Chapter 1117: Heavy news

Once again, Glory to death stood on the cusp of the storm again.

From the beginning of the formation of glory to death, they mean controversy, but also the focus. The new metal rock advocated by this band has launched a violent impact on the entire rock and music market, which also makes every step of theirs become The focus of discussion. It's like when Elvis Presley was born.

After the Grammys, the glory of winning three trophies to death easily attracted countless firepower again, especially relying on the live performance that was praised by countless people, even surpassing the phonograph trophy itself, and became the most popular topic of people.

Although there have always been wonderful legends about the glory to the death live performance, and it was even more praised after the end of the "Glory Road" last year, this time nearly 50 million spectators directly watched the glory to the death performance. That kind of shock is hard to feel when listening to a third party's report.

Therefore, glory to death once again became the focus of controversy on the cusp.

Only three days have passed since the Grammy Awards Ceremony. EMI and Endeavour Elite Management Co., Ltd. released a new blockbuster news: Glory To Death has completed its contract renewal with EMI Records at a sky-high price of 20 million U.S. dollars. At least two albums will be released in the next three years!

In the 1990s, when there was no Internet, the spread of any news required fermentation time, which was as short as 24 hours and as long as two weeks. Unlike the Internet era, it only takes a few seconds to make a piece of news worldwide. Spread. At this time, after three days of precipitation and fermentation of Grammy-related news, it is the hottest and most extensive moment. Almost everyone is discussing this year’s Grammys, and glory to death is the most important thing. One-fifth of the American population is expressing their views on Grammys' glory to death.

Under such circumstances, EMI announced the news, which was obviously premeditated and became the focus of attention almost effortlessly.

Two years ago, relying on the glory of becoming a topical figure on the road tour, he became a member of EMI Records with a contract of one million two records. At that time, this contract caused a lot of discussion. As the record company with the largest market share in the global record market, EMI Records has absolutely no doubt about its strength. Even if they do not have any advantage in the US market, their contract with Glory to Death still amazes many people.

At that time, many experts were wondering what kind of band Glory to Death was, it was worthy of such a big bet by EMI Records.

A "Almost Fame" and a "Bath in the Morning Light", this is the answer sheet handed over by Glory to Death. With just two albums, Glory to Death has become one of the most influential bands in the American music scene today, and Like Nirvana, a wave of change has been set off in the entire music process, which has changed the entire music scene.

Just like Nirvana is to grunge rock, Glory to Death may not be the first band to create a new metal rock, but they have succeeded in substituting the new metal rock into the mainstream society and have found an accurate definition for this alternative rock. Every step of glory to death is a historical mark.

The contract of one million two records has become one of the most successful contracts of EMI Records since entering the US market. It has also reversed the decline of EMI Records in the US market since the 1980s, and has regained the ability to compete with other top records. The ability of the company to contend.

In fact, as early as "Bath the Morning Light" was released, people began to discuss the direction of the glory to death contract.

The major record companies are obviously coveting the glory to the death. Many companies have contacted the glory to the death agent Henry Bloom. Among them, the closest to the band is David Geffen, a major in the music industry. Relying on his personal relationship and strong hard power, he is infinitely close to the new contract of glory to death.

If David Geffen succeeds, then he will also make history: because Nirvana is part of the record company under David, and now has glory to death? This is obviously one of the best things any record company can think of in today's environment.

Especially when David joined Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg and established DreamWorks together, it seems that the glory of death is getting closer and closer to the door of the change: everyone knows, history The friendship between Steven and Hugo is extraordinary.

But everyone did not expect that Hugo and DreamWorks collaborated on their first screenwriting work "Before Sunrise", but the glorious record contract after five months of silence still belongs to EMI Records!

Of course, EMI has offered a condition that is so glorious that it is difficult to refuse.

According to the news media, the contract of 20 million two albums is almost the top rock contract in the American music scene today. Even if it is among all the singers, it is estimated that only Whitney-Houston and Babyface are the only ones. A few top tops can surpass.

From one million two albums to 20 million two albums, glory to death in just two years, the value has directly doubled by 20 times! Such a rocket-like rise has achieved the miracle of the American Dream!

Especially when this news is placed in the context of Grammys, it becomes more and more realistic: almost everyone can feel a clear fact that alternative rock has been officially recognized by the mainstream, and grunge rock has worked hard for three times. Years and three years have accumulated, and finally under the promotion and explosion of new metal rock, the social status of alternative rock has undergone a qualitative change.

It is conceivable that the next development, first of all, the development of grunge and new metal rock will be faster and faster, especially the latter, as if the Nirvana band sang the grunge rock at the beginning, not only a large number of Nirvana band imitators appeared. , And garbage rock is also springing up everywhere; now the same is true for new metal rock, and there are bound to be countless glorious imitators afterwards, and after the rise of new metal rock in 1993 and the brewing in 1994, it will also It will usher in a period of rapid development.

The second is the promotion of alternative rock. Although people are accustomed to putting together the Nine Inch Nail Band, Smashed Pumpkin Band, Green Day Band, Radio Commander, Goatskin Band, etc., in fact, these bands have very different styles. Features, even though they are all part of the new metal rock wave, they all have their own unique rock style. This is also the reason why new metal rock has not been able to form a huge force similar to traditional metal rock, grunge rock, and pop rock, because there are too many branches.

Therefore, with the transformation of Grammys and the sky-high price contract between Glory To Death and EMI Records, rock lovers are encouraged and will be more brave to walk out of their own rock roads and integrate their own styles into rock and roll. . In fact, Cher-Crow, Melissa-Iseliji, Roslin, etc., these singers or bands that have been recognized in this year's Grammys are also the same: looking for their own rock and roll.

When the rapid development of grunge rock and new metal rock promotes the diversification of alternative rock, it will naturally contribute to the prosperity of the entire music market.

Standing on the cusp of glory to death, unknowingly once again walked in the role of promoting the process of history, and EMI also unintentionally became the creator of history.

In fact, the idea of ​​EMI Records is not that complicated at all. They are businessmen and they are naturally thinking about interests. In the past four months, the negotiations between Henry and EMI Records were indeed very difficult, and the talks broke down three times in the middle. Henry's insistence on guaranteeing the autonomy of glory to death really angered EMI Records.

All record companies know that it is impossible for them not to interfere with the singer's music, and even independent record companies cannot guarantee that they will let it go. And Henry actually asked for the autonomy of Glory to Death to be guaranteed in black and white, although it was only a clause similar to "When making decisive change decisions, Glory to Death requires an important right of veto", to the greatest possible guarantee that EMI Records will not force the band to change. My own style and persistence, but this is a difficult decision for any record company-especially for EMI.

During that time, Henry and David did get very close, especially when DreamWorks was just established in October, the glory to death was also infinitely close to DreamWorks. Because David is willing to guarantee the initiative to glory to death-at least he has this sincerity.

Of course, Henry also knows that friendship is valuable, and David is also a businessman. When the Nirvana band was producing the two albums "Incident. Lun" and "Zi. Palace. Internal", there was a fierce conflict with the record company. The commercialization of the record by the record company caused the Nirvana band to rebound strongly, and finally Although the album was released smoothly, Kurt was not satisfied with the two albums.

However, David was able to show sincerity in negotiations, which was enough for Henry.

Had it not been for the insistence of Roger Fasson, the deputy manager of EMI Records, perhaps he would have signed a contract with DreamWorks until the death of glory. Fortunately for EMI Records, Roger, who was in charge of signing Glory To Death, is once again on the band's side this time. He believes Glory To Death has the ability to fundamentally change the competitiveness of EMI Records in the US market~www .novelhall.com~ So we will try our best to guarantee the success of this contract.

Roger knows very well that what he originally fancy was glorious personality and talent, and for rock bands, forcing them to change their style for commercial gain is tantamount to suicide. The next two albums of Nirvana are proof of this. So, although it is very simple, Roger did his best to defend the glory to death-at the same time to fight for his future initiative in the US record market!

But even so, Henry and EMI Records dragged back and forth for more than three months, until a week before the official opening of the Grammy Awards, the two parties reached a final agreement: EMI finally gave in and gave glory to death. Absolute initiative in album production-but only limited to "album production". Henry officially signed the contract after obtaining the consent of the band members.

Originally, EMI Records released the news as if "before sunrise" became a topic, but after careful consideration, I decided to take a gamble and see what developments will be made after the Grammys, even if the glory is to die in Grammys. It doesn't hurt that beauty comes home empty-handed. However, EMI’s waiting this time has been rewarded with generous returns.

The 20 million contract has become the hottest news in the music market in one fell swoop, and Glory to Death has directly become the hottest rock band in North America. This wave of prestige and history has passed by incessantly!