AsyLum said:
That's because it was an under-18 show
Well it's very nice of you to try and tell me about a show
*I* went to and you didn't. Unless you were there...lurking (keeping up the MQ stalkers rep
). However, unlike Victoria, NSW does not have under-18 shows.
In regards to punk rock, only iconic bands (like pennywise, nofx, etc), or 'brand' bands as Asy calls them, are even remotely successful as its a dead style of music in my opinion, like ska.. It's all about emo/screamo/hardcore/punk-electronica these days.
But back on topic, a lot of bands use it to plug their material as those who've signed up will have realised. It was undoubtedly massive for the rise of the Arctic Monkeys, but here's what they say about it from smh:
"Somebody said to us, 'I saw your profile on MySpace,' " sniffed drummer Matt Helders to US website prefixmag.com. "I said, 'I don't even know what MySpace is.' [When we went to No. 1 in England] we were on the news and radio about how Myspace has helped us.
But that's just the perfect example of some-one who doesn't know what the f--- they're talking about."
As to the internet, the band use it only "to email or whatever; iTunes, stuff like that". A friend of the technologically crippled group had to build their website. But it was the fans themselves who placed the net at the heart of their story.