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By GoatmasterGeneral · Posted
What?!? I wish they'd put their energies into suing to get the rights to their masters instead of pursuing this re-recording nonsense, which never ever works out well. It always sounds worse. If any metal band has ever re-recorded an album of theirs that came out sounding even half as good as the original I'm certainly not aware of it. I happen to really love that album just the way it is, so I will definitely not be listening to any re-recording nonsense. I got the vinyl when it first came out and at some point a decade later I also bought it on CD. Not my fault the band signed away their rights and didn't/don't make any money off the sales of Icon. Not to go off on a tangent or anything....but that's who you should be directing your ire at Jon boy, the predatory labels who actively fucked over these naive bands and saddled them with these unfair shitty contracts. Not the Spotify people who use it as the modern day equivalent of the free radio I grew up with as my only way to hear new music as a kid. Except that these days they get to choose their own content because we have the technology to do that now. I don't use any of the music streaming services myself, but I don't think we should demonize or shame those who do. They're not trying to fuck anyone over. As a band leader and shot caller if you don't like their 44 million plays to make 87 cents business model then you don't have to have your music available on their service, right? If labels are making package deals with streaming services which make certain bands' music available on streaming services without their knowledge or against their will, for pennies, again that's on the labels. -
This is my take too. There is just so much music out there that you can afford to pass over bands that appear dodgy. Of course, if you listen on Spotify they're not getting paid anyway - so have at it. Buying merch is a step beyond buying music I reckon. You are proudly representing and endorsing a band by wearing a t-shirt, whereas having a few MP3s on your phone is just your dirty little secret. -
It's all personal preference as you said, but I think that by purchasing music/merch you support a douchbag person, and in effect makes it easier for him to continue spreading bullshit. It's not the same as endorsing an ideology, but it is supporting the person backing the ideology. I def. have some stuff in my collection that I bought without knowing who was behind it, but now that I know buying a new record from the bands make me feel a bit uneasy. It doesn't make a difference in the big picture as you say, but on a personal level it would feel wrong to wear a Arghoslent or Clandestine Blaze shirt. In Aspas case you know that at least some of the money he makes from his music and label most likely goes into funding neo-nazis. -
Defiance - Void Terra Firma (1990) Another San Francisco thrash band, Defiance. In my opinion, they were wrongly accused of plagiarising Testament (not least because the singer's vocal timbre was too close to Chuck Billy's), but the band didn't achieve the success they deserved. Nevertheless, Void Terra Firma is one of my favourite Bay Area Thrash albums. -
Perhaps I described this poorly. Phil looks pretty rough but he still played on the last AC/DC record and sounds great. He had his problems with drugs which means he can't tour now, so he screwed himself big time with that, but he's still active. His life choices make him a bit of a vegetable, but he is a legend among drummers. Not like poor Malcolm. Pretty much the cruellest way to go imaginable. He was a visionary band leader that took little more than a pub rock band with a gimmicky lead guitarist and made it the biggest band on the planet - and ended up a diminished shadow of himself. Mercifully dementia took him quite quickly as these things go. He wasn't that old when he died. His hard drinking and smoking lifestyle quite likely played a part in his decline (it can't have helped) and left us with only Angus, having to sift through old cassette tapes to put together albums from Malcom's riffs. Although I actually prefer the last few albums to the latter ones where Mal was still involved. In honour of our friend, the nicest guy in the universe, James T "let Spock handle it" Kirk, I am on my second pass through: The Sinner Rides Again | KK Downing / KK's Priest (bandcamp.com) It's nice. And short! But I doubt we'll hear from James today as he's in trad metal ecstasy.
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