Type O Negative
Type O Negative

Aufgrund der schon kursierenden Mp3s der noch nicht veröffentlichten neuen CD „Life Is Killing Me“ haben sich TYPE O NEGATIVE dazu entschlossen „The Dream Is Dead“ als MP3 über ihre Homepage zum Download anzubieten. . Keyboarder/Produzent Josh Silver äußerte sich sehr verägert über illegale Downloads und ihre schädliche Wirkung auf Bands. Hier der etwas längere Orginaltext:“Now this may seem innocent under the guise that everyone will buy it anyway. But here’s the deal. Without much anticipation, there’s no big rush to get an album, everyone’s been hearing for two months already (and I’m not referring to the people on this site). I’m talking about an average fan who figures ‚well next time I’m in the store or on a p2p I’ll get the real thing‘. The effect is then a lower first week chart number (estimated to drop at 10- 20% by the corp. world due to downloads) which in turn puts less pressure on the large institutions to play TYPE O on the radio, or give any type of video support. Then it’s time for us to move on and get another record deal. Mr. (or Mrs. or Ms.) A&R Scumbag says ‚look……….. they’re [sic] last album only entered the charts at #49. This will of course generate a smaller offer because industry scum’s [sic] rarely see anything but statistics (though there are exceptions and very few). This is not purely about money (though I wouldn’t mind some) but about keeping a band going strong after 13 years. Without the outward appearance of a big first week push there’s no snowball effect, which causes interest in the album to fizzle out, which otherwise may have been a surprisingly strong showing. Now artistically I don’t give two shits what’s out there. But in order to continue making a living through music it’s necessary to pay the bills. Was this done to generate a ‚buzz‘? No way. It is my opinion that downloading copywritten [sic] material, is the same as walking into a store and stealing a pair of pants. I know this view won’t make me popular, but I don’t give a fuck. Other bands are doing 36 minute albums, fine for them. We do 75 min. records but due to the fact were not mega sellers we need the press to get our message across. So were stuck giving out material in advance to be reviewed for the exposure. I’d had hoped there would be a degree of responsibility exorcised [sic] during this process but never really expected it. People suck. Steal my pants? I’ll shoot you in the fucken back.“