Is there something wrong with a band making money?

4/7/2011 1:17:17 AM

interesting... tell us less

4/7/2011 1:18:27 AM

It's okay to make money, but only if you be yourself doing it.


If you being a record executive's bitch... you get no cred.

4/7/2011 1:18:57 AM

^Shut the fuck up. What do you know about making money?

Wait, I suppose you know about being a bitch, so continue.

4/7/2011 2:12:02 AM

there's something wrong with writing songs built to be radio famous rather than good songs (which is why I don't like nickleback)

4/7/2011 2:16:24 AM

If you find a way to peddle shit music to the masses and get rich from it, that's awesome. Just don't expect to get much respect from real musicians.

4/7/2011 2:17:49 AM

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"Shut the fuck up. What do you know about making money?"

Everything.



I'm Jewish.

4/7/2011 2:18:47 AM

nothing wrong with making money if you don't necessarily want to be remembered, I guess

4/7/2011 2:21:13 AM

ITT we list sell outs:


1. Nickelback
2. Metallica
3. Linkin Park
4. Fallout Boy
5. Staind
6. Green Day
7. Snoop Dog

4/7/2011 2:59:36 AM

Funny, not only are those listed bands sell outs, they also suck.

4/7/2011 3:08:45 AM

I wouldn't call nickelback a sellout, they just make crappy music. And Snoop Dogg just doesn't give a fuck.

4/7/2011 3:20:42 AM

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"Funny, not only are those listed bands sell outs, they also suck."

ha, what a douche

4/7/2011 6:50:14 AM

If my penis was a rock band, it would be Nickelback because it is HUEG and nobody knows why.

4/7/2011 7:06:27 AM

HUEG PENIS

4/7/2011 7:07:53 AM

HUGH PENIS

4/7/2011 7:08:53 AM

So let me guess, you're a Nickelback fan?

4/7/2011 7:15:50 AM

Is that what I said?

4/7/2011 7:21:23 AM

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"I'm Jewish."

a jewish pizza maker? insert being close to the oven joke here

4/7/2011 8:22:42 AM

linkin park was put together by a studio... they never sold out... they were owned entirely from the get go... Similar to a boy band setup by a producing studio..

4/7/2011 8:26:13 AM

Most people in this thread would sell out in an instance if someone showed them the green.

Bunch of idiots...

4/7/2011 8:27:36 AM

this conversation/debate is pretty middle school

4/7/2011 8:34:31 AM

Rock Band sold out? Guess you should have gotten a pre-order.

4/7/2011 8:41:29 AM

I like to listen to music I enjoy. I don't care what payment system the band uses.

4/7/2011 8:49:34 AM

If I'm getting paid to do what they want me to do I'm gonna do it. When they won't pay me anymore ill go back to doing like before.

4/7/2011 8:57:40 AM

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"If I'm getting paid to do what they want me to do I'm gonna do it. When they won't pay me anymore ill go back to doing like before."

That's pretty much the definition of selling out. The only thing is that you can never go back to doing it like you did before.

I have no problem with bands I like becoming successful. What I hate is when they obviously change their sound to be more industry friendly.

For the record, I'd sell out in a heartbeat.

4/7/2011 10:20:14 AM

Because doing it for the love of the music pays the mortgage.

4/7/2011 10:20:36 AM

Very few starving artists in rock even get the chance to sell out.

It's usually when you're selling 10,000 copies hand-to-hand and another 100,000 through distributors that the record labels take interest.

Rap is a completely different story though. These guys get record contracts from a single without recording an album or ever performing live.

4/7/2011 10:25:52 AM

tired argument topic is tired

4/7/2011 10:28:08 AM

I thought this thread was about Reel Big Fish and their hit song "Sell Out"

[Edited on April 7, 2011 at 10:28 AM. Reason : owait, it said rock bands, oh well]

4/7/2011 10:28:30 AM

4/7/2011 9:35:28 PM

This thread has "sold the fuck out".

4/7/2011 9:37:00 PM

How come when a group writes songs that are worth listening to people say they've "sold out"? Two words - Bon Jovi. Everyone called them sellouts because they wrote songs that people wanted to sing along to. Thirty years later they're the only hairband left, and their songs are still great. The same thing happened with Metalica. When they decided that "fast" wasn't the only criteria for making music they were called "sellouts". Despite the fact the "Nothing Else Matters" is epic.

There's a joke that, "Art without a market isn't art, it's therapy." There is a certain truth to it ...

P.S. - I love Green Day ...

[Edited on April 7, 2011 at 10:21 PM. Reason : *~<]BO]

4/7/2011 10:05:44 PM

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"I wouldn't call nickelback a sellout, they just make crappy music."

4/7/2011 10:14:31 PM

making money, changing the band's physical look, sound, or whatever for money......or simply evolving their band are all different things.

4/7/2011 10:21:27 PM

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"a jewish pizza maker? insert being close to the oven joke here"

HAH

4/7/2011 10:22:06 PM

I thought the only people who argued about bands selling out were elitist asshole music snobs (a rather pompous, self absorbed, and jealous lot...and untalented to boot) and highschool emo/punk shitheads.

If I had the chance to "sell out"...I'd be all over that like stink on shit. I can work on my own true creations in my own time...and reap the benefits of having the money to do what the hell I want. Ever hear of working to support your pastimes? Same thing.

In the grand scheme of things, is your opinion of me going to have a damn thing to do with my true character? Go fuck yourselves if you think that your opinion matters that much.

Worse than those motherfuckers at the Saucer that insist I should drink my beer at room temperature...

4/7/2011 10:51:36 PM

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" 1. Nickelback 2. Metallica 3. Linkin Park 4. Fallout Boy 5. Staind 6. Green Day 7. Snoop Dog "

Selling out their artistic credibility? You have to have some to begin with

4/7/2011 11:23:30 PM

I use to like this thread back in the day before everyone else started posting in it and seeing it on the internet.

4/7/2011 11:31:17 PM

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"I wouldn't call nickelback a sellout, they just make crappy music. And Snoop Dogg just doesn't give a fuck."

agreed

4/8/2011 7:15:45 AM