[NewMusic] Don't reply to Quechup invites

[Ron Lettuce]

Gino Wrote:


>Another fantasy of mine ise a "band" made up of a huge pool of musicians - say, 200 people. And rather than >release music under their own names, they would always use one band name when they recorded and >released their music, as well as for live gigs. As an example, let's call this "band" something -- perhaps, >"The Beatles" for discussion's sake. 

>Maybe "The Beatles" would end up playing at 3 or 4 venues on the same night, and in several cities at once. >And the band would flood the market with dozens of releases a month, with outrageously different music on >each, which was in complete disregard to other "The Beatles" releases by the various mystery members (all >of whom are free to join or leave the group at will, and are under no obligation to tell anyone their status). >And the same four "band members" are always listed as the creators of the music on a "The Beatles" >release. 

>Perhaps such a mega-member band exists. Just don't say yes to Quechup.

Yes, these mega-bands do exist, one such operation was the "Boogie Knights" who are a franchise set up in multiple cities. I was shocked when I went to a second city and accidentally happened into a bar that the Boogie Knights were playing at, same schtick, big afro wigs, 70 disco clothes and all.
I approached one of them and asked "You guys play here and Tucson?"(I was well aware that the Boogie Knights had a standing one night a week gig in Tucson)...He clarified the situation, he had been hired by this guy who owns the Boogie Knights to play in the local incarnation of the Boogie Knights...A formula known to pack bars full of nostalgia happy suckers...
I'm sure that there are many other such organizations like the Boogie Knights (this was maybe 10 years ago...)
Another such operation is "WAR" a group which was formed in the seventies and now has four or five factions all claiming to be WAR that are on tour at any given time...

lettuce