Killswitch Engage vokalisti kertoo yhtyeen taloudellisista asioista

Yhdysvaltalaisen metalcore -yhtye Killswitch Engagen vokalisti Jesse Leach on antanut hiljattain haastattelun Hatebreed -vokalisti Jamey Jastan vetämälle ”The Jasta Show”:lle, jossa kertoo yhtyeen olevan riippuvainen kiertueilla myydyistä vaatteista säilyäkseen kiinni leivän syrjässä. Voit lukea Jesse Leachin mietteitä aiheen tiimoilta tästä:

”What people don’t realize, ’cause a lot of people assume I [rejoined] KILLSWITCH and I’m rich, which is a joke; I mean, look at my neighborhood. You know what I mean?! But the one saving grace that we have on tours where we break even is we’ll wait for the merch numbers to come in. Those kids who spend that 20, 30 bucks on a t-shirt and a CD or whatever — wristbands, belt buckles, whatever we have to offer — that stuff makes a huge difference at the end of a tour. When those numbers come in, it’s like breathing a sigh of relief, because when you’re out on a tour…”

Leach added: ”I mean, people know this hopefully, but for those that don’t, the amount of money a band spends to go on tour, sometimes you come home and you don’t make money, because you spent enough money on stage stuff, on tour buses, or whatever. So t-shirts are huge, and buying a record is huge. So all that. It’s a trickle-down effect. That’s what’s gonna help a band have longevity, and sort of decide whether they’re gonna tour or not gonna tour based on the numbers.”

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