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TOPIC: Another nail in the coffi for 'Metal' ??

[jimmyjames] Saturday, January 08, 2011 6:12:53 PM

I really think they just can't be bothered. I don't think they are exactly friends. Halford leaving in the early 90s would have been pretty gutwrenching for the other members. Their relationship these days is purely a business one I believe. I think they only reformed back in 04 because old school metal made a comeback and bands like Maiden and Motley Crue etc were back on top and they saw it as an opportunity to make some good money before retiring. Most people retire in their 60s. Aside from Scott who is a hired gun they are all 60 or there abouts. I think they figure why go on. The spark isn't there any more. AOR is good but not great, Nostradamus is shit. Lets quit while we're ahead before plunging another million dollars into an album that won't recoup what is spent on it. Final tour then go their seperate ways.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by spapad from Saturday, January 08, 2011 6:03:38 PM)

spapad wrote:

You wont get much defense from me on Priest. But, we dont' know the reasons for this being cut so short. Something had to have happened for them to just come out and quit with a world tour and NO new music. I still pray Epitaph has at least some new songs on it. I would not mind a final greatest hits if they laced it with a few new songs. I'm like all Priest fans. WHY!!!! No new CD to tour with. Hurts my feelings like nothing else and they talked like we would get that.
Something must have happened.

As for Disturbed, as long as their putting out ass kickin' metal! And have the record companies behind them, I say let them kick our asses!

jimmyjames wrote:

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.

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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