Question: Are the Manic Street Preachers big in the States?

I've heard the name but never heard their music. To compare them to Nirvana would be ridiculous though since Nirvana was one of the most important bands ever and one of the few who actually changed culture. Spotify might bve a better comparison to Nirvana since just as there was a music industry before Nirvana and then they changed it so was there a music industry before Spotify and then Spotifuy changed it :munch:
 
jbj said:
Yet nirvana, aka the poor man's MSP have branded hoodies and all sorts?!?!?:annoyed:
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I don’t make the rules, man. In general, rock audiences in the states are skeptical of UK “it” bands. The US is a much bigger and more diverse audience and for whatever reason the stuff that gets the NME types hot and bothered doesn’t always connect here...maybe it’s because the US rock audience remains an albums+dues paying audience and the “hot new thing” + singles/EPs thing in the UK doesn’t connect.

In terms of 90s Brit rock acts (other than Radiohead) who really connected with US audiences, you basically have Oasis. And currently it seems the 1975 is the only going-concern UK “indie” act that people are broadly aware of—and that’s among people who are aware of rock ephemera, which is a subset of American folks.
 
Peen Simmons said:
I don’t make the rules, man. In general, rock audiences in the states are skeptical of UK “it” bands. The US is a much bigger and more diverse audience and for whatever reason the stuff that gets the NME types hot and bothered doesn’t always connect here...maybe it’s because the US rock audience remains an albums+dues paying audience and the “hot new thing” + singles/EPs thing in the UK doesn’t connect.

In terms of 90s Brit rock acts (other than Radiohead) who really connected with US audiences, you basically have Oasis. And currently it seems the 1975 is the only going-concern UK “indie” act that people are broadly aware of—and that’s among people who are aware of rock ephemera, which is a subset of American folks.
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don't forget Coldplay
 
It would not be outlandish to suggest there are more crazy people literally preaching on street corners around the U.S. than there are Americas who ever even heard of the band. Skimming through setlist.fm, it looks like they rarely even toured in the U.S. and Canada.

I have vague recollections of "Generation Terrorists" littering the record store cutout bins when I was in college.
 
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Chicken Man said:
Just on guitar forums.
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Muse are kind of a second-tier act in the states. Certainly not a major band everyone listens to, but their singles go into rotation on AOR/AAA stations and they play fairly big areas/sheds when they tour.

I remembered seeing a billboard for their last tour in the States which made me think they’re playing reasonably large venues and, sure enough, they did respectable business at a bunch of 10,000 seaters.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_Theory_World_Tour

That said, they’re definitely kind of a cult band. I don’t think you could corner a rando on the street and get them to name a Muse song in exchange for $50.

Compare and contrast with the Manics who it looks like last toured the States in 2015 where they played 5 or 6 shows and the place in Chicago that they played has a capacity of about 1,000 people.
 
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Peen Simmons said:
Compare and contrast with the Manics who it looks like last toured the States in 2015 where they played 5 or 6 shows and the place in Chicago that they played has a capacity of about 1,000 people.
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That must actually be pretty cool to balance out the enormo domes (last time we seen them it was something like 15,000 people) to something relatively small and indie.
 
If we ever get to travel again it's not a bad shout. Go to shows in countries where bands are less popular and you can see them in more intimate settings.

Last time I went to see Muse it was at Wembley Stadium :eek:
 
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