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Post by lildude8218 on Jan 18, 2010 15:10:32 GMT -5
Is it just me or are most of the Rippers and Jesse's random friends real dorky looking? It's probably no wonder that they never made it anywhere. They don't have a good look to them at all. In fact they only took off when they had Barry Williams fronting them and most likely only because he was a celebrity. Every celeb band gets recognition no matter how horrible they are.
Then again, all they ever did were covers with Jesse anyway. Hmm....
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Jan 18, 2010 15:32:12 GMT -5
They were big in Japan...
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Post by Professor Chaos on Jan 18, 2010 15:37:12 GMT -5
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jan 18, 2010 15:41:44 GMT -5
Is it just me or are most of the Rippers and Jesse's random friends real dorky looking? It's probably no wonder that they never made it anywhere. They don't have a good look to them at all. In fact they only took off when they had Barry Williams fronting them and most likely only because he was a celebrity. Every celeb band gets recognition no matter how horrible they are. Then again, all they ever did were covers with Jesse anyway. Hmm.... Jesse wasnt exactly a great frontman though. He was always busy with other intrests (*nightclubs, radio shows) not to mention that big ass family he had. It's no wonder they struggled and eventually kicked him to the curb |
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Post by Ultimo Chocula on Jan 18, 2010 15:43:51 GMT -5
It worked for Huey Lewis.
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Post by tigermaskxxxvii on Jan 18, 2010 15:49:16 GMT -5
They were big in Japan... For covering a Beach Boys song. I'm with the OP, gow exactly did Jesse think he was gonna get a record deal doing just covers. I'm currently watching the episode where Jesse is playing Elvis at a review called "Rock 'n' Roll Heaven" where he says he hid this night job from the family is because he feels embarassed to be doing this since he wants his "own musical identity". I also found it weird that their keyboardist was still playing the keytar way into the 90's. Even when everyone in the band was wearing the then trendy grunge-era flannel! |
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Post by lildude8218 on Jan 18, 2010 15:49:21 GMT -5
Is it just me or are most of the Rippers and Jesse's random friends real dorky looking? It's probably no wonder that they never made it anywhere. They don't have a good look to them at all. In fact they only took off when they had Barry Williams fronting them and most likely only because he was a celebrity. Every celeb band gets recognition no matter how horrible they are. Then again, all they ever did were covers with Jesse anyway. Hmm.... Jesse wasnt exactly a great frontman though. He was always busy with other intrests (*nightclubs, radio shows) not to mention that big ass family he had. It's no wonder they struggled and eventually kicked him to the curb That's what I was getting at with my last comment. I just couldn't help but notice all the pudgy guys with receding hairlines that Jesse seemed to hang out with. Or guys who only looked "cool" because they were wearing dark sunglasses indoors. |
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jan 18, 2010 15:54:53 GMT -5
Jesse wasnt exactly a great frontman though. He was always busy with other intrests (*nightclubs, radio shows) not to mention that big ass family he had. It's no wonder they struggled and eventually kicked him to the curb That's what I was getting at with my last comment. I just couldn't help but notice all the pudgy guys with receding hairlines that Jesse seemed to hang out with. Or guys who only looked "cool" because they were wearing dark sunglasses indoors. But in later seasons he had Viper!!! The least cool looking bassist ever |
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Post by lildude8218 on Jan 18, 2010 15:56:16 GMT -5
and then that Monkey Puppets band. how the hell did any of them make any money? there were like 14 people in that band including backup singers and they were playing small bars.
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Post by Apricots And A Pear Tree on Jan 18, 2010 15:57:21 GMT -5
I am more concerned with his last name change.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jan 18, 2010 15:57:42 GMT -5
and then that Monkey Puppets band. how the hell did any of them make any money? there were like 14 people in that band including backup singers and they were playing small bars. Jesse forfieted his salary due to his financial stability from owning a nightclub, and the DJ job |
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Post by lildude8218 on Jan 18, 2010 16:01:39 GMT -5
and then that Monkey Puppets band. how the hell did any of them make any money? there were like 14 people in that band including backup singers and they were playing small bars. Jesse forfieted his salary due to his financial stability from owning a nightclub, and the DJ job Still. I have a friend in a band and one night he said "I just made $100 for an hour's work" and that was only because 1/3 of his band didn't show up and his other member said "You need this money more than I do." And that was in 2009. Imagine $100 split however many ways. |
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Post by lildude8218 on Jan 18, 2010 16:02:41 GMT -5
I am more concerned with his last name change. that can easily be explained away by saying Jesse Cochran was his stage name. like John Cougar. |
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jan 18, 2010 16:15:58 GMT -5
Jesse forfieted his salary due to his financial stability from owning a nightclub, and the DJ job Still. I have a friend in a band and one night he said "I just made $100 for an hour's work" and that was only because 1/3 of his band didn't show up and his other member said "You need this money more than I do." And that was in 2009. Imagine $100 split however many ways. My question is what kind of band were they shooting to be? |
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Jan 18, 2010 16:20:42 GMT -5
They were big in Japan... For covering a Beach Boys song. I'm with the OP, gow exactly did Jesse think he was gonna get a record deal doing just covers. I'm currently watching the episode where Jesse is playing Elvis at a review called "Rock 'n' Roll Heaven" where he says he hid this night job from the family is because he feels embarassed to be doing this since he wants his "own musical identity". I also found it weird that their keyboardist was still playing the keytar way into the 90's. Even when everyone in the band was wearing the then trendy grunge-era flannel! Let's not be dissing the keytar. That thing's timeless. |
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Post by lildude8218 on Jan 18, 2010 16:33:43 GMT -5
Still. I have a friend in a band and one night he said "I just made $100 for an hour's work" and that was only because 1/3 of his band didn't show up and his other member said "You need this money more than I do." And that was in 2009. Imagine $100 split however many ways. My question is what kind of band were they shooting to be? Anyone else ever notice that Viper is wearing the same shirt that the Hardy Boyz wore when they had Michael Hayes managing them? |
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Jan 18, 2010 16:41:53 GMT -5
Jesse forfieted his salary due to his financial stability from owning a nightclub, and the DJ job Still. I have a friend in a band and one night he said "I just made $100 for an hour's work" and that was only because 1/3 of his band didn't show up and his other member said "You need this money more than I do." And that was in 2009. Imagine $100 split however many ways. Cover bands can make a few K a night, where an originals band may struggle for ever. Some Beatles cover bands pull 30k. |
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Post by lildude8218 on Jan 18, 2010 16:51:51 GMT -5
Still. I have a friend in a band and one night he said "I just made $100 for an hour's work" and that was only because 1/3 of his band didn't show up and his other member said "You need this money more than I do." And that was in 2009. Imagine $100 split however many ways. Cover bands can make a few K a night, where an originals band may struggle for ever. Some Beatles cover bands pull 30k. They were hardly an established cover band though. And half of the time they were playing the Smash Club, owned by the leader of their band. |
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Jan 18, 2010 17:02:42 GMT -5
Cover bands can make a few K a night, where an originals band may struggle for ever. Some Beatles cover bands pull 30k. They were hardly an established cover band though. And half of the time they were playing the Smash Club, owned by the leader of their band. And maybe they did cheapies there to help keep the club open and charged huge at other places. A cover band with a popular radio DJ pulls pretty well, and gets paid more than they deserve. |
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Post by lovingway on Jan 18, 2010 17:25:25 GMT -5
Is it just me or are most of the Rippers and Jesse's random friends real dorky looking? It's probably no wonder that they never made it anywhere. They don't have a good look to them at all. In fact they only took off when they had Barry Williams fronting them and most likely only because he was a celebrity. Every celeb band gets recognition no matter how horrible they are. Then again, all they ever did were covers with Jesse anyway. Hmm.... Jesse wasnt exactly a great frontman though. He was always busy with other intrests (*nightclubs, radio shows) not to mention that big ass family he had. It's no wonder they struggled and eventually kicked him to the curb And replaced with Barry Williams |
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