Mindless Self Indulgence VS iTunes

[CyberPitz]

Mindless Self Indulgence have been asked by iTunes to change the genre that they are filed under. Presently MSI is filed with their distributor as 'Religious/Inspirational' because of their devout fan base and cult-like following (currently having shipped 180,000 CD's in the last year alone). Apparently this has angered some extremely conservative Christian organizations who have filed complaints with the digital music giant to get the band's music removed from that category. Several Christians seemed to have purchased the seemingly offensive material, on faith, even though it clearly was marked as being explicit material. Part of what seemed to annoy them was how well MSI's album, "You'll Rebel To Anything", sold, reaching Number 27 on the iTunes Christian/Gospel charts! When asked what he thought of this controversy, MSI's singer, Jimmy Urine had this to say: "It was iTunes, not us, that interpreted "religious" to mean Christian/Gospel. What is offensive to some people is obviously inspirational to others. To our fans this IS inspirational music. I have no intention of changing the genre listing of this album."

I find this quite hilarious, personally. Religious nuts will buy anything under that category, even if it says otherwise. For those who don't know who MSI is, they are a punk rock/techo/crazy shit band. They have their offensive tracks, but it takes a little bit of them to wear on you, though a lot of the population dislikes them. I just found this entertaining...any MSI fan will get a chuckle..at least.

 

[DeusExMachina]

I hate that band so much.

But kudos to them.

 

[sinkoman]

Because we all know that when you're a Christian, it is NEVER your fault.

 

[NeptuneUK]

Dudes got christi0wned!

 

[Bad^Hat]

Haha, nice. If it's religious it must be christian. Well played.

 

[Qonfused]

Rofl.

 

[Geogaddi]

I was about to make a thread on this. Jimmy Urine is my hero.

 

[CyberPitz]

I was about to make a thread on this. Jimmy Urine is my hero.

True
That.

It's great on how they work themselves around....I like how they are keeping with themselves, and not selling out. The fact that their new stuff is selling alot, was on the top dance single sales chart a while ago, it's just good to see them finally getting light and people not instally hearing 1/3 of a song and going, "WORST BAND EVER!"

 

[JNightshade]

That's f*cking hilarious.

 

[CyberPitz]

That's f*cking hilarious.

....
You're link in your sig = funny.