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[jason-a]

good lookin out

[boombox]

I agree that we shouldn\'t be seen as cheaters, but if we can mobilise the entire membership to vote (one of dave\'s emails to whole membership, as in the song poll??), we could bump the band up the order. Winning is unimportant - exposure is what is needed.

[Whathefunk]

well its been a month, and it looks like they finally updated this poll a bit....the list is back on the main page and now directly above the "fan site of the month", currently held by none other than the "dot info".  Would be great to get the bfast in the top ten so they would be displayed in the poll right above the .info link....

here\'s the updated list:

1. Umphrey\'s McGee 9.1%    
2. Perpetual Groove 8.5%    
3. Tea Leaf Green 7.7%    
4. Raq 6.6%    
5. Green Lemon 4.8%    
6. Licorice 4.6%    
7. The Bridge 4.0%    
8. Moonshine Still 3.7%    
9. Assembly of Dust 3.0%    
10. Old Union 2.6%    
11. Brothers Past 2.5%    
12. Benevento/Russo Duo 1.9%    
13. The Breakfast 1.7%    
14. The Motet 1.5%    
15. New Monsoon 1.3%    

Might be hard but we did jump up two spots since the last update so....
If you haven\'t voted yet....DO IT!  

[Klout]

i wouldn;t even bother. The list is bogus anyway. At least half the bands above the bfast SUCK.

[Jim Cobb]

i\'ve heard good things about the benevento/russo duo.

[Klout]

i\'ve seen the duo probly 6 times now and they are very good. ALl the shows are more or less the same tho.  They deserve to be on that list but def not above the breakfast.

[Spunk]

Im gonna have to agree with Klout

1. Umphrey\'s McGee 9.1% -> good
2. Perpetual Groove 8.5% - Good
3. Tea Leaf Green 7.7% - Sucks generic
4. Raq 6.6%                -Super Cheesey and Generic
5. Green Lemon 4.8% - I have no idea
6. Licorice 4.6%         - is this a joke?
7. The Bridge 4.0%     - This is more then a joke
8. Moonshine Still 3.7%   -no idea
9. Assembly of Dust 3.0% - have seen them rock and have seen them suck
10. Old Union 2.6% - No idea
11. Brothers Past 2.5% - yikes
12. Benevento/Russo Duo 1.9% - AWESOME
13. The Breakfast 1.7% - #1 in my book
14. The Motet 1.5% - ROCKS
15. New Monsoon 1.3% -  okay band

[Wolfman]

5. Green Lemon 4.8%    
6. Licorice 4.6%    
7. The Bridge 4.0%    
8. Moonshine Still 3.7%    
9. Assembly of Dust 3.0%    
10. Old Union 2.6%    

[DRUNK POST TAG.  LAUGH AT AND MAKE FUN OF POSTER.  DO NOT TAKE SERIOUSLY]

:rolleyes:

These bands are lucky that their 2 fans are big enough geeks to sit there and program their computers to stuff the ballot.

On second thought, they probably did it themselves.  I challenge everybody and anybody on this board to present to me ONE fan of Green Lemon.

...I just jambased all of these bands and laughed my ass off.  The best is Licorice, with a whopping ZERO shows listed.  They\'re probably a high school band with some geeky friends.  Heck, I used to put my high school bands on jambase, it\'s not hard.  I hate to ruin everyone\'s fun cause I know people think that stuffing these meaningless polls will somehow help the band, but I\'m not going to sit here and vote over and over when some 15-year-old nerd in the Tennessee mountains with nothing to do is going to nullify my votes by stuffing the ballot for Old Union.

[/DRUNKEN POST]

[WALSH]

Alright, let\'s not get crazy.  Brothers Past just got signed to SCI fidelity and also got a booking agent that helps some of the largest electronic bands in the world...they are trying to forge a new genre basically and draw crowds of jamfans and electronica and Indie...let me tell you from personal experience...it is working.  It is funny how a few years ago, when BP was opening for PB, people liked them and wanted a co-tour when I brought that up; yet now that they have gotten themselves a MUCH larger fanbase than the boys...now they SUCK!!!  That will help tB, putting down other bands, very good.

Tea Leaf Green...haven\'t seen them due to the lack of East coast shows(hmm maybe people on the west think that of Breakfast???  Funny how the guys like them and have played together but the fans feel the need to mock.

Licorice...used to be part of Grandfather Ridiculous.  Played at the Sunfire Fest in Portland 3 years ago with PB.  Now they have started playing religiously around the east coast, most in NYC and have been featured in Relix\' bands to know.

Green Lemon just won the JamOff put on by Relix and voted on by fans and music industry folks...the gig was in NYC, where was the Breakfast?

Moonshine Still plays to crowds 6-8 times larger than the Breakfast in the south most of the time...They are slowly moving their width of shows as they staurate and area.

RAQ...they also have a relationship with the Breakfast, does everyone already forget the China->Rider with Chris and Stoops?  As all of you mock the band, that self-admittedly used to sound like Phish, they are also carving their niche in the jamworld with EXTENSIVE touring and playing with the likes of,mmmm let\'s see, oh yeah moe.!!!  Their sound, thanks to Stoops, is drastically different now in many areas.  Yes, Chris still gets "Trey-like" at some points; but is that SO bad?  I know it is the in-hipster thing now to diss Trey and hate on "Phish"...but I know that is not gonna help the Breakfast.

And that leasd me to the AODust...this band has Reid Genauer in it.  Really should be \'nuff said, but I know people will retort with a chorus of "He sucks" and "TPalms would play circles around him", etc.  SO, let\'s really take a good inventory in our heads of how many fests this band gets "INVITED"to.  Also, Phil has brought Reid out to sing with the PLQ in the past, bc basically, like him or not, the guy can REALLY sing.  Hard to find in the jamband circuit.  It\'s not "raging" rock by any means but this guy has brought **TWO** bands now to a higher level than our beloved Breakfast...so no offence Wolf, but i think that AOD has more than 2 nerds voting for them.

Now, this isn\'t an affront on the Breakfast, I want them to make it more than anything.  Also, I am not looking to stick anyone out, I am just using the bands that were already talked about.  It is really not a good thing for a band who is trying to get a stronger foothold in the jam community to have fans that constantly put down other bands...period.  All these shows(i.e. moe.down, UVM parties, etc...)are done to bring in new fans.  Guess what these people might actually like some of the bands that get shot down here frequently...and if they aren\'t "crazed" about the Breakfat yet; they might say F**K It!  It\'s not worth it to stick around...bye, bye new fan.

Sorry for the rant, but try thinking about what I said before you type, "Whatever, Wook!"

WALSH

[leith]

  I challenge everybody and anybody on this board to present to me ONE fan of Green Lemon.

Well Seth I guess if this is a challenge you lose. Green Lemon is a great group of guys w/ a really unique sound. I own about 10 of their shows and they are really fun in concert. They play mainly out here in the West, midwest. Flight of Manwe and Shoestrings are 2 of my favorite songs. I have run lighting for them twice and yeah they are no Breakfast but they are fun.
Moonshine Still is another band that is ripping it up out here and other places not NE. See People The Breakfast is not the only band that deserves WIDER recognition.
TLG and UM being on top I have no problem with as they deserve it for their touring efforts.

Oh and what WALSH just said.

[Me!]

Whatever wook!  

[Wolfman]

I lose.  I\'m sure they\'re all good bands.  I\'ve never heard any of their music, so who am I to say.  I still put absolutely zero stock in these polls though.  That\'s my only point.  I have nothing against any band.  We need some "drunken poster" tags.  I think I\'ll go insert those now.

[leith]

I lose.  I\'m sure they\'re all good bands.  I\'ve never heard any of their music, so who am I to say.  I still put absolutely zero stock in these polls though.  That\'s my only point, I have nothing against any band.  We need some "drunken poster" tags.  I think I\'ll go insert those now.

Yeah once I learned one could just set up a Bot to vote over and over I realized the poll is just a time killer and fluff for bandfans.

[WALSH]

I know those polls are bull. I was using this to spout about something I feel very strongly about and figure the band would agree, I would think.

[Klout]

It is really not a good thing for a band who is trying to get a stronger foothold in the jam community to have fans that constantly put down other bands...period.   Guess what these people might actually like some of the bands that get shot down here frequently...and if they aren\'t "crazed" about the Breakfat yet; they might say F**K It!  It\'s not worth it to stick around...bye, bye new fan.



WALSH

Your right to some degree walsh. Obviously some people will be turned off if they hear every bfast fan saying..."The breakfast is the best ever...everything else is poop"


However I am not going to pretend shitty bands don’t suck to avoid scaring off new fans of the breakfast.

If some idiot is SO offended by the fact that I think brothers past are whiney and corny and boring, that they give up listening to the breakfast, then I say fuck them. We\'re better off without fickle people like that around anyway.

It\'s just an opinion. If some weak minded fool is scared away by the fact that I think thier favorite band blows then good riddance