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yeah, this is a drunken vent (please don't be offended)
so, yeah...i'm 33. i've been going to local shows for over 16 years now (does that give me any credibility?) and i've been very disappointed in the recent (last few years) trend of peoria having "rock" or "metal" or "punk" shows. does anyone remember the good old days of Airwaves, when you could pay $5 and see 6 bands - 2 "punk" bands, 2 "metal" bands and 2 "rock" bands all at 1 show? it was brilliant, and it wasn't a bar. everyone could come. i started going to shows at age 16. my first was the infamous Italian American Society Hall show in 1991. maybe i'm just getting old, but i long for the "good old days" (i really like quotation marks and parenthesis) does anyone else see the deficiency in the current scene? where are the new kids? are the playing PS3? i'm disappointed. maybe it's my fault? what have i done lately? to foster the "scene"...oh yeah, and what have you done?
posted by aka_eric on June 5, 2008 - 2:07am.
you mean German American Society Hall?
Are you referring to the German American Society Hall show where me and Bloody Mess and Dollface guys had to go to court over slam dancing violence? What I am annoyed at is the extremely poor quality of music band websites. I'm not trying to be superior or mean-spirited, but man, most band sites are pure shit and lazy.
downfall of the scene
I attribute the downfall of the scene to two individuals that ran every body off and took the fun away from the shows.Brody and his sister Dallas;they were terrible and then they would stand up on stage and rant and rave and bitch at each other.
i would say kiss my butt but,
..i don't want any of that messy nonsense driping out of your mouth to touch me. so just be quiet instead, you ungrateful little crap choker. -brody
good one brody!
I always thought those little tiffs where entertaining (or at least the few I saw).
anyway I think the true downfall of "the scene" was when anonymous poster and all his friends got older and stopped coming to EVERY show because they had other stuff to do and/or realized they didn't like the "new" bands and that "crappy emo", "shitty ska," "stupid crusty punk" ect. they where playing. luckily for me those new bands and their friends got their own scene going, sadly the same thing happened to them and the cycle continues.
don't talk about "the downfall of the scene" when there are still all ages shows that draw 150+ high school kids at least once a month in the area, AND when that actually never stopped happening, you just stopped going.
Thank you, and good day!
Atomic
yes - that show
my fault. i was drunk typing...yeah. thats the only time i saw you perform outside your house, str8...and as for band web sites, i assume most musicians have little experience in web design. maybe i'm wrong. i know that i don't.
hey don't look at me, i put
hey don't look at me, i put on shows until people stopped showing up and played gigs until i'd been fired by every bar in town. :) - stg
imo
Bands that are really worth seeing don't come through here too often. It's not anything new for the Peoria area.
However, things are getting better in my opinion, I've seen some pretty good shows this year without having to drive out of town. Perhaps this area is evolving, albeit very slowly.
I'd like to see more: heavy rock/doom, noise, true black metal, classic rock and roll without the indie/hipster slant, intelligent jazz, good blues, ambient...
Less of: hippie shit, dumb punk rock, cover bands, weak death metal, dorkie hipster indie rock, generally uninspired music...
*all this is my opinion, feel free to contradict or agree
nice drunk rambling, maybe it will spur some real discussion
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