[kj] Reason makes perfect sense

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Fri Dec 31 11:40:35 EST 2004



When the new manager took over killing Joke,He was faced with a band in turmoil.Disappointing album sales,Tour which just about made it too the last date,limited income from merchandise etc.
To address the situation the New manager had to turn this around,That was new managers are there do in any business.
He saw that killing Joke were nt pulling in any new punters,It was just the same dwindling hard-core fanbase.The last album sold less than 100 000.If KJ received $1per album sale,thats US$100 000,say 10 000 for Dave grohl,10 000 for the producer.That leaves $80 000,divide by four,$20 000 each.An album every seven years,thats less than US$3000 income per annum.
What to do?The band had to find a new audience,Had too make money from this new audience.Step one.Stop other people selling KJ merchandise.Step two,Find a new audience.Step Three,Sell this new market KJ products.And hey Presto,Killing joke are solvent .
Thus explaining the recent MD and Motley Crue decisions
The question remains too be seen if they will change their music and image to suit the new market or will they hope to be accepted as they are


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