I have nothing against shows like American Idol if they truly launch great singers. That hasn’t really been the case yet, but I’m just saying you shouldn’t automatically hate someone just because he’s been on that show. But I guess this objective, unbiased thinking is the opposite of what some users on Blabbermouth are like.
Not to slam the site or anything, it’s the greatest source for metal news and the people writing comments are hilarious, but let’s be honest, if your claim to fame is a singing competition and you want to enter the ‘rock’ industry, expect people to be mean.
This is what American Idol alum James Durbin had to say about the site (and its users):
“That’s the whole thing about Blabbermouth. The people that are writing the articles are giving me great reviews and that’s all that matters to me. For every one person that is writing a bad comment, there are a hundred people saying great things. I’ve looked at Blabbermouth long before I was doing anything on this scale and I knew that people have always written stuff like that. It doesn’t matter if it’s someone from “Idol” or if it’s Dave Grohl, there are always nasty people out there. Like I said, for every one person that writes something nasty, a hundred people are saying something great. As soon as you see that nasty comment, that’s what kills you. It’s like, ‘Really? Am I really?’ I don’t read that stuff.“
Read full article here.
“You don’t read that stuff” but here you are saying you read that stuff. My advice to musicians who read about themselves on Blabbermouth: You are successful, rich, and you’re getting laid. You’re the total opposite of most people who comment on these sites.
