Originally posted by aJwvof
what is the basis for such a statement?
probably because that\'s pretty much par for the course at the webster to have 87 crappy opening bands before the headliner..
pretty poor taste if you ask me. you got to realize that bands don\'t just start out as headliners ... other bands / venues need to give them a shot that is how it works ... people had to want to have PB open up for them ... it helps music and the scene ... not saying they aren\'t bad bands out there but to just make blanket statements is not necessary ...
Aw I think you\'re being a little over sensitive. You have to understand how frustrating it is to go for a night of "ser" music and have to put up with a bunch of crummy bands first.... that\'s not what I\'m paying for. It is typical of the Webster too so I think that was an appropriate statement. Of course bands don\'t start out as headliners, but I don\'t think that\'s a valid reason for a crummy band to open for a really good one. If they\'re no good, I don\'t really think venues should have to give them a shot. I don\'t want to hear it. Or they could at least have them open for bands that are a little more at their level.... and, if there is going to be a nobody opening band, there really doesn\'t need to be more than one...
Hey! I\'m over 200 posts. Official geekdom...
who were the opening bands?
I respect not liking them as long as you have a valid reason. They suck and I hate them (not saying anyone said that) aren\'t real reasons.
A lot of bands that open for PB at the Webster and the Dying Room should be playing at the local VFW for their 10 friends who come. These bands that (a) suck and (b) have no fans do not belong on a bill at 300+ person venues with $16 cover charges. Nero is a good band to open for PB. That makes for an all-around professional show. The circus of high school jokers that have paraded through the Webster and Dying Room make PB shows look like totally amateur operations. Do you think Particle, Umphrey\'s, or Raq have openers like this, especially just 50 miles from their home cities? No way.
Yeah of course not. I suppose it wasn\'t fair to just ASSUME they were going to be bad before the Webster show even happened. (I got there too late to see them so I have no idea how they were...) I guess it\'s hard not to make that assumption because of past experience.
joce hit the nail right on the head. imo, at a venue like the webster, there really isn\'t any need for more than one opener, and that opener should be well matched with the headliner.. it just seems like the webster throws random bands in ther to open, with no real logic to it..
Other bands such as the biscuits and moe used to not even have openers and look how big they are now...It\'s a real turnoff when I wanna go see breakfast and I know if I dont arrive late Im going to have to sit through 3 or 4 bands....
wow, I sparked alot of controversy from a post five days or so ago, heh. My basis for that statement is that every time I have been to the Webster it is always packed with opening bands that have no intention on trying to get more publicity or interest or whatever you want to call it, it is more or less so they can play at a show with a good band (tb) and their hometown friends can come out and watch because "hey man, i\'m in a band". One PB show there last year I remember had some college aged guys from Chesire, not even sure what their name was, but my girlfriend at the time was friends with the bassist and she said that those guys rarely play shows, maybe once every month or two and never leave the state. And good thing Wolfman brought up the Living Room too. That place is terrible with booking openers. A friend of mine\'s band got the first opening slot for PB last time they were there and no one got to see them. The guy who works there\'s band took th opening slot, and for those of us who did see these guys, they were TERRIBLE, even the band said they were pretty bad. Funny thing is, when I heard that our guys were coming back March 13 I told jarrod to try to get the opening gig, so he tryed, only to find out that it was taken by the guy who works there\'s band. Be prepared to show up late next Saturday or play alot of pool and zone out the music. . .
nero is from canada no draw at the webster ... it was prob necessary to have another bad to fill the void from nero
wasn\'t there two others before nero? I wasn\'t there, but I think enough people have heard about nero from there travels with moe. and there travels through CT (Toad\'s Place 11/9/03, Paradise Rock Club after that) that they would have had a decent draw at the Webster.
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**** and not even know what you are talking about ...
por que? yea, so I dont know if there were one or two befor nero, oh well. you said something about fill the void to nero. why? what\'s the point? why not let them play a longer set? or have PB play two sets?
webster venue poo. yer qwn zeek sekurity faschist play, ver\' poor treat 18 yer soles no water, notrust. bad venue, bad,venu me naught mone they nomoore.