Friday, April 13, 2007

The Patron Saint of Liars and Fakes

So I was looking at Val-Air Ballroom's upcoming concerts and some things struck me as funny.

1. LAZERfest 2007
Featuring Hinder; Buckcherry; Papa Roach; Saliva; Fuel; Facecage; Index Case

-okay. I don't even think this needs any explanation.
Lazer has collected the grossest bands they could possibly find. Hinder? Saliva? Seriously. Add Nickelback to that lineup and you'll have all the bad rock genre covered. Except Nickelback fans don't wear bondage. They'd probably get beat up by all the "metal" kids in their Slipknot shirts and mesh. Okay, enough rippin on these kids. I'm sure hardcore is just as bad...except not.

2.
SOLD OUT - The Killers

-Hahahahaha. The Killers. Sold Out. I think that is hilarious. I'm not sure if I'd consider them sellouts necessarily, but come on. Look at the drastic change in their image from Hot Fuss to Sam's Town. Brandon Flowers seems like he has an ego as big as their record sales. He's said bands were riding on the coattails of The Killers, that their new album would be the best album of the past twenty years, and that it was cheap for Green Day to have their DVD in England because the kids there didn't know what it meant. He said that The Killers were a much better symbol of America. Mind you they moved to England to get signed. He also got pissed off that Fall Out Boy was getting huge (not Patrick, the band's success) and said that they were hogging the mutual A&R rep. I'm sorry, but that is so much like Panic! At The Disco (love that band dearly, even after all their bullshit). Have your first album out and expect to outsale a band who has been around for YEARS. Fall Out Boy had a split Ep with Project Rocket, FOB's Evening Out With Your Girlfriend, Take This To Your Grave (by far the best album put out by them. Probably one of the best albums in the past seven years) and then they struck it big with mainstream and not so great From Under The Cork Tree. And The Killers? They released Hot Fuss and made, well, quite a fuss about it. I also don't mean to rip on The Killers. I like Hot Fuss and all. But Flower's attitude pisses me off. Hahaha at FOB who were going to name a song "You Can't Spell STAR Without A&R" HAHAHA. just saying.