Comments on: YOUR BAND SUCKS, AND SO DO YOU.

By: Conor

Conor — Wed, 21 May 2008 09:13:43 +0000

Great post. Also, Vince, think you could teach Axl the art of the blockquote tag? Thanks.

By: Noch

Noch — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:17:42 +0000

Obviously,this is applicable to SOME cases.It’s true that some bands really are a bunch of whiners and whenever they get rejected by a label they become little emo shits and won’t shut up about it.

But hey,I guess some unsigned bands would be pretty pissed off reading this.I’ve been streaming a lot of unsigned bands that are definitely great and deserve to get picked up by major labels.
Even if they haven’t been signed yet and it’s been a generous number of years they are at it,they’re not whining their asses off,they just keep on getting better since they know they have to,in order to access these labels.

I agree not everyone’s made to be in this business.But some people are actually tougher than those portrayed in this article.

If you want to hear some of those bands,go to http://www.myspace.com/crocpodcast and hear a lot of unsigned talent.

By: ERiK

ERiK — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:26:06 +0000

I think the biggest problem is that metal fans are poor and cheap. It’s double dipping in the ass rape. Not only do metal fans make little to no money, they won’t spend the little money they have on metal. Who in their right mind would open a business catering to these losers.

“15 dollars is too much for a cd, damn greedy record labels, waaaaah.”…… Go back to a third world country where you belong bum.

By: noyokono

noyokono — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:53:56 +0000

With the plethora of independent labels out there, I see little reason for any act to sign straight away to a major. Stuck in the old way of doing shit, these chumps want to go from Zero to Hero without doing any of the steps inbetween.

Also, most bands suck.

By: Muttweiler

Muttweiler — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:38:06 +0000

@ Sammy.
So true my friend, drunk people go apeshit for the world’s worst tribute band and stand around like tools if they stay at all for an original act. And I live in a small city where anything major will come in the middle of the week which thins the crowd out even more for the poor local opener.

By: crustcake gerf

crustcake gerf — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:38:09 +0000

Lefsetz strikes again.

By: Sammy

Sammy — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:56:19 +0000

Another problem with many local metal/rock clubs is that in order to make any money, they have to schedule 5 acts. And they sell the fact that there are 5 bands playing as a GOOD thing. It’s not. When the first band finally gets on stage at 9:30, that means the last band is going to be playing for about 10 lonely souls at 1:25.

But the worst part is that most rock musicians are egocentric pricks who think they’re all titans of rock, believing their band needs a 20 minute sound check. So what you’re left with is 30 minutes of likely shitty music followed by 35 minutes of slow-as-fuck musicians changing out gear. That’s a bad ratio of music to waiting for music.

The flip side is that if you can get a venue to limit the night to three bands, all with longer sets, they run the risk of no one showing up.

The real problem? People like dance music and heard-it-a-thousand-times-before cover music (always classic rock). People are so unwilling to try something new.

By: Stixnstond in L.A.

Stixnstond in L.A. — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:42:08 +0000

I like this… truth hurts. Being from L.A. i see a lot of;
a) talent with a forum
b) no talent with a forum
c) talent with no forum
… the real problem in L.A. is the crapa$$ radio stations that won’t give Metal/Hard Rock the time of day – payola still exists, i don’t care what anybody says.
Another thing is the lame emo/indie trendy sheep that most of the clubs cater to. And anything around that revolves around pay-to-play. There arent many clubs that will support metal, and if there is they are leeches messing up the bands schedule, sound and turn-out. Its amazing the amount of crappy bands that is pointed out here, “most people just aren’t interested” – this Ipod generation sits in A.D.D. land and wont support this type of Music. And there are alot of bands that are trying to “re-invent the steel”, if you catch my drift – record companies, and big chain record stores RIP-its your fault by raising prices as well as lawyers with their hand in the pie. This coming from my experiance as both as a fan and supporter going to the show and a musician trying to do something with the stage – All i can say is GO TO CONCERTS GO TO SHOWS AND SUPPORT ALOT OF THOSE BANDS THAT YOU LIKE, ESPECIALLY THE UNDERGROUND (i go to shows at LEAST twice a month)- AND ESPECIALLY DO NOT, DO NOT, DO NOT SUPPORT TICKETMASTER!!!

…nuff sed bub!