Hard Rock Haven recently caught up with FREAKSHOW / QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali to discuss Freakshow's new self-titled debut. An excerpt is available below:

Q: The marketing and launching of a new band have changed so dramatically since the ‘80s. Now, newer bands today have MySpace and iTunes versus MTV. What are your thoughts on this?

Banali: "MySpace is great to have, but I think of it as more social than business insofar as exposure on a professional or industry level, though they are immediate and far reaching nonetheless. ITunes and Amazon, in a way, fill the void of all the record stores and outlets that have simply ceased to exist."

Q: Back in the ‘80s, there was vinyl. What are your thoughts on all the new technology that has been developed since the heyday? What are some of the pros and cons of vinyl versus digital?

Banali: "The only 'pro' is that the audio quality of the CD product is excellent. The disastrous 'con' is that, unlike the sound issues with vinyl and the generational audio loss on cassettes, a CD is representative in audio quality of a master recording. This and the advent of home recording, copying of released CDs has killed the music industry by providing a product that can be copied, shared and illegally downloaded over the internet. The labels make less money, and the artists make even less than ever. This has a stifling effect on every aspect of the music industry. There is no secret that there is barely a music industry that is active any longer, or active as we once knew it. It is becoming increasingly impossible for bands to tour these days and make any sort of living doing it."

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