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Post by kevbhoy on Feb 6, 2010 18:09:56 GMT
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Post by Bazza on Feb 7, 2010 11:24:14 GMT
Good name for a band.
We have a few Ska/2 Tone covers acts round here called Ska-Boom & Ska Beats. There was also another band called Gangsters Of Ska but I think most of those members are now in Ska-Boom.
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Post by kevbhoy on Feb 8, 2010 16:00:22 GMT
yeah ive heard of those bands, we hope to get away from the covers, but people love to hear them !
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Post by Bazza on Feb 8, 2010 21:20:43 GMT
yeah ive heard of those bands, we hope to get away from the covers, but people love to hear them ! Yeah, that's the trouble we had when I was in the ska band the G Men. You try to play original stuff but some people only want to hear 2 Tone covers. But the best gig we ever did was when we dropped the 2 Tone covers for our set at a Scottish Ska festival, we went down a storm at the gig and even went down better than the headliners 100 Men whose frontman Mik is now in Babyshambles. |
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Post by kevbhoy on Feb 9, 2010 10:44:56 GMT
Yeah it would be nice to throw a few covers into the set list, but i think if your ever going to be taken seriously you have to do your own stuff.
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Post by Bazza on Feb 9, 2010 11:49:15 GMT
Yeah it would be nice to throw a few covers into the set list, but i think if your ever going to be taken seriously you have to do your own stuff. I think a lot of the blame lies with the venues. As round here a lot of places will only book covers/tribute acts. I used to have to tell a few white lies when I was booking gigs for my power pop band Afterglow and tell the venues that our set was 50% covers when it was mostly original stuff we played. Still, we never had any complaints and always got paid. Well, nearly always as I remember Dr Browns ripping us off but that's a story for another day.  |
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.. They also do there own material. www.myspace.com/pressuredrop8
.. They also do there own material. www.myspace.com/pressuredrop8
