Salt_On_Everything Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 (edited) 'On sales terms, he's right.' makes me think: 'Oooh....i dont even know where to begin with you' seriously, i can't believe anyone here would argue sales in quality of music - as i said, Mika was the bestselling album of 2007. tell me you like Mika. please, tempt me. for f**k's sake. and then some: 'It's funny hearing all this shit these rapper's brag about, Knowing all of them are walking around with massive doubts, Talking 'bout it's only status and platinum plaques that count... Pop-pop goes the weasel... the weasel... Drop-drop goes the eisel... the eisel... THIS IS HIP-HOP FOR THE PEOPLE! THE PEOPLE! STOP calling it EMO! RARRGH! Irony is DEAD. It's so motherf**king dead, I was there by it's death bed. And the last words that it said... was what? Was... was WHIIIIITE BOOOOY! I'm still sick with an independent record label!' Sage Francis - 'Underground For Dummies' Edited March 10, 2008 by Salt_On_Everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaosmark2 Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Sales don't determine quality. At all. Sales do however determine how worthy a band is of headlining a festival. Much as I'd far rather see a 2-hour set from someone like Opeth than a 2-hour Lostprophets set, Opeth don't deserve to headline, because they haven't shifted enough records, haven't got enough fans, wouldn't sell many tickets. Lostprophets and MCR appeal to a larger proportion of the Download-going demographic than Tool and attract huge numbers of people that would go entirely for the headliners. A fair number of the people here would go regardless of the headliners because they're confident that there will be plenty of bands lower down/on the other stages that would make the ticket price worth-while. IMO Tool are the best band that's headlined Download, but they won't shift as many tickets. Download only has to put good headliners up in order to sell tickets, no other reason. Tool would attract a lot of people, but they wouldn't shift ticket sales up anywhere near as much as the likes of MCR and Lostprophets, depressingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinzo7 Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 seriously, i can't believe anyone here would argue sales in quality of music - as i said, Mika was the bestselling album of 2007. tell me you like Mika. please, tempt me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce666 Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Lostprophets, without question. emo pop waank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pogo- Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Black Sabbath, Metallica or Iron Maiden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom.a7x Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Tool are the most unworthiest headliner imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravislayer Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 just to add my hat into the ring, i know this has already been mentioned but needs re-stating. GnR 06 - Totally awful and not even technically correct. MCR 07 - Need i say more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King101 Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 just to add my hat into the ring, i know this has already been mentioned but needs re-stating. GnR 06 - Totally awful and not even technically correct. MCR 07 - Need i say more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VCK Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 Axl Rose in 2006...Just because he was in GNR did he really deserve that headline slot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravislayer Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 Axl Rose in 2006...Just because he was in GNR did he really deserve that headline slot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscar Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 well that partly answers king 101 As for MCR, they're shite. The spice girls sold more albums worldwide than MCR, doesnt mean they deserve to headline donington. Its about quality and quantity, not one or the other. Feeder were only bumped up cos someone dropped out if i remember correctly, was it slipknot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcat1990 Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 i thinks its about general acceptance by the typical donnignton crowd. From what i heard when mcr played a mass crowd descended on Korns set and it was near enough impossible to get into tent. A band like tool can headline okay as they have a mass of fans and alot of the general download crowd will be happy to go see them as fairweather fans or wont mind them being there. A band like metallica are always a hit as there generally accepted by most(true alot of people dislike them alot but they have alot of history with many a headbanger, be it when they where twelve or at current age). A band like lostprophets or mcr are going to be hated by a large poportion of the download crowd more then that of say GNR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravislayer Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 No Blink 182. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffoire Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 MCR. You know you are in trouble when DLs headline act can also be caught half way up the bill on the 2nd stage at T!! Not very exclusive is it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pogo- Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 MCR. You know you are in trouble when DLs headline act can also be caught half way up the bill on the 2nd stage at T!! Not very exclusive is it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack2004inet Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 MCR... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffoire Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 They were joint headliner of the 2nd stage. And to be fair the 2nd stage at T is pretty big. Bands like the Chemical Bro's and Prodigy have headlined it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Patton Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 It's between My Chemical Romance and Lostprophets. Nobody else comes close to these two terrible bands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom.a7x Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 It's between My Chemical Romance and Lostprophets. Nobody else comes close to these two terrible bands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Patton Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 lostprophets maybe but as much as you hate it mcr are massive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Patton Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 They were joint headliner of the 2nd stage. And to be fair the 2nd stage at T is pretty big. Bands like the Chemical Bro's and Prodigy have headlined it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Patton Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 lostprophets maybe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Patton Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 i thinks its about general acceptance by the typical donnignton crowd. From what i heard when mcr played a mass crowd descended on Korns set and it was near enough impossible to get into tent. A band like tool can headline okay as they have a mass of fans and alot of the general download crowd will be happy to go see them as fairweather fans or wont mind them being there. A band like metallica are always a hit as there generally accepted by most(true alot of people dislike them alot but they have alot of history with many a headbanger, be it when they where twelve or at current age). A band like lostprophets or mcr are going to be hated by a large poportion of the download crowd more then that of say GNR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscar Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 These bands will be "hated" because they are such a letdown. Who, over the age of 12, really wants to see My Chemical Romance? They're a novelty pop group no better than McFly or Busted in all reality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Girl Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 Hence why everyone over the age of 12 went and saw Korn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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