[kj] 72..............................

[Leigh Newton]

Most bands make a lot of their money from touring and
selling merch and stuff like that. That's where the
"big" money is. I'm sure the Motley Crue tour helped a
great deal in that respect and i don't fault them one
bit for doing it. If someone offers you a shitload of
money to do a few gigs you SAY YES. Play the shows,
get in everyone's face and laugh all the way to the
bank.

Leigh


--- FLIGHT BRINGER <flightbringer at hotmail.co.uk>
wrote:

> They may not be concerned musically wise, but they
> must be concerned 
> commercially wise.
>    If the album sales as much as the single did,
> then will they make any 
> more if no one buys them?
> If it took less than 20 000 sales to get to the #1,
> then to get to #75 must 
> have needed sales of a few hundred. It wont be
> financially  viable to make 
> any more records, the outlay will be higher than the
> receipts.
>    Do some people think that it may have been wrong
> to put the new album on 
> file sharing sites?
> 
> 
> 
> >From: Leigh Newton <angrytomhanks at yahoo.com>
> >Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke
> (the 
> >band!)"<gathering at misera.net>
> >To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the
> band!)" 
> ><gathering at misera.net>
> >Subject: Re: [kj] 72..............................
> >Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 17:28:31 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >I'd be suprised and a little disappointed if KJ
> were,
> >at this point, still concernced with chart
> position. a
> >band like them has no place in the top 10 or even
> the
> >top 50 these days. Just look at what they're up
> >against. it's never gonna happen again. With a few
> >exceptions here and there, the time for quality
> music
> >being popular is long gone, or it is for the time
> >being at least. KJ fall more into the niche that
> >Nomeansno, Skinny Puppy, the Melvins and the like
> >share. These bands will never register a blip on
> the
> >charts ever again, but they've been around forever
> and
> >they all respectively have their cults of fans and
> >they are respected. They can all put out albums,
> tour,
> >and do well. The new fans are the kids who are
> really
> >stoked on music and are interested in "doing their
> >homework", so to speak. Just ask Tinsoldier.
> >
> >Leigh
> >
> >
> >--- FLIGHT BRINGER <flightbringer at hotmail.co.uk>
> >wrote:
> >
> > > That is terrible, a paltry 72 . 72 and a single
> with
> > > two unheard tracks on
> > > it !!!!! It must have only shifted a few hundred
> > > copies. Is this Killing
> > > Jokes worst ever week? They lost a Bassist.
> Their
> > > webmaster packs it in, the
> > > tour is cancelled and the single enters in  at
> 72.
> > >    If the album sales match the single sales
> then I
> > > can see themselves
> > > asking why they go on.
> > > The single should have been kept under wraps
> until
> > > its release date. The
> > > singles video was freely available to download
> weeks
> > > ago . Due to the fact
> > > that everyone had heard it already , there was
> no
> > > anticipation or excitement
> > > about the singles release . Why not keep the
> single
> > > and video under wraps
> > > until the single is available in the shops??
> > >
> > >      FB
> > >
> > >
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