Report: Metal Bands Rocked By Slump
Jim Farber of the New York Daily News is reporting that three of the biggest metal acts of the last four years LIMP BIZKIT, KORN and P.O.D. have slumped in sales and shrunk in power, hobbled by a trend in rock radio to favor lighter, artier or more retro-oriented bands.
P.O.D. has suffered the most dramatic fall. The San Diego-based mega-metal band's last release, "Satellite", moved 2.7 million copies in 2002. Its previous work, 2000's "Fundamental Elements of Southtown", went platinum. But the foursome's "Payable on Death" CD has fallen to No. 186 after just 13 weeks, selling just over 400,000 copies, without the momentum to go much further.
LIMP BIZKIT's "Results May Vary", is lumbering in the low 80s on the chart after 20 weeks. True, in that time the album has sold 1 million copies, but the macho act's last work, "Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water", moved that many copies in its first week. "Starfish" went on to record 6.5 million in sales, keeping pace with BIZKIT's 1999's "Significant Other", which topped off at a staggering 7.4 million. [Read more]
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Jim Farber of the New York Daily News is reporting that three of the biggest metal acts of the last four years LIMP BIZKIT, KORN and P.O.D. have slumped in sales and shrunk in power, hobbled by a trend in rock radio to favor lighter, artier or more retro-oriented bands.
P.O.D. has suffered the most dramatic fall. The San Diego-based mega-metal band's last release, "Satellite", moved 2.7 million copies in 2002. Its previous work, 2000's "Fundamental Elements of Southtown", went platinum. But the foursome's "Payable on Death" CD has fallen to No. 186 after just 13 weeks, selling just over 400,000 copies, without the momentum to go much further.
LIMP BIZKIT's "Results May Vary", is lumbering in the low 80s on the chart after 20 weeks. True, in that time the album has sold 1 million copies, but the macho act's last work, "Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water", moved that many copies in its first week. "Starfish" went on to record 6.5 million in sales, keeping pace with BIZKIT's 1999's "Significant Other", which topped off at a staggering 7.4 million. [Read more]
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