Which Aberdeen Bands Pull The Biggest Crowds?

[Hog]

Filthpact, MMW, Stayover, Eric Euan, Girl Said No, The Videos off the top of my head.

[Guest pop-notmyface]

I thought they were a UK band and not an ABERDEEN band...

word on the street and all...

haha, they want to be

[Guest Jake Wifebeater]

It's quality, not quantity.

[Guest pop-notmyface]

It's quality' date=' not quantity.[/quote']

yeah, just you tell that to the venue owner who is out for making a profit

[Guest Jake Wifebeater]

yeah' date=' just you tell that to the venue owner who is out for making a profit [/quote']

Haha, true. Was speaking from a personal point of view.

[Guest pop-notmyface]

Haha' date=' true. Was speaking from a personal point of view.[/quote']

yeah i know. it's nice though.

[ben_1903]

The xcerts are easily the best band from aberdeen - hence they pull the biggest crowd. Utterly brilliant band.

[Jamesy]

It really depends if a band can be arsed or not.

At Long last do well, as do The Shotgun Love Affair and We Shall be Blessed. The Little Kicks do well, Right Hand Left, Stayover, the lads and I do alright, as do Eddison. But yeah, it comes down to whether people can ve arsed.

[stuartmaxwell]

girl said no

filthpact

karloff

we shall be blessed

driveblind

the little kicks

kathryn sawers

eric euan

small enclosed area

identity

[Graeme]

Le Reno Amps

[soundian]

Le Reno Amps

But can we really claim them as aberdonian. They are until they get bigger (like AKA The Fox), but as soon as they do, they're glaswegian in the press (cf Snow Patrol, 3/4 Irish but still Scottish????)

[Teabags]

filthpact pull crowds if we say its our last ever gig.

[Guest pop-notmyface]

girl said no

filthpact

karloff

we shall be blessed

driveblind

the little kicks

kathryn sawers

eric euan

small enclosed area

identity

the whores of the music scene

[bladeola]

Quik also pull in a good crowd usually.

not anymore they dont. they dont work it.

[*Amy*]

Yeah I agree with that. The fan base seems to have drifted away too... to emo land or something.

[Teabags]

I think they followed Ben. cos of his hair.

ive seen the new Quik drummer. he simply isn't as pretty.

[Guest Page 99]

filthpact pull crowds if we say its our last ever gig.

Yeah, so when's your next one then?

[bladeola]

Yeah I agree with that. The fan base seems to have drifted away too... to emo land or something.

I think you're wrong.

and there is only one "emo" band in aberdeen as far as i can see and thats Lost. And yes i know its not "real emo..."

There are heaps of gig goers and new gig goers in Aberdeen that would love Quik if the ywere put in their face as much as the likes of Stayover, Blessed, MMW et al....

[Guest neil ex]

Hookers Green No1 seem to pull a large number of golfers to their gigs.

[The Milner]

I think you're wrong.

and there is only one "emo" band in aberdeen as far as i can see and thats Lost. And yes i know its not "real emo..."

There are heaps of gig goers and new gig goers in Aberdeen that would love Quik if the ywere put in their face as much as the likes of Stayover' date=' Blessed, MMW et al....[/quote']

if only lost still exsitsed...............

[Camie]

I think you're wrong.

and there is only one "emo" band in aberdeen as far as i can see and thats Lost. And yes i know its not "real emo..."

There are heaps of gig goers and new gig goers in Aberdeen that would love Quik if the ywere put in their face as much as the likes of Stayover' date=' Blessed, MMW et al....[/quote']

I agree fully.

A lot of people have started to get into this whole extreme metal/hardcore/metalcore or whatever name it has been given now and that has been the main gigs that i've seen big attendances IN GENERAL.

It is a shame that bands such as Quik have not been exposed as much as they should. As they used to have such a huge following.

[The Milner]

i think its the same story as always, the bands who pull a crowd are the ones who bother to advertise their band/gigs etc.

Ive never understood why bands think they dont have to do fuck all in terms of advertising their own gigs. For years ive seen bands blame someone else for the lack of people turning up for gigs, but yet they do nothing to change it. Its easy to sit and blame paul stewart/jamsey/kirt/whoever is the promoter for not promoting well enough but really what do bands do on their own?

Its easy to see the bans who do bother, they are the ones who have a decent attendance at every gig, ie, weapon, blessed, us, t.o.g and there are a few others.

[Camie]

Good point but I i think it's also knowing how to get your music across.

Some people won't come just because you have shoved your band's name in their face heaps of times. It also takes more than one gig to get over with people which I feel from experience to seeing various bands and not liking them the first time.

[Skubbs]

I think they followed Ben. cos of his hair.

ive seen the new Quik drummer. he simply isn't as pretty.

aw poor ian...

[The Milner]

Good point but I i think it's also knowing how to get your music across.

Some people won't come just because you have shoved your band's name in their face heaps of times. It also takes more than one gig to get over with people which I feel from experience to seeing various bands and not liking them the first time.

no i very much agree, you have to know the right way to try and get your music across and to the right people. But on the other hand if you see the same band name everywhere you go, eventually you will go and see them just to see what the fuss is all about.

A couple of questions now then for anyone whos in a band and reading this, when was the last time you made your own fliers for a gig? when was the last time you spent a few days in town handing these fliers out? If you havent done any of this then why not?