Nine Inch Nails frontman blasts record label
Trent Reznor speaks out against high pricing of new album
4 hours ago
Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor has spoken out against his record label, Universal Music Group, for the high pricing of his band's latest album, 'Year Zero'.

In a posting on Nine Inch Nails' website, Reznor said that the pricing is 'absurd' and accused the label of ripping off the band's fans.

Reznor wrote: "As the climate grows more and more desperate for record labels, their answer to their mostly self-inflicted wounds seems to be to screw the consumer over even more."

As an example, Reznor cited the "absurd" retail pricing of 'Year Zero' in Australia.

He wrote, "Shame on you, UMG. 'Year Zero' is selling for $34.99 Australian dollars ($29.10 US). No wonder people steal music. Avril Lavigne's record in the same store was $21.99 ($18.21 US)."

Reznor continued: "When I asked a label rep about this his response was: 'It's because we know you have a real core audience that will pay whatever it costs when you put something out - you know, true fans. It's the pop stuff we have to discount to get people to buy.' So... I guess as a reward for being a 'true fan' you get ripped off."

He concluded by saying that Nine Inch Nails are planning to release a full-length remix collection, with details to come soon.

http://www.nme.com/news/nine-inch-nails/28365

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Well, it was no Goodburger.

was he pricing his own records at nothing records?

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i also like hobos, riding dinosaurs with my best friend jesus and eating glitter.

No he didn't have control over price point when he was on TVT. Nothing is / was an offshoot of the larger Wea - that was quite a while ago though. It's his label, but distributed and owned by WEA. Artists generally don't price, but they can have a say. I agree with him. The labels fucked themselves with greed and are now making it worse. And when the Flaming Lips released the album and then waited a bit and then did anohter with bonuses I decided - fuck you. Now I just wait and see if something will come out later as it often does. When fans get burned too many times they eventually get pissed enough to stop supporting even their favorites. It's more of a priotity for me now to support the little guys. ::shrug::

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Well, it was no Goodburger.

The prices for new CD's are a joke. Thats why I try to buy used CD's or just download stuff.

i DL it from limewire and put it on my MP3 player!

naughty me!