Starting a thread, using "bands", when you actually mean "acts", isn't that extremely "rockist"?

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I mean, considering the idea of the "rock group" is very much part of "rockism" according to the people who fight that strawman, then isn't it ironic that a lot of ILM members tend to start threads using "bands" by mistake when they really mean "acts"?

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 15 October 2004 13:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Acts? That assumes they are acting.

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 15 October 2004 13:33 (twenty-one years ago)

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― frankE (frankE), Friday, 15 October 2004 13:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I didn't know people called acts who were not bands bands until I came to ILM.

― frankiemachine, Friday, 15 October 2004 13:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I had always thought that using "band" implied the group's interest in musical integrity (i.e., in common usage, Nirvana is a "[rock] band" whereas Britney Spears is a "[pop] act)."

― Atnevon (Atnevon), Friday, 15 October 2004 20:47 (twenty-one years ago)

fuck semantic games!!!! plz lock thread!

― Helios Creed (orion), Friday, 15 October 2004 20:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Band implies more than one person, that's all. 'Act' somehow implies jazz hands though.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 15 October 2004 20:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Lock Thread! Does that actually happen anymore?

― mark grout (mark grout), Saturday, 16 October 2004 06:30 (twenty-one years ago)

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