If you ask me :) I think this tour is probably being done as a result of >>>>>>>> -- Russell ~ Something To Crowe About

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Date Posted: Tuesday, October 29, 02:50:03pm
Author: kathy c
Subject: If you ask me :) I think this tour is probably being done as a result of >>>>>>>>
In reply to: Chindi 's message, "IS TOFOG IN FOR A RUDE AWAKENING? Serious inquiry-->>" on Tuesday, October 29, 02:42:27pm

two main factors: 1) the record deal with Artemis and 2) the fact that all the other members of TOFOG have other pressing musical or related interests outside of the band. Record companies sign bands to gain exposure, increase record sales, and ultimately, make a profit. What better way to achieve this can having them headline for a major established act? Yes, we as the loyal die-hards we are, would LOVE to see a return to the Stubbs days of yore, to the TOFOG-only gigs that were such great meeting places as well as excellent shows. There will be a few of these now, I understand, but not like before. For me, Jan/Feb are very hard months to schedule time off{ it's much easier to get time off in summer months, and plus coming right after the Christmas season, funds will be a factor. I think from their standpoint, this kind of tour is the only viable alternative. Russell's day job is paramount and so they have to tour when he's available. Naturally, many of the long-time fans will have to skip this go-round but hopefully they will pick up new fans along the way.

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Yes Kathy well reasoned.. and of course true re new record co. and their expectations... but RC has always been one to think outside the box.. lol oh well.. it is what it is.. and we must adapt or perish I suppose. (NT) -- Chindi, Tuesday, October 29, 02:52:43pm
Kathy, ITA with your reasoning. I doubt that Pretenders fans would dismiss the opening act. They would come, if nothing else, out of curiosity, "let's see if that guy from the Gladiator can really rock!". I actually think it's a good thing the Grunts will get to test their mettle in front of a wider audience, not just their rabid fans (yes, by that I mean us, LOL), who pamper them in every possible way :-)) (NT) -- croweberry *kathy I hope you get to see a show near you, be it with TP or just Grunts straight*, Tuesday, October 29, 04:30:56pm
- On the other hand, I think that lots people who will go to the combined Grunts/Tofog gigs, may not be die-hard fans of either band, they're just hoping for a night of a rockin' good time and they will most probably go home happy, and that's the point of it all. (NT) -- croweberry, Tuesday, October 29, 04:40:54pm
  - Ah, fulck, I meant The Pretenders... exqweeze me, I'm slightly overwhelmed by this volcanic eruption of gruntin' news :-) (NT) -- croweberry, Tuesday, October 29, 05:17:06pm
I don't think Russell will be happy with being an opening act - not even a co-headliner. I believe Pretender fans will enjoy Tofog the same way one enjoys opening acts: you see them, you forget them. They'll pick up new fans...perhaps. But do they have to dismiss the old ones in the process? Or they just *know* the old ones will stick along no matter what? That's rather an assumption, Mr. (NT) -- Lallum *not really the best example of offended dignity, but what the heck :)*, Tuesday, October 29, 05:16:27pm

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