 2000s which everyone thought could have made it big yet flunked.

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Mar 23 2008, 08:44 AM

Oh hell... now this thread has morphed into a celebrity bashing thread.

American Idol, for all its overhyping and glamorous packaging, has produced several prominent singers. Kelly Clarkson has no doubt become a star, while Chris Daughtry is doing quite well too. Sure, there are other idols who didn't quite make it, but generalising those singers as one-hit-wonders is definitely overboard.

One hits? Not really.

Michelle Branch had two albums + one collaboration as the Wreckers. Then she disappeared to have a baby. Faded, maybe; one hit wonder? You probably ain't listening enough to her.

Vanessa Carlton kind of faded after her first album, hence not many people know her.

How many records or singles? Go wiki. He might not be the best selling artist out there, but he surely ain't a one hit wonder which is the main purpose of this thread. I'm not defending him as a fan, in fact I'm not even his fan; it's just that this thread has surely digressed to the point where random names just pop up just because some members don't know much about a particular artiste, best example being the Greenday one.

William Hung is a pathetic byproduct of capitalism. That, is truly a one-hit-wonder. For all the transient fame and money, he is willing to let other people make fun of him - where's the dignity? Then again, money talks the loudest in this world and he probably has more cash in his pockets than most college students have.

My point is, thanks to local radio a lot of people don't really listen much to anything else, hence giving the idea of one-hit-wonders. Fair enough, a lot of those bands tend to disappear after the first album, but in fact they usually have at least 2 or 3 "hits" before they bite the dust in our local airwaves. Strictly speaking, they should be called one-album-wonders.

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Mar 30 2008, 06:12 AM