PepsiCo goes after Indy Rock



PepsiCo has just begun a marketing campaign for its new energy drink called "Amp" (http://www.ampenergy.com). What is different about this marketing scheme is that they are using Indy rock bands to sell it!!! This morning KROQ played an advertisement selling "Amp" while promoting the band Piebald (www.bigwheelrec.com).

If you listen to independent music or not you should be discouraged that bands are trying so hard to promote themselves that they don’t care about whoring themselves out to multinational corporations such as PepsiCo. I do not think they have any clue about how PepsiCo treats the environment and its own workers. So far I only know of two bands (both of which I like) taking part in PepsiCo’s new promotion: Sundays best (from Los Angeles/http://www.sundaysbest.net/) and Piebald (from Boston). I am sure there are many more.

You can write to Sunday's Best at sundaysbest@hotmail.com and Piebald at xstandx@aol.com . Tell them you will not buy there records or go to there shows as long as they promote chemically tainted junk food soda pop made by multinational corporations who have no respect for life or the earth and are just using there music to market that crap to the youth. Also you can write to PepsiCo at: 700 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, NY 10577

Here is a remark from the band "Sundays Best" Newsletter:

AMP: "Amp" (www.ampenergy.com) is a new energy drink (a la Red Bull) that is currently being manufactured by PepsiCo. Relatively uninteresting I will agree, but they have a rather unique marketing strategy: instead of buying regular radio commercials, they buy radio spots and then play unsigned bands for 20-30 seconds and announce when that band is playing locally. This promotion is currently being implemented in 20 different cities, including LA, Seattle and San Francisco on the West Coast. Sunday’s Best has been selected to participate in this promotion, so it shouldn’t be long before you’re hearing us on KROQ.

The Independent music scene needs to start caring about independence, art, expression, and knowledge instead of wealth, privilege, ego, and how they can sell out.

If you know any other bands taking part in this PepsiCo promotion email the information to PepsiRockSucks@hotmail.com.

A message for Indy Rockers (if you are in fact an Indy Rocker): Educate yourself about the evil ways of multinational corporations that not only sell crappy over produced generic music but also violate human rights around the world and don't give a shit about the environment or your health if it means they can make a profit!

Support Indy Media!!! ( http://www.indymedia.org )

I have alreaedy had a reply from xstandx@aol.com.

HEre is my reply to him and his letter below:

Uh..





From :

"PepsiCo Sucks" <pepsirocksucks@hotmail.com>

To :

XSTANDX@aol.com

Subject :

Indy rock fascist dude

Date :

Mon, 03 Dec 2001 18:15:24 -0800



Do you have any clue about what PepsiCo does around the world??? They have horrible working conditions in 3rd world sweatshops, horrible environmental standards, unhealthy chemical food, poor treatment of workers, extremely high payed ceo's.

I have loved piebalds music since I was in highschool and just because I think what they are doing to promote themselves is fucked up does not mean I am an "idiot" or a "close minded pighead". I think you are close minded for supporting a multinational corporation who has caused a tremendous amount of pain and suffering around the world (but then thats in 3rd world countries to mostly people of color so you wouldn't care about that).

These bands can promote themselves without using multinational corporations. And I think its very fascist of you to insult people who question a band that promotes a corporate agenda.

I want to suggest you educate yourself on PepsiCo before suporting them and tell Piebald and anyother "AMP" promoting bands you know, that we're going to educate there fans and the Indy community since they arn't. I really like on how the last Piebald ep they talked about "working class revolution" and now they are advertising for Pepsi.

Write me back when you have an intelligent argument on why advertising for PepsiCo is not bad. And thanks for letting me know all those other bands are being promoted by Pepsi. that helps our campaign. I KNOW what I'm talking about I suggset that you should too.



-The Pepsi Rock Sucks Campaign



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From: XSTANDX@aol.com

To: pepsirocksucks@hotmail.com

Subject: Re: Pepsi goes after Indy Rock

Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 20:12:30 EST

dude you are an idiot who knows nothing and closeminded and pigheaded. These

are the bands sponsored by AMP and I like what they are doing finally getting

behind something that is about time it got discovered. Dropkick Murphys,

Bouncing Souls, Hot Water Music, Further Seems Forever, Mock Orange, Dynamite

Boy, Piebald, River City High, Hot Rod Circuit and more.. know what you are

talking about before you speak DICK.

Matt Galle

MassConcerts/ the KenmoreAgency

Po Box 15643

Boston, Ma 02215