? Yo everyone,
? ? I've been thinking about what kind of precautions Axl will take to prevent "CD" from being stolen and downloaded early.
I read an article where Linkin Park detailed the severe precautions they went through to prevent piracy. This included hiring a huge guy to carry around all of their recordings for "Meteora" in a briefcase and that the guy was? instructed to "tazer" anyone trying to steal the brifecase. They weren't fuckin' kiddin'.?
The ended up selling 4 million in the U.S. and another 10 worldwide,matching their debut,"Hybrid Theory."
I remember back in April of '02 when Korn's guitarist,Munky,had his laptop hacked into and all of the songs that were on it for their then new album "Untouchables",were stolen and released online a full 2 MONTHS before the album was do to come out.
I heard practically the entire album on "Opie and Anthony". They were naming song titles and jokin around saying,"Hey! Let's play another one!!" I was kinda pissed that it was released so early but,I sure as shit didn't turn off the radio either! I was hearing new Korn 2 months early!!
When it finally came out,several song titles were changed from the names that had been said earlier in April.
They didn't bother to "rush" the album to stores either. Well,the album came out in June of '02 and opened at number 2.....100,000 cds behind...........Eminem.
I guarantee you that the hacking/no rush to release screwed them royally.? And out of royalties. (Pun intended.)
They would have definitely debuted at # 1 if they went into rush mode or had the laptop not been hacked.
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Can you even imagine how apeshit Axl would go if CD is pirated early,resulting in lackluster sales?
We're talkin' nuclear apocalypse rage here!!!
?Who among us would be able to control themselves and NOT listen to new GNR if it was released everywhere??? NOT ONE PERSON.? NOT ONE.
Would we still buy it when it came out? Yeah,WE would. ALL of us will.
Understand,though,a LOT of other people wouldn't. Be it the casual fan,kids with no money but a lot of free time,people who are curious but not willing to pay for it,etc.
So far,it seems as though he is keeping it pretty under raps. Even with IRS being "leaked". I think that was him anyway.
I know it will debut at number one,as long as it is kept hush-hush and it is promoted well with a great single.
? Now,let's have it AXL!!!
? ? ?GNR FOREVER!!
? ? ? ? ? MATT