18Mar/090
Counting Crows Goes Label-Free
Counting Crows is joining Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails in the initiative to release music outside of the normal music industry (label/distributor).
Lead Singer Adam Duritz announces on the bands website:
The internet opens a world of limitless possibility, where the only
boundaries are the boundaries of your own imagination. We want a chance
to push those boundaries back as far as we can. Unfortunately, the
directions we want to go and the opportunities we want to pursue are
often things that our label is simply not allowed to do. We've been
friends for a long time and we've worked together for a long time so
they understand the direction we need to go in and we understand why
they can't always go there with us. We all want what's best for
everyone which is why we've decided to part ways.
Jono Bacon started the severed fifth project a while ago, which aim is to prove that a band can make it on it's own and i'm sure he will succeed.