WHAT STARTED OUT WITH A FIRST RELEASE SINGLE ON 1 SEPTEMBER 2016 WAS A CAUSE: "TO RAISE AWARENESS THAT COMMERCIAL RADIO WERE NOT SUPPORTING NEW RELEASE ROCK SONGS - PREFERRING TO PLAY WELL KNOWN CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS ONLY."
THIS BOTHERED ME ABOUT THE FUTURE OF ROCK MUSOS, WHO SEEM TO HAVE FALLEN INTO PLAYING ONLY IN ROCK "TRIBUTE" BANDS AS THAT IS THE ONLY WAY THEY GET GIGS. WHERE WILL NEW ROCK BANDS WRITING "ORIGINAL" SONGS COME FROM? WHO WILL FILL OUR STADIUMS WHEN ALL THE WELL KNOWN ACTS FINALLY RETIRE? BUT THIS CAUSE HAS TODAY GROWN INTO SOMETHING GREATER THAN EVEN I HAD ANTICIPATED. WHILST THE FIRST 5 SONGS HAVE BEEN RELEASED UNDER THE NAME OF THE CAUSE "ROCK IS DEAD" IT IS TIME TO MOVE FORWARD AND FORM A BAND. SO I HAVE DONE JUST THAT AND HAVE GIVEN THE BAND A NAME: ROCK INJUSTICE PERHAPS YOU CAN TAKE THIS AS EITHER "ROCK INJUSTICE" OR "ROCKIN JUSTICE."
EITHER WAY I HOPE THAT AS COLLECTORS OF ALL THINGS ROCK - THAT YOU SUPPORT US: "IF YOU AIN'T GUNNA BUY, ROCK IS GUNNA DIE." AND THAT OF COURSE APPLIES TO ALL GENRES OF MUSIC, NOT JUST ROCK. IT'S TRUE THAT RADIO STATIONS NOW HAVE OVER 4 DECADES OF REALLY GREAT TRACKS TO PLAY - THEY DO NOT REALLY NEED NEW SONGS FOR THEIR RADIO STATION'S BUSINESS. BUT IS THIS IN THE INTEREST OF THE LONGEVITY OF OUR MUSIC INDUSTRY? SO ALONG COMES THE INTERNET..
SUPPORT US AS WE STRIVE TO BRING NEW ROCK SONGS TO THE WORLD WITHOUT RADIO SUPPORT. WATCH US GROW. WITH YOUR $$ SUPPORT - IT IS POSSIBLE IN THIS "NEW AGE OF MUSIC STREAMING" FOR BANDS TO SURVIVE. CHEERS JOHN STUART (100% SOLO WRITER OF ALL SONGS HERE + RECORDING ENGINEER, PRODUCER, MIXING, MASTERING + VIDEO MAKER AND FUNDER - YEP THE WIFE IS GUNNA KILL ME SOON :) OF ALL THINGS ROCK THAT YOU SEE AND HEAR ON HERE).
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