[quote]pookie wrote:
zephead4747 wrote:
Their fans DID steal from them. end of story. If I was in a band and my music that was my living was being given away for free to anyone who wanted it. I would probably kill someone.
It’s not that cut and dry.
A lot of their fans had already purchased every CD they could find, and used Napster to get rare tracks or foreign CDs that were not available to them. A lot of CDs are sold only in some markets. I personally have quite a few Japanese market Metallica CDs that contain 3 or 4 songs each. Usually only one unique song (sometimes amounting to little more than a taped “jam session;” early version of songs where James sings “la la la la laaaa” because the lyrics hadn’t been done yet, etc) and the rest being “filler” of easily available material.
And while it’s undoubtedly true that some people where downloading their catalog for free, I think their mistake was to include their loyal fans - who had already bought everything available, and were only trying to complete their collection - in the same group.
Worse of all, closing down Napster did very little to prevent their music from being swapped online. With Napster gone, new, decentralized systems appeared like WinMX, Kazaa, eMule, etc. Nowadays, you can find torrents that contain the complete collection, CDs, DVDs, bootlegs, of everything Metallica has ever produced.
So in the end, the whole Napster debacle did nothing to prevent the downloading of their music, and only served to tarnish their image and alienate millions of previously extremely loyal fans. Bad, bad PR.
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QFT.
The South Park episode about this did quite well describing the situation.
Although I am more a fan of death metal, I still love the older Metallica and could listen to it endlessly. I have never really been a big fan of Megadeth, but they do have some good songs.
The new Exodus album is decent, nothing like FD or Bonded, but decent. I’m getting back into Anthrax/S.O.D. again, funniest bands to listen to on the highway.
The new Exodus album is decent, nothing like FD or Bonded, but decent. I’m getting back into Anthrax/S.O.D. again, funniest bands to listen to on the highway.
[quote]BigRagoo wrote:
De sleeplijn wrote:
A little off topic, but what does QFT mean? I’m not up with these chatroom abbreviations.
Quite fucking true.[/quote]
I had assumed that but the response earlier said Quoted for Truth. Both are phrases I do not hear often in general conversation so I had no real idea what it would be.
[quote]BigRagoo wrote:
detazathoth wrote:
QFT - Quoted for Truth
The new Exodus album is decent, nothing like FD or Bonded, but decent. I’m getting back into Anthrax/S.O.D. again, funniest bands to listen to on the highway.
“Disease!Disease! Spreading the Disease…”
Anthrax is an all time fav of mine. [/quote]
Antrhax is the only one of them, Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer that I don’t like. Not too sure why, but they never did anything for me. I might have to give them another go because they can’t be so highly rated for nothing.
[quote]De sleeplijn wrote:
BigRagoo wrote:
detazathoth wrote:
QFT - Quoted for Truth
The new Exodus album is decent, nothing like FD or Bonded, but decent. I’m getting back into Anthrax/S.O.D. again, funniest bands to listen to on the highway.
“Disease!Disease! Spreading the Disease…”
Anthrax is an all time fav of mine.
Antrhax is the only one of them, Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer that I don’t like. Not too sure why, but they never did anything for me. I might have to give them another go because they can’t be so highly rated for nothing.[/quote]
Dude, relisten to “State of Euphoria”. It’s one of their more serious albums, and it kicks ass, as far as Anthrax goes. Highly recommended.
[quote]BigRagoo wrote:
Dude, relisten to “State of Euphoria”. It’s one of their more serious albums, and it kicks ass, as far as Anthrax goes. Highly recommended.[/quote]
I was going to ask what albums or songs were the selling points to Anthrax. It’s similar to what somebody said earlier “You shouldn’t judge a band by one song.”
Like many have judged Megadeth by Sweating Bullets, I have probably judged Anthrax in the same way.
[quote]detazathoth wrote:
I am the walkin’ dude
I can see all the world
Twist your minds with fear
I’m the man with power
Among the living
Follow me or die!
Listen to Among the Living, that album makes me headbang everytime.
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