http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/03/metallica_stubb.html

"We're a young band from Norway and we want to get signed," Metallica frontman James Hetfield told the audience at the heavy metal band's SXSW performance Friday night.

Oh god. You know, SXSW is supposed to be about new music discovery and exposure for new bands. Instead we get Metallica playing the Guitar Hero Party or whatever. You know, that game that helped a bunch of 14 year old kids find out about bands most people already knew about and now won't put new developing acts in their games because they can now license for Beatles themed ones and backstroke around in money-pools?
Yeah, that one.

Do you think Metallica had to pay the $40 SonicBids fees all of us broke, hardworking shmucks had to pay to apply for SXSW? I'm sure they could spare it with their Guitar Hero royalty checks (and those Napster settlement residuals). Meanwhile the bands that think one PBR drink ticket from a venue is livin' large have to pay to maaaaaaaaaybee (i.e. no) play and get the exposure they actually need.

System is whack. Down with it.

Labels: music industry, rants