https://linktr.ee/TempleOfBleh The continued adventures of d'Blue Grape lads.

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Holy moly it's a back-to-back 3-parter. Just after Xmas, Bleh assembled the pillars of Blue Grape's mighty merch operation for a panatlantic reunion. I managed to edit this down from 5h30m to 4h.

You're welcome.

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Marcus picks up the story of Roadrunner Records from ~2001 up until the 2012 acquisition.

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Today I embark on a test to see just how press outlets would go for those crunchy, delicious clicks.

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https://goodfightmusic.com/

Carl talks me through his life duking it out as label manager of Ferret Music, whilst himself working at Roadrunner Records in the "New Media" division.

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Austin gives us the view from the 21st Century sales perspective of Roadrunner - with a smashing story about Slipknot's 'All Hope is Gone' and it's fight for the #1 spot.

https://linktr.ee/TempleOfBleh https://www.ueginc.com/ Dave Loncao joined Roadrunner in 1998 to help lead the label's radio promotion arm into bolder territories. As you're about to hear - he delivered in spades.

For procedural propriety - I claim that 'How You Remind Me' is the most played record of a certain decade (or all time). I'm only partially right;

Source - http://www.mtv.com/news/1627833/eminem-is-the-best-selling-artist-of-the-decade/

"According to Nielsen — which began keeping track of digital sales in July 2003 — Flo Rida's "Low" was the decade's top-selling digital song, having been downloaded more than 5.2 million times. It bested the likes of Lady Gaga's "Just Dance" (nearly 4.7 million downloads), Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours" (4.6 million) and the Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow" (4.3 million).

And there was none of that funny downloading stuff when it came to the decade's most-played radio songs (generational divide, anyone?) a list topped by Nickelback's "How You Remind Me" — which was spun more than 1.2 million times since being released in 2001"

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Roadrunner research goes to South America with this conversation, as Jerome tells me about his time heading up Roadrunner Brazil.

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https://getthrashed.com/

Rick is not just the People's Thrash Metal Documentarian, but from 2008 to ~2012 he served as Roadrunner's Head of Video Production.

We talk about Rick's career up to the 2000's with stints at Headbanger's Ball and 120 minutes, as well as the various obstacles and joys of video production for Roadrunner.

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https://www.shrapnelrecords.com/

This audio-only conversation with Mike explores Shrapnel's relationship with Roadrunner Records, the intricacies of forming the first metal-only label in the USA, and the challenges of the modern day label system.