what's your take on live bands?greenspun.com : LUSENET : splinters : One Thread |
the scene here in Phoenix seems to hate live bands. I love them. what're your thoughts?
-- suriel (suriel@darktapestry.com), July 09, 2000
I like them if they are good. That doesnt seem very helpful. Reset: Mainly if I dont know them or only kinda like them and they play on a night I dont have something regular planned, like dancing, Ill go. If I do know and like them already, Ill go without question. If I only kinda like them and have an idea that theyd suck live(as seen on SNL), even if its on a free night, I prolly wont spend the money but I might. Does that
-- Duh Idunno (dotcartman@yahoo.com), July 10, 2000.
I love live bands, and I am much more likely to leave home for a band than for yet another club night where I can name half the songs I'll hear before I leave home. My problem is deciding which bands to see, since I have to take 2 days off work to make the trek to Phoenix to see a show. Obviously, not something I can do on a monthly basis, as much as I'd like to.
-- silence (silence@g0th.net), July 10, 2000.
I adore live bands, but then I'm sort of a musician and I've been going to shows for fourteen solid years. I've dropped more money on Ticketmaster than on clothing.I think perhaps you think we hate live bands because of the dancing vs. concert issue. I know people who complain endlessly when they show up on supposedly a dance night and 1/4 of the club is cordoned off into a stage, the cover charge is doubled, and they anticipate much less dancing in exchange for some band they've never heard of and didn't want to see.
To them I say "too damn bad." Because if they get to the front door without knowing there's a band that night, they haven't been doing their homework. Shows are listed for weeks, if not months in advance. We still have a choice of clubs around here so if there's a band at one club on one night, you can go someplace else during the same week and get your fix.
As for other live events that get poor attendance, I don't know what all the factors are that keep people away. I think it takes a more dedicated type of scenester to go to shows than those that go dancing or out to coffee or whatever, because it's a riskier proposition - you could spend $20 to see a band suck for four-and-a-half songs before stalking offstage in a huff, for example. With a small enough scene you are going to get even fewer of those adventuresome types.
All of the above goes for local bands. As for national acts, it seems to be a vicious circle of the artists hating Arizona so they don't bother stopping here, and the fans hating the artists for never playing here, etc.
--robert
-- Lucky Charms (chupchup@netscape.net), July 11, 2000.
Well - someday I plan on being a full-fledged GOTH, so I go to the clubs and listen to all the songs and see all the bands so I know who everyone's talking about. Lately the important band to know about is VNV, so I'm working on that. ha ha! No really - I enjoy the clubs, I enjoy seeing the bands. I love the scene and take just about every opportunity to get out and support it.
-- Shawn (kiwigirl@uswest.net), July 11, 2000.