The best of us calls speculation. We feed on it. It's sort of like Devil's food cake or something sweet and terrifying harmful for our consumption. We know it is unhealthy for us, but we can't help, back to its flavor. More than often not speculation runs the music industry.
Day in and day, artists are drop cryptic references to everything involved: an LP, a tour, a reunion, a separation, or sometimes cooperation. Some remain true to their words (e.g. Jack White), others forget (as Dr. Dre). Fans do never, but. This is, why you have countless legions fanatics all raving about this and that, if this and that never anything, at any rate amounted to. But it's fun nonetheless. It's why people continue working on message boards or Wikipedia footnotes, all looking for more.
The truth is out there.
Ah, of course. The search for truth. Well, that's in this industry, keep truth, what in your hands, whether it sealed a ticket or one LP. Nothing is certain until it is a product. Take Guns N' Roses 2008 myth-turned up reality, Chinese democracy. For 14 years, the album went speculation to epic heights. Persons, the pirated shows you wasted on demos, discussed about lineup changes and you instead of vague on each quote that spit out Axl Rose. It was a deep fascination that couldn't and wouldn't die…, until that fateful Sunday morning in November, when fans strolled in best buy and ended their "pain" "Suffering". Although for some, it just started.
Most will agree that the journey up the album randomly exciting as the final result. What is hype and speculation does us. It's kind of hobby. No, it is. We pour into these myths in the industry who believe nothing but Fox Mulder to an alien conspiracy, all, because it is the pursuit of truth people.
Or, it's just too damn fun.
Having said that, we our list of the industry's most overdue albums rounded, those "we heard about" for years. Our next "Chinese democracy", if you will. Some of you may never see the light of the day - well, probably most really but if we not learned from our time with Mr. rose & co., maybe okay we with, that is.
-Michael Roffman
President/Editor in Chief
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