Has Timo Tolkki run to the end of his course?

[miditek]

If nothing else, Tolkki will remain alive and well, at least on the message boards, Blabbermouth, and the Finnish tabloids. He will continue to write, produce, and perform, and it's quite likely that someone with as much experience as he has, chances are there will be some cool projects in the future. I would much rather see him being known as a musician and producer than a fucking drama queen.

With all of this excitement and endless speculation, one would think that this thing has almost turned into a guessing game about the Second Coming of JCH- (Jesus Christ Himself).

As far as the record labels go- I think that the Eagles did a great job with "Long Road Out of Eden"- it was a double-CD that was priced at about $12.00 USD- available exclusively at Wal-Mart (or off of their web site) they got twice the normal royalty rate ($4.00 per unit), sold 3.1 million copies domestically, and at least another 3 million worldwide- and in the end, Asylum Records got not red cent of any of it! I just love happy endings.

On the flip side of the coin, bands like Metallica keep releasing one shitty album after the other, Lars whining about illegal downloads, and then adopts a business model of suing their customers- or the parents.

[stratohawk]

You are so right, Miditek. *sigh*

[Rebel]

If nothing else, Tolkki will remain alive and well, at least on the message boards, Blabbermouth, and the Finnish tabloids. He will continue to write, produce, and perform, and it's quite likely that someone with as much experience as he has, chances are there will be some cool projects in the future. I would much rather see him being known as a musician and producer than a fucking drama queen.

With all of this excitement and endless speculation, one would think that this thing has almost turned into a guessing game about the Second Coming of JCH- (Jesus Christ Himself).

As far as the record labels go- I think that the Eagles did a great job with "Long Road Out of Eden"- it was a double-CD that was priced at about $12.00 USD- available exclusively at Wal-Mart (or off of their web site) they got twice the normal royalty rate ($4.00 per unit), sold 3.1 million copies domestically, and at least another 3 million worldwide- and in the end, Asylum Records got not red cent of any of it! I just love happy endings.

On the flip side of the coin, bands like Metallica keep releasing one shitty album after the other, Lars whining about illegal downloads, and then adopts a business model of suing their customers- or the parents.

I kinda liked St. Anger, the song at least, it's all I've heard off the album, and I love it.

[StratoFabio]

I guess: YES