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Iron Maiden Asks Fans To Pirate Music Online.
07-7-03
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At the same time that some top selling bands
like Metallica and Linkin Park are fighting the legal and illegal downloading
of their music on the internet, other bands have embraced the online medium
as a way for their music to be exposed.
Veteran metallers Iron Maiden are the
latest band to jump on the pro-mp3 bandwagon. According to metal news
site Blabbermouth.net, Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson told
17,000 concert goers at the Oslo Spectrum to go ahead and record the groups
performance of their unreleased song, Wildest Dreams, from their forthcoming
album Dance of Death.
Dickinson told the fans, "The album is
not out yet, but please pull out our small digital recorders, MP3 players,
cell phones or whatever you have. Put it on the Internet, spread it all
over the world. But on one condition: When you hear the new album, if you
like it, pay the equivalent of three beers to buy the record in the store.
That is what keeps us alive. If you don't like the album, just forget it."
He then took a jab at on the most outspoken
critics of mp3s when he added, "We are not like METALLICA."
Iron Maidens new album is set to be released
on September 9th. The band will embark on a North American tour with Dio
and Motorhead later this month.
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