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The importance of being local
Praeserpium Machinarum:
Well the town I live nearby, Grindsted, has no scene as well, so really there is nothing to support. There a few college bands but they only play covers(for example the ghostbuster theme), they are just background noise for people to drink their brains out. We have one fairly big band around here called Neighbours, and they are the musical equivalent of the australian soap opera by the same name. In other words abysmal. I admit I haven't really investigated if there was some small scene in nearby towns, but I am sure that it would only be bad metal and/or hardcore screamo. We have only one venue, and that's the combined theater/cinema, but they extremely rarely have shows. I went to a show with a indie band called Figurines in Billund(some 14 kilometres from Grindsted), which was great, but they weren't anywhere near local and it was a one in a million thing.
It sucks but that's the way it is :(
Everest:
Then maybe it's up to YOU to turn that around, no? :)
Mister Ash:
I used to be quite into the local scene around theses parts, (which i think, is local to maxusy3 too, from his post)
I was in a band (crappy, mix of political and hillarious punk/grunge[blink 182 meets Nirvana and Bad Religion?])
We'd do the shows, see the other local bands, play shows with them, etc etc
there were a few decent(ish) bands out there..
then my band fell apart, got kicked outta collage, a few failed attempts later, and i've forgotten most of teh guitar parts i knew, and jam for my own pleasure. but even one of my best friends, the vocalist of ourold band, has turned to being an emo-screamo metal type person, because that's all people want to play, he doens't LIKE doing it, but he will just to do what he loves doing, making music (noise?)
besides that, i think the Blackpool area has the greatest number of Lead and Bass players ever.. no drummers, no rytham, no vocalists, no keyboards or synths (don't look at me that way!) Just a lead guitarist, bassist and a computer playing drum loops,
I still stay in contact with people i know in the "scene" tho. just incase someone arrives who has a little more ambition and original ideas than the 19 or so screamo bands that currently live in or around blackpool and their inexhaustable army of 14 year old emo fans who plague my once wonderfull local rock venue (ok, ONLY rock venue, not wonderful by any means....)
oh.. and yeah.. coldplay DO suck...
Praeserpium Machinarum:
Everest: it would be like trying to swallow the biblical deluge :|
shrimp:
When I lived "back home" I used to go see lots of bands, initally it was because the boyfriend at the time was in a band, that has attained notariety and quite a big fanbase, actually playing with the misfits next week :)
Due to the boyfriend having more cash than me I got into shed loads of gigs mainly free, when I go home if I do make it to a gig and someone I know is playing/doing the sound etc, its like coming home to family. Its great!
I really miss the atmosphere. Where I am now, (and the fiance-who likes metal not punk) means I haven't really gotten involved in the local scene, it makes me sad to think about it, I miss the mid week gigs with like 20 people floating about the dodgy old Front Page. :)
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