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Why Are Some Bands Just Not Marketable In The USA?

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CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote from: TOK on March 24, 2010, 05:43:48 am ---My thought is that radio in the US sucks.

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+1, but for Canada.

We have one local station that I listen to and I have satellite radio, which is a big step up, but mostly I listen to Internet radio (fortunately, I am in WiFi range most of the time and have a decent mobile data plan for when I'm not).

Fordman:
Same here in Cincinnati, crap-channel plays the Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, AC/DC (guaranteed these three each hour), Guns N Roses, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Aerosmith (Pump album) and then they try to throw in Puddle of Mudd or Chevelle to try and make them sound up to date.......blah! :censored:
Sounds like crap-channel programs all their 'rock' stations the same way.
Fordman

RayB:
<-- Last.fm for me

Radio has always been crap and limited to a narrow selection of music pushed by big labels.

In the 80's I had to rely on short 2 hour shows on University radio stations in order to hear any "alternative". Even "new wave" was too weird for mainstream radio stations where I lived.

It's always been about money. The only difference is that as we get older the less we can relate to what's currently being pushed and the more we forget about the dreck that was being played "in our day". But it's all the same crap, just a different flavor.

jamesjones626:
the 2 rock stations around here have been playing the same songs for like the past 5 years.  Makes me  :censored:ing insane.  Once in a blue moon they put up a new song.  i usually avoid the radio and just listen to a cd or something

pmowry:
Simply because of large corporate ownership and the whole US entertainment industry afraid of risk. No new movies or TV shows unless they are a remake or had a successful version over seas. No new bands signed unless a computer rates their potential based on how much they sound like what is popular now.

What a waste.

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