Patient #48273 Posted September 18, 2022 Report Share Posted September 18, 2022 4 hours ago, Kay said: Idk if BN are bigger than Alk3, Alk3 had way more charting singles for a start. I had a quick scan through their respective wiki pages and it seemed like BN has sold more records. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted September 18, 2022 Report Share Posted September 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Patient #48273 said: I had a quick scan through their respective wiki pages and it seemed like BN has sold more records. Wow, that’s a genuine surprise. Must have been way bigger in the states than here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott. Posted September 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2022 Yeah brand new weren’t big over here at all. I’d say Alk Trio were a much bigger band 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hit me up Jans ex Posted September 20, 2022 Report Share Posted September 20, 2022 On 9/17/2022 at 9:38 PM, Patient #48273 said: Brand New is bigger than Alkaline Trio. Both are way bigger than Goldfinger. I don’t know about that. I guess it doesn’t really matter tho lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champ182 Posted September 20, 2022 Report Share Posted September 20, 2022 Damn those album numbers are surprising! As I remember it Goldfinger had quite a few singles that seemed like "hits" by being on the radio and MTV, and the only song I heard on the radio by Alkaline Trio was Mercy Me. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champ182 Posted September 20, 2022 Report Share Posted September 20, 2022 Here are the most popular songs on Spotify between the two bands: 1. Goldfinger - Superman - 110 million 2. Goldfinger - 99 Red Balloons - 89 million 3. Alkaline Trio - Mercy Me - 27 million 4. Alkaline Trio - Radio - 22 million 5. Goldfinger - Here In Your Bedroom - 19 million 6. Goldfinger - Spokesman - 17 million 7. Goldfinger - Tijuana Sunrise - 16 million 8. Alkaline Trio - Calling All Skeletons - 15 million 9. Alkaline Trio - Stupid Kid - 12 million 10. Both bands have several around 8 million Maybe Goldfinger felt more popular/successful to some of us because Superman was everywhere due to THPS, and 99 Red Balloons was everywhere even though it wasn't an official single? Definitely seems like a weird disconnect somewhere, those numbers would definitely point toward Goldfinger having way more sales but who the hell knows haha. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patient #48273 Posted September 20, 2022 Report Share Posted September 20, 2022 3 minutes ago, Champ182 said: Here are the most popular songs on Spotify between the two bands: 1. Goldfinger - Superman - 110 million 2. Goldfinger - 99 Red Balloons - 89 million 3. Alkaline Trio - Mercy Me - 27 million 4. Alkaline Trio - Radio - 22 million 5. Goldfinger - Here In Your Bedroom - 19 million Maybe Goldfinger felt more popular/successful to some of us because Superman was everywhere due to THPS, and 99 Red Balloons was everywhere even though it wasn't an official single. Definitely seems like a weird disconnect somewhere, those numbers would definitely point toward Goldfinger having way more sales but who the hell knows haha. Streaming numbers for songs released before the streaming era are always interesting. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted September 20, 2022 Report Share Posted September 20, 2022 10 minutes ago, Champ182 said: Here are the most popular songs on Spotify between the two bands: 1. Goldfinger - Superman - 110 million 2. Goldfinger - 99 Red Balloons - 89 million 3. Alkaline Trio - Mercy Me - 27 million 4. Alkaline Trio - Radio - 22 million 5. Goldfinger - Here In Your Bedroom - 19 million 6. Goldfinger - Spokesman - 17 million 7. Goldfinger - Tijuana Sunrise - 16 million 8. Alkaline Trio - Calling All Skeletons - 15 million 9. Alkaline Trio - Stupid Kid - 12 million 10. Both bands have several around 8 million Maybe Goldfinger felt more popular/successful to some of us because Superman was everywhere due to THPS, and 99 Red Balloons was everywhere even though it wasn't an official single? Definitely seems like a weird disconnect somewhere, those numbers would definitely point toward Goldfinger having way more sales but who the hell knows haha. I think Goldfinger had one album sell well while Alk3 had more steady and consistent charting releases and thats where the disconnect is. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Backing Track Posted September 20, 2022 Report Share Posted September 20, 2022 52 minutes ago, Champ182 said: Here are the most popular songs on Spotify between the two bands: 1. Goldfinger - Superman - 110 million 2. Goldfinger - 99 Red Balloons - 89 million 3. Alkaline Trio - Mercy Me - 27 million 4. Alkaline Trio - Radio - 22 million 5. Goldfinger - Here In Your Bedroom - 19 million 6. Goldfinger - Spokesman - 17 million 7. Goldfinger - Tijuana Sunrise - 16 million 8. Alkaline Trio - Calling All Skeletons - 15 million 9. Alkaline Trio - Stupid Kid - 12 million 10. Both bands have several around 8 million Maybe Goldfinger felt more popular/successful to some of us because Superman was everywhere due to THPS, and 99 Red Balloons was everywhere even though it wasn't an official single? Definitely seems like a weird disconnect somewhere, those numbers would definitely point toward Goldfinger having way more sales but who the hell knows haha. I genuinely think they are underreported or something. I just find it hard to believe they sold next to nothing when I recall the same thing. I honestly don't care either who was more successful, they're both one off/pretty solid bands to me but it felt like Goldfinger was a lot bigger here in the States (because of all those songs on MTV/radio over Alkaline). Or they really just got unlucky and no one wanted to buy their full albums just grab the songs. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hit me up Jans ex Posted September 20, 2022 Report Share Posted September 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Kay said: I think Goldfinger had one album sell well while Alk3 had more steady and consistent charting releases and thats where the disconnect is. Goldfinger had a couple good selling records, 2-3. Anyways we know it’s slow as fuck when we’re arguing between who was a bigger band between Goldfinger and Alkaline Trio 🤣 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hit me up Jans ex Posted September 20, 2022 Report Share Posted September 20, 2022 Who is richer, John Feldman or Matt Skiba? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patient #48273 Posted September 20, 2022 Report Share Posted September 20, 2022 Who's more handsome? Who's worse at guitar? Who's on good terms with Satan? Whose cocaine habit is/was worse? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarJarBlinks Posted September 20, 2022 Report Share Posted September 20, 2022 54 minutes ago, Patient #48273 said: Who's more handsome? Who's worse at guitar? Who's on good terms with Satan? Whose cocaine habit is/was worse? Skiba Feldmann Both Push 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champ182 Posted September 20, 2022 Report Share Posted September 20, 2022 Haha yeah I don't have strong feelings one way or the other! I was a bigger Goldfinger fan at that time, even though I'm from the midwest US I was more into that Cali/skating/beachy/sunshiney vibe haha but I dug some Alkaline Trio too. Just anecdotal and based on my own experience I guess, I somehow knew more people who had at least 1-2 of the first 4 Goldfinger CDs, while Alkaline Trio were more of a "download a few songs on Limewire for mixes" band in my little world. Alkaline's longevity probably plays into it too though, like @Kaysaid! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champ182 Posted September 20, 2022 Report Share Posted September 20, 2022 Oh yeah one more weird thing that maybe affected Goldfinger a little bit back then...? I went to one of their shows in the early 00s and they were really sweet live, but in the venue they had PETA booths set up with giant signs with fucking disgusting gruesome blown up photos of dead/tortured animals and intense shaming messages about eating meat. Props to them for believing in something so much, animal cruelty is a worthy cause and all of those photos were obviously for the greater good in their minds, but it was definitely a turnoff for anybody who was like "hey this band is cool maybe I'll go see their show and become a fan!" haha. I can't imagine that had a HUGE effect, but it's one of the things I still remember most about their show, that's for sure. That and someone in the crowd eating a twinkie out of the drummer's butt... Clearly they were covering a lot of ground hahaha 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hit me up Jans ex Posted September 20, 2022 Report Share Posted September 20, 2022 1 hour ago, JarJarBlinks said: Skiba Feldmann Both Push Feldman is definitely better looking, and has better hair. He also is way better at guitar , Skiba is a basic bitch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hit me up Jans ex Posted September 20, 2022 Report Share Posted September 20, 2022 20 minutes ago, Champ182 said: Oh yeah one more weird thing that maybe affected Goldfinger a little bit back then...? I went to one of their shows in the early 00s and they were really sweet live, but in the venue they had PETA booths set up with giant signs with fucking disgusting gruesome blown up photos of dead/tortured animals and intense shaming messages about eating meat. Props to them for believing in something so much, animal cruelty is a worthy cause and all of those photos were obviously for the greater good in their minds, but it was definitely a turnoff for anybody who was like "hey this band is cool maybe I'll go see their show and become a fan!" haha. I can't imagine that had a HUGE effect, but it's one of the things I still remember most about their show, that's for sure. That and someone in the crowd eating a twinkie out of the drummer's butt... Clearly they were covering a lot of ground hahaha Yea Feldman was a huge vegan dickhead in the Open Your Eyes era, to the point he was calling anybody who ate meat horrible things. I think he got over it though 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Backing Track Posted September 20, 2022 Report Share Posted September 20, 2022 41 minutes ago, Champ182 said: Oh yeah one more weird thing that maybe affected Goldfinger a little bit back then...? I went to one of their shows in the early 00s and they were really sweet live, but in the venue they had PETA booths set up with giant signs with fucking disgusting gruesome blown up photos of dead/tortured animals and intense shaming messages about eating meat. Props to them for believing in something so much, animal cruelty is a worthy cause and all of those photos were obviously for the greater good in their minds, but it was definitely a turnoff for anybody who was like "hey this band is cool maybe I'll go see their show and become a fan!" haha. I can't imagine that had a HUGE effect, but it's one of the things I still remember most about their show, that's for sure. That and someone in the crowd eating a twinkie out of the drummer's butt... Clearly they were covering a lot of ground hahaha Yeah, I'm just finding out now (while trying to find the real sales numbers on them) Open Your Eyes was entirely about this. Huh, totally missed that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Backing Track Posted September 20, 2022 Report Share Posted September 20, 2022 21 minutes ago, Iced_Fappuccino said: Yea Feldman was a huge vegan dickhead in the Open Your Eyes era, to the point he was calling anybody who ate meat horrible things. I think he got over it though Open Your Eyes is about about opening your eyes to the evils of the meat industry. At least he's consistent? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russel Coight Posted September 20, 2022 Report Share Posted September 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Iced_Fappuccino said: Feldman is definitely better looking, and has better hair. He also is way better at guitar , Skiba is a basic bitch hush Diddy, skiba is sexy. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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