How do we make Boston metal again?[views:38780][posts:142]____________________________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 7:20pm - THE UNITY RAINBOW WARRIOR ""] I think the EASTCIDE re-union show will be the kizzzick in the pizzantz the scene needs.Word is bond son. |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 7:21pm - RichHorror ""] I can't argue with that. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 7:23pm - swamplorddvm ""] Shows afew times a week is cool. But it's certain kinds of metal that is lacking in boston. I don't mean to sound like tool. But that's the way I feel. |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 7:28pm - dreadkill ""] yeah, there are way too many death metal, metalcore, and deathcore bands around, but there's plenty of variety around here. |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 7:30pm - RichHorror ""] That's called 'the shit I like isn't around here'. The sort of stuff that is on the top of my list isn't around here either. Or in this part of the country. You move to Europe, I'll move to the west coast. |
| ______________________________ [Jan 18,2007 7:32pm - Lamp ""] I'm taking the next ticket to the San Francisco bay area. |
| ____________________________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 7:33pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] RichHorror said:The sort of stuff that is on the top of my list isn't around here either. Ditto. |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 7:34pm - RichHorror ""] This thread would be more accurate if it was titled 'There are too many queer bands that I don't like in Boston'. |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 7:36pm - RichHorror ""] Around here, the only metal bands I like play thrash, for the most part. And a lot of the thrash bands I think are shitty and gay because they play more of the european-melodic style. Teratism is gone, so BOE is the only death metal band I really like. Anything else I like that's local isn't really 'metal'. Or isn't from Massachusetts. |
| _____________________________ [Jan 18,2007 8:00pm - pam ""] Rich has it right. Go to fucking shows. Problem solved. |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 8:00pm - RichHorror ""] I have everything right all the time. |
| _____________________________ [Jan 18,2007 8:02pm - pam ""] Obviously some people need to be reminded of that. |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 8:06pm - RichHorror ""] Anyone who disagrees with me has their name legally changed to Cunty McShitballs. |
| ____________________________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 8:06pm - THE UNITY RAINBOW WARRIOR ""] Yo Jake D! Bring the nizzoise to these perpatratorz.Boston Metal Beats-Whut!YA HEARD?!!!! |
| __________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 8:08pm - sinistas ""] I basically will agree with the general sentiment of this thread, and say: "Stop being such a humongous faggot and go to more shows." There's a shitload of metal around now, especially compared to a couple of years ago. Stop complaining and enjoy it while it lasts. |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 8:09pm - RichHorror ""] EAT CHINESE FOOD OR DIE. |
| ____________________________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 8:09pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] Is there really more than there was a couple of years ago? I think it's about the same. |
| _____________________________ [Jan 18,2007 8:11pm - pam ""] It seems like there's more now. |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 8:12pm - RichHorror ""] Yeah, it is. It's just some bands that are around now weren't back then or didn't play as many shows with the mainstay bands. To me, a lot of bands broke up and no new bands stepped up to more or less take their place as 'mainstay' type bands. Maybe that's just me, though. |
| __________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 8:16pm - sinistas ""] Maybe it's that more of the gay music I'm into is around now. *shrug* There seems to be a lot more shows, though. |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 8:19pm - RichHorror ""] I don't see it. O'Briens and The Choppin' Block were both places that regularly had solid shows. Even when O'Briens is back, that is it. Hopefully The Skybar becomes such a place, but it still remains to be seen. |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 8:52pm - anonymous ""] There needs to be more venues... Reflections just made a new policy to only allow cover bands So I hear... Thats gay.. Riot and burn the place I say |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 8:54pm - RichHorror ""] Reflections in Chelmsford? Or the junkie one in New Bedford? |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 9:03pm - selloutd0od ""] Reflections in Chelmsford.. |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 9:04pm - selloutd0od ""] Torch it |
| ______________________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 9:05pm - chris_from_shit_fuck ""] RichHorror said:haha I like people saying what needs to be done to make the 'scene' stronger that don't go to any shows that they or their friends/boyfriends/husbands/etc. aren't playing. Everyone should be killed. You want the scene to improve? Go to shows. Support local bands. Support your scene. It isn't fucking rocket science. Get killed. Agree 100%!! |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 9:05pm - selloutd0od ""] But thats what I've heard.. Rich.. I haven't actually seen any notice or anything.. I was told by a neighbor @ our jamspace the other night |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 9:08pm - RichHorror ""] Pretty lame. No big shock though. It had good sound and everything, just didn't do a lot with it. |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 9:11pm - selloutd0od ""] Yeah.. They had ALOT of 1 pm shows and stuff.. No one wants to go to a show in the afternoon.. Same thing with Harpers Ferry.. They have those saturday afternoon shows.. = Gay |
| ___________________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 10:58pm - timmy porphyria ""] atreu77 said:all ages shows are essential! why? they are impressionable little fucks who will use mom and dads money to buy tickets to shows, merch, cd's, ect. be the first to brainwash them before the radio and mtv/vh1 do yeah, ok cockwasher, your user name is atreu77, who are you to say who is impressionable? assbag. |
| ______________________________________________ [Jan 19,2007 12:05am - MarkFuckingRichards ""] 1. rich, i believe i will start disagreeing with you ONLY so my name is legally changed to cunty mcshitballs. 2. if i eat chinese food i die. so i guess cunty mcshitballs is a dead man. |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 19,2007 12:13am - Niccolai ""] MarkFuckingRichards said:i guess cunty mcshitballs is a dead man. ... if only. |
| ________________________________ [Jan 19,2007 12:18am - Troll ""] Boston was never overtly Metal anyways. Always dominated by hardcore and punk. Metal is alive and well in the rural New England. Always was always will be. Where do you think most of these nameless metallers that are packing venues like the Palladium and Middle East are driving from? |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 19,2007 12:28am - anonymous ""] FuckIsMySignature said:move Boston to Worcester. |
| ________________________________ [Jan 19,2007 12:37am - Troll ""] Metal people should be more assertive in their local area and take more of a D.I.Y. stance. It takes some work but you can build a scene in your hometown from the bottom up. Berlin NH is a good example. You don't need to drive 200 miles out of town to see a good show but people were willing to drive 200 miles (or more in some cases) to our area at one point. It's kinda slowed down a bit lately but the repercussions of our activities have already influenced another generation of kids that look like they will one day carry the torch and Keep The Fucking Metal Flame Alive!))))))))))) < btw, thats an echo |
| ________________________________ [Jan 19,2007 9:25am - xmikex ""] fests suck marathon shows suck most local metal bands suck i'm not getting out of bed for anything less than Entombed |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 19,2007 10:36am - passerby ""] I would make vulgar tattoos mandatory and a drug dependency necessary. |
| _______________________________ [Jan 19,2007 10:41am - Yeti ""] Archaeon said:21+ shows, poor promotion, and current shitty youth music movements you just summed it up. |
| _______________________________ [Jan 19,2007 10:43am - Yeti ""] RichHorror said:Yeah, it is. It's just some bands that are around now weren't back then or didn't play as many shows with the mainstay bands. To me, a lot of bands broke up and no new bands stepped up to more or less take their place as 'mainstay' type bands. Maybe that's just me, though. i have to agree, though alot of bands arent given the credit they deserve because the mindset is "you arent old school". i mean not all, but there are some. |
| __________________________________ [Jan 19,2007 11:05am - Anthony ""] It's been said already but the answer is painfully fucking simple... GO TO SHOWS.. there, now we have an awesome, crazy, fun metal scene. It's that.fucking.simple. Also when bands desperate to put 'we played with so-and-so' on their presskit are willing to whore themselves out to paytoplay venues like Mark's, you are enabling those scumbags. If no bands would work with them, they wouldnt be able to pay the tour guarantees without doing any work, and they wouldnt be doing metal shows because then the lazy shits would actually have to promote to make back their money. There'll always be bands willing to buy into that pay-to-play shit though, so Mark's and it's ilk will continue to thrive and more and more great tours will be coming to Bedford, NH as their only Northeast date instead of Boston or Worcester. There are alot of bands that I respect and am cool with that have done the Mark's pay to play bullshit, so no offense to them, but I would never do it. And imo, nobody should be doing it. |
| _______________________________________________ [Jan 19,2007 12:05pm - BobNOMAAMRooney nli ""] Some guido skanks from Jersey were in my cab the other night asking me if I knew of any good clubs near their hotel (in Newton) I tried to con them into going to DeeDee's but they weren't biting. So I took them to Lansdowne Street via Somerville because they weren't supporting the scene. |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 19,2007 12:07pm - Messerschmitt ""] dee dee's? newton? |
| ______________________________ [Jan 19,2007 12:39pm - pam ""] Mark's sucks and so does Worcester. That is all. |
| _______________________________ [Jan 19,2007 12:41pm - Yeti ""] haha Worcester has alot of potential to be a focal point. its unfortunate that its practically overrun with scenesters. |
| ______________________________ [Jan 19,2007 12:51pm - pam ""] Worcester is full of elitist douchebags (obviously not EVERYONE but most), shady clubs, and raft-floaters. I'll take Boston, thanks. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 19,2007 12:55pm - MadOakDevin ""] i didn't know Boston had a problem with the metal scene? i worked at O'Brien's for a few months and the metal shows were always the best shows. Even though there were a few people who have shitty attitudes and can't get over the fact that you CAN be nice and metal and the same time, metal did great there. |
| _____________________________ [Jan 19,2007 1:06pm - pam ""] O'B's shows were always my favorite. |
| _______________________________________ [Jan 19,2007 1:48pm - EriktheViking ""] Oh yeah, I went to OB's for months and they had great stuff like Heavy Metal Breakdown and the Atomic BBQ. It feels to me though like once OB's shut down, the bottom fell out of the local scene. Sure, the occasional show at Skybar or in Quincy, but no more local hang-out type place. Oh, and I sure as hell didn't plan on starting a flame war. Sorry. Maybe there's a way people can help promote the bands? Dedicated fans handing out flyers/stickers/etc. |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 19,2007 2:26pm - anonymous ""] timmy porphyria said:atreu77 said:all ages shows are essential! why? they are impressionable little fucks who will use mom and dads money to buy tickets to shows, merch, cd's, ect. be the first to brainwash them before the radio and mtv/vh1 do yeah, ok cockwasher, your user name is atreu77, who are you to say who is impressionable? assbag. atreu= a charecter from the never ending story. no need to badmouth people you don't know, or the reason behind their user names |
| ___________________________________________ [Jan 19,2007 2:34pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] anonymous said:timmy porphyria said:atreu77 said:all ages shows are essential! why? they are impressionable little fucks who will use mom and dads money to buy tickets to shows, merch, cd's, ect. be the first to brainwash them before the radio and mtv/vh1 do yeah, ok cockwasher, your user name is atreu77, who are you to say who is impressionable? assbag. atreu= a charecter from the never ending story. no need to badmouth people you don't know, or the reason behind their user names :point: truth |