Whether you’re a fan of the band Gallows or not, take a look at this interesting article:
Gallows’ Great Rock ‘N’ Roll Swindle
The comparison to The Sex Pistols and EMI rings true. Truthfully, I had always wondered why Warner signed Gallows. That being said, I always thought that it was mighty fine of the label to do so — after all, here we are in a world of extreme transition for the Major Labels, and on the roster was a brutally-hard and gnarly punk band. I thought it was daring and worthy of respect.
I’m not entirely surprised that this is the end result for the two parties. On one hand, you have a band that refers to their former label as “paymasters”; while on the other hand you have a Label that didn’t really get the sales results out of their band. The sales figures quoted in the article (50k) are very low for a band on the world-stage signed to a Major Label, but are respectable for an indie band making a go of it on their own. Best of luck to both sides in the future. I’ll still be a Gallows fan!
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