Need a new watch?
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Towedwart
I will have a apple
Powers
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Oh dear...oh dear...oh deary, deary me.
Are we watching rapid decline into mainstream generica of one of our favourite bands?
Are we watching rapid decline into mainstream generica of one of our favourite bands?
affinityband
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Doesnt matter if their mainstream. Still a great band. Its ok if all the little kiddies would be wearing opeth watches. At least theyd be listening to something good.
mainstream is just a word,
opeth are not mainstream for the sake of it, they may sell alot of albums, but they are still doing what they´ve always done... i don´t think mikael would ever start to make musik for the fans, and when he does we will notice.
opeth are not mainstream for the sake of it, they may sell alot of albums, but they are still doing what they´ve always done... i don´t think mikael would ever start to make musik for the fans, and when he does we will notice.
Opethian666
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Lmao at the Opeth watch. If you bought one and someone asked you the time, you could watch it and say "in 3 seconds, The sun sets over blackwater paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrghhhhhhhhkhkhk!!!!!!!"
Towedwart
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Powers
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Being mainstream bothers me not, I listen to plenty of mainstream music (the majority in fact. It is the generic, merchandise tie ins that bother me, sufficed to see this is the kind of thing cradle of filth would do.
There again it's not my place to judge, and I'm sure it's the record companies not the band who sanction stuff like this. Either way it once again raises old question about whether or not signing to a major label was a good choice in terms of artistic intergrity.
There again it's not my place to judge, and I'm sure it's the record companies not the band who sanction stuff like this. Either way it once again raises old question about whether or not signing to a major label was a good choice in terms of artistic intergrity.
NFU
I like pie.
because that watch is SO different from all the tarts wandering around in blackwater park t-shirts like they just fell off the "im too metal for my shirt" truck.
Powers
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Point very much taken, truth is i'm just thinking out loud. i don't really believe in what I said before (and whether or not I do matters very little, Opeth's merch is Opeth's choice), i'm not really sure where I stand on the subject of Opeth's supposed "selling out". I'm really jsut making the point that this is one it could be percieved.
Powers said:
Well, we can't really say that this infringes on their artistic integrity...they'll keep putting out the music they want to put out....and Roadrunner having the history it does with underground/brutal music (not talking about a majority of their current roster) isn't going to tell them to cut their songs short....Opeth being Opeth is making the label money, so why would they want them to change?
Anyway, they probably didn't choose to be merchandised to hell but that comes with being on a major label.
We do have to consider that this is their career and they do have to make some kind of living. If it's a few more ducats in Opeth's pockets, then that's great.
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Risquit
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Pethical
Tom
WeepingMoon
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Terrible..
.. reminds me of those dodgy fake pink sweaters (or whatever they were) someone found in a clothing shop? With the bright green Opeth logo on them?
.. reminds me of those dodgy fake pink sweaters (or whatever they were) someone found in a clothing shop? With the bright green Opeth logo on them?
myra
Strapping Young Lass
There are other bands on there besides Green Day and Opeth. Katatonia, Morbid Angel, Faith No More also have watches on there. I don't consider them mainstream.
