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MySpace U-R-Hell



Recently, a Baton Rouge, La. band called Bones lost their MySpace URL to the Fox TV show of the same name. After a press release and a bit of whining, Mr. Tom MySpace made good, and the band got their URL back.

How often do you search a band or label on MySpace by guessing the completely logical URL, only to get a ridiculous result that has nothing to do with the artist?

We compiled a best-of list for your enjoyment:

http://myspace.com/touchandgo
A photo of a shirtless, tattooed guido from Hawaii who is apparently into surfing.

http://www.myspace.com/tvontheradio
This belongs to a squirrel in Colorado who is a massive fan of Borat.

http://myspace.com/gangof4
Two young girls from Wildomar, Dom (Where??) who are into Chucky the homicidal doll.

http://myspace.com/djam
A cat who can fire a gun. Don't believe it? There is a picture to prove it.

http://myspace.com/minorthreat
This belongs to a fella who was negative-9 when Minor Threat split.

http://myspace.com/theslip
A Westside hipster with a nice 'stache who might actually know who the Slip are.

http://myspace.com/sickofitall
An artsy bloke from Malyasia where Sick of It All is huge, I am sure.

http://myspace.com/fugazi
Taking that URL is just wrong. Maybe you were one of those guys that Ian publicly tossed out of a show for acting like a "jackass."

http://myspace.com/thesmiths
Middle-aged guy from Alaska who has a Mariah Carey song streaming on his page. Ouch.

http://myspace.com/subpop

Metalhead from Spain. Right on.

http://myspace.com/zero7
A twenty-something film buff.

http://myspace.com/mattcosta
A jock who is -- you guessed it -- a big John Elway Jake Plummer fan.

http://myspace.com/superchunk
Snowboarding bloke from the U.K.

http://myspace.com/happymondays
This belongs to a raver from Down Under.

http://myspace.com/css
A teen Gap employee who is going to Washington in a few weeks.

http://myspace.com/fourtet
A British hip-hop head who straight up took the URL from the artist himself. Pretty rotten.

http://myspace.com/spinner
We wish we knew this guy. Streaming 311, background of half-naked Jessica Alba and looks almost exactly like K-Fed-Ex. You're HIRED, dude!

http://myspace.com/myspace
HAHAHAHAHA. That's all we can really say.

Posted by Mike Spinella on Nov 9th 2006 2:36PM
Filed under: News, Trash Talk, WTF?

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S.I.D.at 11-09-2006

i just wanted to know how to get a song on my myspace... does anyone know??

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Stranger of the Landat 11-13-2006

Check out this guy's MySpace. It's wicked!

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Stranger of the Landat 11-13-2006

http://www.myspace.com/darrenallendunn

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Stacyat 11-13-2006

ok this Tom gut added me on myspace and like i don't like him at all and like he add ALL my friends and they don't like him at all i think that he shouldn't be alowed to have a myspace account he is a pervert!!!

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chelseaat 11-13-2006

Hi. i'm chelsea.
Whats up?
I'm in science class right now and really board.
ok bye.

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Laurenat 11-13-2006

To Stacy:
Ummmm Tom is added to everyone's myspace when you sign up, he was the one who created it, duuhhhhh!!!!

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BRANDIE!!!at 11-13-2006

AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

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jd1at 11-13-2006

Try this one! I guarantee it will take you to the page for a band called Small Town Sleeper whose name the public will be hearing A LOT in a few months.

www.myspace.com/smalltownsleeper

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Pauletteat 11-13-2006

I think it was nice of Tom to add them back. But personally i wouldn't have let it back. They knew there a was show out and they should have been cautious when choosing a name for a band.

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lindsat 11-13-2006

then delete top from your friends list it's possible i did i hate him.

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Staceyat 11-13-2006

Hey tom,Myspace iz really fun I meet so many people in my home town That I didnt even know! Lol ''If u wanna talk,chat,get 2 no me just go 2 url!!''

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Trishaat 11-13-2006

mySpace has its ups and downs, but it is a great way for unknown artists to get their music out in front of people (much better than trying to get radio stations to play the music).

There does seem to be a lot of favoritism to the major labels, people (companies) with lots of money, etc. which is understandable in a capitalistic society.

However, fair is fair. It would be real cool if mySpace Music worked for everyone, not just the major labels.

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LeeAnneat 11-13-2006

hey wat is up
tom ilove that u created myspace
but it is not safe
u need to make it safer

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huniiebear!!at 11-13-2006

i know how to get a song on space all you ave to do is look for an artist and yea then on the side f the cong it will have these things that you can push and one says add then you press it then there you go!!!!

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jessicaat 11-13-2006

how dose it work

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arinat 11-13-2006

http://www.myspace.com/akandnballa09

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elizabethat 11-13-2006

i loooooove myspace, its helped me keep in touch with all my friends since i am away at college. Some of you people are just plain stupid, with your questions and what not or you are just new to the site. I think myspace does tons for small unsigned bands.

MUAH


Elizabeth

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Patrickat 11-14-2006

Dumb article. A waste of time. Any idiot should know that this occurence can and does happen regularly. Who writes this stuff? Oh, Mike Spinella. Got ya.

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Mikeat 11-14-2006

I guess all you have to do is link to myspace to get a bunch of crap in your comments. Regardless of what Patrick says, this was an entertaining post. You have to wonder where some people get these URLs...

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Bradleyat 11-15-2006

Hi. tom wats poppin. message me once u get this message

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