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Title: Novelty Acts
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on October 10, 2008, 02:00:19 PM

Not to pick on Gaz and his fine bloggage (http://babyivebeenthinking.blogspot.com/), but his dismissal of The Ramones and The Sex Pistols as novelty acts in a recent blog got me wondering:  "What other fan bases can we piss off by calling their fave artists "novelty acts"?

My first nomination, which occurred to me during a discussion with a younger member of my softball team last night, is:

AC/DC

Also considering:

KISS (kind of obvious)
The Talking Heads

 

Title: Re: Novelty Acts
Post by: RGMike on October 10, 2008, 02:11:08 PM

Let's not forget Devo (famously called "KISS for Kollege Kidz" by one critic) and GWAR.

Title: Re: Novelty Acts
Post by: Gazoo on October 10, 2008, 10:08:43 PM

Quote from: RGMike on October 10, 2008, 02:11:08 PM

(famously called "KISS for Kollege Kidz" by one critic) .

KISS, full stop!

Title: Re: Novelty Acts
Post by: Tinka Cat on December 01, 2008, 05:03:59 PM

Blues Brothers - this one became apparent after discussion of today's 10at10 bonus track (http://10at10club.com/forum/index.php?topic=5233.30).

.. Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, and Lou Marini notwithstanding -- except Lou was dangerously close to being a novelty when he came out of the tomb to play the King Tut sax solo when Steve Martin did the song on SNL:
(http://www.morethings.com/fan/saturday_night_live/steve_martin/steve_martin-king_tut-snl-1978-27.jpg)

Title: Re: Novelty Acts
Post by: Gazoo on December 01, 2008, 07:56:50 PM

The Coasters.