Andre Yoskowitz
10 Oct 2007 19:58
Throwdown, a metal band famous for “destroying” a stage at Ozzfest has called upon file-sharing fans to help support the band by "stealing their album...[and]help bury the label."
Dave Peters, the front man of the band had this to say, “I play in a metal band. We have sold around 200k records across 3 releases. We’re not ‘huge’ by any stretch but do alright and live off (and ON subsequently) the road. Fans and friends ask me all the time how I feel about “stealing music. I just told someone yesterday I have a hard time seeing it as stealing…when I don’t see any money from cd sales to begin with.”
Continuing on about his anger at the state of the record industry, “If you want to squeeze an opinion on theft out of me, ask me about the dude that grabbed our tshirt off the table tonight in Detroit or better yet.. ask me about record contracts.”
He followed up with a message to file sharers and fans of the band,
“I encourage our fans to acquire our album however they please. The philosophy I’ve adopted is that if you’re supporting disc sales, you’re keeping the old model around longer…the one that forces dudes like me to tour 9 mos/year if they want to make ends meet with a career in music.”
Ending his rant with a comment that I'm sure most bands would agree with,
“If you wanna really support a band, “steal” their album….help bury the label….and buy a tshirt when you show up at their show and sing every word.”
Its good to see bands speaking out about the record industry and the fact that piracy is not bad for the band but only for the labels.
Source:
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