If The Breakfast are going to make it...

[leith]

you all need to get off your asses and TOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stop being such pantywaists and go support your supposed favorite band.
Why wait around for the Freakout when the band is playing shows all month?

Yeah blast me I could care less.

I just got back from 2 near sellout TLG shows @ major SF venues and talked to over 30 people that had flown in from about 17 different states for these 2 shows.

THAT IS DEDICATION THAT WILL CATAPULT A BAND TO THE TOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You guys that just bitch about why the band is playing doozies and are not out there supporting them have not a leg to stand on.

Why is UM and TLG making it and The Breakfast are treading water?

Fans that actually travel for the band.

You all have the power. What is the best possible promotion for a band?


A FULL HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!

Pick a weekend this month and surprise the band.

I dare you!

[Rujah]

no offense man, but I am pretty sure TLG is from San Fransico. So even though you talked to all these people who "flew" in from other states, the fact they are in San Fran doesnt hurt.

Anyways I am down for surprising the band on a few of these dates. Anyone have any suggestions?

[leith]

no offense man, but I am pretty sure TLG is from San Fransico. So even though you talked to all these people who "flew" in from other states, the fact they are in San Fran doesnt hurt.

Anyways I am done for surprising the band on a few of these dates. Anyone have any suggestions?

Yeah how many people are just going to fly to SF w/o something to do? Believe me the 2 shows were THE reason these people flew out. They flew out to rage in 2 of the best music venues in S.F. w/ their favorite band.

 It\'s called walking the walk and not just the talk. Something only a couple fans here are willing to do for The Breakfast.

As for a tour suggestion I think ChrisF is coming out as well as Buquebus. PM them and jump on board!!!

[Me!]

No offence brah, not trying to start an argument here, but FUCK YOU!  If I had the means to hop on a plane and catch the Breakfast on the left coast I would be there in a heart beat.  But it just not that simple, some people have lives to live that include things other than going to shows everynight. (Although you wouldn\'t know that when they\'re at home )  I do my part, I catch every single show that is plausible for me to catch.  With work and school, flying to Cali or wherever to see a band I see anywhere from 3 to 8 times a month regularly is not at the top of my priority list.  Am I saying I\'ll never do it? No.  But it\'s not always that easy.  Most of us don\'t have the means to just whimsically hop on a plane ditch work and any other resposibilities we have for a trip across the country. Honestly as bummed as I am that they\'re gone till the end of Oct, I\'m glad for the break, it was nice to just be at home this weekend.

I completley understand the point your trying to make but, once again, why be so accusatory about it?  Like it\'s our fault the band isn\'t making it right now.  If anything it\'s thanks to people like us that the band is still kicking around.  I remember back in \'01 after their equipment got stolen they were gonna pack it up, but the fans wouldn\'t let them, and we would have never heard such mind blowing nights like 8/20/05.

It also helps when you\'re TLG and you have such major support behind you from the industry.  I\'m not saying they\'re Phish or (insert band name here) or anything, but they have a much more straight forward haight ashbury rock sound that\'s, well, a little easier on the ears for some than the Breakfast.  

Again, not trying to start shit here, I\'m glad they have such a great following, it must make for a great show enviroment.  But hey, you\'ve flown out here numerous times, and it looks like we\'re gonna have some long distance heads for the freakout.  

I think the band is doing the best it has since the Duece days.  We seem to be on an upward arch.  No need to be bashing progress, no matter how slow it may be happening.

[kyndkate]

I drove 3 hours to Chicago this weekend. I also just spent $335 on plane tickets for the Freakout. Don\'t blame me!

[leith]

Waaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh Excuses excuses. If the music is good enough one will travel.  Sorry but it\'s true.  Nothing you can post can convince me otherwise.

The problem not only lies in Bfast fans being spoiled w/ so many close to home shows but that the band has not really pumped out a real tour schedule and only sporadically plays out of their comfort zone.

The thing is we have had notice of this tour for a loooooong time and if one really wanted to support the band on tour one COULD have and SHOULD have made plans to do so.

Just going to local shows that should be sold out anyway(and never are) does little compared to actually travelling to see them.

I know I did everything I could to travel and see them last year and regret none of the monetary problems I created for myself to do so.

Oh and as far as lives to live pfffft. If you really wanted to go on tour you could. It is a choice. You have chosen not to tour. Cool.
Don\'t bitch here when the band plays a doozie, you made your choice.

I am not saying you are all to BLAME for the band not making it but as you said they are in a better place than they have been in awhile so why not help push the momentum instead of just waiting?

So the Bfast\'s sound is a problem ? That is fucking ridiculous and you know it. Esp. now as a trio and the band is supposedly so much better now. Pfft nxt excuse.

[leith]

I drove 3 hours to Chicago this weekend. I also just spent $335 on plane tickets for the Freakout. Don\'t blame me!

This band needs more fans like you. Fans not content to just catch shows near them but willing to make the effort to show venues "their" band is worth booking.

[Todd]

:leaves board to go drink beer and play pool: :sigh:

[Jim Cobb]

i\'ll admit it, i care about my own career more than the breakfasts. thats why i stick around here and pursue it.  sue me.

[kyndkate]

Fans not content to just catch shows near them...

That\'s the thing though, Leith. They DON\'T play shows near me!

If I had it my way, I would have gone all the way out West with them. But alas, I\'m working on getting a degree and helping pay my way through college. Buying those plane tickets and spending $ in Chicago this weekend was really was not a responsible thing to do, but I\'ll just have a tighter budget the next month. I won\'t remember the classes I missed or the money I didn\'t have, but I\'ll remember the Freakout for years to come.

[sallyalli]

i cant wait to meet you someday. i think.
for now, i think that talking shit sure isn\'t helping anyone. i mean i\'m sure that everyone on the board would love to support the band in potential doozie circumstances, but i\'m gonna have to agree that the only way i could afford to go on tour is to have a well-paying job. one such job would surely be lost if i were to take a month off to spend hundreds of dollars traveling around the country. i just think that although what you\'re saying is true, it is unrealistic to expect everyone to drop everything and go crazy gallavanting and being whippersnappers.
in other words

THAT\'S DICK

-Alexi-ngton

[leith]

That\'s the thing though, Leith. They DON\'T play shows near me!

If I had it my way, I would have gone all the way out West with them. But alas, I\'m working on getting a degree and helping pay my way through college. Buying those plane tickets and spending $ in Chicago this weekend was really was not a responsible thing to do, but I\'ll just have a tighter budget the next month. I won\'t remember the classes I missed or the money I didn\'t have, but I\'ll remember the Freakout for years to come.

EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!! It may not be the most responsible thing to do but you will have the memories and it only helps when new fans find out that others find the band worthy enough to travel for.

I know when people found out our little crew of "tour rats" were following the band down the coast in March it was something of an eye opener.

My whole point is if the band is really going to make a go of it they need support. You will find on many other boards people are travelling to see their band @ the expense of more responsible decisions.
Why should this fanbase be different ?

[leith]

i cant wait to meet you someday. i think.
for now, i think that talking shit sure isn\'t helping anyone. i mean i\'m sure that everyone on the board would love to support the band in potential doozie circumstances, but i\'m gonna have to agree that the only way i could afford to go on tour is to have a well-paying job. one such job would surely be lost if i were to take a month off to spend hundreds of dollars traveling around the country. i just think that although what you\'re saying is true, it is unrealistic to expect everyone to drop everything and go crazy gallavanting and being whippersnappers.
in other words

THAT\'S DICK

-Alexi-ngton

Not everyone needs to jump on tour but there has to be some people on this board that can find the resources to travel. I mean there are over 200 active members on this board and none of them can find the time or $$ to follow a few shows away from home? Come On.

Oh and as most that have met me in person will tell you I am not nearly as much of an ass in person

[Gordo]

leith, i just looked at your profile and noticed you\'re 36 years old...........

[bdfreetuna]

If playing to a bunch of confused looking 14 year olds is "making it" --TLG styliez--then I\'m glad the Breakfast has remained in the dark all these years...

This thread is so retarded... of all places to post this?? Do you realize how many people on this board make it to every show they can? How many other bands do you know that have such a dedicated base... very few, I\'ll tell ya.

As for me, I got a JOB and I better not do something stupid like taking a month off if I want to still have that job and be able to afford a 5-SHOW-RUN when they return to the east coast. Sorry if catching almost every show within like 150 miles of my home isn\'t good enough for you.

The Breakfast already has "made it"... maybe not out there, and maybe they still have the occasional doozie.. but this aint no MTV shit. In the real world bands gotta bust ass and gather a following. I\'ve seen the band, at times in the last several years, look like they weren\'t making any progress in terms of a following. But now I see they\'re back on the right track.

Nope I don\'t consider it my obligation to go to the other side of the country to add 1 person to a show count 2000 miles from me.

That\'s YOUR job!!