Questions you'd like answering, regardless of how trivial they may seem
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wiggydiggy
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Thats the one I'm thinking of, in my town I often see groups taking the arduous 50 yard walk to the pub from the station
Tenkaykev
Guru
Thats the one I'm thinking of, in my town I often see groups taking the arduous 50 yard walk to the pub from the station
Speaking of beer, I've just been flicking through " Giant Dongle " the local CAMRA magazine for the West Dorset region. Theu mentioned the Brewmeister brewery based in Keith near Elgin. They do a couple of brews which are then frozen to extract the alcohol then aged for three months before bottling. The sting in the tail is that it's the alcohol that is aged before being bottled. " Armageddon " is 65% ABV and " Snakebite " is a tad stronger at 67.5% 😮
In Wakefield it's the Westgate Run, a drink in every pub down Westgate, Leeds of course has had Mad Friday for years too
Why do they go and see them?
Why are they called "tribute" bands? They should be called "rip off" bands. They are just exploiting other people's talent to make money.
Chris S
Legendary Member
Unfortunately many of the original bands are no longer touring. A lot of their members are now dead!
I know, but don't see the relevance
The Grateful Dead
Chris S
Legendary Member
People can no longer see the original bands. Tributes are better than nothing.
I beg to differ. Listen to CDs, watch concert videos of old bands. Go and see new bands playing original music live.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
The tribute bands are sometime pretty close to the original
In fact they are often closer to the original than the original group perform becuase they have "evolved" it over the years or have got fed up of playing the same old songs
Tributes normally just play the old favourites - whereas the original bands often mix in a few old favourites with a lot of newer stuff - which older fans may not be that interested in
Also - they are not a rip off if it is clear it is a tribute band - and they do may royalties to the original!
In fact the "Australian Pink Floyd" as so good that they played at the wedding (I think ) of one of the original band members!
Dave7
Legendary Member
IMO there is a place for tribute bands.
In/on Majorca we went to a bar and watched an excellent Freddy Mercury tribute.......free and a good 2 hours.
We saw him twice and when me and my mate went cycling there I took him.......he also thought it was good.
TBH it was one of my holiday highlights.
In/on Majorca we went to a bar and watched an excellent Freddy Mercury tribute.......free and a good 2 hours.
We saw him twice and when me and my mate went cycling there I took him.......he also thought it was good.
TBH it was one of my holiday highlights.
