WhiteTim Posted October 28, 2012 Posted October 28, 2012 Well blink just went independent I don't think it'd be impossible Blink is not as huge as Green Day is sales wise... Think about this when your indie thesame pressure is ALOT higher than on a major i dont think Billie could handle that much... i could be wrong but using current events kind of tells me it wouldnt be good for Billie...
Annie, get your gun Posted October 28, 2012 Posted October 28, 2012 What is this 'December 7th' thing?? Well, I don't use itunes, amazon or any of that so I don't know, maybe it is an error like you guys said. Anyway, that's a day before my birthday AND 2 days before someone really special's birthday...
Cob Posted October 28, 2012 Posted October 28, 2012 My iTunes is listing the original announced dates. I think if they were moved up we would have gotten something official from Green Day or Warner, since they wouldn't want a change of date to go unnoticed. Metallica and Blink are now independent. Its not that they're releasing through an independent label like Epitaph, its that they're releasing the albums themselves; through their own label.
Clockwise Posted October 28, 2012 Posted October 28, 2012 On the subject of Green Day going independent- they certainly could manage it, no problem. I just don't think they want to, or really have many reasons to. Maybe that will change after this, idk.
Sarahnade Posted October 28, 2012 Posted October 28, 2012 It wouldn't be an indie label. It would just be releasing their own albums.
WhiteTim Posted October 28, 2012 Posted October 28, 2012 Metallica is on Warner... well there plaque are on the current artist wall when i was in the office last week...
KGLWW Posted October 29, 2012 Posted October 29, 2012 Green Day would only leave Warner if their contract ended. Not sure when it is up. And I'm pretty sure Epitaph or Merge could take on someone like Green Day. They both have artists that sell better than 21st CB did. Arcade Fire on Merge is one that comes to mind. Though if they left, not sure what that would do to artists signed to Adeline. I don't know if they could leave Warner and sell on Adeline because Warner owns Adeline. But if Blink is on a smaller label owned by the major, I guess it is possible to be independent but still be tied to the major.
TheJedi Posted October 29, 2012 Posted October 29, 2012 Green Day would only leave Warner if their contract ended. Not sure when it is up. And I'm pretty sure Epitaph or Merge could take on someone like Green Day. They both have artists that sell better than 21st CB did. Arcade Fire on Merge is one that comes to mind. Though if they left, not sure what that would do to artists signed to Adeline. I don't know if they could leave Warner and sell on Adeline because Warner owns Adeline. But if Blink is on a smaller label owned by the major, I guess it is possible to be independent but still be tied to the major. what. warner owns Adeline?
KGLWW Posted October 29, 2012 Posted October 29, 2012 what. warner owns Adeline? Yeah they are the parent company and their distributor is also owned by Warner.
Clockwise Posted October 29, 2012 Posted October 29, 2012 Green Day would only leave Warner if their contract ended. Not sure when it is up. And I'm pretty sure Epitaph or Merge could take on someone like Green Day. They both have artists that sell better than 21st CB did. Arcade Fire on Merge is one that comes to mind. Though if they left, not sure what that would do to artists signed to Adeline. I don't know if they could leave Warner and sell on Adeline because Warner owns Adeline. But if Blink is on a smaller label owned by the major, I guess it is possible to be independent but still be tied to the major. blink aren't on an independent label under a major, they aren't on any type of label at the moment. I'm not sure what Adeline's relationship with Warner is, but I'm sure they could still work together if GD leaves Warner. I don't think they'd just sign to Adeline, though.
farley drexel hatcher Posted October 29, 2012 Posted October 29, 2012 Why would they want to leave Warners? They seem to have it pretty made over there.
KGLWW Posted October 29, 2012 Posted October 29, 2012 Why don't you think they'd just sign to Adeline? I mean that basically means they would be producing it themselves, which a lot of big artists do. Instead do you think they would sign to Epitaph if they were to leave? I know Bad Religion, who own Epitaph, like and have a relationship with Green Day.
watchmefade92 Posted October 29, 2012 Posted October 29, 2012 Why would they want to leave Warners? They seem to have it pretty made over there. Because they have to do stupid promo things like twilight or angry birds...
Cob Posted October 29, 2012 Posted October 29, 2012 Metallica is on Warner... well there plaque are on the current artist wall when i was in the office last week... Metallica's contract with Warner has ended and they have not renewed it. This is pretty well known.
1039SweetChildren Posted October 29, 2012 Posted October 29, 2012 Because they have to do stupid promo things like twilight or angry birds... They're trying to expand the band's reach. There's nothing wrong with that. You may not like those promotional moves, but they're not trying to attract you. You are already a fan. Constantly aiming at the same people is going to get them no where. I applaud the label for trying different mediums to get the music out there.
farley drexel hatcher Posted October 29, 2012 Posted October 29, 2012 Because they have to do stupid promo things like twilight or angry birds... They don't have to do any of those things, they have more of a say in them than people here give credit for. They're not hidden away in a room and made to sign something they haven't read. The way I see it, they do what they need to promo wise because it gets them stuff in return - like cheaper concert tickets.
WhiteTim Posted October 29, 2012 Posted October 29, 2012 Metallica's contract with Warner has ended and they have not renewed it. This is pretty well known. Ah umm strange they're still listed under wb website and still listed as current at the office maybe warner doesnt know yet :shrug:
watchmefade92 Posted October 29, 2012 Posted October 29, 2012 They're trying to expand the band's reach. There's nothing wrong with that. You may not like those promotional moves, but they're not trying to attract you. You are already a fan. Constantly aiming at the same people is going to get them no where. I applaud the label for trying different mediums to get the music out there. I agree. But twilight is still stupid. That C.S.I episode was a great thing, because it's something new and special, the same with the Simpsons Movie in 2007. There are great promo things and stupid ones. Being independent means that they could chose what they want do to, and this is what I try to say. It's the same as not selling clean versions of their albums (at Wal Mart and everwhere else).
Guest DisapppearingBoy Posted October 29, 2012 Posted October 29, 2012 Exactly my thought. I feel like the only way for Green Day to go now is independent. Warner proved with this trilogy they're not capable of promoting a punk rock band successfully, and Green Day might as well go down in popularity and fame but I seriously wouldn't care as long as they provide us with good quality music and know what they're doing. Firstly Independent listeners has lost taste of their music. This triology thing's strickly mainstream. If they would've been in some independent record until now they would've just release a normal record year after year till they wear out.
WhiteTim Posted October 29, 2012 Posted October 29, 2012 I agree. But twilight is still stupid. That C.S.I episode was a great thing, because it's something new and special, the same with the Simpsons Movie in 2007. There are great promo things and stupid ones. Being independent means that they could chose what they want do to, and this is what I try to say. It's the same as not selling clean versions of their albums (at Wal Mart and everwhere else). GD have every right to deny being on a Twilight soundtrack they had to sign off for it and Angry Birds and etc so obviously they have no problems with the promo As far as walmart thing they had an edited version of AI in 2004 GD has only balked at the 21st album...
1039SweetChildren Posted October 29, 2012 Posted October 29, 2012 I agree. But twilight is still stupid. That C.S.I episode was a great thing, because it's something new and special, the same with the Simpsons Movie in 2007. There are great promo things and stupid ones. Being independent means that they could chose what they want do to, and this is what I try to say. It's the same as not selling clean versions of their albums (at Wal Mart and everwhere else). I get that and I understand where you are coming from but Warner is just trying to prevent alienating the band from a bigger audience, and I don't consider that to be a bad thing. The label is giving them plenty of artistic freedom and just trying to get their stuff out to as many people as possible. For example, no one has to buy a clean version, but if someone prefers to, it's not a big deal if it's readily available for them as opposed to just not listening to the music at all.
Guest DisapppearingBoy Posted October 29, 2012 Posted October 29, 2012 1 week for the album to leak. I guess i said that right!!
JIGD13 Posted October 29, 2012 Posted October 29, 2012 Thought that Wow! That's Loud would be better on ¡Tré!
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