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I guess I don't see the Smiths, the Cure, Depeche Mode and others having "stumbled" in the US...if so, how did Morrissey fill up the Hammerstein 5 nights in October about 10 years after his peak?? (among many other successful tours). Obviously the latter two bands were hugely popular. having grown up in the 80's, I have to say that back then almost all of the quality pop bands came from Britain- and the CLEARLY dominated MTV back when it was worth a damn during the same period. I mean how high is the bar for success? do you have to fill up a fucking football stadium and sell 10 million copies of the same record?
Funny that Oasis is just about the only band considered a success by the author when they pretty much put out garbage.
