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Kings of Leon switching labels...

RiotAct10RiotAct10 Ohio Posts: 1,633
edited January 2010 in Other Music
perhaps more info on this will come in the future, but right now, I don't get it. I thought bands were at their label's mercy. How can KOL just switch and get a better deal? And why don't more bands do this?

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/st ... ls_1129613
words seem so out of place.

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  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    Good for them. The article kind of answers your question, KOL are pretty much the golden boys of rock right now, any record label would kill to have such a high profile band on their books. Therefore they are in a unique position to be able to negotiate more favourable terms and conditions.
  • RiotAct10RiotAct10 Ohio Posts: 1,633
    facepollution wrote:
    Good for them. The article kind of answers your question, KOL are pretty much the golden boys of rock right now, any record label would kill to have such a high profile band on their books. Therefore they are in a unique position to be able to negotiate more favourable terms and conditions.

    I understand how they can get a good deal, when they are free agents, but they were under contract. That's what I don't get. They finally just became popular in the US, they had one of the biggest hits of 2009, and their old label just let them walk away? That's what I don't get.
    words seem so out of place.

    8.21.00 Columbus | 6.24.03 Columbus | 7.9.03 NYC | 10.2.04 Toledo | 9.11.05 Kitchener | 5.20.06 Cleveland | 8.5.07 Chicago | 5.6.10 Columbus | 5.7.10 Noblesville | 5.9.10 Cleveland | 9.3.11 East Troy | 9.4.11 East Troy | 7.19.13 Chicago | 10.11.13 Pittsburgh | 10.1.14 Cincinnati | 4.8.16 Ft. Lauderdale | 4.9.16 Miami | 8.8.18 Seattle | 8.10.18 Seattle | 9.26.21 Dana Point | 10.1.21 Dana Point | 10.2.21 Dana Point | 9.16.22 Nashville | 9.17.22 Louisville | 9.18.22 St. Louis | 9.2.23 St. Paul | 9.15.23 Ft. Worth | 6.22.24 Dublin | 8.26.24 Noblesville | 9.27.24 Dana Point | 9.29.24 Dana Point
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  • HeavyHandsHeavyHands Posts: 2,130
    Hopefully with the structure of the deal this way they also negotiated for the master tapes. That's what they should be after.
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  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,070
    RiotAct10 wrote:
    facepollution wrote:
    Good for them. The article kind of answers your question, KOL are pretty much the golden boys of rock right now, any record label would kill to have such a high profile band on their books. Therefore they are in a unique position to be able to negotiate more favourable terms and conditions.

    I understand how they can get a good deal, when they are free agents, but they were under contract. That's what I don't get. They finally just became popular in the US, they had one of the biggest hits of 2009, and their old label just let them walk away? That's what I don't get.
    maybe their new label bought out their old contract?
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  • RiotAct10RiotAct10 Ohio Posts: 1,633
    Like I said, we might find out more about this in the coming weeks or days, but until then I will continue to question it. Even if the new label did buy them out, I still don't understand. There have been so many bands with label disputes, there have been plenty of bands unhappy with being tied in to a 7 album contract that doesn't put the best interest of the band anywhere near the top priorities, and many of these bands or artists have been just as popular as KOL. It just seems strange to me that this happened, but it doesn't happen more often if it is this "easy".
    words seem so out of place.

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  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    hopefully they get out of the spotlight for awhile with this new label

    OBTN was ruined for me with all the overexposure... the real fans they made from all that will follow them now regardless of how they advertise the next record, and all the sorostitutes can just go back to listening to their club music
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,484
    HeavyHands wrote:
    Hopefully with the structure of the deal this way they also negotiated for the master tapes. That's what they should be after.

    yup. hope they secured those.
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  • RiotAct10RiotAct10 Ohio Posts: 1,633
    I hate to use this as a source, but it looks like this may all have been too good to be true...

    http://perezhilton.com/2010-01-24-not-t ... heir-label
    words seem so out of place.

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  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    Yeah the band have debunked it:

    http://www.nme.com/news/kings-of-leon/49393
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