The album garnered the band their first and only No. 1 hit single on the Modern Rock Tracks chart with the title track " Celebrity Skin ".

In 1973, the band had garnered enough recognition to form their own record label, Manticore Records, and purchased an abandoned cinema as their own rehearsal hall.

Though it is said that the band never saw any money from the release, the Overkill EP garnered the band massive underground interest, and the attention of Jon Zazula, the owner of Megaforce Records, one of the most prominent independent heavy metal record labels at the time.

The first single, " Just Because ", was the biggest single for the band to date, landing at number 72 on the Billboard 100 charts, though the sixth song on the record, " Superhero ", garnered much more exposure as the featured theme song of HBO's hit series Entourage.

The album and band garnered increased attention thanks to an episode of the popular television show The X-Files in which actor Giovanni Ribisi played a character who wears Vandals t-shirts and listens to their music.

1994's album Churn, a self-produced independent release garnered the band airplay on an FM rock station in Orlando, Florida for the future hit single " Cumbersome ".

The Hives are a Swedish garage rock band that first garnered attention in the early 2000s as a prominent group of the garage rock revival.

The band also garnered much attention for its prolific output, with a seemingly endless stream of releases.

Their solid live performances soon garnered the band a large fanbase in London, and, along with bands like Eggs over Easy, Brinsley Schwarz were soon dubbed " pub rock " by rock journalists.

Their 1992 album Scrolls of the Megilloth garnered the band some attention from the heavy metal underground, according to Allmusic.

The new, polished sound garnered legions of new fans, many of whom had not followed the band before their mainstream success.

More recent underground metal bands include Aemaeth, Blood & Thunder, Beyond Mortis, Sword of Judgement, Midnight Idols, Fallen Angels, DEATHBEAT, H. M. P, Big Business, Drown Mary, Evilsmith, Vigilance, Skelator, Ceremonial Castings, Inquisition, Torture Box, Infester, Dead Soul Funeral, Inquinok, Pure Hatred, Riot & Rhythm, Tasty Lixxx, Deathmocracy, Wolves in the Throne Room, Violent Hallucinations, Future Disorder, Edge of Oblivion, and new comers to the Seattle metal scene Sausage Slapper whose racy and humorous lyrics on top of a brutal metal style, have garnered quite a local following for such a new band.

The band garnered enough attention to be the subject of a never-aired PBS special, and the band's bassist Roger Capps also would go on to be the original bass player for the Pat Benatar Band.

Following the success of their independently released single " Wrong ", the band signed with Alias records and released their second single " Web in Front " which garnered moderate college radio airplay.

The album also garnered significant attention outside the independent music scene, culminating in the band being courted by Maverick Records, a division of Warner Music Group, which the band rejected.

After independently releasing a self-titled debut in 1996, the band garnered mainstream exposure with the support of alternative metal pioneers Jonathan Davis and Fred Durst who aided Deadsy on their long-awaited 2002 album Commencement.

Phranc's androgynous appearance was the embodiment of the group's name, garnered the band much press in zines such as Slash and, later, proving inspirational to founders of the Queercore movement.

Based on 18 reviews, Metacritic calculated an average score of 79 for D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat, with the summary, " This party album from the Danish band Junior Senior has garnered attention throughout Europe with its mix of garage rock, pop and disco.

The band began to play three to five nights a week, and garnered praise for both the socio-political lyrics and " off-the-wall " live shows, quickly drawing a fan base from both the political left and right.

The band garnered an increased following thanks to 1986's Your Funeral, My Trial, which coincided with Adamson's departure.

Their most refined effort, the record featured guest appearances by Kate and Anna McGarrigle and garnered generally good reviews: critics hailed it as the " entire album of deeply tragic and beautiful love songs without irony, sarcasm, or violent resolution " of which Cave and band seemed capable, while also recognizing that the proceedings threatened to devolve " into schmaltz ".

The video garnered the band wider attention, and helped " Love?

The band performed mostly covers of international hits, but Andersson soon started writing his own material, and gave the band the classic hits " No Response ", " Sunny Girl ", " Wedding ", " Consolation ", " It's Nice To Be Back " and " She Will Love You " amongst others.

Originally active from 1985 to 1996, the band have had consistent commercial and critical success in Australia and New Zealand and international chart success in two phases, beginning with their self-titled debut album, Crowded House, which reached number twelve on the US Album Chart in 1987 and provided the Top Ten hits, " Don't Dream It's Over " and " Something So Strong ".

While he gained international renown for leading a Latin music band, the Desi Arnaz Orchestra, he is best known for his role as Ricky Ricardo on the American TV series I Love Lucy, starring with Lucille Ball, to whom he was married at the time.

The song gave international exposure to the underground New Romantic movement when Bowie visited the London club " Blitz "— the main New Romantic hangout — to recruit several of the regulars ( including Steve Strange of the band Visage ) to act in the accompanying video, renowned as one of the most innovative of all time.

In 1997, the British band Cornershop paid tribute to Asha Bhosle with their song Brimful of Asha, which became an international hit.

It was around this time that the rock band Indus Creed formerly known as The Rock Machine got itself noticed on the international stage with hits like Rock N Roll Renegade.

' Impi ' is also the title of a very famous South Africa song by Johnny Clegg and the band Juluka which has become something of an unofficial national anthem, especially at major international sports events and especially when the opponent is England.

In March 2010 the koto received widespread international attention when a video linked by the Grammy Award-winning hard rock band Tool on its website became a viral hit.

Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries.

Men at Work are an Australian rock band who achieved international success in the 1980s.

Also that year, the band contributed a cover of " I Can't Forget " to the Leonard Cohen tribute album I'm Your Fan, and began an international tour on which they played stadiums in Europe and smaller venues in the United States.

The band was an international success, with worldwide hits such as " Computer Game / Firecracker " ( 1978 ) and " Behind the Mask " ( 1978 ), the latter written and sung by Sakamoto.

The contract with the performers, as well as the international distribution, ran from a standard publishing and recording deal involving identical contracts, rather than from one written specifically with the performers of the band.

Burnett follows others, like C. M. Bowra, in suggesting that Sappho's circle was somewhat akin to the Spartan agelai or the religious sacred band, the thiasos, but Burnett nuances her argument by noting that Sappho's circle was distinct from these contemporary examples because " membership in the circle seems to have been voluntary, irregular and to some degree international.

The band reached international prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s.

The Rolling Stones emergence brought greater international recognition to the primitive urban blues typified by Chess Records ' artists such as Muddy Waters, writer of " Rollin ' Stone ", the song for which the band is named.

The eclectic pop-rock band Taxi have been gaining international respect, as has Spitalul de Urgenţă's raucous updating of traditional Romanian music.

Queen enjoyed success in the UK with their debut and its follow-up, Queen II ( 1974 ), but it was the release of Sheer Heart Attack ( 1974 ) and A Night at the Opera ( 1975 ) that gained the band international success.

It gave the band their first real experience of international success, and was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic.

* David Swan Montgomery, Vocalist, Composer / Producer, vocalist for international tribute band Led Zepagain and solo artist.

In 1992 the NME declared The Cure had during the 1980s become " a goth hit machine ( 19 to date ), an international phenomenon and, yep, the most successful alternative band that ever shuffled disconsolately about the earth ".

The band became an international act in the late 1980s, when they released their breakthrough album Slippery When Wet.

Keyboard duties were taken over by highly-rated singer-keyboardist Paul Carrack, a former member of British soul-pop band Ace, who scored a major international hit with the song " How Long.

The US ignored pleas from the Aristide government for an international peacekeeping force as a motley band of armed thugs led by a suspected drug trafficker and fugitive death squad leaders overran more than half the country.