Blog: YuppiePunk | Adventures in Middlebrow

Here's the thing about being a roommate on MTV"s "Real World" and also being in a band: It's not going to help you. In fact, it may have the opposite effect. Most fans don't associate rock cred with glossy MTV reality shows. "Nobody likes people who appear to be given the silver platter," Glen Naessens, who appeared with his band Perch on the show's second season, said. "I learned that on tour with Perch when bands would trash us everywhere we played." Bands looking for credibility would be better served by making a creative video and posting it to YouTube. [...]

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