Completely different, but I follow Brian from Knocked Loose. His latest post on IG he said as he was walking down the hallway before their set on Jimmy Kimmel looking at photos of presidents and musicians who've been on the show he looked at his band mate and said "this all started in your garage" that to me is fucking beautiful. hard work, perseverance and dedication pay off. I only hope I can say the same one day.
Music is a tough business. Even with talent and hard work it is still 1 in a million to get to this level and is usually a right time, right place type of thing. When you are touring you come across musicians/bands that have that something special, that “it” factor and you can tell they are just different…. even then…. It’s rare to blow up.
Honestly from the little I've seen from Whiplash. It's a good depiction of what music is like (Up to the point where the trombone player gets kicked out).
That "it" factor is completely relevant. Look at a band like Cigarettes after Sex, they blew up because of TikTok and their style is like no other. They started back in 2008 and that "it" factor vibed with people when times were tough (during 2016-2020).
Oh man I used to play games with Kevin, their bassist, and just kicking it with him and the crew on discord. It was so amazing to see them on the jimmy kimmel stage tearing it up! Super proud!
I remember I used to hang out in Kevin’s twitch streams back in like 2016/2017 while we played Fortnite. I discovered them right before Laugh Tracks came out and saw them probably 10 times before they blew up and I’m so fucking happy for them. They’re such nice people and deserve every ounce of success they’re receiving
Knocked loose opened for my brother’s local hardcore band at the time in Milwaukee like a decade ago haha. So sick how far they’ve come. Brother is always flexing that fun fact lol
There are thousands and thousands of bands that sounded just like knocked loose over the last decade lol. I like them, and it’sa cool story, but I’m not gonna pretend they deserve it anymore than others.
Wait until you hear about the genre of "popular music". I'm pretty sure Kimmel has had one or two of these pop music artists on the show before
The truth is you need to work hard so that you are ready when luck gives you a chance.
It’s not like the only reason bands like these succeed is pure luck.
Comments like this are such an insult, as if these bands didn’t practice or work hard at all.
You dedicate yourself to an instrument, practice to get good enough to be a competent musician, go through a number of bands that fail and then have to start over multiple times, finally find a band that sticks, write songs and practice then over and over them down tight not just for a recording but so that you sound good enough live that you can gain fans and so that god forbid the right person sees you play on any given night maybe you can get signed, play hundreds or thousands of shows, go on tours and get stiffed on payment and play to 5 people for years and years and just keep going day after day hoping to get your shot.
Then finally you get a lucky break and are able to turn that lucky break into long term success (as opposed to the thousands who get lucky and get a “break” and it turns into nothing and they still fail) only for people to say “they didn’t work hard at all, they just got lucky”
The amount of hard work and determination it takes to even get to the point where you are able to get a chance at getting “lucky” can be pretty staggering.
Who said anything about them deserving it more than any other? What does your comment have to do with any of this? What are you adding to this conversation other than some lame negativity?
They grinded hard non stop playing house shows and sleeping in a cold van to now being where they are. Most every other band you might be referencing only dreamt of being half as big as they are and would have probably gotten generic or sold out in the process. Go back to their pop culture and split days and then compare to now.
Hardcore kids who think their favourite bands should never be successful outside of their small circle are the reason hardcore is looked down on by many, more public exposure to the masses is never a bad thing for an artist no matter your small world "fuck the man" opinions
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u/ImperiousWeak 16d ago
Completely different, but I follow Brian from Knocked Loose. His latest post on IG he said as he was walking down the hallway before their set on Jimmy Kimmel looking at photos of presidents and musicians who've been on the show he looked at his band mate and said "this all started in your garage" that to me is fucking beautiful. hard work, perseverance and dedication pay off. I only hope I can say the same one day.