You say that you'd rather be really poor than scratching, saving, scrimping all the pennies

[venta]

There's a very sad article this morning: the recession is really hitting the music industry badly. Bands are having to drastically scale back their names in order to keep down touring costs

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[deeteeuk]

I understand Averagegrass have had to call it a day, and Mediocre Furry Animals are considering a hiatus.

[sushidog]

Oh, the emo scene has been hit too; My Chemical Flirtation, Slight Concern at the Disco, 30 Seconds to Margate, Thirty Reasons, Taking Back Sunday (1 -3pm Only), Paraless... Brand New are now The Used, and The Used are now Ready For Recycling. Terrible times.

[deeteeuk]

The Used are now Ready For Recycling.

This has been the case for some time, I'm sure.

[venta]

Oh dear... you must be really disappointed about Cinderwater, too.

[sushidog]

Oh, I can't even tell you. And Alice in Cheap Plastic Bling From Clare's are looking kind of tacky these days.

[nalsa]

The Sisters Of Not Giving A Toss Because They're On Minimum Wage and The Eloping Present are scaling back, I hear Ned's Firework Dustbin have cancelled their comeback tour, and The Faintly Happy Division have been affected. There's some rumours about The Pet Shop Boys having to scale back to a stall in the market, too.

eta: Pop Will Eat Everything On Its Plate, The Keiser Chefs, Crystal Radiohead, Laminate Maiden... all doomed.

[venta]

I hear Ned's Firework Dustbin have cancelled their comeback tour

Oh, that's a great shame. I was looking forward to hearing Maim Your Television.

[nalsa]

*applause*

[mejoff]

I hear the Sisters have also had to make their drummer redundant, replacing him with a scree-slope at medical school

[secondhand_rick]

Secondhand Model Army (One Careful Owner) are still pulling some fans in.

And Pith can still be heard playing some of their classics; Common Person, Disco 1900 and so on, though mostly just at school discos.

[mr_tom]

9cc have had to turn the volume down by 10%, and Ben Folds Four by 20%. 10 Maniacs have really had to cut back.

Bus Calloway has had to resort to public transport and Dre BSc hasn't made it into post-grad.

Half Man Quarter Biscuit are on survival rations and Johnny CreditCard is no longer king.

Sheep on Methadone are in recovery and Vanilla Ice is now a popsicle.

[venta]

Johnny CreditCard is no longer king

It took me an inexplicably long time to get that one, but when I did it made me laugh out loud :)