From the Drudge Report...(which means whatever, raspewtin and splitfire from AGN can stop reading now!)
The music industry was rocked on Friday when the SMASHING PUMPKINS released 25 new songs to be distributed for free over the Internet, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
The move marks the largest free music release ever by a band with such stature.
The band unleashed the unreleased tracks after VIRGIN RECORDS showed little interest in
the material. Rather than letting the music rot, the group went behind their label's
back to press 25 vinyl copies. It then asked recipients to release the music publicly
via MP3 files.
On the quality of the music, one PUMPKINS fan decalred: "This release contains some of
the best music this band has ever created.... This is one more example of the power of
the Internet."
The files are already trading on web sites, FTPs, and NAPSTER.
Great! Where do I find this stuff now?
The music industry was rocked on Friday when the SMASHING PUMPKINS released 25 new songs to be distributed for free over the Internet, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
The move marks the largest free music release ever by a band with such stature.
The band unleashed the unreleased tracks after VIRGIN RECORDS showed little interest in
the material. Rather than letting the music rot, the group went behind their label's
back to press 25 vinyl copies. It then asked recipients to release the music publicly
via MP3 files.
On the quality of the music, one PUMPKINS fan decalred: "This release contains some of
the best music this band has ever created.... This is one more example of the power of
the Internet."
The files are already trading on web sites, FTPs, and NAPSTER.
Great! Where do I find this stuff now?