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The Battalion
Monday, April 24,1989
Musician urges community to support local bands
By Had Binion
Guest Columnist
After four years and countless
nights of either watching or playing
in live bands, the time has come for
me to speak my piece.
As an avid live-music fan in
Bryan-College Station, I’ve seen
good times and bad.
ing other bands for various unim
portant things they do or don’t do.
For the most part, local musicians
are a group of people with no orga
nization to represent them.
Because they have no structure,
they don’t really stick together.
You see, musicians are a strange
lot. They hang around together in
various states of decay from the pre
vious night’s exploits. They also sit
around ribbing each other about
their musical abilities and quirks.
Most of all, they enjoy bad-mouth-
Why? I don’t know. I mean it’s not
like the competition in Bryan-Col
lege Station is so heated that bands
can’t speak to one another or help
each other out when they need it.
Egos aren’t where it’s at, especially
when the local community equates
musicians with lepers.
I also have a bone to pick with ev
eryone else out there who has never
gone to see a live band.
Don’t have the money? It’s
cheaper than a movie and it lasts
longer too. I guess people don’t real
ize when they pay two or three dol
lars that they are paying for those
musicians’ time and sweat. Crowds
give them a reason to return to prac
tice in the stuffy heat of some stor
age building, sacrificing eardrums
and study time in hopes that some
one out there cares enough to listen.
Some people may even think that
the live music scene isn’t that bad
around Bryan-College Station.
to me is the fact that the music capi
tal of Texas, and possibly the south
ern half of the United States, is only
100 miles up the street next to that
school that everyone hisses about.
Why?
Sure, a lot of people remember
Four Hams On Rye and their mod
erate success in this town and others
but, as far as live music goes, Bryan-
College Station is a bust.
What makes this so inconceivable
Are people in this town not capa
ble of being creatively expressive? Is
everyone content with dancing
around in the dark, listening to
someone moan abstract, depressing
garbage against a computerized
backbeat?
Last year, the local live music
scene was at its peak. Crowds were
consistently packing Eastgate Live
on Wednesday nights for the open
stage. Bands ranging from heavy
metal to punk to blues and alterna
tive music were getting the chance to
play for receptive crowds. Even big-
f er bands like the Killer Bees and
ric Johnson were packing them in.
That’s all changed now. Only the
die-hard fans still come out to see
live music.
The worst part about it is that of
ten when an organization needs a
band they go to Austin to get it.
Oh, thanks so much. Way to sup
port those local guys.
At least they booked a local band
for Ring Dance. Otherwise I would
be staying at home Satin day night. I
certainly woui 'n’t fork over 35
bucks for tickets to support the huge
fee they would be paying some band
from Austin.
Now comes die good part where!
get to list some local bands that
mire(something I’ve wanted to do
since I got into journalism),
here goes (in no special order): Ike
Kerouacs, The Change, Further tkt
Curve, The Burned-Out Cynics,
Str eet Pizza, Agent Orange andtht
Defoliants, Butter Both Sides, For
Crying out Loud, Don Pope and
Friends, Sneaky Pete and the New
Madmen, The Scroocs, The
with No Sleep, Subculture, Water
front House, Blueshound, Pat
Furniture, The Texas Twisters,In
Against One, Demented, The Mo
nads (rest their souls) and all tlie
other bands that have the drive, de
sire and courage to get up and do
something that they believe in.
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