Why Bad Music Sells (And How We Can Change That)

[@Evil_Vincenzo]

Most kids listen to pop as it's easy to listen to it. the are told rock is just noise and that winds me up

[@adamniccum8680]

Evil Vincenzo it's very saddning

[@aaahah9931]

Evil Vincenzo I got into metal at age 10 I'm 11 now only one of my friends has gotten on the path of metal.

[@dreamtheaterfanboy4421]

Evil Vincenzo, I’m fourteen, and I listen to Metallica, Dream Theater and some Pantera on the side. I really enjoy metal.

[@killswitchlee123]

Soundgarden XIII you're a bad example of a metal fan.

[@rathernot3839]

@@adamniccum8680 More commonly is because they have no personality so they look at what's trendy and think they will be cool from it or something idk.

[@ripdimebag666cfh]

I went out and bought Megadeth - Peace Sells (original copy), Black Sabbath's Paranoid, and Avenged Sevenfold's Hail To The King.

[@6Mega6Man6]

I wish this video had more views

[@vinylcity1599]

Father Thunder share it on facebook! that's what I did!

[@darrenkangmusic]

One of my dream jobs is becoming a musician. And I want to change the way we listen to music in the future. Every goal of a musician is to become commercially succesful. I want to be a succesful musician. But without using fucking auto tune. I also need to avoid to writing cheesy lyrics. I can play the guitar and I've been playing it for quite a while. I want to bring back the use of intruments to the music industry. The thing I'm scared of is that my music in the future wouldn't be succesful. Even if it was succesful, I want people to be inspired to write songs like I do. Like what Bob Dylan said, the main goal of an artist is to inspire.

[@austinhernandez2716]

I want to do the same thing! I'm studying music composition and taking guitar lessons and want to start a band and change the music industry. I want to start like a modern Renaissance lol.

[@keiranmacpherson8967]

Darren Kang completely agree

[@austinhernandez2716]

Hey let's start a band together lol I play guitar and piano

[@keiranmacpherson8967]

I play guitar as well :)

[@adamniccum8680]

Darren Kang I call playing the bass I gotta pick one up in the future

[@courgeonaute]

I bought Tool - Undertow Tool - Lateralus Tool - 10000 days Im coming for you Aenima

[@badumtss3067]

In all of the albums, in my honest opinion I enjoyed listening to Aenima (for the first time) in CD the most. I'm not saying that the other albums sucked. But damn, Aenima is my favorite and my go-to for the albums that Tool made.

[@kenmanius]

I was already a fan of Tool from Undertow, but Aenima was the first album I sat down and just listened to in its entirety officially making me a non casual listener.

[@mandk6089]

just ordered elvis presley - 30 #1 hits (not metal at all, but i pretty much listen to everything), and tomorrow i am going to order misfits - legacy of brutality

[@ghostvalley6786]

Fuck yeah dude you have good taste in music

[@miticaBEP07]

Something less than 25?

[@adamniccum8680]

Kody Crittenden I got 4 records a week ago 1.mdc-millions of dead cops 2.rush-grace under pressure 3.pink floyd-dark side of the moon 4.david bowie-ziggy stardust

[@thesashasaturn]

Kody Crittenden omg 😲 I love Elvis presley

[@Champ1993]

Just bought.. Dream Theater - Train of Thought, Octavarium, Scenes from A Memory, A Change of Seasons Rush - Clockwork Angels Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk

[@rathernot3839]

Um, ok no one gives a shit.

[@christianjamesguevarra6257]

@@rathernot3839 welcome to the internet

[@BlackDragon218]

I buy CDs nearly all the time. Since the time I watched this video for the first time I bought KoRn's 'The Paradigm Shift' CD/DVD version and pre-ordered Behemoth's 'The Satanist' in 2 versions - boxset and double gatefold limited edition LP.

[@gjc82071]

Just a tip....stop calling it 'music" & just call it "sound".

[@dreamtheaterfanboy4421]

The problem with music isn’t that there’s a lot of untalented people making it. It’s only a part of it. The other part is that the talented people have either sold out, or aren’t making music.

[@jmagowan12]

Good music sells, but you's buying?

[@jipjipjip2]

I just got back from Fye and got: Stratovarius - Nemesis, Sonata Arctica - Pariah's Child, and Dragonforce - The Power Within ^^

[@rocknrollDuluth]

For about a year now I've been going to the record store and buying vinyl and CDs. I'm trying to help my favorite bands and show their stuff to people who usually only listen to shit. So thanks for this video. Keep spreadiing the word

[@TheXBRGUY]

One thing i really like about Amazon is that with most CD's you get the MP3 version immediately after buying the physical copy,so if you can't wait for the CD version you can jam to the MP3 while you're waiting for your beloved CD.I wish i would've known that before buying "The Bends" by Radiohead :(

[@maccagrabme]

The people or the artists need to buy their own slice of the distribution network or airwaves if any of this is going to change long term. You can have all the greatest artists in the world but unless the industry is going to support them and promote them then forget it. I believe that people that really are into music are a minority. It's not as widespread as we think it is. Most people listen to music via fashion/hype and will drop a band when something else comes along. Those people aren't actually into music

[@shallowcoder1]

You guys should listen to "Yall want a single" - By Korn. They discuss some of this.

[@TwoCents302]

A true bop

[@mobus99]

Multiply the views here by 1000, and we may get something goin here...

[@after_its_gone]

mobius1441 there's a reason the views haven't been multiplied by 1000

[@MrBacondeath]

There aren't any record shops where I am that ever sell albums I would listen to, they have a very limited selection when it comes to metal so I have to buy everything online.

[@coverkillernation]

good, good. we all have to make a collective effort to do this, good to see the desire to make the effort!

[@JeffWatersRules]

The rock/metal radio isn't being listened to as much because it's not considered work friendly and somehow rap and hip hop is.

[@NegiTaiMetal011]

In America, they tend to settle for mediocre and bland music and then dumb down the people to think it is music. America tends to be corporate, which is why the musical climate and trends got worse all for quick bucks. But in Europe as well as Japan, they seem to put effort into their work, that heavy metal and rock are still popular there and they don't seem to have ever make dull, bland, stale, mediocre music originating there...mostly. At least those places are better than America in terms of music because while America is corporate and trendy, Europe and Japan are at least, in a way, different and unique.

[@ScorpioBornIn69]

Biggest problem in the U.S. that has been promoting this are today's rappers and dance/hip hop singers who really cannot sing and have their voices tuned out with covoders.

[@EstebanMenchacaGamboa]

I bought the Electric Age, it blew my brains up!!

[@Tizzer]

I like the message here. I think it would be fair to add that if you can't find a music store near you that carries music you enjoy, buy some physical copies online. Go to the band website, or even amazon and buy a CD or vinyl. It's supply and demand, and we need to bring back the demand for physical music.

[@purplemutantas]

We are absolutely to blame for crappy music. I haven't purchased any music in ages. We need to vote with our money. If enough of us buy an album now and then; we might not see as much crap being put out there. The more good music is promoted the more the masses will be exposed to it. If people are exposed to good bands/artists they might not be as likely to buy stuff from the crappy artists.

[@cottonfacemalone2338]

Just got Lateralus and Aenima from Tool

[@V01D72]

nice vid coverkiller.. I live in a small town in the Netherlands and the only record store in the neighbourhood (had to take a train ride to get to it) has ceased to exist a few months ago.. it's really sad because there's nothing like the smell of a record store, browsing through the cd's looking for that one special single or something.. Now if I buy a new album I have to buy it via the internet, and it just isn't the same.. Still, it's better than downloading, but damn.. it sucks!

[@Kornholic]

Karnivool - Asymmetry The Dillinger Escape Plan - One of Us Is the Killer Korn - The Paradigm Shift

[@ЯзыкМира-г4ъ]

I have actually started purchasing the albums i liked after watching this video. thanks CKN! you showed us all how an individual is still important and have some influence over stuff in the world.

[@mikestanislaus1107]

ALL...HELL...CAN'T STOP US NOW!

[@staticsyndrome2011]

That quote at the end was rage against the machine: battle of Los Angeles!!! I love that record and yes I do have it in my collection. Am I right in saying the song it's from was guerrilla radio?

[@coverkillernation]

you're doing the best with what's available to you. not everyone can drive great lengths. its sad that there's not one nearby, though. everybody should have access to music.

[@therantcorner3182]

I found When Day and Dream Unite at my record store last week. Needless to say, I bought it instantly.

[@phoxic6756]

I love going through recordstores and finding new stuff for my collection! Usually I listen to stuff on Spotify first, then I purchase the record and rip it to my mp3 player (I only put stuff I have bought in it). I also wonder, Am I the only one whom uses my record collection as a wallpaper? (More like displaying the front via improvised small shelfs) I'm listing after content size not preferens (Though there might be something to it). The more obscure not well known stuff can be found by the bottom and aditionally in the "looking for" list Marilyn Manson Portrait of an American Family Antichrist Superstar Mechanical Animals Holy Wood Golden Age of Grotesque Eat Me, Drink Me High End of Low Pale Emperor Nine inch Nails Pretty hate Machine Broken Downward Spiral The Fragile With Teeth Hesitation Marks Mudvayne L.D 50 The End of All Things to Come Lost and Found The New Game By the People, for the People Mudvayne White Zombie/Rob Zombie Astro-Creep: 2000 Hellbilly Delux Hellbilly Delux 2 Venomus Rat Regeneration Vendor The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser Static - X Wisconsin Death Trip Shadow Zone Beneath Between Beyond Cannibal Cult of Static Slipknot Slipknot Iowa Subliminal Verses All Hope Is Gone The Grey Chapter Deathstars Synthetic Generation Termination Bliss Night Electric Night Perfect Cult John 5 Songs for Sanity The Devil Knows My Name Requiem God Told Me To Ghost Opus Eponymous Infestasumam Meliora Papa Roach Getting Away With Murder The Paramour Sessions Metamorphosis Mushroom Head Saviour Sorow The Righteous & The Butterfly Avatar Black Waltz Feathers & Flesh Stone Soure House of Gold & Bones pt.1 House of Gold & Bones pt.2 Hex Hex Beast Device Lamb of God Sacrament Strum Und Drang Corroded Eleven Shades of Black IMBER The Breaking Point Rammstein Reise, Reise Mass Murder Agenda Bring The Violence Swordmaster Moribund Transgoria Powerman 5000 Builders of The Future Five Finger Death Punch American Capitalist Volbeat Beyond Hell / Above Heaven Children of Bodom I Worship Chaos (Got this Delux Edition keeping in mind this video, did not regret my purchase) HELLYEAH HELLYEAH The Kovenant Animatronic Let's mention some stuff I'm looking beside the obvious, the missing links to each already listed band (Providing a brief description of things you probably haven't heard of) Behemoth - "The Satanist" Kyo - "Le Chemin" & "L' équilibre" (French Pop/Rock, kind of mellow in general but beautiful) The Dead and The Living - "The Last Men Standing" & "Decadanse" (Goth/Rock) Filter - "The Rouble With Angles" Lord of The Lost - "From The Flame Into The Fire" (A German metal band that acctually doesn't try and jump the Rammstein bandwagon try "La Bomba" if want to hear something unique and cool) In Flames - "Come Clarity" & "Sound of a Playground Fading" Sevendust - "Black Out The Sun" & "Kill The Flaw" The Pretty Reckless - "Going to Hell" & "Light Me Up" Airbourne - "Black Dog Barking"

[@lamentate07]

Agree. Buy what you like and what you can afford. I don't buy as many cds as i used to, but i recently picked up the new Gorguts, Carcass, Trouble and Dream Theater albums. I take pride in supporting the bands i really enjoy to the best of my ability, and that's all we can really do to keep the whole enterprise going.

[@NathanFazekas]

This video should be viewed by everyone. I have a deep respect for people that promote and condone CD/vinyl buying in this technology-based day and age.

[@TwistedIdentity]

Where I live the closest thing to a record store nearby unfortunately is Walmart or Target, which I buy from if I see something worthwhile. However, I was recently in Ohio and while they weren't specifically record stores (Half Price Books and Buy Backs) where I picked up Stabbing Westward - Darkest Days, Stabbing Westward - Wither Blister Burn + Peel, Fuel - Something Like Human, Cryptopsy - Once Was Not, and Symphony X - Paradise Lost. I spent MAYBE 10 bucks altogether so I was super happy.

[@danceswithmetroids162]

Great video, a lot of truth in this. Do you think you could address something in a future video? It's this phenomena I've been noticing lately. Like, most of the people I know from school or around town like Sweet Child O'Mine by GNR, but don't know the rest of their music. Same thing with Journey and "Don't Stop Believing". It's like they refuse to find more music to enjoy by those artists than what's socially acceptable. Just something to think about...

[@metalheadrailfan]

Latest Album purchases: Decade of Aggression-Slayer Altars of Madness-Morbid Angel The Legacy-Testament Enemies of Reality-Nevermore Killing is My Business...and Business is Good to Countdown to Extinction-Megadeth Alien-Strapping Young Lad Individual Thought Patterns-Death

[@ExNoctemNacimur]

I love the line about the Kindle fire! Excellent video!

[@coverkillernation]

i love physical copies because of that same feeling of ownership, and all the neat things you can see in booklets, be it in the artwork, lyrics, its a full experience along with the music. plus, i've experienced the "decay effect" between an mp3 or a download versus an album. Vehemence's song "Kill For God" sounded good as an mp3, good enough for me to buy their album "Helping the World to See." "Kill For God" on the album....holy fuck my mp3 was missing layers! rapes on disc, blows on mp3.

[@The_Crooked_Step]

One thing that I think stands in the way for heavy metal/rock becomming more popular, is that people don't allow them to. If a band becomes moderate succesfull, some folks will begin calling them sellouts for no particular reason. They are afraid that their favorite band will become mainstream because they want to feel special for listening to them.

[@FailDGamers]

Yeah. Picked up the new The Devil Wears Prada album, a few Mussuggah records and some classic Iron Maiden CD's yesterday. Also picked up a few new T-Shirts.

[@MoxxieIsBestBoy]

Great video. I picked up some CDs yesterday. They were... DevilDriver - The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand DevilDriver - Winter Kills Trivium - Ascendancy Trivium - Shogun I'm going to see both of those bands October 8 in Atlanta so I figured I'd pick up a few CDs from them.

[@DavidLeeMcMullen]

I bought: Cattle Decapitation - The Anthropocene Extinction; Euphoric Defilement - Ascending to the Worms; The Dillinger Escape Plan - Miss Murder and One of Us Is the Killer; Neurosis - Honor Found in Decay; Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress; Sigur Rós - Kveikur; Explosions in the Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care

[@Tunaboy45]

Bought korn's the paradigm shift yesterday. It's fantastic.

[@Inflections]

Great video, I can totally appreciate this from a financial perspective. Though I guess there is no way of telling the less scrupulous to go out and buy the music legit - The power is totally in their hands, not ours. If people can get it for free and don't get any satisfaction from supporting the artist, they won't pay for it. This is a situation we can't recover from, so I just give my music to those wanting to try it out, and be grateful for those that bought it :)

[@coverkillernation]

I need to listen to a bit more of their work, but i liked the single that crossed the pond this spring. I need to check out more of Foals, as well.

[@chrismayle3519]

My recent buys were Leaves' Eyes- Lovelorn and Sublime-Second Hand Smoke. I haven't bought any new releases recently. I'm going to do that the next time I go to a record store.

[@venomek7]

just bought Dream Theater's - Dream Theater... Alter Bridge's Fortress and Blackbird, Black Country Comunion's self titled, record and Slash - World on fire.... all of them great records... if u havent heard Alter Bridge i strongly recomend! :)

[@ryanhoover210]

***** amen to that

[@samanthageso6887]

In Australia, we have this electronics store called JB-Hifi and they still sell a ton of CDs. I've gone back to buying physical copies of albums (no matter how much they cost) and I always buy them from there. Probably one of the only stores in Australia that still sells CDs, and they're found in any major shopping centre

[@adelaidestephens4543]

+Samantha Geso True: JBHifi is still going surprisingly strong, especially since Virgin Music was killed off and Sanity Music has been struggling as of late... buy most of my music there...

[@1993jre]

Last few albums i bought were "The Art of Rebellion" by Suicidal Tendencies at my local record store; and two albums on eBay, "Leprosy" by Death and "Exile on Main St." by The Rolling Stones in vinyl.

[@robertholden3121]

Bad taste is as American as Apple Pie. We excel at it.

[@w-james9277]

We also excel at that in the UK. We used to be the home of heavy metal, however if you play it in public today, well… I don't want to think what will happen to you.

[@MysticMindAnalysis]

(cont) I remember getting a 3CD compilation called "This is Thrash". It introduced me to allot of new Thrash bands beyond the big 4, including Exodus, Death Angel, Rage, Flotsam and Jetsam etc. And I was blown away by it! I already loved Anthrax, Megadeth and a bit of metallica, but now I had a whole world. And with sites like Spotify, youtube, Last.fm and Grooveshark it's easy to find bands that are related.

[@baldmetalnerd]

I buy albums all the time mostly because I like having them and surprisingly my cd player still sounds better than my computer hooked up to the same reciever and speakers. Last two albums I bought were some back catalog releases, Iron Maiden's Dance Of Death, and Dream Theater's Black Clouds and Silver Linings. Also fairly soon I'm going to start making music review videos similar to what you're doing just gotta clear a little time out of my schedule for it.

[@Beelzeblegh]

I buy about 10 albums when i get paid, and usually 1 or 2 vinyls also :) Love you Cover Killer! Keep it up!

[@kalebz8287]

Next time I'm able to go I wanna get a slayer album, Pantera, possibly another Metallica album

[@justawasteofspase]

CD's I've recently bought (or plan on getting soon): Rescue And Restore by August Burns Red. The Poison and Scream Aim Fire by Bullet For My Valentine. Collide With The Sky by Pierce The Veil. Endgame by Rise Against. Don't Panic and So Wring It's Right by All Time Low. Sounds Of A Playground Dying by In Flames. A War You Cannot Win and The Fall Of Ideals by All That Remains.

[@rhysgreening4463]

bullets scream aim fire brilliant piece the veil collide with the sky is not that good rise against end game is brilliant

[@themanfromthesouth1861]

No Linkin Park shame on you

[@rhysgreening4463]

lol considering I owned all the album apart from living thing and reachard before I made that comment and brough the hunting party when it came out here

[@themanfromthesouth1861]

oh ok then I apologize for my comment by the way how do you like the Hunting party or not and what are thoughts about the current state of music ?

[@rhysgreening4463]

well the hunting party is good im just happy its a return to rock and well I see hope with the future of music but right now its pretty bad etleast over here I don't no about where you are

[@pauldianno6464]

i remember back in the 80's my little one floor mall had 2 record stores and they were always packed. Now that mall has been closed for almost 15 years and there isn't a record store for 30 miles. LOL

[@FicosGamingMind]

I miss the Sam Goody's, the Virgin Megastores and many other record selling giants like that. In Puerto Rico, I kept seeing every single record selling store disappear and that was years ago. Digital and piracy is definitely killing the record store, and even though I fully embrace digital, I would really hate to see them leave. Kudos on quoting Guerrila Radio by Rage Against the Machine. I have that CD as well as the previous ones. Last one is missing. I want them to come back :)

[@goodeyesniperr]

I went down to my local record store yesterday just to find out it had closed the week before, it's hard to see an oasis like that go under

[@raytheater]

I recently bought Dream Theater (Self Title), James Labrie Elements of Persuasion and Impermanent Resonance. Dream Theater is my favorite band, I will usually buy 2 copies of their CD. One for my car and 1 for my stereo. Next purchase will be the new Spock's Beard (Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep), because it is really really good.

[@psychedelicpiper999]

A major problem that should be noted is that even if we do have somewhat of a consensus on what bad music is, we all have different tastes. Most of the bands I see people bringing up in the comments, nearly all the modern bands people talk about, are garbage to my ears. Because 60's and early 70's music got me spoiled on a compositional aesthetic and sense of production that I feel is completely lacking even in modern artists who do play their own instruments, write their own songs, and play their instruments really well on a technical level. Heck, I even went through a phase where I was hating on Pink Floyd fans for liking "The Wall" and "Dark Side of the Moon", who knew nothing about the kind of creative and improvisational music Syd Barrett made, which to me holds so much more potential than the most popular works. I can't say I enjoy everything from the 70's, and apart from hip-hop, absolutely nothing from the 80's, and very little from the 90's onwards. I don't like metal outside Black Sabbath and early Metallica. Even modern bands I used to enjoy aren't releasing albums I like anymore, and most of the modern bands that people who like the genres I do are just plain boring to me. So it's hard to relate. To create music that we can all agree to enjoy is one of the greatest challenges facing today's musical landscape. We all have different tastes and opinions.

[@alhazed]

I would certainly say that record sales may have dropped because of new media, but live gigging has improved quite a bit from my perspective in London.

[@coverkillernation]

check out some of the artists' websites and such. sometimes if you order directly you save more money, support them directly, and get freebies.

[@SleepFan771]

I actually just got in the mail 3 albums I order: Fu Manchu's The Action Is Go, Fear and the Nervous System's Debut album, and Paco de Lucia's Entre dos Aguas. Love all 3.

[@ryanhoover210]

The recent Nothing More record kicks ass on so many levels. Easily worth buying. Also, don't sleep on the album from Crobot.

[@coverkillernation]

I really like the haul, dude. Which out of those do you enjoy the most?

[@modernmimes]

Love this video. In my opinion, you are right on the money. Keep it up!

[@dandr0id950]

I recently bought lamb of god sacrament and regretfully all that remains the order of things

[@Kreeschon]

Unfortunately, there are not a great deal of record stores within the general vicinity of where I live. What few shops we had closed years ago.The few malls with places like fye are too far spread out to really warrant spending the gas money on (especially when also paying for college). On another note, you mentioned modern "crock" music (as I call it). Would you consider bands like Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age to fit into this mold or are they transcendent of the rock landscape?

[@larsheuker]

Recently i buyed Dio - holy diver Megadeth - rust in peace Anthrax - amon the living Blind guardian - imaginations from the other side, Nofx - greatest hits Deep purple - greatest hits Anthrax - greatest hits

[@Chicago_Podcast_Authority]

Coverkiller for president!

[@drewtanner1667]

Last 2 albums I bought were Megadeth's 'Super Collider' and Philip Anselmo & The Illegals' 'Walk Through Exits Only'. I listen to rock and metal radio to discover new artists and band's new albums.

[@jdlockefeller]

I wish led zeppelin would come back...

[@ericsperry2481]

+jdlockefeller Sorry bud, no Bonham, no Zeppelin.

[@EstebanMenchacaGamboa]

+Eric Sperry But there's Bonham son

[@ericsperry2481]

***** True that

[@rasmusjohansson1146]

stairway to heaven?

[@EstebanMenchacaGamboa]

Rasmus Johansson tf??

[@ChilyCheezeFryz]

Found a copy of Gama Bomb: Tales From the Grave in Space at my F.Y.E. 2009 Thrash Metal from Northern Ireland. It's one of my favourites in my collection now.

[@Tukemppi]

Recent buys include MyGrain - Planetary Breathing, Shade Empire - Omega Arcane, Viikate - Kymijoen Lautturit and Suidakra - Eternal Defiance.

[@luiehiy]

I know how you feel man, the FYE in my mall closed down, the biggest rock radio station in my area (and i think the only one that didnt play just classic rock) got bought out by a pop station, i do my best to pre-order new metal albums for the bands i like

[@ThomasDaRockaholic11]

Great video dude I agree with most of the Stuff you said in this video I agree record shops should not die out as buying CDs and vinyl are ways of supporting the artists

[@adamniccum8680]

I got 4 ablums today that I got from the record store i,ll tell 1.MDC-million dead cops 2.rush-grace under pressure 3.david bowie-ziggy stardust 4.pink floyd-dark side of the moon

[@adamniccum8680]

bought some more I got 1.mettalica-master of puppets 2.frank zappa-joe's garage 3.ghost-infestissumam 4.yes-fragile

[@devinmccreery8003]

I got several Albums as well. I got the Byrds 4 album pack 4 $9.99, and Dokken live in 1981.

[@adamniccum8680]

Devin McCreery sweet

[@purebaldness]

Recently bought Diamanthian: The Infinite Descent, Carcass: Surgical Steel, Fleshgod Apocalypse: Labrynth, Gorguts: Colored Sands, Krisiun: Black Force Domain, Dark Angel: Darkness Descends, Euphoric Defilement: Ascending To The Worms and Hideous Divinity: Obeisance Rising. Some I bought blindly, others I bought after previewing online. I also download music for free. I prefer owning physical copies but I also like to spend money on shirts and shows

[@LuckyUdn]

the last ones i bougth were: House of gold and bones part one and two, and follow the leader by korn. I live in a area where we don't have any record stores. Thats why i have to buy my records in the electronic store in the mall. thats the reason why i barely get newer records but a lot of older greater ones.

[@DimebagsZombie]

Actually went to the local music store and bought 3 albums before watching this video. I bought Santana's self-titled album, "Abraxas" by Santana, and "eMOTIVe" by A Perfect Circle.

[@FailDGamers]

Yeah. My school plays Rap and Hip-Hop at my Pep Rallies at school, and they don't let you have your phones out during this time so I'm sitting there with my ears bleeding at bad music.

[@MIKELiscrazy]

Just got a weezer EP, Black Sabbath Vol 4, and (because my other one broke) Pearl Jam Ten

[@SleepFan771]

I'm glad there is someone else on this planet besides me that still likes Blind Melon. You should go back and review their stuff. Also, you should check out the Vista Chino album Peace.

[@Count_Deangeli]

As I CKN is talking about rock music not metal, the first thing that comes to my mind is that the genre in this form is exhausted - I haven't heard anything really exciting for years and years - we won't see another Rolling Stone or The Doors or Bruce Sprinsteen. Our generation really needs something new - I wanna feel shellshocked like my grandpa one morning in the 50s turning on the radio and hearing Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry

[@pushon10]

I bought Judas Priest - Defenders of the faith, Saint Etienne - Foxbase Alpha, Iron Maiden - Killers, The Charlatans - Melting Pot and Wire - Pink Flag.

[@straussenei1]

I forgot to mention the albums i bought. Must of the time i buy vinyl records in a good old fashioned record store ;-) 1. "Balls to the Wall " by Accept 2. "...And justice for all" finally got my hand on a vinyl edition, don't need to mention the artist 3. "E.I.N.S." by Böhse Onkelz. I don't think that you know them, they are a german rockband

[@TheXBRGUY]

As much as i would love to help record stores...they must keep prices on albums up in order to keep their doors open...and sometimes they charge a whole 5-10$ more!!!! I know that may not sound like a lot but i could buy an album on sale for that with BOTH physical and mp3 for that extra 5!!!(Let alone 10 )

[@jmagowan12]

This Mouth I bought a few thin's new & used with the birthday money I got. -Mötorhead - 1916 (CD/ used) -Mötorhead - Live in the Brixton academy (CD/ used) -The Varukers- How do you sleep?? (CD/ used) -Rdhairí Ó Gallachóir - Live in Europe (CD/ used) -RDHAIRÍ Ó Gallachóir - Live in Ireland (CD/ used) - Thin Lizzy - Live & Dangerous (CD/ used) - The Varukers- massarced millions (CD/ used) - Venom- Black metal- (CD/ used) -The Dubliners - Foggy few (CD/ used) -The Cheiftains- collection (CD/ New) - the Wolf tones- (CD/ used) -Discharge - (New/ Vinyl) -the Ramone -Rocket to Russia (New/ Vinyl) Then I ordered some new Dark throne Vinyl from the Record shap in Baile Árd Mhacha!!

[@MysticMindAnalysis]

What I think Heavy Metal needs more of, is complation CDs. You see tons every year for pop, rap and classic Rock CDs. Multiple times a year you will have "Now that's what I call music!" or "The BEST Driving Songs/Dad Rocks." Heavy Metal needs more compilations from record lables to go out there and spread the word of bands the masses would have never heard of. (tbc)

[@allxtarmusic]

That's a good point. I was talking more about the fame and concerts...

[@wesomeJM]

Well said dude. Gonna pick up Origin of Symmetry when I've got the time :D. Probably gonna start buying all Foo Fighters CDs too!

[@James_Wisniewski]

I really love the record store and the vinyl format in general. In fact, just this past weekend, I ordered six records and I imagine I'll be going to the record store at the earliest possible convenience and picking up a couple more. Some of my friends are also into vinyl. Saying that, I do usually pirate my music due to the fact that I'm a broke college student, but if I like an artist, I'll try to pick up their albums on vinyl at some point.

[@evacody1249]

Any album being on vinyl does not make crap music better. Crap music is crap music is crap music. The music is poorly written. The lyrics are poorly written. The singers can't sing no one plays real guitars, or bass, or even drums any more. Pop music is crap these days same with country, rap, hip hop, and to a point even rock and metal. So why do you think buying something on vinyl makes it better?

[@James_Wisniewski]

How have you come to the conclusion that all modern music is bad? Have you listened to all of it? Because that's physically impossible. For a good example of modern metal, go listen to The Ocean's 2013 album, "Pelagial," anything by maudlin of the Well, Between the Buried and Me, Devin Townsend Project, Kayo Dot's "Hubardo," early Wolves in the Throne Room, recent Cattle Decapitation, or anything The Black Dahlia Murder have put out since "Nocturnal." As far as pop music goes, I don't really listen to much that would be considered "popular," except maybe the Gorillaz, but if you're referring to anything electronic, check out literally anything by Pretty Lights, especially his most recent album, "A Color Map of the Sun" (by the way, if you, like me, have ever actually tried to make electronic music, you'd know that it's friggin hard to make good music on a computer, maybe even more difficult than making it with physical instruments) or Animal Collective. Also, this year alone gave us David Bowie's "Black Star" and Radiohead's "A Moon-Shaped Pool." For something on the softer side of metal or the harder side of rock but with clean vocals, try Children of Nova, Thank You Scientist, Coheed and Cambria, or the Mars Volta. For Hip Hop, try MF DOOM, Quasimoto, Death Grips, Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Earl Sweatshirt, Tyler, The Creator, and even Kanye has put out some good tracks. As far as modern country, yeah there really isn't any that's good, but if your looking for good music in that general style, folk like Jonathan Coulton and folk punk like Andrew Jackson Jihad have some serious substance to offer. The point is, modern music isn't all Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj like the le wrong generation 12-year-olds like to say it is. There's always been trashy music released just to make a quick buck and the always will be. That music doesn't stand the test of time, and the shitty party pop and rap of today won't be remembered 50 years from now any more than the trashy bubblegum pop of the 60's is remembered today. As far as why I go for vinyl, I just like to collect them because it feels more personal for me, or something like that. I can't tell if it sounds better than any other format and I don't really care. Also, as a side note, I know they can be really stupid and hipster-y, but /mu/ on 4chan has helped me find some seriously amazing modern music.

[@NocturneVideos]

Just bought some Insomnium and Kataklysm!! I also ordered Dream Theater's self titled deluxe edition. Can't wait!!!

[@voxydian2689]

The last albums I bought: countdown to Extinction.... Master of Puppets.... Kill em all... Heart... Depeche mode.. Fleetwood Mac

[@natanunorthodox]

It's because the "artists" and the fans expectations are so low, that when something comes out, it's the same or just as bad as the last song and people don't have nothing else to listen to, so they just say screw it, and settle listening to whatever the mainstream pumps out. It's sickening in my opinion. Alot of these so called artists are basically marketing their stuff. The music can be horrible, but if you know how to market, you can get alot more views and people following you, no matter how garbage you are. My main problem is the marketing and business side. I love music and I know how to produce and lay down a song, but I have not been taught nothing, and have to figure out all of the marketing and business side for myself. I will not suck up to this bandwagon way of how things work, and will not be like every other musician out here, so it will be alot harder for me to succeed, and I'm cool with that. Man, shit has changed big time since 2013 when this video was made. It's insane right now how garbage most of this music is today.

[@TheKyokushinMaster]

I buy my music all the time, the only albums i download are ones i cant find physically, but when i do find them, i buy them. latest albums I bought were: Megadeth: Super Collider, the new FFDP, Opeth: Ghost Reveries, Havok: unnatural selection, Evile: Skull, DevilDriver: Winter Kills, Newsted: Heavy Metal Music and Gojira: From Mars to Sirius. Yeah i support the bands i like and the record stores. And i see the bands live when i can.

[@immortalsoloist]

I am currently in a place where they don't even sell genuine CD's. When I was going to music college in Los Angeles I used to go down to Amoeba Music Store to get all my music. If there was a legitimate store out here I would go right way and buy stuff. So how do I deal with this? I still do order Physical Cd's of my favourite artists which costs me a lot more considering the international shipping cost. But the ones that are new that I like,I buy their stuff digitally due to the reasons above.

[@reggie3454]

The problem around where I live there is absolutely no record stores. Basically to get a record for me its going to have to be bought online or at a supermarket. The last 3 albums I bought though were: Black Sabbath's 13 on pre-order, Megadeth's Super Collider, and Tool's Aenima.