{"id":520,"date":"2009-03-09T20:22:44","date_gmt":"2009-03-09T19:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/?p=520"},"modified":"2009-05-22T23:14:48","modified_gmt":"2009-05-22T22:14:48","slug":"rogue-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/03\/09\/rogue-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Rogue States"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mike\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Nearly every teenage boy at some point has strutted his stuff playing air guitar in front of the mirror, delusions of grandeur reflected in eyes and dreamed of being a rock star.<\/p>\n

90% never pick up an instrument.<\/p>\n

5% decide it’s not for then and turn to computer games for amusement.<\/p>\n

3% try and then give up after their first few testosterone fuelled gigs citing “artistic differences” as a reason to quit<\/p>\n

1% will go on and on trying, jumping from place to place trying their luck at becoming the next big thing, but never really hanging around long enough to make it work.<\/p>\n

Then there is the last 1% that will hang in there, persistently playing to the same crowd in the same venues with the same band members over and over again until maybe if they are lucky they will get the break they have laboured for, the break they deserve…<\/p>\n

…hopefully these guys will be getting their break soon! They’ve worked so hard, for so long they deserve it.<\/p>\n

www.roguestates.net<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

With support dates with Razorlight, the lovely Andy Burrows (formally of Razorlight) signing them to his new record label “Evelyn B” and the imminent release of their debut EP “Kings of the Ghost Town Mile” things are looking up,<\/p>\n

Lets hope this upward trend lasts and they get some major label interest soon and in the meantime check them out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nearly every teenage boy at some point has strutted his stuff playing air guitar in front of the mirror, delusions of grandeur reflected in eyes and dreamed of being a rock star. 90% never pick up an instrument. 5% decide it’s not for then and turn to computer games for amusement. 3% try and then … Continue reading Rogue States<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[64,76,1],"tags":[559,75],"class_list":["post-520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-friends","category-music","category-wbiagw","tag-music","tag-rogue-states"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6WGy-8o","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":684,"url":"https:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/02\/10\/rogue-states-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":520,"position":0},"title":"Rogue States","date":"February 10, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"James' cousin's band Rogue States released their d\u00c3\u00a9but E.P Lights last year, and to go with it they shot an amazing music video. 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