ok i want to take a poll and lurkers...please feel free to vote and post anonymously pls =)

after you vote can you post and say whether shows you go to are metal/hardcore/indie rock (ok i know there are a few) etc..

and feel free to say whatever else...

so how many shows do you go to in a month? what's your average..and if you don't go or don't go enough...what are your excuses? ex: no car possible solution: car pool

let's get to the bottom of the dying metal show attendance

depends--I'm wonky today because there's no way I can go to O'Briens tonight, I have no cash till Friday! Hard fact, I live from paycheck to paycheck. And it sucks for me because I want to support the local brutality. How the fuck can I expect my band to get out of the driveway if I don't support my compatriots as much as possible.

Still I try and rise above when I'm not hobbled by my $$$.

CONSUMER ADVICE TO YOU FOLKS OUT THERE: Do NOT attend Graduate School unless you get FULL or mostly scholarship!!! Especially Library School.

When I saw my old ex-bandmates play the Mideast last TUESDAY, the place was PACKED before the first band even took the stage. Inclement weather, middle of the week, whole nine yards. It was more of a noise show than metal, but I was like, FUCK. Ascendancy. Kubrick. Kevorkians. Anoxia, and SO many others. We've got the shit.

And trust me, most of the people at the Mideast show would have been just delighted with a metal set, even a mixxture thereof. Not all of them are emo-washed.

So let's see, unless I'm broke, or sick, or playing a show myself elsewhere . . . what's the dill-eey-yo?

Ok end of rant, I'm sure it made lotsa sense--

blortch.

i'd be able to go to a lot more whos if it wasn't for the fact that i work 6 days a week, including weekends. i haven't been to a show since NJ metal fest. but before that i went to as many as i could

I voted 15-19 cause I went to 15 last month.

i voted 7 to 10
i went to 6 last month
3 in december?
13 in november
12 in october
so i took an average

that's a good idea, I'm gonna start tracking too.

this can include the big-ass Palladium shows I presume (I can tell you those average about .50 a month!)

I average about one show a month, if any. Reasons:
1. No money
2. No car, where I live sucks. It takes me two hours to get to O'Briens by train, and I live right outside of Boston.
3. I don't enjoy shows as much as I used to.

There are plenty more reasons, but I won't list them.

boston can be just as bad as L.A. if you have no car

i voted 7-10 as well

i average 1-3

are we talking shows or concerts?
they are 2 different things

show=concert to me

concerts are bigger, i.e. the palladium holds concerts

i don't like going to concerts, there are too many people.

i try to get to a few shows a month. i'm going to see mastodon on the 14th, the gathering on the 15th, and opeth on the 28th. my band is also playing 1 or 2 shows this month. maybe i'll go to a couple other small shows too. after posting here for a couple years, i'm still amazed at the amount of shows the reverend goes to. damn, that man is dedicated.

1 if I'm lucky.
Broke as fuck

Sucks being poor.

if I ever get laid off at my job, I'm going to do a month straight...
a show every night...
or until my $$ runs out...

who else said /voted 15-19?

there was some months i could have voted that.
i just don't have the money to attend all these shows.

joe you need to start guest listing yourself

haha im not going to tell bands to put me on a guestlist.

I put 1-3. I guess it depends on the month, but generally I get about 3.

succubus said:

probably a liar

1-3. Gotta be honest. We usually play out twice a month, sometimes more or less often, and I'm more broke than most people so I don't make it out on my own much. Once internship stuff picks up I'll be at 10x more shows, though working.