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01-22-2011, 07:27 PM
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My band is taking photo's this thursday. I'm undecided on what shirt to wear, Rush or Iron Maiden. I'm leaning more towards Maiden. Any suggestions? |
01-22-2011, 07:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: GTA, Ontario | | | wait, you're wearing a shirt with someone else's band on it for YOUR band photo?
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01-22-2011, 07:43 PM
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01-22-2011, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Stingray89  My band is taking photo's this thursday. I'm undecided on what shirt to wear, Rush or Iron Maiden. I'm leaning more towards Maiden. Any suggestions? | I'm a huge Rush fan and sometimes wear a Rush T-shirt for gigs. However, unless your band's music is heavily influenced by Rush or Maiden I wouldn't wear either in a photo promoting your band.
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01-22-2011, 07:49 PM
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But seriously, if you really want to wear another band's shirt, go with Rush.
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01-22-2011, 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Jon_West wait, you're wearing a shirt with someone else's band on it for YOUR band photo? | +1
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01-22-2011, 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by gjbassist I'm a huge Rush fan and sometimes wear a Rush T-shirt for gigs. However, unless your band's music is heavily influenced by Rush or Maiden I wouldn't wear either in a photo promoting your band. | I wouldn't say we're heavily influenced by either band per say. Some of the basslines I play are Maiden like (tho nowhere near as good) but I could see where yall are coming from. I've got a plain black long sleeve shirt I could wear. I've decided I'm going to be the guy leaning up against the wall wearing aviators...I'm so original |
01-23-2011, 11:48 AM
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01-23-2011, 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by dave64o Leaning up against the wall is OK, but if it's a brick wall perhaps you should reconsider. You certainly don't want to end up here! | That site is awesome. Every crappy band photo cliche is there!
My favorite quote: "Railroad Tracks: The Other Brick Wall®" 
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01-24-2011, 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by gjbassist That site is awesome. Every crappy band photo cliche is there!
My favorite quote: "Railroad Tracks: The Other Brick Wall®" | I love it, too. Railroad tracks, brick wall, and chainlink fence - hitting the trifecta! |
01-24-2011, 05:20 PM
| | | | To hell with a shirt. And pants are optional. |
01-24-2011, 05:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Holiday, Fl | | | Depends on the Maiden shirt... It better not have the Dance Of Death cover. But Rush is my favorite band and Geddy is super inspiring (along with Harris' early stuff) so I'd wear my Rush shirt. Naked starman ftw! |
01-24-2011, 05:29 PM
| | | | Iron Maiden says ur cool but Rush says ur one bad b(ass) player. i would wear something that would make you stand out more. lol retro punk trash bag t-shirt |
01-24-2011, 05:56 PM
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01-24-2011, 06:22 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Central Illinois, USA | | | Wearing another band's shirt for your band's publicity photo says you're such a fan-by that YOUR band is unimportant. And given the generally uneducated public, if someone sees Iron Maiden they're going to get a totally different idea of your band than if they see Rush. And neither is probably what your band is about I'd bet.
Wear something that makes you look like part of the band, and that fits the general style of music you play. The photo's purpose isn't to show how "cool" you are (because you're NOT at all cool- if you were you'd have known the answer to this without posting- anyone who asks a bunch of strangers on an internet forum which T-shirt to wear ain't cool) but to sell YOUR band.
Now if it was Geddy Lee wearing a T-shirt with a picture of you, that'd be cool. Because he's already established for most people that matter to him what Rush is about. And if he wants to plug an up and coming band that's great. But not the other way 'round.
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01-24-2011, 06:35 PM
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01-25-2011, 01:17 AM
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01-25-2011, 01:22 AM
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01-25-2011, 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Lazylion Throw 'em a curve with a Taylor Swift shirt. | Ha! Biggest laugh I had all day! |
01-25-2011, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Phalex Shirts are for women and fat guys! Well, unless they're silk, and puffy...... | Bingo!
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