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Real Rock still lives!

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It's sad, but lately a lot of the music I love is released overseas first. Thanks to the internet, I can easily bypass the stupid release schedules of the record labels.

Most recently, the Datsuns put out a new album (Outta Sight/Outta Mind) in the UK. It'll be several months before the disk hits the shelves on U.S. shores. With the help of Amazon.co.uk, I ordered it and had it in my hands within 5 days. All told, it ended up costing me about $18. I could have waited three or four months till it was release here in the US, and saved maybe $5. Some times I'll pay a premium to get something worthwhile that much sooner.

If you love simple, straight ahead “Hard Rock The Way God Intended It”, you need to check the Datsuns out.  You may have heard the single from their first album (“In Love“) on the radio about a year ago.

The band they're closest to is Jet. Sure, I liked Jet's “Get Born“, but Jet is a toned-down version of The Datsuns.  The Datsuns have two guitars, and aren't afraid to use them.  It's open chord, high energy rock'n'roll, ala AC/DC.  There's even actual guitar solos, although the lead guitarist is more akin to Jimmy Page than Angus Young.  I saw them in concert when I lived in Boston, and I spent the next week in awe of how great a show they put on.

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  • Anonymous
    July 08, 2004
    Actually Jet have two guitars too, but you're right, you can hardly tell.
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  • Anonymous
    July 09, 2004
    I still prefer Shihad (or Pacifier as they are now known) to the Datsons. Less Retro, more Rock and Roll, and one of the best NZ bands out there.

    Betchadupa are pretty decent too.

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  • Anonymous
    July 09, 2004
    Yeah Steve, I did get the Datsuns DVD, although I had to get it via eBay. The video quality is pretty lousy, but the Datsun's performance is on par with when I saw them in Boston.
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  • Anonymous
    July 12, 2004
    Sam,

    I never said there were laws. I said that if Microsoft had it's way, there would be no unprotected music released. If you tried to unprotect the music so that you could get your hands on a copy before it was released in your area, that would be under current law a felony.

    Check out http://www.anti-dmca.org/ and read all about how this law makes no sense.

    Regarding DVDs, importing a DVD from a different region isn't illegal (I didn't say it was) but publishers attempt to thwart your efforts by using region coding on DVDs. Read all about it here: http://www.psreporter.com/dvd_region_codes.php

    Finally, bands and publishers can release music whereever they want. It's a business decision that I don't pretend to be up on. But let's be clear. The next generation of music distribution is heading down a road where the band and publisher will be able to not just release it one area, but PREVENT it from being listened to in a geographically different area. That's the effect of DRM.
  • Anonymous
    July 13, 2004
    hi, you better try to download it from p2p (2 hours download), and if you (of course) go in the legal side, ask for it to amazon. ;)
    so, in 2 hours you could start listening your fav music.
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    June 02, 2009
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