Their success proves one thing: the major label Corporate dickheads DO, in fact, pay attention to the underground metal world!
Case in point: Evanescence's WHOLESALE ripping off of Lacuna Coil's sound (which was repackaged for mainstream America in even accessible form!). They really have copied L.C., down to the vocal harmonies (some of these are EXACT rip-offs), the girly singer's "lustrous" black hair, the 'duelling' male vocals... Only thing is, a bunch of inbred hicks from Arkansas will never look as slick as a bunch of Milanese! :Smug:
This strikes me as so contrived as to be almost impressive, from a business standpoint. Almost. You can just see the suits in some boardroom going over Lacuna Coil's sales figures and saying "Hey! We can do that! Just soften things up, water them down, and presto! 80,000 records sold becomes 4 million records sold." Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!
Is there no integrity left in this world? (That was a redundant bloody question!)
All this cynicism and anti-musical malevolence... sheesh!
Fuck it. I'm going into a field and listening to Steeleye Span.
Case in point: Evanescence's WHOLESALE ripping off of Lacuna Coil's sound (which was repackaged for mainstream America in even accessible form!). They really have copied L.C., down to the vocal harmonies (some of these are EXACT rip-offs), the girly singer's "lustrous" black hair, the 'duelling' male vocals... Only thing is, a bunch of inbred hicks from Arkansas will never look as slick as a bunch of Milanese! :Smug:
This strikes me as so contrived as to be almost impressive, from a business standpoint. Almost. You can just see the suits in some boardroom going over Lacuna Coil's sales figures and saying "Hey! We can do that! Just soften things up, water them down, and presto! 80,000 records sold becomes 4 million records sold." Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!
Is there no integrity left in this world? (That was a redundant bloody question!)
All this cynicism and anti-musical malevolence... sheesh!
Fuck it. I'm going into a field and listening to Steeleye Span.