Sick as Sin fest question?
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[Jan 8,2004 2:19am - George ""]
what do all of you think about this fest? i heard who's supposed to be playing this show, but i wont post it cause its supposed to be underwraps or something. IF they are actually playing this show that would be fucking awesome. but im kind of skeptical.
i want to do it, but im neurvous. we're all throwing 360 bucks to this thing, which is alot of money i dont have, to play with awesome bands, that ive only heard are playing and arnt confirmed, or arnt being released for some reason.
but their website is flooded with nu metal bands. 7th rail crew? twitch? promotion with locobazooka? retarted.
and i guess they're a pretty new production group. should i trust them enough to put that much money down?
does anyone else know anything about this? thanks.
[Jan 8,2004 4:07am - DeOdiumMortis ""]
I won't even consider it until I hear all the headliners. I know I wouldn't buy a ticket to a show with the biggest bands still "TBA" so I wouldn't ask anyone else to until I know it's worth going to. And $360 is a lot of money to any metal band not big enough to be invited & paid.
Regardless, I'd like to see some cool bands come around that don't usually come around, and whether we play or not I hope the show does well, especially for the sake of the NE scene all the local bands that have to dish out whether they can make it all back or not.
[Jan 8,2004 10:03am - the_reverend ""]
it's twytch, not twitch
[Jan 8,2004 10:35am - Monster Metal Guy ""]
I know that Dying Fetus is confirmed to play, and they are semi-popular.
The only problem is that it's all day long, so band A who pays 360 dollars might wind up playing first on the day, while band B could end up right before the headliners for the same price.
That might be ok at Locobazooka, which is out doors, but to be jammed inside a club all day is hell, so the first 3-4 bands will probably play to nobody, even if they are able to sell all their tickets, unless it is a band who can draw that many people to see them anyways, but then why would they want to go out on a limb with that much money would they could just play in Boston or wherever and play to the same crowd?
[Jan 8,2004 10:39am - SinPromos ""]
1. Bands are confirmed just not contracted. When dealing with agencies it's best to wait til contract is in hand before releasing such information, don't you think? Not only to be professional about it, but to be sure they're going to break out of a verbal promise, a paper one is much stronger.
2. Nu-metal bands pay the bills so I can have the time to do what I love - which is metal. This fest is not going to be overrun with numetal acts whatsoever. Send me your thrash, send your death, etc.etc. If you read through the booking procedures it in fact says specifically we are NOT accepting any nu-metal submissions for the festival.
3. A band that doesn't have 30 fans to sell tickets to, and make a nice profit off this show, needs re-formulate their business/promotion plan a little bit and start promoting their act more before they try to get on fests & play with bigger acts.
4. I've been in business for over 2 years. Want a resume or references? Ask. I could be retarded and name drop here but I hate people that do it. But trust me, I know what's up.
5. We're not doing this like the other pay-to-play metalfests out there. We WANT the bands who play this thing to sell their tickets. I don't care if they sell them out front of the venue the day of the show even. We even say up on the TICKETS page of the website that people should contact the bands playing to get tickets from them. We're only going to have 50 available through us. After those are gone that's it. SO bands will have the majority of the tickets. For example if we sell out of tickets early through Strawberries, I'd go to the act coming from the furthest away and buy their tickets back and put them back into strawberries, etc.
6. The point of it all is we actually DO care about the bands. I want bands walking away from this feeling like they benefitted strongly, and were taken care of. We feed ya, we promote ya, we hook you up with radio & other press. We'll do what we can. Some fests charge $1000 and just give you a 15 set time .. how ridiculous is that? I would never put on an event that I wouldn't have my band participate in if it wasn't my event.
[Jan 8,2004 11:29am - phantos ""]
SinPromos said:Nu-metal bands pay the bills
sorry.. but I had to quote that one.
we all need to learn and digest that.
[Jan 8,2004 11:33am - soilworker ""]
Is this really going to be 19+??why 19 instead of 18?
[Jan 8,2004 11:46am - SinPromos ""]
19+ was all the club could do. And yes nu-metal bands do pay the bills. The national act I work for pays me well and it allows me to do this full time for the time being. Don't get me wrong, I love ALL the acts I work with and the people in the bands, but everyone knows my true heart is in metal. I hope everyone chooses to support this event in one way or another even if just for another boost to the metal scene in this area. We all know it could use some unification and support.
[Jan 8,2004 12:31pm - blue ""]
im seriously considering signing up.
dying fetus, cannae, all that remains already on the lineup.
if not getting on the show, id be down with getting on the samplers for the show, 50 bucks to get 2 songs on 250 comps.
[Jan 8,2004 1:42pm - blue ""]
burnt by the sun, malignancy, sulaco and beyond the embrace have just been added as well.
[Jan 8,2004 8:25pm - bodies in the gears ""]
what's the date on this fest?
[Jan 8,2004 8:29pm - bodies in the gears ""]
bodies in the gears said:what's the date on this fest?
and who do i get ahold of for this
[Jan 8,2004 9:49pm - MarkFuckingRichards ""]
OK new Bitter End Fest rule: any band that wishes to play, must pay me $200 each...
just kidding. heh heh. how sick would it be if i could get away with that though, huh??! haha:shocker:
[Jan 8,2004 10:42pm - SinPromos ""]
it's pretty scary how the word gets out.. Malignancy, Burnt By The Sun, & Sulaco aren't even on the website.. I don't even have the contracts signed yet.. but they ARE indded confirmed for the show... how the hell do people find out these things??? lol
all info go to www.sinpromos.com
[Jan 8,2004 11:51pm - todayistheday ""]
fuck..im def going to this show...finally going to get to see dying fetus....theyl prob cancel though...like they always do when they come here
[Jan 9,2004 2:15am - blue ""]
SinPromos said:it's pretty scary how the word gets out.. Malignancy, Burnt By The Sun, & Sulaco aren't even on the website.. I don't even have the contracts signed yet.. but they ARE indded confirmed for the show... how the hell do people find out these things??? lol
all info go to www.sinpromos.com
its on the messageboard, der.
[Jan 9,2004 9:37am - the_reverend ""]
todayistheday, maybe I'll finally meet you at a show.
[Jan 9,2004 12:13pm - SinPromos ""]
durr.. Thanks blue.. I swear I'm losing my mind this week heh..and Rev, you better say what's up if you come down, I haven't met you yet either!
[Jan 9,2004 12:28pm - Joe/NotCommon ""]
eh, I've met Aaron before. He isn't that great.
[Jan 9,2004 1:04pm - the_reverend ""]
damn it joe.
now what m I going to do with all those
'the reverend (the next best thing to sliced bread)' business cards?
[Jan 9,2004 1:11pm - succubus ""]
SinPromos said:I swear I'm losing my mind this week heh..
fine then i will forgive you for not replying to me when i have posted telling you things or asking you things:spineyes: