• LesserAbe@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      I’ve never heard of trophy eyes before, but unless you’re a big act most of these bands take home less than say, a white collar job. And odds seem good they’ll get sued too. So I’m not surprised they’re not throwing cash around

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      6 months ago

      They’re probably not worth that much. On a side not I looked up the band, as a fan of 70s British Punk, this band being “punk” flabbergasted me:

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        The best way to judge music is by looking at the clothing of the band members

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          I think we can agree that a band’s perception goes beyond the music.

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            Actually, not really. I will give bonus points to an artist/band that adds interesting performance or atmospheric elements, but the music is what should define the musician, not their visual aesthetics.

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              I share your opinion. But I think our problem is that the general public doesn’t.

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        I just listened to them. I don’t see how, in any decade, this gets called “punk”.

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          Punk is, to a degree, about deconstruction of a system. If ‘the system’ is built upon an appearance of aggression - angry ten foot tall brodozers and music about shooting anyone who looks at you funny - then the most punk thing to do is to dress up nice and talk about friendship, right? After all, “The Man” wants me to be an avatar of anger so, fuck him, let’s sing about flowers and shit.

          But, they’re certainly not “punk rock”, that’s for sure.

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            Grounds Keeper Willy voice * They’re mortal enemies, like punk rock fans and k-pop fans, or punk rock fans and rap fans, or punk rock fans and punk rock fans… DAMN PUNK ROCK FANS, RUINING THE PUNK ROCK FANDOM!!!

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          I find “Punk” tends to be code for “our music sucks, but people will pretend to like it anyway, because counter culture or something”

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          Not a pair of Doc Martens on a single one of ‘em. No leather. No spikes. No brightly dyed mohawks. No Anarchy “A”. Not even a fuckin’ skin’ead. Those are not punks. Those are posers.

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        Yeah, I don’t want to gatekeep music, but if it was trying to find some of the vinyl in a record store, I wouldn’t look under “punk.” I’d probably list go to T under alt rock.

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        Having not heard their music or ever heard of them, my first thought when seeing the photo was that they were trying to be “ironic” or something.

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      Moreso after making the conscious decision to ignore the house rules on crowdsurfing…