Blabbermouth posted a quote this morning that said this:

“Why would you blame [people who download music]?” Taylor said. “Half the fucking albums that are out there are shit. I don’t download, but at the same time, I don’t buy new music ’cause it all sucks. Okay, there’s a handful of bands that I buy, but other than that, I just buy old shit because old shit is good. Sorry!

“People wanna blame the decline of album sales on downloading, I think it’s actually the record companies’ fault,” he added. “I think it’s the quality of the product. If record companies would stop giving any fucking mook on the street with a fringe a record deal or their own record label, maybe you would sell more fucking albums, dipshits.”

To this a million Blabberbrats said the same thing over and over: Guess you don’t buy your own music, cause it’s shit. Mallcore, Slipknot sucks, etc, etc.

Anyway, myself and many other people have said this a million times, with the exception of ‘I don’t buy new music ’cause it all sucks.‘. I don’t mean any disrespect but obviously Corey is too tied up with performing and recording to actually see what else is out there. That or his taste in metal is very limited. I was in the same state of mind for years. I had no idea how much really good stuff was out there until I started really looking and listening to other people. However he is right about labels big and small signing just about anything with a slight hook while talented bands get brushed aside. These days it seems for every good band there is 3 shitty bands.

That’s the biggest problem with modern rock. You have so many crap bands out there selling a cd with one or two good singles and the rest is filler crap. Seriously, how many NEW modern mainstream acts do you hear on the radio these days? Very few and they play a lot of older rock stuff. You know I can’t blame people for downloading either, but with all the resources to preview albums these days, you can’t really use the excuse above. You can preview stuff on iTunes or Myspace and if you like it you can buy the cd or download the individual song on iTunes. But people would still rather get something for nothing.

Post from: Metal Martyr