New England Concerts - The Real Story[views:25385][posts:129]__________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 12:26pm - Rockos ""] I have been holding back for some time about this, But I think it is time to let it out of the bag. I have made it my personal mission to make every single band member and fan of local music in New England aware of his practices. I started working with New England Concerts in Feb of this year, I gave up my company because of the promises this guy told me. I have been booking bands and promoting shows for the last 4 years and at the time New England Concerts offered me a position and I felt like i had hit a dead end. I wanted more than anything to provide a fun, legit venue in NH for everyone to play at. New England Concerts offered me a sweet deal, Yes i took it not because of financial reasons but because of what New England Concerts was promising to do. If my decision would of been based purely on financial gain i would of never taken the job. In the end i was duped, I was scammed by the third largest so called promoter in New England. None of the promises he ever gave me where upheld, None of the tours he promised where ever bought. In fact he passed on a periphery/veil of maya/darkest hour tour because he did not know who they were.... I started feeling like i had made the wrong choice early in June, When the EYEHATEGOD tour was fast approaching. This tour was gonna cost New England Concerts $3000.00, However I was only able to find 2 bands willing to sell the tickets, In the end the week before the show i was forced to cancell the show because bands had only sold 20 tickets. If i had a choice on the matter i would of kept the show, Because thats what a legit promoter does. In this business if your not willing to take risks and man up to your guarantees than you should get out of the business quickly! In july New England Concerts booked the ANTI HERO tour for Nara Park in Acton MA, I was in charge of booking locals at 75 tickets each. I was promised that UNEARTH would be playing along with some other touring bands like Vanna, Our Last Night and etc etc, as the show was coming up, These bands were never confirmed and local bands started to pull out of the show, even though they had been making payments as scheduled for the tickets. Late August I decided to leave New England Concerts and start up my own company again. Bernie ( Who owns NEC ) called me into his office, claiming he had an idea to make this all work. In that meeting he stated, I want to release you from your contract ( even though the contract was void ) , I would like to let you book Rockos as i am trying to pull out of the club scene ( This is what he said, keep in mind he has no authority at Rockos ). At this point he also stated to me that the 5200.00 that was turned into him from local bands playing the ANTI HERO tour at Nara park had been spent by him and that there would be NO WAY to get it back. Wow!....He also stated that the show would be cancelled at Nara Park and if I wanted too i could take over the show. At first i was taken back by this, How could someone spend money that was not his in the first place, How could he keep this money and cancell the show... I took the show because of one reason only. These local bands i was not going to let anyone fuck over, Especially this fat asshole who drives a lexus and has a $750.00 a month payment on it. Some of these locals paid out of pocket so he could feed his fat belly and go to the strip clubs at night. The show was last Saturday and i took about a 2,000 loss, Now I am looking for New England Concerts to cover that cost. I am not looking for any of the other money that he took from the show or any of the money that I am owed from him for shows i worked. Bernie has threatened to sue me, If I don’t do his shows at Rockos that are currently scheduled. I personally don’t care. His shows wont happen. I will make every attempt to keep him out of Manchester and make every one aware of his practices. That is all. Thanks, Dave |
| _________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 12:39pm - xmikex ""] Area douchebag subverts area shitbag. Film at 11. |
| __________________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 12:41pm - logic dictates ""] only xmikex could be the first one to post a reply in this thread |
| __________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 12:56pm - kilgore ""] Rockos said: Some of these locals paid out of pocket so he could feed his fat belly and go to the strip clubs at night. Ha. NH strip clubs suck. |
| __________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 1:02pm - Elihhcb ""] Ultra weak. I heard they wear "pasties" on tha nipps |
| ____________________________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 1:07pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] Which restaurants do you guys think offers up the best chicken club? |
| ________________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 1:13pm - AndrewBastard ""] who pays 750/mo for a lexus? Better yet...who would pay to play with or go see and of the above mentioned bands excluding EHG? |
| __________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 1:15pm - brian_dc ""] I'm here for the answers to the chicken club question. And that's the ONLY reason I would ever come back to this thread. |
| __________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 1:15pm - brian_dc ""] and I will, over and over again |
| __________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 1:16pm - brian_dc ""] until my chicken club needs are fulfilled |
| ___________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 1:23pm - nekronaut ""] Dogwood Cafe in JP has a good chicken club and it's around the corner from my apt. Whoo! |
| ________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 1:30pm - xmikex ""] This thread has been hijacked by Piccadilly Pub. |
| ____________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 2:25pm - arilliusbm ""] fapfapfap |
| ______________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 2:26pm - ArrowHeadNLI ""] xmikex said:Area douchebag subverts area shitbag. Film at 11. The whole time reading this story, I was thinking exactly this. Sounds like neither one of these guys is worth a cock in the first place. Any promoters left that book a show and then PROMOTE IT, or is it all about making bands sell tickets for them now? |
| _______________________________ [Sep 21,2010 2:31pm - sever ""] Promoters are a thing of the past. It's all pimps now a days. |
| ______________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 2:49pm - the_reverend ""] Since I'm not in a band, I'm out of this circle, but like I have said before. "promotion" is not only the promoters job, but the bands jobs too. but there needs to be a balance. "Pay to Play" means the promoter gets lazy, the bands do the work, and no one stays after their friends band. "he's the promoter and it's his job" means the bands get lazy, the promoter does all the work, and no one comes to the show. |
| _________________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 2:53pm - Just sign here ""] Is this your little plea for people to feel sorry for you? Wahhhhh NEC concerts , it's all their fault.... They took advantage of meeee wahhhhhh.... BULLSHIT... All the filth has been exposed... KARMA |
| ___________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 2:56pm - DreadKill ""] the_reverend said:Since I'm not in a band, I'm out of this circle, but like I have said before. "promotion" is not only the promoters job, but the bands jobs too. but there needs to be a balance. "Pay to Play" means the promoter gets lazy, the bands do the work, and no one stays after their friends band. "he's the promoter and it's his job" means the bands get lazy, the promoter does all the work, and no one comes to the show. exactly |
| _________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 2:59pm - Rockos ""] Just%20sign%20here said:Is this your little plea for people to feel sorry for you? Wahhhhh NEC concerts , it's all their fault.... They took advantage of meeee wahhhhhh.... BULLSHIT... All the filth has been exposed... KARMA haha im almost positive this is Bernie or the other douchebag he has working for him Blades Of Indica - Payed 3k for oxxfest - Bernie threw them off because they could not turn in enough money Riveside Drive - $2000.00 for oxxfest - Bernie Threw them off the show because they could not sell enough tickets eyehategod - Bernie cancelled the show because bands could not sell enough tickets Bleeding Through Tour - Bernie collected over $5,000 worth of ticket money, Then Bernie cancelled the show. So many more examples i could give. Karma is a bitch |
| ___________________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 3:09pm - mikeofdecrepitude ""] siq burn. |
| __________________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 3:10pm - goatcatalystnli ""] shit happens when you buttfuck |
| _________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 3:16pm - C.DeAd ""] [img] |
| ________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 3:17pm - xmikex ""] Rockos said:Blades Of Indica - Payed 3k for oxxfest Riveside Drive - $2000.00 for oxxfest HAHAHAHA!! |
| ___________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 3:18pm - DreadKill ""] hai guise, mistress juliya is coming back. pull out your wallets and your cocks. |
| _______________________________ [Sep 21,2010 3:20pm - sever ""] DreadKill said:hai guise, mistress juliya is coming back. pull out your wallets and your cocks. I asked the promoters about this... "Yes we do ask bands to promote themselves a bit with tickets to sell to your close friends and family." |
| ______________________________ [Sep 21,2010 3:23pm - Yeti ""] at this point, any band that works with NEC or Bernie is a douche who deserves to get ripped off. |
| _______________________________ [Sep 21,2010 3:30pm - sever ""] Yeti said:at this point, any band that works with NEC or Bernie is a douche who deserves to get ripped off. QFT |
| _________________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 3:30pm - bloblovesmusic ""] boo fuckin hoo, you decided to work for a company that is known for being unethical and for ripping off bands. If any company asked to partner with me on anything, I would check to see what their record is. If everyone hates them, then I'd say fuck that. |
| _________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 3:35pm - Rockos ""] bloblovesmusic said:boo fuckin hoo, you decided to work for a company that is known for being unethical and for ripping off bands. If any company asked to partner with me on anything, I would check to see what their record is. If everyone hates them, then I'd say fuck that. At that time, I had no reason to not trust him. Everyone hates promoters, So just because other bands hated him was not a reason for me to not jump the gun. He was willing to remodel rockos and promised that bigger tours would come here. The only reason i posted this is so people would understand. regardless of what their opinion is, This has been made public and hopefully i have reached some people. |
| _______________________________ [Sep 21,2010 3:39pm - sever ""] Rockos said: bloblovesmusic said:boo fuckin hoo, you decided to work for a company that is known for being unethical and for ripping off bands. If any company asked to partner with me on anything, I would check to see what their record is. If everyone hates them, then I'd say fuck that. At that time, I had no reason to not trust him. Everyone hates promoters, So just because other bands hated him was not a reason for me to not jump the gun. He was willing to remodel rockos and promised that bigger tours would come here. The only reason i posted this is so people would understand. regardless of what their opinion is, This has been made public and hopefully i have reached some people. NEC remodeled Rocko's? I did not know that... |
| _________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 3:40pm - Rockos ""] sever said: Rockos said: bloblovesmusic said:boo fuckin hoo, you decided to work for a company that is known for being unethical and for ripping off bands. If any company asked to partner with me on anything, I would check to see what their record is. If everyone hates them, then I'd say fuck that. At that time, I had no reason to not trust him. Everyone hates promoters, So just because other bands hated him was not a reason for me to not jump the gun. He was willing to remodel rockos and promised that bigger tours would come here. The only reason i posted this is so people would understand. regardless of what their opinion is, This has been made public and hopefully i have reached some people. NEC remodeled Rocko's? I did not know that... I said willing too. |
| _______________________________ [Sep 21,2010 3:42pm - sever ""] So is he responsible for the remodeling? |
| _________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 3:43pm - Rockos ""] sever said:So is he responsible for the remodeling? No these where only promises he never kept. |
| ___________________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 3:43pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] Rockos said: Everyone hates promoters only if they are shitty promoters. its more than possible to put together decent shows with good bands and not be hated by others. |
| ____________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 3:43pm - arilliusbm ""] fapfapfap |
| __________________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 3:43pm - Brool Story Co. ""] ...>> Cool story, bro. |
| _________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 3:44pm - Rockos ""] Brool%20Story%20Co. said:... Cool story, bro. Yep. |
| _______________________________ [Sep 21,2010 3:47pm - TIMMA ""] nekronaut said:Dogwood Cafe in JP has a good chicken club and it's around the corner from my apt. Whoo! Seconded. The Dogwood's everything is amazing...love that place. You in Rosi or JP? |
| _______________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 3:48pm - aaron_michael ""] Brool%20Story%20Co. said:... Cool story, bro. Brool? [img] |
| _________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 3:53pm - C.DeAd ""] [img] |
| _____________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 3:59pm - pizzabagel ""] Where do you get good pizza bagels at this hour? HELP! |
| _________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 4:05pm - reimroc ""] well i do appreciate dave coming here to express his feelings and give a statement on the matter. |
| _____________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 4:09pm - ouchdrummer ""] hmmmmm. interesting post, i feel bad for the bands that paid thousands than got canceled from a show, if that were my band, i don't know what i'd do, but it wouldn't be pretty. |
| _____________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 4:11pm - ouchdrummer ""] and i don't think that bands "deserved it" because they worked with them. There are SOOOOOO many bands in MA, and a LOT of them don't post here, don't talk to people that know NEC, and couldn't have known better.... it's like blaming a girl for being raped because she was talking to a guy that she SHOULD have known was shady, but didn't. |
| ____________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 4:16pm - immortal13 ""] Hey man, I've been telling you since day one that Bernie is a piece of shit and that you should never work with him. Then you go off and work with him, then it backfires. I hate to say I told you so bro but I told you so. |
| _________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 4:22pm - C.DeAd ""] [img] |
| ____________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 4:24pm - RichHorror ""] This thread is all accurate. I have to have a security detail take me to my helicopter after every show I book. |
| _____________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 4:24pm - ouchdrummer ""] RTTP is awesome... literally NO ONE can make a serious post without a "cool story bro" it's as predictable as weather in southern California. |
| ____________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 4:25pm - RichHorror ""] [img] |
| ______________________________________ [Sep 21,2010 4:29pm - the_reverend ""] RichHorror said:[img]I remember when he played guitar for proteus. |