Tribute act playing your favourite band: +/-?

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The Musical Box will be in town tomorrow and I will go. Tribute bands concerts can be really interesting, especially for bands no longer in activity .However, to buy a DVD is non-sense to me. I prefer buying the real thing. 

Poll Question: Concerning both gigs and DVD's of them.
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Wow! I'm interested in anything related to the orig. band!	3	[7.69%]
First I do research and if they're very good, yes for both.	6	[15.38%]
Perhaps I'd go to a gig, and buy the DVD if I was impressed.	4	[10.26%]
I might go to a local gig but definitely wouldn't buy a DVD.	15	[38.46%]
I don't think so, tribute acts don't really interest me.	11	[28.21%]
No! No! No! Only the original will do!	0	[0.00%]
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DarkTower Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 22 2018 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 507	Post Options Post Reply Quote DarkTower Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 08 2019 at 07:49
	The Musical Box will be in town tomorrow and I will go. Tribute bands concerts can be really interesting, especially for bands no longer in activity . However, to buy a DVD is non-sense to me. I prefer buying the real thing.

Mormegil Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 03 2010 Location: NE PA Status: Offline Points: 6456	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mormegil Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 08 2019 at 05:42
	If it's a quality band and the gig is local, I'll check it out. It would be a stretch to want to buy a DVD.
	Welcome to the middle of the film.

Gerinski Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: February 10 2010 Location: Barcelona Spain Status: Offline Points: 5093	Post Options Post Reply Quote Gerinski Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 08 2019 at 04:48
	I love music DVDs although when I'm alone I rarely find the time to watch them. And while you can listen to an album tens and even hundreds of times without getting tired of it (if you love it enough), once you have watched the same DVD 8 or 10 times you don't feel the need to watch it again and again. But now and then I organise "Prog Evenings at Gerinski's" for my group of Prog-lover friends. We meet at my place without the ladies and do a men-only Prog evening, and then we watch some DVDs, have a pizza together and have some fun. For this purpose DVDs are great.

Matti Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: April 15 2005 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 2073	Post Options Post Reply Quote Matti Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 08 2019 at 03:55
	Thanks for your votes and comments, folks. When it comes to the DVD's, it's indeed not only about having an interest on tributes, but also about having an interest in music DVD's in general. As opposed to Saperlipopette!, I own approximately 110 music DVD's (perhaps 60% being prog) and I'm still keen on finding new good ones. Hardly a week goes by without watching at least a couple of them.

Saperlipopette! Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 20 2010 Location: Tomorrowland Status: Offline Points: 10048	Post Options Post Reply Quote Saperlipopette! Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 08 2019 at 03:01
	I'd be interested in tribute bands of any more or less inactive band that I love (or bands that has sucked for the last 40 years but used to be great). There's absolutely no chance of me buying a tribute-act-DVD though - why would anyone be interested?... but then again I think I have five of six music DVD's in total, and only actually watched one of them... once. Its not my thing I guess. I love live concerts but I have to be there. At home I prefer my music without visuals.


Gerinski Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: February 10 2010 Location: Barcelona Spain Status: Offline Points: 5093	Post Options Post Reply Quote Gerinski Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 08 2019 at 02:46
	I'm in for going to gigs of tribute bands of any band I love, as long as I know or feel their quality is good and the price is not abusive. I doubt I would by any DVDs though, perhaps only if there is no original live footage of the genuine band.

Logan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum & Site Admin Group Site Admin Joined: April 05 2006 Location: @ wicker man Status: Offline Points: 32698	Post Options Post Reply Quote Logan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 08 2019 at 02:36
	I'd love to see an Art Zoyd, Area and Can tribute band, as well as many others. I probably would go if the tickets were quite inexpensive or I thought reasonable, or better yet if it was free concert, or if it as playing at a fair that I wanted to go to, and if the location wasn't too far to travel to, and if I had the available time. Doubt I would buy a DVD, but I might be interested in some other merch or even services. The venue could be a deal-breaker. If I wasn't familiar with the venue for the concert, that I would research before deciding to go.
	Just a fanboy passin' through.

Frenetic Zetetic Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 09 2017 Location: Now Status: Offline Points: 9233	Post Options Post Reply Quote Frenetic Zetetic Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 08 2019 at 02:09
	I'd definitely go to check it out, but I'll make you work for it to sell me on buying any merch.
	*"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021*

JediJoker7169 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 05 2009 Location: West Coast, NA Status: Offline Points: 195	Post Options Post Reply Quote JediJoker7169 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 08 2019 at 01:46
	I've seen The Australian Pink Floyd Show and The Musical Box live, and both put on wonderful performances. I was born too late to see the original bands in concert, so I'm really glad I was able to enjoy the next-best thing. That's pretty much where my interest ends, though. If I'm going to watch a prerecorded performance, why not just watch the original artist?

Matti Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: April 15 2005 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 2073	Post Options Post Reply Quote Matti Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 08 2019 at 00:35
	I hope to get many votes and raise a discussion on tribute acts. (Yes, there is a real case behind the idea for this poll, a DVD I reviewed and talked about in the Forum to almost deaf ears, to my surprise.)