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[Arizona_Skies]

Everclear without Art Alexakis
Pumpkins without Billy Corgan
Bush without Gavin Rossdale
3EB without Stephan Jenkins
Nirvana without Kurt

But, don't worry... LIVE has a new singer.

This is a joke right? Complete with a Karaoke singer, how about that?

Peace

[zmanpga]

music industry is in the shit, we have one of ROCKS best guitar players wanting to start a cover band to make ends meet???(hope it was a joke) we have ADAM TAYLOR, THE GRACIOUS FEW, ....and MANY MANY more. TALENTED musicians not fulfilling their dream thanks to TODAYS crappy music and bands...seriously..all ONE HiT WONDERS!..pffffffffffffffffffffffffff

[Good_Pain]

music industry is in the shit, we have one of ROCKS best guitar players wanting to start a cover band to make ends meet???(hope it was a joke) we have ADAM TAYLOR, THE GRACIOUS FEW, ....and MANY MANY more. TALENTED musicians not fulfilling their dream thanks to TODAYS crappy music and bands...seriously..all ONE HiT WONDERS!..pffffffffffffffffffffffffff

I saw that post about a cover band as well, hope it's not true either. The music industry went down the crapper thanks to the changes in radio. My first career was working as a radio dj and I know from my experience that once the monster company known as Clear Channel Communications began to monopolize the media market rock radio began to die. Yes, monopolies are illegal, but laws and regulations that stop this in the world of radio/television were changed under President Bush. Not picking political debates, but this all happened due to former President Bush's connection with CCC Vice Chairman who happened to be a major political donor and the man who bought The Texas Rangers baseball franchise from Bush when he was the owner of the team in the early 90's. Now thanks to CCC rock radio is effectively dead, there are now more Country format stations in American followed by Pop/Adult Contemporary, then Talk Radio. Rock radio is simply vastly outnumbered because CCC got behind Country Radio and shoved it down the American public's throat from the mid 90's on.

Sorry to go on a rant, but I could speak on this subject all day long. If you are a true rock band and not a band that has sold their soul to the CCC gods then you are going to have do it yourself and build on your own, because rock radio is effectively dead in the water. This is why I believe that LIVE will be successful the sense that they are building a base with loyal listeners who will build the base in a grassroots format. I know that I have done all I can to tell all the people who I knew followed LIVE in the past as well as those who dug TGF about what is happening. If what Chad T. Chad G. and Pat D. are doing is doing is not for you that is fine, but don't begrudge them just move on.

This post has been edited by Good_Pain: Jan 14 2012, 11:21 am