Geek-in-Chief
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Location: Noo Yawk | There have been posts here that ask why the band doesn't post and interact more here - but as far as I'm concerned, TS interacts to a greater degree with their fans than any other band I know. The simple fact that the members of the band even show up here and post is a cut above what other bands do on their sites. To have the band and management come here and post is a great thing, even if it's only once in a while.
Most of us realize that you all have very busy lives, and posting here is not the highest item on your 'to-do' list.
But TS' involvement with the SMFs is legendary, and that's what has made the people here fans for years. From the first days of seeing the band on the NY club circuit, it was obvious that you guys have always taken what you do very seriously. That even thirty years down the road, you still strive to give the crowd every penny's worth of what they pay to see you says that it is more than just a gig.
I always described TS as a band on a mission - with an absolutely relentless desire to give the best show possible, like every show is both the first and last the crowd will ever see. I've never seen the band 'phone in' a show, ever. It is just a given that TS will rock the house, every time. I've brought people out to Bent Brother shows who never saw the band back in the club days, and the reaction is always the same - the words 'best show I've ever seen' are always spoken.
And while I remember being at Hammerhead's and hearing you tell the guys in the back of the crowd to do you a favor and unbutton their top shirt button, that's not a fight you can wage forever. Some top buttons will, at the end of the night, remain buttoned.
Which gets back to the idea of 'The Mission' - you demanded 100% of yourselves every time, and you demanded 100% of those who came to see you. That's what rock and roll is supposed to be - turning a building or room or festival into an event that leaves the band and crowd both going away with the knowledge that they became something bigger than a band and a crowd in a building.
And while you guys always went for 100%, maybe you have to settle for 99%. No shame in that - it's still a hell of a lot more than a lot of bands have achieved.
And just like there were the guys who would not unbutton that top button, there are people on message boards that will be negative rather than positive. Choosing not to drive yourself crazy with the negative is a wise choice, and the band has done so much for us SMFs.
Anyway, I'm rambling. But TS has always been about going above and beyond the call, and you've never let us down.
Thank you for everything.
- D |
