Lamb Of God, Soilwork, And Devildriver Frontmen Interview By Metal Injection | Bring A Shovel And Pull Your Boots Up!
Metal Injection interviewed Randy (LOG), Bjorn (soilwork), and Dez (Devildriver) in this video. Internet downloading becomes a subject real quick. Here is what they all say about it in brief…sorta.
Bjorn says he has mixed feelings on it. He says he likes the music released in the whole package and there is a reason that they pick the cover art with the cd. He also says that metal fans are loyal and if they really like the music they usually buy it. So true this is. There have been albums that I have downloaded a song or two (legally) to get a feel for the album and later when it is released I buy the whole thing. Thats what I like about the internet. Some record labels and bands let you sample some of the songs before the record comes out. Sometimes they are just good singles and you get shafted when you buy the record and GOOD bands produce entire records that rock to keep the fans coming back.
Randy says he used to buy vinyl and that kids these days sometimes never own cds, they
own iPods. This could be because of a lot of things. It can be because (and I hope this is the reason) the music is more important than some shitty cover art. It can be because it’s convenient. It could be because it’s cheaper than buying a cd with two good songs and a bunch of fillers. Or it could be a combination of them all.
Dez in his wisdom from the tatoo’d chin says something so stupid as that Apple should be responsible for people that download illegal music. He states that Ipods were designed to only play MP3’s downloaded from Itunes. That your Ipod is only supposed to accept music from Itunes. In other words he says all other music you have on your hard drive that you didn’t pay for by downloading should not be compatible with iPods. Dez, I just got an iPod and the music I saved to the iPod via iTunes has been paid for. I didn’t download it illegally, I bought it on CD and ripped it to my hard drive like a lot of people. I’m not paying for the music twice just to download it from iTunes so it’s “legal” or compatible. Thats why iTunes converts it, because they have to give us the benefit of the doubt that perhaps this music has been paid for at least once before. Besides, iTunes doesn’t have everything. I understand your logic, but it’s illogical. Think about what your saying before you spew a load of garbage into the ears of the intelligent. You were making perfect sense right up until that point of the interview. It’s kinda like prostitution or drugs. There is always going to be illegal downloading. All we can do is do the right thing and not do it, but there will always be people that do. Hey, remember that point in the late 90’s for about 10 minutes…when Coal Chamber was cool (kinda). I paid for your shitty music once, what makes you think I’m stupid enough to down load it and pay for that crap again? Oh and Dez? If you want a fuckin gold record plaque I’ll hit up a thrift shop, spray paint a gold record, stain a hunk of maple, hot glue it and give it to you. Quit being a crybaby. Your not getting rich because of the internet and illegal downloading, your not getting rich cause your band is not all that and no one wants to buy your Coal Chamber on crack sound! Sorry, Dude. Don’t be retarded. Your a fuckin “Unit”. You want an “encodement”, then you develop it so it can’t be hacked, you pay for it, you convince every band that this WILL work without flaw and then roll with it. Until then STFU! You can’t change the digital content of a cd by scanning it at the register just like you can’t change your shitty band by changing the shitty name!
I couldn’t watch any further without holding back the vomit that was building in the back of my throat. Dez, Lars called…he said come on over and clean his toilet already!
If I was in a band and we put out one really epic songs before we went through with the whole thing and leaked it onto the internet and it exploded and people loved it. Thats would make me happier than all the money in the world. The self gratification of knowing that you have created something that people want, people love. Sure when all is said and done and we started to get big and wanted to be rewarded for out efforts it would be a bit frustrating but knowing that we created something so great that people would do just about anything to include breaking the law to get out music…thats the best form of gratification you could ever experience…in my broke, non-famous musician opinion.
Anyway, go on over to Metalinjection and check out the video and make your own judgment call.
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