It's Just Business

Is Youtube the new MySpace for bands?

By: Navjot Kaur Sobti

20-second intermission – sweaty, greased out headbangers drop out of the heavy riffage for a moment– and their 30 minute set of grimy, metal brutality is brought to a pause as the band gives a humble thanks to the crowd, followed by the familiar, “and you can find us online at myspace.com/fill-in-the-blank-band-name.” Oftentimes, it’s a great relief, when you have no idea what the name of that opening band is, courtesy of the indiscernible, scratchy metal logo on the banner behind the band’s blasting drummer. If you’re a band, it’s silently understood that you’ll have a Myspace page, and if you’re a listener, chances are you’ll check out their gory and grim jpg-saturated page before hitting up that local show.
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