Guess who is playing the freshers ball

Redegg

the revs hav announced their tour and DCU is down for the 26th.. horray.
like really there are many other bands the could have got.. turn or even the republic of loose.. stupid DCU.. same crap different year.

StickyMcGinty

ah so what all them rock bands are the same anyway

Suaimhneach

Ah all that techno sounds the same as well :P

Yeah, didnt anyone read the mail we were sent about the new ents guy? He manages/managed the Revs and a few other irish bands. I mean, at least we have someone decent this year.

Imo The Revs are good for a college gig tbh, they're really happy music and boppy, it'll be grand, sure there's always a DJ afterwards.

gizmo

For dregins benefit...

16:24 <@gizmo&gt; let me gues, Micky Hart as support?

:rolleyes:

I didn't think the Freshers Ball was the first week of college though, maybe they're just playing in the bar?

Suaimhneach

http://www.therevs.com/gigs.html on the 25th of Sept?

That makes no sense. Freshers week is the week 2 or something...

dregin

That's absolutley no reason for him promoting his own agenda. He's employed to provide a service to DCU not push his **** acts onto the event bills.

dregin

Faceless Man wrote:

For dregins benefit...

:rolleyes:

Eh, right.

gizmo

Mon-26th - The Hub -DCU, Dublin
Doors-10pm
Support: Leya
Tickets €10

A few things wrong with that...

The Freshers Ball would NOT be on a Monday and would NOT be the first week back for people.
If it was the Freshers Ball doors would NOT be open at 10pm.
If it was the Freshers Ball tickets would NOT be €10 and available to the public..

Moral of the story...they're NOT playing the Freshers Ball, or at least the Freshers Ball isnt on that night...

That is of course that info is right.

dregin

Yeah it's far too early in the year.
Wonder how much these tits are gettin paid for it.

Redegg

hmm id say a good 300-400 euro. thats a guess.

eyebrows

why dont they ever get any good bands like the metallica tribute band metillicha(or something like that). they never get any good tribute bands. I'm sure there's loads of rock/metal 'ers in DCU and these bands wouldn't cost that much so the entry fee wouldn't be too expensive.

dregin

Find a price for them and I'll see what I can do

StickyMcGinty

tribute bands?? to be honest i'd prefer anyone original to a tribute band anyday.

give the ents man a chance, i think some of your expectations are too high to ever be happy though

who would you all be happy with?

eyebrows

VinnyL wrote:

tribute bands?? to be honest i'd prefer anyone original to a tribute band anyday.

well I'd rather see a good tribute band playing good music than some shít original band playing crap. anyway my point is why there is never any rock/metal tribute bands at all. surely you could have your crap original band one day and then some other day get eirn maiden or someone.

dregin

The bootleg beatles fockin RAWK!1 I'm doin RB ents so I don't have as many people to please, but the guy's gonna have to appeal to a seriously widespread music taste to be fair. The easy way out is getting a tribute band. I wouldn't get them for a major event like that chilli ****ters tribute headlining the Summer ball, but they're ok for smaller events imho.

Bulls on parade are damn good too.

eyebrows

dregin wrote:

I wouldn't get them for a major event like that chilli ****ters tribute headlining the Summer ball, but they're ok for smaller events imho.

exactly

segadreamcast

dregin wrote:

The bootleg beatles fockin RAWK!1 I'm doin RB ents so I don't have as many people to please, but the guy's gonna have to appeal to a seriously widespread music taste to be fair. The easy way out is getting a tribute band. I wouldn't get them for a major event like that chilli ****ters tribute headlining the Summer ball, but they're ok for smaller events imho.

Bulls on parade are damn good too.

Yeah, bootleg beatles sound good, but a metallica tribute? Eh, no, you're alright thanks.

dregin

You can't just go-

"OmOPFmoGFMo! Metal !11 omg I'm never going to any event that has a metal band"

Everyone should be catered for at some stage I think. The bootleg beatles are insanely expensive from what I can remember.

Danger_Dave

Some people have short memories. Revs were meant to play at the Xmas ball, What happend to that ball ?....Cancelled because poor ticket sales. Now there doin it for Freshers. As soon as i saw that the new ents guy manages the revs i knew theyd be playing in dcu and we might if were lucky get to see them twice this year. Also not only did our xmas ball get cancelled.Similar thing happend to them when they were playin in templemore for the student Garda, guess what happend less than 100 people showed up for the gig, rest of the students went to the pub.

Sorry just pissed off we have to listen to the revs , Ahh its only a band the night will still sell out and a great laugh will be had by all.Its gotta with all us Boards members litterd about,come on

dregin

Here, I think it's time we had a proper piss up tbh.

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Danger_Dave wrote:

Some people have short memories. Revs were meant to play at the Xmas ball, What happend to that ball ?....Cancelled because poor ticket sales. Now there doin it for Freshers. As soon as i saw that the new ents guy manages the revs i knew theyd be playing in dcu and we might if were lucky get to see them twice this year. Also not only did our xmas ball get cancelled.Similar thing happend to them when they were playin in templemore for the student Garda, guess what happend less than 100 people showed up for the gig, rest of the students went to the pub.

Sorry just pissed off we have to listen to the revs , Ahh its only a band the night will still sell out and a great laugh will be had by all.Its gotta with all us Boards members litterd about,come on

It wasn't the Revs fault the Xmas ball didn't sell out. They're a relatively high-profile Irish band. The problem lay more in the direction of the SU and the organisation of it. For example, I was planning to go, but I didn't get a ticket because I thought there's no point getting one til the night. It was the same with the nightclub in the Helix. Expecting students to get tickets early is a bit mad. And didn't the SU Ents officer get sacked around that time, so everything was a in a bit of disarray. Besides, the Xmas ball is probably the least popular and lowest profile ball in DCU.

dregin

High profile or whatever, they only got it from the money Sony pumped into them. They are easily one of the worst Irish bands going.

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dregin wrote:

High profile or whatever, they only got it from the money Sony pumped into them. They are easily one of the worst Irish bands going.

In your opinion. Personally I don't think they're all that great either, but they're still enjoyable. Although, it'd be great to see more gigs with smaller followings, bands like Berkeley etc.

dregin

Listen tank. You were using their high profile as a reason that they should play, and I think that most people will agree that they only have the profile they have because of the money that Sony threw at them.

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dregin wrote:

Listen tank. You were using their high profile as a reason that they should play, and I think that most people will agree that they only have the profile they have because of the money that Sony threw at them.

Unlikely. If they did, the charts wouldn't be dominated by Pop/R 'n' B crap. From the point of view of an ents officer who has to cater to the entire student body, a band's profile is a very important thing to consider when booking them. If not the most important.

Amz

Lots of people might know them and lots of people know that they're complete cack.

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Amz wrote:

Lots of people might know them and lots of people know that they're complete cack.

Lots of people like them as well. OK, suggest some bands that you think should headline the Fresher's ball. Attainable bands obviously, I don't think The Pixies are interested.

Amz

If we're talking about popularity WRT to the Revs then there are plenty of bands about who would have the same level or greater popularity/pulling power. I'm just going to list bands and before B decides to extract the urine I'm not suggesting these because I particularly like them, or anything ...

Berkley
Dudley Corporation (Don't they have a song in the charts, or something? So they're definitely known)
Chalets (likewise)
Warlords of Pez
Neosupervital
Giveamanakick
Complan
Classic Beatles
20 Bulls Each
Bulls on Parade

To be honest I don't think the Fresher's ball is where there's a problem. That's almost always guaranteed to be packed, its things like the Christmas ball etc. where the problem lies.

What event had the fun fair last year?

I had to leave that around 11:30 and the Headline act (Classic Beatles) hadn't even come on stage because they had some DCU band on for aaaaaaaages, just doing cover versions. That's not what I spent my money to see. I'm all for supporting DCU bands, but could they not have put them in the Old Bar and gotten a better known/more established band in the Venue? Most people stay in the Old Bar and that would be better exposure for a DCU band than shoving them in the venue, which had thirty people max. in it. All standing upstairs or against the back wall.

The Hub was practically empty. The "fun fair" consisted of a glorified merry-go-round and to be quite frank Frank it was boring.

There needs to be better promotion of events, people don't get excited about the events. How does the Socs. ball manage to sell out so quickly? It's because it's built up for weeks in advance, people are made to look forward to it. Why can't that level of expectation surround the other main DCU events, Christmas ball, Celtic ball etc.

Ugh, I'm fed up having this discussion, I've been in DCU for 3 years and the same problems arise every year and since I've started the standard of entertainment seems to have dropped to the point that you can almost predict that Paddy Casey, the Revs, or Mickey Harter are going to make at least one appearance during the year.

segadreamcast

*Shouts* More comedy acts please! Des Bishop is doing a new tour - hint hint.

OFDM

NoelRock wrote:

*Shouts* More comedy acts please! Des Bishop is doing a new tour - hint hint.

Get the Ross Noble guy. saw him on Channel4 the other night. Very good but a bit slow for the first 10-15 minutes.

gizmo

Don't forget the really good cover bands...Big Generator are bloody excellent, as are Blue Moose. Hell BG even managed to fill The Big Tree on a Tuesday night. The place was bloody empty until 10mins before they were due to come on so it wasnt exactly a coincidence.

But yea the Freshers Ball isnt really the problem, its the other events. And who said the Christmas Ball can't be just as high profile as the others? All it needs is the same level of promotion and quality acts as the other events. The Xmas ball from 2 years ago was great craic.

Anyway every SU Ball event I've gone to has been great craic, its what you make of it really. If you dont like the music then go off with your mates and have some fun elsewhere in the Hub. Remember you only get 12 of these events during your entire time in college, we should be making the best of the either way me thinks...

dregin

There's no such thing as a really good covers band.
They're known as a last resort.

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Amz wrote:

If we're talking about popularity WRT to the Revs then there are plenty of bands about who would have the same level or greater popularity/pulling power. I'm just going to list bands and before B decides to extract the urine I'm not suggesting these because I particularly like them, or anything ...

Berkley
Dudley Corporation (Don't they have a song in the charts, or something? So they're definitely known)
Chalets (likewise)
Warlords of Pez
Neosupervital
Giveamanakick
Complan
Classic Beatles
20 Bulls Each
Bulls on Parade

The Revs have a far greater level of popularity/pulling power than any of them. It's a good list, like what I've heard of some of them, but they're just not as popular.

CuLT

get Mike Got Spiked tbh.

gizmo

dregin wrote:

There's no such thing as a really good covers band.
They're known as a last resort.

Pfft, thats abit harsh. The two I've mentioned also have their own material which is also quite good, however their ability to play covers almost identically to the originals is what makes them so good...

dregin

OMFG AMZ LISTENS TO COMPLAN????

/me burns his CD collection.
I wouldn't put the Revs on if they paid me. Having the revs headline (I'm presuming they're headlining this) an event oozes of desperation in the eyes other colleges and potential students tbh.

UnfArtunately, I have to agree with Amz up there too. Everyone's gonna know who the Revs are. They'll only know them as a piss take of a band and no more than 3% of the student body will go to an event to see the revs. It'll be "oh god the revs are playin. Ah sure **** it, I'll just go get pissed". That's not the attitude I'd like to see shown towards a headlining band. They should be more than the background soundtrack to a big piss up.

That is all the revs will ever amount to.

StupidLikeAFox

Just curious, and off topic. Freshers ball will be a dress up affair yeah? Tux and all that craic?

gizmo

No no no no no no no.....

The term "Ball" is used loosely to describe events in DCU. The only Black and White style balls are the Clubs And Socs Ball and the Celtic Ball if my memory serves me correctly. The rest are just your usual piss up nights in the Hub.

Amz

Ah why'd you tell him?

He'd have been easy to spot and to point and laugh at all night.

WAF!

dregin

Right that does it.
I'm wearing a tux.

gizmo

Heh and we could have told him the Clubs & Socs Ball was a Hawaiian Theme.

dregin wrote:

Right that does it.
I'm wearing a tux.

WAF.

Cozpyro

Republic of Loose are playing in DCU on 26th September.

www.republicofloose.com
info@republicofloose.com

dregin

Thank god. A turn up for the books. Is the freshers ball really on a Monday?

StickyMcGinty

yea a monday?? thats shyte if it is, ye uisually build up to the freshers ball by drinkin all week!

28064212

Maybe they're just putting on a really good fresher's week ie there'll be proper events all week, culminating in a massive Fresher's ball on the Thursday as the event to end all events. Or not. Best bet is wait and see. Or if anybody's on the SU and know's what's going on and would like to inform us???

dregin

I reckon the tank's right. This is just a mini event leading up to the main one.

gizmo

Hrm, was in the Hub in DCU at the weekend and that rotating sign thing had "FRESHERS WEEK - 19TH SEPTEMBER" going across it. Now thats either a mistake and they meant to have ORIENTATION WEEK or...the Freshers Week does indeed start on the 19th which means the Freshers Ball could indeed be on the 26th and The Revs et all may indeed be the "headliners" at it.

One word for that...****.

sillisome fiend

The Freshers ball is on Thursday the 29th or so my dcu life booklet that I got in the post yesterday says...

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Faceless Man wrote:

Hrm, was in the Hub in DCU at the weekend and that rotating sign thing had "FRESHERS WEEK - 19TH SEPTEMBER" going across it. Now thats either a mistake and they meant to have ORIENTATION WEEK or...the Freshers Week does indeed start on the 19th which means the Freshers Ball could indeed be on the 26th and The Revs et all may indeed be the "headliners" at it.

One word for that...****.

Saw that as well, presume it's a mistake. Besides, if fresher's week starts on the 19th of September, and is presumably a week long doesn't that mean it'll end on Sunday the 25th at midnight? So no, it couldn't be the Fresher's ball

bragan

orientation week is from the 19th Sept - 23rd Sept and freshers week is from the 26th Sept - 30th Sept

And if it stays the same as every other year, the freshers ball will be on 29th Sept, but they usually have events all week, and a line up of people playing in the old bar, so there probably will be bands in the bar on the 26th as well, but chances are, it isn't the freshers ball.

They wouldn't have it on the first day back, people wouldn't have a chance to buy tickets, etc.

Kenny_D

26/9 DCU Freshers Ball

Thats what it says on Republic of Loose' website. I'd be very happy with that