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How famous is _________?

Posted: Tue September 13, 2022 3:01 pm
by Bammer
Was it necessary for wease to note that he is in Foo Fighters, or is he famous enough on his own?
wease wrote:If you stay for Sunday night, there are some great acts too. The Doobies, Marcus King, Mike Campbell and Sierra Hull. Sierra is the niece of a good buddy of mine. She’s recorded and toured with a LOT of people. Most recently Chris Shiflett from the Foos.

Re: How famous is _________?

Posted: Tue September 13, 2022 3:02 pm
by Bammer
Art Alexakis?

Or … Art Alexakis from Everclear?

Re: How famous is _________?

Posted: Tue September 13, 2022 3:03 pm
by Jorge
I definitely would not have known the Everclear one

Re: How famous is _________?

Posted: Tue September 13, 2022 3:03 pm
by Bammer
Natalie Maines?

Or … Natalie Maines from The Dixie Chicks?

Etc.

Re: How famous is _________?

Posted: Tue September 13, 2022 3:05 pm
by tree_
I DON'T UNDERSTAND

Re: How famous is _________?

Posted: Tue September 13, 2022 3:25 pm
by warehouse
Danny Carey from Tool

Re: How famous is _________?

Posted: Tue September 13, 2022 3:26 pm
by Bammer
warehouse wrote:Danny Carey
Famous enough

Re: How famous is _________?

Posted: Tue September 13, 2022 3:27 pm
by tree_
are you asking RM how famous these artists are?

Re: How famous is _________?

Posted: Tue September 13, 2022 3:28 pm
by warehouse
maybe if you are a drummer lol

Re: How famous is _________?

Posted: Tue September 13, 2022 3:28 pm
by tree_
if you like drums at all you should know who danny is

Re: How famous is _________?

Posted: Tue September 13, 2022 3:33 pm
by liebzz
What is fascinating about this is context.

I come here or a Candlebox super fan forum, and Dave Krusen needs no introduction.

If I go to the supermarket, and tell the clerk at the register about Dave Krusen, I might need to say “the drummer for Pearl Jam on Ten.” And in this day in age, “the drummer for Pearl Jam on Ten, which is from the 1990s well before you were born playing music not through a computer program. Pearl Jam and the album Ten were a seminal part of a rock music movement circa 1991 that largely changed the pop music landscape for approximately 4-5 years. Over the hill folks from that time continue to largely stand around lamenting other folks’ music tastes and are still apparently waiting for the next great rock music revolution despite the emergence of rock bands like Radiohead, the White Stripes and Arcade Fire and the subsequent threads those bands lead into the mainstream consciousness from the late 1990s through the early aughts.”

Re: How famous is _________?

Posted: Tue September 13, 2022 3:35 pm
by tree_
yeah it's really all about who you're talking to

i've met plenty of people who have no idea who radiohead is

Re: How famous is _________?

Posted: Tue September 13, 2022 4:55 pm
by Bammer
liebzz wrote:What is fascinating about this is context.

I come here or a Candlebox super fan forum, and Dave Krusen needs no introduction.

If I go to the supermarket, and tell the clerk at the register about Dave Krusen, I might need to say “the drummer for Pearl Jam on Ten.” And in this day in age, “the drummer for Pearl Jam on Ten, which is from the 1990s well before you were born playing music not through a computer program. Pearl Jam and the album Ten were a seminal part of a rock music movement circa 1991 that largely changed the pop music landscape for approximately 4-5 years. Over the hill folks from that time continue to largely stand around lamenting other folks’ music tastes and are still apparently waiting for the next great rock music revolution despite the emergence of rock bands like Radiohead, the White Stripes and Arcade Fire and the subsequent threads those bands lead into the mainstream consciousness from the late 1990s through the early aughts.”
Gene Simmons?

Or … Gene Simmons from KISS?

Re: How famous is _________?

Posted: Tue September 13, 2022 5:03 pm
by wease
Bammer wrote:Was it necessary for wease to note that he is in Foo Fighters, or is he famous enough on his own?
wease wrote:If you stay for Sunday night, there are some great acts too. The Doobies, Marcus King, Mike Campbell and Sierra Hull. Sierra is the niece of a good buddy of mine. She’s recorded and toured with a LOT of people. Most recently Chris Shiflett from the Foos.
I guess I didn’t think he was famous enough. Do non-fans know anyone beyond Dave and Taylor from the band? Hell, do fans really know all of them? They’ve added a keyboard player and I have no idea what his name is.

Interesting question.

Re: How famous is _________?

Posted: Tue September 13, 2022 5:04 pm
by wease
Bammer wrote:Art Alexakis?

Or … Art Alexakis from Everclear?
I would have no clue who this person is.

Re: How famous is _________?

Posted: Tue September 13, 2022 5:05 pm
by wease
warehouse wrote:Danny Carey from Tool
No idea

Re: How famous is _________?

Posted: Tue September 13, 2022 5:06 pm
by wease
Bammer wrote:
liebzz wrote:What is fascinating about this is context.

I come here or a Candlebox super fan forum, and Dave Krusen needs no introduction.

If I go to the supermarket, and tell the clerk at the register about Dave Krusen, I might need to say “the drummer for Pearl Jam on Ten.” And in this day in age, “the drummer for Pearl Jam on Ten, which is from the 1990s well before you were born playing music not through a computer program. Pearl Jam and the album Ten were a seminal part of a rock music movement circa 1991 that largely changed the pop music landscape for approximately 4-5 years. Over the hill folks from that time continue to largely stand around lamenting other folks’ music tastes and are still apparently waiting for the next great rock music revolution despite the emergence of rock bands like Radiohead, the White Stripes and Arcade Fire and the subsequent threads those bands lead into the mainstream consciousness from the late 1990s through the early aughts.”
Gene Simmons?

Or … Gene Simmons from KISS?
Gene Simmons is far and away a more household name than anyone else listed in this thread.

Re: How famous is _________?

Posted: Tue September 13, 2022 5:11 pm
by tree_
maybe in your household..

Re: How famous is _________?

Posted: Tue September 13, 2022 5:14 pm
by Captain Termite
Danny Carey is not famous enough. Art Alexakis is more famous, but still not famous enough to not need the ".... from Everclear."

Re: How famous is _________?

Posted: Tue September 13, 2022 5:15 pm
by warehouse
wease wrote:
warehouse wrote:Danny Carey from Tool
No idea
he's the drummer for Tool