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"When you watch the next two episodes, you’ll understand why we hate them."
——Cory Krieg on Soulcracker, his VH1 "Bands On The Run" competition

BAND ON THE RUN RUNS INTO HITS

Flickerstick Is In Second Place On VH1 Show, But First In Our Office
If you haven’t been watching VH1’s "Bands on the Run," you’ve been missing the best reality competition show since "The Mole." OK, since "Survivor." The concept is pretty simple: The network sent four unsigned bands out for a 13-show tour, filming all the behind-the-scene action—meaning that groupies have been shagged, drugs have been consumed, musicians have gotten fall-down drunk. Just like Spinal Tap, except real.

Shows were booked for the bands and they had two or three days to promote the gig. Ticket and merchandise sales are added up, with the winner taking home a phat-ass prize of $50k and $100k in gear. Along the way, the last-place bands were sent home, unless they won two battle of the bands, which is exactly what Dallas’ Flickerstick did.

The quintet has survived to compete with San Diego’s Soulcracker for the cash and prizes. The final two episodes should provide some drama—the two bands have bickered and outwardly expressed their dislike of each other. Though the outcome is a guarded secret, as of the 6/24 episode, Flickerstick was $3,000 behind. Since the shows started airing, the band’s career has skyrocketed; they sold out two nights at NYC’s Wetlands, are getting tons of interest from label weasels and are blowing the other three bands away in the online poll.

They are so far behind, they stopped by the hitsdailydouble.com cesspool, and it looked like up to them.

Though the series finished taping months ago, animosity still lingers between the Flickerstick and Soulcracker camps.

"When you watch the next two episodes, you’ll understand why we hate them," says guitarist Cory Krieg. "Even the people who are fans of theirs—and there aren’t very many of them—will say, ‘Dude, now I understand why Flickerstick hates Soulcracker so much; because they’re fucking dicks. They crossed a line that you just shouldn’t cross."

Still, the band takes the edited-for-maximum-TV-drama nature of the show with a grain of salt. Says singer/guitarist Brandin Lea, "Hey, it’s a reality-TV show, how serious can it be? I’m happy to be on it, I’m happy it helped our career, but I don’t take it seriously one fucking bit. Exploit our personal lives so now people will listen to our music, and thank you very much."

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