10 Bands Who Justifiably Should Have Been Huge

4. Teenage Fanclub

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FHwkZPrJHw Teenage Fanclub had the tunes, the melodies and the words, but seemingly lacked the ruthless ambition to be real world-beaters. That is in no way an insult to this brilliant band, they held the music press and their contemporaries €“ not least Nirvana - in their thrall, but they were happiest writing tunes that they loved, rather than seeking world domination. Their masterpiece 'Bandwagonesque' was a perfect marriage of Big Star, the Beach Boys and Grunge, that had the worlds press playing a 'guess where that melody came from' game. Which was completely needless, Teenage Fanclub were fans of music first and foremost, not a tribute act. There's a theme here in that a lot of the bands were on Alan McGee's Creation records label, which was a wonderful outlet for creative artists, but once Oasis featured on their roster, the identity and vision changed. Having proved how to get it spectacularly wrong with the House of Love, 'The President', as he dubbed himself, found himself in the position where he couldn't break a band and was too focused on coke and immediate chart success, hence the Boo Radleys selling their soul with 'Wake up Boo!'. Then he let one of the greatest albums released on his watch, TFCs 'Grand Prix' slip through his fingers. But no matter, here's a band from Scotland who can do West Coast Americana with the best of them and who have yet to give up the fight. Take some time to walk through their back catalogue, featuring classics such as 'Everything Flows', 'Neil Jung' and 'Alcoholiday' and you'll find yourself truly smitten.