[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1hxsvHlANI]Syphilitic Vaginas - Clone The Spawn Of Satan - YouTube[/ame]
While not directly related to punk music if SOPA or PIPA pass we won't have a website to talk about music on. All these videos that have been posted would not be allowed. The internet as you know it would cease to exist. Certain websites have already begun protesting today. Check it out!
Boing Boing
craigslist: phoenix classifieds for jobs, apartments, personals, for sale, services, community, and events
https://www.google.com/
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Don't let your freedoms slip away. Please repost these links and the following link anywhere and everywhere you can. Write to your congress men and women. Let them know the people don't want this!
SOPA STRIKE - Largest online protest in history - January 18 - blackout your site
My band played a show in Martinsburg, WV last night.
The guys that booked us hit me up on Tuesday to inform me that our two punk bands would be performing with two "hip hop artists" and that he just found out. We deliberated a bit and decided to play it anyway. First time for everything, I guess.
So, the show was pretty crappy with no locals on the lineup.
The "hip hop artists" were pretty pathetic. It was karaoke if you ask me. They both did three songs in which they played a pre-recorded song and rapped along with it. I can't believe that people even ask to play shows when that is all they do and they only have ten minutes of material at that.
To make matters worse, the jackasses left right before my set. This is after I stood there and clapped and supported their garbage. Sometimes, it really doesn't pay to be nice.
The guy that booked us was pretty irritated as well. He told me that they were planning to kick their drummer out because of his booking ineptitude among other issues.
Eh. We have some better shows coming up so I'll just chalk this up as another lesson in life.
Any fans of the movie Brothers of the Head on here? It's a mock documentary about conjoined twins who start a punk band. It's good movie and the music is pretty good too.
http://www.musiccavity.com/2012/01/brothers-of-head.html
My band played a show in Martinsburg, WV last night.
The guys that booked us hit me up on Tuesday to inform me that our two punk bands would be performing with two "hip hop artists" and that he just found out. We deliberated a bit and decided to play it anyway. First time for everything, I guess.
So, the show was pretty crappy with no locals on the lineup.
The "hip hop artists" were pretty pathetic. It was karaoke if you ask me. They both did three songs in which they played a pre-recorded song and rapped along with it. I can't believe that people even ask to play shows when that is all they do and they only have ten minutes of material at that.
To make matters worse, the jackasses left right before my set. This is after I stood there and clapped and supported their garbage. Sometimes, it really doesn't pay to be nice.
The guy that booked us was pretty irritated as well. He told me that they were planning to kick their drummer out because of his booking ineptitude among other issues.
Eh. We have some better shows coming up so I'll just chalk this up as another lesson in life.
From an earlier reply: "The worst part about playing shows is dealing with the promoters. ESPECIALLY the ones who don't know they're supposed to promote"
Unfortunately I have to disagree with this also. As someone who has promoted shows in the past (though not recently) I was amazed at how many bands just expected to do nothing, show up and play, and have a great audience and response. These bands were often disappointed after the fact that they did not receive the promotion they were expecting. As a band it is YOUR responsibility to promote yourself and your music. Don't leave this in other peoples hands. Promoters give you an opportunity to play and a chance to be heard, they do not SELL your music for you. You need to do this yourself!
I had a friend several years ago who started a band, and they were pretty good. I gave him multiple chances to play at different events and never found him to be very interested. He often would complain about having to drive to the gig, not having a good time slot, and not being paid enough. He also would do nothing to promote the events and afterwards would ask me why he did not see enough promotion about them. Needless to say he is no longer playing music.
It's no different then staring your own small business. Would you start a business and expect others to promote it and get you customers? Or if you start a website do you expect others to spread your link around?
Not that anyone would know us, but back in the 80's I was the drummer for a band called Terminal Illness. We were a hardcore/skate punk band. We played lots of garage's all over New Orleans. At the peak of the skate scene, there were tons of half pipes all over the area and we would play for hours while people skated and slam danced all over the place. All we wanted was beer for payment.
Any links to your music?
how can you expect a band from Delaware to pass out flyers and spread the word for a show in California?
Passing out flyers is just one way to promote a show. And if the band from Delaware took seriously their career they would have a website and a mailing list where they can post a PDF of all of their upcoming show flyers and ask the fans to print and post them.
I never said I did not do any promoting for the shows I put on, but that is none of the bands business and if a band is expecting the promoter to gain attention for them then they are putting their careers in the hands of other people instead of themselves. In today's 'connected' world there is really no excuse to neglect your own interests.
The following is my punk rock history as it relates to home brewing...
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/mohawks-make-beer-301247/
It really only makes sense that there are so many old scenesters who are into home brewing...
I had to work all day Sunday, so I popped in some Cock Sparrer - Workin'.
Misfits
PIL
Rudimentary Penii
Sham '69
Cro-Mags
DRI
Suicidal Tendencies
The Meatmen
Oblivions
The Reatards
Cock Sparrer
NOFX
Boris The Sprinkler
New Bomb Turks
Metal:
At The Gates
Napalm Death
Mastodon
Tool (yeah, yeah... say what you will)
Slayer
Nasty Savage
King Diamond
Nuclear Assault
Sepultura
Punk Rock changed my life.
klnosaj said:+1
I've drifted as I've gotten older but still rely on Black Flag, Suicidal Tendencies, Dead Kennedys, Agnostic Front, and especially Minor Threat and 7 Seconds.
I know it doesn't fit the genre but part of my ritual before a stressful event (public toasts, presentations, interviews) is still to listen to Pantera's "Strength Beyond Strength."
Nice selection. Bad Religion is one of my favs.
I still have not seen them live.
I remember seeing them on a tour what must have been 10-12 years ago. Somehow they were opening for Blink-182 (maybe if it was the other way around I wouldn't still be pissed about it a decade later). Half us left when Bad Relgion's set was over.
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