This is a topic that has been on my mind probably forever, but I never really thought about making a topic about it until now. When I was a kid and I first got deep into VK, one thing that definitely played a role in my interest in going deeper and deeper was my interest in band histories. Think for instance something like Vocals: Mao (Ex. SELFRUSH ā SADIE (ćµćć£) ā Sadie , ā The THIRTEEN , ā Sadie , The THIRTEEN). That kind of thing.
Some reasons why band histories interested me was that:
1: I usually enjoyed the past bands of band members A LOT, it seems like musicians are often more boisterous, angsty and passionate when theyāre just starting their careers, but they donāt have to skillset to take that passion to its fullest yet.
2: For novelty value. Having rare sought-after bands can have a nice āfeelingā to it, especially when newer to that whole thing. I donāt know if this seems selfish or goes into the whole āhoardersā mentality but itās something many of us can probably relate to on some level.
3: Appreciating the āindie soundā. I feel like early/preliminary bands have a less refined and more offhand sound which appeals to me and this somewhat fits into 1 regarding the less refined bit.
4: Guessing what to expect. This sounds a bit counter productive to an earlier point but part of my enjoyment in preliminary bands is that I can look into the memberās band histories and guess what kind of awesome sound I might expect when I hear them. Iām often right!
I think we all have different reasons for being interested in band memberās previous bands but Iām curious what everyone elses experiences/perspectives are with this!
) it makes sense if you want to see what else theyāve been in. You can also see how much they improved (or didnāt) over the course of their career, especially in the case of singers. I only got into VK some years ago, but I used and still use databases like vkgy (or visual ioner back then) to explore bands this way.