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Why Are Some Bands Just Not Marketable In The USA?
TOK:
--- Quote from: HanoiBoi on March 26, 2010, 07:46:46 am ---
You might know this....but there was a local band in the Philadelphia area called Teeze. They had some killer tunes; Party Hardy, Hellraiser, Midnight Madness, etc.) Then, they got a record deal. My understanding is that the name was already being used by some R&B girl group, or something like that. So, they changed their name to Roughhouse. I didn't mind that so much, but then the record label made them change and re-record some of their songs for their debut LP. The changes sucked...and they flopped. That's marketing for you.
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Have you ever heard of Burning Brides? They are a Philly area band that I thought was going to be huge and never caught on, even though they're still active. Their sound is kind of a grunge/hard rock crossover.
You can find videos for Arctic Snow and Heart Full Of Black on youtube. I don't want to just start posting links and crap up the thread for people that aren't interested.
HanoiBoi:
Yup. I've seen Burning Brides. They played a festival at the Tweeter about 6-7 years ago. I think it was a Y100 show. They were a 'side stage' act, but one I wanted to check out. I did dig them, but not enough to pop a whole album on.
Another band, and I don't know how local they are, but they seem to play around pretty often is Earl Greyhound. A very different look for a rock band. Kinda remind me of The Zutons in their sound, but not as full.
Ginsu Victim:
Why is that VH1 Classic's "Metal Mania" only shows Queensryche's "I Don't Believe in Love" when there's the entire Video:Mindcrime with videos of every song from that album?
I'm so burned out on that song now. They need to play "Speak".
Malenko:
Im very happy this turned into a metal thread, lol
lots of great bands of both heard of and have no idea who they are. keep dropping links, the people not interested can just skip past them or probably have already stopped reading.
Ginsu Victim:
That's what I love about www.grooveshark.com
I hear about a band, I just look 'em up and check 'em out.
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