Monday, December 3, 2007

Who's right is it anyway???

When there is a loved member of anything it is common that a great deal of wondering about what should be done will occur regardless of personal involvement in whatever that may be.
We will be performing 4:33 with two people performing it in duo which directly correlates to a situation of a local musical group, and in fact MANY musical acts.

The local giants of underground hard music, AFTER THE BURIAL had their signer leave the band in July this past summer. He was by most people the most known member of the group and beloved. The members which do/did most of the musical composition still remain in tact now and replaced their drummer and the missing singer spot with members of a band they were friends with.

The reason I'm going on about this is I heard alot from people about how they should change their name because it wont be *the same band.* I understand what is meant because of the belovedness of the original frontman and stage energy that he had unlike anyone else, however isn't it kind of the band's right to choose? They haven't even debaited name change as far as i'm concerned, but i just thought about it because it is a common happening that a band once known for its original members may only have one original member when it becomes hugely popular and who's right is it to decide if they are the same band? That in mind, is it right of us to call 4:33 just that or are we being too experimental with it? Who should decide the right's of anyone else and is it fair to call something by the same label when the components have changed greatly? Who's right is it anyway???

Chris Lundeen

No comments: