Jaded Times

Following the trend set by multi-millionaires Radiohead, Pennywise, a California poppy-punk band that hasn’t been relevant since its current fans’ dads were too drunk to pull out, have signed with Myspace records and will be giving away their album for free through the site for two weeks in March. The move, touted as revolutionary by the band and its publicists, follows the Radiohead release of “In Rainbows”, which was offered for whatever price fans wished to pay via download; both bands’ publicists insist they are absolutely revolutionizing the music industry, for bands that have sold millions of copies of previous albums and have had millions of dollars of record label money pumped into promoting them to a point where people would give a rat’s ass.

Well, in Radiohead’s case. Most people won’t about Pennywise.

Guitarist Fletcher Dragge had this to say:

“We know that this will piss off a lot of people in the music industry,”…”and what do we say to that? ‘Who cares?’ “

How apt, considering “who cares” has been the response of everyone I have mentioned this to thus far. It is also interesting to note that this record marks a move for the band from the independent label Epitaph to Myspace Records, a label owned by Fox, a somewhat less independent organization.

Pennywise will be launching the free downloads with a guest spot on The O’Reilly Factor, where they plan to discuss everything from generating profit for warmongering corporations to summer squash recipes to their “dos-and-don’ts” for  Myspace self-portraits.

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