Bonez

This is a quote by yourself made regarding your Lemon Tree gig but you are clearly making up comments about yourself here. The point Im making is that your doing the website worse damage by doing things like this. You said that peoples criticisms were obvious but the first few posts were so obviously a daft piece of PR machinary by someone' date=' possibly not you, who was involved with the band. Im sure if people posted genuine praise of Eskimo Blonde then no-one would have said anything but it was the fact that this was an obvious (and rathar silly) attempt to hype your band that got people going.[/quote']

You prove my point exactly Mr Velocity Girl - the only part of the thread that had anything to do with me was the part about the line up for the night - my first post relating to the band. Your sad attitude towards this shows the type of person you are - boring and mindless. As i stated before - we do NOT nake up posts about the band and never will.

Your feeble mindedness is exhuastingly boring - goodbye!

Oh Dear

Seconded. Regardless of who is making posts - if you can't post constructively (I'm looking at you Ollie) then please don't post at all.

So having an opinion is frowned apon on this site now? The post you reffered to said 'why don't people get off their arses and come and see us' Ollie clearly said he had and put forward an opinion that im sure many more on this site would agree with' date=' secretly.I've seen them too and would completely agree with his opinion. Can't see anything constructive about telling Eskimo Blond their a great band when they are obviusly some stupid Pub-MOR band that the rest of the country would laugh at even Texas fans. Its obvious from the first post that a member of the band wrote that! Three posts are almost identical in style this coming from accounts that were set up at similar times and have similar avaitors. It reads like a piece of PR machinary not the genuine response of fans. Check the response of all those guys who went to the gig at Drummonds the other night (EF I think was the name) did they post a load of 'picture the scene the crowds reved-up then bang the band kicked in' crap or did they just go on to say how the band were outstanding and they thought it was a great gig. I personally think its easy to spot a fraudster like this a mile off. But I suppose Aberdeen Journals and the Sunday Show thingy on Northsound will love them![/quote']

I will break a golden rule of my own and reply to the above thread.

May i take a moment to point out that it was I that added the link to the reviews on this forum on our web page. Again, i assure you that none of the band posted these comments and we don't know who did! We heard there were a couple of good reviews about the night and so linked to them. After the tired old responses further down the thread, i took the link off the site as it would not have reflected well on the local music 'critics' or aberdeen-music.com.

Everyone has their own opinion, however they are always hiding behind the anonymous nature of these forums which is all to easy to do.

The webmaster pointed out above that if you've nothing constructive to say then don't say (or assume) so.

If you search through the forums, you can see the same sad old thread progression all over the place.

1 - I like this band

2 - Hey, I like them too!

3 - I think they're shit!

4 - I agree with 3

5 - I agree with 1 and 2

6 - i am the foremost authority on music and have decided that as i'm 15 with acne, therefore this band are crap.

7 - blah blah blah

8 - blah blah blah

We have never utilised this forum before for any purpose due to the negativity that exists on these boards. The threads that exist relating to Eskimo Blonde have been started by others and we have now seen what the online community can be like we will most certialny not use it for any purpose, which is a shame as it could be a valuable tool for any local band.

Why not offer CONSTRUCTIVE criticism - tell bands WHY you don't like them, perhaps offer a reason for your comments rather than "obviusly some stupid Pub-MOR band " as this is YOUR opinion so not OBVIOUS!

For all the people that sit and slag local bands off online, why not come up and tell us face to face after a gig and pass on all your musical experience and guidance / hints tips and lessons / and general slaggings so as we can act on them there and then!!

We hear plently of good comments after gigs, but funnily enough, no one with the balls to say any different! That all appears online.

Aberdeen-Music - you're doing a great job, but i can speak on behalf of several bands by saying you are correct in assuming that we don't want to use these forums for the reasons above. If you are aiming for a general forum for angst ridden teens to vent their hormonal judgements, these buffons are steering you in that direction.

Finally - to Miss Velocity Girl (who's probably a fat 18 year old male) - you quoted "Its obvious from the first post that a member of the band wrote that" - Can you see how wrong you are - you declare your knowledge of subjects you know fu**k all about and turn the threads into bulllsh*t.

Ro

Eskimo Blonde

Band Member

ha ha!

Does anyone else find it coincidental that jabberwocky' date=' richard tandy and dreamweaver all joined the forum in Sept / Oct 2005? And when you look at the "find more posts by..." for each of them they seem to have nothing to say on any subject apart from those concerning Eskimo Blonde?

If it isn't the band themselves then it's more than likely friends of theres.

Bit sad & desperate really.[/quote']

I am a member of the band and can assure you all that we would never stoop as low to post made up comments about ourselves on websites such as these.

Whether the comments are genuine or not, we would like to thank all the people that turned up and supported us on our first headline gig at the Lemon Tree.

If you are sitting alone at night, surfing these boards and giving your criticism of local bands - why not try getting off your arses and come along and hear us play - or indeed some of the other local bands that recieve so much in depth discussion on this site. The AUBL and Aberdeen-Music are great tools for the local music community - only if they are used properly!

Cheers,

Ro - Eskimo Blonde.

Not now !

I have heard them many times' date=' nice guys but very dull music. I think they were offered a deal if a songwriter could write the songs for them.[/quote']

I would agree with the comment above however after hearing these guy's playing more recetly their music is much more rock orientated and i would certianly not describe it as dull. Looking forward to their Lemon Tree gig, good lineup for the nite too!

Eskimo Blonde 22nd Octpber - Lemon Tree

The Lemon Tree on the 22nd October will see the following 4 bands take to the stage:

Eskimo Blonde

KF Tokyo

The Method

Baby Karma

All 4 bands are from the North East and provide a mix of music to appeal to a wide audience.

Tickets are on sale now from the Lemon Tree box office or from band members.