Pellaz
Tigron of Immanion
Those are quite decent prices....so why were people complaining here earlier about Immortal "raping" you on merch?
I hate you at this moment, in a totally unserious, Eric Cartman sort of way.
IMMORTAL!!!!!!! in Chicago 2/22/11
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Those are quite decent prices....so why were people complaining here earlier about Immortal "raping" you on merch?
I hate you at this moment, in a totally unserious, Eric Cartman sort of way.
dcowboys311
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Jasonic
Doom On!
AngraRULES
Member
If you're used to seeing crappy local bands that will push their shirts for $15 or less, then I understand your comment.
$20 for a cool tour shirt is the average price.
dcowboys311
Member
sorry but I don't see the correlation between shirt prices and musical quality.
Plenty of touring bands do shirts in the $12-$15 range.
AngraRULES
Member
Sorry Brian, I guess I will rephrase myself. Local bands that are usually crappy and have no name, can not sell their shirts at over $15 otherwise no one's gonna buy them.
Touring bands can get away with doing the $20 shirts.
AeonicSlumber
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Hay now hay now. I coined that. Even if we were to get gay-married and run off together I'd still demand royalties!!!!
Actually edit: my version is Jasonabolik. Hmm we should probably convene a meeting to decide which one should be official.
Metalmilitia2000
UM's Resident Asshole
I've love ONE example of this. And don't give me some bullshit about random band A that did it, when the art was all one color or something. I want to see a normal quality concert shirt, on good quality fiber, with good quality art/printing, that goes for 12-15 dollars. If they do it, they aren't making any money.
dcowboys311
Member
haven't been to many shows recently but just from the start of 2011:
CroMags
True Life
Withered
Against Me! (this surprised me, I thought they would be expensive)
Kylesa
Inter Arma
and really your qualifications are stupid...average concert shirts are not like that. Of course they would be more expensive.
Metalmilitia2000
UM's Resident Asshole
Almost every show I go to have shirts like that. I go to a LOT of shows, seeing that I work for Swordlord. The AVERAGE shirt price of the bands that play here is 25 bucks. 20 is cheap, honestly.
dcowboys311
Member
I've been to my fair share of shows too since I got into most for free during college because of radio hookups...an average of probably 50-60 a year. Most shirts I see are not 5-colorway American Apparel tees. To each his own.
Jasonic
Doom On!
Come on now...
We are talking about metal bands, not punk / indie bands who produce inferior quality products in the name of being "DIY"
Don't get me wrong, it's the DIY ethics of punk rock that got me started playing in bands, putting on shows, putting out records, etc.....
Metalmilitia2000
UM's Resident Asshole
dcowboys311
Member
Withered, Kylesa, and Inter Arma aren't metal?
Against Me! is a radio rock band now...can't afford to have shitty merch.
and plus we're talking about black metal...the average black metal shirt has one color. White on black haha.
Against Me! is a radio rock band now...can't afford to have shitty merch.
and plus we're talking about black metal...the average black metal shirt has one color. White on black haha.
Palabra de Dios
Heavy Metal Weatherman
I also say that 20 bucks is reasonable for a touring band from overseas. It's not cheap, but it's pretty much the going rate for any metal band trying to make some decent money touring. I have bought shirts at most of the shows I've attended this year, and that represents the average price. Opening bands can get away with selling their one-sided one/two-color shirts (Havok, Holy Grail, etc), but headliners almost always have their good shit for 20-25 bucks.
Motorhead merch was where the fans got fucked. I believe shirts were 35. Fuuuuuck. (I still bought one. Finally got to see Motorhead).
Motorhead merch was where the fans got fucked. I believe shirts were 35. Fuuuuuck. (I still bought one. Finally got to see Motorhead).
Harvester
The Promoter
What sucks is when the headliner forces a price match from the opening band on the shirt price regardless of quality. The opening bands would do sooo much better on sales otherwise.
Jasonic
Doom On!
Yep, agreed. I have noticed this as well.
I remember when KISS did their first reunion tour, they had a revolving cast of opening bands.
THE MELVINS were the opener in Chicago and even their shirts were $30 (or whatever the max shirt price was back then around 1996, can't remember).
I guess I can see ONE (though miniscule) business case for this, as the headliner does not want any competition. It's their show afterall. Granted, I really do not think the Melvins selling a shirt for $15 would have been a deterent for any potential KISS t-shirt sale. Though it might be on a bill where you have 4 bands of all the same genre and fanbase.
Look - the bottom line is that we are all intelligent to know that merch sales is where the band most likely has most control and chance to make some coin. I guess if you feel bitter about spending $30, take some comfort in knowing that it is indeed truly helping the band stay afloat and probably NOT resulting in Abbath buying a mansion anytime soon
nomisofsiman
Member
I don't know the context of who said it, but in chicago most of the merch was sold out and I went early. By the time I was there they had no mediums or larges of anything. For a band that sold out a lot if not all the venues they should have been more prepared.
Osiris' Eyes
El Duderino
Maybe, but to the bands credit they were taking orders for those in need of sold out shirt sizes and shipping them at no extra expense.
By the way, it was a great show. My neck hurt for a week and I was very pleased with the 85 minute set. There was absolutely no filler, no banter...ALL MUSIC! As for the price on merch...let me say that I paid $15 for an Iron Maiden shirt back in 1983 on the Piece of Mind...inflation alone would take it way beyond the $20 per Immortal shirt. I guess some just like to bitch for bitch-sakes...
By the way, it was a great show. My neck hurt for a week and I was very pleased with the 85 minute set. There was absolutely no filler, no banter...ALL MUSIC! As for the price on merch...let me say that I paid $15 for an Iron Maiden shirt back in 1983 on the Piece of Mind...inflation alone would take it way beyond the $20 per Immortal shirt. I guess some just like to bitch for bitch-sakes...
Jasonic
Doom On!
I guess some just like to bitch for bitch-sakes...
Is there any other reason for going online?
