MountainDweller
Under The Dark Moon
Land Of Grey And Pink said:
Again, I go with what I said earlier, but also want to add that the DVD was worthwhile just for the documentary alone.
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Again, I go with what I said earlier, but also want to add that the DVD was worthwhile just for the documentary alone.
Korlich
So Judah fucked it up
wtf? why are ppl here trying to excuse MFN´s behaviour on the Lamantations matter. MFN are greedy sons of bitches who don´t care about nothing but sales. Why do you guys think Lamentations features an entire Damnation set, and why is it In my time of need you hear in the menu of the dvd. It´s simply sales. And whoever said Opeth didn´t care about which songs they played obviously is wrong since Mikael stated that it was a bit fucked up only playing from the last three albums. What Mikael also said was that they didn´t have the energy to argue with MFN since they where also touring and stuff.
When I said Opeth would go back to Candlelight Records it was a joke, since I know Opeth are too big for that now. BUT what I do hope is that Opeth signs to a less greedy record label who will let them do their thing, and eventually get good sales, rather than some greedy bastards who wanna see sales right away.
When I said Opeth would go back to Candlelight Records it was a joke, since I know Opeth are too big for that now. BUT what I do hope is that Opeth signs to a less greedy record label who will let them do their thing, and eventually get good sales, rather than some greedy bastards who wanna see sales right away.
ZeDzEdZeD
dispassion player
Ermz
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You seem to disregard the primal objective of record labels, Korlich. MFN were good at what they did: Be money-worshipping fuckers. Everyone won.
RjBeals
M is for MAUD
Korlich
So Judah fucked it up
I know record companies need to make money in the long run. MFN was only interested in making money in the short run and thus they didn´t give any credit to the band IMO. That´s what I´m critizising. And besides I think it is outrageous that a record company tries to determin the content of a DVD. Not all record companies work that way (at least I hope not).
No, I said Zomba bought MFN, and now BMG bought Zomba.Lakestream said:
Oh, and Zomba started as a label, but built a publishing empire since. BMG bought Zomba for 1.2 BILLION pounds, making Zomba's former owner one of the UK's richest men overnight.
BMG bought Zomba for the catalogue library only. I guess they're taking a gamble on the fact that folks will be downloading individual songs from the net rather than buying CDs in the future (or something). Since Zomba owned probably the biggest collection of songs outside of the majors (seems daft not to call Zomba a major, but they weren't officially classified as one), BMG obviously thought spending all that money was worth it.
The labels weren't in those plans (I'm not sure who else they owned. I doubt MFN are the only casualty) but I'm guessing they'll hang on to Jive (Britanny Spears, etc).
Protected Witness
Magickal Theatre 33
Who cares? It's been long over and done with. The DVD is out, and Opeth is no longer on the label. What is the big deal?
Bleakest Harvest
\m/Misanthropic Hippy\m/
MFN were much better to Opeth than Candlelight were anyway. They were fuckers, they wouldn't even fund an Opeth tour, which is why there were hardly an Opeth gigs prior to BWP. They've gotten tons of promotion in recent years, and much of the credit for that has to go to MFN, regardless of whether theyre a bunch of corporate cocksuckers or not.
Nice to see there's always morons out there who feel the need to speak out on something they know nothing about.Bleakest Harvest said:
I paid for Opeth to come to the UK on three seperate occasions (one time in support of Morbid Angel for three shows), and I also paid £6000 for the band to support Cradle Of Filth on a European tour (about 25 dates). At this point Opeth weren't big enough to headline shows (as one of the shows in Manchester proved, with about 20-25 paying customers..) so I had to put my hand in my pocket to make these things happen.
By the time the band signed to MFN they were worthy of headline status so had no need to ask for tour support from MFN. Opeth have a good manager and a good booking agent and can now happily tour without having to ask the label for help. All MFN had to do was watch the sales roll in.
redblueyes
wreathme
God bless Lee. People should be eternally grateful to him!
Lee, you get the shinest halo of all (or would you prefer throbbing red horns perhaps)
Lee, you get the shinest halo of all (or would you prefer throbbing red horns perhaps)
Land Of Grey And Pink said:
whats wrong with metal blade or nuclear blast? metal blade, when they signed King's X, was supposed to have given them as much space as they wanted, they would probably do the same for Opeth? though i guess Nuclear Blast would suck, as they're the ones trying to sell the unfinished Control Denied album.
Protected Witness
Magickal Theatre 33
Hopkins-WitchfinderGeneral
we are children of god
Me and Neil and Lee are gonna start a new Label called Bumsecks media. First release: Mung EATER!!!!
Ok, maybe not... but still... the idea was good.
Ok, maybe not... but still... the idea was good.
deliverance
ecnareviled
Protected Witness
Magickal Theatre 33
Great idea. I've got the investors already intrested.Hopkins-WitchfinderGeneral said:Me and Neil and Lee are gonna start a new Label called Bumsecks media. First release: Mung EATER!!!!
Ok, maybe not... but still... the idea was good.
(Hey, grandma. Can I have some money?)
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