Last night’s American Idol saw the long-awaited exit of Ramiele Malubay, but it was also notable for many other reasons–Bucky Covington telling the country that you didn’t really need to win the show in order to have success (perhaps a ploy to make David Cook feel better about his inevitable loss to the overhyped teen dream David Archuleta), Dolly Parton awkwardly telling Simon that he was welcome back at Dollywood anytime, the Ford commercial forcing the top nine Idols to rap “It’s Tricky,” the Ramiele sandwich at show’s end. But I was most excited about the return of The Clark Brothers, the pinup-ready bluegrass trio who won 19 Entertainment’s little-watched The Next Great American Band and who I was convinced were going to be nothing more than glorified hand models within the Idol universe this season. MORE »
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The Clark Brothers Shine Their Light, Nearly Blind Brooke White
10:20 AM on Thu Apr 3 2008 The contestants aren't used to passionate, exciting performances. Congratulations to the Clark Brothers for the best performance of country week! I think their performance ignited a spark withing Brook's dull little world & her body was having a melt down!! Go Clark Brothers! Thanks for showing us what a real performance is all about!!
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Great Moments In Synergy: Or, Why Winning On TV May Not Equal Winning In Real Life
Those of you who had your Friday nights open last fall, or who delighted in watching as I squirmed my way through televised music competitions featuring not-so-great “talent,” may remember The Next Great American Band, the “American Idol for bands” that aired to middling numbers and no chance in… MORE »
3:15 AM on Tue Mar 18 2008 Was that one of them playing slide geetar for Chikeze? They didn't show any faces...just anonymous fingers...
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As my Christmas present to you (and myself), I will not go into full detail about the final episode of The Next Great American Band, which aired Friday night to a little bit of fanfare (I think?). MORE »
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As my Christmas present to you (and myself), I will not go into full detail about the final episode of The Next Great American Band, which aired Friday night to a little bit of fanfare (I think?). MORE »
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You would think that The Next Great American Band would at least rate a live finale, but no: The last episode of the series, during which the winning band was crowned, was actually taped Sunday night. MORE »
9:45 AM on Tue Dec 18 2007 Oh good, the band I wanted to win won. And the band I wanted to come in second place came in second place. And the band I wanted to never hear from again wasn't mentioned. Maybe it's not such a bad show after all!
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You would think that The Next Great American Band would at least rate a live finale, but no: The last episode of the series, during which the winning band was crowned, was actually taped Sunday night. MORE »
9:45 AM on Tue Dec 18 2007 Oh good, the band I wanted to win won. And the band I wanted to come in second place came in second place. And the band I wanted to never hear from again wasn't mentioned. Maybe it's not such a bad show after all!
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Oh no! The just-voted-off Light Of Doom is claiming that the music supervisor for The Next Great American Band totally screwed them over during Queen week, a.k.a. the week that led to their exit from the competition: “The show’s music director Ricky Minor arranged ALL of the music for us this week. MORE »
4:45 AM on Mon Dec 17 2007 @dennisobell: well, to be fair, 'stone cold crazy' would have been a MUCH better choice for them. and if that thing about the drums is true, then they definitely got screwed. IT'S ALL FIXED FOR DENVER AND THE SHITTY BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA
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Oh no! The just-voted-off Light Of Doom is claiming that the music supervisor for The Next Great American Band totally screwed them over during Queen week, a.k.a. the week that led to their exit from the competition: “The show’s music director Ricky Minor arranged ALL of the music for us this week. MORE »
4:45 AM on Mon Dec 17 2007 @dennisobell: well, to be fair, 'stone cold crazy' would have been a MUCH better choice for them. and if that thing about the drums is true, then they definitely got screwed. IT'S ALL FIXED FOR DENVER AND THE SHITTY BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA
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“The Next Great American Band” Staggers Toward The Finish Line
It was kind of embarrassing when the host of The Next Great American Band touted the two million votes received by the show’s phone lines last week, although you had to give him credit for trying: Compared to this year’s record sales, after all, two million does sound like a big number. (Which makes one wonder: Is the prize of a record deal really all that great? Another question for another time, I suppose.) Anyway, with only three bands remaining, each band got to perform three–three!–songs; two covers selected by the show’s powers that be and one original. And the post-show voting would be not for the purpose of saving a band from getting voted off, but to allow one band to declare victory! Which fanbase would sacrifice its Friday night for the chance to make their band No. 1 on one of prime-time TV’s lowest-rated shows? MORE »
2:30 AM on Mon Dec 17 2007 clark brothers are actually i think one of the better performers. i felt dot dot dot could have really been a great first American band winner...but my heart is to clark since dot has left. denver could never be marketed toward the 'money' audience. and i dont think we need another brooks & dunn plus three..but who know? and with a friday 9pm time slot, i guess who really cares huh?
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i think the show could have been a success..
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More Next Great American Band spoilers. Come on, there are only two episodes left! Surely you can bring yourself to care at least a little bit, especially since this particular spoiler has resulted in the Vote For The Worst faithful deciding to abandon the show en masse. And when they’ve left… MORE »
8:56 AM on Thu Dec 13 2007 This actually makes me want to watch this Friday's episode more -- I wanna see what happens when this...er (watching for spoilers) band's fervent and blood-bound fanbase revolts.
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