Biggest sell-outs? (bootleg, metal, pop, rock, cd)

MURDER JUNKIE · 03-29-2006, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by gweetar

yeah

but INXS is still pretty good

even though the TV show didn't make me very happy.

You really can't be serious

Their front man commits suicide, and they honour his memory by replacing him with the winner of a reality gameshow??

Low class, incredibly distasteful, shameless media whoring, and an all out disgrace to the memory of Michael Hutchence

swim · 04-29-2006, 06:14 PM

The only kind of sellouts that I hate are bands that dumb down their music to sell albums. If you keep your music the same and stay true to your roots you arent selling out, you're just bringing good music to the masses.

kujo · 04-29-2006, 11:27 PM

bands that sell out are cool as long as they do it in a classy way; ex: modest mouse didnt change their sound while switching to a huge label.....conor on the other hand sold his music to sony and released his crappiest two albums clearly aimed at a more mainstream sound

AllHailExecution · 07-02-2006, 06:32 PM

Avenged Sevenfold have been called sell outs because they signed on to Warner Bros. and because their sound is different. I don't actually care because the new album is amazing and they've improved a lot technically too. What a lot of these hXc fans don't seem to realize is that Avenged have changed their sound on every album and I don't see why this change with City Of Evil is anything new. Either way, they're really good. I hate the fact that some of those MTV children who just recently found out about them are like 'Omigod A7x Bat Countrey1!@!1' but then again all bands have some fans like that.

Stone Magnet · 07-02-2006, 06:55 PM

I love how 'punks' rebel against societal and political confines, then confine themselves and each other. "This is what punks can do and this is what punks can't do."

Hilarious.

Inuzuka Skysword · 05-06-2007, 02:56 PM

Here is a quote by that idiot Mike Shinoda from Linkin Park:

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"It couldn't be more exciting to give you all new music, especially after all the hard work we put into it. This album was almost a year and a half of experiments, mistakes, inspiration, and careful craftsmanship. We put everything we had into these songs, and want you to hear every second of it. I can't wait for you to absorb all the levels of meaning in the songs, and the layers of music, eventually forming your own ideas about what the songs mean to you.

At the same time, a leak leaves out some very important parts of this piece of work. We put months of creative energy into the ART of the record, in the booklet, special edition, and big book...almost as long as it took to record hybrid theory (sic). The album has amazing photos, lyrics, and notes about how the songs came together--it's the visual half of the record. On the other hand, the super-special-edition book is packed with exclusive images, stories of the making of the songs, gorgeous art, the CD and a DVD that tells the story, showing the actual moments of inspiration caught on camera. For me, it's almost hard to imagine anyone really experiencing this album without that part of it.

Even the song sequence alone is very important. It's WAY different to hear the songs in a random order than to listen to this record from beginning to end. At the very least, if you've already downloaded the songs, do us a huge favor and listen to them in the right order...it'll be way more rewarding."

Now some may ask, "Well why are you posting this?" Well I want to know whether this guys seriously means what he says or is he just saying that so that people buy his album. I believe it is all for the money.

So discuss.

Moon Pix · 05-06-2007, 04:06 PM

I believe that suggesting that a guy is interested in making a living from his music in a thread called "Sell out?" displays a certain level of either jealousy or disconnectedness from real life.

In other words the guy has to make a living and if he can do that with his art rather than having to work as a cashier or a dishwasher then good luck to the guy.

cardboard adolescent · 05-06-2007, 04:17 PM

I think the real question being posed here was is he being sincere about needing a stupid little booklet that comes inside a CD to enjoy it or is he just trying to talk people into actually going out and paying for the CD. And, in my opinion, you don't need to see pictures of the band or stupid notes to enjoy the music. If, on the other hand, the music is lackluster and overproduced, as is probably the case here, the extra material might distract you from that for a moment.

So, in answer to your question, yeah, the bastard's just trying to convince people to pay for his crappy music.

Inuzuka Skysword · 05-06-2007, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by cardboard adolescent

I think the real question being posed here was is he being sincere about needing a stupid little booklet that comes inside a CD to enjoy it or is he just trying to talk people into actually going out and paying for the CD. And, in my opinion, you don't need to see pictures of the band or stupid notes to enjoy the music. If, on the other hand, the music is lackluster and overproduced, as is probably the case here, the extra material might distract you from that for a moment.

So, in answer to your question, yeah, the bastard's just trying to convince people to pay for his crappy music.

Yeah that was the question and I agree with you.

Moon Pix · 05-06-2007, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Inuzuka Skysword

Yeah that was the question and I agree with you.

In that case I agree with the both of you. Its funny cause he's obviously not got a lot of faith in his fanbase if he thinks theyre so casual and uninterested that he has to give them a reason to pay for his music.

04-29-2006, 06:14 PM	#52 (permalink)
swim dontcareaboutyou Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 5,188	The only kind of sellouts that I hate are bands that dumb down their music to sell albums. If you keep your music the same and stay true to your roots you arent selling out, you're just bringing good music to the masses. __________________ http://nakednaps.bandcamp.com/

07-02-2006, 06:55 PM	#55 (permalink)
Stone Magnet Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Keswick, Ontario Posts: 731	I love how 'punks' rebel against societal and political confines, then confine themselves and each other. "This is what punks can do and this is what punks can't do." Hilarious. __________________ Lock to field screen, row the ocean onto sentient ground. New rites of a Vedic sun to attend the blue horizon. Prevails flight resplendent, sails the shrine effulgent windship. Stillness breathes apex supreme - I walk toward the mountain. Crowns the sovereic rite to freedom. Shored the origin forms to a ground accede. Axiom core of the light shrine flight to shining. Glows serene to attenuate the space and time.

05-06-2007, 04:06 PM	#57 (permalink)
Moon Pix In a very sad sad zoo Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: "Out on tour with Smashing Pumpkins, nature kids, they don't have no function" Posts: 363	I believe that suggesting that a guy is interested in making a living from his music in a thread called "Sell out?" displays a certain level of either jealousy or disconnectedness from real life. In other words the guy has to make a living and if he can do that with his art rather than having to work as a cashier or a dishwasher then good luck to the guy. __________________ There’s a dream that I see, I pray it can be Look 'cross the land, shake this land - "Maybe Not", C. Marshall

04-29-2006, 11:27 PM	#53 (permalink)
kujo Groupie Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: colorado Posts: 44	bands that sell out are cool as long as they do it in a classy way; ex: modest mouse didnt change their sound while switching to a huge label.....conor on the other hand sold his music to sony and released his crappiest two albums clearly aimed at a more mainstream sound

07-02-2006, 06:32 PM	#54 (permalink)
AllHailExecution Groupie Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Alberta Posts: 13	Avenged Sevenfold have been called sell outs because they signed on to Warner Bros. and because their sound is different. I don't actually care because the new album is amazing and they've improved a lot technically too. What a lot of these hXc fans don't seem to realize is that Avenged have changed their sound on every album and I don't see why this change with City Of Evil is anything new. Either way, they're really good. I hate the fact that some of those MTV children who just recently found out about them are like 'Omigod A7x Bat Countrey1!@!1' but then again all bands have some fans like that.

05-06-2007, 04:17 PM	#58 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	I think the real question being posed here was is he being sincere about needing a stupid little booklet that comes inside a CD to enjoy it or is he just trying to talk people into actually going out and paying for the CD. And, in my opinion, you don't need to see pictures of the band or stupid notes to enjoy the music. If, on the other hand, the music is lackluster and overproduced, as is probably the case here, the extra material might distract you from that for a moment. So, in answer to your question, yeah, the bastard's just trying to convince people to pay for his crappy music.