Just Announced Commentary - 2011 Edition

[bearman🐻]

Firefly Reveals 2016 Lineup

Meh--squared

I find 4-day festivals that don't allow you to buy single-day tickets to be totally pointless. I don't have 4 days of my life to waste on a festival in friggin' Delaware. I think it's presumptuous and greedy.

[Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI]

Firefly Reveals 2016 Lineup

Meh--squared

If you had to pick the holy trinity of "bands that top lineups for things like this that I do not understand the appeal of at all" it would be Kings Of Leon, Mumford and sons, and Florence and the Machine.

[bearman🐻]

Firefly Reveals 2016 Lineup

Meh--squared

If you had to pick the holy trinity of "bands that top lineups for things like this that I do not understand the appeal of at all" it would be Kings Of Leon, Mumford and sons, and Florence and the Machine.

Agreed. But a friend on Facebook said "I don't go to many concerts, but this is one I'd go to see". So there you have it. Festivals are now booked to lure in people who go to concerts infrequently because it's an amalgam of "big" name headliners aimed at pleasing the masses. Riotfest is the only one that seems enticing to me...there's always something good there.

[Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI]

Firefly Reveals 2016 Lineup

Meh--squared

If you had to pick the holy trinity of "bands that top lineups for things like this that I do not understand the appeal of at all" it would be Kings Of Leon, Mumford and sons, and Florence and the Machine.

Agreed. But a friend on Facebook said "I don't go to many concerts, but this is one I'd go to see". So there you have it. Festivals are now booked to lure in people who go to concerts infrequently because it's an amalgam of "big" name headliners aimed at pleasing the masses. Riotfest is the only one that seems enticing to me...there's always something good there.

I have a friend who wants to go to Osheaga this year and I'm very worried they're going to turn up sharing the same headliners. Ugh.

[Yada]

Firefly Reveals 2016 Lineup

Meh--squared

god awful... I don't know if there's more than two bands on that list I'd want to see.

[Relaxer]

Firefly Reveals 2016 Lineup

Meh--squared

If you had to pick the holy trinity of "bands that top lineups for things like this that I do not understand the appeal of at all" it would be Kings Of Leon, Mumford and sons, and Florence and the Machine.

Agreed. But a friend on Facebook said "I don't go to many concerts, but this is one I'd go to see". So there you have it. Festivals are now booked to lure in people who go to concerts infrequently because it's an amalgam of "big" name headliners aimed at pleasing the masses. Riotfest is the only one that seems enticing to me...there's always something good there.

But will people who go to concerts infrequently really be willing to commit to four entire days of camping, porto-potties and bands? I feel like the line-up does not sync with the kinds of people who are willing to do this.

[walk,on,by]

Firefly Reveals 2016 Lineup

Meh--squared

I find 4-day festivals that don't allow you to buy single-day tickets to be totally pointless. I don't have 4 days of my life to waste on a festival in friggin' Delaware. I think it's presumptuous and greedy.

in other words . . . im not 20 anymore.

[Space Freely]

Firefly Reveals 2016 Lineup

Meh--squared

If you had to pick the holy trinity of "bands that top lineups for things like this that I do not understand the appeal of at all" it would be Kings Of Leon, Mumford and sons, and Florence and the Machine.

I had to scroll up in the thread to answer the question "Who just said something so profound that I want to kiss them?" and found it was you.

Don't worry, I don't want to kiss you.

[Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI]

I had to scroll up in the thread to answer the question "Who just said something so profound that I want to kiss them?" and found it was you.

Don't worry, I don't want to kiss you.

As long as there wasn't tongue, I'd be pretty cool about it.

[killsaly]

Oneohtrix Point Never - March 15th, Ottobar

Nice.  The Ottobar lineup for 2016 is already shaping up nicely... I need to get a pass for next year (regretfully skipped this year) as it almost pays for itself with just what I want to see in the first three months of 2016.

[stevewizzle]

Oneohtrix Point Never - March 15th, Ottobar

Nice.  The Ottobar lineup for 2016 is already shaping up nicely... I need to get a pass for next year (regretfully skipped this year) as it almost pays for itself with just what I want to see in the first three months of 2016.

this is more of an A/V show than a concert, is it not?  thinking about catching him next week.

[stevewizzle]

dang, that firefly lineup is weak. firefly and sasquatch had similar lineups last year, so this is concerning.

[killsaly]

this is more of an A/V show than a concert, is it not?  thinking about catching him next week.

I have never seen him so not sure.  The live videos i just checked out look like he is doing the usual electronic music deal; twisting knobs with a computer.  Visuals do look sweet...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6BToSh-1tw

[Unsanity]

Damn that Firefly line up is awful.

[killsaly]

don't know if the dc show was announced hereparts

Iron Butterfly
11-30
jammin java, jammin java

Wikipedia says:

Current members
    Ron Bushy ? drums, percussion (1966?71, 1974?77, 1978?79, 1982, 1987, 1987?88, 1993-2012, 2014 ? present; guest - 1982)
    Eric Barnett ? guitar, vocals (1995-2002, 2015?present)
    Mike Green ? percussion, vocals (2015?present)
    Dave Meros ? bass, vocals (2015?present; substitute - 2006)
    Phil Parlapiano ? keyboards, vocals (2015?present; substitute - 2012)
    Ray Weston ? drums, percussion (2015?present; substitute - 2010)

The old drummer, plus some guy who joined the band 30 years after they formed, and a bunch of guys who mostly have been with the group since 2015? 

Jeez... Their former member list is insane. 

Former members
    Doug Ingle ? organ, vocals (1966?71, 1978?79, 1983?85, 1987?88, 1994?99)
    Danny Weis ? guitar (1966-1967)
    Jack Pinney ? drums, percussion (1966)
    Greg Willis ? bass (1966)
    Darryl DeLoach ? vocals (1966-1967; died 2002)
    Jerry Penrod ? bass, backing vocals (1966-1967)
    Bruce Morse ? drums, percussion (1966)
    Lee Dorman ? bass, vocals (1967?71, 1977?78, 1978?85, 1987-2012; died 2012)
    Erik Brann ? guitar, vocals (1967?69, 1974?77, 1978?79, 1979?80, 1982, 1987, 1987?89; died 2003)
    Mike Pinera - guitar, vocals (1970-1972, 1978-1979, 1982, 1987, 1993)
    Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt, aka El Rhino ? guitar (1969?71, 1977?78, 1978?79, 1981?84, 1989?93; died 2012)
    Philip Taylor Kramer ? bass, keyboards, vocals (1974?77; died 1995)
    Howard Reitzes ? keyboards, vocals (1974-1975)
    Bill DeMartines ? keyboards, vocals (1975-1977, 1987)
    Kevin Karamitros ? drums (1977-1978)
    Jimi Henderson ? vocals (1977-1978)
    Larry Kiernan ? keyboards (1977-1978)
    David Love ? guitar (1977-1978)
    John Leimsider ? keyboards (1978, 1979, 1981-1982)
    Keith Ellis ? bass (1978; died 1978)
    Bobby Caldwell ? drums, percussion (1979, substitute 1984)
    Bobby Hasbrook ? guitar, vocals (1978-1982)
    Nathan Pino ? keyboards (1979)
    Zam Johnson ? drums, percussion (1980)
    Tim Kislan ? keyboards (1980)
    Starz Vanderlocket ? percussion, vocals (1980)
    Luke ? percussion, (1981-1982, 1982-1983)
    Jimmy Rock ? drums (1981-1982)
    Randy Skirvin ? guitar,vocals (1981-1982)
    Guy Babylon ? keyboards (1982-1983; died 2009)
    Jan Uvena ? drums, percussion (1982)
    John Shearer ? drums (1982-1983)
    Jerry Sommers ? drums, percussion (1983)
    Rick Rotante ? drums, percussion (1983-1984)
    Lenny Campanero ? drums (1984-1985)
    Steve Fister ? guitar, backing vocals (1984-1985)
    Kurtis Teal ? bass (1985; died 1985)
    Kelly Reubens ? bass (1987)
    Tim Von Hoffman ? keyboards (1987)
    Glen Rappold ? guitar, bass, vocals (1987)
    Ace Baker ? keyboards (1987)
    Sal Rodriguez ? drums (1987, 1988)
    Jim Von Buelow ? guitar (1987)
    Bob Birch ? bass (1987; died 2012)
    Doug Jackson ? guitar (1987)
    Lyle T. West ? vocals (1987)
    Derek Hilland ? keyboards, backing vocals (1988-1990, 1993-1997; substitute - 2003)
    Kenny Suarez ? drums, percussion (1988-1992)
    Steve "Mick" Feldman ? vocals (1988-1990)
    Robert Tepper ? vocals (1990)
    Burt Diaz ? keyboards (1992)
    Denny Artache ? guitar, vocals (1993)
    Doug Bossey ? guitar (1994-1995)
    Damian Bujanda ? keyboards, vocals (1999)
    Larry Rust ? keyboards, vocals (1999-2005)
    Charlie Marinkovich ? guitar, vocals (2002-2012)
    Martin Gerschwitz - keyboards, vocals (2005-2012)