The gloriously hot Bruce Chickinson has departed from The Iron Maidens, and The Crown have unceremoniously called it quits. Weird.
Strange day today in metal...
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Dark One
The Tainted Dogma
Krilons Resa
Jerry's married?!
The Crown are calling it quits? That fucking band doesnt know what the hell they wanna do. Anyways, hopefully they go on to create other projects.
HarmonyDies....
Semi-True
from Blabbermouth.net:
"THE CROWN Split Up! - Mar. 7, 2004
Swedish thrashers THE CROWN have officially split up. The following is drummer Janne Saarenpää's statement on the matter:
"We give up. Today, the 7th of March 2004, we, the dudes of THE CROWN, have decided to call it quits.
"I'm sure every member in the band can still come up with 10 reasons for continuing and 10 reasons for giving up, but after some heavy consideration we have decided to finally find out what life is like without playing in THE CROWN.
"It's been a blast writing/performing together all these years, taking this band to levels that we never even knew of. Also getting to know other people in other bands on the road has been amazing. Seeing new places and getting to see and hear new, great bands has totally blown us away we sure had our share of fun!
"Too many tours gone bad due to not at all professional tour arrangements is maybe the main reason for giving up. (We do indeed have stories about tourmanagers/agencies and the business in general, the best ones would surely make a bestselling book...)
"Coming home from tours with empty pockets, equipment falling apart and having a pile of bills on the doorstep is simply 'horns down'. Paying the bills with tour memories and floorscores is just not possible. We do love standing on stage but we don't know much about the business part, and that's a bad combination. Trust me on that one.
"The timing for giving up now is both good and bad: Bad because 'Possessed 13' is an incredible album that deserves some decent touring, but I guess all professional booking agencies have their hands full as it is. Good because we decided to not sign a new deal with Metal Blade, and now that we finally have 'Crowned in Terror' ('Crowned Unholy'!!!) sounding like it was supposed to, the timing is superb.
"We made 6 killer albums, we did stuff our way, and we sure as hell paid our dues. Or as we say to conclude usual setbacks: 'We came, we saw and we fucked up!'
"So we want to thank our fans for the support: you people made it last for 14 years! Thanks to Metal Blade, thanks to all bands that we've shared the stage with. Our apologies to the festivals that had us booked for the summer of 2004.
And last but not least: thanks to our girlfriends for putting up with us through the rehearsals, gigs, studio sessions and tours!"
"THE CROWN Split Up! - Mar. 7, 2004
Swedish thrashers THE CROWN have officially split up. The following is drummer Janne Saarenpää's statement on the matter:
"We give up. Today, the 7th of March 2004, we, the dudes of THE CROWN, have decided to call it quits.
"I'm sure every member in the band can still come up with 10 reasons for continuing and 10 reasons for giving up, but after some heavy consideration we have decided to finally find out what life is like without playing in THE CROWN.
"It's been a blast writing/performing together all these years, taking this band to levels that we never even knew of. Also getting to know other people in other bands on the road has been amazing. Seeing new places and getting to see and hear new, great bands has totally blown us away we sure had our share of fun!
"Too many tours gone bad due to not at all professional tour arrangements is maybe the main reason for giving up. (We do indeed have stories about tourmanagers/agencies and the business in general, the best ones would surely make a bestselling book...)
"Coming home from tours with empty pockets, equipment falling apart and having a pile of bills on the doorstep is simply 'horns down'. Paying the bills with tour memories and floorscores is just not possible. We do love standing on stage but we don't know much about the business part, and that's a bad combination. Trust me on that one.
"The timing for giving up now is both good and bad: Bad because 'Possessed 13' is an incredible album that deserves some decent touring, but I guess all professional booking agencies have their hands full as it is. Good because we decided to not sign a new deal with Metal Blade, and now that we finally have 'Crowned in Terror' ('Crowned Unholy'!!!) sounding like it was supposed to, the timing is superb.
"We made 6 killer albums, we did stuff our way, and we sure as hell paid our dues. Or as we say to conclude usual setbacks: 'We came, we saw and we fucked up!'
"So we want to thank our fans for the support: you people made it last for 14 years! Thanks to Metal Blade, thanks to all bands that we've shared the stage with. Our apologies to the festivals that had us booked for the summer of 2004.
And last but not least: thanks to our girlfriends for putting up with us through the rehearsals, gigs, studio sessions and tours!"
BenMech
student of the d'eh
Dark One
The Tainted Dogma
Great point, absolutely agreed. What more proof do you need than a band breaking up to show this? Plus, each of their six releases can hardly be considered 'metal'. Wuss rock is more like it. Fucking fags. "Deathrace King" sounded so much like Linkin Park it's not even funny.OceanMech said:
No shit, they should have taken "how to be metal" lessons from Pain of Salvation or Dream Theater or even Devin Townsend, and maybe this wouldn't have happened.Dark One said:
JayKeeley
Be still, O wand'rer!
Our interview was such a laugh...markgugs said:
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]MG: What are the [IRON MAIDEN] songs you cant do if your voice just isnt feeling up to it?[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BC: Weve had one show where I lost my voice.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]MG: So you sounded like Blaze?! Just kidding![/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BC: *more laughter*[/font]
Demonspell
cheating the polygraph
Don't you mean "how not to be a metal cliche" lessons?markgugs said:
No disrespect towards The Crown, but that press release is quite funny, especially "horns down" and when they refer to their own albums as killer...
No, I meant "how to be metal"...with full sarcasm mode ON.
And while the press release was certainly humorous in a way, English isn't their first language, so maybe it's unintentionally funny.
And while the press release was certainly humorous in a way, English isn't their first language, so maybe it's unintentionally funny.
J.
Old Fart
I don't get this. Are they saying simply because Lindberg did vocals, that the album doesn't sound right? Fuck man, when Lindberg agreed to do vocals, The Crown members were ecstatic with "having one of metal's greatest vocalist" and shit, and I'm sure it didn't bother the band members that having Lindberg on vocals probably didn't hurt sales.markgugs said:
Fucking whiners. Never really like 'em anyways.
Ayeka
Hell Bent For Leather!
I find it quite surprising that a band can go 14 years and not be able to sort out the business side. Isn't that what managers are for? Didn't the record label try and sort any of that out?
neal
wizard in black
NAD
What A Horrible Night To Have A Curse
So was the Crown as dumb as their album covers?
When I was investigating them a year or two ago I came across this... and promptly changed my mind.
When I was investigating them a year or two ago I came across this... and promptly changed my mind.
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