{"id":20982,"date":"2014-01-23T16:57:19","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T21:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=20982"},"modified":"2014-01-24T12:01:55","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T17:01:55","slug":"battle-royale-the-worst-band-promo-shot-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/battle-royale-the-worst-band-promo-shot-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle Royale: The Worst Band Promo Shot Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_20983\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Screen-Shot-2014-01-23-at-11.31.13-AM.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20983\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20983\" alt=\"Hand over the, uh, belt.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Screen-Shot-2014-01-23-at-11.31.13-AM-300x217.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Screen-Shot-2014-01-23-at-11.31.13-AM-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Screen-Shot-2014-01-23-at-11.31.13-AM.png 495w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hand over the, uh, belt.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You know the rules for the Battle Royale: this is not a &#8220;Last Man Standing&#8221; affair, where the goal is to list as many of something as possible; no, in the Battle Royale, your job is to find the indisputable pinnacle \u2014 or, in this case, the nadir \u2014 of a particular category.<\/p>\n<p>Here, we seek the absolute worst artist or band promo shot \u2014 one that is or was an undeniably awful choice for the intended &#8220;promotional&#8221; purpose. Only major or mid-tier-label recording artists need apply; I don&#8217;t want to see links to sites that collect bad promo shots from neighborhood goth or death metal bands, as humorous as those may be. Neither do I want to see album covers (sorry, <a href=\"http:\/\/saladdaysmusic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/orleans.JPG\" target=\"_blank\">Orleans<\/a>!). No silly candids or stage shots. I want promo pictures, or photos clearly posed and taken for media outlets\/rock magazines.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m starting things off with a tantalizing glimpse of hair metal B-listers Pretty Boy Floyd. Can you beat that?<\/p>\n<p>As we say &#8217;round these parts: hand over the belt!<\/p>\n<p>I look forward to your responses.<\/p>\n<p>HVB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know the rules for the Battle Royale: this is not a &#8220;Last Man Standing&#8221; affair, where the goal is to list as many of something as possible; no, in the Battle Royale, your job is to find the indisputable pinnacle \u2014 or, in this case, the nadir \u2014 of a particular category. Here, we <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/battle-royale-the-worst-band-promo-shot-ever\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[42,77],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20982"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20982\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}