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Originally Posted by Panda Strong
Ummm...you can't call a band that has been around for 6 year with 4 releases (one a split with Rapider Then Horsepower) on labels like Kill Rock Stars up and coming.
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yeah, badly worded, maybe not up and coming but they are pretty much a niche taste band, you can hardly call the bands last night mainstream bands (im not saying they shouldnt be mainstream)?
not everyone has heard of them is what im trying to say, people "in the know" (and its always the same people) know of them and by this im not being derogatory to those people, (i mean the people who actively seek out bands, read the fly mag, various websites and all that) - they know who johnny foreigner are
And theyre the same people at tunnels/ snafu on a monday watching band x with 20 other people coz they like them but the band havent broken through to a wider audience yet.
Other people when you say the name say "oh ive heard of them, theyre meant to be good" but these people didnt get off their ass to see them play!
Although they may next time
So maybe theyre not up and coming (i dont know the history of the band) but theyre not a band that everyone has heard of.
hence the 50 people turnout
johnny foreigner will undoubtedly come back and play to more people (if they do come back) as im sure theyre profile will get bigger over summer and word of mouth etc.
it happens all the time, ive put frightened rabbit on in snafu to 13 people.
Three trips later and its just about sold out.
For example, take the wave pictures, now they are a "new" band because people are now just starting to hear of them and theyre touring more but have 6 albums made and out and have been on the go for 7 years.
Theyre still a new band to most people but not to their fans who are into them and have followed them.
hence the 22 people turnout at tunnels last week or so.