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Posted by CordyRoy (U13774871) on Monday, 12th January 2009
Is it "the done thing" to post links on this forum to new artists asking for opinions, feedback & the like??
I can't see anyone else doing it and I don't want to get booted off the forum.
Please help.....
CordyRoy
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As long as you're honest about it being your own band, 's'ok by me.
There are some gentle folk who pop up on these boards posting about a band they "just discovered" last night, and how they're going to be the future of rock and roll etcetera etcetera. Except, they keep "discovering" the same band every 3 months.
That sort of memory loss is an early sign of human variant BSE.
We used to have Hosts who answered these sorts of questions, but they've pocketed their enoromous salaries and immediately gone AWOL. Probably frittering it away on asymetric haircuts even as I type.
No wonder the country is on its knees.
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Oh, and hello!
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You're not the drummer in Civilian are you?
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Now that was funny.
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And hello to you!
I'll be entirely honest, then. It's not a band, it's me posing as a band. I play all the instruments and stuff. The songs are home recorded demos & are slightly slapdash/charming (depending on your take).
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thanks.
P.S. The Fist of Onan is a cracking username, by the way. Oh, and I don't get the drummer comment....???
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Others, less honest than you, have passed this way before giving their "objective" opinion about the band "Civilian". No, me neither. And they've now ensured it stays that way.
Anyway - the mods have taken your link down. Was it to myspace? What's the name of your outfit, I'll work it out from there, and I *will* listen.
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Fist of Onan was going to be the name of a band, but it got dropped in favour of "Wizard's Sleeve". But that didn't happen either.
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That's a shame. I'd go to see a band called Wizards Sleeve or Fist Of Onan.
My "band" is called The Hand-Me-Down Y's. If an enterprising person were to add thehandmedownys to the end of a famous myspace prefix (will that get past the censors??) they would find me....
Did your band ever get a name??
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F_o_O,
I can see the problems an immediate problem with your chosen band name.
Picture the scene, it's Radio 1, it's the breakfast show, it;s 7:30am, the audience figures are at their peak, Mike Read is about to play your new single and commits the following faux pas;
"Right now, it's Fist of Onan's latest release".
I think I can hear Mary Whitehouse turning in her grave as I type.
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Just looked up Civillian on myspace.... They're auditioning for singers... Anyone??
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Cordy, I fear you may be looking at one of the other miriad of bands named "Civilian".
A brief check on the "real" Civilian MySpace page shows they've got a gig coming up at the end of the month, in Brighton.
Anyone fancy going along and reporting back? Thought not.
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Darn it! School boy error...
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Jem, our Host is from around that neck of the woods - jem, do you fancy popping along and checking out the future of Rock'n'Roll? They come highly recommended
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That Civilian album's got some cracking reviews you know;
I'm almost tempted to buy it, if not for the "work of art" packaging alone.
I wonder who's posted those reviews then? Both reviewers from the Sussex area, eh? My Southern geography's not what is should be. Can someone remind me, where Brighton is?
P.S. Mr/Miss/Ms/Mrs/Dr [Delete as appropriate] Moderator - I hope I have not broken House rules by posting this link. If I have sincere apologies and please feel free to slap my wrist... roughly!
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Posted by the_roofdog (U9532299) on Thursday, 15th January 2009
It should be called "You won't be disappointed".
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The review on iTunes is equally glowing... although it was posted anonyously. Curious that, isn't it?
Come on. Who's going to be the first to ask Gid for some "Civilian"? There's a free pint at Gid-fest 2009 if you do! Now that's an incentive.
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5 blokes on a hill = work of art???
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I'll have you know that in the "how-close-can-we-get-to-looking-like-Embrace-on-the-cover-of-our-album?" stakes, that, my friend, is a work of art.
The review on Play.com also sings their praises most highly. Sadly, none of the reviewers who posted have written any other reviews before or since.
Spooky!
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It is odd that all of the reviewers seem to use the same stock phrases.
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What absolutely startles me is that amazon show two US dealers trying to sell second-hand copies for Β£50 yes FIFTY quid.
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I've just realised that the Civilian gig is tomorrow night and we have not established a correspondent to attend. I feel that we must find out just how "not disappointed" we should be with their "ground breaking" rock music.
So, do we have any volunteers in the Brighton area who would be prepared to throw themselves on this particular grenade and tell us what they are REALLY like?
They're playing at The Providence and it's only a crisp fiver on the door, so even if they're not quite as "genre defining" as some of their reviews would have you believe, you won't be much worse off than before... well, apart from having two hours of your life leave you, never to return.
If it's that bad, I will personally reimburse you the Β£5 cost of entry if you can make it to Gid-fest in August. You can't say fairer than that, can you? Sadly, I won't be in a position to return the two hours you may have lost however. That may be something you just have to live with.
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I'm beginning to suspect "U-bend",the resident Troll on the George lamb thread, is from the Brighton area.....
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Mercifully F_o_O, most of what you just posted means nothing to me.
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If only I could say the same. [weeps]
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