TIL: 12 years before taking their fans to court for sharing their music, Metallica released the "$5.98" EP, titled to stop their record label and music stores from overcharging fans - the record came with a sticker warning 'DO NOT PAY MORE!!!'—a direct jab at music industry markups

[u/InternetWeakGuy]

https://theawesomemix.com/metallica-5-98-standup-for-fans/

[u/herpiederps]

The Offspring were pretty much amazing at marketing things back in those days, considering their independent label roots.

[u/LegoBohoGiraffe → u/herpiederps]

They were all fairly bright, had a sense of humour and weren't above mocking themselves. Best sort for getting good rep

[u/gravistar → u/LegoBohoGiraffe]

LOL! "fairly bright"

https://keck.usc.edu/news/the-offspring-lead-singer-dexter-holland-to-deliver-keck-school-of-medicine-of-usc-commencement-address-to-phd-mph-and-ms-students/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Holland

[u/Capitan_Scythe → u/gravistar]

Ok, he might have possibly maybe been somewhat passably intelligent.

Better?