Let's start with an obvious one.
Bands/artists who weren't famous during their active years
Angel Nguyen
Owen Brown
Hendrix, not famous during his active years?
Oh, no. I guess hang in out with The Beatles, having an open rivalry with The Who, and having Brian Jones fly out to a music festival for the sole purpose of introducing you to your own countrymen at your very first big concert in your home country means you're an unknown. What was I thinking? I guess all those documentaries on Jimi Hendrix had it all wrong, eh, OP?
Parker Thompson
Such thing doesn't exist (at least in music)
Adam Torres
what about session musicians?
Jace Flores
He literally only had one minor hit single.
Zachary Flores
me.
Anthony Scott
2pac and Sublime
Robert Nguyen
The experience was nowhere near as popular as you make it out to be. They were famous, sure, but Hendrix was more of a star amongst musicians rather than the public.
Andrew Nelson
This thread is about people who weren't famous, not about who wasn't popular.
There IS a difference between the two.
And for the record, Jimi Hendrix was way more popular than you give hi credit for.
You're not English, are you?
William Wright
Jimi was the worlds highest paid rock musician in 1969 and headlined fucking Woodstock. Cant get more famous than that.
David Rodriguez
...
Gavin Fisher
Are You Experienced was the best selling album of 1967.
James Diaz
The velvet underground
Isaiah Lee
Nathaniel Parker
and they still aren't
Oliver Thomas
Björk?
Leo Hill
Eva Cassidy
Jaxon Barnes
She's still active and pretty well known. Debut garnered plenty of acclaim when it was released.
Cooper Anderson
Is this bait or are you actually this retarded.
Jacob Lee
Slint
Benjamin Campbell
Lots of punk/hardcore bands are better know now then they were during their prime. E.g. Black Flag
Mason Carter
robert johnson
Christian Cooper
The Beatles
Aaron Price
At the drive-in
Justin Williams
Nolan Jackson
Sgt Pepper was released that year?