It's been seeing so many bands come back out for a breather, regardless if they are putting out new music or not. Seeing people having fun and maybe freed from the shackles of old expectations and wounds that have become scabbed over. Of course there are bands I know may never ever come back, and that's okay. Nothing good can last forever, but its been great to see so many realize they can come back out for a 'hello' from time to time.
Also looking forward to seeing you with Thursday on Saturday!
If I remember correctly, Fugazi also used "indefinite hiatus", or maybe just "hiatus", to describe their status for many years. That was the first time I remember hearing the phrase in regard to whether or not a band was "done". It's been many years since I've heard them refer to themselves that way though, and I'm not sure if it is still how they describe themselves. I did appreciate that it gave fans some semblance of hope that they may get a chance to see the band again.
Yeah, I feel like TF is closer to Fugazi than ATDI in that way. I'm not sure that Fugazi ever announced anything; they just quietly shut down shop. At this point, I doubt they'd ever come back though.
When I think why bands come back after so many years after being on indefinite hiatus (unwound for example) is because of streaming services and their notorious reputation for not paying artists properly ( Geoff barrows once tweeted that after portishead music has been streamed millions of times on Spotify portishead only received 7,000 dollars for royalties I once saw an interview with Ian mackaye and he said if people stop paying for music two things are going to happen. 1) enjoy the past because no musician is going to afford to make new music or 2) your music consumption is going to be saturated with ads. ( which has already happened; YouTube for example)
I've had an interview with Omar and Cedric, few months before their first hiatus. It was 2001. or something. They were with De Facto, and played Zagreb. There was no sign that something bad is happening.
It's been seeing so many bands come back out for a breather, regardless if they are putting out new music or not. Seeing people having fun and maybe freed from the shackles of old expectations and wounds that have become scabbed over. Of course there are bands I know may never ever come back, and that's okay. Nothing good can last forever, but its been great to see so many realize they can come back out for a 'hello' from time to time.
Also looking forward to seeing you with Thursday on Saturday!
If I remember correctly, Fugazi also used "indefinite hiatus", or maybe just "hiatus", to describe their status for many years. That was the first time I remember hearing the phrase in regard to whether or not a band was "done". It's been many years since I've heard them refer to themselves that way though, and I'm not sure if it is still how they describe themselves. I did appreciate that it gave fans some semblance of hope that they may get a chance to see the band again.
Yeah, I feel like TF is closer to Fugazi than ATDI in that way. I'm not sure that Fugazi ever announced anything; they just quietly shut down shop. At this point, I doubt they'd ever come back though.
When I think why bands come back after so many years after being on indefinite hiatus (unwound for example) is because of streaming services and their notorious reputation for not paying artists properly ( Geoff barrows once tweeted that after portishead music has been streamed millions of times on Spotify portishead only received 7,000 dollars for royalties I once saw an interview with Ian mackaye and he said if people stop paying for music two things are going to happen. 1) enjoy the past because no musician is going to afford to make new music or 2) your music consumption is going to be saturated with ads. ( which has already happened; YouTube for example)
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I've had an interview with Omar and Cedric, few months before their first hiatus. It was 2001. or something. They were with De Facto, and played Zagreb. There was no sign that something bad is happening.