No major statements. No lamenting the current state of music. It’s quite simple really. The day after our awesome CD release show for Boneslinky! we were hanging out, drinking beer, and our conversation kind of went like this:
“That was an awesome show last night!”
“Yeah, we really packed The Wind-Up Space!”
“Was anyone from the local press there?”
“Of course not. But we got rid of all of our CD’s…”
“Really?”
“Yeah, everyone got one.”
“Awesome. So what now?”
“I dunno, I don’t really feel like doing all that work to pack houses anymore.”
“Really?”
“Yeah, it’s a big giant pain in the ass.”
“I know!”
“So…”
“Yeah, fuck it let’s quit.”
“Cool.”
No more talk of our goals or getting an endorsement deal from Party City. Or even collaborating withour hero Benny Mardones. As it turns out, being in a band affords a lot of great opportunities and quality time with friends, but it’s surrounded by a ton of heartbreak as well. For example, you’re constantly vying for the favor of the press, who’s hardly competent at what they do. It’s sort of like trying to get your drunk deadbeat dad to play catch with you. You know he should, he knows he should too. He may even muster up enough strength to humor you for a few minutes every once in a while. But deep down, you know you were way happier when his existence didn’t even cross your mind.
Or like when your biggest fan gets life in prison for shooting his girlfriend in the chest. Nobody else cares, but the letters keep coming. What’s sadder than telling a newly-sentenced inmate that his favorite band now feels that eating pizza and watching “The Walking Dead” is a much better way to spend their time?
It’s not all bad though. For example, this blog will live on in some form or shape (’cause writing is a great way to get free shit.) We probably won’t update once a week. But really, whenever we find something interesting enough to write about, it will find its way on here.
Father Ryan O’Graham will continue to produce music starting sometime in the next 3-4 months. So if your band is ready to bring the “magic”, I highly recommend contacting us through this page.
As for me, I’ll be spending more time working with Mondo Baltimore, and figuring out what makes me happy after making music under the same brand for 8 years. Oh and I’ll be laughing (with the rest of the guys) at Horsepower as he begins his self-sacrificial work on an alpaca ranch. Ha- to the motherfuckin-Ha!
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DMFS Boot photo by Marc Hartley. Click here to see all of Marc’s photos of the Boneslinky! CD release show.
Quits? WTFDMFS?
If you were actually good or were humorous then the press might have covered you but the truth is that you were neither. It's pathetic that you blame the press when the problem was simply that your band sucked. Hopefully one of you can actually play in a decent band in the future.
Thanks THE TRUTH for this eye-opening realization. We'll keep it in mind next time we read a paper. We have to accept that every single band that is covered by the press these days is absolutely THE SHIT.