Anthrax drummer says Spotify is where “music goes to die”

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Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante has shared his thoughts on streaming within the music industry and why Spotify is “where music goes to die”.Benante, who has been with the thrash metal band for four decades, recently spoke to The Irish Times, where he was asked how much the music industry has changed over the last 40 years.The drummer replied: “There is no music industry.

That’s what has changed. There is nothing any more. There are people listening to music, but they are not listening to music the way music was once listened to.”He continued, expanding on the part digital streaming has had to play: “The industry of music was one of things hit the worst and nobody did anything about it.

They just let it happen. There was no protection, no nothing. Subconsciously this may be the reason why we don’t make records every three years or whatever because I don’t want to give it away for free.“It is like I pay Amazon $12.99 a month and I can just go on Amazon and I can get whatever I want.

It is basically stealing. It is stealing from the artist – the people who run music streaming sites like Spotify. I don’t subscribe to Spotify.