Guns N' Roses blogger arrested

I tend to download a few songs and if I like them I buy the album. It gives me a feel to the album.
Then again, I downloaded some of 30STM's tracks and thought the album was shit, so oh well.
Plus, how else am I supposed to get my obscure music that's not out in England?

i always buy albums for bands that have a good reputation for good music, it makes me feel like im guarenteed quality music for whatever the price is. for new bands i like to download the album first and if i like it then i will buy it and this saves me money on some of the shit that comes out.

i also agree with jezz, a lot of music is soooo hard to find in the shops so the only other option is to download it

Well a lot of downloads are shitty quality, I like having the album. I download when a band says they don't mind i.e Thursday.

I downloaded both of 30 SECONDS TO MARS ' albums and then grew to love the music, I bought ' A Beautiful Lie ' twice and their 1st album once. it gives me peace of mind knowing i have contributed, being a fan and all i think that's what it's all about, loving the music and showing your suppoert by buying it.

i spend a fortune buyin songs on itunes, nd decided 2 dwnload sum instead, but they wer all shity quality crap, so i went bac 2 buyin off itunes. at least if u pay, ya no its gud quality stuf, nd ur supporting bands, they put their heart nd soul in2 making albums 4 us, so it makes sense 2 support them by buyin dem! :)

Download is good, just make sure you support the bands when they tour

is limewire illegal?
i get confused lmfao
xo

Yes, it is.

Limewires the best for downloading music, i've been using it for years now.

I do buy albums but some are hard to find in shops, if you get what i mean lol

I download albums that aren't out in England, there's no where else to get them unles you pay some stupid amout for P&P.

I never bother buying singles, it's the record companies that get the money, not the bands/artists.

LOL

First of all i think its a good thing that Kevin put the album on his blog good knows guns and rose fans have been waiting years for it come out only to be dissapointed.

Lets face it axle was never gona relseae the album its been something like over 11 years wait hasn;t it ??

second yes i do download however i also buy albums as well to balance it out. Bands tend to make more on merch and tours now these days anyways so i go to gigs as well.

Also many shops charge alot for albums HMV or example it can be £16 for an album sometimes which is a piss take i think. which is why if i can i like support independant record shops

like roadkill records in manchester

check it out if your there sometime its mint.

thats a bad thing 2 do but
axl rose is up his own ass
and gone psyco
gnr will never be the same with out slash , duff, iizy etc ...

the "new" gnr shunt be called guns n roses they shud be called axl,axl,axl,look at me

i also think illigal downloading is wrong bands should get money for the music they work hard on, not it getting passed everywhere over the internet like its a peice of rubbish if u wanna dwnload sumthing go on legal websites or buy it from hmv or sumfin

To Be Honest ... How Am I Ment To Hear Stuff From Bands Like All Time Low, When Ther Albums Are Like No-Were In England, Downloading Them Then Makes Soooo Much More Sense.

Well Thats My Veiw Anyways

Rock On!

Limewire's shit for music, really bad quality. Use torrents and you get full high quality albums with artwork..

I download way too much, really wish I could buy physical albums though, I'm just broke..

I'll try and buy small bands EP's/abums cuz they need the money!

Also check out Proceed. www.myspace.com/proceed. Amazing stuff!

I think the music industry is reaping what they have sown and are now having a massive tantrum because they are no longer getting their own way. Everyone knows that a cd costs about £1 to produce, I can remember paying 16-17 quid for a cd when I had no other choice. Ok, so the cost has come down, but that is only in response to downloading, if they didnt have to reduce the cost they wouldnt have to.

Its not just the music industry either. If you have a monopoly on something and abuse it by making people pay over the odds, as soon as an alternative is available they will jump at the chance.

Dont rip people off and they wont rip you off.

What is ''BitToprrent'' anyway?

Downloading music is definately better quality if from itunes compared to cd as music looses quality when tarnsfered "FACT"

downloading music from itunes or a site like this means the music is goin to be the best quality as music on cds loose quality when transfered.

downloading music from itunes or a site like this means the music is goin to be the best quality as music on cds loose quality when transfered.

downloading music from itunes or a site like this means the music is goin to be the best quality as music on cds loose quality when transfered.

downloading music from itunes or a site like this means the music is goin to be the best quality as music on cds loose quality when transfered.

Personally, I find I use torrents more these days than I used to, but that is because I'm now more into music, and have discovered there is far too many bands that sound great as 30 second sound bites on Itunes, but on a full length album sound like shite.

And to avoid getting cheated like this I use torrents, if I like what I hear, I go out and buy the album, if I don't, the record company hasn’t cheated me out of my money.

Also, with bands such as Sigur-ros, with almost every song at 5 minuets plus, isn't a 30 second sound bite not really enough for a potential customer to decide if they like the music or not?

I think record companies need to change, adopt more of a Nine Inch Nails approach to the price of music, offer us more choices, like Trent Reznor did for Ghosts I-IV, a 5 dollar (2 pound 50 I think) download, a cheaper than normal physical relase (find me another major band offering a 4 CD album for 10 quid) a download and physical bundle, ect...

As a consumer I demand more choice and less of being cheated by the over-glammed, super-polished sound bites. Because I am frankly fed up of shitty fed up of MTV playing one hit wonder singles form shit! at the disko brain-washing everyone into believing this will make an entire album great.

And do you honestly think Axl really put sweat blood ect... into that album?

No, me neither given the shite that comes out his mouth and the 11 year wait.

i downlad music, and then after a few listens i either buy the album or delete it, depending on whether it's any good. im not prepared to buy an album without hearing at least 3 decent tracks on it beforehand coz there are so many shitty bands out there who have one good single and then a heap of crap they refer to as an album stuck on thye same cd. and given current cd prices i refuse to take that risk and waste my money

With album's at over £15 in some stores, most us peasants can't afford that when we've only ever heard the one song that's been shown on Kerrang! TV.
I've downloaded all my life - if artist truly care about the music, they wouldn't give a shit.
But there is no way you can get me to buy an album for myself unless I trust the band to just be awesome or if I love more than half the tracks - I've got better things to spend my money on!

You're hardly gonna go buy an album when they're so overpriced at a band you only like a bit. If you love the band, THEN you buy it. ahh :)

there's a massive difference between downloading a few shady tracks on your own at home, and stealing / ripping / distributing someone else's music..

i'm not saying that either is right, i'm merely outlining that what Kevin Cogill did carries much more weight than downloading a few tracks..

I always look forward to getting the actual physical copy of the cd. If you download cd's from the net, you could risk downloading a shitload of viruses. Which is why I always avoid the temptation.

I download music. If I really like the band I'll buy the album, if I only like one song then I'm not going to waste the money buying the whole album.

Guns n roses are a bunch of dicks anyway, i mean when they played reading/leeds they fuckd about for ages and walked off stage and threw their rattles out the pram.

Their pissed off cos this guy leaked the album and they intend on charging about £20 for it.

If that guy gets convicted, their will literally be uproar and carnage, people will go crazy and big protests will end up happening....

you shouldn download music though, buy it!

Guns n roses are a bunch of dicks anyway, i mean when they played reading/leeds they fuckd about for ages and walked off stage and threw their rattles out the pram.

Their pissed off cos this guy leaked the album and they intend on charging about £20 for it.

If that guy gets convicted, their will literally be uproar and carnage, people will go crazy and big protests will end up happening....

you shouldn download music though, buy it!

With the current state of the record industry, I would wholeheartedly support downloading albums: you aren't supporting the artist, but it's exactly the same if you're buying records. Buying records is supporting the record label and record store, not the actual artist. It's the same with tours as well, unfortunately, it all goes to the promoter. It's very hard to give money to bands you like, unless they're on an ethical indie label, like Dischord Records.
All of this being said, I do see bands live, and I do buy records. I always feel guilty, though, about buying records put out on a major label, or buying from HMV. However, I do download albums as well, especially of bands to whom I've already attempted to give the worth of their discography, by buying a record, or bands who are so rich they don't need my money, or who are against the buying of records. I support Billy Bragg's system, with an annual levy to download music, which goes direct to artists. But I still like records. Personally, as a more prolific downloader than most of my friends, I find that I buy FAR more CDs and 7-inches and LPs, so downloaders evidently aren't killing the industry.

However, all of this being said, I am aganst Mr. Cohill's actions: the songs were not released yet, suggesting that Axl Rose was not yet happy with their quality. Therefore, this leak is offering fans a substandard version of what Axl Rose wishes to create, devaluing his reputation (if that's possible any more) with poor music. So people should wait: the record company are saying that they havea final copy ready to put out.

not realli no >.<

No way

he was a previous employee tho, an easy catch for the police.
if he put it on rapidshare and sent the link to a load of people to put it on a torrent it would be much harder to find;
not impossible tho.

If you want complete anonymity use an internet cafe!

i have never downloaded music off the internet because its bad for the bands who make the music if they all legal downloaded and didnt "steal" bands like cky and fair to midland can afford to do more tours ect like i said never do it never will i buy cds actually i dont buy downloads!

guns & roses suck

guns & roses suck

guns & roses suck

guns & roses suck

Im a huge supporter of file sharing but the music industry has to manage it instead of prosecuting it, and i think artists should do it if they want to, UP P2P

i am sick of MCR getting blamed for the suicides nd then the chav music bring out a new album called hardcore till i die so what r they going to do about that they should apologise to MCR and do what they did to MCR to them its not fair blaming 1 ACE band for suicides and not another! ITS NOT FAIR!!!!! i will support MCR all the way and i will do all i can to get them blamed for the suicides they could have had a completely different reason 4 killing themselves! MCR R ACE!!!!!!!! and the daily mail should apologise to them for all the trouble they caused for them go away and let them have a break!!! they have different reasons for killing themselves so leave MCR alone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!