Where ? Since when ?

slutmonkey.

I would never normally mention that. This bloody thread made me do it.

bands that have got bigger: the shins, modest mouse, bright eyes, rilo kiley, arcade fire.

But I'd guess a lot of people could say those.

tilly and the wall and broken records. are probably more legitimate claims.

i was thier 50th friend on mysp...

you cum-sucking product of thalidomide rape

is probably why some people think DiS is pretentious :p

You gonorrhea-carrying goomba

before filthy Hollyoaks producers got their hands on it for the bloody new trailer..piss flaps

when Songs For Polar Bears came out. Still really like that album. And the second.

known about them since the day they formed (due to previous loving of Wives). Really sursprised how big they got recently.

in Cologne

as i no longer like them, but i did see Lostprophets as the first band on a 4 band bill with earthtone 9 as the headliner.

I told him, "Don't do it that way. You'll never make a dime."

You harlot

, System of a Down

i'm not as quick off the mark these days

you Bucket of Wank

Went to watch the Frank & Walters back in the day 'cause Radiohead were supporting at 21 South Street in Reading. My (female) mate got off with Colin too!

By all accounts he didn't get very big!

muse and snow patrol when their first singles came out, and think both are shit now.

The Enemy
The Wombats
Razorlight
Kaiser Chiefs
The Fratellis
The Kooks
Feeder
The Pigeon Detectives

Fuck da haterz!

liked both of them when they were playing gigs with less than 20 ppl in attendance. And now theyre both shite.

Star
Country
and Audio Dynamite

all before they were Big...

Saw Kasabian at the barfly
Saw Million Dead really early on - thought they were pants (epic fail)
Erm does seeing biffy at the Mean Fiddler count?

"beards you liked before they were big"

ha ha

who knows?

from the moment I saw them supporting arab strap and I definately did not think what the hell is this godawful raquet being played by a blubbering child.

The Pixies,
The Stone Roses,
The Wedding Present,
Verve (sorry, THE Verve)
The Futureheads,

And Others (not the band).

saw them supporting the Dead 60's in early 2005. Pretty good.
You hairy dog's cock.

twisted wheel, the courteeners, the ting tings & pop levi...

they are all big in my eyes now, maybe not some.

support my uncles band wayyyyy wayy back, they were pretty rubbish :( but now i love them so its cool good (i believe it was their first gig)

the killers supporting stellastarr* years ago. ironically they were worse then than they are now..

pigeon detectives,saw them at metro. . harmless pop at the tume. now fucking annoying.

foals, seen them in various pubs

jamie t, see above

What a pointless waste of time. Your all very cool, well done.

Saw them in the new tent at Glasto in 1998. Utterly mint.

at cambridge corn exchange before angels came out and it wasn't even sold out. i'm so much cooler than you.

before mogwai

'Bout it really...

and Bloc Party

Cajun Dance Party actually. They gave away all their songs for free, now they are actualyl releasing them. That means I pay diddly-squit. Get in.

met them just after they released funeral, my friend said they were 'really good'. i bought the album a week later and obviously fell in love with it. i kick myself now but i kind of like it that i didnt realise i'd have made a fool of myself

w-w-w-wanker.

Lostprophets are nipple nashers :)!

I somehow became myspace friends with them about 2 years back - had been playing Time To Pretend to my friends for ages and no one took any notice, then bang they get some press and everybody bloody loves them!

Then yes.

But I suspect that they haven't.
So no.
(muppets)

since it's kind of relevant, and since this thread is populated by clueless retards whose opinions mean less to me than David Irving's anyway, this seems like the perfect place to confess my secret shame. Which is that one of the most-played songs on my itunes is by... Scouting For Girls.

Yup, had the Mountains Of Navaho single back in early 2005. Cracking little pop song. Just thought I'd get that off my chest...

Saw them at a sparsely populated in-store. I liked them for about a year.

Bloc Party! Likewise.

Laura Marling! I liked her before her career had even started. Not in that way though, the courting of year 8 girls by the sixth form was strictly restricted to banter during hollyoaks.

jizz-spasm monkeu fiddling cunt-snorting remboy.

...like Gallows and Enter Shikari, saw both of those a few times, months before they got signed.

However, Enter Shikari have always been wankers, so I'm not sure that counts.

uff i fancied the guy from the errors when he was at school! and i guess i went to his dj night afew times, now they're the next big thing! i think that counts.

also the rapture, just when sister saviour came out and they got played on mtv 2 quite abit. Also the gossip! my friend had a copy of movement like 4 years ago. jason's basement and dangerr were on my 26mb mp3 player for ages!

homoerotic art school twat!

Well this is one big back slapping exercise isn't it.

You eronious badger monger

Biffy!
lots of electro like justice, smd et al, sikth, sigur ross..

You raving cumbucket you

so that's my biggest claim to fame now really, hah.

I saw Kasabian at the Camden Barfly before they had released a single. And the Klaxons at the same venue, supporting Metronomy.

I wouldn't say i liked those last two bands though.

Their earlier bluesy/garage stuff is so much better than Standing In The Way Of Control. I first saw them at Ladyfest Glasgow 2001 and Beth Ditto was explosive (no fat puns please). Plus, now it's difficult to get a ticket to their gigs unless you're super quick, what with the riff raff snapping them up. Can we send them on indefinite hiatus, ala Sleater-Kinney, Le Tigre and Electrelane, until they come up with something good?

Pure Reason Revolution. (are they even big now..?)

Knob-faced chicken wing.