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ok ok i know fat hippy is a non profit label and they help local band bla bla bla, but has anyone noticed how much crap that label puts out, ok the x-cert are dudes but not all the other bands, i was told boss star (who i think are 1 of the better ones) have only sold 5 copys in stores.
summer of fat was a bad idea, they should stop releasing so much artists over a short space of time.

[Toasty]

Fuck off man seriously you get off your arse and make a decent as label as Fat Hippy.
Atleast someone is doing somethingto help out Aberdeen bands a little bit more.

[GraemeC]

Originally Posted by hexagram56

ok ok i know fat hippy is a non profit label and they help local band bla bla bla, but has anyone noticed how much crap that label puts out, ok the x-cert are dudes but not all the other bands, i was told boss star (who i think are 1 of the better ones) have only sold 5 copys in stores.
summer of fat was a bad idea, they should stop releasing so much artists over a short space of time.

So what odds is it to you that some of the material they release is (in you're opinion) crap?

No one is force feeding you any of it.....are they?

[eat your parents]

Originally Posted by Dechristianise

Fuck off man seriously you get off your arse and make a decent as label as Fat Hippy.
Atleast someone is doing somethingto help out Aberdeen bands a little bit more.

Well, that's not too hard. Dedication is all it takes.

[Cloud]

Originally Posted by hexagram56

ok ok i know fat hippy is a non profit label and they help local band bla bla bla, but has anyone noticed how much crap that label puts out, ok the x-cert are dudes but not all the other bands

Crap? They're wonderfully diverse - I love the whole concept that an artist who will make money for the label goes towards funding others to have releases. How many labels would dare go from Karloff to Amy Sawyers to My Minds Weapon?

Originally Posted by hexagram56

i was told boss star (who i think are 1 of the better ones) have only sold 5 copys in stores.
summer of fat was a bad idea, they should stop releasing so much artists over a short space of time.

If the money is there and it's allowing lots of people/bands to have releases, why not? It can't hurt to have more and more professionally produced EP's/albums out there from local bands - and, uh, who the hell are boss star anyway? I've never heard of them personally - so is it really a surprise that they're not selling much?

you are, im afraid, full of shit.

With such a diverse roster the it doesnt matter how often Fat Hippy puts out releases from bands. If you stopped to think about that then you would have come to that not so hard conclusion.

Oh and for the record: Just because one band sells that amount doesnt mean all the bands are...believe me.

[huntedbyafreak]

This guy has convinced me. Let's all stop trying.

has anyone heard floored

truly awful!

fat hippy are doin a grand job though, that electric tibet ep is great!

[soundian]

Originally Posted by hexagram56

ok ok i know fat hippy is a non profit label and they help local band bla bla bla, but has anyone noticed how much crap that label puts out, ok the x-cert are dudes but not all the other bands, i was told boss star (who i think are 1 of the better ones) have only sold 5 copys in stores.
summer of fat was a bad idea, they should stop releasing so much artists over a short space of time.

I wonder how many people haven't bought a CD because the same label released some other ones at the same time?

I don't think it would matter, especially considering, as several people have pointed out, the diversity in the releases.

[Hardcore Mel]

boss star are from dundee. i guess they just haven't played enough shows up here to have sold that many copies. but they're a brilliant band. tom works really hard to try and give something back to the bands, and he's never biased about who he decides to release. the thing about the bands he's releasing is that it gets non-scene people coming to gigs, seeing other fat hippy bands that they've never heard of and realising that aberdeen has a lot to offer musically.