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WAYS TO ENSURE THAT WE ACTUALLY LISTEN TO THE BAND ABOUT WHOM YOU ARE E-MAILING US

Thursday, October 29th, 2009 at 12:00pm by

Ax and Vince receive a lot of emails from readers anxious for us to check out bands, both their own bands and ones they just happen to dig. This is great, and we really appreciate it. It’s how we find out about new, cool music.

However, we’d like to suggest two tips to ensure that we actually listen to the band you’re so excited about:

  1. Include a link to someplace we can hear the band – MySpace, YouTube, an mp3, Spank Wire, whatever. The number of emails that come in saying “omg check out this band they rule!!!” that don’t include a link is mind-boggling; more than 50%. Do you want us to actually listen, or do you just enjoy typing out a band’s name for the sake of doing so? We know we could theoretically just Google the band, but we’re busy obsessing over whether or not John Bush will rejoin Anthrax and slapping our foreheads in disbelief about Dave Mustaine’s latest gaffe for Chrissakes.
  2. Check to see whether we’ve written about said band before. A good 25-50% of emails ya’ll send are about shit we’ve already covered.

Capeesh? Yes, we’re assholes.

Sincerely,
AR & VN

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Carlos-Ramirez/631635101 Carlos Ramirez

    You guys should cover Slayer! I hear they are going places :)

    • skoal

      Dude they suck! They should cover someone who’s actually good like cinderella.

  • http://buttor.blogspot.com Buttor

    That’s what I did everytime I emailed you but you still didn’t bother at least answering me…

  • Discipleofthewatch

    K, thanks, love you guys!

    Peace and metal for all.

  • Dr schwine-hoot

    emailed once and never covered the band or even replied back… Graves of Valor! They are ones to watch in the coming years. awesome straight to your face death, very raw old school vibe. They just put up their 1st video also. ** Vocalist is a beast**

    • TXHellbilly

      Thanks for the link

    • Me

      they might not have covered them, but they did mistakenly name the new Unearth video after the song “Graves of Valor” which is actually called “Grave of Opportunity”. good enough?

  • http://www.myspace.com/ihopeyourot DemiGod

    Did you guys ever check out the This Is Menace tracks I sent you with the Sikth guys on Vocals?

    • http://www.last.fm/user/groverXIII groverXIII

      I remember This Is Menace just from the Pitchshifter connection. Might be time to revisit them now that I know about Sikth.

  • Chimp-O-Neg

    yeah – and you STILL dont run shit about that French band Gojira!

  • DemonicLemming

    You fucktwats never did say anything about Demians.

    http://www.myspace.com/demiansmusic

    Prog rock, along the lines of Porcupine Tree, but more organic and with softer edges.

  • mikeclam

    I just mailed a record instead cuz I’m all oldschool an’ shit. Should get there in the next couple days. Hope you like it or, if not, that at least the mockery will be entertaining. Balls.

  • Alaskan King Crabcore

    Capisce?

    • Ryan

      Yeah good spelling by the guys.

      Cover Vildhjarta already, sheesh.

  • Gaia

    Uh i emailed about Barren Earth. Very cool sounding band, ex-amorphis members, swallow the sun member, moonsorrow member. All sounds sweet to me!

    http://www.myspace.com/officialbarrenearth

  • J. M

    the spankwire thing was really funny