Comments on: A Public Plea About Forum Behaviour

By: dan

dan — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 10:22:08 +0000

The funny thing about IQ vs Marillion was that it was the bands themselves who were doing it, always wondered if it was a deal between them for some publicity, Martin Orford and Steve Rothery met at Jadis gigs and didnt seem to have a problem.

Couple of examples from memory, this is probably around 83/84.
Fish ; “IQ are so derivative, their guitarist is just trying to sound exactly like Steve Hackett” (my note – pot and kettle after grendel !)
Mike Holmes ; “We are a big catch for Chappell Publishing, which is more than can be said for Fish” (my note, that’s quite funny if not proved correct !)

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 16:51:12 +0000

I remember the Marillion-Twelfth Night spat in the letters pages of Sounds many years ago to. What gets me, and what prompted this post in the first place, was a small minority of fans trying to draw battle lines were no dispute exists between the bands.

By: dan

dan — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 16:45:22 +0000

Funnily enough I am listening to IQ at the moment, they had a fantastically enjoyable spat with Marillion via fanzine interviews back when they both came out.
Plus ca change…

I think that it’s precisely when you have a small scene that you get these rivalries that are mistakenly picked up by fans.
Life’s too short…

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:27:41 +0000

Adrian,

Do notice that Suzie (Bryan’s sister) is now a sysop and now seems to be the person posting updates and information.

Entire website does need to be rebuilt from scratch, though.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:07:16 +0000

Hi Tim

i have come to the conclusion that many fans no longer contribute to the MA
website because information is incorrect or not updated – I find myself checking other websites for simple things like gig details ! The delay in posts being checked and the heavy handed attitude of the moderator to the slightest criticism of the bands performance live or recorded doesn’t help encourage debate .I would really like Bryan to enter the discussions from time to time as this might help clear up misunderstandings regarding the progress of the band. However , the impression that I get from his failure
to do so is that he has a lack of interest in his own website

The Panic Room and Breathing Space websites do not suffer from these problems.

Adrian

By: Simon Edwards

Simon Edwards — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:08:33 +0000

Well said Tim…

It’s exactly why I’m an active member of zero band forums anymore – I got fed up with the hassle, the arguments, the spitefulness, the childishness etc etc…

Since when has music (especially that which we love, ie not something vying for chart position) been a competition? So you like one band and not another – simple, say something nice about the band you like…and don’t waste your pixels and keystrokes on the one you don’t!