#131: Protest the Hero’s Tim Millar
Tim Millar, guitarist for Protest the Hero, guests this week. Protest the Hero have reinvented the way to make music so many different times we had to talk to Tim about the crowdfunding for Volition, their new subscriber campaign through Bandcamp, whether they realize that they are turning the industry on its head, what the consequences may be for touring and releasing records, and how this new strategy might effect the rest of the bands in the industry who may want to try new things with their music.
We also talk about bands who fall victim to and are stuck in the old model, with all the legal flap around Metallica suing a Canadian cover band and Warner Brothers Records working hard to keep Avenged Sevenfold on their roster. The struggles in the industry are real even for the top metal bands in the world. We talk about the tragic events of the first part of the year — Lemmy, Bowie, Rickman, Tera Wray — all turn to dust, and how that kinda sucks.
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Songs:
Protest the Hero – “Cataract” (Sample)
Protest the Hero – “Yellow Teeth”
Fleshgod Apocalypse – “The Fool”
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