busbus wrote:Someone please start a sound person douchebag thread if it hasn't already done.

Yes, speaking of stories like this. This isn't just a Orion Pax thread. No one else has had bands like this on their bill?? Stories my friends, do tell, do tell.

Commentary:
-Your drummer is not allowed to claim a love for shitty bands known for instrumental virtuosity if he is barely able to keep the beat.

-Your bassist is not allowed to claim influences until he can play bass.

-Never boast about being trained in "rock guitar" in front of actual rockers, especially when you aren't playing anything worth a damn. "Rock guitar" training is listening to records and playing with bands, anything else is lies.

-You are not allowed to cite Beethoven as an influence when Beethoven has no relevance to your music. You are probably not allowed to cite Beethoven as an influence at all, unless you are operating in a classical idiom; furthermore, if Beethoven is the only classical influence you list, you probably don't know shit about classical music or else you'd have others.

-You are not allowed to claim that your music is impossible to categorize, because you are inevitably the only motherfucker on the planet who thinks that.

dansoderburg wrote:wait, the singer of this band has a degree in vocal performance? fucking seriously? he sounds like morrissey's gayer brother doing an impression of hootie....was it through a correspondance school?

A degree in vocal performance doesn't mean you're worth a damn, especially if you try to rock. Know how many shit artists go to art school?

Antero wrote:Commentary:
-Your drummer is not allowed to claim a love for shitty bands known for instrumental virtuosity if he is barely able to keep the beat.

-Your bassist is not allowed to claim influences until he can play bass.

-Never boast about being trained in "rock guitar" in front of actual rockers, especially when you aren't playing anything worth a damn. "Rock guitar" training is listening to records and playing with bands, anything else is lies.

-You are not allowed to cite Beethoven as an influence when Beethoven has no relevance to your music. You are probably not allowed to cite Beethoven as an influence at all, unless you are operating in a classical idiom; furthermore, if Beethoven is the only classical influence you list, you probably don't know shit about classical music or else you'd have others.

-You are not allowed to claim that your music is impossible to categorize, because you are inevitably the only motherfucker on the planet who thinks that.

dansoderburg wrote:wait, the singer of this band has a degree in vocal performance? fucking seriously? he sounds like morrissey's gayer brother doing an impression of hootie....was it through a correspondance school?

A degree in vocal performance doesn't mean you're worth a damn, especially if you try to rock. Know how many shit artists go to art school?

this is perfect. will someone post this on their page. please.

http://www.myspace.com/reptilesau

We played with these guys last friday night.

they were terrible and extremely hipster.

and then they played and no-one clapped after their songs, so i felt bad for them.

Verbs and Nouns wrote:http://www.myspace.com/reptilesau

We played with these guys last friday night.

they were terrible and extremely hipster.

and then they played and no-one clapped after their songs, so i felt bad for them.

Finally someone steps up
Everyone seems to be afraid to step one some toes....fuck it man, this world ain't forever...I know you have played with some shit bands, people....let's hear it because fuck them anyway, right?


and yes that band sounds stupid...this hooooooouse is haaaaaauuuuunted...arrrrgghhhh

They're playing on the 14th at the Red Line Tap.

I thought that name "Orion Pax" sounded familiar, so I Googled it. It's a minor character from the old Transformers TV show.

I don't know how it could have seemed familar though, because I never used to watch that show.

Colonel Panic wrote:They're playing on the 14th at the Red Line Tap.

I thought that name "Orion Pax" sounded familiar, so I Googled it. It's a minor character from the old Transformers TV show.

I don't know how it could have seemed familar though, because I never used to watch that show.

I'm gonna call and see if we can get on that bill
Lemmie guess, red line tap is in wrigleyville?

http://www.myspace.com/peachcake

Funclub would shame this band.

righthanded wrote:http://www.myspace.com/peachcake

Funclub would shame this band.

that is much better than funclub but holy fuck is that terrible

Marsupialized wrote:

righthanded wrote:http://www.myspace.com/peachcake

Funclub would shame this band.

that is much better than funclub but holy fuck is that terrible

They have more props than Carrot Top. They wear pajamas on stage. They are a fucking commercial for douchebaggery--an international-touring commercial for douchebaggery. Their recordings obviously don't convey how much of a douchebag these douchebags are. Maybe the fact I've seen this band "perform" makes them far worse than the Funclub for me.