OT - Why Are Bands Mysteriously Disappearing? (by R. Beato)

[MathOfInsects]

3 hours ago, El Lobo said:

The Box Tops

The Association 

The Doors

The Turtles (studio guys, but put a band on the road)

The Young Rascals 

The Music Explosion

Tommy James and the Shondells (I think I was in a show with those guys)
The Buckinghams  (I knew those guys, we played the same club)

Soul Survivors

Jay & the Techniques

Strawberry Alarm Clock

The Rolling Stones 

Buffalo Springfield 

The Beatles

Jefferson Airplane 

The Esquires

The Happenings (?)

Procul Harum

The Casinos

The Hollies

The Tremeloes (?)

The Cowsills (family band)

Herman's Hermits

The Seekers

The Hollies

Blues Magoos

The Easybeats

The Spencer Davis Group

The Grass Roots

Booker T. & the M.G.'s

The Electric Prunes

The Who

 

 

 

For sure, though you skipped over this caveat: "not compared to the..."X and the Y's" where the Y was put together for X by a producer, and "bands" that were manufactured wholecloth for recordings and tours." I crossed some of your entries out and some I wouldn't know well enough to cross out or not. BUT...we're left with 28 out of 100. That's really my point. Even in what we would think of as a golden age of bands, there were still two "solo" artists for every one band out there. 

 

In separate news, I'll be swinging through the Bay Area for a few shows this weekend. You're from there, correct? Happy to share details if you think you might make it out to something. Blues artist. 

[nursers]

16 minutes ago, MathOfInsects said:

In separate news, I'll be swinging through the Bay Area for a few shows this weekend. You're from there, correct? Happy to share details if you think you might make it out to something. Blues artist. 

 

How about you get off your lazy Blue ass and drive a little further, I have my money ready

[ElmerJFudd]

On 9/16/2024 at 3:00 PM, ProfD said:

In Rock music, there have been plenty bands across the various styles of it (Punk, Metal, New Wave, Grunge, Alternative, etc.).

 

There's no shortage of 4-5 piece Rock ensembles gigging up to present. 

 

I haven't watched RB's video either but I'd imagine the bands that spoke to his generation may be fading fast.😁😎

The topic of the video was/is bands that chart well today.  The data illustrates that bands have not been at the top of the charts for a long time.  So this leaves speculation as to why this has occurred.  
 

It has been offered that listening preferences have changed away from styles that were and still are dominated by acts that are bands.  Data suggests this is true.  
 

Another suggestion was that technology allows music to be created without the need for being a member of a band.  We all know this to be true.  

 

Some other ideas about why this might be happening - like preferences of industry people not wanting the costs of working with bands, the drama of managing band relationships, sharing royalties.   
 

That’s a brief synopsis.  There’s some other thoughts there, I forget.  But it doesn’t matter to me in the least that the topic is a Beato video.  But I do find it interesting that whatever the causes, the big players in the industry, topping plays/streams are not acts that are bands or marketed as bands.  Not even ones where they are all singers, or all rappers.  Curious observation.  

[Docbop]

Looks like places for live bands is drying up too.     Article below:

 

Why are so many music festivals canceled

[CrossRhodes]

I don't watch Beato's clickbait vids though I do enjoy his interviews. Interesting discussion though and just wanted to add that there are quite a few pop stars who keep the same bands with them for years. Timberlake and Bieber are both pop stars that give a lot of credit to their bands/musician fam and you can tell it's more than just a hired gun situation. A bit of a silver lining perhaps. 

 

[ProfD]

2 hours ago, ElmerJFudd said:

The topic of the video was/is bands that chart well today.  The data illustrates that bands have not been at the top of the charts for a long time.  So this leaves speculation as to why this has occurred.    

After watching the video, it just confirms what I've seen happening with music industry over several decades.

 

In parallel to being a musician, I've always felt that it's prudent to understand how the music business works too.

 

That's how I end up with tangential posts in these types of threads.😁😎

[El Lobo]

6 hours ago, MathOfInsects said:

In separate news, I'll be swinging through the Bay Area for a few shows this weekend. You're from there, correct? Happy to share details if you think you might make it out to something. Blues artist. 

Please let me know when and where your shows are. My weekend is fully booked, but if I can make it to one of your shows, I certainly will. I have my own local gig on Sunday afternoon in Princeton Harbor area (Half Moon Bay). 

[ElmerJFudd]

The “kids” today call the stadium band acts of the 70s/80s “dad rock” which they are entirely turned off by (regardless if secretly one might hear them humming or singing along in the back of the car).   When they go to write their own music they avoid these sounds, along with the “Boomer Bends” so prevalent in blues based rock.  

[DroptopBroham]

Totally agree Fudd. Where I'm at in central FL seems like every band playing out is nothing but a group of boomers playing that dad rock crap, lucky if they play anything less than 40 years old. These aging boomer weekend rock stars need to hang it up and let the twentysomethings play. Boomers are hogging up all venues. A lot of the bigger more popular groups are full boomer musicians with a 22 year old hot female vocalist. They typically sound good but watching the old pervs on stage eyeing up the young singer is creepy af and it happens with all of these bands fronted by a young hot chick. 

[ElmerJFudd]

3 hours ago, DroptopBroham said:

Totally agree Fudd. Where I'm at in central FL seems like every band playing out is nothing but a group of boomers playing that dad rock crap, lucky if they play anything less than 40 years old. These aging boomer weekend rock stars need to hang it up and let the twentysomethings play. Boomers are hogging up all venues. A lot of the bigger more popular groups are full boomer musicians with a 22 year old hot female vocalist. They typically sound good but watching the old pervs on stage eyeing up the young singer is creepy af and it happens with all of these bands fronted by a young hot chick. 

I get what you’re saying.  There’s different acts for different audiences.  But there’s clearly enough fans of dad rock around that they continue to play and get gigs.  Having a marketable singer is just a part of the business.   
 

I’m not really sure how active younger live bands are in your area performing more current music.  I imagine they might be duos or trios with backing tracks, computer sequenced elements, a DJ.   I know that generally speaking for party bands (younger people’s parties), DJs get a lot more bookings than 12 piece bands.   Now that’s partly a financial issue but also generational.  Younger audiences prefer to hear their favorites just played from the recording.