Here Today... Gone To Hell!

Ok I posted this in dead horse.. but I realized no ones gonna respond.. so...

Whats all this I hear about "street teams" being mentioned in the past? What are they.. and what does Mysterion have to do with em? (I head him mentioned along with him)

Sorry if this has been discussed

street teams are groups of fans of a band that get packages promoting new stuff (new dvd, new tour, new album, etc.)  they get stuff like stickers, posters, clings (these smaller posters that use static to cling to stuff), bumper stickers, etc. that have the bands name, the album name, release date and website so other non fans, or long ago fans can find out about the new album/tour/whatever so it sells better.

So when was GN'R supposed to get some? Anyone? I know this was talked about before...

Probably when there's something to promote.



/jarmo

Iv'e always presumed that's the way it normally works...

There were street teams for the 2002 North American tour.


Also, some plans on how to organize future street teams were made in 2004 (I think). But nothing was promoted.

Some people think the teams were working in 2004, but that wasn't the case.




/jarmo

I would encourage people not to engage in street team activity; I know when I read messages from street teamers on other boards, it annoys me to no end.  Plus, idiots carelessly toss around empty titles like East Coast Street Team President, as if that justifies spamming. It is better to spread the word of Axl by word of mouth when and where appropriate and not engaging in the base actions of die hard Britney Spears and/or Linkin Park fanatics.

Street teams?
TELL MERCK TO DO HIS JOB.

Funny.  ::)




/jarmo

That's a waste, and no one even sees those things, people just assume its for a garage sale or something.  IT's just clutter.  Crappy bands do that here in L.A. and then they drop off the face of the earth.

Why does GNR need street teams ???????

Granted it's not the original lineup but they're not a fucking garage band out of New Jersey.  Just buy CD when and if it comes out and buy tickets to the concerts. 

Stay out the streets

Some people tried to start a street team in 2004/5. The furthest they got was a website and forum.

It was funny because they called it the "official" Guns n Roses Street Team, and recieved a email from the GnR Management telling them to stop it.

I'm serious. I was not even "trying" to be funny. It's his job to promote the band.

I'm glad you know what his job is.  : ok:



/jarmo

i actually do street team stuff as my job making 15 bucks an hour but Ill do it for free if people are getting one together here in LA for GnR.  I know all the best spots to hang shit and hand shit out etc....

Axl doesn't need street teams. The very second he gives the 'go' signal for CD, it will be on CNN.

Well, it depends on how you look at it!
I would do the street team for showing my support to Axl and the band. Not for making this the best selling album. I would only do it for
the fun, and support!

GNR is my all time favorite band but......................

give me a break on having them have street teams. 

This is Axl Rose for christ's sake.   EVERYONE has heard of him and GNR and CD will have NO problem selling itself.

The day after Axl's new band played the MTV MVA in 2002, they were on CNN actually... The journalist said after having commented other bands :"...and this was presented as Guns N'Roses although Axl Rose is the only original member."


Don't expect too much help from CNN to promote CD...

I feel the same way.. I'd feel like a douche anyways going so bonkers over this band acting like paul revere screaming cd is coming..

The ground work was layed down with the gnr from yesteryear.. it might just be fun if you are a teen wanting to expereince something now..

let axl promote this thing after all the time waiting for it..

CNN only reports negative stuff.  Philadelphia 02 had so much airtime, it was unbelievable.  I can just imagine that smartass Anderson Cooper bad mouth GNR.

There hasn't been anythink positive to report. Axl coming out the house isn't news.

positive or negative it's all good news.. Worry when people stop caring

what about the street teams now? :hihi:

Street Teams? Its not like this is a fucking religion and we're trying to get people to convert. Its music. Nothing more...nothing less.

The NY shows sold out in 3 minutes, I think they can manage on their own.

We will sort something out at an appropriate time

It's not all about that though

Sometimes fans want to give something back to the band, and this is one way of doing that.

Some of us are waiting for the band to give a certain something to us first ;D

yeah, just hope that HE knows what his job is, besides give vague answers......

I just joking around, he's probably great at what he does, he's obviously successful, just not at getting any music out of Axl, but it's not his fault

just didn't want to start an argument ;D

Street teams are the kinda thing bon jovi would have to promote anything... I mean a bunch of GN'R Fans with stickers and posters and spreading around flyers, thats's so gay....

I wouldn't be surprised if there are no street teams this time around....

actually, i think the board members are kind of fufilling this role now.

very good  :peace:



that's right  : ok:

As amazing as they are, I think paying money for albums, concert tickets and merchandise is enough to give back to the band.

maybe he wasn't talking about money...

Here we go again & it's friday night

BP FOR NORTH AMERICAN PRESIDENT //  :peace:

 ;D

Sometimes fans have been giving everything they could to the band for the past 7 years with no support from said band or their management or anyone related whatsoever to the band. Maybe this is restricted to certain countries.



Here we go again. ;D BP is drunk again. ;D
(j/k, relax ;))

If Guns N' Roses total fanbase is 100 percent, then Guns N' Roses Internet fanbase is about 5 percent.

Sometimes us "internet" fans act as if we are the only fans they have....

It's a big world.

So now we're arguing whether or not it's good for street teams to promote GN'R? Some people can find a problem with any and everything.

Well you couldn't do much worse for us, but I dont know how Mexico or Canada will feel about this.

whatever happened to that street team stuff that was getting organized back in 2004?  wouldn't now be about the right time to get something like that going in full motion?  ???   nobody i know has any clue GNR is about to start a US tour and they dont even know about the European tour until I tell them..   I remember everyone was all gung ho with that whole street team thing then it just kind of died down.

its quite strange that theres almost no publicity whatsoever for these tour dates.

I know what you mean, but I mention the band as much as possible already. I let my college professor listen to a copy of Better because he's always recommending bands for us to listen to. He responded with, "That song rocks!"

Raven

Wo0o0o. My old thread got resurrected by being merged into a new thread! I rule!  :hihi:

Anyways.. street team, feet team...

Though I would like a bunch of GNR stickers to put everywhere!

I've got an idea what we could do!

Take a paper, cut out the words CHINESE DEMOCRACY and then spray paint the letters all over the streets!

ya i was never really sure if it was a good idea or not, but if its something GNR management wanted to do wouldn't now be the time?

I would think so, it feels like it. I listened to some of the "new" songs again today, after not doing so for a while, and it got me really excited again. I can't wait until they come to Phoenix or Tucson (and I already went to all 4 Hammerstein shows).

Raven

If they want me to put some fucking stickers around town, sure I'll do it. It can only be better for them.

i will be at any shows in Phoenix or Tucson as well  :peace:   and vegas!   we haven't had a show in arizona in over 15 years!

and theres a lot of people here in tucson who say they love GNR.. but they have no idea whats going on.

It would be lame to do such cheap advertising.

^^^LOL, better than no fucking advertising, which is what they're doing now

Uhhh...yeah, only nobody's use such lame tactics.  ::)

dude, every band has street teams

Name a big band that does.

Buckcherry does.

Oooooohhhh Buckcherry, I'm so impressed.  :-X

BIG bands, legendary bands dudes, Buckcherry can't hold GN'R's jockstrap.

quoted form Christos AG:

"Don't forget the street teams, Mysteron said they'll start again when things will move. So, soon enough we'll know."

(source: http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/board/index.php?topic=24134.msg425511#msg425511)

is that enough evidence for you, King Garry?  :smoking:

I'll guarantee you that more people probably know about Buckcherry than the new GN'R. You say Guns N' Roses nowadays and the first thing people say is "Oh, I like Velvet Revolver." Sad, but true.

Raven

Did Sanctuary use street teams to promote Iron Maiden's new album?  I don't think so, that's just a tactic that I don't see Merck using.

Megadeth. Are they big enough?

Nah, they're not mainstream successes.  They've only sold 15 million albums throughout their career.  Think of the Stones, Springsteen...big name acts.  As much as some might hate to acknowledge, GN'R is still a top act.  : ok:

well garry, i don't really care what you think merck's tactics are, you're just an 18 year old kid and have a lot to learn yet about business and the music industry

I'm not saying either that GNR will definately have street teams, but i think you're being just a bit ignorant by making statements like "only nobody's [sic] use such lame tactics."  Especially when Mystereon has said that GNR will have street teams.

It doesn't get much more mainstream than Megadeth. Are they the Stones in terms of commercial success? hell no, but I think many bands would love to have that kind of career.

Nonlinear, that's your opinion and it's cool, but when you go out to your local telephone pole and look at all the junk pasted on it, you're like, "Who ARE these people?"

Right , those are local bands! We are saying that plenty of mainstream bands use Street Teams as well. Gn'R has been out of the public eye for a while ( in terms of record releases) and they need all the help they can get. Street Teams involve a lot more than papering your local corner telephone pole :peace:

thats only because there's a lot more unknown bands than known bands, fool.  think about things before you say them.

Buckcherry is much more mainstream than GNR is right now guys.  I'm sure GNR would love for a single off their album to do as well or be as good as Crazy Bitch.  That song reminds me of what GNR used to be like.  Raw and awesome!!!

As long as it's done in a tasteful manner and doesn't sully the GN'R name and legacy.

Right now, if I were to go and stand on a busy street corner, with a Megaphone and yell " GUNS N ROSES-CHINESE DEMOCRACY STARTS....UMMM FAIRLY SOON!!" then that would be more promotion that what is currently being done publicly  for Gn'R . If you need proof of that, look at their quarter-assed ( Half assed, would be a compliment) "official" site that has the 2002 logo up for 2006 dates. The same site that apparently thinks Europe is unimportant as there were no dates listed for the entire 06 European Tour.

I agree, GN'R doesn't do much promotion, but still, Europe was a success eh?

^^^WOW this guy loves to argue, even when he's clearly wrong about something, he'll just keep changing his argument ever so slightly to keep it going

The whole point of this message board is to discuss things.   :confused:

I agree that GNR needs a little help in the promotion department. Everytime I bring them up, people say, "They are still around?" They have lots of fans that don't come on to these forums and because of that they never knew about the European tour or about the album coming out this year. However, once they decide on a release date I'm sure they will start some decent promotion with or without street teams.

Garry you clearly don't understand. Your like, what? A little kid? Yeah. So your opinion is invalid. Duh.

Also, if you want my opinion GNR definitly doesn't need a street team (though it might be fun.) Give em some time on MTV and they'll be fine from there. To be fair about the "what about megadeth" discussion.. Megadeth doesn't exactly get too much airplay on MTV when they release a naw album.. they are more underground than GNR.

GNR will have promo when they decide to go out and get some. Otherwise, lets not worry.

   -jack

PS. Garry you are dumb. Dumbdumbdumbdumbdumbdumb... dumbo!

Jack, I'm gonna have to disagree, because I love to argue.

Maybe street teams were cool if you were born in '79, but Jack you old fart, need to get with the times.

P.S.  You don't know anything about the industry and your mom sounds like she's 20.

Your a joke coke boy. You kids and your fancy smancy CD's. I listen'd to phonographs back in '12.

Street teams are needed for a big band like GNR. Im a member of the Rolling Stone street team!  ;D