OFF Dio/MH

[Jon Jarrett]

On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 nick at THECOMPLETESHEET.COM wrote:

> Sorta like the line from "We Are Motorhead". . .
>
> "We are the ones you heard of, but you've never heard."
>
> Let's put it this way, though:  I'm willing to bet Motorhead sells more t-shirts than Dio sells albums.  And at 35 bucks a pop, I'd rather sell a shirt than a record.  I bet the clothing company takes less off the top than a record label anyway.
>
> >But aren't Motorhead the top band known for selling
> >more t-shirts than
> >actual albums (I'm pretty sure Lemmy even mentions
> >this in his
> >autobiography)?
> >
> >    -Doug (who wouldn't be caught dead wearing a
> >Dio t-shirt!)

        I've seen that bit of autobiography quoted, I think, and it goes
on "but I don't mind, because I get paid more for the t-shirts than I do
for the albums!" or something very much like that. Sad but probably
true... Yours,
                Jon

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