Priest absolutely do cash grab tours in America. On their Nostradamus tour they only played two songs from the album, the British Steel tour was a cash grab and so is Epitaph the tour in support of the idea of not doing any more tours. You only have to read some of the comments on this site in recent months to see how they are pissing off a lot of their fans with a lack of new product and substandard product, particularly Halford with all his reissuing of Fight/Halford material and live albums. I applaud Disturbed for what they are doing and it's great they are having mainstream success. All I said was they are a commercial metal band ie a product. No harm in that. So are Maiden, so are Metallica, so is Ozzy etc.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by spapad from Saturday, January 08, 2011 5:19:25 PM)| |  | spapad wrote: | | I would not say Priest does a cash grab in America. Afterall, it that were true each concert hall would be filled to capasity. NO.
Send me some links on the underground bands you speak of, I would love to hear them.
Disturbed is an excellent metal band and I love what they put out. They did not sell out, they just had the right promotion and a great sound. They accomplished what few bands do today. They were in the top 200 sales for U.S. for over a year, and at the top when Indestructable came out. They are the future of American Metal. IMO.
| | | jimmyjames wrote: | | All the best metal is coming out of Europe these days. The big American Metal bands like Disturbed and Avenged Sevenfold are just a product. In saying that though, there are some great, great metal bands coming out of the States, they are just more underground and you have to look around a bit to hear their stuff. Some of these bands have been around for years but have remained under the radar rather than take the commercial road like Disturbed and co have. However you do have to give it to Disturbed, they are taking metal to a wider audience. They are over here in May actually and have toured a few times. So they are definately promoting metal in all corners of the world and reaching out to fans everywhere. Unlike Priest who tend to specialise in cash grab U.S tours trading on music they released 20+ years ago. |
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