Reznor Calls Out Radiohead
Once again we hit ARStechnica for this amazing quote from Trent Reznor calling out Radiohead.
“I think the way [Radiohead] parlayed it into a marketing gimmick has certainly been shrewd,” Reznor said when speaking to Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Michael Atkin. “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.”
I love Radiohead and all, but Reznor kind of of has a point. Read the whole article though. It’s really quite informative.
I have to point out here that Trent is only putting up part of his latest for free. You have to buy the rest. Also I am very interested to see how his experiment works. I hope this turns into a beef, rock and roll is too boring to survive which is the real problem. As technology advances, the old moves just fall by the wayside. Maybe if Trent arranged for a fucking drive by on those Radiohead pussies we can start taking his aggro seriously. Without that kind of action all I can get from his music is the 60% emo component that has always been a part of his schtick. Either that or he should start pissing in his underpaid band’s mouths like those black lips guys.