http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper851/stills/415160a474388-55-1.jpg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:07 (eighteen years ago)
http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper851/stills/3f613a9844584-66-1.jpg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:08 (eighteen years ago)
http://www.stateofmusic.com/_state/Images/jil-station.jpg
http://www.kingtide.co.uk/images/frontpage.jpg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:09 (eighteen years ago)
http://www.kingtide.co.uk/images/Kingtide%20Band%20Indie%20Rock%20Music%20Royal%20Leamington%20Spa%20Lewis%20Smith%20Paul%20Ryan%20Ben%20Ablewhie%20Colin%20Locke%20Badger.jpg
http://www.zigzaglive.com/live/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/constantines-sitting.jpg
http://www.iowastatedaily.com/media/paper818/stills/f4hizm02.jpg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:10 (eighteen years ago)
http://www.studentbands.co.uk/pictures/02254759b.jpg
These are painful
― Hurting 2, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:11 (eighteen years ago)
http://www.spin.com/features/band_of_the_day/images/2006/03/060309_mellowdrone.jpg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:11 (eighteen years ago)
http://www.billions.com/artists/constantines/images/cons_color2.jpg
they all seem quite contemplative
― Binjominia, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:12 (eighteen years ago)
http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/Previews/Built-to-Spill-ww02.jpg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 01:12 (eighteen years ago)
i do like the cn tower in the background of the last constantines pic though
"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
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
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!
"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
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
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.
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)
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)
-- 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)
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)
-- 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.jpghttp://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.
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
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)
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.
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.
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)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/81/Defleppardconcert.jpg
― Curt1s is coming to Zwinktopia !, Monday, 10 September 2007 21:22 (eighteen years ago)
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)
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)