Todd Jones from Nails Loves Record Store Day
Hey gang! Happy Monday. How was everyone’s Record Store Day 2016? Catch any cool in-store performances or signings? Buy any sweet limited edition vinyls? Generally had a blast?
Well, bully for you. One person who clearly did not have fun on Record Store Day was Todd Jones from Nails, who recently gave this quote to Teamrock.com:
“I don’t fuck with Record Store Day at all, I hate Record Store Day. It’s completely fucked over things for regular bands – go ahead and have your multi-colored vinyl reissues you fucking poseur. The fact is that when [Nails‘ 2013 album] Abandon All Life came out before the pressing plants were backed up, we handed our record in to Southern Lord on January 15 and our record was out by March 20. For [upcoming album] You Will Never Be One of Us we handed everything in to the record label on January 20 and our record’s not coming out until June 17. Why? Because of fucking Record Store Day, that’s why.”
“All you people out there that love Record Store Day have fun with your stupid multi-colored vinyl, but all your favorite bands’ records are taking six months longer because of all that poseur bullshit. That’s what it comes down to.”
Gee, Todd. Tell us how you really feel.
I’m torn about this assertion. And, hey, I get where Jones is coming from — in an ideal world, it wouldn’t take multi-colored vinyl to lure fans into supporting records and record stores.
The thing is: this ain’t an ideal world! Record stores in 2016 have roughly the same chance of survival as a kid in a Orphaned Land shirt at a NSBM show. If we want the next generation of music fans to have even a fleeting concept of a “record store,” well, we kinda need Record Store Day right now. Having to wait a few extra months for your band’s own vinyl to be pressed as a result seems like a First World Heavy Metal Problem, doesn’t it?
Debate this issue in the comments section below. Nails’ new album, You Will Never Be One of Us, comes out June 17 on Nuclear Blast. Check out the title track here.
[via The PRP]
