I assume that Guest Absolute Ship is a troll with no connection to the band; Guest Ship Band may be the genuine article or not, but would do well to remember that not everyone listening in is necessarily of the same opinion as each other, but will uniformly be offended by some of your remarks.

Well, all the hoo-haa has reminded me that I should get a move on and do some work on the marketing side with my band(s). I'm afraid I keep losing interest and forgetting what I've done so far in terms of assembling piccys and stuff. Once I've got my act together I'll put it through the spell-checker (note to The Ship Band, not sarcastic, we all have our little ways). Then if I get really keen I'll hope to make a website as seductive as The Ship Band's. And then I'll be in a position to be marketable by an agent. I am not upset if that makes me part of the entertainment industry, I'm providing a service for money.

Other than a noticeable number of spelling mistakes and over-enthusiastic cloning of the site to make it misleadingly look as if they're local to several places at once, I can see no fraudulent claims on there, nothing that many other bands don't also claim.

Their members, like many bands, are spread around a bit, which presumably provides the excuse for all those websites, (a real put-off), they are willing to travel for gigs, they tell you who's likely to be in the band. And yes, everybody uses deps, too. Whoever it is each time, I've no doubt they deliver an acceptable product.

Still, they should rein in the webmaster. People notice these things.