Acey Slade & The Dark Party

[Slybacon]

Street teams are when bands/labels intice eedjits to sally fourth and spam the shit out of people on their behalf (in some vauge attempt to make it look like a grass roots swell of interest in the subject). They usually tempt afore mentioned eedjits with freebies or the chance to "meet" their heroes.

It is invariably totally transparent and has the exact opposite effect of that which is desired.

It kind of started pre-internet massiveness with so called punk labels in the 90's bribing kids to go to gigs and flyer for stuff with free CDs.

[Ink Minx]

Ahhhh

Crashed and burned then!

[Slybacon]

Spectacularly

[simonightmare]

Originally Posted by sean

But we were on the way to see much better bands across the road in the NCLA (3 inches of blood and a few others if I remember correctly). But he seemed like a cool guy, nonetheless.

That was 3 Inches of Blood, Himsa, The Seventh Cross and Bring Me The Horizon [ughhh]. Good times!

[sean]

Don't know about BMTH being on that bill, we were there for Himsa (the headliners, I think) and 3IOB.

[simonightmare]

They definately were, because Matt from Seventh Cross called Oli Sykes a bad word for putting the mic in his mouth to growl or summat, and then chucking it down on the floor and breaking it. Bender!

[sean]

Fuck, I should have paid more attention, as we were at the bar for most of the night.

It would have saved me from witnessing them in the Welsh Club, in more recent years, after my mate roped me into going. They were the singularly worst band I've ever had the displeasure of watching. And I've seen some right crap over the years too.

[sean]

Hmmm, perhaps we could do a new thread - 'Shittiest Bands You've Seen'. I've got enough to fill a few pages myself.

[simonightmare]

BMTH are just toss, I think I'd probably have been at the bar for them as well.

As for shittiest bands... start it up! I've seen a fair few - I think I've seen the ska band Spunge about 12 times but never actually paid to see them, they just used to support everyone and play all the festivals n that. Still going too apparently. The mind boggles.

[Lunarwolf79]

Originally Posted by BettyBean

Spam is frowned upon here.

Sorry mum.

Originally Posted by BettyBean

I wouldn't have bothered to put my opinion online if you hadn't made such a whingey first post.

Well I for one am glad you did. Y'see, unlike many people that 'grace' the internet I'm actually interested in other people's opinions and like to hear them whether they're negative or positive... what annoys me (and most others I know) is when people make snide remarks or unfounded stabs at others interests or beliefs, from a right to express their opinion in music to the way they dress or modify their bodies.
If you were'nt doing that, then I wholeheartedly apologise. If you were? well then I don't.

Originally Posted by strong_lyk_bull

some how think that lunarwolf might not be back after this thread she kinda got a little shirty

(F.Y.I. he not she, but you weren't to know, the net is an ambigious s.o.a.b! )

Hahahaha - like something like that would scare me off. Cheers for the concern strong_lyk_bull, but I've been using forums for far longer than I care to remember and am currently a moderator of three and and owner of two more. I wouldn't go so far as to say 'I've seen it all' because lets be honest, who has right? but I've seen my fair share of far worse than this. Tbh Slybacon's original post just hit a nerve and I should have known better than to bite the bait. Mind you, speaking of...

Originally Posted by Slybacon

...because you're in the street team too.

Nope, I'm not. Never have been and never will be. Got nothing against Street Teams myself, nor the people involved in running them or working with them, but I've never liked any band so much to go to the lengths most members of street teams do.

I actually felt bad about leaving a first negative post, so I researched this. I sent a PM to the O.P. (Gemma) and it seems I was right (where's my 'big head' emote? :P). This was not only her first ever visit to this forum, but it seems like it was her first ever visit to any forum, period. She wasn't aware she was breaking any of the numerous strata of 'Forum Politics', by not posting in the introductory thread first, nor realised that many people don't appreciate the effort of people in Street Teams. She came here because she was a fan of the magazine and wanted to see if other people were interested in the same things as her. You'd think (or at least I would) that someone with non-mainstream interests and alternative views could find a home in a place like this with people likeminded and friendly.

I've tried to convince her that this was a hiccup and she should persevere, that she should come back and just chat about other things, but that remains to be seen.