Selling Out To Scion

[snookams]

so, after punkmar brought this to my attention, i did some quick searching and found out more info. here's a link to a super biased (in favor of magrudergrind) metal page thing....basically, scion (aka toyota) is funding magrudergrind so that they can put out their new EP for free. Apparently, scion has also been sponsering metal/grind shows so that they can also be free. here's the link for more info.....let them eat cake i suppose

http://www.metalinjection.net/editorials/magrudergrind-release-ep-scion-complaining-sand-vagina

[snookams]

ah fuck...spelled it wrong...magrudergrind*

[punkmar77]

The Great Scion's Disciples.....so far

The Spits
Dan Melchior
Human Eye
Sex Beet
Strange Boys
Natural Child
No Bunny
Jacuzzi Boys
Kid Congo Powers and the Pink Monkey Birds
Hunx and his Punx
Oblivians
Andre Ethier
Cheap Time
Bomb
Bad Sports
Black Lips
Pierced Arrows
Dirtbombs
Davilla 666
Jack Oblivian and the Tennessee Tearjerkers
Mannequin Men
Municipal Waste.......
Integrity............................
Ceremony........................................
Pulling Teeth
Blacklisted
Ringworm
Acid Tiger
Magrudergrind
Trash Talk
Nails
Iron Age
Fuck The Facts
Fight Amp
Best Coast
The Almighty Defenders
Brimstone Howl
Cola Freaks
Digital Leather
Gentleman Jesse and His Men
Gories
Lamps
Lover
Rooftop Vigilantes
Sonic Chicken 4
Strange Boys
White Wires
Raveonettes
The Pony's
King Khan and the Shrines
Cloud Nothings
Thee Oh Sees
Times New Viking
Nodzzz
Happy Birthday
GayeB
Teenanger
Garotas Suecas
Brutal Truth
Dirty Rotten Imbeciles
Saviours
Thou
Baroness
Kylesa
Neurosis
Toxic Holocaust

thanks to Mariam Bastani editor of MMR for compiling this list....

[DirtyRottenThrashPunk]

On the one hand, it's awesome that the Magrudergrind release was made free...on the other, Scion's agenda behind this shit is pretty damn obvious, even if they aren't making money off it. They wanna make themselves seem "hip" or whatever, and by extension Toyota seem hip...so yeah, I'll still listen to Magrudergrind (and Neurosis, Brutal Truth, Municipal Waste, and any other bands I enjoy who have dealt with Scion), but fuck Scion/Toyota regardless.

[punkmar77]

[DirtyRottenThrashPunk]

It's sad how many good bands are on there haha...

[snookams]

wow...this suddenly became more depressing. toyota has to pay for all those losses because of their brake problems some way. brutal truth is the one that surprised me the most.....from splits with spazz to selling out with scion, the brutal truth is now apparant hehe....

i guess grind can't talk shit on emo anymore....

[ungovernable]

wtf ? i don't understand how toyota can be benefit of funding these bands... are they making advertisements for toyota in return ?

[punkmar77]

Where does Diatribe sign up to sell the fuck out? HAHAHAHAHAHA
Never! I'd rather die a severe and humiliating death than do that shit....

[JesusCrust]

The fuck. And the plot thickens...

[JesusCrust]

Scion Rock Fest!



Cannibal Corpse and DRI really?

I knew there was a reason why I didn't like those bands, and now its apparent.


But fuck Roky Erickson?
Now my spirits are dampened.

[JesusCrust]

Wait, Neurosis too? I'm not a big fan, but damn.

[ungovernable]

Maybe we could ask them to sponsor Anarcho-punk.net, take the money, and run away....

just kidding lol

[Caps]

I don't quite understand what the problem is. Does the company give the bands money in the hope of making money by association? Do the bands have to buy Toyota vans? Or do shout outs at gigs? Could it not be that Toyota merely sponsor gigs of a somewhat extreme nature and these bands end up on the bills? I wouldn't want my ep funded by Scion or whatever but for a lot of these bands, I can't see what the big ball-drop is here. The worst seems to be The Melvins spray-painted on the side of the car in their flyer - cringe!

[JesusCrust]

Maybe we could ask them to sponsor Anarcho-punk.net, take the money, and run away....

just kidding lol

Online shoplifting.

Just take the ad, but tell everyone here to ignore it.
Put it in the points of unity or something: "just ignore the Toyota ad"

EDIT: I'm obviously kidding also, just in case no one noticed...

[Caps]

Put it in the points of unity or something: "just ignore the Toyota ad"

[JackNegativity]

It's sad how many good bands are on there haha...

Seriously. Rwake...Kylesa...Neurosis


I thought Wolves in the Throne Room were supposed to be Anarcho Primitivist

[snookams]

wtf ? i don't understand how toyota can be benefit of funding these bands... are they making advertisements for toyota in return ?

yep. toyota/scion has their name up on band's albums and shows, and the bands get to do free stuff. so basically, they've become the ultimate sponser/label for these bands.

and no, the bands don't have to buy toyota products, nor do they make any money- they just have recording and shows paid for them in full via toyota product placement.

i think the problem with this is obvious considering the fact they (the bands) are supporting one of the biggest capitalist and ecologically damaging forms of business there is.....

this post has been brought to you buy the scion tc

[snookams]

wow....fucking thou is part of this too? i just don't understand why toyota thinks they can make money off of these bands that are only known by those within the DIY scene in the first place....save of course shit like mastadon and cannibal corpse....i guess those bands are the hook.

[SurgeryXdisaster]

I had no Idea that Scions were so fucking Brütal