How much did you spend on metal in 2010?

[Fire breath]

So give your breakdown of what money you spent on metal or music this year. I know it's not going to be that exact but if you can give a decent believable figure that's good enough. Give the rough breakdowns like me and then a final total. Whoever spent the most is crowned metal king of the year! BTW I've converted mine to dollars to help you yanks out.

CDs/DVDs - $300
Magazines - $180
Merchandise - $23
Gigs - $270

Total - $773

We'll make a league table after and whoever comes last is FALSE METAL! Oh and be HONEST!

 

[i am fabio]

CDs/DVDs - Somewhere in the ballpark of $301
Magazines - just about $181
Merch - Probably around $24
Gigs - around $271

Just rough figures but probably accurate

 

[Fire breath]

eh? Looks like you just added 1 to all my figures hehe.

 

[i am fabio]

Haha ya I did. Give me a little time though I'll come up with the real numbers. Didnt really buy any Mags but the rest our numbers will be similar.

 

[nomisofsiman]

I honestly haven't a clue. I sort of don't really want to know. If I were to venture a guess between 4-500 total between everything.

 

[J. Golden]

Too much as with every year.

This list is most of the stuff I have acquired in 2010. At least 466 CDs so far, that is not everything from the year but most. I was posting Aa list but it was very long.
I really don't need this many CDs and don't plan for it they just add up so fast. And I just discovered today that I need a new CD rack.

 

[AeonicSlumber]

CDs/DVDs - Somewhere in the ballpark of $302
Magazines - just about $182
Merch - Probably around $25
Gigs - around $272

BEAT U BOTH!

 

[J. Golden]

CDs/DVDs - Somewhere in the ballpark of $302
Magazines - just about $182
Merch - Probably around $25
Gigs - around $272

BEAT U BOTH!

Was it a contest? HAHA
Well to be honest a lot of the CDs
I would be afraid to look back at what I spend on CDs, shows, mags and other merch and year. I average a couple of shows a month, C;assic Rock & Classic Rock Prog every issue, and there seems to be cDs in the mail everyday. Granted a lot are trades, promos, etc still I seem to buy a lot of CDs. Though it is not as bad as it once was. I remember dropping at least a grand every Progpower there for a while. This past year maybe a couple hundred.

 

[Rezz]

Oh good grief... I'm not sure I want to know how much I spent.

CD's - I'm guessing my CD collection increased 250-300, I know I have 72 that were released in 2010, plus all the pre-2010 discs I acquired. A lot of those were used, but a lot weren't. I'll guess around $700 over the course of 2010, but I could be way off.

I don't buy magazines.

Merch - 3-4 t-shirts. Call it $75.

Travel - Atlanta, Chicago, Seattle (x5). At least $1500 for flights, rental cars, hotels and meals.

Tickets - 2 festivals (ProgPower XI & MelodicRockFest2) plus at least 8 other shows (1 left to go - Alter Bridge on the 30th!) I'll guess $450 for tickets.

Total: $2725.

I knew I didn't want to know...

 

[Cheiron]

I've spent about 1% of my take home income on metal this year, including concerts, shirts and all that jazz.

 

[hoodaman]

whatever my total ProgPower bill was including tix, hotel, food, gas, merch.

I don't go to shows. I go to ProgPower. I don't buy CDs unless I buy them at ProgPower.

 

[johnfrank1970]

I refuse to provide an estimated total as I do not want my marital status to change abruptly.

I will say that I like at least 180 releases from 2010, and I went to eight concerts plus PPUSA this year.

 

[Prog_Please]

Its kinda a weird question because the costs associated with going to PPUSA (3 round-trip airfare from CA to GA, 3 PPUSA gold badges, 3 nights hotel) will dwarf anything else I spent on "metal". I'd assume this would be a similar case to most people who had to travel long distances for PPUSA.

Like others have stated, I don't want to know how much I've spent on "metal". Enough to max out my primary credit card a couple times throughout the year

 

[Mourning Beloveth]

CDs/DVDs - $4,080
$830 @ the Omega Order
$670 @ eBay
$570 @ Amazon
$310 @ Trollzorn
$300 @ CM Distro
$280 @ CCP Records
$250 @ Einheit Produktionen
$870 @ others

Concerts - $2,030
(45 tickets for 27 concerts + $5 parking fee for each concert)

Flight/Hotel - $800
(trip to LA for Immortal and to Fort Worth for Finntroll/Moonsorrow/StS)

Merch - $80
(2 Megadeth and 1 Helloween shirts)

The Iron Maiden FC (Online) - $16

Total - $7,006

Damn, I've spent way more than I thought I did.

 

[nomisofsiman]

CDs/DVDs - $4,080
$830 @ the Omega Order
$670 @ eBay
$570 @ Amazon
$310 @ Trollzorn
$300 @ CM Distro
$280 @ CCP Records
$250 @ Einheit Produktionen
$870 @ others

Concerts - $2,030
(45 tickets for 27 concerts + $5 parking fee for each concert)

Flight/Hotel - $800
(trip to LA for Immortal and to Fort Worth for Finntroll/Moonsorrow/StS)

Merch - $80
(2 Megadeth and 1 Helloween shirts)

The Iron Maiden FC (Online) - $16

Total - $7,006

Damn, I've spent way more than I thought I did.

I think you win.

 

[Pellaz]

Total - $7,006

I fold.

 

[Aran]

My trip to progpower Europe alone was around $1100 in total.

 

[Palabra de Dios]

I don't want to know. Too much. But worth it.

 

[Fire breath]

Mourning Beloveth is the runaway winner of the metal rich list right now! Anyone care to admit that they spent next to fuck all on metal this year?

 

[AMBR]

An unfathomable amount. Not so much on CD's this year; must remedy that. No magazines and hardly any merch, but I did go to A LOT of concerts, and ProgPower tacks on the heftiest almount. At least I didn't go to Europe this year.