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[Aileen]

i apologise in advance to those of you who i may have already ranted to about this last night but i just thought this was really fucking lame

what is with the attitudes of people who go to gigs in aberdeen? they will pile down in front of the stage for their mate's band or local bands that theyve seen a hundred times before and then bugger off up the back when touring bands come on. locals bands know they have solid fanbases in aberdeen so surely the touring bands needs just as much if not more support.

do people even go to gigs cos they like music or is it just for scenester credibility?? its a fuckin disgrace!

boom in the diamond industry were absolutely outstanding last night at moshulu and at most there were about fifteen people on the floor for them.....weapon and contra had huge crowds.....surely theres something wrong there! dont get me wrong, im not saying that local bands dont need the support, but i imagine if i was in a band id be pretty miffed to play to a tiny audience when id already seen that there were plenty of folk there for the local bands!

anyway, i just wanted to bring that up cos it was pretty crap that people couldnt make the effort.

But, to be fair, maybe everyone that was up the back for Boom didn't like them or their music. It's not as bad as it seems.

I don't understand it either. Folks go see a show, then once they've caught the local support, leave. Yes, leave. I've seen it happen so so many times. You think a touring act is gonna come back when this kinda thing happens? I like to give this example. antimaniax (from Austria) played a show here at Kev last year. A lotta folks were there. However, once the three local supports had done their thing, pretty much everyone left. I just don't get it, and it happens time and time again. Used to see it happen on a regular basis at Drakes (then still in the Castlegate).

[rune]

Originally Posted by Aileen

i apologise in advance to those of you who i may have already ranted to about this last night but i just thought this was really fucking lame

what is with the attitudes of people who go to gigs in aberdeen? they will pile down in front of the stage for their mate's band or local bands that theyve seen a hundred times before and then bugger off up the back when touring bands come on. locals bands know they have solid fanbases in aberdeen so surely the touring bands needs just as much if not more support.

do people even go to gigs cos they like music or is it just for scenester credibility?? its a fuckin disgrace!

boom in the diamond industry were absolutely outstanding last night at moshulu and at most there were about fifteen people on the floor for them.....weapon and contra had huge crowds.....surely theres something wrong there! dont get me wrong, im not saying that local bands dont need the support, but i imagine if i was in a band id be pretty miffed to play to a tiny audience when id already seen that there were plenty of folk there for the local bands!

anyway, i just wanted to bring that up cos it was pretty crap that people couldnt make the effort.

Youre 100 percent correct, this really sucks the big one.
I hate scenesters

[kirkt]

yeah well said Aileen...theirs too many scene-sters in Aberdeen and it pisses me off cos ive seen so many good bands playing to hardly anyone here...

now that i'm seeing it from being in a band perspective, it would be dishearteing to play infront of a small crowd. i guess we got lucky on Thursday night. i always do my best to be at gigs from when doors open till the last band plays, theirs not much point in paying the entry fee just to see one or two bands unless its a band you really want to see.

[Ross]

It happened at The First FFAF gig......

Lot of people sat upstairs.....

Then Fony came on afterwards......

Nice guys... rubbish band!

[Aileen]

Originally Posted by Ewan SSR

But, to be fair, maybe everyone that was up the back for Boom didn't like them or their music. It's not as bad as it seems.

yeah thats a good point, i can understand that, just seems that people have the wrong sort of attitude towards bands they dont know. MMW were the only band on the bill last night that i had seen before, i knew that i enjoyed their performances and didnt know what to expect from the other bands, some i liked some i didnt, but i stayed the whole night regardless

[JJ 10 Easy Wishes]

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you scenester you

[Camie]

moshulu is big though and people could hear and see them from where they were standing.