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Could Have Been Famous…Emo Management B-Sides And Outtakes

Do you ever wonder how things might have worked out differently? I do...often.

Do you ever wonder how things might have worked out differently? I do...often. Imagine if the mainstream emotional juggernaut we now see everywhere was driven by a different group of bands...in my alternative universe it is entirely possible, just look at their management companies for proof of the bands they backed before they picked the winners:

1. The Beautiful Mistake (instead of Fall Out Boy)

Crush Music Management is now a powerful stable that boasts Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco, Gym Class Heroes and a large bank balance..but one of the key figures behind the company started off with just The Beautiful Mistake, a San Diego quartet on Sore Point Records in the UK. The band once supported Funeral For A Friend on one of their early headlining tours of the UK, they got a little bit of hype and a smattering of press attention but they could not keep a lineup and were always fighting. To be brutally honest they blew it for themselves.

2. Sense Field (instead of Brand New)

After becoming the all time best selling artist on Revelation Records Sense Field were snapped up by Warner Brothers who left them to rot after they had just completed writing their best album (now floating around on the internet titled 'Under The Rader'). They were released and went to Nettwerk Management (who now manage MC Lars and Brand New who got them a spot on TV programme Roswell and not much else. The group disbanded after a career supported by extremely loyal fans and destroyed by extremely stupid music industry types. Not their fault, their story could have had a happy ending.

3. Recover (instead of Taking Back Sunday)

AMP Management, curators of Taking Back Sunday's rise were in charge of this bunch of studs as they tore around the US writing blazing post hardcore jams and embarrassing a number of band's they opened for. The band signed to a major label and did a major Jawbreaker by ditching the guitar fuzz and popping up the sound a bit. The album got released and tanked, unsurprisingly they were soon to announce an indefinite hiatus (modern code for too gutless to actually break up just in case). Who was to blame, probably the band is probably what everyone around them would say. It's a shame, for a second this group were legitimate contenders.

Hmmmmmm