AngraRULES
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Hah! The funny thing is that I still wouldn't be surprised if they come up with another ridiculous idea, as they have for years now...
QUEENSRCHE: Dedicated to Chaos
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Hah! The funny thing is that I still wouldn't be surprised if they come up with another ridiculous idea, as they have for years now...
johan68
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Wow... That is probably the most stupid ass thing I've ever heard.... How do they even come up with something so dumb...
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All the new little press quotes from Tate just make him sound like an old, washed up douche..."modern life moves fast" blah blah blah...Geoff, you're old...as much as you want to be, you're not Peter Gabriel or Roger Waters...you're a guy who got roped into a Metal band when you were 20 and now have to realize that at 50 nobody wants to hear you trying to sound hip and sexy...stop it.
This seems to be the new way of doing things – make people pay to be marketed to. I noticed this phenomenon recently with the Duke Nukem Forever release. I’m not a gamer anymore, but I sure was when Duke 3d came out 15 years ago. I wanted to check out the demo of the new game for nostalgia’s sake, but the demo was only available to people who had bought some other game. Demos and videos were originated to advertise the product that they wanted to sell you, but I guess they got so popular that someone in Marketing decided they could sell the advertising products too. I hope people shun this trend and send a clear message to the marketers that it’s unacceptable, but I’m pretty sure most people are way too apathetic to bother.
Well, they are going to be playing the EL PASO downtown street fest on July 2 and 3 the night the play their support is three El Paso bands then Bachman/Turner Overdrive, hey it's only $8 plus there are 4 other stages.
Tomorrow at Speaking Rock casino is Tesla and Cowboys from Hell, Saturday Cinderalla and Cowboys from Hell, Sunday Jackyl with Adema, Monday Buckcherry and Adema also and all shows are free hmmmmmmmm
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Tomorrow at Speaking Rock casino is Tesla and Cowboys from Hell, Saturday Cinderalla and Cowboys from Hell, Sunday Jackyl with Adema, Monday Buckcherry and Adema also and all shows are free hmmmmmmmm
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No, the Duke Forever is free. Nobody charges for demos. What you're talking about is an advance demo. Buy Borderlands, get early access to the demo.
Also, paying to see a music video to my knowledge has never been done before and is one of the most ridiculous, point-defeating business ideas I have ever heard of. Maybe if it was pay to get an early screen of the video I GUESS it's somewhat acceptable, but that's not what the original post implies.
Ok, I see that DNF out now. I was just going off an article I skimmed a month back. Still, the point was that I am seeing this kind of marketing over and over again recently. I'm sure the QR video will be free to watch someday soon too, but, just like DNF, they are trying to pump album sales and squeeze every dime out of their loyal fans up front by charging (in a round-about way) to view it.
Actually, now that I think about it, it kind of makes sense. DtC is getting about the same reviews that DNF did (i.e. horrible), so it's best to suck all the cash out of the die-hard early-buyers you can before they wise up. Shrewd business thinking. Cynical and evil, but shrewd.
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Mardoch
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After 15 years I bought that shit on principal. Been alright so far.
But back to QR. They seem to keep finding sharks to jump. It's almost impressive.
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Metalmilitia2000
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I really like the new DN game. Got the deluxe edition the day it came out and haven't regretted it a bit.
nomisofsiman
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I know it's scary to say but yes. Yes, they or at least Tate does. I can't believe they're doing this buy the album and then watch the video thing. That's one of the most ass-backwards things I've ever heard of.
James
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To steal (and paraphrase) a joke from Larry The Cable Guy:
I'm throwing a party at my house for the 4th of July weekend, and I wanted to hire a Queensryche tribute band to play, but they wanted too much money, so I had to hire Queensryche instead.
(the joke as originally told was about the current state of Molly Hatchet, but it seemed fitting for the current state of Queensryche, as well)
I'm throwing a party at my house for the 4th of July weekend, and I wanted to hire a Queensryche tribute band to play, but they wanted too much money, so I had to hire Queensryche instead.
(the joke as originally told was about the current state of Molly Hatchet, but it seemed fitting for the current state of Queensryche, as well)
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Check this out, usually Queensryche does fairly well with the amazo.com ratings. But so far out of 65 reviews, "Dedicated to Chaos" has received an average of 2 out of 5 stars!!... That's how you know how bad it is....Wow!! I wonder what the band is thinking about this? If these bad ratings persist, this might be the last QR Album.
[ame]http://www.amazon.com/Dedicated-Chaos-Special-Queensryche/dp/B004Z188BI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1309497173&sr=8-1[/ame]
[ame]http://www.amazon.com/Dedicated-Chaos-Special-Queensryche/dp/B004Z188BI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1309497173&sr=8-1[/ame]
Arabianhazard
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Everyone needs to lay off Queensryche. They aren't THAT BAD....okay I'm going to hell for saying that
SkiBumMSP
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The funny thing is that I also just got done reading the Amazon reviews and was about to make the exact same comment here.
Nearly every one posted 2 stars or less (with a couple being generous with three stars - mainly throwing the extra star in purely as an "'A' for effort" type of thing - at least give them credit for trying).
However, there are still a dozen or so folks that will try to defend this turd.
Look, I am all for a band wanting to try new sounds and such. (at the risk of opening that whole can of worms again....) Hell, look at all the slagging Sonata Arctica got on here with regards to Unia. I actually thought that album was quite good and enjoyed the more progressive take they did, but still maintained that core Sonata Arctica sound.
However, I have no idea what the hell Queensryche was attempting to do here. Is this supposed to be some type of social experiment Geoff Tate was trying here? The defenders with the 4/5 star reviews keep going on about "well, this is not the 80's anymore!" Well, no shit Sherlock, and I don't expect a band to keep rehashing the same thing over and over again. However, I DO expect a band to at least keep some of the core sound that they are known for and actually made them the band that they are and what originally garnered their loyal fans. If this is the kind of change we get, well, I would much rather have the 80's back, as that was far more superior to what they have done here. If some outfit like Malison Rogue can do it, then why the hell can't Queensryche themselve do it? Did Malison Rogue just "out Queensryched" Queensryche? If I wanted to listen to pop music, I'd break out some old Michael Jackson or even older Madonna, as I found that much more engaging and enjoyable to listen to than this latest Queensryche turd.
I've read that other thread about this album on here and seeing the posts from that one assclown trashing on power metal riffing and the dragon lyrics. After hearing the completely uninspired music and the completely banal lyrics on Dedicated to Chaos, I'll take the dragons, knights and fairytale princesses any day over the tripe that Queensryche put out here. I'll take the cheese over the schlock any day.
And now it brings us to this completely retarded notion of making buying the album before looking at the video. Hell, would love it if somebody hacked it and reposted the video on youtube just to basically give Geoff Tate the big middle finger.
I was a long time fan of Queensryche and it really disappoints me to just how much of a rock bottom them ended up here. I was still hanging on to that last glimmer of hope that just once, they can actually put something out decent again. I just lost that last glimmer and to be honest, if this album really does tank like all the reviews I've been seeing would suggest, I wonder it this really would be it for Queensryche. It is for me, unless a serious miracle occurs on the next album (if there will even BE a next album). As much as I hate to say it, but I really hope this thing tanks big time. Maybe that will send a clear message to the band that the fans will not take this kind of shit anymore.
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Pure elevator muzak
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxtxdOt3P0w&feature=related[/ame]
*warning*do not operate heavy machinery or a motor vehicle while listening to this,or be performing an important task on the computer ...listener might experience severe drowsiness and lethargy*
And this is one of the songs that I found actually interesting,if it had been marketed as a Geoff Tate solo CD and the songs were in this vein I could give this a fair listen as it does have an intersting mood....
Their "rocking" songs all are listless and boring,no energy at all
Time to hang it up me thinks
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxtxdOt3P0w&feature=related[/ame]
*warning*do not operate heavy machinery or a motor vehicle while listening to this,or be performing an important task on the computer ...listener might experience severe drowsiness and lethargy*
And this is one of the songs that I found actually interesting,if it had been marketed as a Geoff Tate solo CD and the songs were in this vein I could give this a fair listen as it does have an intersting mood....
Their "rocking" songs all are listless and boring,no energy at all
Time to hang it up me thinks
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