Post-Riot Act Moneygrab

[bodysnatcher]

It's annoying from an outsider's perspective (ie. someone who doesn't buy merch) bc they know how much of this crap to make, and it just feels like they are creating a merch market to rake the fans over. It's just enough to create a buzz and demand bc it might become obscure, but not too much so that anyone can buy it. They've really cornered the "get this while you can....if you're lucky" market

[CopperTom]

The current model aims to maximize profits while minimizing effort. I would rather if they simply aimed to maximize profit.

[Birds in Hell]

I'm not sure I get this guy's grumble.

It's not like anything from the Fenway and Wrigley shows is a required purchase. Pretty much everything they've put out this month is classic rock band shit, and it will sell out.

The only reason I see for crying about it is if you wanted all that stuff and couldn't get it. Why is it a "turn off"?

I get it, the mania surrounding shirts, posters and other trinkets is something I've never seen with any other band.

I can understand how someone would look at it all and come away feeling as though there's something very tawdry about the whole business and that it detracts from a focus on the music and the performance.

[knee tunes]

I'm not sure I get this guy's grumble.

It's not like anything from the Fenway and Wrigley shows is a required purchase. Pretty much everything they've put out this month is classic rock band shit, and it will sell out.

The only reason I see for crying about it is if you wanted all that stuff and couldn't get it. Why is it a "turn off"?

I get it, the mania surrounding shirts, posters and other trinkets is something I've never seen with any other band.

I can understand how someone would look at it all and come away feeling as though there's something very tawdry about the whole business and that it detracts from a focus on the music and the performance.

i get this too. I think im gonna start a specific thread

[bodysnatcher]

I'm not sure I get this guy's grumble.

It's not like anything from the Fenway and Wrigley shows is a required purchase. Pretty much everything they've put out this month is classic rock band shit, and it will sell out.

The only reason I see for crying about it is if you wanted all that stuff and couldn't get it. Why is it a "turn off"?

I get it, the mania surrounding shirts, posters and other trinkets is something I've never seen with any other band.

I can understand how someone would look at it all and come away feeling as though there's something very tawdry about the whole business and that it detracts from a focus on the music and the performance.

Yeah I definitely agree. It's easy to sometimes see them as a merch machine rather than a rock band.

[Strat]

I'm not sure I get this guy's grumble.

It's not like anything from the Fenway and Wrigley shows is a required purchase. Pretty much everything they've put out this month is classic rock band shit, and it will sell out.

The only reason I see for crying about it is if you wanted all that stuff and couldn't get it. Why is it a "turn off"?

I get it, the mania surrounding shirts, posters and other trinkets is something I've never seen with any other band.

I can understand how someone would look at it all and come away feeling as though there's something very tawdry about the whole business and that it detracts from a focus on the music and the performance.

Yeah I definitely agree. It's easy to sometimes see them as a merch machine rather than a rock band.

Especially when they release 1 album very 6 years

[B]

I feel if they were a "merch machine" there'd be a lot less limited edition stuff that I can't buy.

[Birds in Hell]

Isn't the limited edition stuff part of the whole deal, though?

There's definitely intention on the band's part to fan the flames of that merch hysteria.

[bodysnatcher]

Definitely. And there's a lot of limited edition stuff. There's not a lot of each limited edition item, but there are a lot of items that become limited edition.

Pearl Jam, Ltd.

[CopperTom]

No one lol'd about, "one band's struggle to take it easy." Am I officially a goon? I thought that was quite funny.

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[Jorge]

No one lol'd about, "one band's struggle to take it easy." Am I officially a goon? I thought that was quite funny.

I acknowledged the reference by going "hm".

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[bodysnatcher]

No one lol'd about, "one band's struggle to take it easy." Am I officially a goon? I thought that was quite funny.

I don't understand what this is? A poster?

[CopperTom]

No one lol'd about, "one band's struggle to take it easy." Am I officially a goon? I thought that was quite funny.

I don't understand what this is? A poster?

The back of a poster.

[bodysnatcher]

I think "One band's struggle to take it easy" exactly sums them up as a band today

They worked really hard to not work at all.

[CopperTom]

Thank you!

[Iholdthepain]

"I worked by not working AT ALL..."

[Bammer]

Those sheep they were selling a couple years back cracked me up.

Hey idiots, here is a $35 shirt that cost $2 to produce. Wait in line 6 hours for it, you fucking sheep. Ha ha ha.

[chuck taylor]

I haven't bought anything from the band besides music-related stuff for a decade, but from a strictly financial perspective, they have done a really good job of ramping up the merchandise as their fan base gets older and has more disposable income.