Tribute Bands
 

Who likes tribute bands?
Do you like them as close to the original as possible or a different interpretation?

I've seen quite a few tribute bands, and most are not too terrible. I have a friend who's in a Slayer tribute band, and he's also in a country band. Go figure. But, being in a city that has quite a few major artists coming through all the time, I get the opportunity to see the real thing. If I wanna see Iron Maiden, I'll friggin go see Iron Maiden. Not a bunch of people trying their best to look/sound like them as I pick apart everything they're doing wrong.

I saw a Slayer tribute band playing in a local pub.
They had a bubble machine too.

Did they play Reigning Bubbles?

Cant see the point of them, if they are capable of duplicating a famous band, why not create something original, and stand on their own merit.

You can do both

I saw Further last year (not a fan but it was fun). Afterwards I found out that the guy who plays and sings the Jerry Garcia parts was in a Dead tribute band. Soooo that is what tribute bands are for. As bands get older and the members die off, there are ready made replacements.

They can't see the point of you.


And the point of them is when they're really good they can be a helluva lot of fun. How that isn't obvious, well, I dunno.

I prefer to listen to the original bands, but tribute bands are great when neither AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd nor The Beatles are on Spotify.

That's the point, at least I think it is. :)

Really?

That's a pretty good cover, and I guess it counts something new, too.

I'm not really into that kind of thing, but I will never dis anyone for liking them. They fill a need for some people to hear the songs in a live setting.

I came from the age where there was a Broadway show called Beatlemania, which had considerable success and even was turned into a film. The feature released in 1981 was a major failure, proving that this type of performance is something for those wanting to go out and hear something very familiar. The Broadway show itself did spark some small music careers for various members of it's history, two I can remember with Tom Teely who played George Harrison and one for Marshall Crenshaw who was John Lennon.

To those who like a Wiki, here it is...

Beatlemania (musical) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

At best, it can be a start for musicians today of they decided to go more original. That can be a rare thing, but as proven it happens from time to time.

I think the point is about access. As in geography, price, and (maybe this doesn't apply to any tribute bands) the ability to sort of see multiple big-name acts at once (when cover bands play a variety of artists' music). Personally I don't like live music much, and (somewhat contrary to that) I'm a big believer in being real; in other words, I dislike tribute bands.

I saw Beatlemania on my 18th birthday. It is the last time I have gone out of my way to see a tribute band.
My dad had to drive me and my friend because I had just totaled his other car and lost my license - but that's another story.

A friend of mine has a bar where one of the bands he has is a Beatles tribute band that prides itself on being note perfect ( I don't think they try to look like the beatles). This is one of the reasons I would not go see them. I would rather they do their own versions.

I love lots of cover songs better than the originals. The fact that the songs are "copies" (with some kind of twist usually) does not bother me.

I especially love many covers by a diversity of musical artists of ABBA and Madonna chestnuts. The covers of classic ABBA songs are often not as cheesy as the originals, in my opinion.

Tribute bands? Hard pass.

I don't go see many tribute bands but I think they're great.
1) Any time a musician can make a living playing music, it's a good thing.
2) Older fans rekindling memories and younger fans seeing what all the fuss was about.

Only drawback are older people that try to retro cool themselves. "I remember them back in '79, they were great". "No you don't, I remember you back in '79 and you were listening to Leo Sayer and Air Supply"!