Don't know why this just popped in my head but here we go.

 

Which is harder:

 

A British Band trying to break America

or

An American Band trying to break Britain

m8 i hink both theme have good and bad bands, like in others countries ....

 

really hard to answer.....

It takes a bit of thinking, but in the end it's harder for an American band to break Britain, but for a british band to break america is rather hard as well.

It's definitely easier for a Canadian band to break Britain than a US band. Would you agree, David?

^I'll say, sometimes it feels like it's easier to hear about Canadian bands of note through the British press than the Canadian press- who seem to be allergic to indie music.

 

Though I'd say it's a lot easier for an American band to break Britain than vice versa. A British band could be huge chart toppers with constant airplay and massive sales at home but it won't make a whit of difference on the other side of the pond. They expect that if it's worth listening to, it would have been a hit in America already.

 

Meanwhile, if any American band gets big enough, they will eventually get British airplay and interest, and all a smaller band needs is a couple of plays on national radio to catch on should they turn their sights on Britain. There is no real national radio at home, the territory is too big. Top 40 radio only plays things that are already hits (or have big money behind them). No big magazines like Q or the NME either. Just Rolling Stone, which acts as ancient as it is.

lol @ the Rolling Stone comment. So true!! We have mags like Spin too, but other than their lists, they're not good for much.

 

If it weren't for Coldplaying and my friend at Capitol, I'd not have heard of half the Brit bands I love.

If it weren't for Coldplaying and my friend at Capitol, I'd not have heard of half the Brit bands I love.

 

Same here... mostly Coldplaying, listening to British radio stations online, and reading British magazines when I can (or at least their websites). I can't even talk about huge-in-Britain bands like Muse or the Arctic Monkeys without blank stares, funny looks, and "never heard of them"s.

I know a lot of british bands like muse haven't gotten nearly the recognition or respect they deserve here in the states...but how popular are bands like all-american rejects, my chemical romance, and fall out boy in britain (May these bands :censored: in Hell:furious: :devil: !!!)?

Same here... mostly Coldplaying, listening to British radio stations online, and reading British magazines when I can (or at least their websites). I can't even talk about huge-in-Britain bands like Muse or the Arctic Monkeys without blank stares, funny looks, and "never heard of them"s.

 

That is the truest thing I've ever read. I can say Coldplay and people will go "Yep, I've heard of them, their music is shit" (I sometimes have to say "Yeah, their last album was pretty disappointing) but if I say Muse or The View or Arcade Fire they'll all be like "Who?"

 

Is it just me of do Muse get HEAPS of air play on XFM...like one song per hour?