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Paul G
Joined: 05 Jan 1999 Posts: 860 Location: Toronto Ontario Canada
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Posted: Wed Oct 06, 1999 3:14 pm Post subject: what selling out is and isn't |
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With over 20 + yrs of rock'n'roll behind me (man that doesn't sound too good), my honest opinion on what constitutes a sellout.
Changing your sound in order to fit in with the current trend and basically forgetting to work under your own agenda and style. In other words you lose your balls and guts to do it your way and you find the easy solution. Granted record companies are guilty of forcing some bands to mold their styles to suit what's popular and in most cases bands have little say in the matter but still.....
Some guilty parties:
KISS: from Dynasty forward, they started hopping from trend to trend with only the occasional return to the true KISS style.
Machine Head: a blatant attempt to latch on to the current KORN craze. SAD.
Megadeth: Same thing although not as blatant, they've dumbed it down considerably.
Aerosmith: lost the plot - Diane Warren ballads have ruined this band, enough of that crap give me more Rocks/Pump style rock n roll.
Metallica: they didn't conform to current market trends, a lot of us may hate their current style but at least they never hopped unto the metal/rap bandwagon. Hence not a sellout but a re-formulation.
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Paul G
Joined: 05 Jan 1999 Posts: 860 Location: Toronto Ontario Canada
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Posted: Wed Oct 06, 1999 3:15 pm Post subject: what selling out is and isn't |
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With over 20 + yrs of rock'n'roll behind me (man that doesn't sound too good), my honest opinion on what constitutes a sellout.
Changing your sound in order to fit in with the current trend and basically forgetting to work under your own agenda and style. In other words you lose your balls and guts to do it your way and you find the easy solution. Granted record companies are guilty of forcing some bands to mold their styles to suit what's popular and in most cases bands have little say in the matter but still.....
Some guilty parties:
KISS: from Dynasty forward, they started hopping from trend to trend with only the occasional return to the true KISS style.
Machine Head: a blatant attempt to latch on to the current KORN craze. SAD.
Megadeth: Same thing although not as blatant, they've dumbed it down considerably.
Aerosmith: lost the plot - Diane Warren ballads have ruined this band, enough of that crap give me more Rocks/Pump style rock n roll.
Metallica: they didn't conform to current market trends, a lot of us may hate their current style but at least they never hopped unto the metal/rap bandwagon. Hence not a sellout but a re-formulation.
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OverMuch
Joined: 27 Feb 1999 Posts: 846 Location: Seattle, Washington USA
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Posted: Wed Oct 06, 1999 3:24 pm Post subject: what selling out is and isn't |
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Wow, Budgie, I'm impressed with your ability to stir up a hornets nest, then sit back and take the criticism. Not too many people have that objectivity. Welcome to the board. |
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DeathtofalseMetal
Joined: 18 Nov 1998 Posts: 1529 Location: Portland, OR
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Posted: Wed Oct 06, 1999 3:56 pm Post subject: what selling out is and isn't |
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I agree with you, Paul G., both in the way you define "sell out" as well as in the examples you give. Although, got to admit that one of my favorite Kiss records of all time is "Creatures of the Night." |
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Hippyblood
Joined: 30 Jul 1999 Posts: 925 Location: Indiana
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Posted: Wed Oct 06, 1999 4:28 pm Post subject: what selling out is and isn't |
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I have to agree with Paul too. Has anybody got to hear ZZ Top "rap" on their new cd yet? Oy Vay!
(BTW Budgie-I'm an oldtimer too. I don't think kids listen to metal, do they?) |
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SpiritOnParole
Joined: 02 Aug 1999 Posts: 2655 Location: New York, NY/Somerset, NJ.
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Posted: Wed Oct 06, 1999 5:07 pm Post subject: what selling out is and isn't |
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In my opinion, selling out is abandoning your artistic vision for the sake of making money or gaining prestige -- whether or not doing so makes you qualify as "mainstream."
Spirit
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EpicFNM
Joined: 07 Aug 1999 Posts: 29 Location: Derby, Kansas
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Posted: Wed Oct 06, 1999 8:13 pm Post subject: what selling out is and isn't |
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This arguement is old and tiring. I will just say that I do agree with Budgie. I thought he made lots of good points. |
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QuantumRocker
Joined: 15 Sep 1999 Posts: 83 Location: San Francisco, Ca. USA
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Posted: Wed Oct 06, 1999 8:40 pm Post subject: what selling out is and isn't |
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Personally, I'd rather hear some kick-ass METAL on a commercial than some cheesy bubble-gum tune or annoying lame synth mix. Lets face it whenever you turn on the TV, your saturated with a bunch of crap. I usually keep my finger close to the mute button for those all-too frequent occasions, but of course don't make it all the time because life is after all, a multitasking frenzy at times.
When this happens and I am forced to listen to Van Halen or Ozzy, then I'm not going to whine about it. Besides, If you've got it, flaunt it if it's tasteful, Although I do agree with some of the rest of the "sell out" items from Budgie and Paul.
By the way, am I the only person that actually liked the "new" Coke?
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Budgie
Joined: 05 Oct 1999 Posts: 10 Location: atlanta, ga, USA
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Posted: Wed Oct 06, 1999 9:35 pm Post subject: what selling out is and isn't |
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I liked the new coke to! But i still liked the old metallica...errrrrrr i mean coke better.
Thanks for the welcome to the board everyone. I must admit i haven't kept up with metal much in the last few years. I still pretty much stick to my old favorites. But hell, who knows, perhaps that will change. Hehehe. Anyway you guys rock. I just wanted to let you guys know. My roomate and i do an internet radio show 4 nights a week, we don't talk about metal neccesarily, but you may find us interesting. I invite you to visit my website at [url=http://www.latenet.com]www.latenet.com[/url] .Ok enough shameless plugging of my website. You folks have been great on this topic. Perhaps i'll come up with something else interesting in the next coupla days. Or maybe i'll just comment on yours. Either way thanks for the feedback. I'm here to stay for a while.
Budgie the Brain [url=http://www.latenet.com]www.latenet.com[/url]
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