Do the band names Seeed, Superhiks, Kent, and The Human Instinct not quite ring a bell? What if we’d told you that all of those musical groups had sold millions of records, played to thousands of adoring punters, and couldn’t walk down the street without being mobbed by obsessed fans? Yes, it may be hard to believe, but despite the fact that the internet has made music from across the world seem as completely accessible, there are still a huge number of bands who have never achieved fame anywhere but their homeland. From Japan’s answer to Savage Garden to Belgium’s Powderfinger equivalent, we take a look at bands that are huge at home, but unknown overseas.
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