How The Watchmen can help you with your band

So I just watched The Watchmen last night. Overall I would say it was the best movie I had paid to see in a theater in a long time. There was however one thing that really got in the way of my enjoyment of this film. There is one thing that might keep me from buying the DVD of it when it comes out. There seemed to be an overload of blue Smurf penis!



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It’s all about target audience. Now I know I have talked about target audience before, but I figured this controversy over the big blue Smurf penis was a great opportunity to not only bring it up again, but also maybe give people more perspective. So when you decide on a musical style, look, or artwork you have to keep your overall fanbase in mind. What if Gwar put out a cd with no talk of any sex, violence, drugs, or sacrilege? What if Manowar put out a cd about giving people hugs and smelling flowers? What if Nickleback didn’t water everything down to the point where it had no taste? Their fans would be not only disappointed, but they would be probably be pretty pissed off too.

The Watchmen did a smart thing when they didn’t hold back on the sex and violence. There is a major lack of comic book inspired movies for adults. Hollywood always softens thing up so they can get all ages in, then no one cares and they think they have proof that these kinds of movies don’t work. Because the movie is so harsh it is going to attract a very passionate group of fans that will be buying this movie over and over again for decades. However, it is going to cost them a few DVD sales because most guys don’t want to watch a big blue schlong for three hours. I don’t care if the original comic book had that or not. I’m pretty sure the people turned off by the big blue penis greatly out numbers the people that would be turned on by it.

Now of course some may say that you should always push the boundaries and bring things to levels they have never been before, but most bands can’t pull that off. The ones that can still only end up getting a few thousand fans at best. GG Allin never headlined any major club tours. Sure if your band is happy playing to half filled clubs with the capacity of 250 then go for it. This blog is not for you. This is for the bands that want to take it to the next level. Is it about getting your music out to as many people as possible? Then you need to balance the priorities. Stop and think if that soft sappy love ballad is something your fans would despise or love. For most of the bands that would be reading this, a love ballad would be career suicide. It would be like putting a big blue cock all over a movie that would have otherwise kicked more ass than 99% of the movies Hollywood releases now.

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