Kid Rock : Boy Cott
Kid Rock has spoke to the BBC over the iTunes store, and publicly letting the world know why he won’t sell his music in the largest music store in the US. After hearing the success of iTunes hitting the big 5 billion, It’s hard to comprehend why a musician might not want to be in the store.
Despite not being on the online music shop, his album made it to number one in the US last year. His reasoning for not selling his music through the service is based on claims that iTunes is stuck on a model in which the artists do not get paid and Apple and the labels do.
Don’t think he’s all bad. Kid Rock famously stood up to the record labels when they asked him to fight against music theft and responded with the fact that they had been stealing from artists forever and they now wanted to stand up for them. Kid Rock was turning into a man. Some of the albums from his repertoire are on the iTunes store in various forms but he is one of only a few major bands including The Beatles and AC/DC who aren’t on the store.
Are these bands going to survive without being on iTunes or will they make it their own way. What do you think?
