Diabolik
Member
it is different if you claim to be doing this for the "fans" and "metal"...just be honest and come out and say..yeah we are back to cash in. Odin / Mike has proclaimed for now on he isn't booking bands who are in for a cash grab...sure certain bands do charge a fee but they also really want to play as well. There is a lot of behind the scenes stuff that people don't know that go on and stuff that makes Odin look like the bad guy on this type of stuff. From seeing it with my own eyes it makes me not like how certain bands do business. Every band will say they are back for the fans....majority as everyone knows are back for money. What is killing festivals / shows are the bands who think they deserve a pay day and only released a small amount of material and cant draw well on their own but think they deserve thousands because they were from the 80's.
Ragnarokkr is a festival for the fans. One of the cool things that all the bands are easy to meet and find at the fest. Steve Grimmet was all over that day he played in both rooms. Nuclear Assault hung out all day on saturday this year. At other festivals most bands are backstage or at the hotel until they play. The festival isn't going to deal with ego's anymore. There are a few bands that people ask for every year. Sadly these bands want over 3 - 5 grand to play...these are not large bands or even popular bands...just bands who think because it is a fest they deserve a huge payout.
Sure the Atrophy thing sucks. I know how long Mike was working on it so to have it snatched away last minute blows huge.
