I was thinking about some of my favorite bands, and how cool their music was. Then I thought about some of the members of those bands going solo and I think the quality of the music is downgraded substantially when they do that.
Imagine if White Zombie or Marilyn Manson stayed together with the lineups they had when albums like AstroCreep 2000 or AntiChrist Superstar came out. Imagine the cool music and cool tours we could have right now. Their music was way better before the singers broke off to do their own thing. There’s tons of other bands and examples I could use where the original bands music sounds so much better then the individual artists solo material. I’ve never been in a band, but I’ve heard artists say in interviews how everything flows and comes out naturally when a group of talented musicians gets together and just jams. I’ve seen bits of The Beatles “Get Back”, and seeing those super talented musicians just getting together and messing around to create those iconic, iconic songs is just breathtaking.
I personally would like to see White Zombie get back together with the lineup they had when they did Astrocreep. I think they could sell out some of these smaller arenas or theaters. They don’t need fancy stage setups, just a killer band and some good lighting. When I go to see a show, I go to see the band, not necessarily some of the other stage gimmicks they put out.
As things slowly get back to “normal” after COVID, I think we will start to see some of these old lineups get back together and hit the road. I believe the demand for it is there. One thing that concerns me is the issue with no shows at some of these shows I’ve been hearing about. Basically, people are buying tickets but not showing up at some of these shows. When I went to Ghost, there was some empty seats which kind of bummed me out. I guess there’s some people out there who are still afraid of COVID. Your now hearing calls by some of our “leaders” for things to get back to normal, and I believe the conversation has started about the fact that we will never get to “zero COVID”, and how do we live with that virus circulating around our society. Hopefully within a year or two there is SENSIBLE policy and directives by our health boards that gives our societies a sense of normalcy so that we can move forward and see some of these cool bands tour with some good lineups.
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