Punk At A Moment's Notice

KingFishKingFish
edited August 2004 in Science & Tech
Punk is back, and it's got a laptop. A new breed of alternative British rocker is once again giving the finger to the corporate music machine, thanks to an arsenal of do-it-yourself new media.
Organizing using the Web, cell phones and instant messaging, upstart guitar bands are staging secret, spontaneous concerts at unconventional venues in the latest online music craze, dubbed "guerrilla gigging." The lifeblood of a resurgent London music scene, guerrilla gigs came to prominence when one of the capital's hottest new acts, The Others, last month commandeered two London Underground carriages to perform an impromptu set for 200 fans. While better-established bands might have needed several months and a costly marketing campaign to pull it off, The Others summoned the crowd in just a few hours, with a cryptic message to the band's Web forum members to meet at a local pub. Once assembled, fans used SMS messages to tip off friends across town before moving to a nearby tube station to pack an eastbound train for a furious 30-minute set -- belted out using a megaphone while onlookers crowd-surfed in transit.
Source: Wired

Comments

  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2004
    Cool! :D
  • NomadNomad A Small Piece of Hell Icrontian
    edited August 2004
    Sounds like a great way to get arrested.
  • KingFishKingFish
    edited August 2004
    It would be awfully hard to get arrested on a train like that. I don't know if law enforcement would be able to assemble a response before the event were over anyway. Besides, if everyone is obeying the law, why would law enforcement have a problem with it?

    KF
  • CammanCamman NEW! England Icrontian
    edited August 2004
    I think it sounds pretty neat, I also don't see why they'd get arrested.
  • NomadNomad A Small Piece of Hell Icrontian
    edited August 2004
    Ornery old people + noise violation.
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited August 2004
    Sounds fun!
  • LammypieLammypie
    edited August 2004
    yep that would breach london undergrounds by-laws as well as other laws.
    It would not need law enforcement to make arrests at the time, as these laws can be enforced after the event has passed.
    I would be suprised if this was a priority, in my experience london underground rarely cares about enforceing its own laws, and the police are too busy to be interested in by-law infringement.
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