MSI record held hostage

2012-11-20 by Acanthus | 37 Comments
Mindless Self Indulgence have decided to hold their upcoming record, which has yet to be named, hostage. The band have started a kickstarter project to fund the album, complete with a plethora of CAPS LOCK paragraphs and a brainwashing, borderline annoying video to give potential investors a break from reading all the capitalization.

At the time of this writing the project has $95,769 in donations, and with a goal of $150,000 the new album likely be funded before the remaining 34 days of the project are up. The pledge package incentives range from a copy of the album to keyboards, guitars, and some of the female member's tour t-shirts.

As far as a release date, the band had this to say: "Assuming that we meet our goal, the brand new full length Mindless Self Indulgence album will be released the 13th of March 2013."

Those interested in donating can do so at the link below, but be warned when choosing a price package as "... in order to give you room to pick and choose, the album is not included in every reward level. Double check that shit."

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1268472090/brand-new-mindless-self-indulgence-record

Tagged: Mindless Self Indulgence

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Acanthus
November 20th 2012
9812 Comments


AT THIS POINT IN TIME I DON'T GIVE A FUCK but I thought somebody else might. Heck if they can get
$150k from fans then obviously there's still a market for their sound.



Winrar
November 20th 2012
1721 Comments


lol

RagingNoob
November 20th 2012
134 Comments


This is going to be a complete abortion. Can't wait to review it.

kris.
November 20th 2012
15503 Comments


terrible news i was hoping they'd broken up oh well

henryChinaski
November 20th 2012
5194 Comments


$150,000 for a shitty MSI album?!

kris.
November 20th 2012
15503 Comments


their incentives are fucked up

you can chip in for a hoodie BUT NO ALBUM FOR YOU

give us $5000? LOL SRY GOTTA BUY A COPY ANYWAYS


what a bunch of cunts

ConcubinaryCode
November 20th 2012
8147 Comments


They sound like dicks.

XingKing
November 20th 2012
16362 Comments


They could have recorded this album by themselves for free but noooooo. If they don't get $150,000 they're going to erase the tapes? Likely story. They probably already recorded it and are going to use this money for crack. I fucking hate this band and I am surprised they haven't broken up or died yet.

BikeInPond
November 20th 2012
54 Comments


get over it

XingKing
November 20th 2012
16362 Comments


Thank you for that insightful contribution.

Acanthus
November 20th 2012
9812 Comments


I'd argue that a large portion of the money is going to cover the incentives, but there's a lot up for grabs that the band already owns and mass printing of hoodies isn't that expensive.

If the album is good (aka You'll Rebel To Anything or earlier vibes) I'll be surprised, but I'm not sure they've got it in them.

SCREAMorphine
November 20th 2012
1849 Comments


I hate when bands use Kickstarter

Puzzles
November 20th 2012
3065 Comments


They could have at least ironed the shirts before advertising them...

ILJ
November 20th 2012
6942 Comments


"I hate when bands use Kickstarter"

why? some bands use it because they have to. money grabbing things like this are obviously bullshit (150K, really?) but some bands like hester prynne absolutely need the money to move forward.

XingKing
November 20th 2012
16362 Comments


I think it depends on what it's used for. The Saddest Landscape used Kickstarter to get vinyl presses of their early albums but as long as you donated like.. $15, you were guaranteed a copy. Shit like that is cool. Asking for $150k is not.

TMobotron
November 20th 2012
7253 Comments


Jesus Christ did they actually have the balls to write "Album not included, you can clearly afford to buy that shit separately." on the $5k one? You pay $5k to have your name in the song title (lol) and then you have to go to the store and buy it?

owen
November 20th 2012
5146 Comments


This band and their fanbase are horrible excuses for human beings.
This is disguisting

TomArnoldsArmpit
November 20th 2012
3082 Comments


that's ok

MiniatureHorse
November 20th 2012
908 Comments


Ain't giving those douches shit.

whatshisname
November 20th 2012
179 Comments


I mean...I'm pretty excited for the album xD


MiniatureHorse
November 20th 2012
908 Comments


nononono

adkymo
November 20th 2012
162 Comments


isn't one of them married to gerard way? so surely they can't be that desperate for money.

deathofasalesman
November 20th 2012
8643 Comments


These guys sound like total dickheads.

CutMan
November 20th 2012
1926 Comments


I feel so alone in looking forward to a new album by them...

Trebor.
Emeritus
November 20th 2012
60334 Comments


Forgot this band existed


Trebor.
Emeritus
November 20th 2012
60334 Comments


Their singer is like 43 lol

Ire
November 20th 2012
41944 Comments


gay band

Acanthus
November 20th 2012
9812 Comments


The video is annoying.

bloc
November 20th 2012
70880 Comments


How the hell have they gotten $97 000 in donations?!

Anyway, I only liked Frankenstein Girls and a couple of tracks from the one after.

DotEight
November 20th 2012
5704 Comments


Oh you fooled me, God damnit.

CutMan
November 20th 2012
1926 Comments


Gerard Way is married to Lyn-Z.

haydenslame
November 21st 2012
352 Comments


this is still a band. sigh.

theacademy
Staff Reviewer
November 21st 2012
31880 Comments


like msi

dont give a fuck

theacademy
Staff Reviewer
November 21st 2012
31880 Comments


ultimate dirty dancing soundtrack

HongMeiling
November 21st 2012
45 Comments


You can get the album when it comes out by donating one dollar.
Come on guys, it's not that bad. Plus most of the money, besides going towards recording, is used for producing the merchandise for the people who pledged and stuff. They said it themselves.

Acanthus
November 21st 2012
9812 Comments


I've argued against kickstarter costs before when Figure did one for his album, so I've been wrong on this subject before.

Take a look at what the incentives are. The majority of them the band already has/owns. The hoodies can be purchased at less than $40 per shirt when ordered in bulk, as can the shirts.

The record is planned for a March release, so in all likelyhood the album is at least close to completion already or in a demo state, needing to be produced. I don't know production costs, but lets assume all the above incentives require $50k; $100k for producing is a bit steep, especially in this day and age.

Alternatively, the demo is pretty catchy strangely enough:

http://mindlessselfindulgence.tumblr.com/post/36195540000/herez-your-fucking-demo-good-job-now-get-it-to

whatshisname
November 23rd 2012
179 Comments


Yeah the demo they released sounds fucking amazing



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