In an adhoc manner and not taking into consideration anything like market trends, band dynamics (i.e. side projects, extensive tours etc) etc, I thought I would look into the amount of releases in the first ten years from debut, from some of legendary bands, and compare it to contemporary high flyers, and Nickleback.
- Black Sabbath: 9 albums (including 1980's Heaven and Hell, 18 total)
- Iron Maiden: 8 albums (including 1990's No Prayer for the Dying, 15 total)
- Judas Priest: 9 albums (including 1984's Defenders of the Faith, 16 total)
- AD/DC: 9 international albums (14 international albums in total)
- Led Zepplin: 8 albums (including 1979's In through the Our Door, 9 total)
Versus:
- Slipknot: 4 albums (4 total)
- Lamb of God: 5 albums (6 total)
- Machinehead: 5 albums (7 total)
- Tool: 3 albums (4 total)
- Nickleback: 5 albums (7 total)
I am not suggesting that this is indicative of any trend, and I have just randomly picked out band names that I consider to be money earners and have 10years or more existence behind them.
All that I am saying is that, on the surface, it looks interesting that the big legendary names became such by hard word in the making albums department, and that now-a-days there seems to be an overall understanding that money isn't made by selling records, but the number of records put out by bands is a lot less, as much as half in this tiny tiny sample.
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