No way.

Most people didn't know how to write in HTML let alone host a website. The software just wasn't as readily accessible or easy to run. You had to pratically have a degree to know how to write in HTML.

Now free software is available... click and plug website generators.

Also having a server was very expensive. This was the days of Prodigy, AOL and Netcom. You either paid by the hour for uploads and downloads or you was running 14.4 phone connect.

So I seriously doubt a LOCAL band had a website. only the big names like Prince and the like had websites back then.

prodigalfan said:

No way.

Most people didn't know how to write in HTML let alone host a website. The software just wasn't as readily accessible or easy to run. You had to pratically have a degree to know how to write in HTML.

Now free software is available... click and plug website generators.

Also having a server was very expensive. This was the days of Prodigy, AOL and Netcom. You either paid by the hour for uploads and downloads or you was running 14.4 phone connect.

So I seriously doubt a LOCAL band had a website. only the big names like Prince and the like had websites back then.

I was able to track local bands with websites back then via geocities and AOL, and even reconnected with a few musician friends that way after not seeing them for years.

Ottensen said:

prodigalfan said:

No way.

Most people didn't know how to write in HTML let alone host a website. The software just wasn't as readily accessible or easy to run. You had to pratically have a degree to know how to write in HTML.

Now free software is available... click and plug website generators.

Also having a server was very expensive. This was the days of Prodigy, AOL and Netcom. You either paid by the hour for uploads and downloads or you was running 14.4 phone connect.

So I seriously doubt a LOCAL band had a website. only the big names like Prince and the like had websites back then.

I was able to track local bands with websites back then via geocities and AOL, and even reconnected with a few musician friends that way after not seeing them for years.

okay, I guess I wasn't so world wide web savvy as I thought I was back then. I heard people talk about geocities alot but I really didn't know what it was all about.

back in 199 the rave was collegeclub myspace wasnt around

mp3.com

streaming audio and photo albums before myspace, and ugly tile wallpaper before twitter.

breese said:

Shee-it. My band had a webpage in '99. It wasn't as big a deal as you might think. Back then you'd see a lot of crappy "Under Construction!" links, and Geocities garbage, but having your own website for whatever was quickly becoming a normal and expected thing.

AOL, Compuserve, free JUNO email accounts... those were the days. Fuck AOL, what a piece of shit business model that was.

Good old Compuserve

AOL was a piece of work. Whenever you told them you no longer wanted their

service they were like the Jehovah Witness trying to hold you down. One time

i was like what damn part of i don't want AOL anymore don't you understand.