I wish I had this as a t-shirt
I mentioned the listings when I wrote about the Vic this morning, and I’ve been keeping a list of clever band names for bands that do their OWN music (my personal fave right now is Four Floors of Whores); there is a thriving music scene in Swindon and for such a small municipality there is a wealth of music equipment stores, instructional facilities and performance venues. Unfortunately, too many cover bands are crawling around (which all may be made up of very good musicians but the concept reminds me too much of veering off the Interstate and holing up in an airport bar listening to lounge acts until the psychedelics loosened their grip).
In contrast, tribute bands (especially the ones with members from real, non-pretend bands) can be a lot of fun (I direct your attention to the Beat Holes, once again). Looking over the listings for May 2011 in Swindon I found these:
Dirty Deeds
Hi On Maiden
Oasish
Stereotonics
Coolplay
The Kinx
Are You Experienced
The Secret Police
Cash (trib to Johnny Cash)
The Floydian Doors
The Faux Fighters
Fred Hot Chili Peppers
Stone Donkey Pilots
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I wish I had this as a t-shirt
I mentioned the listings when I wrote about the Vic this morning, and I’ve been keeping a list of clever band names for bands that do their OWN music (my personal fave right now is Four Floors of Whores); there is a thriving music scene in Swindon and for such a small municipality there is a wealth of music equipment stores, instructional facilities and performance venues. Unfortunately, too many cover bands are crawling around (which all may be made up of very good musicians but the concept reminds me too much of veering off the Interstate and holing up in an airport bar listening to lounge acts until the psychedelics loosened their grip).
In contrast, tribute bands (especially the ones with members from real, non-pretend bands) can be a lot of fun (I direct your attention to the Beat Holes, once again). Looking over the listings for May 2011 in Swindon I found these:
Dirty Deeds
Hi On Maiden
Oasish
Stereotonics
Coolplay
The Kinx
Are You Experienced
The Secret Police
Cash (trib to Johnny Cash)
The Floydian Doors
The Faux Fighters
Fred Hot Chili Peppers
Stone Donkey Pilots
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