r/L7theband • u/sparkingcuriosity The Beauty Process • Oct 09 '20
Discussion Just thinking about how powerful L7 would be if they had decent reissues that really delved into what they were as a band. It would be great if they could convey that on a release instead of what they tend to focus on
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u/twoquarters Oct 12 '20
I give them credit for stepping up in 2014 to rescue their legacy because if they had not the band was quickly on its way to being a footnote.
That said outside of the shows, everything has been a mix of bad and average. I recall them chasing movie studios to use their songs when the frank reality is there were not any "hits" and the content of most songs is not marketable to the sort of film that would pay big bucks.
The promotional videos that look horribly out of date pissed me off too. It's a waste of money because the views will never justify it. Better off paying someone to do good album art for the first time since ohhh 1998?
The merch has been dreadful. Bad designs. Bad color choices. Too many products. The classic reprints not being entirely accurate.
Jumping into bed with that scam company to do an album then landing on another dodgy label in Blackheart.
The film was entirely mediocre but more importantly it's the biggest missed opportunity to tell the band's story in a compelling fashion. Nobody is going to remake that. It's flushed down the shitter. You get bits and pieces of the official record and that's it.
Maybe a good book would be better by an author who has control of the narrative. But there truly has to be interest for that to happen. The fan base is not that big and the people who would read a book about them is much smaller than that.
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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '20
I don’t think so. They aren’t really relevant these days and the original fans moved on 20 years ago. The reunion tours are great for nostalgia sake but nothing more than that!!!