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Originally Posted by Old Joysey
Jon's decision to leave because he didn't accept the new terms of his contract so the Universal execs gave him an ultimatum: "join or leave".
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He's lucky if he got to do ANY negotiating -- it was probably more like: "Either get Richie back, get off your publishing and touring income, or get lost!"
And do you remember a conversation we had nearly a year ago about
the aftermath of Queensryche?
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Originally Posted by Old Joysey
A band is like a sexless marriage and when there's a divorce it gets as ugly as can be...
(A)s a rule, record companies DO care about the band line-up when it's about renegotiating the record deal, especially when there's a problem between songwriters and frontmen (they're not necessarily the same guys) because the sound and the image of the band are what sell.
So when Jon laughs and says that Richie's departure is "no big deal... the record company doesn't care", if he really thinks so (and I dare hope he's smarter than this) he's only fooling himself...
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Originally Posted by rocknation
...(T)he buyout of (singer) Geoff (Tate) most likely included giving him the rights to the entire Queensryche back catalog -- leaving them so broke, they're trying to pay their newest members with crowdfunding...
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Originally Posted by rocknation
A cautionary tale for Jon and Richie: Tread carefully -- both of you -- or this could be your future!
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