The Metal Thread

Seventh_sl said:

The fuck....

http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/da...tement-inside/

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It's called the music business for a reason. Money's the only reason shit never gets done. If what he says is true, however, that's exactly the way Guns N Roses went down.

I'm sure it's no sweat off King's brow, since he gets money from publishing for writing the (shitty) songs, and Hanneman obviously gets everything he needs from writing the shit Slayer's known for, although it wouldn't surprise me at all with Jeff being outta the loop if he wasn't involved the decision at all.

Good thing Slayer hasn't done anything relevant for 15+ years, or I'd be annoyed.

Seventh_sl said:

Sadly, Grip Inc's singer passed away so Lombardo can't go back to his "old" band, which was IMO much more interesting than anything Slayer has put out in the last 15, as Cutlery said. Such a fucking monster band, too.

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Meh, a guy with Lombardo's skills isn't gonna be wasted. He'll find something, they'll tour less than Slayer did, and he'll be happy.

Sinnes_sl said:

=( I wish they would replace Kerry instead, it isn't the first time he acts like a total douche. I dont understand tho, why wouldn't Kerry want to change the business model so the band gets more of the income? Maybe it's my engrish failling me.

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Well, unfortunately with Jeff maybe not able to play guitar again (it's been 2 years since he's done more than play AoD on an encore), replacing Kerry is kinda outta the question.

Like I said above, I totally believe Dave on this one. In Slash's book he says G'n'R kinda went the same way. Axl would throw lavish parties every night (with a different theme every night) that the band never attended, and were just for him and all of his rock star wannabe buddies, and he'd expense it out to the tour. When they'd get home, they'd realize they made not a fucking dime off the tour. That was the reason for the name of the "Skin N Bones" tour in the early 90's...they literally had made no money and needed to trim down their expenses to turn a profit touring.

Depending on how they have their publishing set up, it's entirely possible that the lion's share of Slayer's income goes to Jeff and Kerry, with them being the primary songwriters, and then Tom getting a good kickback off of the ones he's written lyrics to. However, Lombardo is the only one with no writing credits off of any of Slayer's material, and if there's not a publishing agreement there where the rest of the band shares royalties off the records (and I have no reason to believe there is, since Dave left the band before and came back), then he is quite literally a hired gun being paid only for his touring time. You could have a situation where 3 guys are living in mansions (I don't know if this is the case or not, but in theory), while Dave is being paid $300 bucks a night to drum on tour, and that's his entire income.

I have every reason to believe Dave's telling the truth on this one, and since the situation benefits the other 3 guys, there's no reason for them to change it. Plenty of guys are willing to play drums for Slayer for $300 a night. Do I agree with it? Fuck no. Bands should know better than to do this kinda shit, but like I said, it's called the musicbusinessfor a reason. It's always about money. If anyone tells you it's not, they're lying.