Black Collar Workers 0 Update: Underoath Made VERY Good Money on Those Summer Livestreams December 16th, 2020 at 1:54pm Vince Neilstein Illuminating new financial info has come to light.
Black Collar Workers 0 Are Livestream Concerts Worth it for Bands? A Detailed Financial Analysis. December 15th, 2020 at 11:31am Vince Neilstein We look at public financial figures from Underoath’s recent streams and break it down: can livestream concerts be profitable?
Black Collar Workers 0 Wes Borland Was Broke When He Quit Limp Bizkit November 29th, 2020 at 11:22am MetalSucks His stock portfolio cratered after 9/11, then he left a ton of money on the table by quitting the band.
Black Collar Workers 0 Hatebreed are Packing and Shipping Their New Album Pre-Orders Themselves November 20th, 2020 at 12:36pm Vince Neilstein How’s that for DIY? Jamey Jasta keeps it real.
Black Collar Workers 0 YouTube Will Exploit Unsigned Bands’ Content by Running Ads Without Paying Them November 19th, 2020 at 3:30pm Vince Neilstein The service will begin runnings ads on channels with less than 1,000 subscribers without paying those content creators.
Black Collar Workers 0 Guitar Center Will File for Bankruptcy November 17th, 2020 at 8:15am MetalSucks The retailer has reached a restructuring deal with its controlling owner
Black Collar Workers 0 Spotify Will Add Bands to Playlists for a Reduced Payout Rate November 5th, 2020 at 11:33am Vince Neilstein It’s payola in all but name, but could result in your band getting some coveted playlist spots.
Black Collar Workers 0 Guitar Center Could File for Bankruptcy Within the Next Month October 26th, 2020 at 11:10am Vince Neilstein The company’s recent struggles have been made even worse by the pandemic.
Black Collar Workers 0 Metallica, Tool, Slipknot Nominated for 2020 Billboard Music Awards September 22nd, 2020 at 3:50pm Axl Rosenberg No other metal bands were nominated, but no other metal bands matter so whatever.
Black Collar Workers 0 Periphery’s Spencer Sotelo Warns “You Aren’t Going to Make Any Money From Being in a Metal Band” August 3rd, 2020 at 10:58am Axl Rosenberg “You’d better be in it for the music,” says the singer.
Black Collar Workers 0 Metallica Join Multi-Million Dollar Venture to Buy Song Catalogues and Other IP July 9th, 2020 at 10:18am Axl Rosenberg The venture will also reportedly include their co-manager, Cliff Burnstein, a former Morgan Stanley investment banker, the former president/COO of Fender, and a former Sony/ATV executive.
Black Collar Workers 0 Satyricon Vocalist Sold His Wine Business for $5.4 Million July 8th, 2020 at 11:55am Vince Neilstein More like Satyri-con-job, amirite???
Black Collar Workers 0 Calm Down, Everyone, That Leaked Live Nation Memo About Reduced Artist Pay Only Applies to *Festivals*… But the Reality is Even Worse June 19th, 2020 at 1:21pm MetalSucks Notable musicians like Scott Ian and Gary Holt are pissed about Live Nation’s new policies. But they’ve missed an important detail.
Black Collar Workers 0 Metallica: Still Really Rich! June 5th, 2020 at 9:30am Vince Neilstein The band once again ranks on Forbes’ annual list of the highest-paid celebrities.
Black Collar Workers 0 How Many Spotify Streams Are Necessary to Live Above the Poverty Line? May 19th, 2020 at 11:22am Axl Rosenberg The short answer is, “A lot.”
Black Collar Workers 0 British Vodka Maker Claims Ghost Have Threatened Them With Legal Action May 13th, 2020 at 9:41am Axl Rosenberg Ghost Vodka vs. the band Ghost?
Black Collar Workers 0 Soundgarden Countersue Chris Cornell’s Widow, Allege She Used Charity Concert Revenue for “Personal Purposes” May 7th, 2020 at 11:28am MetalSucks The legal battle between the band’s surviving members and Vicky Cornell just keeps getting uglier and meaner.
Black Collar Workers 0 Saudi Arabia Purchases $500 Million Stake in Live Nation April 27th, 2020 at 4:38pm Axl Rosenberg With a 5.7% stake in the company — which also owns Ticketmaster — that makes the Saudi Public Investment Fund Live Nation’s third-largest shareholder.
Black Collar Workers 0 Court Tosses Out Dimebag Guitar Designer’s Lawsuit Against Dean April 23rd, 2020 at 1:10pm Axl Rosenberg The court says that Buddy Webster, who designed the original Dean from Hell, waited too long to file his lawsuit.
Black Collar Workers 0 Will August Burns Red’s Less-Than-Stellar First Week Album Sales for Guardians Inspire More Record Release Delays? April 20th, 2020 at 10:26am Axl Rosenberg Lamb of God, Carcass, and Hatebreed have already postponed their new album releases.
