i'm sorry but none of these bands look very interesting. they need swords or something...

"hey. we're in a band. we don't really like anything much - except maybe sitting in diners - but we're not that menacing either" has been the standard band photo for far too long.

― Hurting 2, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:12 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.scspartanband.com/Portals/0/Serious%20Band%20Picture%201.jpg

― John Justen, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:13 (eighteen years ago)

http://fashiontribes.typepad.com/la_story/images/waking_ashland_the_people.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:13 (eighteen years ago)

I think we need to go back to the days of "We're a bunch of groovy, fun guys! Plus we got moustaches!"

― Hurting 2, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:13 (eighteen years ago)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/IamDF/electricsix.jpg

― John Justen, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:14 (eighteen years ago)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/Saltlick/Sub02/superguidis01.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:14 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.theleftovers.com/db1/00020/theleftovers.com/_uimages/018_16.jpg

― John Justen, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:15 (eighteen years ago)

this is how it is done:

http://www.redtheband.co.uk/red_posed.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:15 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.firerecords.com/site/images/artists/puertomuerto7.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:16 (eighteen years ago)

I love the porch one - the neighborhood association is mad as hell, etc.

― Hurting 2, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:16 (eighteen years ago)

http://static.flickr.com/57/166573604_781cef1231.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:17 (eighteen years ago)

they might suck, but at least there was some effort involved:

http://www.indiepop.it/articoli/euxautres/band.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:17 (eighteen years ago)

more swords, less balloons:

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l317/hitchaser/actionaction.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:18 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.dtbmusic.com/gallery/emo%20kids.jpg

― Z S, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:19 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.bluejudy.com/images/bluejudypromo1.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:20 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.looserecord.com/GoodTimes/uploaded_images/samch-712806.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:20 (eighteen years ago)

thing is, i'd have to disagree that that leather one or swords are interesting at this point either.

― Tim Ellison, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:21 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.moregoatthangoose.com/jpegs/tallFirs.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:21 (eighteen years ago)

more interesting than sitting on the floor of your basement!

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:21 (eighteen years ago)

"oh my god, look at their press photo! it's four white guys who just finished mowing the lawn! we HAVE to book them!"

― Lawrence the Looter, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:21 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.lancaster.brispop.com/images/uploaded/bio.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:22 (eighteen years ago)

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j125/ally099/f64b4114.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:23 (eighteen years ago)

okay, again, they at least tried:

http://www.wonkavisionmagazine.com/recordlabel/photos/ybs/006.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:24 (eighteen years ago)

already way more interested just by their choice of restaurant:

http://www.muffathalle.de/Programm/Pressebilder/Mai_2006/Calexico.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:26 (eighteen years ago)

i don't know if i'm for or against here:

http://images.google.com/url?q=http://myspace-120.vo.llnwd.net/00016/02/13/16343120_l.jpg&usg=AFQjCNFJrDdG51XC0voBQE-zzoG9zjQVcg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:29 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.geocities.com/bradreviews/television_files/image005.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:30 (eighteen years ago)

yay, i can't see you...

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/2792/nowaitwait3id7.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:30 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.theswimteam.org/1.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:31 (eighteen years ago)

worst picnic ever.

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/2664/girtie1hu1.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:32 (eighteen years ago)

http://myspace-030.vo.llnwd.net/00486/03/06/486276030_l.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:32 (eighteen years ago)

i just don't think that normalcy is necessarily less interesting than idiocy. it's all relative.

― Tim Ellison, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:33 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.launchcommit.com/images/102.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:34 (eighteen years ago)

i think that something to look at is often more interesting than looking at nothing.

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:34 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2004/05/24/jet,0.jpg

― I am not afraid of you and you can spank my ass, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:35 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/articles/images/42/h03.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:35 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.spin.com/features/band_of_the_day/images/2005/04/050404_zincs.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:36 (eighteen years ago)

and, you know, it's not just metal bands. sweden will set you free in general:

http://labrador.se/photo/press/ahk/big/ahk_4.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:39 (eighteen years ago)

the "Swimteam" pic makes me want to listen to them. so there.

― wanko ergo sum, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:40 (eighteen years ago)

which of these bands is the national?

― Jordan Sargent, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:41 (eighteen years ago)

at least the normalcy is a rejection of idiocy, though. i agree that the fact that a lot of this seems like you're looking at nothing at all is problematic, however.

― Tim Ellison, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:44 (eighteen years ago)

90% of these are Visitors From Planet 1996

― wanko ergo sum, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:46 (eighteen years ago)

i scared...

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/Saltlick/Sub3/margotNucSo.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:47 (eighteen years ago)

They should have stuck one more guy in back, sticking out of the frame, so it looked like their band went on forever.

― Hurting 2, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:49 (eighteen years ago)

oh but it does

― wanko ergo sum, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:50 (eighteen years ago)

hahaha, my new favorite band!

http://www.wazwarpt.com/img/WAZ.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:52 (eighteen years ago)

a little color helps sometimes. maybe.

http://myspace-262.vo.llnwd.net/00796/26/22/796232262_l.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:54 (eighteen years ago)

http://s.yottamusic.com/i/agjo.6G50

― John Justen, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:54 (eighteen years ago)

That didn't work, did it.

http://www.groovetography.com/new2/gallery/bts/Polyphonicmarch.jpg

― John Justen, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:56 (eighteen years ago)

I never thought I'd miss the era of band members all looking in different directions, but NEVAR at the camera. Cmon folks this is bush league.

― Lie Bot, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:57 (eighteen years ago)

http://myspace-803.vo.llnwd.net/00786/30/84/786684803_l.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:57 (eighteen years ago)

i actually think this is cool:

http://www.edash.f2s.com/flowe/images/full/flowe%20square%20awsome.JPG

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:58 (eighteen years ago)

i mean, kinda boring too, but kinda cool.

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:59 (eighteen years ago)

Why Does Indie Dudes Never Want To Happy?

― Tim F, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:04 (eighteen years ago)

melt banana know what's up

http://www.radiokrud.com/krud/images/meltbanana.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:08 (eighteen years ago)

i'm all for sad! eternal sadness even! and i get the indie thing. a picture? whatever. pictures are dumb. are we done yet? heh heh. but a little atmosphere wouldn't hurt. three dudes sitting on the ground evokes nothing but three-guys-sitting-on-the-ground-music. and nobody wants that. i'm here to help!

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:10 (eighteen years ago)

totally buy their album tomorrow. have no idea who they are:

http://www.spin.com/features/band_of_the_day/images/2005/12/051212_made_in_mexico.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:13 (eighteen years ago)

That is pretty aws

― Hurting 2, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:15 (eighteen years ago)

lol @ "worst picnic ever"

― Stormy Davis, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:17 (eighteen years ago)

i know my thesis is radical. boring picture = might be boring band. interesting picture = might be interesting band. but i'm a renegade.

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:18 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.sfbg.com/blogs/music/images/tortoisesml.JPG
http://www.bseliger.de/tortoise_band.jpg

― Stormy Davis, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:18 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.spin.com/features/band_of_the_day/images/2006/03/060309_mellowdrone.jpg

indie photo cliche #5468: hi-contrast side lightning

― Curt1s Stephens, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:18 (eighteen years ago)

Scott Seward, have you ever seen this site?

(And for the love of God, please do not hotlink any picture from there. It's like a Pandora's Box, if said box were full of dick-suckin' hobos.)

― Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:19 (eighteen years ago)

http://media.brainwashed.com/tortoise/images/chess.jpg

i like their pics. They are having fun with it. I wish I could find the one of them all laughing.

― Stormy Davis, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:21 (eighteen years ago)

oh found it

http://www.trts.com/photos/promo_imgs/b_6.jpg
http://www.trts.com/photos/promo_imgs/a_4.jpg

― Stormy Davis, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:23 (eighteen years ago)

i think i have seen that site. some of them are funny. but there are so many lo-rent/local/barband kinda shots too and that's like shooting fish in a barrel in a way.

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:24 (eighteen years ago)

wait, who is that, stormy, tortoise or somebody?

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:25 (eighteen years ago)

i know, but i want to stick up for normalcy, too, as at least being a rejection of idiocy. i mean, it's interesting, sociologically, that there's so much of it now (as evidenced by these pictures). perhaps in some ways it represents progress if not a real answer.

― Tim Ellison, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:26 (eighteen years ago)

christian bands don't count either. they know not what they do:

http://holidayrecords.goodbyeaudio.com/chosimbas/promo_large.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:27 (eighteen years ago)

this is kinda okay normal to me:

http://myspace-702.vo.llnwd.net/00536/20/77/536417702_l.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:29 (eighteen years ago)

Now, if Blondie there was talking on a payphone, I'd freak out.

― Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:30 (eighteen years ago)

i mean they look amiable enough.

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:30 (eighteen years ago)

Made In Mexico (color faces) are fucking great, scott. they're an arab on radar spinoff.

― Fetchboy, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:30 (eighteen years ago)

i confess i like stuff like this:

http://myspace-040.vo.llnwd.net/00395/04/03/395953040_l.jpg

and it kinda makes me want to hear them! mission accomplished!

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:32 (eighteen years ago)

this is funny! i've never actually heard the shins (i don't think).

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/7966/shinshq4.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:35 (eighteen years ago)

see, they go the extra yard. explains why they are so popular.

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:36 (eighteen years ago)

I like Tortoise's pics a lot, and I like Tortoise a lot.

― Hurting 2, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:39 (eighteen years ago)

The tortoise ones rule

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:41 (eighteen years ago)

i downloaded a song by this band just based on their picture. pretty good!

http://www.thephoenix.com/OnTheDownload/content/binary/Promo2.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:44 (eighteen years ago)

looking at band photos i found out that i kinda like sereena maneesh(SP?) they are like every shoegaze band ever! and i think they are from norway? figures. i can never get out of norway. their nico bass player is an eyeful:

http://www.infactah.com/191060670_57532d4574.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:57 (eighteen years ago)

http://images.villagevoice.com/siren/2006/event_pics/serena/ser9.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:58 (eighteen years ago)

i guess they just look like a rock band.

http://www.beggars.com/us/serena-maneesh/serena-maneesh-photo-2.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 03:01 (eighteen years ago)

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/5200/svartwp7.jpg

― Edward III, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 03:02 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.touchandgorecords.com/images/bands/full/50-1.jpg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 03:05 (eighteen years ago)

90% of these are Visitors From Planet 1996

-- wanko ergo sum, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:46 (1 hour ago) Link

ha. i was thinking 99% of these bands are pavement wannabees

― jaxon, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 03:07 (eighteen years ago)

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q297/sb420_bucket/100_1054.jpg

― Edward III, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 03:14 (eighteen years ago)

http://pics.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconPos_16x16.gif Great Seller... Quick Shipment...Good Communication...A+++++ ebayer

― Confounded, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 03:20 (eighteen years ago)

good pic

http://www.earshot-online.com/features/2005/December/Images/sfa/sfa1.jpg

― whatever, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 03:26 (eighteen years ago)

but better

http://www.informationleafblower.com/blog/archives/superfurry,0.jpg

― whatever, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 03:27 (eighteen years ago)

http://myspace-040.vo.llnwd.net/00395/04/03/395953040_l.jpg

"Dudes! I told you that camping out in Chris Cornell's driveway would pay off!"

― Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 03:32 (eighteen years ago)

Killdozer: "it's a lot to live up to, and we don't"

― rogermexico., Tuesday, 10 July 2007 03:44 (eighteen years ago)

Jeff Tweedy needs a stint in Turbonegro.

― rogermexico., Tuesday, 10 July 2007 03:56 (eighteen years ago)

me and my Beach Boys cover band, Good Vibrations

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/sexymollusk/7-2-2007-25.jpg

― latebloomer, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 09:43 (eighteen years ago)

This is almost as good as the Plan B Wall Of Shame!

Actually, hang on, I know some of these bands. Hah.

― Masonic Boom, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 09:48 (eighteen years ago)

Hey I like Sereena-Maneesh!

― Trayce, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 12:28 (eighteen years ago)

Constantines don't need no swords.

― 2for25, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 12:33 (eighteen years ago)

dr. benway will see you now

http://www.residentadvisor.net/images/profiles/chemicalbrothers.jpg

― m coleman, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 12:46 (eighteen years ago)

tv is boring man. also the long hair is "ironic"

http://www.rockinboston.com/images/neats2.jpg

― m coleman, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 12:52 (eighteen years ago)

"lookout mama we're all stockbrokers now"

http://www.mediummedium.com/Photos/IMG_1038a%20(Small).jpg

― m coleman, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 13:02 (eighteen years ago)

I note that one of Scott's pics upthread comes from the url www(dot)studentbands(dot)co(dot)uk roffle roffle talk about an easy target.

― Pashmina, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 13:07 (eighteen years ago)

lalena knows how to have a picnic
http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/c/images/colorguard-darkpop.jpg

― Maria :D, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 13:30 (eighteen years ago)

i like bands that look like they're having fun
http://a172.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/47/l_d422844f5770feadabd4b984377cd3b3.jpg

― Maria :D, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 13:38 (eighteen years ago)

uhoh, what are these guys going to do? are they going to hit me with boxes?
http://creative.myspace.com/cms/Wide_Music_Landing_Page/Featured_Artist/CA-en/mainfeat_mxpx.jpg

― Maria :D, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 13:40 (eighteen years ago)

http://a92.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/63/l_826b2c5c61e2d52e6482efdf622ed6db.jpg
oh, phew, close call

― Maria :D, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 13:41 (eighteen years ago)

alternate thread title: fugly honkies

― am0n, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 13:41 (eighteen years ago)

someone tickle these guys
http://rivaband.com/graphics/RIVA-nov03bw.jpg

― Maria :D, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 13:44 (eighteen years ago)

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/3343/knorkator3kk.jpg
put your hands up where i can see them
(scott would approve of this one)

― Maria :D, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 13:45 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.resentmentz.com/RESENTMENTS%20PHOTO%20ONLY%20cop.jpg
we will rock you, then we'll arrest you

― Maria :D, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 13:47 (eighteen years ago)

this band is even called swords but they neglect to have any
http://www.arenarockrecordingco.com/swords/Graphics/Band_Photo/Band3/swords_main02.jpg

― Maria :D, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 13:56 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.freehomepages.com/bnlrule/gordon.jpg

may as well check out this thread

― Mark Clemente, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 13:57 (eighteen years ago)

sorry here it is again:

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/b/bf/200px-GordonBarenakedLadies.jpg

― Mark Clemente, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 13:59 (eighteen years ago)

http://www2.eugeneweekly.com/2002/07_11_02/graphics/clubs2_07_11.jpg

You gotta have a reputation in Vegas to be heralded as "Blues Traveller meets Dave Matthews meets Matchbox 20," and that's where Garage is fresh out of. The city ... of ... SIN. Where else would a band be based, a band that instead of hosteling Volvos, instead of caring for Carmen Gias, makes their garage haven to a duo of the dromedary scourge, the one-humped bane of polite saharan transport? A bluesy, rocky, poppy night. Friday, Luna.

― Curt1s Stephens, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 14:23 (eighteen years ago)

http://a961.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/30/l_a317d23000fa9d0e337c0195ae606770.jpg

― RJG, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 14:28 (eighteen years ago)

"Mother says we've done bad things"

― Hurting 2, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 14:30 (eighteen years ago)

http://a770.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/01086/96/71/1086411769_l.jpg

― RJG, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 14:33 (eighteen years ago)

scott where are the viking metal images?

― Mark Clemente, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 14:44 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.moregoatthangoose.com/jpegs/tallFirs.jpg
If someone wanted to put on a sitcom about Husker Du, they could cast these guys!

― Mike Dixn, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 14:47 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.groundcontroltouring.com/CAT/cameraobscura/gallery/promo/cameraobscura.jpg

i prefer the camera obscura photos where she's clutching a teddy bear. we could prolly have a whole picture thread of girls in nerdy glasses clutching plush toys.

― Maria :D, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 15:16 (eighteen years ago)

In so many of these photos the band members look like they're about to cry or pouting. I think the photographers must provoke them somehow, by like bringing up the time the other singer slept with the bass player's bf/gf or something.

― Maria :D, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 15:17 (eighteen years ago)

speaking of plush, these guys look squishy
http://www.ozloland.com/images/studio/preprod2-band-sm.jpg

― Maria :D, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 15:19 (eighteen years ago)

But think of how most of these photos would be immeasurably improved with simple barefootedness. Witness:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b124/_gonewiththesin_/67121722_l.jpg

― Kevin John Bozelka, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 15:34 (eighteen years ago)

i just don't think that normalcy is necessarily less interesting than idiocy. it's all relative.

-- Tim Ellison, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:33 (14 hours ago) Link

The thing I don't get is how normalcy isn't idiocy. If the whole point of these photos is to make your band look interesting, then how is it not idiotic to take a bland photo of yourselves wearing gap pants in a park?

― filthy dylan, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 16:03 (eighteen years ago)

But I'm not sure that is the whole point of these photos.

This is actually a really fascinating thread because it puts much of the indie ethos on display, namely, that forever unresolvable conflict between art and commerce. Most indie bands aim to shake off as many markings of commerce as possible and thus probably don't even want to be in a photo much less labor to make it interesting. After all, these are publicity photos. For some, even putting themselves on display at a live show can be uncomfortable.

But this is what people who like indie like about indie, gap pants in a park/café/basement and all.

― Kevin John Bozelka, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 16:53 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.delta.ro/beatles/imag/beatles4.jpg
http://www.yoursdaily.com/var/yoursdaily/storage/images/media/images/culture_media/music/rolling_stones/the_rolling_stones_in_the_60s/43354-1-eng-GB/the_rolling_stones_in_the_60s_large.jpg

― admrl, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 17:03 (eighteen years ago)

lil' Keith is always funny

― admrl, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 17:04 (eighteen years ago)

which band is it that RJG posted the photos of??

― electricsound, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 11:53 (eighteen years ago)

i'm sorry but most of these bands look like they subscribe to The Believer

― bobby bedelia, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 15:13 (eighteen years ago)

who gives a fucking fat rat's ass?

crosspost

― RJG, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 15:17 (eighteen years ago)

those tortoise pics are really cool. and I didn't know it was tortoise until I went "dang who is this cool band" and checked the URL, so it's not like my pro-tortoise bias is coming into play here.

― bernard snowy, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 16:09 (eighteen years ago)

who gives a fucking fat rat's ass?

Gosh, I sure hope that's the name of the band because I was silly enough to wonder too.

― Kevin John Bozelka, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 16:31 (eighteen years ago)

But I'm not sure that is the whole point of these photos.

This is actually a really fascinating thread because it puts much of the indie ethos on display, namely, that forever unresolvable conflict between art and commerce. Most indie bands aim to shake off as many markings of commerce as possible and thus probably don't even want to be in a photo much less labor to make it interesting. After all, these are publicity photos. For some, even putting themselves on display at a live show can be uncomfortable.

But this is what people who like indie like about indie, gap pants in a park/café/basement and all.

-- Kevin John Bozelka, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 16:53 (Yesterday) Link

That's a really great insight to have had in 1998..

― Hurting 2, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 17:07 (eighteen years ago)

http://labrador.se/photo/press/ahk/big/ahk_4.jpg http://i11.tinypic.com/53ucxtl.gif

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 18:38 (eighteen years ago)

lil' keef looks like sock monkey...and ive always loved that picture because of it...

― bb, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 18:53 (eighteen years ago)

curiously interested people: RJG's band are The Royal We, looking oddly morose considering their usual brio.

http://a960.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/00480/95/95/480375959_l.jpg
http://a182.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/00829/18/15/829345181_l.jpg

― Merdeyeux, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 19:50 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.bestiff.co.uk/images/buy/101-150/buy109/Buy109a1.jpg

― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 20:11 (eighteen years ago)

probably if any of these bands had access to the photographers who did the Beatles, Stones, or Tortoise pics, they wouldn't have been posted on this thread.

boring band pics should be blamed on the photographer / publicity people, no?

― rockapads, Thursday, 12 July 2007 02:00 (eighteen years ago)

not entirely. get one facial expression.

― Maria :D, Thursday, 12 July 2007 02:08 (eighteen years ago)

when come back, bring pie, and one facial expression.

― Maria :D, Thursday, 12 July 2007 02:09 (eighteen years ago)

i am the small cat.

― Maria :D, Thursday, 12 July 2007 02:09 (eighteen years ago)

in the spirit of full disclosure, i will now post promo pictures of arguably my three favorite (current) rock bands:

http://www.metalfan.nl/images/interviews/kylesa1.jpg

http://image.listen.com/img/356x237/3/3/4/7/787433_356x237.jpg

http://www.evils-darkland.de/images/bandfotos/k/katatonia.jpg

― scott seward, Thursday, 12 July 2007 03:25 (eighteen years ago)

in other words, nothing to write home about.

― scott seward, Thursday, 12 July 2007 03:26 (eighteen years ago)

though katatonia have their moments:

http://www.ilosaarirock.fi/2006/bandit/images/katatonia.jpg

― scott seward, Thursday, 12 July 2007 03:26 (eighteen years ago)

jeez, okay, i get it, i won't use your picture. get a grip.

― scott seward, Thursday, 12 July 2007 03:33 (eighteen years ago)

shame, I thought it was a pretty cool album cover/statement coming from a dark/metal band.

― blunt, Thursday, 12 July 2007 03:40 (eighteen years ago)

This thread subject is so going to be my next EMP paper.

The funny thing is that even the most boring shots have some severely fuckable men in them.

― Michael Daddino, Thursday, 12 July 2007 03:52 (eighteen years ago)

speaking of pink metal, one of the excellent avant garde dudes from norwegian black metal legends Fleurety has a new album out that is simply smashing in my humble opinion:

http://www.notam02.no/~sveinhat/zweizz_tyotna_cover.png

http://www.myspace.com/zweizzmusick

― scott seward, Thursday, 12 July 2007 03:59 (eighteen years ago)

awesome

― latebloomer, Thursday, 12 July 2007 04:34 (eighteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

scott what do you think of these animal collective photos
http://www.dominorecordco.us/resources/images/aniive/aniive_pre_7.jpg

― mizzell, Monday, 6 August 2007 14:12 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.saubeach.com/blog/archives/animal_collective.jpg

― mizzell, Monday, 6 August 2007 14:13 (eighteen years ago)

http://panther1.last.fm/proposedimages/original/6/1146220/340185.jpg

― mizzell, Monday, 6 August 2007 14:15 (eighteen years ago)

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/3285/glurmev5.png

― mizzell, Monday, 6 August 2007 14:18 (eighteen years ago)

http://blog.podbop.org/archives/upload/2006/09/animal-collective.jpg

― mizzell, Monday, 6 August 2007 14:22 (eighteen years ago)

they've got pep!

― scott seward, Monday, 6 August 2007 14:50 (eighteen years ago)

i like hi-nrg!

http://this.bigstereo.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/951718272_l.jpg

― scott seward, Monday, 6 August 2007 14:53 (eighteen years ago)

love this shot:

http://www.alwaysontherun.net/espers3.jpg

― scott seward, Monday, 6 August 2007 14:57 (eighteen years ago)

i dig espers. i wonder if they took that in fairmount park. up at the plateau. waiting for jazzy jeff.

― scott seward, Monday, 6 August 2007 14:57 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/upload/espers400.jpg

― scott seward, Monday, 6 August 2007 14:58 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.alwaysontherun.net/esperstop.jpg

― scott seward, Monday, 6 August 2007 14:59 (eighteen years ago)

hair is often a good prop.

― scott seward, Monday, 6 August 2007 14:59 (eighteen years ago)

Espers are really amazing looking.

― Masonic Boom, Monday, 6 August 2007 15:35 (eighteen years ago)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1438/979382267_242c2a74b8.jpg?v=0

― chaki, Monday, 6 August 2007 22:47 (eighteen years ago)

The little kids bike makes that second Animal Collective photo.

― kwhitehead, Monday, 6 August 2007 23:56 (eighteen years ago)

My band just released our debut cd. Apparently we needed photos of us looking like we're in a band together. I don't know why. Are they really necessary???

― peepee, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 01:45 (eighteen years ago)

tailor made for scott:
http://www.magicmarkerrecords.com/images/benjicossabig.jpg

― mizzell, Monday, 13 August 2007 18:11 (eighteen years ago)

benji cossa owns no shirts
http://www.seriousbusinessrecords.com/images/photos/BenjiH20pipe.jpg

― mizzell, Monday, 13 August 2007 18:13 (eighteen years ago)

four weeks pass...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/81/Defleppardconcert.jpg

― Curt1s is coming to Zwinktopia !, Monday, 10 September 2007 21:22 (eighteen years ago)

eleven months pass...

why would you dress like this????
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x85/coachrules1/AllTimeLow9.jpg

― Curt1s Stephens, Saturday, 30 August 2008 00:12 (seventeen years ago)

lol at the different ways the two guys on the outside deal with their free hands, 'awkward half in pocket what am i doing here' vs 'ironic crotch grab lolz'

actually it looks like one of those photos where someone gets their picture taken with a celebrity or a band and sends it in to the letters page of some shitty magazine

― spaghetti, Saturday, 30 August 2008 00:33 (seventeen years ago)

one month passes...

http://a823.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/33/l_4e4bfc8baf18c62e5a320c09d50b1abe.jpg

― velko, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 03:20 (seventeen years ago)

j/k

― velko, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 03:21 (seventeen years ago)

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