European dopers: are these guys for real?

Are they really as, ahem, popular as they claim to be? Are they as awful as they seem to be? Tell me about them, would ya?

http://www.kellyfamily.de/40e.htm

I’ve never heard about those guys before.

Considering that Smoky still plays to full stadiums in Germany it would seem to me that those continental johnnies have eccentric tastes.

They ain’t big in the UK that’s for sure.

Yeah, I think casdave’s on the right track. I haven’t been to Germany for a couple of years but last time I visited, it looked to me like they were, musically, somewhere in the late 70’s - early 80’s. Mullet madness. Seriously, it’s a different world – one in which car doors are built with amazing mechanical precision and so is the music.

I’ve never heard of this lot and, looking at the photo’s, I rather hope I never will.

I’ve heard of them, but I’m not sure where. They’re not big in Ireland.

Mind you, they’re probably no worse than a lot of the bands that are (Westlife, etc).

I think I saw them on Eurotrash once. They worry me. The last good European musical import was Tony Ferrino, obviously.