manics official site - latest news / comments - Forever Delayed

everlasting · #1 11-06-2007, 22:27

Does anyone else agree with me and think it's still as crap as it always has been, if not worse?
The music page still says "We are still waiting for this section, it's gonna be badass". Badass, what the hell are they on about?
There's no forum, no decent gallery of the band except a few pics from the making of the music video for YLAINE. The look of it is awful, all dull greys.
Oh well.

Manicben · #2 11-06-2007, 23:16

Official sites are never good

However Manics website is better than it has ever been,lots of updates from the band,blogs pics of different things from the tour.

Im quite enjoying the from the field feature.

El_Scorcho · #3 12-06-2007, 00:04

Its still a bit bollocks, I just get all my news here now (suck-up!!

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Nicola17 · #4 12-06-2007, 00:08

It's still not great, but it's significantly better than it has been in the past - the blogs and reports from the field are a nice touch. I expect that more will be added to the site with the release of the next single.

mattm · #5 12-06-2007, 00:14

i think the site is better than it was but still not very good. what happend to all the old pics of the band? whatever happend to them setting up that part where we could downlaod songs?
i only used to get info from the forum but then that went and i came over to here. id been looking on here for a while before but thought that cus i was on the 'official forum' it ment that it was somehow better. i dont plan to go on another official manics forum again. FD has it all.

La_Fouinard · #6 12-06-2007, 06:35

Yeah the site does need work but that's primarily because it isn't complete yet! If/when they complete I think the site will rock!

Besides the blog and studio rehearsal footage up just now definitely justifies it's existence.

sbs · #7 12-06-2007, 07:53

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Originally Posted by mattm

only used to get info from the forum but then that went and i came over to here. id been looking on here for a while before but thought that cus i was on the 'official forum' it ment that it was somehow better. i dont plan to go on another official manics forum again. FD has it all.

Excellent. Comments like that make it all worthwhile

Dancing Kirby · #8 12-06-2007, 11:51

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Originally Posted by everlasting

The music page still says "We are still waiting for this section, it's gonna be badass". Badass, what the hell are they on about?

That is the best bit of the site! Not least because it's pretty obvious the page isn't going to be badass.

Imperial Bodybag NO. 17 · #9 13-06-2007, 18:41

something I would have liked to have seen on the site would be a section where you can download live concerts. Metallica have this on theirs. The more recent ones you have to pay for ($10 for a 2 hour set isn't that bad) and older concerts they occasionally put on for free. Think this is a great idea.

relic · #10 13-06-2007, 23:09

Whoever is running that site can't even manage to get the festival dates up. Any casual or new fan looking at it would think that nothing is happening until December. It's a damn poor showing for something that is being paid for.

Kieslowski · #11 13-06-2007, 23:17

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Originally Posted by relic

Whoever is running that site can't even manage to get the festival dates up. Any casual or new fan looking at it would think that nothing is happening until December. It's a damn poor showing for something that is being paid for.

No change there then...

I'm just appalled that I had to sign up for the newsletter twice (using an email address that is not as convenient as my hotmail one)... and when I emailed the people who run the site about it, they said they didn't have access to the mailing list and that was that. How useless is that?

relic · #12 13-06-2007, 23:20

Only twice?

I've signed up at least twelve times now.

/elitist

Classified Machine · #13 13-07-2007, 17:38

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Originally Posted by Dancing Kirby

That is the best bit of the site! Not least because it's pretty obvious the page isn't going to be badass.

OH YE OF LITTLE FAITH!...The music page has now arrived and is soooooo BADASS. The greatest page in internet history, oh yes. Errrr....okay, maybe not but it is actually quite good. You can listen to every album they're ever released.... in full! That is pretty good.

Not so sure however about the 'user contributed notes'. The one for Send Away the Tigers is described as "The Manic's best album in my opinion. Sublime post-punk coupled with dark, thought-provoking lyrics combine to create a brutal, yet brilliant, assault on the senses. Listen at max. volume in a darkened room for the full mind-blowing effect! 10/10" which is also the exact same notes as for the Holy Bible (Which I'm guessing is one it was intended for) And I'm sure I've read that somewhere else before anyway. So more like 'Website designers contributed notes, which he/she has lifted from somewhere else'

BordersPaul · #14 13-07-2007, 19:22

Thats pretty damn good actually, for a band to let you hear all their albums for free is a good thing in this day and age

Cuppa · #15 13-07-2007, 19:38

Is it just me or does the background go strange when you scroll down?