Motley Crue and Def Leppard came and they left, but not without complaints.
Tommy Lee walked into a 7-Eleven and purchased 4 packets of Marlboro Gold 25s in Melbourne.
The price. $251.96 AUD.
Yep welcome to Australia, Mr Lee, the place that loves to tax the hell out of you on everything and on top of that, has the highest tobacco taxes in the world as well. Basically 77% of the retail price is taxes.
If Tommy Lee purchased four packets in the US, it would have cost him $32USD which translates to $48AUD.
And no I didn’t go watch em. I’ve seen Motley Crue too many times and while I haven’t seen Def Leppard play, the price for the tickets was way too high and it was outdoors which I hate.
REISSUES
Remember when Metallica wanted to release the “Metal Up Your Arse” cassette tape as part of the “Kill Em All” reissue or maybe it was for a special Record Store Day release.
Anyway that got shot down by Dave Mustaine because he wouldn’t accept giving song writing credits to Lars Ulrich on songs he didn’t or was involved in writing.
Fast forward a few years and Linkin Park looks like they are in trouble with a former bassist.
As the Billboard article states;
Linkin Park is facing a lawsuit that claims it has refused to credit or pay royalties to an ex-bassist who played with the band in the late 1990s — a legal battle triggered by an anniversary re-release of the band’s smash hit 2000 debut album.
RE-RECORDINGS
The labels are up to their usual tricks again. They seem to forget that they are irrelevant without the artists.
Their whole business model is making money from music. So when they knew in the 60s that songs would become copyright free they lobbied hard and got laws in place to ensure their business model survives for a long time.
But Taylor Swift really messed with this by redoing her albums under her own control. This made the original recordings held by the labels basically worth a lot less.
And now they want to stop that.
I think if an artist wants to re-record a song or an album they created they should be free to do whatever they want.
And it was standard practice for artists to have re-recording rights either two years after their contract expires, or five to seven years after the original recording is released.
MONEY IN MUSIC
Warner Music Group Corp released its full year earnings.
And the take away is, they have earned over $6 billion in yearly revenue for the first time.
How much of that has filtered down to the creators?
destroyerofharmony 
Are you sure Tommy wasn’t working at the 7-11? lol… Never knew about that issue between Lars and Mega-Dave. Not surprised too be honest with ya Pete.
Tommy is a man of many hats. I actually saw his recent solo release on vinyl for $15. That is the cheapest new vinyl I’ve seen and still no one was buying that turd of an album.
You have written what I consider the best Tommy Lee review EVER!!
Taylor is making so much money off these Taylor Version’s that it is really pissing off the label.s And I love it!! Maybe if they took care of their artists more since it is their talent making them money, they wouldn’t be getting so pissy
Well said. If only they did take care of the artists.
I live in the US state with the lowest cigarette taxes in the country, the tax is 17 cents per pack. Thankfully I gave that shit up several years ago but it’s always been otherworldly cheap here. I couldn’t imagine paying that much for a few packs of smokes but I guess Tommy can afford it lol.
I gave up smoking as well. When I gave it up, it was $30 per pack.
My wife still smokes and pays those stupid prices.
I think I was paying around $6 a pack when I quit, they shot up real high too right after I did.
I’m not a Taylor Swift fan (anymore), but props to her for re-recording her albums so that she has full control of her music.