- by Scott Colothan
- Friday, December 07, 2007
- Photo by: wenn
Manic Street Preachers have controversially slammed Radiohead accusing the Oxford band of “demeaning” music by releasing their album ‘In Rainbows’ as a ‘pay what you want’ download.
The ever outspoken Nicky Wire from the Welsh trio believes that by allowing fans to decide their own price, such a move could have serious reverberations in the music industry.
Wire said: “Fair play to Radiohead for doing something different. It’s certainly great publicity but I think it kind of demeans music.
“Music used to be a market, now it’s all gone digital. It’s worrying and it seems to be the way of the world at the moment.”
“Sales are doing well everywhere else. Cinema is doing well, video games are doing well but music isn’t. The free download phenomenon is ruining the industry.”
Continuing his rant, and totally unrelated to Radiohead, Wire turned is attention the way in which reality TV is saturating society.
He told the Daily Star: “I can’t bare the X Factor judges and the shit they put out every year. It’s just a load of untalented fuckwits that destroy the music industry.”
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- Who cares, both bands are utter shit.
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- Who IS Manic Street Preachers??
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- ”The free download phenomenon is ruining the industry.”......only if your music s**ks!
- the free download phenomenon is only be taken up by artist who are in it for the music not the money...his obviously in it for the money...o and his in a terrible band neways!
im not a gret fan of radiohead but well done to em!
not every1 can afford to by all the music they like!
- what a moron...
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