Norfolk criticizes KRAB, responds to the Thursday night debacle - by N.L. Belardes
Norfolk isn't to be left out of the recent Vesper/Norfolk debacle recently chronicled on my site where I suggest a four-year-old kid provided the random deciding vote to a contest that might otherwise have ended in a tie. Norfolk points fingers at KRAB while also suggesting the tie didn't matter as they weren't interested in competing at all. Here are frontman James Ratliff's comments to me regarding the May 12th event and subsequent discussions and outbursts from both me and Vesper, although I didn't even post what Tyler and I wrote to each other. He and I slapped each other in the face a few times, but that doesn't matter. He and I kissed and made up. Read on:
N.L.,
Thanks for showing up on Thursday with no request on our part. Normally we would go about getting the word out for a show through your site and many other avenues of promotion. We found this "battle of the bands" to be so ridiculous that we felt no need to promote in the usual way (although I did send out myspace invitations to friends). When I was first contacted by the KRAB radio representitve I told them they had contacted the wrong band to work with and they assured me this was to take KRAB radio in a new direction (NO KRABland battles or the normal nu-metal shows they thrive off of).
Their "new direction" threw Norfolk and Pangolese into a very uncomfortable situation. We both found ourselves in the same absurd "KRABland battle of the bands" that we had no interest of competing in. This was with no contact from KRAB. They gave us a date and location with no other details. I ran across our KRABland battle promotion on their site, which they assured us would not happen. At this point Norfolk and Pangolese decided that we would play, but with no intention of competing with any of the bands.
Here is our invitation from myspace: "Norfolk, Pangolese, and Vesper at a KRAB battle of the bands (although we really don't want to compete with any of these guys.)" We also made sure that the majority of our people, band members and non-band members, did not vote either way. This battle ticket system that KRAB uses is to increase ticket sales for themselves and in no way can calculate the value of a band's music. The more people that turn in their 5$ for your band, the better your bands music is. We know this is "TRUE" because we see the top 20 record sells chock-full of desirable, good, quality bands. It's a rare occasion that I find a good band in the top 20. This is the concept that Pangolese and ourselves are adamantly against.
Pangolese were cut short because they showed up after their scheduled time, even though no one from KRAB radio ever told them what time they would be playing or even contacted them at all. The entire show was set up for both bands through 2 very short emails to me, which I understood Pangolese were playing just prior to us and we were last (no time schedule). I played the show for our few friends standing in the front laughing their butts off while Norfolk struggled through a contrived set of songs after a few difficulties.
Hopefully it was fun for everyone despite KRAB trying to take advantage of people because they control a Bakersfield mass media station. Honestly, none of the Vesper situation would have taken place if not for our friends at KRAB radio. Norfolk will never intentionally work alongside KRAB radio until they can shoot strait, but then again thats what we get for working with them at all.
Thanks, James
N.L.,
Thanks for showing up on Thursday with no request on our part. Normally we would go about getting the word out for a show through your site and many other avenues of promotion. We found this "battle of the bands" to be so ridiculous that we felt no need to promote in the usual way (although I did send out myspace invitations to friends). When I was first contacted by the KRAB radio representitve I told them they had contacted the wrong band to work with and they assured me this was to take KRAB radio in a new direction (NO KRABland battles or the normal nu-metal shows they thrive off of).
Their "new direction" threw Norfolk and Pangolese into a very uncomfortable situation. We both found ourselves in the same absurd "KRABland battle of the bands" that we had no interest of competing in. This was with no contact from KRAB. They gave us a date and location with no other details. I ran across our KRABland battle promotion on their site, which they assured us would not happen. At this point Norfolk and Pangolese decided that we would play, but with no intention of competing with any of the bands.
Here is our invitation from myspace: "Norfolk, Pangolese, and Vesper at a KRAB battle of the bands (although we really don't want to compete with any of these guys.)" We also made sure that the majority of our people, band members and non-band members, did not vote either way. This battle ticket system that KRAB uses is to increase ticket sales for themselves and in no way can calculate the value of a band's music. The more people that turn in their 5$ for your band, the better your bands music is. We know this is "TRUE" because we see the top 20 record sells chock-full of desirable, good, quality bands. It's a rare occasion that I find a good band in the top 20. This is the concept that Pangolese and ourselves are adamantly against.
Pangolese were cut short because they showed up after their scheduled time, even though no one from KRAB radio ever told them what time they would be playing or even contacted them at all. The entire show was set up for both bands through 2 very short emails to me, which I understood Pangolese were playing just prior to us and we were last (no time schedule). I played the show for our few friends standing in the front laughing their butts off while Norfolk struggled through a contrived set of songs after a few difficulties.
Hopefully it was fun for everyone despite KRAB trying to take advantage of people because they control a Bakersfield mass media station. Honestly, none of the Vesper situation would have taken place if not for our friends at KRAB radio. Norfolk will never intentionally work alongside KRAB radio until they can shoot strait, but then again thats what we get for working with them at all.
Thanks, James
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