JR (Susie) wrote:Matthew wrote: You keep shooting your mouth off about this record deal in an attempt to demonize Schon and Cain - but you actually have no evidence whatsoever do you?
Anyway...because you're too lazy and dishonest to try and support the claim you are making...I'm going to hunt down that quote myself. Bear with me...
Do it. Check Dean's blog too while ur at it.
For the record, I'm not trying to demonize them. They do very well w/that themselves. But carry on kissing their asses.
Okay, Susie...I've found one quote....
"Case in point - a big record label in Europe approached the band after seeing the JSS ronted UK shows. They wanted the band on board, they were impressed by the new energy and felt there was something there to promote. They even met with management. Huge fans of JSS. How do I know this - the LABEL told me so."
So the label took an interest...but no evidence of an actual formal offer so far.
There was another quote I remember which said that talks suggested that the deal might be bigger than the one offered by Frontiers for Generations. But that isn't surprising given that Generations was given away free in the US and received no mainstream release until Sanctuary agreed to distribute it. Or have I got that wrong?
Also - if the UK office of the major label was such a huge fan of JSS...then how come they haven't signed him up anyway? After all, the Journey name means virtually nothing in the UK so why was the name so crucial to the potential deal? Or was it simply a worldwide distribution deal and Journey had to pay all the recording costs?
Anyway..whichever way you look at it...this is all a far cry from major American record companies bidding against each other for the band's signature. The JSS line up wasn't quite the hot ticket we all hoped it would be, unfortunately...
Maybe you'll take that into account the next time you start one of your shrill tirades against Schon and Cain?