GNR had the biggest selling debut album of all time. 18 million in the US alone. They were the biggest band in the world back in the early 90s. Up there with the likes of U2 and Pink Floyd. It's not going to be hard for them to sell 20000 tix today. Priest have never had anything more than mid level success and it's not down to Gull records. It's down to the fact that they have been inconsistant to the extent of alienating some of their fans and not sticking to their guns the way the likes of Maiden and AC/DC have. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Head banger from Monday, December 13, 2010 3:28:53 PM)
Head banger wrote:
I get that consistancy is the best sales formula, and it works for maiden and acdc. I dont get GNR selling a ton of tix this year. I get also that rob left, and that hurt, they had either 2 albums in 12 years or none, depending on how you count it.
even touring painkiller with megadeath and testament they didnt sell out here. ok, testament was fairly unknown then, and the tour got fuck all for promo, but still. maiden sold out that year, and every tour I can think of since, except the final frontier, which was close to a sell out.
I guess their consistancy is the downfall. I personaly lay some of it at Gull records door. the fact that you could go to a store every week, find a different cover or name, only to find you already had every song there three times over pissed me off.
