Ode to Stupid People: "Almighty" Music Authority Moron edition

I have dealt with this before, not personally since I'm not in a band, but still. You get the people who give themselves the authority to badmouth people to high hell an' it makes me mad. I'm not saying that these individuals do not have the right to voice their opinion. I see this more so as the usual - I do/don't like (insert band name here) because..." Debating to follow is decent at times. I can't honestly say that I would never do that b/c I have but I'm not going to sit an' whine as my response. Pulling the music snob/I worked at a radio station an' went thru hundreds of CDs a week/I know that I am talking about works as well but I do so try not to be a music snob. Ok enough about me...back to the subject on hand.

So I go to the wdB site as I usually do to see if anything new is up and there is this insane onslaught of moronic postings there. Of course it immediately reminds me of the SA stuff + various other bands from the past. What ticks me off so much is when people talk crap about talented bands that are passionate about what they do. All the cookie cutter generated stuff out there that melts into one another an' numbs your brain - too much out there. I can hear at least one person saying, "well don't you know these guys now, so this is why you are saying this, etc?" True. Here however is the rundown.....


I went to a bar to see a band play which ended up not playing b/c a member was under 21. After getting my $ back + some, I was ready to leave until I get a demo passed down the bar to me - wdB. Since Pooch, Pete an' Justin have talked about this guys so much, I recognize the name an' make it known and surprise, the guys end up being super nice an' I stay to see the show.

Now I've been to who knows how many local shows since I was 14 an' have seen a LOT of bands. Well, by halfway through the first song I liked them an' by the second I was hooked. (The last time this happened was w/ Plain White Ts an' the Dog and Everything so we're talking a number of yrs ago.) Basically a possible disaster of a nite was adverted. It was a good thing that I didn't leave.

Soooooo to say that it annoyed me b/c they were badmouthing the guys, yes. They have been nothing but great to me.( I've dealt w/ too many people w/ this "I am the almighty musician persona an' won't talk w/ you other than hello." If you are talented it doesn't give you the right to act like that. Hmm lets see... people might actually like the band more.) The fact that the guys are cool makes the music even better - not saying that it isn't to begin w/ already.

I was plotting to post on their message board an' send a nice reply there but I didn't. I've gotten in one argument about this band already - Tommy @ Quigleys when he was saying that it was all just X hype. Don't tell me talent is hype. Ooh that got me mad. I bet my eyes went all dark like people say they do when I get ticked. I however won that one - prob me yelling at him across the table in the bar not backing down cinched it. lol.