MFT Documentary

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Comment by Jeb Banner on March 28, 2008 at 4:40pm

as you can probably guess, I think this is a great idea and whatever resources I can throw your way I will be happy to do. This could become a monster almost as much as this site has been but I think it would be well worth it.

I would suggest getting Jason Yoder involved as well, indiana45s.com, since he has a wealth of info and contacts.

Maybe start with the punk scene, Gizmos, Zero Boys and go from there? That's kinda where I see the beginning of the scene that we encountered in Bloomington in the 1990s

Comment by Dodge on March 28, 2008 at 4:47pm

man, i would love to watching something like this!

Comment by Joey Welch on March 28, 2008 at 4:50pm

This is a great idea. I have resources I would be happy to contribute.

Comment by Andy Snyder on March 28, 2008 at 4:52pm

cool...yeah, I know that I may have created a monster here but I have been interested in doing a project like this for a while. It is the starting of it that is hard. Trying to put the idea into some perspective right now...but yeah I will be in need of lots of resources at some point. Just thought I would post a blog and see what kind of response I got. I have some other ideas that may work as stepping stones towards a bigger project too.
I thought about doing installments with bands called "Branches" that does a brief history/genealogy of an MFT band and then maybe a "where are they now" type thing with the goal of connecting as many bands/musicians as possible and then putting it together as a larger piece...I don't know . Just brainstorming right now. Hopefully I will get some feedback. Hope all is well with you and the fam.

Comment by Aaron Poehler on March 28, 2008 at 4:58pm

The CATS/BCAT tape archive would probably be a treasure trove of archival footage of various Bloomington bands, or at least a good starting point.

Comment by Liza on March 28, 2008 at 5:31pm

Ditto what Aaron suggested. Similarly, I know the guys from Rox (rox.com) had footage of various bands that they used periodically in their shows. Might not hurt to get in touch with Bart about that.

Comment by Brian Wyrick on March 28, 2008 at 8:17pm

I have a lot of footage of bands I have been in, and probably some footage of a lot other screamo acts from the late 90s and early 2000s. I put together a sort of documentary for a band I was in 2003 chronicling our tour of Europe, some interesting stuff there.

I'd also love to help in any way I can. I have some production skills that could be of use.

Comment by Simon Hanstad on March 28, 2008 at 10:15pm

Let us know andy, we are all behind the idea and there are plenty of us who would help in any way we can.

Comment by Jeb Banner on March 28, 2008 at 10:54pm

I think you should start a group- MFT Documentary
or something like that. That way there's a special area to work on this project.
I think lots of peeps would join

Comment by Andy Snyder on March 29, 2008 at 8:43am

awesome! Thanks for the feedback ya'll (I can't help it I live in TN). I am going to start a group here for this project and use it as a place to continue this discussion. I think the next step after that will be to begin the process of choosing which bands to explore for this project. I agree with Jeb that the starting point should be the Gizmos Zero Boys era. But from there things could get tricky. Unfortunately, some bands are inevitably going to get left out of this. So anyway, thanks again and I will keep posting as I move forward with this.

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