An Open Apology to Wedlock
posted October 21, 2009, 7:57 pm | Log In To Post Comments | 
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Tags: Wedlock, Bassel, experience.hold, my cousin the emporer, back-up johnny, apology, we're sorry, indie of the year 09, presi
Ok, for the second time, now, a user has decided to trash Wedlock, presumably on our behalf.
A user called presi left us a very kind message and then immediately went to Wedlock's page, presumably because we're so close to each other in the race for IOTY and trashed their music and a mean-spirited and completely non-constructive manner.
Let me just say, I don't know who the user called "presi" is, I don't think he/she is a friend of ours, but I honestly couldn't say for sure. We really are nice people, or at least I'd like to think we are in Fortune and Spirits, and I'd like to think that we haven't done anything to make anyone think that we'd want people trashing the other bands on our behalf
This is a tight competition, and I guess I understand the impulse in such a tight race to want to help out, but this is not the type of help we want or condone.
If presi is one of our friends, our even if they're not, I'm so so so so sorry and frankly I'd understand if you thought this post was insincere, as this is the second time this has happened.
We want to win, but we don't want to win if it means we've involved in negativity. You guys have great music, everybody in IOTY has great music: Bassel, experience.hold, my cousin the emporer, back-up johnny, gabriel the marine I've listened to all your music and I really like it.
I hate what assholes this contest is making us look like, it's so funny, because we've never tried anything like this before, we've never really tried to get all our fans to do anything together like this, never played any huge shows and I didn't realize how many fans we had, but I guess the other side of that coin when the numbers start climbing you can't control all of them.
Seriously though, to everyone involved in the contest but to Wedlock in particular, I'm really, really sorry. Like I said before, insofar as I can control it, I will try to make sure this never happens again.
I'm so sorry.
Very Sincerely,
Matthew Record
Fortune and Spirits
Comments:
Wow! Miss a day, miss a lot. Fortune and Spirits, seems your music brings out the worst in people. Very strange considering how pleasant and overall enjoyable your sound is. Let's put petty bickering aside and get on with the voting process. F&S, thanks for your open apology. It really makes you stand out as a formidable opponent. Good luck!
posted on October 22, 2009, 12:13 pm
No, no, no, not you Brian, there was a user named Urby30, it was the same thing, they left a nice msg for us and then a flame for Wedlcok, i'm sorry, I should have been more clear.
posted on October 22, 2009, 12:28 am
I'm confused, when was the other moment when someone trashed someone else's music? I sure that isn't in reference to me. For the last time, I am sorry if I offended Bassel fans... But in no way, shape or fashion did I trash their music. As for Presi, those comments are unwelcome here as well. Dennis had to take a day away from the website due to personal obligations, I'm sure he will address this issue immediately.
posted on October 21, 2009, 10:08 pm
