For discussion...
Feb. 28th, 2004 04:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mrphThe British artists listed in the 2004 Leipzig WGT line-up (so far):
Anne Clark & David Harrow (UK) - Aslan Faction (UK) - Coil (GB) - Fixmer/Mc Carthy (F/GB) - Killing Ophelia (GB) - My dying Bride (UK) - Sexgang Children (UK) - Skeletal Family (UK) - Skinflick (UK) - Tactical Sekt (UK) - Wakeford/Howden (UK)
The US contribution:
Antiworld (USA) - Diva Destruction (USA) - Mephisto Waltz (USA) - The Crüxshadows (USA) - Unto Ashes (USA)
...and this year there are (so far) no bands identified as Canadian.
As ever, the UK names are an eclectic mix. A few reasonably big names from Ye Olden Days, a couple of more recent bands on European labels... and one or two that just perplex me.
At least with the US bands, you can understand why they're playing. There may be other American bands who ought to get the chance at Leipzig, but all the ones they've chosen are (IMHO) known quantities with a successful track record.
Which isn't to begrudge any of the UK names their shot at hitting it big in Leipzig. Just to wonder how they managed to get the slot, and why so many of the current British bands never manage to get their hooks into Germany... surely it can't just be a label thing, can it?
Anne Clark & David Harrow (UK) - Aslan Faction (UK) - Coil (GB) - Fixmer/Mc Carthy (F/GB) - Killing Ophelia (GB) - My dying Bride (UK) - Sexgang Children (UK) - Skeletal Family (UK) - Skinflick (UK) - Tactical Sekt (UK) - Wakeford/Howden (UK)
The US contribution:
Antiworld (USA) - Diva Destruction (USA) - Mephisto Waltz (USA) - The Crüxshadows (USA) - Unto Ashes (USA)
...and this year there are (so far) no bands identified as Canadian.
As ever, the UK names are an eclectic mix. A few reasonably big names from Ye Olden Days, a couple of more recent bands on European labels... and one or two that just perplex me.
At least with the US bands, you can understand why they're playing. There may be other American bands who ought to get the chance at Leipzig, but all the ones they've chosen are (IMHO) known quantities with a successful track record.
Which isn't to begrudge any of the UK names their shot at hitting it big in Leipzig. Just to wonder how they managed to get the slot, and why so many of the current British bands never manage to get their hooks into Germany... surely it can't just be a label thing, can it?
