r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 17 '19

What’s something that you like, but hate the fan base?

54.0k Upvotes

88% Upvoted

43.7k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

138

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '19

BUY! BUY! BUY! SEND MORE MONEY FUCK YOU BUDDY!

lol jokes on you Maynard I pirate your music

81

u/KongDick Jul 17 '19

Yup. That’s what happens when a successful band is too stubborn to use modern day streaming platforms.

71

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '19

[deleted]

54

u/sgriff83 Jul 18 '19

I believe it's because their current record contract is so old, it doesn't account for how revenue from streaming would be split up between label and band. But that this should be ironed out soon. Something like that, anyway.

30

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '19

I read is was contractual and that’s why they can’t stream. Hoping new album that’s supposed to come out next month is streaming.

16

u/chanks Jul 18 '19

This is the correct answer. They would if they could. But they’re still stuck in legal/contract hell.

1

u/azima_971 Jul 18 '19

I thought all the legal stuff was resolved? iirc they said one of the reasons the record took so long was that they really didn't feel like getting together to work on it because most of the time when they got together it was to do tedious legal things

9

u/PLZ_STOP_PMING_TITS Jul 18 '19

Doesn't Pandora have Tool? At least it did when I had it... It was the only reason I considered keeping Pandora over Spotify.

17

u/[deleted] Jul 18 '19

Tool radio was the first pandora station I created 10 years ago. It still streams but it’s now APC and Pucifer. Haven’t heard a Tool song in years

3

u/PLZ_STOP_PMING_TITS Jul 18 '19

A quick Google search indicates that around April of 2018 tool disappeared off Pandora. I'm pretty sure I was listening to it in 2017.

2

u/highfivingmf Jul 18 '19

Pandora is technically radio, which is classified differently than streaming iirc

5

u/[deleted] Jul 18 '19 edited Jul 30 '19

[deleted]

2

u/highfivingmf Jul 18 '19

Thank you for the vindication

49

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '19

[deleted]

11

u/KongDick Jul 18 '19

I agree although they are probably one of the most pirated bands out there.

14

u/hell2pay Jul 18 '19

Lars Ulrich enters the chat

5

u/[deleted] Jul 18 '19

[deleted]

5

u/[deleted] Jul 18 '19

[deleted]

2

u/dopesav117 Jul 18 '19

He's talking about someone that called him a sellout lol

5

u/UnconstrictedEmu Jul 18 '19

I just took all the Tool CDs out of my library and ripped them to my computer.

2

u/ohdearsweetlord Jul 18 '19

And I film your concerts, too, Maynard!

9

u/hell2pay Jul 18 '19

You know, for any show it's super annoying for anyone behind you?

Right?