Music Is a Dead Scene

Welcome to CLASSIC CLASH - a new series of specials from Music Is a Dead Scene

Every episode we take two classic albums and pit them against each other until one emerges victorious.

The winner stays on and faces another album until it can prove it's classic status by our MIADS standards...

Will Bob Marley become our second certified classic album? Or will the Derry punks stop him at the final hurdle with their eponymous debut?

Listen to find out what Cameron and Euan thought was the better record...

In 2014, one band managed to use the power of sleep to trick Spotify into giving them lots and lots of money...

We also talk about how Swedish money laundering, 8 seconds of white noise going to No.1 in the charts and how high those dang tickets prices are gettin these days!

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https://www.sorainen.com/publications/money-laundering-using-spotify/#:~:text=One%20gang%20member%20revealed%20that,systematically%20did%20it%20for%20them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_silent_musical_compositions

https://time.com/3531269/taylor-swift-track-3-review/

https://time.com/3531142/taylor-swift-itunes-canada-8-seconds-static/

https://lostmediawiki.com/Official_Statement_(lost_Spotify_exclusive_Vulfpeck_EP;_2014)

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dont-enjoy-the-silence-spotify-pulls-silent-publicity-stunt-album-95322/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33255037

http://eternify.it/

https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/03/why-does-spotify-pay-so-little.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleepify

Welcome to CLASSIC CLASH - a new series of specials from Music Is a Dead Scene

Every episode we take two classic albums and pit them against each other until one emerges victorious.

The winner stays on and faces another album until it can prove it's classic status by our MIADS standards...

Cameron is still upset about the previous Clash's result, but will this new album from indie rock darlings Deerhunter (but don't call them indie rock to their face...) be able to topple the mighty Marley and his/the Wailers?

Listen to find out what Cameron and Euan thought was the better record...

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One of the most famous albums of all time comes under fire in this episode.

30 years after it was released, the iconic 90s album was taken to court by its cover star - making it one of the most controversial album covers ever.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_controversial_album_arthttps://milanote.com/the-work/the-designer-of-nirvanas-nevermind-album-coverhttps://nirvana.fandom.com/wiki/Spencer_Eldenhttps://albumcovers.fandom.com/wiki/Nevermindhttps://www.nme.com/news/music/nirvana-137-1279136

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/05/nirvana-win-lawsuit-over-nevermind-baby-album-cover

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/jan/16/thats-me-picture-spencer-elden-nirvana-nevermind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0HZqUsVgQA

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62789436

https://www.gq.com.au/culture/entertainment/the-cover-star-baby-of-nirvanas-nevermind-album-25-years-on/news-story/091b16069b5f54dc0d27a86cf1ea3f6e

https://www.stereogum.com/2158591/

https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/25/22640898/nirvana-baby-sues-child-pornography-spencer-elden

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/05/1121124930/a-lawsuit-over-nirvanas-nevermind-naked-baby-album-cover-is-dismissed-again

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/21/arts/music/nirvana-nevermind-baby-lawsuit.html#:~:text=Elden's%202021%20complaint%20says%20Nirvana,court%20wrote%20in%20a%20footnote.

Welcome to CLASSIC CLASH - a new series of specials from Music Is a Dead Scene

Every episode we take two classic albums and pit them against each other until one emerges victorious.

The winner stays on and faces another album until it can prove it's classic status by our MIADS standards...

2 new albums enter the fray as Euan and Cameron must decide against career defining masterpiece or little known modern gem.

Listen to find out what they thought was the better record...

Technically a part 2 to EP30 · Gun Direction, on this episode Cameron and Euan continue the saga of Guns N' Roses trying to record the album that cost them all of their original members besides Axl Rose.

There's chicken coups and Dr Pepper. Millions of dollars and thousands of hours of studio time - finally producing the masterpiece(?) that is Chinese Democracy...

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https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/06/arts/music/the-most-expensive-album-never-made.html#:~:text=In%20August%202003%20when%20label,of%20course%2C%20did%20not%20materialize.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Democracy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_albums#:~:text=With%20a%20cost%20between%20%2430,with%20at%20least%20four%20each.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/742I9I3wukHTEsR6g0YVDp?si=40e473434757437d

Nothing good lasts forever. Especially bands.

Band breakups can be very messy, and on today's episode Cameron and Euan cover not one but TWO of the most notorious breakups ever...

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https://blabbermouth.net/news/axl-rose-why-i-am-continung-to-use-name-guns-n-roses

https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1562438/guns-n-roses-reunion-slash-axl-rose-feud

https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/axl-slash-the-long-troubled-history-of-2015s-most-surprising-friendship-13031

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns_N%27_Roses

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Democracy

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/biggest-band-breakups-all-time-1234714654/

Welcome to CLASSIC CLASH - a new series of specials from Music Is a Dead Scene.

Every episode we take two classic albums and pit them against each other until one emerges victorious.

The winner stays on and faces another album until it can prove it's classic status by our MIADS standards...

Paul Simon is back AGAIN - for most certainly his final time. Will he either win his third week in a row and be crowned our first MIADS certified classic or will our power pop newcomer manage to steal the victory with his unconventional album Imperial Bedroom.

Listen to find out what Cameron and Euan thought was the better record...

Every pop star has done a little bit of miming, right?

Well not like these guys, who managed to mime their way to 6 platinum records and even to the Grammys...

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Milli Vanilli (2023) Film

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milli_Vanilli

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/32nd_Annual_Grammy_Awards

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Farian

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/milli-vanilli-documentary-1234772525/

https://variety.com/2020/music/news/milli-vanilli-grammy-scandal-fab-morvan-1234865697/

*Disclaimer: this episode contains discussion of Sexual Assault*

Signing a record deal at a young age can often lead to artists giving away all of their creative rights without even realising it. They then must embark on gruelling legal proceedings to gain any sort of control back.

On this episode we take a look at an example of an artist who was treated so badly that they spent almost 10 years in court trying to take back control of their music...

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