Upcoming Bands

For really good upcoming bands, it is not uncommon that they suddenly find themselves immersed in instant stardom. The film Backstage portrays some of the events that can be experienced by upcoming bands like publicity stunts that are usually undertaken by music companies. The film also deals with potential dangers that are brought about by over zealous fans that most of the time act irrationally.

It is important to understand that the world of music is not all glamour; there is also intrigue and disappointments in the journey to the road of success. Preparation does not only involve practicing your music and playing smoothly as a band but being prepared as a group to handle all the hurdles that come with the journey to stardom.

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The band CoverGurl is one of the upcoming groups in the music industry that was formed in the fall of 2002 and is slowly evolving into one the better cover bands within the Chicagoland vicinity. The groups lead singer Jessica Robinson joined RockStar INXS which was a reality show of CBS.

This upcoming band has learned to capitalize on the advances of technology in order to promote themselves and the music they stand for. Their web site allows people to keep track of various band activities and shows and gives their fans a way of interacting with the members over the Internet.

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With various bands coming out of nowhere, the Philippine Band Scene is becoming somewhat crowded with the mainstream being saturated mostly by followers of bands that have remained on top of the scene, upcoming bands are finding it hard to break into the commercial music industry.

The success of these bands that have remained on top for all these years can be based on some influences like a skillful manager who has a real feel for the market and can take advantage of mainstream tides. Another important element is a good songwriter who can come up with music that people can connect to and help the band to establish a musical trademark.

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Lovely Victoria, British Columbia, a charming city on the water visited by hundreds of thousands of tourists each year — perhaps not the place you’d expect to find one of the weirder and smarter punk bands around today. Or perhaps exactly the sort of place you’d expect to find such a band. In any case, it’s the place No Means No calls home. Possibly Canada’s preeminent power trio, No Means No have been abrading delicate ears with their complex rhythm-heavy funk-punk and promulgating leftist social commentary across North America since 1981. That was the year a couple of nice Canadian boys, brothers John and Rob Wright, formally began their strange sonic experiments that fused punk with blues, jazz, funk, metal, and pure noise.

Rhythms and declamatory lyrics dominated their sound, a situation that remains true today after two decades of developing their sound. The Wright brothers added a guitarist — first Andrew Kerr and later Tom Holliston — but the slashing, sometimes bluesy guitar parts have always seemed to work at the service of the band’s complicated rhythms, not the other way around. Rob’s deep chugging bass is usually the biggest sound in the mix and John’s jarring, polyrhythmic drumming is a lot more sophisticated than most of the percussion you hear in rock music. The brothers share vocals, which range from forceful spoken word speak-sing to Jello Biafra-style demented rants, only occasionally approaching anything like melody. Tricky, confrontational music, but if you appreciate it, consistently rewarding.

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