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.
Black Collar Workers 0 Ticketmaster Has Quietly Changed Its Refund Policy (You’re Not Getting Your Money Back) April 13th, 2020 at 11:01am Vince Neilstein The company has changed its refund policy to cover only “canceled” events, as opposed to “postponed” or “rescheduled” ones.
Black Collar Workers 0 Ticket Scalping Companies Want a Federal Bailout April 1st, 2020 at 2:12pm Vince Neilstein Ticket scalping companies like StubHub, Viagogo, SeatGeek and VividSeats have been hit hard by the coronavirus economic downturn.
Black Collar Workers 0 Physical Album Sales Drop Below 1 Million Per Week for the First Time Ever Due to the Coronavirus March 30th, 2020 at 11:05am Vince Neilstein The industry is hurting from the closure of physical record stores and the overall economic collapse.
Black Collar Workers 0 Ill Niño Members Reach Settlement Over Band Name March 27th, 2020 at 10:09am Axl Rosenberg Dave Chavarri and Laz Pina will keep the Ill Niño brand.
Black Collar Workers 0 Five Finger Death Punch’s F8 Debuts at #8 on the Billboard Charts March 12th, 2020 at 10:39am Danielle Chelosky The band have a devoted fanbase, to say the least.
Black Collar Workers 0 Misfits Sue Book Publisher for Unauthorized Use of Logo March 12th, 2020 at 9:24am Danielle Chelosky The Misfits are not happy with Scream With Me – The Enduring Legacy of the Misfits.
Black Collar Workers 0 Major Labels Now Earn Over $1 Million Per Hour in Streaming Revenue March 1st, 2020 at 1:07pm MetalSucks Gone are the days when record labels could complain about streaming as a non-viable source of revenue.
Black Collar Workers 0 Surviving Soundgarden Members Claim They Learned About Chris Cornell’s Death on Facebook February 4th, 2020 at 3:05pm Axl Rosenberg Jesus.
Black Collar Workers 0 Kirk Hammett Says Metallica “Did Not Make a Difference” by Suing Napster January 23rd, 2020 at 9:42am Vince Neilstein The infamous Napster vs. Metallica debates rages on two decades later.
