Why Didn't Soul Sirkus Do Well?l

[perryswoman]

Okay first let me say I am not here to start a fight but why didn't this band get good reviews? I saw JSS with Journey and thought we was fantastic although I like him better in SS but it just seemed he and Neal had good chemistry in that band and Neal could rock alittle harder? Why didn't they do well?

[Ehwmatt]

It was a good project, that's all I can say... can't answer your question

[Don]

Imagine if it would have done well. Augeri might have been given a little more time off or even let go and things might have been completely diferent in regards to where Journey is now.

[Arkansas]

Used to wonder if SS didn't take themselves way too seriously. Not saying they should have just been a garage band playing for funsies, but I do think they over-produced themselves a bit. They were a super group of relative unknowns and the timing was off for a heavy R&B almost progressive thing.

Btw, always wished they'd covered Grand Funk Railroad's 'Some Kind of Wonderful' for a radio song & show opener. (I think there are several GFR songs they could redo quite well.) They could have had some sort of edgy dim orchestration just trickling thru that crescendo'd a bit into the drums & bass that starts that song. That could quickly crescendo into punching you right in the face just before Soto rips into the opening lines. He would move over to the keys and then Neal comes out on guitar. Always thought that would be a fun cool way to open their shows.


later~

[Rick]

Btw, always wished they'd covered Grand Funk Railroad's 'Some Kind of Wonderful'

I had never even considered this notion, but you're absolutely right. Good call man.

[StoneCold]

Been a while, your thread gave me reason to spin it again.

The one thing that stands out more than any other is the lack of hooks. It plays more like a long jam than anything else.

It reminds me of an album that's similar in style (heavy guitar driven rock) but completely full of hooks and melody.

Giant - Last of the Runaways

Innocent Days
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yNGGy1I5gs

SS suffered 'cause despite funding it and being as dedicated as he might of been, this was still a side project for Neal. If it didn't fly, oh well, there's always that other successful band to go back to.

[Maui Tom]

probably means little but it was one of the worst names for a band ever...

[Rick]

probably means little but it was one of the worst names for a band ever...

Agreed. How can the gathering of such great musicians come up with that? That name sucks.

[whirlwind]

"Had I known that everything was going to be so sleepy in America, nobody would even know who we were; I would have just done two months in Europe and forgotten about America right now."........Neal Schon

Maybe S.S. will make a comeback someday when Schon's name becomes a household name.

[SF-Dano]

probably means little but it was one of the worst names for a band ever...

Agreed. How can the gathering of such great musicians come up with that? That name sucks.

I can think of worse. Two words.........."Chicken Foot".

[Rick]

probably means little but it was one of the worst names for a band ever...

Agreed. How can the gathering of such great musicians come up with that? That name sucks.

I can think of worse. Two words.........."Chicken Foot".

Yeah, that one is another "What were they thinking" moment.

[StoneCold]

probably means little but it was one of the worst names for a band ever...

Agreed. How can the gathering of such great musicians come up with that? That name sucks.

I can think of worse. Two words.........."Chicken Foot".

Yeah, that one is another "What were they thinking" moment.

I'd love to see what names these two bands threw away. LOL

[Rick]

probably means little but it was one of the worst names for a band ever...

Agreed. How can the gathering of such great musicians come up with that? That name sucks.

I can think of worse. Two words.........."Chicken Foot".

Yeah, that one is another "What were they thinking" moment.

I'd love to see what names these two bands threw away. LOL

Frumious Bandersnatch. LMAO!!!

[StoneCold]

probably means little but it was one of the worst names for a band ever...

Agreed. How can the gathering of such great musicians come up with that? That name sucks.

I can think of worse. Two words.........."Chicken Foot".

Yeah, that one is another "What were they thinking" moment.

I'd love to see what names these two bands threw away. LOL

Frumious Bandersnatch. LMAO!!!

The Pretty Rickys ... "pRickys"

[SF-Dano]

probably means little but it was one of the worst names for a band ever...

Agreed. How can the gathering of such great musicians come up with that? That name sucks.

I can think of worse. Two words.........."Chicken Foot".

Yeah, that one is another "What were they thinking" moment.

I'd love to see what names these two bands threw away. LOL

Frumious Bandersnatch. LMAO!!!

Hippiepotamus....Rumpled Foreskin

[perryswoman]

Yea I went back and watched a ton of videos last night and I like JSS singing TBF and ROR but nothing before that but he is very talented and sure has some great stage prescence with SS and Neal and I really like their covering Purple Rain and Faithfully. OH WELL

[fightingilliniJRNY]

probably means little but it was one of the worst names for a band ever...

Agreed. How can the gathering of such great musicians come up with that? That name sucks.

As a side note, as good as JSS' new project sounds...naming the band W.E.T. is absolutely ridiculous. They couldn't come up with a better name than taking the initials of the members' previous bands? How am I going to bring this up in conversation? "Yeah, have you heard the new album by wet?"

Soul Sirkus, W.E.T., yikes.

[StoneCold]

probably means little but it was one of the worst names for a band ever...

Agreed. How can the gathering of such great musicians come up with that? That name sucks.

As a side note, as good as JSS' new project sounds...naming the band W.E.T. is absolutely ridiculous. They couldn't come up with a better name than taking the initials of the members' previous bands? How am I going to bring this up in conversation? "Yeah, have you heard the new album by wet?"

Soul Sirkus, W.E.T., yikes.

Agree, WET sounds like something from the funky fresh 80s.

[Jana]

I've listened to some of Soul Sirkus' stuff. Not my thing.

[Deb]

I like SS! It's dirty rock, gritty rock, hard rock.............not everything has to have poppy hooks. Would love to have seen SS LIVE..........and would be cool to see Jeff and Marco work together again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPja-p4w ... re=related

[Arianddu]

How am I going to bring this up in conversation? "Yeah, have you heard the new album by wet?"

It poses another interesting problem - years ago a friend googled the band 'Wet Wet Wet' and had to go through three pages of porn before getting to the band. I tried it today and it's no longer a problem, but I can imagine the responses a few word combinations from potential song titles with the band name might get; W.E.T. + love, hot, lady, etc.

[Behshad]

I've listened to some of Soul Sirkus' stuff. Not my thing.

Soul SirkUs was great LIVE, but the cd is/was just ok.

[StoneCold]

How am I going to bring this up in conversation? "Yeah, have you heard the new album by wet?"

It poses another interesting problem - years ago a friend googled the band 'Wet Wet Wet' and had to go through three pages of porn

You call that a problem...




some call it a bonus.

[Arianddu]

It poses another interesting problem - years ago a friend googled the band 'Wet Wet Wet' and had to go through three pages of porn

You call that a problem...

some call it a bonus.

Sigh. Get out of the Bishmobile, Stoney, you can walk home.

[Lula]

because azoff wouldn't let them.

[StoneCold]

It poses another interesting problem - years ago a friend googled the band 'Wet Wet Wet' and had to go through three pages of porn

You call that a problem...

some call it a bonus.

Sigh. Get out of the Bishmobile, Stoney, you can walk home.

Hell no! I won't go! I'm driving this thing we call lust. Remember?!


To the BishMo!

[fightingilliniJRNY]

because azoff wouldn't let them.

Couldn't be that other than Neal Schon, nobody knew who anybody in the band was, right?

[steveo777]

Well, I certainly would not trade Journey for SS and that might be what would have come to if Neal would have stayed committed to it.

[fightingilliniJRNY]

Well, I certainly would not trade Journey for SS and that might be what would have come to if Neal would have stayed committed to it.

That's what some people say, and that's why some people say that the band was deliberately sabotaged by Journey's management. The common belief all along was that some people in Journey's management wouldn't let Neal take the time necessary to start-up the band and wouldn't properly support it as they would any other up-and-coming band.

Neal got his second chance with the JSS-fronted Journey, and from all accounts it was the best of both worlds for Mr. Schon - a band that was poised to rock harder with his choice of frontman, and a band that had name recognition to continue to be big.

And the rest I'll leave blank.

[steveo777]

Well, I certainly would not trade Journey for SS and that might be what would have come to if Neal would have stayed committed to it.

That's what some people say, and that's why some people say that the band was deliberately sabotaged by Journey's management. The common belief all along was that some people in Journey's management wouldn't let Neal take the time necessary to start-up the band and wouldn't properly support it as they would any other up-and-coming band.

Neal got his second chance with the JSS-fronted Journey, and from all accounts it was the best of both worlds for Mr. Schon - a band that was poised to rock harder with his choice of frontman, and a band that had name recognition to continue to be big.

And the rest I'll leave blank.

So in the end, Azoff wouldn't let them is probably a pretty true statement.