visog Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 (edited) More indications, as if you needed it, of Rock's decline... (I feel partly responsible as I only watched it in fleeting channel surfs awaiting the freeview on Babestation). https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-46196569 Edited November 15, 2018 by visog Precision in title Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dropzone Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Sad times. Download was UKs largest festival last year so not demise, just an unsustainable business model. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Whatever happened to Scuzzman? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Who actually watches music channels? When I first heard about MTV I thought it was a fantastic idea and couldn't wait to get it myself. When I finally did through cable in the late 90s the whole experience was completely underwhelming. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 1 hour ago, MacDaddy said: Whatever happened to Scuzzman? Inhumanely euthanised, hopefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger2611 Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 1 hour ago, BigRedX said: Who actually watches music channels? When I first heard about MTV I thought it was a fantastic idea and couldn't wait to get it myself. When I finally did through cable in the late 90s the whole experience was completely underwhelming. Totally agree, I reckon we could have a couple of really great music channels rather than 30 odd channels of complete poop, I find the music stuff on Sky Arts and BBC4 far better than anything on the actual music channels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 It was good back when it was first on, playing 'proper' metal while Kerrang! played constant bad pop-punk on a loop. A whole channel playing what we used to only get three hours of on a Sunday night on Headbangers' Ball. They ended up basically becoming a carbon copy of Kerrang! in the end though, playing all the same drivel. And there's no need for two channels of that. No great loss. You want to watch metal videos? You have YouTube. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHUFC BASS Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 (edited) IMO opinion it went the same way as Kerrang TV. Crap bands being promoted by record companies on a loop. There are some great metal bands out there who simply get ignored and more and more I'm seeing mediocre and downright terrible bands getting all the limelight. I think Hardcore, grindcore and punk (and I don't mean pop punk either) get virtually ignored which could have made the channel a lot more interesting. Trouble is, nobody wants to take risks and it's come back and bitten them in the aris. Good riddance. I'd rather not watch crap bands on TV than that crap. Edited November 15, 2018 by WHUFC BASS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzodog Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Far too many adverts on music channels too. You're lucky to get three songs between breaks. Mind you I've notice you tubes adverts are getting longer and more frequent too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visog Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 10 minutes ago, bonzodog said: Far too many adverts on music channels too. You're lucky to get three songs between breaks. Mind you I've notice you tubes adverts are getting longer and more frequent too Indeed! Those pesky time-constrained ads have gone to 6 secs. It'll be ten before long... #modernlifeisrubbish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHUFC BASS Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 That's why you need to get adblock for youtube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 13 hours ago, Russ said: No great loss. You want to watch metal videos? You have YouTube. no I don't. No home internet. I do have free channels on Sky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2elliot Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Never heard of it... and I'm not that old or young for that matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 (edited) This disappearing was much more sad .. Edited November 16, 2018 by fleabag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The59Sound Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Rocksound.TV anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dapper Bandit Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Hasn't rock been declining since the late 90s? Watched a little bit of Scuzz back in the day, can't say I recall it being anything other than a slightly edgier version of Kerrang. Which is always doomed to fail in an expensive enterprise such as a TV channel as more niche interests aren't going to draw in the viewing figures required. I knew a lad back in the day who wrote Scuzz a really rude email about them not airing death metal bands in the primetime slots any more and he couldn't understand that not as many people will want to see Glen Benton as those who want to look at Paramore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edstraker123 Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 And yet there is a new country music channel - the world's gone mad ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlloyd Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 The target demographic is on youtube now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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