alongwaltz Wrote:
I agree with g-bag. If the Long Beach crew want to do a set of all Sublime stuff, fine. They're more or less doing covers then, anyway. And they're not using the old band's name to advertise or draw people into the shows.
But do cover bands deserve that much draw and headlining marquees simply because two of the members were in the original band? Not in my eyes, thanks. I understand the point you and g-bag are raising and agree with it to an extent. I just think early LBDAS is a really bad supporting example.
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It's a matter of respect to your old bandmate, in my opinion. If they were to continue calling themselves Sublime and touring under that moniker, it's like saying "you know what? Brad wasn't really that important to the band."
What changing the name actually does is acknowledge Brad as the driving force in that band. That's fine. As another exmaple (IMHO) Queen isn't Queen without Freddie Mercury. However, I don't have an issue with Brian May & co. touring as Queen; I know they don't mean to disrespect Freddie. It also makes a statement that the music is more important than any one individual. Perhaps, at some leve, AiC is saying the same thing.
