Uncle Bob
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Post by Uncle Bob on Mar 1, 2019 23:22:17 GMT
I can't remember his name, it was something with Avril in it though, and he used to make really strange arguments here. Anyone remember him? It was like Avrilx123 or something, honestly can't remember. We used to kind of talk though. There was also somebody with the word " star" in her username, she was also from Connecticut like me, and someone from Italy who was also a Taylor fan and we used to PM a lot about other artists we liked. You're thinking of starnote (Lisa). The first sig below was made for her by Elena from Italy. Known here as nimbuspixie . Elena's username on the old version of BA was Bells Elle. I don't know how the friendliest member got banned. But, that was her status when the old site crashed.
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BogoGog24
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Post by BogoGog24 on Mar 2, 2019 4:18:00 GMT
I know why but Iβm not going to open that can of worms on here.
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chrislumon
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Post by chrislumon on Aug 6, 2020 20:15:35 GMT
This thread was so great to read through. Yes, I'm still alive and so are Sharifa, Lewis, Sinead and Hunter. I still pop my head around Bandaids every now and then, but since the revamp, I haven't posted anything. It's such a different place now, but I'm so proud of all of the current staff for carrying on this incredible legacy! You guys are great I wouldn't say that Sharifa has lost her passion for Avril. I visited her in Toronto three times this year. Back in November, we took a road trip to Napanee together. We found out that the owners of La Pizzeria were planning to sell it, so decided it would be nice to take one last trip there. I saw Lewis twice last year, and talk to Hunter and Sinead every so often as well. I keep up with quite a few of the old Bandaids crew, but have lost touch with many, unfortunately. I don't come on here often, but love hearing from other Bandaiders, so anyone who'd like to catch up, hit me up on Instagram (AdamBandaids) or Facebook (Adam Richard Campbell) I'm about a year and a half late to replying to this... life really does get in the way these days, and coming back on here makes me miss how much free time I had when I was younger! Not sure if you'll be back on to see this, but Adam that's epic that you still speak to those guys! Glad to hear they're all ok too! I think I still have Hunter on facebook actually, might have to say hi some time! Stay safe Chris
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Post by πΊπππππ . πͺππππ β
on Jun 13, 2022 22:24:57 GMT
Bumping old threads because i'm still discovering the forum and its hidden gems. It's funny, i read the last 5 pages, and even though i barely was aware of Bandaids back then before it went to pieces, i still remember some people you guys are naming.. Beba, The Raven, etc. It feels weird! Also, i saw Sharifa at the 2022 Bite Me Tour, but does anyones knows why she's not on here anymore? Does she have an account? Did she use to? I did find Francesca but Sharifa is nowhere close to be seen on here.. Also, i've always wondered : Why is there a Bandaids France, an Italy version and so on? I mean, why not use this forum and this place all at once, where it all began? Can anyone dive in a little deeper with the explanations please? lol
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BogoGog24
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Post by BogoGog24 on Jun 13, 2022 22:45:55 GMT
Bumping old threads because i'm still discovering the forum and its hidden gems. It's funny, i read the last 5 pages, and even though i barely was aware of Bandaids back then before it went to pieces, i still remember some people you guys are naming.. Beba, The Raven, etc. It feels weird! Also, i saw Sharifa at the 2022 Bite Me Tour, but does anyones knows why she's not on here anymore? Does she have an account? Did she use to? I did find Francesca but Sharifa is nowhere close to be seen on here.. Also, i've always wondered : Why is there a Bandaids France, an Italy version and so on? I mean, why not use this forum and this place all at once, where it all began? Can anyone dive in a little deeper with the explanations please? lol I think Sharifa just got too busy with her real life responsibilities to continue managing the forum. She is still a huge supporter of Avril though. The international versions I think are just for fans to be able to converse in their native language, but Iβm not entirely sure.
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Post by BogoGog24 on Jun 13, 2022 22:51:35 GMT
Since this forum has been bumped, I thought Iβd ask if anyone knows what happened to hank? I was randomly thinking about him like literally yesterday for some reason. He was a much older member that was very nice but I think he left some years ago because he had arthritis and it made it hard for him to use a computer if I remember correctly. I wonder if heβs still around? Or if he still listens to Avril? From time to time I wonder about him since he was kind of elderly I think. Hope heβs doing ok.
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Underclass King
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Post by Underclass King on Jun 15, 2022 0:56:11 GMT
Since this forum has been bumped, I thought Iβd ask if anyone knows what happened to hank? I was randomly thinking about him like literally yesterday for some reason. He was a much older member that was very nice but I think he left some years ago because he had arthritis and it made it hard for him to use a computer if I remember correctly. I wonder if heβs still around? Or if he still listens to Avril? From time to time I wonder about him since he was kind of elderly I think. Hope heβs doing ok. I'm not sure either, but I actually randomly think about Hank every now and then too. When I registered for the site back in 2011 (I feel old saying that lol) I enjoyed reading his perspectives on things, especially since he was able to offer a different viewpoint than the typical ones offered by the teen/early 20s demographic of the site had back then. Wherever he is, I too hope he's doing alright.
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Jinkxx
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Post by Jinkxx on Jun 20, 2022 16:14:22 GMT
I remember those signatures and some of the names underneath that signature from StarNote. Georgie (Aredhel) was also really nice! Is she on this forum tho?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2022 17:09:17 GMT
I've never been part of a fanbase fan website so while I know Avril and am a fan for many years now.I wasn't part of any fan page.What happened to the old Avril Bandaids?
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BogoGog24
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Post by BogoGog24 on Jun 20, 2022 18:22:37 GMT
I remember those signatures and some of the names underneath that signature from StarNote. Georgie (Aredhel) was also really nice! Is she on this forum tho? Sadly I donβt think Georgie is on this site, I remember her too though.
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Post by BogoGog24 on Jun 20, 2022 18:25:05 GMT
I've never been part of a fanbase fan website so while I know Avril and am a fan for many years now.I wasn't part of any fan page.What happened to the old Avril Bandaids? The former Bandaids site was shut down because they wanted to upgrade the server but the upgrade was too expensive I think and I think a bunch of other things happened, like the staff were too busy to run the site anymore or something, so it was shut down indefinitely. It was only because of a couple other staff that we were able to revive the site by starting over basically and setting up a forum through ProBoards.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2022 18:43:24 GMT
I've never been part of a fanbase fan website so while I know Avril and am a fan for many years now.I wasn't part of any fan page.What happened to the old Avril Bandaids? The former Bandaids site was shut down because they wanted to upgrade the server but the upgrade was too expensive I think and I think a bunch of other things happened, like the staff were too busy to run the site anymore or something, so it was shut down indefinitely. It was only because of a couple other staff that we were able to revive the site by starting over basically and setting up a forum through ProBoards. Oh okay.Glad we're still here.Thanks.
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Post by mario on Jun 22, 2022 8:09:36 GMT
I just read through this thread just now for funsies and man hearing you all talk about the old times is really cool!
It sounds like the old forum was one hell of an amazing place to be in and I'm sad my english and my internet was too bad to join in on the fun back in the day.
Wonder if we can get this forum more popular again? I actually thought the discord would help, since everyone and their grandma seems to have a discord these days π But it's rather quiet there too π€
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Post by BogoGog24 on Jun 22, 2022 13:02:15 GMT
I just read through this thread just now for funsies and man hearing you all talk about the old times is really cool! It sounds like the old forum was one hell of an amazing place to be in and I'm sad my english and my internet was too bad to join in on the fun back in the day. Wonder if we can get this forum more popular again? I actually thought the discord would help, since everyone and their grandma seems to have a discord these days π But it's rather quiet there too π€ Sadly I think the forum will never be what it was in its hey day for various reasons. A lot of people who were on the site back in the day may have lost interest by now in either the forum and/or Avril, or they're just simply too busy. Secondly, forums are a pretty archaic form of social media compared to what we have now. Some forums like Reddit I guess are still very popular or even ATRL, but in general forums are kind of dead when there's Twitter, Instagram, TikTok now. We generally see an influx of new members when Avril puts out new music, or sometimes old members do return, but other than that I don't think we can ever hope to see the forum return to even a fraction of its former glory, unfortunately. The old site at one time had something like 100,000 members if I recall correctly. The other thing that makes it a bit tricky is that this is simply a forum hosted on a site rather than being its own website, so it's a little tricky to find, plus doesn't feature all the same functions that the old site had (for example, the old site had a photo gallery, but we were not able to replicate that here).
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Post by mario on Jun 22, 2022 14:16:04 GMT
I just read through this thread just now for funsies and man hearing you all talk about the old times is really cool! It sounds like the old forum was one hell of an amazing place to be in and I'm sad my english and my internet was too bad to join in on the fun back in the day. Wonder if we can get this forum more popular again? I actually thought the discord would help, since everyone and their grandma seems to have a discord these days π But it's rather quiet there too π€ Sadly I think the forum will never be what it was in its hey day for various reasons. A lot of people who were on the site back in the day may have lost interest by now in either the forum and/or Avril, or they're just simply too busy. Secondly, forums are a pretty archaic form of social media compared to what we have now. Some forums like Reddit I guess are still very popular or even ATRL, but in general forums are kind of dead when there's Twitter, Instagram, TikTok now. We generally see an influx of new members when Avril puts out new music, or sometimes old members do return, but other than that I don't think we can ever hope to see the forum return to even a fraction of its former glory, unfortunately. The old site at one time had something like 100,000 members if I recall correctly. The other thing that makes it a bit tricky is that this is simply a forum hosted on a site rather than being its own website, so it's a little tricky to find, plus doesn't feature all the same functions that the old site had (for example, the old site had a photo gallery, but we were not able to replicate that here). Yeah that is a fair point I'm 28 and only manage it to check in on here every other day so I assume the OGs are even more busy with the grown up life. Also very true, if you're not driven by nostalgia (as I am ) then you probably won't show up on a forum these days huh? 100K?! Jesus, like I imagined it being busy and popular but that's alot! Oooh ok yeah I had no idea how this forum is built, a Gallery would've been awesome! Oh well, so I guess it'll be just this little place for the "hardcore" fans haha
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