Tribute Acts Degrading? A Tribute

[skankdelvar]

A tribute thread to the 'Tribute Bands - are they degrading?' thread.

One might imagine that the Wonderful World Of Music is neatly divided into Tribute, Covers and Originals acts. The reality is somewhat different, so here's my handy cut-out and keep guide to the 'Spectrum Of Shame' calculated in accordance with the Bilbo Scale of Musical Usefulness[sup][size=2]TM[/size][/sup].


* Impersonator (Elvis's only, maybe Sinatra at a pinch)

* Full tribute - one band / artist - wigs etc

* Musical Tribute - one band / artist - no wigs

* General Covers - all periods

* Genre Covers - e.g. punk - famous songs only

* Genre Inspired - e.g. blues covers, but including obscurities and / or some originals

* Semi-original - mostly originals but some general covers

* Genre Band Originals - originals that sound exactly like another, more successful band

* Genre Originals - originals which sound like everything else in that genre.

* Entirely Original - no-one knows what this sounds like because the band can't get a gig or a deal.


[b]So where do [i]you[/i] fit?[/b]

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Edited September 5, 2012 by skankdelvar

[lojo]

Done em all except the top 2

Currently stuck on general covers as its easily managed

[spike]

Genre Inspired General Cover Tribute Originals (without wigs)

[lowdown]

I wonder what the 'Dagenham Girl Pipers + One Bloke' come under ?


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Garry

[RhysP]

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1346864032' post='1794210']
I wonder what the 'Dagenham Girl Pipers + One Bloke' come under ?


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Garry
[/quote]

Which one's the bloke?

[paul_5]

2nd from the left.

[lowdown]

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1346864192' post='1794214']
Which one's the bloke?
[/quote]

If you would like to look under the Kilts, be my guest [you would have to be a brave man]


Garry

[Spike Vincent]

How about originals in wigs?

[peteb]

I'm quite firmly in 'Genre Inspired - e.g. blues covers, but including obscurities and / or some originals' these days.....

Me and a couple of mates are putting together a band to gig around town, which will be either 'General Covers' or a musical tribute to a sub-genre rather than one artist (depending on who we choose as a singer / what we think will get us the best gigs)

[Spike Vincent]

Perhaps I should form a Crass tribute band....

[RhysP]

[quote name='Spike Vincent' timestamp='1346865534' post='1794240']
How about originals in wigs?
[/quote]

What, like Dokken (or any number of old rockers with suspiciously black & voluminous hair)?
When Dokken brought out their "Hell to Pay" album in 2004 it quickly got rechristened "Hell Toupée"

[BottomE]

We are in the "Genre Inspired" errm genre.

Our specialty seems to be obscure covers from little known 70s and 80s bands with the occasional well known dance tune thrown in.

[EssentialTension]

Genre inspired bricolage.

[stingrayPete1977]

What happens if you just wear a wig in general? What if your not even in the band and happen to be at a pub where a Tina Turner act are playing? do you get a cut of the bar takings or anything?

Edited September 5, 2012 by stingrayPete1977

[Musky]

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1346862557' post='1794183']
A tribute thread to the 'Tribute Bands - are they degrading?' thread.

One might imagine that the Wonderful World Of Music is neatly divided into Tribute, Covers and Originals acts. The reality is somewhat different, so here's my handy cut-out and keep guide to the 'Spectrum Of Shame' calculated in accordance with the [b]Bilbo Scale of Musical Usefulness[sup][size=2]TM[/size][/sup][/b].
[/quote]

Genius.
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Oh, and another one in the Genre Inspired category.

Edited September 5, 2012 by Musky

[Bilbo]

I refuse to be goaded

[stingrayPete1977]

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1346862557' post='1794183']
* Impersonator (Elvis's only, maybe Sinatra at a pinch) [b]Not yet[/b]

* Full tribute - one band / artist - wigs etc [b]Not yet[/b]

* Musical Tribute - one band / artist - no wigs [b]Not yet[/b]

* General Covers - all periods [b]Regularly but mainly in a dep situation (and have a first practice with a full time band tomorrow)[/b]

* Genre Covers - e.g. punk - famous songs only [b]Did it for 5 years with a band called Vinyl Sleeves in Stafford (indie genre)[/b]

* Genre Inspired - e.g. blues covers, but including obscurities and / or some originals [b]Did it at the same period of time as the above (blues/rock)[/b]

* Semi-original - mostly originals but some general covers [b]The band below usually turns into a jam night as we run out of songs![/b]

* Genre Band Originals - originals that sound exactly like another, more successful band [b]I have been resident bass player for 2 years here[/b]
[url="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/moonshine-and-spiders/id418470438"]http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/moonshine-and-spiders/id418470438[/url] [b]currently working on the difficult second album[/b]

* Genre Originals - originals which sound like everything else in that genre. [b]When I was young and pretty we had an originals band called Switch.[/b]

* Entirely Original - no-one knows what this sounds like because the band can't get a gig or a deal.[b] Only after a few shandys[/b]

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[seashell]

Another genius thread from skank. The band I am in is called Spectrum. So never mind the various genres, we ARE the Spectrum of shame.

[spinynorman]

This really does need to be pinned, otherwise in 6 months time we'll have go through it all again.

(Is it my eyesight, or might the Dagenham Girl Piper third from the left - with the drum - be alright, albeit a bit young for some of us?)

Edited September 5, 2012 by spinynorman

[bertbass]

Don't seem to fit in any of those categories, we must be unique.

[skankdelvar]

[quote name='bertbass' timestamp='1346888217' post='1794644']
Don't seem to fit in any of those categories, we must be unique.
[/quote]

Good man

[Happy Jack]

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1346862557' post='1794183']
* Impersonator (Elvis's only, maybe Sinatra at a pinch)

[/quote]

My first (only?) Elvis impersonator gig is in nine days' time ... ulp!

Incidentally, shouldn't there be a genre/category for bands who wear hats?

[SteveK]

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1346918642' post='1794726']
My first (only?) Elvis impersonator gig is in nine days' time ... ulp!

Incidentally, [b]shouldn't there be a genre/category for bands who wear hats?[/b]
[/quote]Er...NO! Are you taking the p**s? [url="http://www.musikear.com/imageficha/the-rubettes/the-rubettes-greatest-hits.jpg"]http://www.musikear....eatest-hits.jpg[/url] Devilishly handsome young man, bottom left, though.

Edited September 6, 2012 by SteveK

[Sté]

Genre cover (tunes "twisting" sub-category) in Jazz-whatever-other-genre-mixed

[MacDaddy]

what about bands who become their own tribute bands?

3 bands doing this in different ways:

Kiss - back to the original clobber and members

The Sugarbabes - no original members.

The Sweet - Andy Scott plus whoever cleaning up worldwide on the nostalgia circuit.