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Oh, that's just soooooo punk...
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we'll always have the demos...
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A happy ending, I suppose.
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That was a sweet letter. Seems like a very healthy and thoughtful decision. Good for them!
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"...it is sad for us, too, but also relieving and nurturing."

And that's what punk is all about after all -- relief and nurturing.
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@5
Lol. Nice try. What you meant to say was, "punk is all about doing what you want, and not letting the world grind you down in the process". i.e., integrity. Sounds like these kids have it in spades.
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@6 -- Yeah, sounds like it. I mean, I am very sorry that they broke up the band, I honestly don't know shit about them, but they sound nice. A previous story (linked in this report) hit me though:

On the one hand, G.L.O.S.S.'s point is understandable; it's rare for a young band to exert total creative control within such a corporate context. On the other hand ...

Yeah, but, if you are a label, you either trust the artists, or you don't. Give them total control, and let it all play out. You only offered them 50 grand, for heavens sake. Seriously -- "Oh my, 50 grand -- that is ten thousand a piece, why I can buy my grandma a used Kia.". They were having fun, some label walked up and wanted to rope them down for less than a year's rent and they walked away. Sorry they split up, but the label sounds like the real losers in this situation.
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fuck the title of this piece, but i suppose you get paid to generate snarky click bait that boils down complexity into a digestible commodity.

glad their own words are posted. like everything they put out, their words they much more dynamic, self aware and critical than anything that passes in the mainstream media.
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#8, you tell em, damn lamestream media.
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Haha, fuck this band. And I say that as someone who legitimately enjoyed their music and was excited to see where they went as a band.

These turds were given an offer that isn't offered to independent bands anymore, and they turned it down. Good for them. The part they fucked up was their publicizing of turning down that offer. "Oh, we're just so good, but we told Epitaph to shove that $50k up their asses because PUNX!" I don't have a problem with them running their band like a business (because it is), it's the humblebrag nature of it all that I have a problem with.

Whatever. Nobody will remember this band next week, and we hopefully won't have to deal with more of their insufferable bullshit after that.
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Truth is that $50,000 was an ADVANCE. The label will get that money back from the band one way or another. That ADVANCE will have to pay studio time, EQ expenses, living expenses, etc - all spread out among the band members. And then if they don't sell records or draw live money they still have a $50,000 debt to pay back. I don't blame them for refusing. They smartly decided not to dance with the devil.
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@11 And that's fine, though from what I remember of the band's original post, part of it was a signing bonus (I think ~$20k) and the rest was an advance for their next record, not the full $50k. They made a business decision for their business, good for them. But it's the publicizing of that decision as a means of gaining any sort of punk "cred" that is dumb. I guarantee that numerous other bands have shot down far better offers, even from Epitaph, who are far from the devil and have a handful of reputable punk bands as well as a bunch of "hey, let's keep the lights on and be able to sign reputable punk bands" bands.

Also, the idea that they were ever going to sell 12,000 copies of their debut album is fucking laughable, but they bragged about that too. Good luck selling whatever merch and 7"s you still have in your closet, assholes. I'd bet good money that most of that shit ends up at Goodwill.

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