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7 hours ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

I've never heard of Turnstile but, considering the last two "future of metal" bands I was told about were Linkin Park and Sleep Token, I reckon I'll give them a miss 😆

The biggest, greatest thing in metal is never the best. The most amazing bands will always be on the fringes doing something original that most people will never listen to. 

7 minutes ago, MichaelDean said:

Biffy Clyro

It was a really good performance. Would hate to be their guitar tech though. Changing out lots of sweaty guitars wouldn't be my idea of a fun Friday night! 

They were excellent. I saw them about 15 years ago and it looks like they've lost none of their energy. 

I'd take being their guitar tech over being Matt Pikes, scraping the gut sweat of his guitars every night. 

They never used to bother me but I always avoided the Pyramid stage which is located in front of a hill so they probably are more of a distraction there. 

59 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

 

I don't know if him selling slightly more records than Nicki Minaj and slighly fewer than Maroon 5 means that he is someone to put on the main stage at a place like glastonbury, especially when most of those records were decades ago. 

 

Please don't bring Maroon 5 in to this. They really are the absolute worst. I'd honestly rather listen to Imagine Dragons or Kid Rock and I'd rather eat a fresh dog egg than listen to either of them.

Marketing innit? The BBC sell the coverage to networks all over the world. The more views they can generate, the more they can charge for it.

Just watching Prodigy. Holy crap they put on a hell of a show. Nice blend of electronic and traditional instruments. Their drummer has serious energy.

Someone advised me to watch the turnstile set. Future of metal apparently. All excited I put it on expecting some aggressive guitars, heavy drumming and angry vocals. What I heard is what I would imagine the elevator music at the Kerrang offices sounds like.

Is it just me or has the media really gone all out on the Glastonbury bad thing this year? I've seen so much, mostly just straight up lies about how unhappy attendees are, thousands leaving early disappointed, £10 a pint for beer, bands not turning up. It seems like much more of an attack than usual.

Possibly politically motivated because it's unpopular with their tory/reform followers?

Nova Twins were great. Georgia South must have her own lorry just for all those basses and pedals. The wall of death was unexpected. 

On another subject. Are Rod Stewart and whiney millionaire plumber Charlie Mullens the same person? They look the same and ive never seen them together. 

I love how Gary Numan was a huge influence on Nine Inch Nails and helped Trent Reznor get started and now Numan is sounding more like Nine Inch Nails. For his live performances, he plays a lot of modern stuff and has modernised the old stuff with more of that industrial sound and more guitar. 

9 minutes ago, Cato said:

 

They did a gig for Radio 1 a couple of months ago which I watched on iplayer.

 

Top rate live band with some huge songs I'm a bit puzzled as why they're not much bigger.

Because interesting bands don't get big. Bland sells, that's why Coldplay and Taylor Swift are huge and Biffy Clyro and Osees aren't 

Back on subject. I'm just watching Biffy Clyro, havent listened to them in years. Really excellent performance. Definitely a few odd time signatures in there, almost prog rock at times.

My daughter came home for a bit earlier for another gig this afternoon (4th in two days, 5th tomorrow) and on her way back to Glastonbury all excited to see Deftones tonight, her favourite band and then they announced on their social media they've had to cancel due to illness in the band. She is not happy. I shall continue to wind her up about how many times I've seen them. 

I saw a bit of CMAT. Seriously, that must be the worst vocal performance ever on the pyramid stage. 

In the words of the great Richard Richard (Bottom) "British journalism, best in the world. You wouldn't see that in a French of Italian paper"

4 hours ago, Geek99 said:

Why is his band comprised entirely of Thenns from game of thrones? 

Gary has obviously discovered that Thenns are excellent industrial musicians. 

I've just got in after Gary Numan's warmup show in Frome.

That was a spectacular show. He's definitely more industrial rock than synth pop these days.

Great night.

My daughter and her band mates are working together in the Woodsies crew bar and were asked to play the stage in there so took their instruments with them. With their youthful enthusiasm, they decided to wander around and see if they could blag another gig. Tonight at 10:35 they (Butane Skies) are playing the Avalon Inn and that will be their third gig so far with another possibility tomorrow as well, all fitting in around bar shifts.

2 hours ago, Supernaut said:

I thought you retired from gigging? 

I'm a very indecisive man!

If you want to make money in music, then become a covers band specialising in weddings. They seem to be fairly profitable. 

The helicopters flying rich Londoners in to the festival are busy. There's one going over about every 5 - 10 minutes today.

I think venues know they can get ameteur bands for free or very cheap but if they want a name to get people in then they have to pay for it.

Amateur bands don't attract in a lot of people so can't really ask for much and those at the bottom of the pile who are the support act for amateur bands offer the venue very little value.

A lot of amateur, particularly originals bands wouldn't get any gigs if they didn't do some for free. 

To me, playing music is a hobby, if I get a few quid that's a bonus but I'll do it for free quite happily. 

There's always bands happy to just play whether paid or not. Those who aren't just turn it down, no one is forcing them. Personally I play for fun and don't care whether I get paid as long as it doesn't cost me too much.

14 minutes ago, Supernaut said:

It's amazing how many times venues have tried to book my (originals) band under the premise of a charity gig, i.e. we don't have to pay the bands. 
 

Charity is a good thing; not paying bands isn't. 

I guess if they pay the bands then there's no money left for the charity so it's no longer a charity gig. 

A mate of mine puts on a metal bands night once a month and gets all the ticket money to pay bands. If they get £100 each for the three bands then they're lucky. If they set the door price over £5 then people moan and don't turn up. Fortunately, most amateur metal bands seem to be happy just to play.