Buzznet reacts to Fall Out Boy MCR and their underground cred

	amymarissa: 03/26/2008 1:56 PM though i get tired of the mainstream after a while, it's good to have bands who are big and who can get small ones' their head start on their music career. people such as pete wentz have discovered many good bands that even though they are talented, may have never gotten as many fans as they do have now if people like him didn't discover and advertise them. and obviously if the bands are agreeing to the name dropping, they want the fame and want to be big.
	I R Kitten, HEAR ME rewr: 03/26/2008 2:01 PM Are you meta-blogging now? XD
	tasari: 03/26/2008 2:36 PM Personally, I've never been a fan of the whole "mainstream automatically equals bad music" thought process. I listen to the music that I like, whether the band has ten hundred or ten thousand fans. Most of my music comes from my best friend, because she has listened to just about every single band on the planet. I have yet to find an even semi-popular band that she hasn't heard of. No matter which way you look at the issue, though, people always have their music influenced by the bands that they look up to. A perfect example is Panic At The Disco. Those kids shot to fame after Pete Wentz signed them, at a speed they never would have accomplished if they started out independently. So, yeah, I do think that the namedropping affects underground bands. (PS, Mark: Do you see the irony in namedropping Bad Religion, Hot Water Music and DEP as good punk bands in an article about namedropping from influential people? Lol.)
	PanasonicYouth: 03/26/2008 2:50 PM kitten76 said: Are you meta-blogging now? XD It's fun! I like reflecting on the community anyway. This is just an experiment with it.
	I R Kitten, HEAR ME rewr: 03/26/2008 2:55 PM panasonicyouth said: kitten76 said:Are you meta-blogging now? XDIt's fun! I like reflecting on the community anyway. This is just an experiment with it. I think you should do this every day! You should do a summary of the day's events on BN! XD
	falloutgirl00: 03/26/2008 2:57 PM amymarissa said: though i get tired of the mainstream after a while, it's good to have bands who are big and who can get small ones' their head start on their music career. people such as pete wentz have discovered many good bands that even though they are talented, may have never gotten as many fans as they do have now if people like him didn't discover and advertise them. and obviously if the bands are agreeing to the name dropping, they want the fame and want to be big. i agree. its good 4 big bands 2 get little new ones out there. & yea pete did. like panic at the disco, who are really big now.
	Buzznet's Official MiseryXchord™: 03/26/2008 4:48 PM I think the existence of the Internet plays a far greater role in exposing underground and lesser known punk bands and brings them more popularity/attention than any random name dropping from a mainstream artist.
	One Armed Scissor: 03/26/2008 4:56 PM miseryxchord said: I think the existence of the Internet plays a far greater role in exposing underground and lesser known punk bands and brings them more popularity/attention than any random name dropping from a mainstream artist. I agree with you. I started listening to internet radio, and started like a lot of underground bands.
	missxrachita: 03/26/2008 11:28 PM The meta-blogging's cool. Sort of a summary of the discussions that happen in the comments, for people who don't want to read all of them. if it's not time-consuming, it's a good idea for the future. miseryxchord said: I think the existence of the Internet plays a far greater role in exposing underground and lesser known punk bands and brings them more popularity/attention than any random name dropping from a mainstream artist. that's also definitely true. If anyone's listened to the AP Podcast on iTunes, in their interviews with Pete Wentz, Cobra Starship and The Academy Is..., all three have touched on how the internet is making it a lot easier [and harder] for bands to get discovered. That, in turn, makes it a lot easier to find music that appeals to people craving something different. so yeah, Fall Out Boy and MCR [and even Cobra Starship...] do introduce and promote more underground bands, but, like Shiona said, that's not necessarily a good thing. I mean, one of the worst things you can say about an entity in this particular community and the music that goes along with it is that they're sellouts or have gone mainstream. I mean, a huge majority of us are, in some way, elitists. but that's just my opinion.
	amymarissa: 03/27/2008 6:29 AM the internet has made it easier to get discovered in certain circumstances though. patd got discovered by pete wentz listening to their music on the net and it's the easiest and fastest way to communicate between up and coming bands and people who will listen to them and get them started. right now a friend and i are going to try to start a band and we know it's going to be hard to get discovered and get somewhere, it takes alot of hard work and patience the but the net in my opininon will make it so much easier for us. it has it's pros and cons.
	losthorizons: 03/27/2008 9:18 AM Hmmmmmm.... I really don`t know WHAT to think! :-S I mean, the internet definitely makes it a whole lot easier for people to learn about bands they never would have had a clue about otherwise...And I have to admit; I probably wouldn`t know half of the bands that I love now, if they hadn`t been mentioned or recommended by someone else.
	and we're all too small to talk to god: 03/27/2008 4:37 PM I don't see what the problem is. Yes, sometimes name-dropping results in teenies, but chances are, any band has teenie fans anyway. I didn't discover Panic at the Disco through Fall Out Boy, (thank god, because FOB sucks) but I did discover the awesomeness of the Dresden Dolls through Panic at the Disco. I think it can help bands who want to be known. Most of this name-dropping happens between bands who already know each other, and if the little fish wanted to stay out of the big bad pond, they probably wouldn't be allowing the big fish to drop their name on all the lilypads, would they? There's no need to worry about who else is listening to your bands; just enjoy them!
	carmimix3: 03/28/2008 8:34 AM I don`t think there`s any problem. I mean as much as i love the underground scene and "keeping" bands from 6th graders who think they`re clique is so cool `cause they`re emo; it`s great most bands are getting recognized, as long as it`s for the right reasons. I have a prejudice against Pete Wentz but i can say he is an amazing musician, i hate his over-ratedness though. He has good taste in music, too. It`s not bad if he gets FOB fans into Sing It Loud, Patent Pending etc. (Not that he ever mentioned them) I`ve grown to love such great bands, thanks to those Myspace blog entries of All Time Low, Mayday Parade and many others stating "CHECK BLAHBLAHBLAH OUT, THEY HAVE A NEW RECORD...." I can trust them for good music because they create songs that people like and want to hear. No problem with good music, right?
	rasoir: 03/28/2008 12:20 PM pete wentz only like panic at the disco because they are the exact same as fall out boy both bands suck
	carmimix3: 03/28/2008 8:28 PM rasoir said: pete wentz only like panic at the disco because they are the exact same as fall out boy both bands suck Pete Wentz likes Panic `cause he wants to bang Brendon & Ryan.
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