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Topic: Rush sign Roadrunner Records Deal
Posted By: Catcher10
Subject: Rush sign Roadrunner Records Deal
Date Posted: September 05 2011 at 15:16
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http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/Rush-Signs-To-Roadrunner-Records-23338.aspx" rel="nofollow - http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/Rush-Signs-To-Roadrunner-Records-23338.aspx -------------   
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: September 05 2011 at 15:18
Victoryyyyy
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Posted By: TheClosing
Date Posted: September 05 2011 at 15:19
| I remember when Opeth signed to Roadrunner and the fanboys were freaking out. |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: September 05 2011 at 15:43
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Rush could issue records on Sesame Street Records and I would not care...... -------------
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Posted By: toroddfuglesteg
Date Posted: September 05 2011 at 15:55
| I remember when Roadrunner was the biggest and most important death metal label around. They had some good death metal albums. Suffocation, Malevolent Creation, Brutality, Gorguts, Sepultura. |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: September 05 2011 at 15:58
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: September 05 2011 at 16:06
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^ I kinda agree.....but again I don't care. I go to Vancouver, BC a lot and I try and buy Rush albums there on the Anthem label........although Mercury is fine. -------------
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Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: September 05 2011 at 16:08
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Hopefully the label doesn't try anything stupid.... they've tried to commercialize Opeth, Pocupine Tree, and Dream Theater way too much. ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: TheClosing
Date Posted: September 05 2011 at 16:23
| And so it begins... |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: September 05 2011 at 16:30
Geddy Lee death growls? 
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Posted By: TheClosing
Date Posted: September 05 2011 at 16:40
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In more breaking news: Canadian prog rockers, Rush have renamed their groundbreaking 19th record, "Clockwork Morbid Angels!" When asked why, a spokesman for the band responded, "we feel the reworked title has a more commercial ring to it and better represents the fresh new direction the band is taking." Also announced is a guest appearance by Sir Mikael Åkerfeldt of the Opeth fame in his triumphant return to his death metal roots on the albums eponymous track, which will also serve as the magnum opus of the band's nearly half a century spanning career. The track is said to be an eighty minute epic and is now being edited to a "comfortable" three minute format as to reach a broader audience. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/youre-gullible" rel="nofollow - http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/you're-gullible  |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: September 05 2011 at 16:41
My guess is the only thing they will do is convince them (or maybe its part of the deal already) to release a bunch of compilations, best ofs and so on.
Commercialization of Porcupine Tree is not working.......everybody thinks I am talking about a new kind of fruit tree in my yard.
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Andyman1125 wrote:Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: September 05 2011 at 16:45
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Rush commercialized themselves in 1980 and has continually done so. I'm not complaining.
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Posted By: Stooge
Date Posted: September 05 2011 at 16:48
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Do Roadrunner ever take on new bands anymore? ------------- A fun place to review and discuss metal: http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - MetalMusicArchives |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: September 05 2011 at 16:57
Oh god, they don't need more compilations  ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: September 05 2011 at 17:15
Aren't his vocals to die for? *rimshot* -------------   
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Posted By: Anguiad
Date Posted: September 06 2011 at 13:29
Well, if they continue in the vein of Vapor Trails and the A side of Snakes & Arrows then I'm happy with the decision. Maybe Paul Northfield could work with them again 
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: September 06 2011 at 13:51
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: September 06 2011 at 14:01
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: September 06 2011 at 15:41
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^ Nice!
Pennyback....... -------------
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: September 06 2011 at 15:51
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Dream Theater and Rush co-headline tour? What??? Anyway, it's no big deal. Rush is an established act, and if they changed, who cares? They've released 18 albums already.
I agree, they should. Let's see some bands that have been around for 10 years or less get some of the spotlight. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm 
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: September 06 2011 at 16:06
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Only change that will occur is that Rush used to open shows with the Three Stooges Theme. They will now open shows with a *beep beep* and a shout out to Acme and Wil E. Coyote. ------------- 
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: September 06 2011 at 16:30
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^ LOL -------------
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Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: September 06 2011 at 19:13
What? Didn't Nickelback sold millions upon millions wile at RR? -------------
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: September 06 2011 at 23:31
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Posted By: stewe
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 03:24
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actually seems to me that both PT and Opeth under Roadrunner got more freedom, becoming more experimental and unconventional (The Incident, Watershed). if Rush take similar direction I would be happy. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/trevorrabin/?chartstyle=basic10" rel="nofollow">  <a href="http://steveer.ic.cz" rel="nofollow" |
Posted By: rdtprog
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 07:06
| It is not a radical change, Atlantic and Roadrunner are related by Warner Music Group. Antlantic Records group is Roadrunner's US distributor. It's a marketing move because we can expect that Roadrunner will promote more effectively the band than Atlantic. Is this band need more promotion? |
Posted By: rushaholic
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 08:19
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I really don't think anything is really going to change. They (Rush) will write the music they want to write and play the concerts the way they want to. If a label decides to release a best of or some compilation, I guess that is up to them but I really don't see anyone telling Rush they need to do this or that. |
Posted By: topographicbroadways
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 08:36
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That's a really weird piece of news. Rush probably don't need to be on a major label anymore but on the bright side this will mean that the album should be an affordable price. Roadrunner obviously won't be able to change Rush. The idea a band as established as Rush could be altered by a new contract is ridiculous. That said I do hate Roadrunner with a passion. -------------  
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 10:42
Yeah, I know people are mostly joking, but seriously, Rush could go anywhere, nobody can tell them what to do.
AND IT'S ALL DEREK SHULMAN'S FAULT! ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 10:45
All prog bands need more promotion ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: rdtprog
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 14:20
Some people on this forum think that Rush aren't progressive anymore... |
Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 15:28
Please, would you care to elaborate? -------------
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 15:30
Rush = ProgMetal
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 16:57
Yes. I want to elaborate. -------------
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 17:21
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Dude ur funny -------------
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 17:25
Elaborate -------------
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 17:34
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Ok I will.. -------------
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Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 17:55
The fact that Nickelback exists is a detriment to the world of music ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 18:01
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^I have been elaborated upon. -------------
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Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 20:06
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Meh, whatever bro, if you don't want to chat then don't. It's just that I wasn't into popular music at that time, so I don't know nearly anything about the musical scene of my late childhood/early teens. Playing and listening to classical music was the very reason I managed to exist those years. Discovering DT in 2004 at the college of music in which I studied changed that dramatically. -------------
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Posted By: Harry Hood
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 20:11
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Derek Shulman knows how to pick 'em. First Rush album with palm-muting? ------------- 
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 21:42
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 21:48
Yeah, they released an album in 2008, Dark Horse (I remember it being promoted at Blockbuster, which says something, although I'm not sure what) and they're writing a new album as we speak. However T, did you hear about them after you moved to the US? I can understand more perhaps someone in Brazil not catching on because maybe nobody cares about them down there. Which I guess makes up for their sh*tty songs from 5+ years ago still being played on the radio here. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 23:03
Well, I was completelly oblivious to the popular music scene. I actually scorned it as something of a lesser form of art, which was quite was quite stupid, even for a kid.  As for RoadRunner, wasn't it one of the very first "true" metal labels to condone "alternative metal"? I mean, they did released Chaos AD and Roots, which were the descending and rock bottom for them, respectively, with some quite big promotion. And Henry is also right, rock in Brazil is nothing but a form of bourgeois rebellion, so it only rarely reaches on to the mainstream media, even though we have one of the biggest metal scenes in the world. -------------
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: September 08 2011 at 11:02
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http://e2ma.net/go/7527513557/207300591/225122651/1361697/goto:http://www.nickelback.com" rel="nofollow">
 You've waited, we've teased you and now the big news is finally here!
The brand new Nickelback album, Here and Now, is heading your way November 21, 2011 also known as "NICKELBLACK MONDAY!" The first singles, "Bottoms Up" and "When We Stand Together" will ship to rock and pop radio respectively on September 26th, 2011.
Stay tuned for even more big news and keep an ear open for the new music! -------------
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: September 08 2011 at 11:40
What excellent timing!
Yeah, I feel like it's sh*tty in a North American way that wouldn't appeal to foreigners. However, you can still use Google, you should know about what is probably the worst rock band of all time. :P ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: September 08 2011 at 11:57
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Yes I heard Nickelback before comig here though of course the exposure was minimal. But don't you worry we have our own horrendous rock bands in South America. Actually, I'd say that rock in that part of the big American continent is far worse than in the North.
But Nickelback is a force to be reckoned with anyway. Few times in history has suckiness been taken to such a masterful degree. -------------
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: September 08 2011 at 11:59
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This is the most I have ever heard of Nickelback in these last few posts........Also I assume it is the most attention they have gotten on PA...shame on us.
I have to agree with Caio, South America is a gargantuan metal market....even though it barely hits the mainstream in most countries. Even in that small pimple of a country in SA (Uruguay) I walk around Montevideo wearing my Rush and DT concert tees and many people give me the thumbs up! Yet you will never hear them playing on radio or even in record stores........And since this is a Rush thread, just check out Rush in Rio DVD especially the Porto Alegre scenes.......amazing crowds and attitude towards the band.
I wish we had that here in NA. -------------
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: September 08 2011 at 12:08
.........so now I am wondering, what do these guys sound like?? Worse than Torment Max  ?-------------
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Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: September 08 2011 at 12:14
I would say that there are far worse genres of music in South America and Latin America than rock. Two specially hated genres that get unreal praise and media attention were pagode and melodic (carioca) funk (back in the 90's) and (comercially prepared and pasteurized) sertanejo music (both in the 90's and now). Emo and indie rock had some degree of success, but nothing really lasting. Really, the 90's were an accursed decade if you weren't in western Europe or in Canada/US. 
What? Rock and metal were born in the US, it's bigger than everywhere, it is cultural! You have that in your blood the same the cariocas have samba in their blood. The thing is, we are more "fanatic", for a lack of a better term, because there are nearly no support outside the metal circles. But still, I hear that things were much more tr00 some 10-20 years ago.  -------------
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: September 08 2011 at 12:42
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^ We are on the same page.........I like the word fanatic.........Here in the US not so much enthusiasm as in other countries I have visited, especially in South and Central America.
Crowds here would be more than happy to see Bon Jovi or Nickelback (I assume) perform every year and never complain. But it is a struggle to fill a large venue with say Porcupine Tree, DT or even Rush.......and I say this about Rush because the mainstream does not want to hear the new stuff......they all scream for 2112, Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures. This was exactly the case with the last Iron Maiden tour, when people realized they were NOT gonna play stuff from Powerslave, PoM or # ot Beast.......some forums I saw people were actually pissed!!
I don't think either one is bad, don't get me wrong......but the younger masses here want screemo, thrash, speed....like blessthefall, Bullet/Valentine, Disturbed, A7X......
Again nothing wrong with that.....I am glad they listen to music....but I believe there is a different thought process in the US, and maybe you can thank the FM rock radio stations for that, they love Bon Jovi, Disturbed and the like. -------------
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: September 08 2011 at 13:21
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Yeah, music fans generally are only interested in hearing the hits from famous bands. I don't understand it though, surely people have heard Start Me Up and Livin on a Prayer enough times that they don't really need to buy expensive tickets to hear it again...
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: September 08 2011 at 17:40
Am I the only person in the world who has never heard a single Nickelback song? 
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: September 08 2011 at 18:07
Consider yourself fortunate. |
Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: September 08 2011 at 18:22
It took all of my strength to not autoplay this. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: September 08 2011 at 18:29
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: September 08 2011 at 18:30
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Thanks? Henry, you have filled a gaping void in my existence. They are indeed grievously awful but I did like the line: She was the first girl I ever kissed, was so nervous I nearly missed -------------
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Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: September 08 2011 at 18:43
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Real deep stuff, yea. ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: September 08 2011 at 22:29
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I demand my nickel back -------------
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Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: September 08 2011 at 22:30
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^that's more than what I would pay for a Nickelback album.
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Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: September 08 2011 at 22:43
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Isn't that spider man song by nickeback? That wasn't so bad. -------------
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Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: September 09 2011 at 00:39
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If there's going to be a change (to Rush, not Nickelback), it's going to be a different logo on the spine of the album and a release of a special edition with a live bonus track and a documentary a few months after the original release. Oh wait, they did something like that already with S&A. ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=42652" rel="nofollow - It's on PA! 
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: September 09 2011 at 05:58
Nope.  |
Posted By: rdtprog
Date Posted: September 09 2011 at 06:02
I have not yet been able to listen to a full song... |
Posted By: AlexDOM
Date Posted: December 09 2011 at 12:16
| Roadrunner has really promoted Dream Theater which is great!!! Too bad the first two they produced with RR were not their best works. ADTOE was great. Rush is well known anyway, so they'll get even more known with this. sweet |