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LAMB OF GOD, SOILWORK, AND DEVILDRIVER FRONTMEN SOUND OFF ON RECORD INDUSTRY WOES

 Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 at 3:40pm by

The rad dudes over at Metal Injection have posted a new video interview with Randy Blythe from Lamb of God, Bjorn Strid from Soilwork, and Dez Fafara of Devildriver… all in the same room, filmed on their recent OMG-best-lineup-ever tour (along with Killswitch Engage). The three frontman have some pretty interesting things to say about illegal downloading. Blythe, for a change, comes off as smart, accepting of the current state and recognizing the need to adapt. Strid is mostly pensive and understand both sides, while Fafara ends up sounding like a bit of an ill-informed idiot, suggesting all artists band together and sue the iPod and iTunes out of existence. Great idea, that’ll work. <sarcasm> And Coal Chamber was a great band, too. </sarcasm>

It has to be seen to be believed. Check out the video at Metal Injection.

-VN

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  • http://crustcake.com crustcake gerf

    Couldn’t disagree more with Dez Fafara. The exposure underground artists are able to achieve on their own in the digital age more than compensates for any loss of sales (real or perceived) due to fans sharing their tunes. Things are changing and that scares a good many people, but when the dust clears the result will be much more diversity and the cutting out of the middle man (aka record label) which means more money straight to the music maker’s pockets. In short, the trends are bad for traditional record labels but ultimately good for artists and art.

  • http://www.metalinjection.net RobInjection

    Dez just wants the plaque mannnnn

  • http://metalmartyr.com Scott

    I like how you summed it up much faster than I could at Metalmartyr.com. When I watched the video I just got all sorts of riled up when he started talking. He thinks he thought of some breakthrough idea.

    http://www.metalmartyr.com/lamb-of-god-soilwork-and-devildriver-frontmen-interview-by-metal-injection-bring-a-shovel-and-pull-your-boots-up/

  • Niggy Tardust

    Devildriver sucks and Coal Chamber double sucks(ed). Maybe people would pay for their music if they were a little less suck-tastic.

    Off topic: RobInjection, how did you guys get Dave Hill? That dude is great. He’s so fucking metal it hurts.

  • NuMallCore Pwns Yo Mama

    He just comes across like a dumbfuck… Apparently those who wander are lost.

  • miguel_g

    Farara’s opinion was valid to some extent. If itunes were the future of music, they should apply some sort of filter to differenciate legal and ilegal downloads. However the ipod and itunes are not the future of the industry, they’re just the current trend.

    Anytime soon there will be another popular mp3 player that will replace ipod’s place in the market and there are already other sites where you can get legal music downlads (mp3.com, amazon). And the pressure that labels put over artists today has to be really strong (even the small labels). I wouldn’t be surprised if he came across one of these days in blabbermouth saying how much he likes the freedom that selling music through the net, and how he and his band like to record their albums in their garage using pro tools instead of paying expensive studios and al that shit.

  • http://metalinjection.net/ RobInjection

    The thing I think Dez doesn’t get is, that if iTunes did put that copy protection on it, people would just find a way to crack it (like they unlocked the iPhone) OR just move onto a device that doesnt have restrictions. If anything, why would somebody buy a CD or any music that has restrictions and can only be played in such-and-such devices, if they can download something for free and play it where ever they want. The music business is forgetting the biggest reason why downloading is so big…convenience.

  • http://www.studio-erebus.com erebusman

    Ah .. yeah. I’ll have to chime in on the chorus here. Dez doesnt get it AT ALL.

    Lets go over a few items here.

    1) Firstly CD’s are shipped without copy protection for the most part and have been since day 1.

    2) People were able to RIP CD’s to MP3′s long before iTunes existed (can you say Napster?)

    3) Bands get screwed by RECORD COMPANYS not FANS. Dez note to you: You signed a shitty recording contract that put you in debt to the record company and their accounting practices assure that you will remain in debt to them so that they can take every single sale made and put it in their pocket; not yours. This has been going on for a long time and yet there are still lots of artists who do not understand it.

    4) Many (if not the majority) of bands make their money touring from T-Shirt sales specifically because the recording industry exists to make the RIAA members money NOT the bands. As long as Dez is a freak’ing lamb and follows with the rest of the fold the sheepherders at the RIAA will gladly desposit the fruits of your labors.

    5) Artists are starting to WAKE UP. Look at recent releases from Radio Head, Saul WIlliams and others .. albums released in MP3 format online and you pay whatever you think its worth. They are not releasing through a RIAA member for a reason. Even if you pay $1.00 thats more money than they would ever see from a record company.

    In short electronic distribution of music is revolutionizing the industry and some bands will reap massive rewards while others will be slaves to the RIAA for years to come.

    Enjoy your shackles Dez you wear them well.

  • Crack-a-lack

    ITUNES DESTROYS THE UNDERGROUND PAINTER!!!! Not many metal bands would contract a young Rembrant-esque painter for their art work. Not the tooth paste.

  • Crack-a-lack

    And wait, didnt Dez say it wouldnt hurt “artists” like B. Spears but is calling on people such as Jay-Z to band together? Does he not think Mr. Rocca himself is on the same level as the bad mom? I think Jay-Z is ganna hav-ta slap a bitch…

  • ERiK

    Dez is right.

    Consumers will come up w/ any excuse to justify stealing music. Consumers are parasitic worms thriving off the blood of artists. Good thing the industry machine still has the payola to keep these metal-stars in all the magazines and what small legit media still exists. Soon the well will dry up and these metal-star bands will be just another unsigned myspace band like everyone else.

    The ipod thrives off of illegal downloading. The more songs kids can download, the bigger an ipod they have to own.

    It’s going to take the government to step in to solve this problem. The internet is an easy fix, if the government cares enough to step in. Anarchy never works becuase humans are scum who will rob, rape, and kill their own family if they can get away with it. Civilians need to be told what to do and laws need to be enforced.

    Live it up self righteous consumers. In the future, the internet will be governed just like any other aspect of life. Till then, do your best to destroy the music industry and keep telling yourself you’re doing what’s best for the artists.

  • Anit-artard

    Dear ERiK,
    To bad we dont live in Communist Russia (U.S.S.R), right?