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Topic: The Warner Bros artist killings
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schroeder
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posted June 13, 2004 23:52
Thought you would enjoy reading these last couple of paragraphs regarding the big cuts being made to many of the artists on the Warner Bros lables. The Metallica sales figures are extremely interesting. Seems like they have been loosing more of their fans with each passing year, and ya can't blame Napster for that... your core fans will always put out the $$$ to support you.Anyway, here's part of the aticle: An interesting footnote is that everyone's favorite angry 45-year-olds, Metallica, seemingly strong-armed their way onto Warner Bros. for their next album. Like Stereolab, Metallica had been on Elektra, but chose to leave when the announcement was made that the label was being dissolved into Atlantic. The story goes that Metallica informed Bronfman and Cohen that they would not deliver the final record in their Elektra contract unless they were allowed to move seamlessly to Warner. On the surface, this seems like a sound business decision by Warner Bros., as Metallica has been a pretty sure bet financially for the last 15 years or so, but consider that Metallica's sales peaked with 1991's self-titled release, and have been on a steady decline ever since. Their most recent disaster, St. Anger, for example, has sold fewer copies than any album they've released since 1986. As the cuts slowly leak out, here's a partial selection of the massive artist roster that, as members of the rather extended Warner family, could potentially find themselves homeless: Green Day, The Stratford 4, Dream Theater, Depeche Mode, New Order, Jewel, Morcheeba, Deftones, Built to Spill, The Donnas, Barenaked Ladies, Junior Senior, The Stills, Mandy Moore. Mandy Moore, people! That girl won't survive on the street! -------------------- yawn
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Slaytanic
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posted June 14, 2004 10:03
Well, JEWEL is interesting, who cares about fukkin' lyrics, or, even better, music? -------------------- "Forty-five moments of perfection translated through a cautionary escape into the perils of the mundane, the inherent entropy in ultimate order, and the potential threats of eternal, unchecked apathy in civilization; all cloaked in musical expression so thoughtful, creative and forward thinking that almost a quarter-century later, few can even comprehend it, much less match it." (autothrall)
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schroeder
VoivodFan
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posted June 15, 2004 23:22
Speaking of DT, while I was killing time on the net a little while ago, I was checking their site to see if there was any info on the WB thing, but ended up going to their official bootleg site and buying all of the releases they have put out!!! I'm impulsive, obsessive like that, but they have put out some totally incredible discs, with live shows, demos, outtakes, etc and I couldn't pass them up. Even some early material with Charlie on vocals!!!DT is definitley a fan friendly band, and they give back a lot to those who support them. -------------------- yawn
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schroeder
VoivodFan
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posted June 16, 2004 06:46
quote: Originally posted by Soft Machine: Who gives a shitAll the good WB cartoonists are dead Schlesinger, Freleng, Tex Avery, Chuck Jones
Makes ya think if they killed them too... a falling safe, running into a fake tunnel, crushed by a piano, laughing to death, erase them, there's so many ways to kill a man and make it look like an accident. -------------------- yawn
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Slaytanic
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posted June 16, 2004 11:01
quote: Originally posted by h: TEX AVERY - Now that man was a damn genius.
Agreed, no one could/can top him. -------------------- "Forty-five moments of perfection translated through a cautionary escape into the perils of the mundane, the inherent entropy in ultimate order, and the potential threats of eternal, unchecked apathy in civilization; all cloaked in musical expression so thoughtful, creative and forward thinking that almost a quarter-century later, few can even comprehend it, much less match it." (autothrall)
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Slaytanic
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posted June 16, 2004 12:15
No, I never did, but it must surely be a blast.There's a complete list of Tex's home videos at texavery.com: -------------------- "Forty-five moments of perfection translated through a cautionary escape into the perils of the mundane, the inherent entropy in ultimate order, and the potential threats of eternal, unchecked apathy in civilization; all cloaked in musical expression so thoughtful, creative and forward thinking that almost a quarter-century later, few can even comprehend it, much less match it." (autothrall)
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