Plus, if they use PB they won\'t have t change the stickers...
Look waht happened to Jiggle the handle when they changed their name to jiggle...
also as mention on another board acoustic junction tried it also ...
but as long as the announcement is that they are still going to be rocking in \'04 and beyond i\'m cool with it!!
Originally posted by realisthis
Look what happened to Jiggle the handle when they changed their name to jiggle...
I have been wondering if jiggle was the same band as jiggle the handle for a while now. I dont care about them that much, but I probably would have went to some shows if i knew for sure. thats why they should stay PB.
If changing the name gets them sponsered I am all for it. If they can get some more exposure, more $$ for touring, a lighting rig of their own ( which i would operate on West Coast gigs
), than I have no problem w/ a name change. I admit being new to PB i do not have as much invested as "The CT. Crew" but w/ the proper PR this could be good. If they are losing gigs because of their current name giving in to "the man" on this point is a small price to pay to be able to spread what will always be to us Psychedelic Breakfast.
i dont care what the name is.call it what you wnt.whe nthe tunes start to blow...later!!!i dont think itll happen though.these guys have too many years invested to sell out.if its gonna help,go for it!
If you like the band .. great if not.. that\'s cool too. I think everyone w/ an opinion on the subject should keep a few things in mind.
Now I don\'t know if it\'s actually going to happen but I have heard all of the following..
Some big bands (and their management) will NOT work w/ PB because Psychedelic is in the title of their name.
Many colleges will not book the band for fear of a drug frenzy
some Rooms and promoters won\'t work w/ the band.
Lots of media flatly refuse to even recognize them.
Entertainment Weekly said they has one of the worst band names at the 2002 SXSW Music Conference in TX.
Definitely pigeon holes the band as a "typical noodly jamband" which they are NOT
Listen.. the guys need to to be able to make some kind of living from their music. They do not work regular jobs and it\'s simply to hard to make ends meet when even fans of jam music will not come out because of a stupid name.
The Breakfast is by far not a great name however I think they need to keep Breakfast in the title or no one will know who the hell they are.
The Breafast vs. Breakfast
The White Stripes, The Strokes, The Allman Bros
I bought the new Allman Bros dvd the other day and when I asked for it did not ask for The new The Allman Bros DVD.... or the new the Recipe Album.. It\'s just the new Recipe album or new Breakfast Album.
Changing their name literally might be the sellout as strictly definitional as it gets. I mean, you\'d be changing to appease those that disagree with your art, your creation. "Oh I think I\'ll just take out that 30-foot elephant leg because Mayor Analejo doesn\'t like it" <---- Salvador Dali did not say that, did he.
You gotta keep it freakin real, folks. To hell with the consequences. That is the way to make your venture successful, especially a REALLY
**** music group.
All the metal acts that made it big probably ran into the same problems. But when your goal is to shred people\'s faces off their skulls, there\'s no other focus but that. Eventually, if the band is good enough and persits, they will reach the point where they don\'t have to worry about small-time pee-on promoters and ultimately people will really dig the name because of the music that\'s behind it.
Ahhh if we only had access to rustyD\'s time machine. In today\'s day and age what w/ people like Bush in office there is no way around the almighty dollar. Back in the 60\'s/70\'s there was no Clear Channel type monopolies so it was easier to buck the system take Grateful Dead what a whacked out name but it worked because of the times. Now with promoter\'s in the pocket of so many big businesses it is alot harder to say "Screw the man " Maybe we will be @ MSG some night when PB announces the name change back. They will always be PB to me.
As long as they still rock out, it doesnt really matter to me waht they hell they call themselves...Changing their name, cutting their hair, etc. is all superficial and doesnt matter...Waht does is the music!
That expression seems to have such a negative connotation. I think selling out is awsome. Anyone with talent or a skill who doesn\'t sell out that can sellout, is an idiot. I mean would you rather *just* worry about the music and forget everything else? Like paying your bills, or buying a house, or anything else that requires being somewhat financially stable? Every popular band that you have ever heard of is a sellout. The Dead... sellout. Phish... sell out. The Rolling Stones... sellout. Metallica... sellout. Madonna... sellout. All of these could have "kept it real," and still be great musicians... you know... touring bars in a old van, eating mayonaise sandwhiches, and sleeping at rest stops. Instead, they decided to sellout and now they are playing MSG and showing off their Bentley\'s on Cribs. Of course, these are extreme examples, but the important part is that for any band to enjoy large, widescale exposure and longevity, you pretty much have to run it like a business. Make that money. Sellout.
Sellout w/ me tonite. Record company\'s gonna give me lots of $$ and everything\'s gonna be alright.(paraphrased of course).
to me, a name change isn\'t selling out. also selling out isn\'t a good thing, or necissary. when it\'s your job to be in a band you do have to make decissions based on money, but that doesn\'t mean you\'ve sold out. i dont think a band has sold out until they are doing commercials or co-billing with some crappy band etc. anyways, i think pb is going places no matter what their name is. i mean come on, these guys rip.
Selling out is an overused term. Like the song I quoted in my last post which celebrates the term and makes fun of the usage. I just love how many people are discussing PB away from this forum. Whatever they call themselves i am sure we will all keep seeing them and hopefully the # of people doing the same will grow. 10 years from now we will all laugh @ the ruckus caused by this possible rumor. Believe it!