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Sep 15, 2008, 06:16AM

Slipknot frontman: Labels should focus on better music, not illegal downloading

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Taylor, who recently collected a Kerrang award on behalf of the band saying “I just showed up for the booze,” says that it’s not fair to blame the fall in album sales on file-sharers, and lays the blame squarely on the shoulders of the labels:

“People wanna blame the decline of album sales on downloading - I think it’s actually the record companies’ fault.”

Of course, lots of people blame the labels for piracy but Taylor believes they aren’t doing their job properly since they promote acts which aren’t up to standard, resulting in people feeling the acts simply aren’t worth the money.

Discussion
  • Maybe Slipknot should pirate themselves some decent musicians/songwriters/singers/band names/general approaches to making music. That said, interesting points for those "rocking" knuckle-draggers.

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