Die US-Emopunker Hawthorne Heights werden sich nun endgültig von ihrem Label Victory Records trennen. Band und Plattenfirma gehen leider im Bösen auseinander, wie man im Statement der Hawthorne Heights nachlesen kann. Die Stimmung war wohl sehr giftig in letzter Zeit und besonders Label-Boss Tony Brummel bekommt ordentlich sein Fett weg. Das Statement findet sich in den Kommentaren.Endlich haben die Herren von Maximo Park ein Plattenstudio geentert, um gemeinsam mit Produzent Gil Norton (u.a. Foo Fighters, Pixies) am neuen Album zu arbeiten. Songtitel heißen gerüchtehalber Nosebleed, Rosemary oder By The Monument und sollen auch schon das öfteren auf Shows der Band gespielt worden sein.Schon etwas weiter sind die Scissor Sisters. Deren Album trägt den grandiosen Titel Ta-Dah und soll ab dem 26. September in den Läden stehen. Die Tracklist findet ihr in den Kommentaren.Auch das Blink182-Nachfolgeprojekt +44 hat nun einen Releasetermin bekannt gegeben. Ab dem 24. Oktober soll Little Death erhältlich sein.Bedeutend früher, nämlich am 18. August, erscheint dagegen schon Idlewild von Outkast. Auf der dazugehörigen MySpace-Seite kann man schon in ein Medley reinhören. Die Tracklist gibt es auch hier in den Kommentaren.Bei den MTV VMAs am 31. August, sind Panic! At The Disco mit ihrem Video zu I Write Sins Not Tragedies in fünf Kategorien nominiert worden und dürfen wohl während der Show auch live performen. Toll, gell?
01."I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" 02."She's My Man" 03."I Can't Decide" 04."Lights" 05."Lands Of A Thousand Words" 06."Intermission" 07."Kiss You Off" 08."Ooh" 09."Paul McCartney" 10."The Other Side" 11."Might Tell You Tonight" 12."Everybody Wants The Same Thing" 13."Transistor"
Outkast - Idlewild
"Intro" "Mighty "O" "Peaches" featuring Sleepy Brown & Scar "Idlewild Blue (Don'tchu Worry 'Bout Me)" "Infatuation (Interlude)" "N2U" featuring Khujo Goodie "Morris Brown" featuring Scar & Sleepy Brown "Chronomentrophobia" "The Train" featuring Scar & Sleepy Brown "Life Is Like A Musical" "No Bootleg DVDs (Interlude)" "Hollywood Divorce" featuring Lil' Wayne & Snoop Dogg "Zora (Interlude)" "Call The Law" featuring Janelle Monae "Bamboo & Cross (Interlude)" "BuggFace" "Makes No Sense At All" "In Your Dreams" featuring Killer Mike & Janelle Monae "PJ & Rooster" "Mutron Angel" featuring Whild Peach "Greatest Show On Earth" featuring Macy Gray "You're Beautiful (Interlude)" "When I Look In Your Eyes" "Dyin' To Live" "A Bad Note"
Hawthorne Heights - Statement zum Spilt mit Victory Records
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Due to recent events we have decided to leave Victory Records. Our departure is anything but amicable. We have decided to leave Victory, in part due to the actions of the man who sits at the head of the label, Tony Brummel. Tony Brummel is a man that cares more about his ego and bank account than the bands themselves.
Many of you are familiar with the greed driven letters sent out by Mr. Brummel: his manifesto calling rock supporters to arms and virtual declaration of war on hip-hop and Ne-Yo done under the guise of a band message; as well as the street-team letter which instructed people to re-arrange our CDs, putting them in higher visibility areas in stores. Unfortunately, the head of street-team, Abby Valentine, who understandably resigned following the incident, took the fall for this. At the time of the letters we were branded as racists by some, all over a letter we did NOT write, targeting a genre which we have NOTHING against whatsoever. Because of these letters, our second album debuted at ..3 on the charts, an incredible feat, which would normally be cause for joy, but now is tainted much like Barry Bonds statistics.
When questioned about the letters Tony was more upset that we had told the press that he actually wrote the letters (not us) because he was more worried about rumors surrounding Taking Back Sunday and Thursdays exoduses being justified than the credibility and reputation of his current biggest band.
Couple these letters with him threatening the head program director at Q101 in Chicago for putting the new Taking Back Sunday song into rotation to the point in which the program director pulls Saying Sorry from rotation and you can see why we would more than question whether or not the head of our label cares about us or his own ego more.
Tony is a man whose greed knows no bounds. After selling more than 1.2 million copies of The Silence In Black and White and If Only You Were Lonely, we have never seen a single dollar in artist royalties from Victory Records. Tony will claim that we have not recouped, a term used by those in the music business which means the label has spent more money in advertising than has been made by CD sales. In fact questionable accounting practices are the culprit and we are in fact owed substantial amounts of money much like audits from Taking Back Sunday, Thursday and Atreyu have uncovered.
You may be wondering, why now? Why did they wait three years before saying something? Why did they sound happy in that interview??? Like being in an abusive relationship, we let certain things slide as we were afraid, as many of the bands on Victory are, to stick our neck out for fear of being beaten, in this case represented by the threat of not being promoted as has been the case with certain bands on the roster. Were done being abused. The reasons stated above represent the final straw in a huge pile of hay that broke our backs.
Undoubtedly Tony will proclaim that we are ungrateful and our success was due solely to his promotional efforts. In reality, promotion is only a portion of the equation in a bands success. Even then, in our case especially, promotional efforts can be attributed to the hard work of the band and staff at Victory, many of whom recently resigned or were fired due to differences with Tony. Non-stop touring, dedicated fans and songs (we challenge Tony to sell over 1 million blank CDs) account for the rest of the equation.
Weve accomplished more in three years than most bands do in a lifetime and for that we are extremely grateful and consider ourselves very fortunate. Our situation with Tony Brummel is indicative of issues that all bands on Victory Records encounter on some level or another.
We have decided to remove ourselves from the negative situation so that we can continue to do what we love best and focus on writing and playing music to people that care about what we have created.
Man kann von Hawthorne Heights halten was man will, aber dieses Statement und was es über diesen Tony aussagt, ist ja wohl überheftig. Also dass die nachdem sie über eine Million Scheiben verkauft haben nichtmal Geld in der Tasche vom Plattenverkauf haben, ist schon extrem übel..
oh ja, ich find es auch ziemlich krass... vor allem, wenn man diese reaktion von victory liest:
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"Victory believes there's no merit to the lawsuit, and Victory maintains the group is obligated to deliver two more albums to the label, and we'll hold them to it."
Die US-Emopunker Hawthorne Heights werden sich nun endgültig von ihrem Label Victory Records trennen. Band und Plattenfirma gehen leider im Bösen auseinander, wie man im Statement der Hawthorne Heights nachlesen kann. Die Stimmung war wohl sehr giftig in letzter Zeit und besonders Label-Boss Tony Brummel bekommt ordentlich sein Fett weg. Das Statement findet sich in den Kommentaren.
Endlich haben die Herren von Maximo Park ein Plattenstudio geentert, um gemeinsam mit Produzent Gil Norton (u.a. Foo Fighters, Pixies) am neuen Album zu arbeiten. Songtitel heißen gerüchtehalber Nosebleed, Rosemary oder By The Monument und sollen auch schon das öfteren auf Shows der Band gespielt worden sein.
Bei den MTV VMAs am 31. August, sind Panic! At The Disco mit ihrem Video zu I Write Sins Not Tragedies in fünf Kategorien nominiert worden und dürfen wohl während der Show auch live performen. Toll, gell? 
