Biohazard Bassist Blasts BitTorrent
Written by enigmax on April 20, 2008The bassist and vocalist of the band Biohazard says that people who ’steal’ media by downloading it are “scumbags” and you better know that if he catches you doing it, he will happily “kick the shit out of you”. But the real problem, he says, are BitTorrent sites.
You get the impression that Biohazard frontman-turned-pornstar Evan Seinfeld isn’t going to be releasing any music for free on file-sharing networks in the near future.
In an interview with Metal Edge, the heavily tattooed self-confessed “sexual deviant pervert” doesn’t pull any punches with his views on file-sharing and doesn’t mind threatening file-sharers with physical violence. All in a day’s work for a rock star.
When it was put to Evan that part of his disillusionment with the music industry might be down to downloading, he said:
Downloading free music is stealing. There’s no other way about it. The same people who don’t have the balls to walk into a record store, take things off the shelf, and put it in their pocket because they are afraid that that are going to get busted think nothing about going on line and downloading a band’s music. That’s the way the band makes a living. If you like that band, you shouldn’t download their music for free because it can make the band go out of business. I know it’s not very rock and roll to say that; all the kids are going ‘fuck Metallica, we are going to steal their music.’ OK, how about if the guys from Metallica will go into your father’s hardware store and steal a hammer off the shelf.
Well Evan, file-sharing is generally a civil issue but stealing a hammer is criminal so, ask any file-sharer, Metallica should go to jail, obviously.
So how does the availability of free porn on the Internet affect Evan’s adult movie business?
Well, it cuts into our revenues. We spend a lot of time and money on attorneys and policing the Internet. We employ special technology to make it harder. You will never get rid of theft completely, but we have to do everything we can to prevent it. There should be some honor amongst people. Do people wake up in the morning, look into the mirror, and say, “I steal other people shit all day”? If so, you should know that you are a scumbag, and if I catch you I will kick the shit out of you.
I think most people are aware that porn stars “employ special technology to make it harder” but Evan, please be advised that “kicking the shit” out of people is a criminal offense (even more serious than Metallica’s blatant hammer theft), and punishable by imprisonment. Much more serious than file-sharing.
While actively trying to combat P2P, Evan notes that due to the way it operates, BitTorrent is more legally challenging.
We send out a lot of legal notices and have sued people. But usually by the time we send the letter they have already taken the stuff down. The real problem is these P2P bit torrent sites because the host of the site says they aren’t legally responsible, even though they really are.
Finally, Evan gives us an insight into why he believes people file-share, and suggests that it’s actually ok to “steal” stuff - as long as you do it to someone who can afford it……said the 4 million record selling musician with a $30m porn empire.
….I think the nature of people is that they want to get something over on someone, see what they can get for free. Personally, as a creative guy, [I feel that] it’s wrong. If you are going to steal from someone, steal programs from Microsoft ‘cause they can afford it, but don’t steal from creative artists who make movies and music and TV programs for your enjoyment because you become part of the problem. You’re a shoplifter. I know it’s very heavy metal to get shit for free. That’s why there are no more hardcore bands out there anymore. They are all out of business. Are you happy you killed it?
To be fair, it’s not quite dead. Biohazard will have a reunion tour this summer and everyone will be heartened to know that according to Evan, they will only be taking on the “highest paying” work.
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if anyone hasnt done so….here’s his email…feedback people!
evanhaz@biohazard.com
apparently im an idiot and many people posted his email. i’ll chalk this under keeping his email on the particular comment page im on…or something…
You mean Biohazard is still around?
His income is mainly from ticket sales to live events. The label he’s signed with makes the most money off of album sales.
If he were intelligent, he’d realize that while piracy of his music might have a slight impact on his record sales, the ticket sales it generates will almost always outweigh that.
Fuck this guy, he was never METAL to begin with. And his whole drivel is “I can’t live in my big ass expensive house with my porn star wife if I don’t make 10 Million a year and not do shit” Fuck you and try to get a job in the real world now where people go without food and struggle to make it day to day.
If I did something that people wanted to download, hell.. that would be satisfying, just knowing I had a fan base. They would obviously not let ya starve if they liked ya enough.
They still make music?
Yeah you are correct sir, why would you want millions of people to listen to your music and pay to see you live because of all the free publicity. Silly us.
i’m so glad a sexual deviant is dictating what is right or wrong. biohazard is the epitome of shit-tastic music. fuck you perv.
my 11 year old daughter is well versed in all things bit torrent, will he kick the shit out of her too if she downloads any of his material? I think not coz I be standing in the way.
So he has never, ever, ever taken a copy of some music from somebody ever in his whole god dam squat life?
Fucking idiot hypocrite.
Just because file-sharing is generally a civil issue doesn’t mean it’s solely a civil issue; it’s still piracy and piracy is criminal offence. Also, r0ck, when music is played on the radio ASCAP collect a fee from the radio station which they pass on to the artist.
Yeah, the guy’s a cock, but by downloading his product (by which I mean media, not his semen) you’re threatening his livelihood. I’m sure you’d all be equally pissed off if people’s illegal activity threatened your livelihoods.
[quote comment="354612"]I’m actually paying to see biohazard in concert tomorrow night, and only knew they existed because of filesharing. I’m sure this clown dubbed tapes for his friends in the 80’s. Hypocrite.[/quote]
Nooo don’t!
Bu if you do, throw something large and heavy at him.
ive known this dude for years. not only has been an asshole forever but hes a fucking retard too. my old bands played with biohazard quite a few times. they were kind of that aging dinosaur that becuase they made it this far people just let them play still. most people laugh when they take the stage…”woo hoo go grandpa!”
[quote comment="355478"]Just because file-sharing is generally a civil issue doesn’t mean it’s solely a civil issue; it’s still piracy and piracy is criminal offence. Also, r0ck, when music is played on the radio ASCAP collect a fee from the radio station which they pass on to the artist.
Yeah, the guy’s a cock, but by downloading his product (by which I mean media, not his semen) you’re threatening his livelihood. I’m sure you’d all be equally pissed off if people’s illegal activity threatened your livelihoods.[/quote]
For the love of logic, no, downloading music is neither piracy nor stealing someone’s livelihood.
Music is not this guy’s fucking product, music is a complex, collective creation of men for the entire fucking mankind .. and strumming a few unoriginal guitars and drums, putting it on a CD and marketing it through a criminal nexus of corporates, does not mean shit.
The whole idea of ‘intellectual copyright’ over something you haven’t ‘created’ in the first place is not only BS but vulgar and demeaning to Human sensibility.
Please tell Mr. Evan Seinfeld that he will get his wish. No one will ever download any of his shit again.
As well as, no one will ever buy any of his records again.
As well as, no one will ever come to any of his shows again.
As well as, no one will ever buy any of his shitty over-priced merchandise again.
One thing that is always 100% true: You go after customers, the customers will stop coming. It’s BUSINESS SENSE.
The only thing that I would ever download that this guy has had ANYTHING to do with are pornos of his wife.
Biohazard is not even a has-been, they’re a once-was. Download some Mastodon instead.
I wake up every morning with a smile on my face and a “I’m gonna steal some shiat” attitude. I go to bed every night on a pile of downloaded DVDs and CDs … the tears of the artists make it more comfortable than it sounds!
“I always though musicians and artists live from the fact that people enjoy sharing their work.”
And that puts food on the table how?
You guys are clueless.
if he wants to liken his artistic work to a hammer thats his problem
[quote comment="355744"]
And that puts food on the table how?
You guys are clueless.[/quote]
Get a real job, music was not a job market to begin with, it was free and it was not untill late people learnt how to mass distribute that music was enough for a full time job, very recently in other words unless you were realy fameous and beutifull, aswell as having a relationship with the president that is.. ;)
Every musician nowadays thinks they are entitled to be able to have it as a full time job, for some that is the reality but it cannot be for every one. Musicians take for granted record labels will take care of them, infact they take all your rights, all your work and do what they want with it for profits, no emotions or thoughts about what you want, you dont exist for them.
If your not good enough your left on the street.
The dinosaurs are not pets, they are always hungry for new artists to exploit and leech from. Artists dont need record labels today, they have world wide distribution and payment systems at their fingertips themselves, the job record labels have artists can do for themselves.
What an idle threat. Nice to throw that out there for all to see how bright and manly you are. Good god, have the balls to present that in a public forum. Why not make yourself available after said public statement, to see who shows up. Be there alone, or with explicit instructions to your manhandlers to not intervene, unless your life is in danger. Then we will see if you can cash that ass kicking check you just wrote. Until then, Good Luck with the golden oldies Biohazard tour.
But it’s ok to steal from microsoft!!!! Now he is a moron…
Yes i do wake up in the morning and look into the mirror and say “yes” I steal other peoples shit all day long. And then i smile, and pat myself on the back….The fact that it’s against the law makes it better for me…I am going to download some biohazzerd music burn it to a cd with some other bands like Prince,Abba,Village people,Metallica of course, and go out on the streetand sell it for .025per disc (cost) and go home look into the mirror and smile knowing i did a good job…Oh yes then im gonna go steal a hammer and smash the master copy all to hell……I AM PIRATE
come visit my site http://www.spycopymp3.info/
Fighting with this guys will be difficult because his winny is such a small target.
I will need to chose something else to hit first, but what?
LONG LIVE BITTORENT!!!!
people above were right…no one wants to see this guys porn or hear his crappy music in the first place!
At least ron jeremy can suck his own cock…what can this guy do?
Aaaa ha ha!
Tell him to go… hug him self!
Wow, I wasn’t aware people were buying Biohazard albums before p2p.
*connect hard drive with all shitty movies / music / games*
*start sharing on ed2k / gnutella
*start seeding
*IRC bots
*uploads to ‘nets
*???
*PROFIT
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