This is beyond words … everyone I guess just okay with this?! As I’ve said and have been saying this has become an... Posted by Eddie Trunk on Friday, April 8, 2022
I have long railed against the epidemic of bands using tracks live. And how fans & promoters just accept “live” acts & paying to see a band “live” and it’s anything but. This is how bad it’s become. Everyone okay with this?! Unreal! https://t.co/EHp6zW57i4 v
— Eddie Trunk (@EddieTrunk) April 8, 2022
Because you are a REAL artist! Thx to all who deliver truly live & put the work in to do so. Appreciated it now more than ever w/what’s going on out there & how many turn a blind eye to it! And “everyone is doing it”is NOT an excuse.Because everyone isn’t! https://t.co/apcWVpqXnb
— Eddie Trunk (@EddieTrunk) April 9, 2022
Another real artist here. In a real band. That puts the work in to actually sing and play live.. what a concept .. this shit has to stop ! Madness ! No fucks given to even try and fake it .. https://t.co/A9e8WQLAtB
— Eddie Trunk (@EddieTrunk) April 9, 2022
Very close to starting my own band.And I can’t sing or play.But if everyone is okay spending hard earned money to see a band play “live” & instead hear a computer then why not? Guess it doesn’t matter? Plenty of bands I can open for sadly doing the same thing pic.twitter.com/wAj1GLLJpa
— Eddie Trunk (@EddieTrunk) April 9, 2022
Wow!!! ???
— Mike Portnoy ? (@MikePortnoy) April 8, 2022
You know if it was a band that you supported,you know for a fact you wouldn’t be saying shit about this. You would be making a pathetic excuse in their defense as to why they had to use them. Plus you are the last person to judge they performed live wrote their own music more — Greg (@starchild2019) April 8, 2022
This is a great point. ? I tuned in mostly to hear that topic addressed. I wanted Jericho to tell us it isn’t true because I’m really digging the things Fozzy is doing right now, creatively. Now I just imagine that he told Eddie not to bring it up. ?
— Ron Gabaldon (@rockinrebel107) April 9, 2022
What about Jericho’s admission that he uses them in Fozzy?
— Keith Rochford (@KeithRochford) April 9, 2022
Wow, I remember playing pretend to kiss records with my brothers when we were in grade school. This is similar yet we were better. ?
— Shawn Duncan ?? (@sduncandrums) April 9, 2022
I think it was these guys…. pic.twitter.com/8H2ajqrq5h
— Roy G (@Razracing) April 9, 2022
I’m old enough to remember when people called for the heads of Milli Vanilli for doing this ( only worse because they didn’t even sing the recorded tracks). Now it’s SOP. Suddenly I don’t feel so bad about occasionally blanking on a lyric during a gig.
— Doug Smith???? (@DougofGabriola) April 9, 2022
I think time and place can exist too. Take the Who and Baba. Piped in, but the rest was all live even if it meant it wasn’t as full as the recorded track. But vocals? Other guitars? Drums? Nah…then I’ll just stay home and listen to the record.
— John Courtney (@jcourtneyii) April 9, 2022
A great band is better live than in the studio- the energy and the presence. Musicians talk about recreating the record, and I say what's the point? We have the record, what happens that night makes it special. It's easier to use tracks, and audience gets lost w/o them. Its both — Frank Pentangeli (@Gunslinger018) April 8, 2022
I’m ok with intro tracks used on the album - symphony, choir, effects such as storms, stuff like that. But the actual playing better be live. I don’t fork out big ticket money to see Milli Vanilli. What would “A Nightmare to Remember” by Dream Theater be without the car crash?
— Bill Poindexter (@CoachBill44) April 9, 2022
Fucking ridiculous. At the @TheWhiskyAGoGo no less. It would be an honor and privilege for @DemonScarNYC to play that stage. I assure we don’t have tracks. We just kick ass and play rock n roll live the way it should be. ???
— Nza (@nzasixx) April 9, 2022
What did I just watch Eddie? I would have demanded a refund jeez
— ItsMeGina?️???? (@sottilegina2) April 9, 2022
I’m with you 100% Eddie. If you want to hear the album, listen to it at home. Live should be live…period. @RALegault65
— BEER RUM & ROCK N ROLL ??☠️?? (@BEERRUMROCKROLL) April 9, 2022
Refund the tickets, seriously Eddie, if 71 yo Biff Byford can smash out a 2 hour set LIVE for @SaxonOfficial like it was 1980, everyone else should do the same…
— Lenboy (@Lenboy) April 9, 2022
When this happened with Ashlee Simpson it ended her career and now it's becoming the norm
— Zoë (@zoeeee27) April 9, 2022
Absolutely agree! I will not pay top dollar to see bands live that do this. I’ll stick to small clubs and seeing local bands that actually play. I’m done with all this shit! They get paid good money for these shows they should give people 100%!!
— Clint Westwood (@SGfunkit) April 9, 2022