i'll admit it. i hate myspace. well, maybe not hate, but i strongly dislike it. i understand the benefits to stalking people on it and that it can be fun, but its just not for me.

however i do sorta get why bands use it....the exposure can be amazing. just look at what it did for one of my favorites arctic monkeys.

well it seems someone else has my sense of humor about these sorts of things.

enter the new most hyped-over "band" Hope Against Hope.



slowly but surely people flocked to their myspace page as news about this great new indie band spread around the net. people were clamoring to see them live and hear new music.

"After just four weeks, Hope Against Hope had a devoted fanbase. Alan McGee - once a member of Tony Blair's Creative Industry Taskforce, and the man who discovered Oasis and the Libertines - even offered them a gig at his influential Death Disco club night."

There was just one....tiny little problem. The band is fake.

"Hope Against Hope are a scam, a spoof indie band "with no talent whatsoever" invented by Q magazine in order to prove that the Rupert Murdoch-owned site is now just another cog in the older industry phenomenon of hype."

So hilarious! i love it!

check out the rest of that article here.

and be sure to visit hope against hope's myspace page and tell the boys how great their fake music is :) here.