Fine Young Cannibals (FYC)- why was their career so short lived?

They had no charisma and mechanical music. They had a couple of good songs and that was it OP. Some bands have only a short shelf life.

A bop, as they say.

People thought they were another Milli Vanilli.

R1 that doesn’t explain them not making more music while they were still on top… they just stopped making music. They didn’t “expire”, which I mention in my OP b

I always hated them, their sound, and their looks (especially the lead singer).

Similar to my feelings about that Australian band with the bald giant lead singer...Midnight Oil, or something like that?

Oh, and Thin Lizzy.

[quote]why was their career so short lived?

Didn't you hear about Natalie, OP?

Actually they did "expire" R4. They had a short shelf life and they ran their course then it was over. It's not exactly a super mystery.

R7 but they didn’t. Expiring would require releasing more music. Without more music you don’t know if they expired.

I think a lot of decent to good pop-rock bands couldn't stand out as grunge, rap, and pop country became the top sellers in the early 90s. It must have been a shock. Guitar based pop-rock was a staple for 40 year in the music industry.

I guess it is the same as a saxophonist losing work as young people moved from jazz to rock in the 1950s.

If I were in a rock band with a major deal, I would assume things will wind down within 4 years or 2 albums, then try producing.

Their music certainly wasn’t rock.

General Public, The Beat, FYC; it was a lot of bands. Seems like, collectively, they all had good music careers.

Are you Janbot R8? You certainly sound like Janbot.

What happened to their lead singer? He was in a movie or two and seemed on the brink of "happening"......

Roland Gift today…or, 2020.

The two white guys in FYC were in the English Beat previously and had already had a pretty good career.

Roland Gift had lots of charisma and a distinctive voice but you still need someone to give you good songs (or you did then, at least), and anyway he didn't seem that interested.

Their best song is Ever Fallen In Love from the Raw and the Cooked.

R16, this is the original:

Oh my goodness !!! A colored cannibal singing group !!! Good Heavens !!!!

I was having a blast living with a bunch of roommates in London in 1989 and we had the FYC cassette tape and played it over and over endlessly. So they always remind me of happy times.

My freshman year in college, 1989–Fine Young Cannibals, Edie Brickell, Siouxsie & The Banshees, 10,000 Maniacs, Stone Roses..good times!

That lead singer was sexy

They wouldn’t fuck for tracks.

My mom loved them. Then she died

They failed because they had an ugly name.

Too many people remembered the Mau Mau Killings and this—

Did She Drive You Crazy, r23?

I'm Not the Man I Used to Be.

What was so "fine" about these young cannibals?