Morning Parade

[Bradders]

Looks intense. I'm aware of the name clash, just forgot about them when we were in the pub choosing a name

Anyway, Morning Parade... carry on.

[Dave The Hedgehog]

Looks intense.

[eltel72]

We have no local bands here that are any good - Burton on Trent, arsehole of the midlands. We have Paddy Considine (the actor) and his band Riding the Low and that's about it. The only decent export this town has is Carling, Branston Pickle and maybe Marmite. So we'll feed you and get you pissed, but we won't turn you into fans of music. I'm actually considering leaving here because of how dire the situation is with bands.

[Hbax]

Creatures... as in the Siouxsie Sioux band, THE Creatures?

Mine's The Dead Kings - which is odd because I'm not dead, I'm not a king and saying the word 'kings' would imply there is more than one person in it when in reality it's a load of bollocks because I'm the only guy doing it.

Here's the MySpace - no songs on it yet because I don't belive in doing demos: http://www.myspace.com/thedeadkings1

I only created it the other day because I know the end of recording my album is finally in sight, the bastard.

[bobzz]

Probably the same sort of people that thought Pigeon Detectives or Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark were good band names.

[Dave The Hedgehog]

The dead kings ha thats the biggest load of turd iv ever heard. Its like you just put the dead weather and kings of leon together or the dead 60s and king blues. No originallity there.

[bobzz]

Ah right sorry i didnt realise your band was a tribute to the dead kings of old

[Dave The Hedgehog]

Ah right sorry i didnt realise your band was a tribute to the dead kings of old

Edited January 28, 2011 by Dave The Hedgehog

[fuzzylogic]

Anyway yeah, the original song posted. Good luck to them they have that slick shiny "havn't i heard this before" bland sound that the radio loves, so I think they will do well.

No my cup of tea though, they sound like The Script Covering Delphic.

Good luck to them anyway though, I admire anyone who tries to do something with their lives.

[Dave The Hedgehog]

I admire anyone who tries to do something with their lives.

[fuzzylogic]

But then I think it depends on what they're actually trying to do I suppose.

I mean, somebody could be a prostitute, earn loads of money in hopes that they can retire on the earnings and go off to live an easy life travelling around Australia - but it doesn't mean I'd admire their career choice or that in retrospect I'd look back and think, "yeah, that was a noble thing to do."

[Dave The Hedgehog]

Beats working 60 hours a week in a shitty office job for little reward

[fuzzylogic]

To be fair, most new bands see very little reward - especially when they start out. 5 people at gigs, everybody having conversations and your music more like a broken jukebox than something that'll make their beer glasses shatter, shitty PA system where your intricately arranged jangle pop is hidden under a wall of bass and your drums sound like you're building a shed, crate of beer from the landlord as payment... when you're in your garage, you're a god but when you take your music and put it out into the open for people to hear, you get a reality check when the only applause you get is when you turn off your amps.

Being in a band isn't great at all from a business perspective and you have to get your head stuck in to see any real reward. A band like Morning Parade - they'll get success; of course they will. Listen to their music. People love that shit. But at the cost of any real ambition or artistic merit. I can see a band like them fading out into the ether with a quick cash-in major label one album deal and then being forgotten the week after when the NME suddenly decides that tediously safe indie crap is old fashioned - or at least invent some pretentious adjective to describe such a thing.

...and breathe.

[Dave The Hedgehog]

Good post. But I was talking about being a hooker

[Dave]

I've seen them before in Harlow with The Subways, or possibly in Hitchin .... can't remember... I think thats where they are locals!

[metallimuse]

My mates in Dexcell just did an official remix of one of their songs for inclusion as a b-side.Getting good reviews.