>Hmmmm. Yes it would. You could start by plugging John Halliwell in for a >change and by not faking the backing vocals!!

John is ALWAYS plugged in (and, yes, turned on! :) )
As for the backing vocals.....as Gary is the only singer in the band, then yes, the backing vocals are mainly on A-Dat. No-one is trying to hide that fact, and most bands do it (unless they have several good lead vocalists on board).

>Oh yeah, and when you 'produce' your sales figures don't forget to compare the >UK sales against the other territories so we can all see just exactly where this >genre is alive and where it is dead.

Again, everyone knows the scene is bad in the UK. The point being made was to compare the sales figures with OTHER melodic bands, not other territories.

But if we are all going to sit here and cry that 'the scene is dead' then why don't Andrew and all the MHR indie labels, radio shows, mags and fanzines just stop what they are doing and pack it in. Then the scene WILL be dead. But maybe ******** like you will be happy.