hey everyone,

I skim through Audities pretty regularly but rarely get around to writing...
so I figured it would be good to answer some questions I saw floating
around...

> > From:  Jocelyn Geboy <smussyolay@y...>
> >
> > I saw a video for a "rapper"? and I think his name
> > was Pharrell Williams. In
> > any case, during a shot early in the vid they show a
> > shelf with teeshirts on
> > it and one you can read the logo and it says
> > BILLIONAIRE BOYS CLUB. Then he
> > proceeds to wear this tee throughout the video. My
> > question is, did the tee exist
> > before Evelyn Forever changed their name, or did
> > they just get a HUGE amount
> > of product placement?
>
> From:  Beth <beth2459@a...>
>
>        <snip>                .....i was saying that not only
> do i not like name changes for the confusion they
> cause, but i rarely like the new name that gets
> chosen. like evelyn forever's name change
> to...BILLIONAIRE BOYS CLUB, i yell. ding! the light
> goes on!! and i make the connection to my silent loop
> of wheredoiknowthatname wheredoiknowthatname??? which
> in all honesty, i can't believe i didn't barrage my
> roommate with as we watched MTV at 2am. so.... long
> story eventually short... anyone got the low down?


Yep, here's the scoop on all that:

It's not the same Billionaire Boys Club.  Pharrell (also of The Neptunes and
N.E.R.D.) is launching a new clothing line, which happens to have the same
name as our band.  We've been going through the appropriate legal channels
since we were using the name prior to their trademark filing--our first show
booked as BBC was last November, opening for FOW and OK Go.

It looks like everything will work out fine without having to get the courts
involved, since we are each pursuing different markets.  For the time being,
it has been bringing a ton of traffic to our web site...which is both good
and bad, since some of the rap fans don't have the nicest things to say
about us.  But as Lizzie Grubman will tell you, there is no such thing as
bad publicity, right?

And as far as the band Billionaire Boys Club goes, we have our own Rock on
TV event coming up.  Tomorrow we're taping for Last Call with Carson Daly,
the late night show on NBC that airs after Conan O'Brien.  The musical guest
is Super Furry Animals, while we'll be the guest house band, playing all the
guest intros and commercial breaks.  Should be a cool gig and some decent
exposure... check it out when the show airs on Friday 10/10.

later days, audities-

leigh

Billionaire Boys Club
www.billionaireboys.com


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