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[lwoodbloo]

Trust me, I'm the last one to go all "punker than thou" on anyone. Or "More scene" or whatever the fuck it is these days.

What's the objection to marketing a band, within certain constraints? There's the rub, I know. Here's how I'm thinking. Why not sell your band's t shirt? Why not sell stickers and pins if that's what your fans want? Charge reasonable prices, make them available, why not? I wasn't brought up on fugazi or hardcore, the ethic is understandable to me, as in I see where they're coming from, but I guess I like to have "stuff".

I find that those who are most rigorous within that ethic are those who, if they were doing something along those lines, wouldn't need the money. But then, what do I know.

Controversy commences.

Comments

[moon-beam.livejournal.com]

werd.

[feroluce.livejournal.com]

i dunno, all the hardcore kids *i* know sell shirts and buttons. usually the stickers are free, and all other merch is as cheap as possible, but i dont know what these kids would do without merch... heh. if you go to see subterfuge play, i'd bet they're all wearing heads vs breakers, silent majority, backup plan and john stamos project tshirts... these boys would all be NAKED without merch. hehe.

[lwoodbloo.livejournal.com]

Been reading punk planet lately, and about Maximum Rock and Roll. The scene politics in places really amuse the eff out of me.

[feroluce.livejournal.com]

yea i have some britt friends who recently visited, and thought that we were all just WAY too mixed up in how "scene" things are... hah.

my friend sheep told me bands in the UK are glad to play a living room show, if that means that 5 more kids will get to see them play live.

do you know any bands here that'll do that? i know... like 3. yep.