Tuesday, June 17, 2003

St Bullshit

Metal bores Metallica have a new album out called St Anger. I just saw the video on MTV2 - it struck me as ironically funny (and incredibly cheesy.) They filmed it in San Quentin Prison in The USA. They surrounded themselves with some of the most violent people on the face of the planet. The video ended with a dedication to the inmates - it said something about a piece of the spirit of the inmates was a piece of the spirit of Metallica.

OK - let me get this straight. Lars Von Whining Bastard moaning about illegal downloads of his music, yet he *is* the spirit of rapists and murders in San Quentin Prison. Go figure.

I should download a copy of the new album just out of principle, but I don't want to waste the HD space. Any artist who doesn't think that people sharing his music is a good thing - whether bought or copied - doesn't deserve our attention. That's my opinion anyway. If the music is good people will buy - even those who listen to initially pirated copies. If its not up to scratch, they won't - you should be proud that people *want* to listen to your music rather than fuelling your bank account.

Dear me...

Posted by Dio Bach at 15:46

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