Because when you are posting an ad asking for interested parties, and you list 20 bands as 'influences', and NONE of them are big enough for 99% of people to have heard them, it's kinda pointless. OK, you have a sound you want, sure (though, 20 bands of influences covers a lot of ground), and if any of that 1% sees it, and responds, you'll hopefully get it, but come ON! That's just way damn funny to me...
...but, then, people in GENERAL make me laugh.