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Depeche Mode attack the X Factor and Simon Cowell

Electronic rock legends Depeche Mode have hit out at The X Factor and it’s media mogul head Simon Cowell, launching a scathing attack on the programme and how it’s made today’s music business ‘pretty horrible’.

The band, who tour the world throughout the summer months of 2013, have made their thoughts on the talent contest show clear - claiming that they think Simon Cowell should be ‘shot’, an opinion many belonging to the rock scene share.

Speaking to Music Week, bandmember Martin Gore said: “I’m not advocating violence, but I think somebody should shoot Simon Cowell! His influence in the music industry over the last God knows how many years it’s been now... it’s just like, so many people think that that's what music is. What happened to bands getting together? They are very few and far between now and the ones that do probably can’t afford to get into a studio and make a record.”

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atrum_silva 19th-Nov-2012 11:23 pm (UTC)

The kings have spoken. Bow.

Indeed!!!!

oblivious_frog 19th-Nov-2012 11:24 pm (UTC)

I need my NYC dates like now.

marywebgirl 19th-Nov-2012 11:28 pm (UTC)

I bet they're going to skip fucking Seattle again.

blckcelebrtion 20th-Nov-2012 04:01 am (UTC)

they need to show new orleans some love for real. i know i'm going to drive out to see them somewhere in the south (if we're so lucky) but help a sister out pls

oasisfan 19th-Nov-2012 11:34 pm (UTC)

Yes, this. I'll be trekking across the country. My sister said to me "Why see the show more than once? it's the same show!" SMH.

christinalina 19th-Nov-2012 11:30 pm (UTC)

I see no lies.

hollis1975 19th-Nov-2012 11:32 pm (UTC)

<3 them!

musicnextdoor 19th-Nov-2012 11:33 pm (UTC)

I love Depeche, but, dude, please express your views without advocating violence.

soramai 19th-Nov-2012 11:37 pm (UTC)

... but I think somebody should shoot Simon Cowell!

what ? nope

chewmi 19th-Nov-2012 11:43 pm (UTC)

can this just turn into an electronic music post i need new music

genbu_no_miko24 19th-Nov-2012 11:47 pm (UTC)

“It’s a pretty horrible business today really, I’ve got to say. You have to be tough and you've got to be thick skinned because there are going to be things written about you that you’re not going to like. You’re going to get scrutinized, your work will not always be liked and if they do like something really a lot they’re probably not going to like the next thing and compare it to the last thing. It takes a time for a band to grow if they’re any good. We were lucky that we were taken under the wing of Daniel Miller who never once in the studio said, ‘Where’s the hit song?’”

LOL TODAY?! The music industry and every type of industry has been like that since the dawn of time!! Okay so maybe you're manager never said "where's the hit songs?!" but that doesn't mean every other band/ or singer had the same experience.

Record labels have been dropping artists since forever due to lackluster singles and flop albums..

evridis 19th-Nov-2012 11:51 pm (UTC)

MTE

genbu_no_miko24 19th-Nov-2012 11:57 pm (UTC)

*your manager

-__-

piratesswoop 19th-Nov-2012 11:48 pm (UTC)

yawn @ old white rockers bitching about not getting enough recognition, call me when modern music starts to give black people more credit for all the shit they've stolen from them

Edited at 2012-11-19 11:50 pm (UTC)

rkt 20th-Nov-2012 02:18 am (UTC)

see, now this negative comment actually has brains

piratesswoop 19th-Nov-2012 11:50 pm (UTC)

I’m not advocating violence, but I think somebody should shoot Simon Cowell!

I’m not advocating violence

but I think somebody should shoot Simon Cowell!

??????????

scorpionbreeze 20th-Nov-2012 02:46 am (UTC)

yeah I was coming here for this.

Wut. Didn't we just have a post about how awful it is to send death threats to Taylor Swift and it makes you disgusting, but this.. is.. okay?

Lol ontd.