Poll: If You Were In A Band, Would You Sell-Out?

Urban Hat€monger ? · 07-07-2010, 04:53 PM

That could be the response to a music critic on the release of the album

Stone Birds · 07-07-2010, 04:56 PM

well sorta but only if it was something i would agree with for example i WOULD NOT want any of my songs in an army recuitment commercial, but if NOH8 asked me i'd say ok

Bulldog · 07-07-2010, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Tuna

Well I wouldn't be asking of anything from the public. Personally, if Chad Kroeger broke up Nickelback and put out OK Computer I would take his music seriously (as a person he'll always be a world class twat, though). Or, like Urban said, release it under a pseudonym

...is exactly what I was gonna say.

I'd just get under the skin of the industry with a few hits before using the money and backing of the label to just do whatever the hell I wanted in the studio, like Talk Talk and FSOL did for example.

TheCunningStunt · 07-07-2010, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

That could be the response to a music critic on the release of the album

After the recording of their shit mainstream album that denies/ignores their roots, they've already sold their soul to the devil.. that statement tries to justify the selling of their soul. Great statement, you just know what it means immediately.

bannister · 07-07-2010, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Stone Birds

well sorta but only if it was something i would agree with for example i WOULD NOT want any of my songs in an army recuitment commercial, but if NOH8 asked me i'd say ok

This.

If I were a famous musician, I'd probably be a gigantic twat and only lend my songs to nonprofits or organizations I agree with ethically.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 07-07-2010, 05:02 PM

People can have duel careers.

Personally I can't stand the Foo Fighters because they're the epitome of bland & commercial.

Yet I'll happily listen to anything Dave Grohl does outside of that band because I rate his talent.

**Janszoon** · 07-07-2010, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Personally I can't stand the Foo Fighters because they're the epitome of bland & commercial.

Yet I'll happily listen to anything Dave Grohl does outside of that band because I rate his talent.

I kinds of agree. I like a couple Foo Fighters songs but I'm not really a fan overall. Probot was fucking amazing though, and his drumming for Killing Joke and Queens of the Stone Age was fantastic.

mr dave · 07-07-2010, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by bogey_j

Let's say you were in an underground band that's being courted by a big corporate label. If you signed with them you'll be promised fame, fortune, and a fleet of supermodels. Instead of playing hole-in-the-wall clubs, you'll be playing stadiums. All you have to do is change your sound to more commercial viable pop music. Sign away your artistic integrity and all this could be yours..

would you sign?

if the intent of my band was to keep playing gigs for dollars you're damned straight we'd sign that contract, then we'd bend over and assume the goatse pose.

Astronomer · 07-07-2010, 07:21 PM

I am in a band, but the goal of our band is not to earn a living. All of us already have careers and jobs that we foresee ourselves continuing into the future. We rarely play gigs for dollars, we play a lot of free gigs or gigs that get us enough money to buy a beer in dingy little quirky places around the city. We play for fun pretty much, not for money or a career. So I'm not really sure what we'd do if that situation arose, or how that situation could even arise given our attitude.

That being said, I picked Yeah I would..but i'd probably get depressed and start a drug habit, because the kind of **** I just rattled off is probably something said by a lot of amateur/independent bands before they sell out to the man.

GravitySlips · 07-07-2010, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Bulldog

I'd just get under the skin of the industry with a few hits before using the money and backing of the label to just do whatever the hell I wanted in the studio, like Talk Talk and FSOL did for example.

Forgive me for derailing the thread slightly, but did FSOL do this? I've only heard one of their albums, which was excellent but not commercial in any way. What were they like to begin with?

View Poll Results: would you sell-out?
Money, fame, supermodels? **** yeah I would. sign me up	7	21.21%
No, my band would try and make it on our own. Never selling out	10	30.30%
LOL@artistic integrity.Only reason I'd wannna be a rockstar is for money and sex	2	6.06%
Dont need models and limos; I'm happy with hookers and taxi cabs	6	18.18%
Yeah I would..but i'd probably get depressed and start a drug habit	8	24.24%
Voters: 33. You may not vote on this poll

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07-07-2010, 05:02 PM	#16 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	People can have duel careers. Personally I can't stand the Foo Fighters because they're the epitome of bland & commercial. Yet I'll happily listen to anything Dave Grohl does outside of that band because I rate his talent. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

07-07-2010, 07:21 PM	#19 (permalink)
Astronomer we are stardust Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 2,894	I am in a band, but the goal of our band is not to earn a living. All of us already have careers and jobs that we foresee ourselves continuing into the future. We rarely play gigs for dollars, we play a lot of free gigs or gigs that get us enough money to buy a beer in dingy little quirky places around the city. We play for fun pretty much, not for money or a career. So I'm not really sure what we'd do if that situation arose, or how that situation could even arise given our attitude. That being said, I picked Yeah I would..but i'd probably get depressed and start a drug habit, because the kind of **** I just rattled off is probably something said by a lot of amateur/independent bands before they sell out to the man. __________________