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March 27, 2008

Vote in Wired's Reznor vs. Radiohead: Innovation Smackdown

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Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails have been taking turns giving the music industry the finger. The British band made headlines last October for releasing In Rainbows without the support (read: control) of a record label, and Trent Reznor’s group followed suit with last month’s Ghosts I-IV.

The two bands have also been busy one-upping each other with their innovative promotion strategies. We were tempted to let the groups coexist peacefully at the forward edge of digital distribution until Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor accused Radiohead of betraying fans by selling them low-quality files. In light of Reznor’s accusations, we put together a 10-round, voting-enabled smackdown to find out which band is really blazing the trail of innovation.


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3 Comments

#1 CL says:

Reznor. He's more transparent and wonderfully pissed off.

#2 Oh Wired says:

Anything to generate hits to your shitty online website

#3 emily says:

people seem to be forgetting that VAST has been doing digital releases since 2004. i'm not aware of who else has been doing this,but i remember VAST and being the first group or artist to do it that i heard about.


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