Gig Review: cokesmokefreerockquest Wellington & Hutt Valley Regional Finals

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Those "Magnum Opus" pirate shirts were truly a thing of beauty. I feel sorry for anyone who didn't witness them.

rockquest sucks.

like i say - rockquest is lame.

i wouldnt have gone anyway unless i wanted to 'declare my martyrdom' and blow myself up alongside hundreds of slappers, wiggers, jocks and cock-rockers.

or maybe crashed a DC-3 loaded with napalm and jock, slapper, wigger and boy-racer hostages into the venue killing myself, my comrades (who are garunteed a place in heavaen after martyrdom) the slapper, jock wigger and b/r hostages alongside the slapper, jock, cock-rocker and wigger audience and the bands (garunteed a place in hell - bastard inflidel MoFos)

lucifer sam, how do you know that these were the people there if you didnt go.
Whats so "wrong" about giving a young band a break into music. Even if it is all based over publiity for coke.
I bet your a failed musician who never made it past teh rockquest heats anyway. Due to being booed off stage.

grrr... both the dominion post and coke have mis spelled our name, "aime".
kinda, well, pissed off.
Magnum opus, two brilliant, anti-social musicians. they have serious guts to do what they do.
Sixth density were brilliant. even if they only have one original member. Their bassist really neds a bit of life in her on stage though.
Baby Masif were good. I agree with the "x factor comment though.
Perjury. K, i need not comment. 1qa all over again but better ;)
Subsidence, with the random little asian dude in amongst these huge metal c**ts. Awesome though.

any one have a contact for Subsidence?

haha yeah hardout sam the man.even though we didnt get a mention in the review i think ill live!!!!!!! i saw the shit in the paper and on the coke site...bummer man lol i guess now u know how i feel wen rockquest screwed us up:P:P rockquest was awesome i think u would have agreed if u were there.all it is is a chance for us to shine, even if its for one night.i cant understand y u hav such a problem with it.
i recon all the bands on friday were the shit it was such a great nite

i think T.W.G.H.T. were rock n rolling and boy is the singer/keyboardist damn hot, wowee. i want to see more from those hotties mmmm mmm

r0><0r

Yah I've got a contact for subsidence...
me, being the frontman and all... I love the review :D
e-mail: devilducky666@hotmail.com

anything more than that u'll have to e-mail me :p

http://subsidence.tk ]

i think jonny cum l8tely need a mention, the singer was great, her vocals were the shit, its a shame the were met by such band as split fact, magnum opus, twght etc........anime.......u guys rocked the nite a way, thats wat rock is all about

thanks, u guys really deserved the stuff that u got... yeah jonny come lately were cool... I saw them at the heats, though I missed them at the finals as I was backstage when they were performing

hey tony.....
i saw you guys and i just have to say awesome you are fucking amazing! its awesome to no that there is talent in the world today and it comes from uppa huttt! hard out man! i think you sung a finch song....you like their music i think they are fucking awesome! totally amazing!! well good luck for everything if you could maybe tell me if n e thing cums up that you guys are dsoing i would love to see you guys perform again! awesome well god bless and peace out love NAT

Hey Rockers ! The Rockquest is a real good chance for bands to make a move to gettin pro , the cunt who keeps on going on about rockquest sucks probably got kicked out of a band for being to shit .
TO ALL THE BANDS WHO PLAYED AT RCKQUEST - YOU GUYS ROCK !
L8taz
Oli

yayay good smiley Amber ( jonny come lately's key board play ) wooo hoo : )

...and how would you describe Perjury who won the Hutt Valley final? What was their X factor for the judges?

Dude, X factor is the thing that no one describe.

im scared, i dont want this to be taken the wrong way, i dont want a bunch of guys from st pats to come along and shoot me cos i dont mean to offend them, i do like perjury, i think they are rocking

BUT... dun dun dun, thats all i thought they were, just and bunch of guys that are truely rocking, so, i feel, that in this wellington MEGA FINAL the X factor was

complete utter rockingness and something that sounds kinda like something else, eep dont shoot me ahhh.
Rockquest as stated on their entry forms do state they support commerical viability which both anime and perjury were but they both also sounded like a standard rock band which they pulled off fantastically.
im not trying to be mean, im not being sour cos my band didnt get as far as them but i do think they are nothing out of the ordinary, but the rockquest do seem to mould their opinions on what is popular at the time such as the have sounding alot like the strokes. ahhh i dont want to be putting out the wrong idea so i will stop

please dont get a bunch of big st pats boy to beat the pants off me, this is CONSTRUCTIVE criticism, not me saying your crappy cos, obviously, your not

Rockquest is a good thing to get your band started and can be a lot of fun, but they are looking for a certin style-not just the best band musically. Which is why alot of bands don't always go as far in it as they should

Rockquest is a good thing for young musicians... not for young bands. It gives people a chance to get up on stage and play music. The bands almost never stay together... it is just the nature of the age of the participants... but some of them will go on to be excellent musicians in other bands, or by themselves.

That is all.

Plus, if they win, they'll be really popular with the other kids.

ayyayay

hardout.........did u check out sum of the more polynesian style bands on fri, they were awsome!

fuck posted instead of replying... i'm a dick, ok...

yeh, funny tho cos i talked to one of the guys in the first pacifca beats band and they were only told that they were just an advert for the Pacifica Beats Nationals after they had played. gutted man.

crowd liked it I think... cos they were all puffed after going so hard out for all the rock bands and it was cool to have something lax.

yeh, funny tho cos i talked to one of the guys in the first pacifca beats band and they were only told that they were just an advert for the Pacifica Beats Nationals after they had played. gutted man.

crowd liked it I think... cos they were all puffed after going so hard out for all the rock bands and it was cool to have something lax.

Too hardcore with image!! what do they want me to do? play a normal bass? not likely, i guess sum cant handle twice the bass :P

Aye, hardout... double bass phatness.

i do believe this thread ois dead though :s

i think the reviewer might be pointing out the entire band...the costumes, dresses, suits and shit...it was a tad overboard. The band who wins the "stage image award" never (well hardly ever) wins the comp.

focus less on how you look and more on how you sound.

awright you say this post is dead but i'm still interested in what anyone thought of Legend of the Red Elephant (band which i play sax in)
I dont expect any replies but theyd be welcome, including criticisms :P

Barnaby

Apparently u dudes got togetha a few weeks / months before the rockquest?
Not my cup of tea, but still cool. Notable talent in other words.

pitty ur singer forgot the words ;)

TO ALL WHO ENTERED WELLINGTON/HUTT VALLEY REGIONAL ROCKQUEST -
can you rockers contact me or my other dudes to set up a all-ages gig for all the bands that entered
IT WILL BE PHAT !
contact oli - ALCOH_OLI_C@hotmail.com
Sweet !
ROCK ON FUCKERS !!!!

http://animeband.orcon.net.nz ]

Magnum opus, these guys rocked they did what they were there for and did it well!
Perjury. K, i need not comment. THEY ROCKED!!!!!
1qa awesome absoultly awesome
Subsidence, kinda random wit the lil asain dude but ya no it just made it all come together Awesome though. i thought you all were awesome and it was a fully awesome nite you all rock and i just wanna say congarts to perjury hu ROCK TO THE NINES awesome shit!