"False" one hit wonders. Options

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Everybody has heard of bands/artists that come up with one big hit and then they seem to disappear. Some of those groups do in fact vanish, but some others just stay on the down low for whatever reasons and despite not being on the spot light they keep producing music.

I hate missing on original musical ideas that due to a continuous lack of commercial success do end up becoming unnoticed. So as an experiment of sorts, I have started this thread with the purpose of exchanging information about bands with CB members, so people can keep updated on the news about their favorite "underground" music projects, as well as meet people with similar tastes through the sharing of musical knowledge.

Myself, I would like to know what did happen to the band Fastball. They had a big hit in the late 90's with a song titled The way, which wasn't musically spectacular but it was a good pop song nonetheless.

[*Duchess of Dork*]

I remember Fastball, I also though they were sort of underdogs (if that makes any sense). They had a great lyrical sense and the guy's voice was very easy to listen to.

There's a band called, VAST (Visual Audio Sensory Theater) that I was pretty surprised didn't make it big, so-to-speak. They're sort of a strange cross between Depeche Mode-y passion/sensitivity a'la David Gahan, with Enigma-ish type chant vocals in the background and amazing instrumentals plus a little hard edged rock/metal. They came out with a song called "Touched" that had very little radio play. It was played on one of the first few episodes of the TV series, Angel.

I have no idea what happened to them and I only own their first CD. It's definitely worth a listen to. It's always in my cd wallet that's on hand and/or my IPod list.

VAST's website