― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 1 December 2005 21:20 (eighteen years ago) link
AC/DC songs performed by vocal group, including human beatbox drums.
― moley (moley), Friday, 2 December 2005 00:46 (eighteen years ago) link
The aim of this band is to impress readers of The Wire by any means necessary.
― moley (moley), Friday, 2 December 2005 00:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Abbadabba Berman (Hurting), Sunday, 4 December 2005 16:50 (eighteen years ago) link
The Invisibles are going to rewrite Rock History by being the only band ever to book and 'play' coast to coast shows in every state in the U.S., every other country on earth and the Soviet Space Station ALL ON THE SAME NIGHT.
who's with me on this? You Can Fool All Of The People Some Of The Time - it's a fucking moneyspinner!
― john clarkson, Sunday, 4 December 2005 18:03 (eighteen years ago) link
you could hook up as support to a major tour - no ego's, no bullshit, no soundchecks. this band would be the dream support for any self-respecting megagroop.
remember, The Invisibles are conceptual reprobates, constantly pushing the boundaries of iconoclasm and with it the audience's very perception of the nature of 'entertainment'. Paul Morley would be eating out of The Invisibles hand.
And why stop with the present and future? The Invisibles could claim any number of legendary scalps - co-headlining with Jimi at IOW, Live Aid '85, a permanent Radio 4 residency in between the shipping forecast and the pips - the possibilities are endless.
― john clarkson, Sunday, 4 December 2005 22:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― moley (moley), Monday, 5 December 2005 06:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― moley, Monday, 5 December 2005 07:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 5 December 2005 11:45 (eighteen years ago) link
do The Awkward Pauses actually exist? bet they do. that's why The Invisibles are gonna wipe the floor with every other concept band out there.
Check this: The Invisibles set will consist of 'the band''playing' John Cage's 4'33" five times over (don't laugh, The Jesus And Mary Chain did this with 'Never Understand' and no one asked for their money back).
At some point during the show, some random bright spark a la Moley will pipe up through the Emperor's New Clothes silence: 'hang on! this is the most moronic bunch of art wank bollocks i've ever been unfortunate enough to experience.' the audience is sucked into the entertainment vacuum - cue mass stage invasion. Anarchy ensues. Ladies and Gentleman, the birth of A New Punk Rock.
Meanwhile The Invisibles slip off into the night. Their Work is done.
― john clarkson, Monday, 5 December 2005 21:18 (eighteen years ago) link
apart from STEED of course. this near legendary band has been taking up a disproportionate chunk of the part of my consciousness reserved for such things.
i would point the creative powerhouse of STEED towards the theme tune of a '70's sub-Zorro TV show called 'The Flashing Blade'. The song combines a ta-ran-ta-ran-ta-ran galloping type rhythm with lyrics alluding to some weirdly outmoded notion of heraldic chivalry and would make a fantastic motif for such a noble combo.
i'll try and track it down and post it YSI. essential.
― john clarkson, Monday, 5 December 2005 21:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― martin m. (mushrush), Monday, 5 December 2005 21:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― fauxhemian (fauxhemian), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 02:28 (eighteen years ago) link
My idea is a girl band sort of like the Spice Girls, where each member can easily be identified with some personality-defining label: the smart one, the outgoing one, the nice one, the bitch, etc. But they would play up their labels/personalities more than the Spice Girls did by singing songs that show this personality, e.g. the "bitch" might sing about how tough and mean she is, or she'd sing a duet with the "nice" girl and they'd have a moral debate in the song. In my head, there is more of a story line in the band, maybe there is an accompanying TV show, or maybe each new single they release tells more about the story, I don't know.
They would be marketed so that there is a lot of fuss about "Which ___ Girl is your favorite?" and paraphrenalia for teenage girls to buy and wear and show all their friends which Girl they are a fan of. Then the fans would get all excited when their favorite Girl is the one singing the band's latest single, etc.
― Amy H (diotrans), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 17:00 (eighteen years ago) link
They do exist, and have played shows, but there is no one in the band. They do have a label, though, and a long-promised EP (called "10") which will almost certainly never come out.
― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:18 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.government.devisland.net/
go here and check out vinny miller's top 5 0f 2005. the hype has begun...
― jogged out, Sunday, 1 January 2006 14:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sandy Games (Sandy Games), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 03:02 (eighteen years ago) link
oops wrong link let's try again:
http://www.hmgovernment.net/
follow directions above ;)
― jogged out, Friday, 6 January 2006 19:52 (eighteen years ago) link
1. corporate band. forget the name we came up with. uplifting power songs. gray suits and short 80s business pony tails. we'd play exclusively at high-paying corporate gigs like company parties, sharholder meetings, etc. the name might have been Payday. can't quite recall.
2. the most annoying band in town. not overtly so, but in subtler ways. like parts don't really fit together. song goes on a little long for comfort. our gear is of questionable quality and the tone is shitty. things like this. band name: Jar Jar Binks.
3. a band where we only play the big last note of a song where everyone just wails on E or A or whatever for a moment. and those are the song titles: G#, A, etc. band name: Grande Finale. or some such.
― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:36 (eighteen years ago) link
actually, i guess people would just think we're a normal, everyday, band about town. except with a worse name than most.
― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 12:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― nabisco (nabisco), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 22:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― ohmyface (Matt Chesnut), Thursday, 12 January 2006 06:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― "funny" ringtones, Sunday, 2 July 2006 07:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Sunday, 2 July 2006 13:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 2 July 2006 17:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― lf (lfam), Tuesday, 4 July 2006 04:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― CDDB (Dan Deluca), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 04:06 (eighteen years ago) link
xpost
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 12:44 (eighteen years ago) link
-- latebloomer (posercore24...), July 2nd, 2006.
This describes at least five different shitty indie bands at my college when I was there.
― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 19:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 23:33 (eighteen years ago) link
-- Abbadavid Berman (Hurtingchie...), July 5th, 2006.
heh thats because you went to AWESOME UNIVERSITY
― latebloomer's napkin (latebloomer), Thursday, 6 July 2006 10:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― latebloomer's napkin (latebloomer), Thursday, 6 July 2006 10:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Thursday, 6 July 2006 19:13 (eighteen years ago) link
I've seen this band several times -- so long as the riff is in 7/12 time and six bars long, Don Cab fans will eat it up.
― nabisco (nabisco), Monday, 10 July 2006 17:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dave Goulding (x f pig), Thursday, 7 September 2006 09:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mahatma Blondie (Matt Chesnut), Thursday, 7 September 2006 17:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― the doaple gonger (nickalicious), Thursday, 7 September 2006 21:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― nabisco (nabisco), Thursday, 7 September 2006 21:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Andrew (enneff), Thursday, 7 September 2006 23:45 (eighteen years ago) link
We're The Douchebags.
― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Friday, 8 September 2006 12:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― the doaple gonger (nickalicious), Friday, 8 September 2006 14:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― darin (darin), Friday, 8 September 2006 21:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Mad Puffin (The Mad Puffin), Saturday, 9 September 2006 22:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Saturday, 9 September 2006 23:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 10 September 2006 01:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Monday, 11 September 2006 20:18 (eighteen years ago) link