Nine Inch Nails Hammer Radiohead
Despite doing the same thing with their new album, 'Ghost', Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor has slammed Radiohead over their decision to distibute 'In Rainbows'' via the internet.
'Ghost', like 'In Rainbows', has been made available online ahead of its physical release on a pay-what-you-see-fit basis. Furthermore, the limited edition release of the deluxe version of Nine Inch Nails album - not unlike Radiohead's special £40 package - has grossed Reznor $750,000 (though he's not saying how much money the downloads have generated).
So far so similar, so why has Reznor got such a flea in his ear about it?
According to the Nine Inch Nails supremo, his package offers paying better value for money in terms of higher download quality and the attendant artwork. Talking to ABC in the U.S., Reznor said:
"What they did was a cool thing; I think the way they parlayed it into a marketing gimmick has certainly been shrewd. But if you look at what they did, though, it was very much a bait and switch to get you to pay for a MySpace-quality stream as a way to promote a very traditional record sale."
He continued: "There's nothing wrong with that - I but don't see that as a big revolution [that] they're kinda getting credit for."
"What they did right: they surprised the world with a new record, and it was available digitally first. What they did wrong: by making it such a low quality thing, not even including artwork ... to me that feels insincere."
Do the words 'Pot', 'Kettle' and 'Black' not mean anything?
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looks like someone wanted to be the first, and now he needs some publicity ... hahahaha
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