Bands on the Run

This show kicks ass! It's about four indy bands from all over the U.S. that are all on tour together. But the catch is that it's an unorganized tour, and each band must promote and play their own show and their own venue in each city. The pilot was awesome and took place in San Francisco, and only included three of the bands. HARLOW is cute, but they're music isn't all hardcore and edgy like they think it is. FLICKERSTICK just fights all the time, which is good for a reality show, but boring after a while. THE JOSH DODES BAND is also pretty dumb, they're not taking show seriously enough by taking it too seriously. My favorite band is SOULCRACKER, just because they know how to bring in the dough. They're the opposites of what the Josh Dodes band is: they take the show seriously by thwarping the other bands, taking requests and playing covers, playing in city areas restricted from public performance, and being cool little geeks. Hence, they're not taking it seriously, which seems to be what works for whatever band is in the lead that night. Each band tries to make the most money from ticket sales and merch sales. By the end of the tour, there will only be 2 bands left. Soulcracker is gonna win it, because they know what they're doing, despite how other bands think they're doing themselves or how bad soulcracker is doing. Soulcracker, if you read this, it would kick ass to get in contact with you guys before you go on to make it big!

It's good to see a quality reality show so much after the incredibly dull ones like big brother. I think it's vh1's success that they've chosen very interesting individuals as contestants. Everyone on the show brings something unique to it and makes it better. They're all fun, competitive and challenging. But considering their talents as musicians, it's obvious that Flickerstick is ready for success. They have what it takes to be in a rock & roll band. They drink, they pull pranks, they break hearts and they fight. They're real. And when the time comes, they're all about the music. They're all very talented musicians who I believe will make it bigtime if given the chance. Frankly I wasn't one bit surprised when they won the battle of bands and got the prize after being in the last place for so long. It's just so typical of them! They just felt doing something about it and won when everyone thought they were going to lose. For Soulcracker, I think they need to solve the inner personality differences they have if they want to survive in the long run. And for Harlow, at first I didn't like them so much with their vampirish bitchy attitude, then towards the end I realized they're actually good people. I wish them all the success.