Who could have guessed
Jamband fans have short memories though. A couple years of consistent playing and a few songs that dont belong in an 80s frat house and i am sure they will turn their luck around
Yeah like me liking @stringz’ post and also still liking, even loving, UM
I can be critical of the band and still love the shit out of them.
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EDM pulled the younger crowd in that would have probably ended up following jam bands (post 2008). Seems like other than a few outliers (like Phish and Goose) a lot of improvisational rock acts haven’t attracted a lot of new fans. It could be argued tDB have done a good job developing a real loyal fan base that does indeed travel all over the place to see them.
Billy Strings has created a huge fan base but is he a “jam band” or a bluegrass country act that pulls fans from both the jam band world and country?
Alt country is seemingly drawing huge crowds, just look at what Zac Bryan is doing now. And acts like Sturgill and Isbell have far less of a problem selling tickets than a lot of jam bands.
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Yea, everything i say will get viewed as hating regardless, but i have been very intune with this band and their fanbase for 20 years and while i do know some folks who are just old, most my friends who stopped seeing them stopped because of the music, not their age
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Just since Similar Skin
You mean this one?
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Umphreys started dabbling in arenas once Similar Skin dropped.
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Combination of both but mostly adulting. I don’t like their new material as much but that doesn’t stop me from seeing them, it has just prevented me from traveling to see them. Stuff like having kids and having to cart them around while having a bunch of additional expenses gets in the way of things. So yes, aging fanbase and the inability to attract a new fans. It’s probably less their new material than the shift in overall musical trends and tastes.
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Yes, i am not implying that was when the decline in sales started. I am implying that is when they started to shift towards wanting to appeal to a new type of fan. Which overtime the more die hards you push out in order to appeal to more casuals, you will eventually see a shift
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The biggest Umphrey’s crowd I’ve been a part of was at the AT&T Stage at Lollapalooza in 2006.
Pretty sure they peaked at Safety In Numbers based on that.
Non jamband fan here. As a whole, the live music scene has seen turmoil in ticket sales. I would rather see an indie band or up & coming band than an arena or large theatre show. Umphrey’s has always been affordable, and you can custy up for VIP if you want at certain runs. After Covid I swore I wouldn’t travel outside of 5-8 hours driving or 2-3 hours flying to see music. I still stand by that. OKC has been getting consistently good music as of late, and I love it. I’ll still travel to surrounding states (NM, CO, TX, AR, KS, MO) to see shows tho.
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I would just encourage you all to embrace it. This has to be a wake-up call. Smaller venues will force them to kill their egos and remember why they started to do this in the first place
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I mean, I think we have, or at least the ones of us still positive about this band. Like, who knows how long we have left with some of our favorite bands. I’m going to be seeing them until I can’t.
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Do you think fanbases of other bands have insufferably repetitive conversations like this?
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The majority of people here still like UM, we may joke about it but we still see them when it’s convenient. I’m just not in a place in life to travel to see them.
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Yes
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Check any Facebook fan page or subreddit and get back to us
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