Members brassic Posted November 28, 2005 Members Share Posted November 28, 2005 A while back I posted about a particularly obnoxious band who opened for us. Long story short - the band were narked because we were headlining and they felt that they should have, so heckled us during soundcheck, and much much worse, accidentally-on-purpose jumped on my guitar (in case) and knocked my amp off a 3-foot-high crate. This was about two or three months ago, and everyone's moved on. Then last week I got a spam email from their manager about another of their shows. The mail implored us to go listen to the band's tracks on Myspace, and included a link to their profile. So I checked it out, and see that they've mentioned our fateful show right on their front page. The entry is basically a load of tosh about how we brown nosed our way up the bill (false) and gloating about how they trashed our stuff as well as the club's equipment. I was a bit pissed off, more about the crack about us using devious means to get a higher billing than anything else. That was until I noticed who else was on the circulation list (dude clearly doesn't know the difference between Cc and Bcc). Basically, he's directed half of London's promoters and booking agents to a website where his band not only admits to, but brags about deliberately trashing a club venue and another band's gear. I've already heard through the grapevine that two high profile promoters and an agent have said there's no way they'll deal with this band now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MONGOOZ Posted November 28, 2005 Members Share Posted November 28, 2005 wow....your having your share of bad gigs......so now you not only need a sound guy, but a ball bat wielding bouncer too???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brassic Posted November 28, 2005 Author Members Share Posted November 28, 2005 Ah, that one was a while ago, in the beginning of September. The only reason I posted about it again is that I got this spam email from them the other day. They're just a bunch of little 17-year-olds who think that badmouthing other bands and trashing equipment is punk rock. Apparently it's starting to backfire on them. But now that you mention it, two bad experiences in the space of ten gigs...hmm, law of averages isn't too good here is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted November 28, 2005 Members Share Posted November 28, 2005 Originally posted by brassic But now that you mention it, two bad experiences in the space of ten gigs...hmm, law of averages isn't too good here is it? Dude, you don't have to worry until it gets up around 50/50! Until then your cost/efficiency ratio is just fine. BK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vanlatte Posted November 28, 2005 Members Share Posted November 28, 2005 Meh, sounds like they are well on their way to destroying any hopes they might have on thier own...all you have to do is sit back and watch it happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members caveman Posted November 28, 2005 Members Share Posted November 28, 2005 Nice to hear that they are giving themselves a much deserved screwing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JBJ Posted November 29, 2005 Members Share Posted November 29, 2005 it's one thing messing pissing off bands, it's another pissing off promoters. my bro is self employed as a promoter and even in a big city like this the music scene is incredibly closed with regards to the higher echelons of bands, promoters etc... and pissing off one promoter can literally ruin a band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members squealie Posted November 29, 2005 Members Share Posted November 29, 2005 Unbelievable. I'm not generally a violent guy.... but if some turd from another band intentionally abused my gear, I would beat him down. Senseless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Guitar Centaur Posted November 29, 2005 Members Share Posted November 29, 2005 Originally posted by squealie Unbelievable. I'm not generally a violent guy.... but if some turd from another band intentionally abused my gear, I would beat him down. Senseless. Uma Thurman cock-punch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zookie Posted November 29, 2005 Members Share Posted November 29, 2005 Could we entice you to post their myspace address? I'm just sayin'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brassic Posted November 29, 2005 Author Members Share Posted November 29, 2005 B-B-B-But...that would just bring me down to their level! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zookie Posted November 29, 2005 Members Share Posted November 29, 2005 What do you mean? You heard this great new band locally who were heavily promoting themselves. You were so impressed you thought you'd share their myspace with this musical community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MONGOOZ Posted November 29, 2005 Members Share Posted November 29, 2005 Originally posted by brassic B-B-B-But...that would just bring me down to their level! actually....technically....no it would'nt put you on their level...... we'll do that part...!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members caveman Posted November 29, 2005 Members Share Posted November 29, 2005 It would be better if you'd knock over thier amp an guitar and invite a few of your boys on the forum to back you up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JMS 2 Posted December 1, 2005 Members Share Posted December 1, 2005 Move on Brassic ...Promoters give {censored} about what band X says about band Y,whether in a mail or else. And those promoters who WOULD actually listen to this kind of stuff would also be highly expectable to give you trouble anyway (not paying, overbooking, whatever unprofessional manners ... ).So the better if you don't get their gigs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brassic Posted December 1, 2005 Author Members Share Posted December 1, 2005 I have. Just thought it was funny to see them still bitching about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members worthyjoe Posted December 1, 2005 Members Share Posted December 1, 2005 no blind CC? wow. Why not set up a random free email address and reply to all making a brief statement about their comments on the myspace page? Let me know if you'd like someone to do it for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SpacedCowboy Posted December 2, 2005 Members Share Posted December 2, 2005 Originally posted by squealie Unbelievable. I'm not generally a violent guy.... but if some turd from another band intentionally abused my gear, I would beat him down. Senseless. +1,000,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Base Posted December 2, 2005 Members Share Posted December 2, 2005 Originally posted by brassic B-B-B-But...that would just bring me down to their level! How?? You are just giving them some extra exposure, would be pretty decent of you after the way they've treated you... You can't be responsible for anyone's reaction to it BTW, what does your band play and where?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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