You keep saying Metallica did x and y - Are you implying that Lars looked up fans info and James posted it on BBS? The riaa is a piece of shit, nobody will disagree with you on this. Hell; musicians will agree with you. The reality is that the recording industry is bad for even artists… But until recently - very recently - if you even wanted a shot at having your music heard you needed to kiss the ring. Nobody was immune to this.
That said: you genuinely have some misplaced anger. If you think that band x wakes up and eats their wheaties and slams down an ice cold sprite before going out to slay the crowd because they really like it: I’ve got a bridge to sell you… Like who you want to like - let people like who they want to like. Share your interests. Find new ones. Fuck the establishment: not the pawns it wields.
You keep saying Metallica did x and y - Are you implying that Lars looked up fans info and James posted it on BBS? The riaa is a piece of shit, nobody will disagree with you on this. Hell; musicians will agree with you. The reality is that the recording industry is bad for even artists… But until recently - very recently - if you even wanted a shot at having your music heard you needed to kiss the ring. Nobody was immune to this.
That said: you genuinely have some misplaced anger. If you think that band x wakes up and eats their wheaties and slams down an ice cold sprite before going out to slay the crowd because they really like it: I’ve got a bridge to sell you… Like who you want to like - let people like who they want to like. Share your interests. Find new ones. Fuck the establishment: not the pawns it wields.