Royce

I'm ashamed of my black vinyl. So basic.

Deluxe any day now.......?

First and foremost, fuck you.
 
This has been a place that I have enjoyed for years until the last year or so. That's when the newbz started to come in, rack up 13,000 posts and think they run the fucking place. This whole flipping discussion can fuck off. THIS IS A COLLECTORS FORUM - GET THE FUCK OVER IT. IN COLLECTING, THERE'S FLIPPING. Im fucking sick of hearing it. (im looking at you museummouth)
When this place was in its prime, anything went (im looking at you parkinglot). I was part of the proboards era. All of you new jacks dont know what the fuck this place used to be in it's glory.
You folks have ruined VC. EVERYTHING IS TOO EXPENSIVE. OH NO A CORNER DING! DOES THAT CORNER DING HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE WAY YOUR RECORD SOUNDS? NO. THIS ISNT A FUCKING ART FORUM.
 
Why do you think great members have left?
 
TL;DR
 
lighten the fuck up, listen to your records and enjoy life.
Oh. and this "pop punk " that you just think is great, is a fucking joke. Go listen to Teen Idols.

Where is Who Cares? when you need him?

Considering the guy was a hugely integral part to building the Mondo brand, I personally have no problem with his asking prices. Dude's earned it as far as I'm concerned...

Tried to get one for a friend, was right on it and didn't land one. Should have been an open edition.

I don't want that Pepto Bismol lookin' thing anyway.

Haha, thread title on point.

nah

Sorry if this post is huge but here is the a.o.d. surprise, a ton on little ash cut outs. so rad!!

hahah that song is pretty damn good hahahh

Jamming it now. Pretty good!

Yeah don't need this hahah to me this didn't age well.

Yeah don't need this hahah to me this didn't age well.

Yeah don't need this hahah to me this didn't age well.

i photograph them a lot.....
 
 
this might up their cool factor. 
 

Real human skin necronomicon cover with deadite/blood splatter vinyl. 

Faux leather necronomicon cover with blue and blood splatter vinyl.

I just want a deluxe necronomicon book version, tons of pics and notes inside, with 180 gram black vinyl.

Unfortunately I doubt anyone here has a time machine.

The cover to The Beyond looks sooooooo sick.
 

I just want a deluxe necronomicon book version, tons of pics and notes inside, with 180 gram black vinyl.

I just want a deluxe necronomicon book version, tons of pics and notes inside, with 180 gram black vinyl.

The cover to The Beyond looks sooooooo sick.
 

Ok, I dont come here often (im the evil "bootlegger" btw) , but I was told about a few people here trying to purposely spread a bunch of misinformation and lies about what Im doing, so I have to set the record straight.
 
First off, I dont make any money personally off my records. I have donated over $6000 to various original artists who actually made the original music and raised over $3000 for the charity childsplay. I have spent almost $4000 on lawyer fees securing REAL licenses (not some bullshit "reprint a CD on vinyl" loophole), which is costly and time consuming as fuck to do, which is why doing it from the start would have been IMPOSSIBLE for me as I am not and have never been a rich man.
 
Every other cent from sales goes right back into making more albums. I havent even announced the other LICENSED works I have upcoming because I want to wait until they're actually ready to sell and ship to avoid all this retarded craziness of preorders and resellers because I want my stuff to stand on its own because of the quality and care that went into making them, not because people want to just have them cause they think theyll be able to sell them down the road. Im even making a website for them to make purchasing wayyyy easier and also stop people from ordering a shitload of copies just to resale.
 
Anyway, the main point is, I make these things as a fan of the MUSIC and the vinyl format, for fans of the MUSIC and the vinyl format. If you hate my art, cool, no prob. Doesnt hurt my feelings. Dont like my choices for music? Fine, dont buy my stuff. I make records that I want people to actually play and enjoy, not to have collecting dust on a shelf cause they're "collectable". But when people on here try and claim that Im just trying to make a quick buck off the current video game vinyl trend, its laughable, because for one, Im partly responsible for spurring it on and two how many "bootleggers" would even care to use actual rips from nsf, spc, etc files and have then have them mastered by a real audio engineer, out of pocket, specifically for vinyl? Or spend extra money for heavy paper stock jackets, or have custom etchings specific to the game, carved into the matrix info area? If I was concerned about making a bunch of money I could easily repress Mega Man 2 or Zelda, which would be infinitely cheaper and easier than investing a bunch of money into new releases and licenses, but I have respect the people who use their hard earned cash to buy my releases and I feel like I owe those people who support what Im doing, with keeping promises Ive made to not devalue their purchases.
 
And as for the people that hate that all the albums are based on classic album covers, there is actually a thought out reason for that. I feel like game music is looked down upon as not being "real" art. The classic cover idea is a direct statement that these soundtracks are our "classic albums" and being on vinyl, I thought it would be a cool idea to make a cohesive running idea, that took the most iconic album covers of the vinyl era and juxtaposed the two, to give weight to the music within as legit works of timeless, real art, and not just some nerdy nostalgic garbage. I know Im not a great artist or anything, but I try the best I can and if you dont like it, then I more than welcome you to come upstage me, cause I would fucking buy it cause I love having game soundtracks on vinyl, regardless of who is making them.
 
And also for the record for all the haters, the new label, which all the licensed stuff will be on, will all have original covers, not based on anything but the games, so you dont have to worry anymore about "parody" stuff. But they will be all original art assets (not all by me either), so if you just want a bunch of boring stock game art, you will still be very disappointed. Also fuck you, for being a boring piece of shit that allows companies to make the same tired ass stock garbage that takes no effort or creativity at all to make.
 
P.S. Sorry this is so long yall. But I had to say my piece.