What's Going On? Is Live Over? Options

[Hoodstock]

If you missed it Ed went on Instagram basically stating that Live never was much of a band, that the reunion wasn't really a "reunion ", and that he's not in anyone's band.

Chad Gracey commented on this on Facebook:
"There is only one source of drama in LIVE. You guys figure it out. And obviously it’s not Ed."

Bill Hynes then replied to Chad "Chad Gracey and that person has small penis Napoleon narcissist syndrome." to which Chad liked with a laugh emoji.

Bill also said this on Facebook in the conversation:

"One thing is certain. Ed don’t need anyone. His talent and song writing ability is his. As it was seen before. He is irreplaceable. Others need him more than he needs them. When the band broke up the first time it was one person and only one persons fault and that person wasn’t Ed. It rhymes with Tad Chaylor."

and Bill in response to Ed's comments:

"That’s actually is NOT what he is saying. He’s saying he isn’t in someone’s band. He’s in HIS band. But someone has an ego and likes to tell everyone that he’s the band and it’s his band and take credit for songs that he didn’t write. So what ED is saying is that HE isn’t in someone else’s band."

There was also a comment about Chad being a successful insurance agent. Chad replied "I do insurance on the side with my partner George. Im also into a few other endeavors."

Quite a flurry of activity after little to no comments on the state of the band for a lengthy period of time.

[JonSnow]

I've always loved The Offspring, but I was very disappointed with how they left Pete out in the cold. They got a very handy replacement in Josh Freese, a prolific drummer.

Not to get political, but a lot of that kind of stuff has been happening, especially in the last few years. I don't remember the exact story, but one of the members of Mumford & Sons got booted because he expressed a contrary opinion about something or whatever. It's getting a little too fucking 1984-ish lately, imo... but I'll leave it at that.

I'm a little familiar with Freese. I know he played on Chris Cornell's first solo album. That was a great album.

Spotify is the grinch that screws the artist over big time. The kids of today are immediately drawn to that platform.

Well, it's Spotify but they're really just doing the bidding of the music business I suspect. Piracy just moved from the control of The Pirate Bay and unwashed goobers in their basements into the corporate offices of Sony and Warner Music Group. Spotify is basically the 2022 version of Napster, but it's OK since the big mega labels have approved them and because they have an actual economic model.

People who tout blockchain technology say that artists could finally get the kind of transparency they've always been lacking in the industry, not to mention getting proper and real-time value (royalties, etc) for their work. I hope they're right, but there's a lot of scammy shit going on in that realm right now.

As side note I recently did my own playlist off Youtube. Being an 80's kid I still live in that bubble, can't stand the modern-day music out there.

Here's my playlist for anyone whose looking to go back in time

Gerry Playlist 80's/90's

That's a hell of a playlist. I will have to steal it. You need a little Witchita Lineman or Gentle On My Mind to go with Rhinestone Cowboy though...

This post has been edited by JonSnow: Dec 20 2022, 12:07 am