Tuesday, September 10, 2002

WE NAME THE SPAMBANDS: Worst of all the forms of Spamband, surely, are the bands who spam with poorly-thought out, self-aggrandising press releases, like we not only care, but are journalists. Step forward 50 Hertz: "With comparisons to The Smiths, Muse and Ride it is clear that 50 Hertz have that special something" No its not, not at all - being compared to someone doesn't mean that you're good. I have a friend who compares any bunch of pisspoor scaredycats to The Smiths - it's not a form of praise from her. "Mixing the unique theatrical nature of Mark's lead vocals with the epic, burning rhythm section, 50 Hertz take the best bits of their contemporaries and whisk them into a modern frenzy." What? 50 Hertz are whisking their contemporaries into a frenzy? And do you mean contemporaries when two of the bands you namecheck have been dead for thirty years between them? And why did you tell a jj72 list all this at such dull length?


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