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Things you hate that every local band seems to do
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You have the best avatar on here, I have to say
Where I used to live, damn near every local band was a wanky metal band. Then I moved on to more desolate, yet musically diverse locale. But then that quickly turned into almost every local band being not-so-wanky Texas Country/Red Dirt bands. But at least they actually participated in fairly large local festivals, unlike the former.
Bands that talk about supporting the 'scene' and what not but end up leaving right after their set or stand outside while all the other bands are playing.
Here in australia, I am sick of all the indie/pop punk and hardcore bands. They all sound alike and have such a generic sound.
I hate those guys (especially in hardcore bands) who throw their guitars around their body. I have seen guys break their guitars doing it and another guy needing 14 staples from his machine heads hitting his scalp. These guys must be spoiled brats with parents who will buy them anything, because I couldnt possibly even think about doing that with even my beater basses.
I hate frontmen who interract with crowds like he is playing in front of 30 000 people who are all fans of their band. Sorry mate, but nobody is going to sing to a song they don't know...
And I hate it when hardcore kids are at bar gigs, swinging their arms around when a band that isn't hardcore is playing, they are looking for trouble.
I guess by now you can tell I hate hardcore bands lol
Cheers,
Jordan
I hate those guys (especially in hardcore bands) who throw their guitars around their body. I have seen guys break their guitars doing it and another guy needing 14 staples from his machine heads hitting his scalp. These guys must be spoiled brats with parents who will buy them anything, because I couldnt possibly even think about doing that with even my beater basses.
I hate frontmen who interract with crowds like he is playing in front of 30 000 people who are all fans of their band. Sorry mate, but nobody is going to sing to a song they don't know...
And I hate it when hardcore kids are at bar gigs, swinging their arms around when a band that isn't hardcore is playing, they are looking for trouble.
I guess by now you can tell I hate hardcore bands lol
Cheers,
Jordan
Even Hendrix did that.
But Hendrix was cutting edge, often doing stuff no one had ever done before. It's understandable if he double checked his chain to make sure he remembered it right. What is some local wanker's excuse?
wonkey cat,
I will match your sex on fire and raise you, anything played by kings of leon is painful.
I will match your sex on fire and raise you, anything played by kings of leon is painful.
My band does a few of the things mentioned in this thread. We tune mid set because we have to (Well i dont but the guitarists do) as we use 4 different tunings, but we have tried grouping songs so we have to tune less often, and as for a bit of crowd interaction between songs, its always good, just not before EVERY song and aslong as it takes less than 1 minute.
I can't really comment on the bands in my local area as mine are really the only one nowadays, the rest have all disbanded or gotten big and dissapeared.
Liam
I can't really comment on the bands in my local area as mine are really the only one nowadays, the rest have all disbanded or gotten big and dissapeared.
Liam
Don't you hate it when a band shows up and plays a song from the future. I was at this high school dance once and this joker showed up playing Johnny be Good, then one time these cats in a no name local band started playing Let's Get it Started. Annoys the hell out of me, way to just change history butt heads.
Also, that was the 1960s... there was no way to turn down to tune. The first electric tuners didn't come out until the mid-'70s, I believe. Gotta give Hendrix a break on that one.
Tuning's not too bad to me if it's kept to a minimum. Here's what really gets me, though:
- Taking long times to tear down and/or set up between bands
- Lots of dead time between songs
- Unprofessional appearance - As an audience member, I want to be entertained. Part of this is how they're dressed and how they present themselves. I'm not saying that they all have to be in glitter suits with matching shoes, just something so it doesn't look like they came directly from a coworker's backyard barbecue.
- When the amps are turned up too loud so that it's tough to hear the singer or drums. It really corks me to hear a guitarist say "but I can't get the same tone out of my amp if it's turned down lower!" Well, you're great guitar tone is killing the rest of the song, the band and the show.
If you can't hear the singer very clearly, the guitars are probably too loud. If you can't hear the drums, then everyone is too loud.
I think in a thread like this we need to acknowledge that people will go see bands for different reasons so most of the "rules" being posted here are not universal.
For example, if a grunge band shows up at a bar they frequent dressed up like a jazz band playing a wedding.... might be funny but you see what I mean.
Also, people will go see certain bands because they like noodling, cheesy stage antics, or hardcore break downs in the middle of a pop-punk rhianna cover... so if you don't like that particular performance aspect, don't go see the bands that do it. Simple.
For example, if a grunge band shows up at a bar they frequent dressed up like a jazz band playing a wedding.... might be funny but you see what I mean.
Also, people will go see certain bands because they like noodling, cheesy stage antics, or hardcore break downs in the middle of a pop-punk rhianna cover... so if you don't like that particular performance aspect, don't go see the bands that do it. Simple.
LOLOL. epic.
Not laughing at you, just that you don't get the reference. When I read the Johnny B Good comment I spit dr pepper on my keyboard. Lol.
I can't stand when local bands overplay themselves. We've got a few in our area that play the same places, they're basically the house band every other week. They insert their band name into the SAME Beastie Boys cover EVERY show as if it never gets old.
And then on top of that, the band kind of split ways with several members so now we've got 2 bands..... One doing originals mixed with some covers playing outside areas, and the other doing strictly covers still.
BOTH Of them do the same "Throw your band name into this line of the Beastie Boys song".
It makes me wanna cringe because it wasn't even that great to start with yet the joke keeps going on. And the people EMBRACE IT!
One of these bands won Local Band of the year in an online poll for a local magazine. A COVER BAND, WON BAND OF THE YEAR. That to me, just shows how clueless the people in my area are to live music. It explains why no one in music in my town can thrive internally because ******** people constantly flock to hear nothing but Top 40 and Radio Rock bands live for free at a venue and don't want to dish out a measly $5 to see some local talent.
Oh yeah... I forgot about that movie. I take back what I said. That was funny.
Im ok with all of the wanking between songs, tuning onstage, talking to crowd too much, yelling for people to come closer...... as long as the band is playing their own songs.
Ive seen a ton of bands guilty of all of these things eventually learn and grow up to be in some awesome local bands.
Ive seen a ton of bands guilty of all of these things eventually learn and grow up to be in some awesome local bands.
