AIDS-lääkkeen hintaa törkeästi nostanut Martin Shkreli osallisena Thursdayn vokalistin luotsaamassa Collect Recordsissa
Maailmaa hiljattain vihastuttanut AIDS-lääkkeen hintaa 13,50 dollarista aina 750 dollariin per pilleri nostanut Martin Shkreli on paljastunut osakkaaksi Thursdayn vokalistin Geoff Ricklyn luotsaamaan Collect Recordsiin. Shkreli on ollut levy-yhtiössä nimetön osakas ja laittanut siihen rahaa yli 600 000 dollaria. Levy-yhtiön yhtyeet ovat tiedosta näreissään ja monet yhtyeet kuten esimerkiksi Sick Feeling ja Creepoid ovat sanoutuneet suoraan irti Collect Recordsin toiminnasta. Kumpikaan yhtyeistä ei suostu olemaan sen kanssa missään tekemisissä niin kauan, kuin Shkreli toimii yhtiön taustalla. Geoff Rickley on paljastanut Martin Shkrelin kanssa päättyneen yhteistyön seurauksena levy-yhtiön todennäköisesti lopettavan toimintsa. Mies on kommentoinut asiaa seuraavasti:
“This is going to end the career of the record label, no doubt. If I were a band on the label I would be having a serious crisis of faith right now. The amount of money I have in the bank doesn’t cover my outstanding invoices. It’s devastating.”
Nykyisin No Devotion -yhtyeessä vaikuttava Geoff Rickley on hiljattain kuitenkin ilmoittanut lopettaneensa yhteistyön Martin Shkrelin kanssa tapahtuneen johdosta. Voit lukea miehen viestin aiheesta tästä:
“Today, Collect Records — with the support and encouragement of all of our artists — have agreed to fully sever our relationship with Martin Shkreli, effective immediately.
When I decided to get into business with Martin, we took him on as a patron. He was completely silent and allowed us to do business as we pleased. His only ask was that we sign bands that we believed could make great art given the right environment and not to focus on a profit, no matter how dire the bottom line.
Never in a million years did any of us expect to wake up to the news of the scandal that he is now involved in. It blindsided and upset us on every level. As such, we know it is impossible for us to continue having any ties with him. For my part, I’ve always strived to make Collect a place that was so liberal, encouraging, and artist-friendly that no one would ever walk away from us willingly, though to do so at any time would be very easy. To that end, I hope that our bands continue to believe in our guidance and passion. Any of them that have had an incurable crisis of confidence will be allowed to leave with nothing but the kind of encouragement that we’ve built our label on.
For all the kind words of encouragement that I’ve received over the past two days, I’m forever grateful.
From all here at Collect Records, thank you.”
Nähtäväksi jää tuleeko levy-yhtiö lopulta jatkumaan vai kaatumaan.
Lähde: ThePRP