Fight The System is a new feature on NZMusic.com. Every couple of days we have a new mission to help out a New Zealand band (or bands).
The missions and their results will be posted here on this forum. The links from previous missions will be here too so you can keeping helping out your favourite bands.
And it's working! We're already seeing some fantastic results!
Here's a quick rundown of the missions to date and the results.
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Mission 1: Pacifier - Bullitproof ...
Mission 1: Pacifier - Bullitproof (07/02)
Pacifier's new music video Bullitproof has almost made it to MTV2's Rock Countdown. Vote for Bullitproof and it get onto the countdown.
Result: (11/02)
Bullitproof went from #22 to #20 and was played on the MTV Top 20 Rock Countdown show. This week they continue to climb to 19.
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That is really quite exciting. Let's ...
That is really quite exciting. Let's hope it gets to the stage where it's all MTV viewers voting Pacifier into the rock top 20.
I just wanted to thank everyone who has ...
I just wanted to thank everyone who has voted for it from this site - It really does help. Saw the D4 playing live on late night talk shows over here - They were really fuckin good. In comparison to being over here 7,5,4,2,1 year ago - NZ is so 'Hot' right now. Finally!
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Sweet : )...
Sweet : )
// NZ is so 'Hot' right now. Finally! ...
// NZ is so 'Hot' right now. Finally!
wicked! how much longer do you think it will be until they realize we're not part of australia?
//wicked! how much longer do you think ...
//wicked! how much longer do you think it will be until they realize we're not part of australia?
I wouldn't count on that happening any time soon. The best you can hope for is that they don't start thinking you're on the east coast (New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New Zealand, etc.) As much as I try to educate the people, they're just not having it.
Oh, and Tomble, I voted. Feel free to repay me by adding Minneapolis/St. Paul to your tour itinerary.
He has! Monday March 10 at the Quest ...
He has!
Monday March 10 at the Quest club.
wow that didn't even take 2 hrs!...
wow that didn't even take 2 hrs!
I guess the official website hasn't ...
I guess the official website hasn't been updated yet, then. Where do you get your information, johnnyjw? You always seem to have the inside track.
On a monday sucks, but the Quest is a really cool venue. It has loads of atmosphere (or it did the last time I was there --to see Einstuerzende Neubauten in 1998).
//I just wanted to thank everyone who ...
//I just wanted to thank everyone who has voted for it from this site - It really does help.
Tomble I would like to thank you for personally (in a sense) showing us your appreciation. I was thinking the other day 'it kinda sucks that he was willing to reply heaps to Mike Hunt but doesn't really acknowledge the fans' - I know, petty etc but this has just reaffirmed my opinion that personal contact with bands is the best way to keep your faith alive in them.
'Keep it real' wank wank
I found the deets at ...
I found the deets at pollstar.com.
Also, I just wanted to say it was really good to hear the note of 'solidarity' from Tomble regarding The D4. I didnt know how they would feel about the NZ groups riding the 'nu rock' wave, essentially managing to skip many of the years of hard work that the Shihad/Pacifier guys have put in before making it to the international stage. Good on ya Tomble, I hope 2003 is the year you make it huge worldwide!
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Mission 2: Goodshirt - Place To Be ...
Mission 2: Goodshirt - Place To Be (10/02)
Goodshirt 's song Place To Be is on the Triple J Australian radio network. Vote for Place to Be on the Triple J Net 50.
Result:(15/02)
After sitting on the voting list but not quite cracking the chart for a month, this weekend Place To Be entered the Net 50 chart at number 44!
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Mission 3: Cassette - Nothing To Do ...
Mission 3: Cassette - Nothing To Do (13/02)
Cassette are releasing their EP in Australia and last week sent out their first single to radio. Help it get playlisted by requesting Nothing To Do.
Result: Feb 20 - Cassette get added to the Triple J playlist! Stay tuned for future Cassette missions.
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Mother Guru : Start requesting MG's ...
Mother Guru : Start requesting MG's new single "Hollow Existence" on Channel Z and THE ROCK. Also, start requesting the album at your local Rec store. Tell them it is available through "MIGRAINE DISTRIBUTION" - Contact Greg Shaw (03) 5483083
Cheers!!!
If you have an idea for a new mission ...
If you have an idea for a new mission hit the target you can see on the bottom of any page. Let us know the details and we'll make it a future mission.
It's cool if there's stuff here but the goal of Fight The System is to focus the whole community on one thing at a time. That way we can have the most impact.
We'll keep this one in mind for a future mish. Any other ideas, just hit the target!
So the idea would in fact be to go down ...
So the idea would in fact be to go down the list from Mission 1 and vote for all missions, until you tell us to stop?
Gosh it took me far to long to work out that I could type private in the feilds of that triple j request form.
I imagine that opening this system for missions within NZ would be opening a huge can of worms?
don't overthink it ;)...
don't overthink it ;)
fighting the system is the flippin' ...
fighting the system is the flippin' craziest idea yet!! i cried and laughed to see this... plus the spanish guy next to me in this cafe is ranting to me about all these covert organisations he's in. real interesting but i'm starting to wonder whether the authorities know he's in the country. my neck-hairs are still on end!!
cheer guys i've in my dollar's worth of two cents.
Mission 4: The Datsuns - Harmonic ...
Mission 4: The Datsuns - Harmonic Generator (18/02)
The new single from The Datsuns is currently number 10 on London's radio station XFM. Vote it to number 1!
Result : Nearly! Harmonic Generator shot up from #10 to #3.
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oh too close! hey this duznt mean we ...
oh too close! hey this duznt mean we cant still vote 4 it, i mean we can still get it there.lets go pplz!
Mission 5: Evermore - Slipping Away ...
Mission 5: Evermore - Slipping Away (24/02)
Evermore are doing the business over in Australia, but they're not cracking the charts. Vote their track Slipping Away onto the Net 50.
Result: (03/03/03)
We're on a roll! Evermore slammed into the Triple J Net 50 chart at number 36!
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Mission 6: Keep M2 on air We all know ...
Mission 6: Keep M2 on air
We all know that M2 is going off the air. This is a kick in the nuts not only to music video fans but also to all the local bands M2 supported by playing their videos when others wouldn't. TVNZ have said that "the public will tell us what they want" So lets tell 'em!
Email tv2@tvnz.co.nz and tell them to Keep M2 On Air.
Result: Well we knew it was a long shot. M2 appears to be dead and buried but it's not all bad - looks like TV4's taking up the challenge and we'll have a free-to-air music channel back before the year's out. A for effort and maybe a B for result given the 6 month wait.
question: why wait until the weekend ...
question: why wait until the weekend it goes off air to do this?
question: why complain about a positive ...
question: why complain about a positive action?
Besides, give Evermore a fair go. People haven't needed a target to email tvnz, I imagine Evermore's cause would slip into obscurity if their target was pulled in favour.
>question: why complain about a ...
>question: why complain about a positive action?
um, i submitted this action early last week. M2 goes off the air tomorrow.
i'm not complaining about the action, ...
i'm not complaining about the action, more the timing of.
sorry we forgot to jump on your command ...
sorry we forgot to jump on your command vietnow.
basically it became the next update to FTS, done at the next possible opportunity.
I'd hoped that as the "cause" drops away, our timing would help keep people going. I notice that other sites are beginning to help the cause this week also.
ha,ha. dust and teina must be ready to ...
ha,ha.
dust and teina must be ready to punch some people. damned if they do, damned if they don't.
timing is good. I'm happy to send emails to tvnz for the next year, if thats what it takes to get M2 back on air.
i emailed them a couple of times last ...
i emailed them a couple of times last week, but i'm prepared to email them again (and again and again and again....)
...which is what it just may take. ...
...which is what it just may take.
Dammit if this Mission isn't going to wreak our 100% success rate. Remember Max...MTV...
//Dammit if this Mission isn't going ...
//Dammit if this Mission isn't going to wreak our 100% success rate.
well said.
The trouble with emails is they're so ...
The trouble with emails is they're so easily ignored. You get hundreds of them, you just press delete before you read them.
You should write on paper (snail mail etc) to both the bosses at TV2 and to your local MP. I really think this is a definite TVNZ charter issue. If all of the caring nzmusic.com readers went and spoke with their local MP, you might find that this issue gets some attention.
Result: Well we knew it was a long ...
Result: Well we knew it was a long shot. M2 appears to be dead and buried but it's not all bad - looks like TV4's taking up the challenge and we'll have a free-to-air music channel back before the year's out. A for effort and maybe a B for result given the 6 month wait.
Mission 7: Cassette have released their ...
Mission 7: Cassette have released their EP re-titled Nothing To Do in Australia. They've got their song of the same name onto the aussie playlists. Let's get Nothing To Do some chart action by voting for it on Triple J's Net 50.
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Its all gravy Something good will come ...
Its all gravy
Something good will come out of it!!!