Is it Reading festivals 40th Anniversary in 2011

[rexclark]

My dream line up from previous headliners would be

Suede

The Smashing Pumpkins

Blur.

[ShockTK v4.0]

>implying System Of A Down have headlined

[Yellow_Fellow]

The point is, System of a Down aren't a very good band

[lharris92]

Well one, that's subjective, and if you're gonna treat it like that I can assure you, a lot of Reading fans would love to have SOAD back.

[ShockTK v4.0]

Well one, that's subjective, and if you're gonna treat it like that I can assure you, a lot of Reading fans would love to have SOAD back.

Edited May 9, 2010 by ShockTK v4.0

[ska_4_life]

Make way for somebody else more relevant and exciting, and if there is nobody around now more exciting than a band who have done f**k all for the last 5 years, then it just goes to show nothing interesting is happening in music.

[Vieuphoria]

If we are having it how it actually used to be then please sir, may we have Pixies, Neil Young and Manic Street Preachers headlining. With Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, Soundgarden, Beck, Jane's Addiction, Weezer, Pavement, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Iggy Pop, Bjork, Suede, Placebo, Potishead, Primal Scream, PJ Harvey, Mark Lanegan, Massive Attack, Faith No More, Eels etc etc etc.. How about 2011.. Blur, The Cure, and a special one off NIN gig as our headliners?

[Vieuphoria]

The metal Sunday is a myth, a work of fiction, a lie....

[ShockTK v4.0]

I want the festival to revert to how it was before, where sunday was the "metal" day and we can finally have a real lineup once more.

[Vieuphoria]

I wish the Cramps were still around to headline

[ShockTK v4.0]

I wish the Cramps were still around to headline

[Vieuphoria]

Or even better... The Doors?

[ShockTK v4.0]

Or even better... The Doors?

[rexclark]

SOAD would pull in a huge crowd. Much more than Arcade Fire,

[ShockTK v4.0]

Doubt it, the demographic for R&L has completely changed and with Sonisphere and Download there are less "metal" fans at the festival and IMO System Of A Down aren't big enough to attract there own fans to the festival.

[Yellow_Fellow]

Doubt it, the demographic for R&L has completely changed and with Sonisphere and Download there are less "metal" fans at the festival and IMO System Of A Down aren't big enough to attract there own fans to the festival.

[ShockTK v4.0]

Last year I talked to a couple of guys who were going to la Roux in Slayer leather jackets . Metalheads tend to have a rather diverse music taste, much to the contrary of the stereotype leads to believe, which is why in my eyes I could easily see System getting a good response.

[Yellow_Fellow]

In all fairness, I've never met a fan of Metal who likes music other than Metal. The music itself is hopelessly one-dimensional - as a musician I know this because I used to play it - as are the vast majority of fans who would swear by the seriousness of 'De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas' by Mayhem and look at Reign In Blood as the be all and end all of music's development.

There are very few bands who see outside the spectrum of Metal when they play it, and likewise, their fans tend to be very one-dimensional listeners. They're dedicated but then you could say the same thing about a suicide bomber.

[ShockTK v4.0]

I seriously disagree with you saying Metal is one dimensional on the grounds it has the most amount of SubGenres and Fusion Genres out of possibly any other genres o.o

[rexclark]

Metalheads tend to have a rather diverse music taste, much to the contrary of the stereotype leads to believe, which is why in my eyes I could easily see System getting a good response.

[ap3311]

SOAD would be immense, you said you grew up with Rage, those of us a few years younger have done exactly the same with System. They'd obviously be more suited to Soni/Download (as any heavy band undoubtedly would) but I think they would fit in just fine at Reading and get a very good response, Serj is playing this year after all.

Edited May 9, 2010 by ap3311

[Yellow_Fellow]

Okay Shock you're wrong in so many ways I'm just not bothering any more c:

[lharris92]

Okay Shock you're wrong in so many ways I'm just not bothering any more c:

[rexclark]

Serj is playing this year after all.

[ShockTK v4.0]

Okay Shock you're wrong in so many ways I'm just not bothering any more c:

Edited May 9, 2010 by ShockTK v4.0