R&P Post 16: My Band or Artist

We decided to create a band called Come What May, consisting of two boys and two girls. They are an alternative rock band who are very upcoming and egdy. They are all in their late teens and early 20s. This name was derived from a British idiom which suggests that we are fearless and ready to face our fate. This meets the needs of our TA as it gives them confidence and helps them understand our band's values and outlook. These semiotics will appeal to alternative rock fans during our marketing. We also followed convention similar to other rock bands such as Sleeping with Sirens and Pierce the Veil as we chose a band name that could be easily abbreviated.

Inspiration:

Tonight Alive and Paramore are two of the most popular rock bands in the UK and are lead by females.

Our band will have very post-modernist views in order to make the audience question social norms. We aim to use this as a branding technique as similar bands and artists that I have looked at, such as Kurt Cobain - one of the most famous rockstars ever - challenged societies views on things such as feminist stereotypes. This is a counter-culture approach, therefore making it easily marketable and appealing to alternative rock fans. 

I asked 4 different people of ages ranging from 12-18 years, some questions about our band.

Q) Do you like the name? All 4 said yes. 

- However the 12 year old was unsure of the meaning behind it but I explained that we like it as it was like an acceptance of fate. 

- The 16 year old said she liked it as it was easy to abbrieviate to CMW as similar rock bands do, such as Sleeping with Sirens. 

Q) Do you like our costume style? They all said that this was what they expected for a typical rock band. 

- One of them suggested having some colour co-ordination between the members which I think is a good idea.

- They all liked the contrats between Amber and I as we would not clash and they thought it gave us more band identity by not being too similar.

- The 18 year old suggested Seb wear something slightly more colourful.

Q) What do you think of having two female guitarists? 

- 'I've never seen a band with a female in it who isn't singing so it should be interesting.'- 15 year old.

- The 12 year old didn't think much of it at all, which is exactly what we want from our audience.

- 'I think they should both be really tomboy-ish to challenge girly stereotypes!' However I disagree with this idea as it doesn't connote our post-feminist attitude that we are trying to connote.

- 'I love it! It's so different and cool, like a really modern band would be!' - 18 year old.