Henry Rollins - Punk Bands Selling Out?

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Uploaded by on Oct 22, 2009

Henry begs the question: Are punk bands selling out when their songs end up on television commercials?

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  • @mabans Hooker with a Penis - TOOL

  • Coming from a man who does commercials for Gap and Verizon himself, I guess ...

    Sorry, Henry, I tend to side more with Bill Hicks on the advertising front.

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  • Absolutely right Henry. Read any rock bio, & it may shock you to discover that even "big name" bands made next to nothing from record sales, due to the way record labels operate (i.e- the artist is always in debt to the record company). Even when The Clash had just made "the greatest album of the 80s" they were £200,000 in debt to CBS, & Joe Strummer was living in a squat with a plastic bag of possessions. Selling a track to an advert means they FINALLY get some money for all the toil.

  • Jimi Hendrix-Fire...Used for a fucking cell phone commercial years back, the man is dead, he doesn't even get a voice in the matter. That's the shit that pisses me off.

  • were the fall really on a commercial? i would love to see it.

  • @imcoolnow ive heard it alot.

    I just didnt know who you were making it out too.

    I have Ænima album.

  • @toot1231 well then you may know by now that thats actually the title of a tool son., check it out if you havent heard it, its a good one.

  • I totally agree _|m|

  • He's right. And not only that, but the bigger stage brings those ideas to more people.

  • HI! HENRY ROLLINS HERE WITH ANOTHER FANTASTIC PRODUCT! ARE YOU TIRED OF BLOOD STAINS IN YOUR UNDERWEAR?

  • @MrVinushka Henry Rollins ate dog food and slept in one room with all his band mates in order to have enough money to release a record on their own; As I see it, I have no problems with them eventually getting money for their music - and the same goes for any indipendent band.

  • Henry Rollins is a badass.

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