Thread: Pop Factory...right venue for the BOTB's????????????

Been to a few heats now and other than the bands and their close circle of friends each heat has been virtually empty.......now last year the Black was pretty busy for MOST of the rounds/heats so i just think the Pop Factory was the wrong place to hold the event. Dont get me wrong its a great venue, its just in the middle of nowhere and most people are finding it hard to get there, have a drink and get home cause its in the sticks.......lets hope people start going and supporting the bands...(who put alot of effort in).....as we get closer to the final!

local shows get a LOT of support there... usually full in fact...

i enjoyed our heat,were a good load there and the sound was brilliant.

our heat was a bit different i didn find ther was many ther i think it was only us an elsid who made the effort to bring ppl!

at the end of the day if the bands playing dont appeal to people they aint gonna go, dont take it personal at the end of the day at least some people turned up and you got a show out of it even if it was in front of your friends at least you got to play a good show in an awesum venue...

middle of nowhere? in the sticks? Its not the fricking gower its the rhondda, five minutes from pontpridd by train and car.

the two heats we played wern too bad, but i find people go over to watch one band and then fuck off home.

Originally Posted by pilchardchick

middle of nowhere? in the sticks? Its not the fricking gower its the rhondda, five minutes from pontpridd by train and car.

To be fair..... it is the middle of nowhere.

Originally Posted by SKG116

To be fair..... it is the middle of nowhere.

Hardly...it's smack bang in the middle of everything...

I think they're referring to the people up Aberdare or Merthyr way to be honest - it's a bit of a trek from there if your only option is taxi, especially for getting home - I certainly wouldn't consider it... It's hardly the most awe inspiring venue ever either (not that it's shit, because there's much shitter about).

our heat was prity full, all thebands brought a good few people down with them!

Sound was offensivly bad for us tho!

yeh we went down an sound checked, an i think our sound was pritty good like.
however playing with 3 other bands who all have 2 guitarist made us sound a little thin wich is 2 be expected!

but people wise........ every band brought at least a few people with them but it wos obvious it wos just friends as ther wos 4 groups of tables lol!!!

still think its sweet chappers is doin stuff in the pop factory good fukkin effort!!

They could do with another room, so you can talk to people rather than shouting over shit metal bands.

Originally Posted by SKG116

They could do with another room, so you can talk to people rather than shouting over shit metal bands.

LOL

if theres bands there u consider shit then why go??

I also think it's that time of year now where people are doing exams ect.. It's never going to be busy all the time.

As for the sound, it's the best venue I've ever had the luck to work in is the pop factory. Also it's great to be doing gig's in a place out of aberdare too, so a big thanks to everyone thats been coming to the gig's.

I went to cardiff uni lastnight to see The Rakes, the gig was put on in the night club as they only sold 500 tickets. The support band sounded ok but the sound for the rakes was real bad. Then last sunday saw the automatic (NME tour) and the sound was amazing!?!?

You allways get the odd bad gig no mater where you go.

hehe if u wanna go to a shite venue with absolutely awefull sound then go to barfly hehe

in fairness in our heat there was a good number of people there like....unfortunately none of our friends bothered bloody coming!

"at the end of the day if the bands playing dont appeal to people they aint gonna go, dont take it personal at the end of the day at least some people turned up and you got a show out of it even if it was in front of your friends at least you got to play a good show in an awesum venue..."

I don't believe that for a second.

People go to see bands these days because it's trendy/their mates band is playing. No one goes for the music anymore. And what does a gig matter if it was in front of your mates? You may as well have just played in your front room to them.

Some people do go to see the music, obviously. I hate sweeping statements.