Good interview with Lisa White AKA Twanggirl on here

[azaghal1981]

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2014/01/22/talking-shop-with-ex-930-club-booker-lisa-white/

Finally someone mentions the fact that too much internet hype can be detrimental to a band.

[hutch]

wow I did not realize Lisa White was twanggirl


way to "out" her Az!

[azaghal1981]

I didn't think it mattered since she left. I also didn't think it was any kind of secret.

[atomic]

I don't know why people need to trash the old 930 club. How is the new 930 club better than the old one except being bigger? 
 
Also, no matter if they are found on the internet or signed to a label a band has to at one time play live.  I guess the difference is the number of people who see them.  Seeing awful god-awful performances in the 80's by band such as Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Replacements, Bon Jovi,  Flipper etc... I don't think the Internet is to blame.

I would say overall the quality of live performances these days is much higher than it was in the 80's. 

[RatBastard]

I would say overall the quality of live performances these days is much higher than it was in the 80's. 

That is because the 80's was the worst decade ever for new bands/music.  80's music as a whole is petty much garbage.


Case in point:
U2
Guns And Roses
Bon Jovi

[hutch]

I would say overall the quality of live performances these days is much higher than it was in the 80's. 

That is because the 80's was the worst decade ever for new bands/music.  80's music as a whole is petty much garbage.

I wouldn't say that..... its not the music that is the problem but the production... the 80s production ruins so much great music...

[James Ford]

90's were the worst

one word reason: GRUNGE

A former board member used to think her screen name was pronounced twan-girl. The alt-country reference totally went over his head.

I would say overall the quality of live performances these days is much higher than it was in the 80's. 

That is because the 80's was the worst decade ever for new bands/music.  80's music as a whole is petty much garbage.

[RatBastard]

I wouldn't say that..... its not the music that is the problem but the production... the 80s production ruins so much great music...

Actually that is the problem with some music today.  It is so over produced, shined and polished to within an inch of its life.  Protools is the worst thing that ever happened to music.  I much prefer to hear music that a human being actually played and recorded rather than a track that was tweak so that every millisecond is perfected to the point that no human could ever play that way.

Also, there was precious little GOOD music in the 80s let alone anything great!

[shemptiness]

I would say overall the quality of live performances these days is much higher than it was in the 80's. 

That is because the 80's was the worst decade ever for new bands/music.  80's music as a whole is petty much garbage.


Case in point:
U2
Guns And Roses
Bon Jovi

That's just ridiculous.  You can pick sucky bands from any decade.  That doesn't make the whole decade sucky.

[RatBastard]

I would say overall the quality of live performances these days is much higher than it was in the 80's. 

That is because the 80's was the worst decade ever for new bands/music.  80's music as a whole is petty much garbage.


Case in point:
U2
Guns And Roses
Bon Jovi

That's just ridiculous.  You can pick sucky bands from any decade.  That doesn't make the whole decade sucky.

These are arguably the biggest and supposed best bands form the 80s.  I could have gone on and on.  Even bands that technically formed in the mid to late 70s but first 'made it' in the 80s suck (Journey, et al).  Even the best music from the 80s pales in comparison to music form any other decade.  Most of it would not have made a blip on the radar had it had to compete against the music pre or post 80s.

[bearman🐻]

I would say overall the quality of live performances these days is much higher than it was in the 80's. 

That is because the 80's was the worst decade ever for new bands/music.  80's music as a whole is petty much garbage.


Case in point:
U2
Guns And Roses
Bon Jovi

That's just ridiculous.  You can pick sucky bands from any decade.  That doesn't make the whole decade sucky.

These are arguably the biggest and supposed best bands form the 80s.  I could have gone on and on.  Even bands that technically formed in the mid to late 70s but first 'made it' in the 80s suck (Journey, et al).  Even the best music from the 80s pales in comparison to music form any other decade.  Most of it would not have made a blip on the radar had it had to compete against the music pre or post 80s.

The fact that Pylon was from the 1980's pretty much destroys that whole theory.

[RatBastard]

The fact that Pylon was from the 1980's pretty much destroys that whole theory.

Their youtube vids sound like the average vanilla 80s punk/garage/grunge band.  If you are into that sort of music then I imagine you like them, but truth be told groups with music like theirs were a dime a dozen.

[Justin Tonation]

The B-52's put Athens on the map. REM was the scene's biggest success. But Pylon was its heart and soul.

[shemptiness]

The Smiths.  REM.  The 'Mats. The Cure.  XTC.  The Clash.  The Cars.  C'mon.

[azaghal1981]

And that is scratching the surface.
You can pick great music and shitty music from every decade since the 20's if you want.