Indie rock cover band of The Shins.

Obviously.



(The Shins are my favorite band.)

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I understand. I've been in cover bands. I was providing solid, factual information and the zeitgeist of the truly raw emotional music called metal. How does this equate to the lack of understanding of the music industry and the game they force musicians into? Then the game those very musicians somehow embrace via, what, musical Stockholm syndrome? lol!!!

Yeah, it sure is a good way to practice and get views. I agree, but how is it Top 15? All the other good musicians playing the good but unpopular songs and aren't cute enough for branding?

Yay Capitalism. It works. Who would have guessed. But I don't base my up votes on this sad fact of economics. It's bullshit. The music industry should be a sacred institution of musical progression and the pursuit of higher standards in music. But it's just a machine. The machine doesn't produce the truly great stuff. The great stuff is made by geniuses who write music because they breath it. It's made by disenfranchised youth. It is NOT this. This is cute but fucking SAD. But I guess no one gives a fuck because cool that's how it works. Ignore the superior talent, the artists with passion and personal drive due to adversity -- nooooooooo, focus on the popular talent.

Fuck true metal? It's mostly a joke, dude, not a sense of entitlement. You want to read entitlement and serious judgement in my comments? By all means, chaotic fool, use it as a platform for your Internet social gain. But I'm speaking from the perspective of someone with years of knowledge passing it down. I cited songs which Metallica wrote and played which are hard and fast, raw and powerful, exuding the youthful energy of their best albums, which are for some reason blacklisted and instead we hear the songs that the recording industry WANT you to hear because they're marketable. The songs I listed are awesome and considered by some to be the real gift Metallica left us with, like Van Halen's first 4 albums.

I bestowed a gift, and you saw me being high and mighty for my gain? Sounds like YOU have some problems to deal with.

I dont only listen to metal. I played sax, guitar, bass, and drums, but now mostly play percussion -- I like hitting things. I was in a rolling Stones and velvet underground cover band, played some gospel folks stuff for a while. I provided my perspective on metal because I thought it beneficial. For the music obsessed, hearing something over and over on the radio for the remainder of your life, when there is better material from the band and the idea of popularity as some sort of higher value than the subtleties you pick up on when you have standards, it's all very silly to read. You are a jerk and now I'm sad.

Thanks. Gift horse doesn't like staring contests.

When you raise people up to be gods, they must become infallible. Hence autotune. Look at retouching for big stars in bluray or 4k rez to ensure every minute imperfection is covered up... The audience demands infallibility. You do a full dance routine, you're likely to be huffing and puffing by the end of it. I doubt even the fittest of "pop stars" could manage that. It's understandable that even long term stars who have real talent have gotten lazy.

Then there are just manufactured twats who can't sing worth shit but look the part. Nothing new there, can't believe people fall for it...

Live music is where it's at, give me a cover band belting out Wildflower by the Cult in a pub any day, or the recording of Faith No More at Brixton. They are real performances, they have stuff ups (Patton bungling one of the last verses of War Pigs for example) and that doesn't matter a lick because you're getting The Real Thing (/grin).

Way less pussified than most cover bands, aye?? How many of y'all of the female persuasion wouldn't wanna saunter home with one or two of these fuzzy-bears, now?? Can't have the drummer...Ain't GOT one!

And now you are ready to start up that Stryper cover band!

1. Kim Jong Il, Steve Jobs and Andy Rooney will come back from the dead and form a Rush cover band. They will split up a year later to do mediocre solo projects.

>> ^sme4r:

What and where was this?


http://ultimateclassicrock.com/bon-jovi-music-sends-cover-band-guitarist-over-the-edge/

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He's not a thief, he's a cover band.

*nochannel *documentaries *1sttube *comedy *talks *controversy

Gotta love the true sneak premier. Here in my town, several years ago, a Metalica cover band was advertised, but all who showed up to hear them got the actual Metalica instead. Nobody was disappointed.

>> ^smooman:

if singing for 30 years makes you qualified, how is that different from my mother who's been singing for almost 50 years, my brother who's been singing for goin on 20 years, my friend Mandy who's also been at it for goin on 20 years? whats your point? that you made a lil money singing in cover bands that puts you in a better position than them? well pat yourself on the back for getting paid gas money to sing someone elses songs (me and my brother both were in a successful cover band at one time, me on guitar and him singing, it doesnt pay shit, so stop bragging, its nothing to brag about)
my point being, i got 4 other opinions to your one, they all disagree with you, so i win. nanny nanny boo boo!


I'm bragging because I list my qualifications? And your not but doing the same exact thing at the beginning of both of your rants? Then telling me how I should HERE your brother sing Faithfully in a karaoke bar? Hypocrite much?

OK, again with the putting words in my mouth thing. Where exactly did I say your mother, brother, and friend were not qualified to have an opinion? And how exactly do you keep missing the point that I NEVER SAID SHE DIDN'T SUCK.

FYI, we were paid anywhere from $2800-$3200 a week for our gigs depending on where we played. That's slightly better than "a lil gas money" or that "it doesn't pay shit" sorry to say. Back in the late 80's early 90's that was pretty good cash for playing the bar scene. As I said, I made a living doing this. That means I supported myself. If you were "in a very successful" cover band as you say, you wouldn't be bitching about the pay, because I certainly wasn't.

[Edit] Oh and on your "point". There seems to be more opinions in this thread backing mine up than yours, so actually you don't win shit.

if singing for 30 years makes you qualified, how is that different from my mother who's been singing for almost 50 years, my brother who's been singing for goin on 20 years, my friend Mandy who's also been at it for goin on 20 years? whats your point? that you made a lil money singing in cover bands that puts you in a better position than them? well pat yourself on the back for getting paid gas money to sing someone elses songs (me and my brother both were in a very successful cover band at one time, me on guitar and him singing, it doesnt pay shit, so stop bragging, its nothing to brag about)

my point being, i got 4 other opinions to your one, they all disagree with you, so i win. nanny nanny boo boo!