Ongoing History Daily: When the music industry had money…

July 10, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments

Before CD sales completely tanked, there was plenty of money flowing through the music industry to stage interesting, fun, and weird promotional campaigns to promote albums. For a while, it seemed to be a thing for bands to play a set for fans aboard an airplane.

In November, 28, 2005, Korn (together with MTV Europe), held a contest for fans and soldiers on leave in which the prize was a seat on a plane with a flight plan from London to New York, passing over both Iceland and Greenland. The band had to set up in an emergency bulkhead row and played a four-song set using battery powered practice amps and a kid-sized drumkit. Singer Jonathan Davis sang over the plane’s PA system.

When the plane landed, everyone when to a gig that was filmed for a DVD. They don’t have many contests like that anymore.

Alan Cross

is an internationally known broadcaster, interviewer, writer, consultant, blogger and speaker. In his 40+ years in the music business, Alan has interviewed the biggest names in rock, from David Bowie and U2 to Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters. He’s also known as a musicologist and documentarian through programs like The Ongoing History of New Music.

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