Artists who post to their own fan messageboards

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Lindy Morrison and Robert Vickers post pretty often on a Go-Betweens board. Lloyd Cole posts on a Lloyd Cole board. If you go to Google groups you can turn up plenty of Tony Visconti posts on a David Bowie newsgroup... others?

― Ralf Hutter, Tuesday, 8 February 2005 16:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Drew Daniel posts a lot to ILM *ducks*

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 16:25 (twenty-one years ago)

a lot of the artists (mike paradinas, jega, venetian snares etc) post on the Planet Mu messageboard.

― zappi (joni), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 16:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Billy Cobham, RJD2, Rebirth Brass Band, um, that chick who did the NWA cover, lots more

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 16:29 (twenty-one years ago)

lots and lots (most of them at least lurk.) it's instant gratification for people that often rely on the reassurance of their fanbase to make them feel valid. ego-surfing if you will

― rentboy (rentboy), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 16:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Lee Ranaldo, Courtney Love.

― Eppy (Eppy), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 16:49 (twenty-one years ago)

ninjatune folks own this. they all hang out and spread the vibe of the label via their message board.
great fun. oh .. ande tabitha from joy zipper drops in from time to time on their message board.

and of course we all know about the 'ask annie' board .. where she does actually answer the q's !

― mark e (mark e), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 21:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Tom Holliston has posted a few times on the Nomeansno board.
Trey Spruance used to post a lot to Alt.music.mrbungle (or whatever the address is)

And, euhr, Terry Pratchett.

― Øystein (Øystein), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 21:27 (twenty-one years ago)

momus?

― zeus, Tuesday, 8 February 2005 21:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Ryan Adams has made a number of humorous posts to both his website and message boards in the past. From what I can recall they were mainly drug-fuelled rants talking shit about the industry, other artists, critics, etc.

― pop-kid (pop-kid), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 22:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Necro, Regina Spektor

― ng, Tuesday, 8 February 2005 23:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Andy Falkous posts once in a while to the mclusky.net forum.

― Shaun (shaun), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 23:23 (twenty-one years ago)

?uestlove on Okayplayer.

― JoB (JoB), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 01:11 (twenty-one years ago)

I THINK IT'S AWESOME WHEN ARTIST DO THIS!!!!

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 15:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Chameleons

― -rainbow bum- (-rainbow bum-), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 16:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Hey, a fellow Chams fan! Very cool.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 16:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Mike Watt

― Earl Nash (earlnash), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 16:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Sage Francis does this.

― deej., Wednesday, 9 February 2005 17:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Radiohead

― sleep (sleep), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 18:22 (twenty-one years ago)

not quite the same, but steve albini posts to the eletrical audio board.

― Ian John50n (orion), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 20:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Jez from Swervedriver. Also the bass player from Raise - Adi - has been posting a lot too...

― Johnny Badlees (crispssssss), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 23:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Amel Larrieux, fairly often.

― briania (briania), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 23:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Mike Doughty of Soul Coughing used to post to his message board, till he had some kind of online meltdown about his heroin taking youth. It was pretty much over after that.

― kate/papa november (papa november), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 23:34 (twenty-one years ago)

jamie from xiu xiu.

― acidmouth (acidmouth), Thursday, 10 February 2005 01:40 (twenty-one years ago)

ween i think (not that I would know)

― 57 7th (calstars), Thursday, 10 February 2005 02:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Tanya Donelly and Billy Corgan, right?

― babyalive (babyalive), Thursday, 10 February 2005 03:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Don Henley e-mails you when he doesn't like the Eagles concert review you wrote. From an AOL account. But no message board posting that I'm aware of.

― Mr Deeds (Mr Deeds), Thursday, 10 February 2005 06:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Marilyn Manson
Vincent Gallo

Dunno if either still do. I don't really keep up.

― Un investigador del siglo XXI (AaronHz), Thursday, 10 February 2005 06:43 (twenty-one years ago)

if anyone has an example of that henley thing PLEASE post it

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 10 February 2005 07:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Pretty much everyone associated with Okayplayer.

There's the odd Rachel post on the Mojave 3 board.

― grapeshine (grapeshine), Thursday, 10 February 2005 14:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Silkworm, though no one cares but me.

― n/a (Nick A.), Thursday, 10 February 2005 15:46 (twenty-one years ago)

A couple of Teenage Fanclub members (and ex-members) post on the board at teenagefanclub.co.uk.

― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Thursday, 10 February 2005 15:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Kevin Hewick sometimes posts on New Order Online. Well he did sing with them once..

I think he's gone for good after there was a very nasty incident with one of the fuckwitted regulars on there.

― Dr.C, Thursday, 10 February 2005 15:51 (twenty-one years ago)

an old high school friend sends private messages to billy corgan via his blog email. i think they've become frenz!

bob nastanovich to the pavement listserv, more frequently than other members (who posted pseudonymously for the most part).

― blackmail.is.my.life (blackmail.is.my.life), Thursday, 10 February 2005 16:54 (twenty-one years ago)

oh, oh. And Ronnie Spector.

― babyalive (babyalive), Saturday, 19 February 2005 02:49 (twenty years ago)

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