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One Little Fish

Member Since 13 Jan 2006
Offline Last Active Jul 01 2009 09:44 PM

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In Topic: the eGigs cool list

03 August 2007 - 10:03 PM

Sporks - half spoon, half fork. Not much use at a gig, but if you were a band needing both a spoon AND a fork in a small dressing room - bingo!

Sporks are the coolest thing in rawk.

In Topic: Smash up your geetars?

26 July 2007 - 01:57 AM

Bands do need some sort of visual signature - I can't wait to get gigging with my band, got a whole collection of rather loud trousers on the go, even if people go away not knowing our name, they'll still remember "that band with the bassist who has a dodgy taste in trousers", but smashing guitars is stupid.

If you're going to go with something, make it a visual signature that people will remember, I've seen loads of bands just throw their guitars to the floor afterwards and I can't remember them all. What does that say?

In Topic: Have people stopped going out? normal gigs

14 May 2007 - 02:00 PM

I was told that Colin McIntyre (Mull Historical Society) got a very small turn-out in Dundee, and so did Cord a few months back. People turn out for local bands which is good, but some of the big names aren't getting the crowds they should.

I don't think that it's beer or fags - it's that with the gig being so popular and there being so many, people can't always afford to go to them all, so some suffer. It's always the smarter non-NME indie bands like Idlewild, MHS that suffer as they don't have the hype.

In Topic: When's Scotland going to start producing talent again?

28 April 2007 - 09:04 PM

That's the thing - we don't celebrate or care about our best bands. Idlewild are to many extents the greatest Scottish band of all time, yet they're tucked away on a minor label. Our best rock acts are shoved away on tiny little labels playing support slots in little venues, whilst anything that begs to get played by Jo Whiley (In commercial new music we trust, people) is celebrated. A few "doo doo doo doo"s are heralded as amazing.

Dykeenies? Pish. Fratellis? Don't make me laugh. Franz Ferdinand? The eighties were fucking shite the first time around.

In Topic: British v Americans

14 March 2007 - 01:44 PM

British for me. We do showmanship right - as soon as you get into big pretentious Rush-style drum solos and wanky guitar frettery, it's dull. Looking at the likes of Muse, The Who etc. we can do big rock just as well - but without deviating from what the music is supposed to be (take note RHCP).

There's such a thing as too much effort - though too many American bands haven't realised this yet.

Rule Britannia!

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