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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:31 pm
by jonahTraktor7_Archive
I never got to see Left Nut, but I have the 7"...Slughog took over the crown for blasting noise, IMO...they never seemed to catch on anywhere else for some reason.
They are probably good examples of bands with great live shows that didn't translate to the recorded format....where tours could have helped immensely, if they were exposed to the right crowds.
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 3:12 am
by numberthirty_Archive
I'm feeling the need to throw a hogwash flag on that line about hip hop and folk concerts being anticlimatic vs. recordings. As for black metal, I'm fairly sure that Venom played the Aragon with Slayer opening on Christmas day when I was a kid.
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 3:58 am
by jonahTraktor7_Archive
numberthirty wrote:I'm feeling the need to throw a hogwash flag on that line about hip hop and folk concerts being anticlimatic vs. recordings. As for black metal, I'm fairly sure that Venom played the Aragon with Slayer opening on Christmas day when I was a kid.
Venom were essentially a rock band compared to what is generally considered to be black metal. Influential, certainly, but, again, less because of their live shows than their recordings.
And if you've seen great hip hop shows, I think you are very lucky. In my experience, they are poor approximations of the albums.
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 12:05 pm
by wowow_Archive
Your existence on this earth will not be in vain once you become rich and "world famous" like...
http://www.afrodisiacs.net/bandprofile.html
... and just by "playin' that funky music white boy!" You may laugh at the "Afrodisiacs" - but are you in the same boat?
Many of the posts seem concerned with starting bands to make money, not music. And starting a rock band is not a good way to invest your money if you're looking for a return in dollars.
Actually, I'm not being fair to the Afrodisiacs who may have a great love for the music they play and actually have a great time performing it.
Hopefully you do as well!
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 12:08 pm
by DrAwkward_Archive
What a load of crap. Everyone knows the Afrodesiac is a member of
The Hawaii Show, Minneapolis' best lip-sync act.
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 6:39 pm
by Boombats_Archive
jonahTraktor7 wrote:You hear tales of influence from famous shows...some variation on the "24-Hour party people" Sex Pistols scene....40 people were there, but it changed their lives...
Wrong band sonion. 24Hr PP was about Joy Division/New Order and the Manchester club scene.
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 6:59 pm
by rocker654_Archive
Boombats wrote:jonahTraktor7 wrote:You hear tales of influence from famous shows...some variation on the "24-Hour party people" Sex Pistols scene....40 people were there, but it changed their lives...
Wrong band sonion. 24Hr PP was about Joy Division/New Order and the Manchester club scene.
Yes, but he was referring to the scene in that movie of the gig the Pistols did in Manchester that had all the future Joy Division, Buzzcocks, producers, record label owners who were in the audience that night, and were inspired by the Sex Pistols to do as much to create the Manchester scene.
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:18 pm
by windowlicker_Archive
wowow wrote:windowlicker wrote:My band is attracting some A&R activity at the moment from a couple of major labels...
Wish I had a dollar everytime...
If money is your main reason for being involved in music, there's always the cover band route. Between corporate events, weddings and bar gigs, "The Afrodisiacs" have probably made more money than 75% of "label signed" bands.
Nah, money is not even a tiny reason for me being involved in music. We've been playing and recording (usually separately) in bedrooms and garages for nobody but ourselves for over 10 years and it's only in the last year that we decided to get together and "go public". It just happens that people (including "industry" types) seem to like what we do. Money has never come into it. The band has us all broke, in fact.
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:27 pm
by Minotaur029_Archive
BadComrade wrote:I think another part of the problem with a lot of bands is that they don't know (or refuse to admit to themselves) that they just plain suck. It's great getting together and playing with people, writing songs, etc. You put a lot of time and "hard work" in to it, so of course you'd like for it to work out, but once a band has done all of these things, they sometimes tend to overlook the fact that they're just not any good as a band. They dig themselves a deeper hole when they start paying to have CDs pressed, etc, and then wonder why no one comes to their shows and no one's buying their CD on cdbaby.com. I played bass for a guy who writes some of the worst music I've ever heard. Music so bad that a group of 13 year old boys 3 months in to their first ever band would laugh at it. He is one of these people. He once asked me why "Touch & Go" wouldn't want to put his "album" out, since it's already recorded, etc. He's one of the many delusional people who think they're gonna "make it", or that some day more people will show up to his shows besides the guys in the other bands that play with him. He's got a myspace music page...
Can you post a link to this music?
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:09 pm
by jonahTraktor7_Archive
Boombats wrote:jonahTraktor7 wrote:You hear tales of influence from famous shows...some variation on the "24-Hour party people" Sex Pistols scene....40 people were there, but it changed their lives...
Wrong band sonion. 24Hr PP was about Joy Division/New Order and the Manchester club scene.
thanks for the bulletin, Brokaw.