ok most of you know our buddy Bill Lonero is a kick ass guitar player, and his band truly rocks. One of his endorsers, hotpicks, is running a contest for their bands where one of them gets a spot in an ad in guitar world or revolver magazine. all you gotta do is go to Myspace.com/HotPicksUSA and vote for Bill Lonero by leaving a comment with his name in it. Look at the bands that hotpicks endorses, for the most part they are all wannabee mariyln manson clones and most likely are in it for the glam and not the music. help me put a true artist in guitar world magazine, Bill Lonero. I've said it many times but i'll say it again, anyone interested in a nice sampler of Lonero's tunes just get in touch with me, i'll get one to you one way or another. Bill has been a long time friend of afterdawn and is one of the musicians out there in support of music sharing, since most underground bands dont have the means to get their stuff spread any other way. we need more music people like him, ones who understand why music is shared and support it completely, lets start by getting his mug in guitar world magazine. just go to Myspace.com/HotPicksUSA and vote for Bill Lonero. (for the record, i absolutely hate myspace and all it stands for, not to mention the complete crap interface it deals with. If you use it, vote for Bill. If you dont use it, start, then vote for Bill.)
Thats good music, has my vote. Being in music scene myself, I ask for no votes, just honest opinions. But... We arent really clones, but in a similar dark style. Check the Myspace links in my sig. Holla at ya Boy!!!
Bill won! thanks guys, you kick ass. I realize there are alot of bands out there with that dark style that have loads of talent, those are not the ones i'm talking about. if you are in the music scene than you know as well as i do how you can more or less look at a pic of a band and kinda tell the direction they are headed. some are into it for nothing more than the glam and the bullshit. on the other hand take the revenrend manson for example, the man started with long hair, no makeup, and it was about the music. sure the early spooky kids shows were "glamish" but the thing is, no one except for alice cooper had ever done that shit before. he evolved into what he is today and has been over the years, but he started out as a musician. he's earned his right to be what he is now. the major disappointment are the bands that just pop up in makeup with a fog machine and think thats all it takes. makeup and kooky fake blood does not make a band. people should be able to come to a bands show and literally turn their backs to the stage and still have a good time. it's about the music. look at all the glam fag bands of the 80's, all the hairspray and makeup, so many bands that had no business being a band expect for thay all shopped at the same womens clothing stores. fads do not make people rock. In the immortal words of Mr. John Lee Hooker, "one night i was laying down, and i heard papa tell mama, let that boy boogie woogie, because it's in him, and it's got to come out." all the goth/glam/whatever bands should try an experiment, get all they're fans together and do a normal show, then the next night have all the same people back but do the show without the makeup and effects and junk, hell do it in the dark. then just talk to the fans and see what they think. hell do comment cards like at fast food places. if a band really cares about its music they'd be more worried about that than if their hair is right or if there's enough black eyeliner to go around to night. Edit: and yeah i've read some stuff on your band, i'm just north of indianapolis, cant remember where but i read it, might have checked out the sight or something a while back. if you're in it for the music, then i applaud you. if not then hey, enjoy what you have while you got it i guess, you're in the 1% of bands that actually get some notice.
