Unity Fest

MyOwnWay - 7-9-2007 at 11:14 AM

What happened?

I'm hearing a lot of ill things but its all vague.

MikeFromInhuman - 7-9-2007 at 02:07 PM

I was gonna ask the same thing.... anyone???

XHonusWagnerX - 7-9-2007 at 02:12 PM

I dont know what this is about at all, but now Im interested!!

BDx13 - 7-9-2007 at 02:36 PM

did it happen at all?

stateofdisgrace - 7-10-2007 at 08:43 AM

It happened. I heard it was sketchy. I also heard the turnout was good, which ruined the DBD turnout at The Pyramid.

So a good show, run by sketchy people wins out and a good show, run by a decent honest person kinda flops. Sucks in my opinion.

CAST ASIDE was dope.....

MyOwnWay - 7-10-2007 at 11:06 AM

Stories are coming out now. Just wow.

moron - 7-10-2007 at 12:56 PM

I didnt know anything about this fest until this thread, so I did a google search for Unity Fest and found THIS.

All I get from it is that it was poorly promoted and bands got screwed out of money.

Discipline - 7-10-2007 at 01:03 PM

http://www.myspace.com/thetruthaboutenglishsarah

BDx13 - 7-10-2007 at 01:30 PM

didn't something like this (but even worse, if i remember correctly) happen about a year ago? some fest in northern PA or woodstock of hardcore or something? wasnt the person involved in that (allegedly) named sarah, too? all i remember was that she had like three different personas.

Discipline - 7-10-2007 at 02:13 PM

That was the Woodstock of HArdcore thing. People talking it up and ads online listing like a million bands, but it never happened. A lot of bands even came out and said that they were listed as being booked but had never spoken to anyone about it, they were never contacted. I don't know if it's the same cunt as this mess though.

Muttley - 7-10-2007 at 05:17 PM

I said it after the Woodstock thing and I'll say it again... WHY DO PEOPLE BOOK THEIR BANDS ON FESTS RUN BY PEOPLE THAT NOBODY FUCKING KNOWS? Most of the bands involved in that Unity Fest thing have been around for years.... if the first I'm hearing of a promoter is them booking a big festival, I'M NOT TOUCHING IT! Prove yourself first before jumping into some big shit. Otherwise it usually ends up being a scam (Unity Fest, Woodstock, etc). Even people with all the hookups don't even have their shit together (Hellfest).

I've been in the scene for 16 years, been booking shows for my own bands for at least 10 years... I'm certainly not doing big business with someone who popped out of nowhere. Everybody talks to everybody in hardcore.. if nobody can vouch for you, then you've gotta prove yourself. Best to be safe than sorry... these touring bands especially NEED that money or they don't eat that night.

That's two big ones now where people got suckered. And once again I bet no one put hands on this silly bitch. Beating these people out of our scene is the only way to keep this from happening again. This is business, it's not a game.

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Originally posted by Discipline
That was the Woodstock of HArdcore thing. People talking it up and ads online listing like a million bands, but it never happened. A lot of bands even came out and said that they were listed as being booked but had never spoken to anyone about it, they were never contacted. I don't know if it's the same cunt as this mess though.

That shit was a fucking mess. BCS was advertised but that was a mixup. Then the bitch kept saying on the Bridge 9 board that she had a signed contract from us already. I went on there and verbally assaulted the bitch because the only person who would have signed the contract was ME.

I really think if people did their homework people like this wouldn't get over like they do.

Discipline - 7-10-2007 at 05:38 PM

From Joe Coffee:

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WELL,BEING AS JOE COFFEE DID PLAY A WHOPPING 2 SONGS, I FIGURED I'D CHIME IN ON THE EVENTS OF THIS PASSED WEEKEND.

THE VENUE:

THE HOOK, IN THE REDHOOK SECTION OF BROOKLYN....REALLY NICE VENUE...SOUND SYSTEM WAS AN ACTUAL SOUND SYSTEM...STAGE WAS NICE AND COMFORTABLE...NICE SIZED ROOM...OUTDOOR YARD AREA TO GO AND SMOKE/DRINK TO GET AWAY FROM THE NOISE...GREAT.

THE PROBLEM?

IT'S IN FUCKING REDHOOK ! I DON'T CARE HOW THEY'RE TRYING TO GENTRIFY THE JERNT - IT'S STILL NO MAN'S LAND,AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CAR IT'S A BITCH AND A HALF TO GET TO ANYTHING OUT THERE (WHICH,AINT A LOT).

THE BANDS :

LET'S BE HONEST - IF THIS WAS 1982,AND TOXIC REASONS AND THE FREEZE WERE PLAYING A SHOW IN NY,I'D BEEN THERE WITH BELLS ON.
BUT,LET'S BE HONEST: IT'S 2007,AND THE MAJORITY OF "PUNK" CONCERT ATTENDEES HAVE NEVER HEARD OF EITHER BAND.IF SOME OF THESE BANDS WERE ON TOUR,OF ACTUALLY DID TRAVEL FROM FAR AND WIDE JUST TO PLAY THESE SHOWS - THEN YOU HAVE MY APOLOGIES,AND YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN PAID AT LEAST CLOSE TO WHATEVER YOUR GUARANTEES WERE.I'VE BEEN DICKED OVER BEFORE,MANY TIMES,AND IT SUCKS BALLS.

WHEN MY GIRL AND I,AFTER BEING STUCK/GETTING LOST IN TRAFFIC,FINALLY ARRIVED AT THE VENUE - AS SOON AS I WALKED IN I THOUGHT TO MYSELF "NO ONE'S GETTING PAID,TONIGHT.".I WASN'T THINKING ABOUT THE BANDS (IT BEING A "BENEFIT",I WASN'T EXPECTING ANYTHING),BUT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE WORKING.SECURITY,SOUND,WHATNOT...WE PLAYED OUR WHOPPING 2 SONG SET (I WAS LATE...BUT THERE WAS NOTHING AT ALL GOING ON AT THE CLUB. WHY COULDN'T ONE OF THE BANDS THAT WERE THERE SITTING AROUND DOING FUCK ALL GO ON TO AT LEAST KEEP SOME MOMENTUM GOING TO KEEP THE LITERAL HANDFUL OF PAYING ATTENDEES INTERESTED/ENTERTAINED?? OH YEAH...I FORGOT...76% UNCERTAIN ARE FAR TOO IMPORTANT A BAND TO GO ON BEFORE THEIR ALLOTED SET TIME..."TIME WARP" FROM ROCKY HORROR??? NIGGA,PLEASE...BUT,I DIGRESS..)AND I REALIZED THAT WE WERE BASICALLY PLAYING TO WHATEVER BANDS THAT HAD PLAYED/WERE GOING TO PLAY...NONE OF YOU "SEASONED VETERANS" FIGURED THAT OUT BEFORE YOU WENT ON?WERE YOU SECRETLY HOPING THAT "YOUR AUDIENCE" HAD YET TO SHOW UP?MAYBE THEY WERE ON THAT FABLED SHUTTLE BUS THAT WAS TO PICK PEOPLE UP AT THE TRAIN STATION,50 LIGHT YEARS AWAY,AND ARE RIGHT NOW ONLY GETTING TO THE CLUB...AND WHO THE FUCK WOULD GIVE THE L.E.S STITCHES A CONTRACT TO PLAY??

NONE TOO LONG AGO,A LOT OF THESE BANDS WOULD'VE PLAYED AT THE OPENING OF A ENVELOPE - NOW THEY'RE COMPLAINING ABOUT CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS...PUNK AS FUCK.

BOTTOM LINE?

THE PROMOTER TOTALLY GOT IN WAY OVER HER HEAD,AND PLANNED THIS "FEST" WITH THE ENTHUSIASM,AND BUSINESS ACCUMEN,OF A 12 YEAR OLD GIRL.NOVEL IDEA,NOT A WINNING COMBINATION.$35 IS A LOT OF MONEY FOR A SHOW(S) OF HAS BEENS,NEVER WERE'S,WHO THE HELL'S?,AND MAYBE ONE DAY'S...THE MONEY SAVING $60 FOR BOTH DAYS MUST HAVE SOMEONE EATING THEIR HAT...USE ADOBO...MAKES ANYTHING TASTE HALF-WAY EDIBLE...IF THESE SHOWS WERE BROKEN DOWN INTO A ONE NIGHT EVENT,WITH THE "CHOICEST" OF THE BANDS PLAYING,AT A VENUE CLOSER TO CIVILIZATION - IT MAY HAVE WELL WORKED,AND WORKED WELL.BUT,THAT PROVERBIAL ROAD TO HELL...WITH ALL THAT PAVING,YOU'D THINK IT'D BE A SMOOTHER RIDE BY NOW..

MY SYMPATHIES GO OUT TO THE PEOPLE THAT WORKED THE SHOWS,AND GOT NOTHING FOR THEIR TIME.

UNITY,KIDS!
IT'LL GET YA PLACES...

REV. PAULIE BEARER

PS:AND,WHAT ABOUT THE ORPHANS???THE ORPHANS????

PSS: DON'T FUCK WITH THE ORPHANS!!!