MusicRuinsLives

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Leader: inmemoryofthom
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Created on: 18 Oct 2010
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we put out music.

Don't think of this as a mission statement, because it isn't -- this is an apology.

An apology to you, the reader, for getting dragged into the mess we've created here.

An apology to everyone in our lives that saw so much potential go to waste because, instead, we just had to follow our dreams to make music our life.

But most of all, this is an apology to ourselves, for being too goddamn obsessive to stop while we had the chance.

We don't do drugs here at Music Ruins Lives, but we exist as junkies nonetheless -- trapped in the never-ending chase to feed an addiction that's worse than anything based in substance, because hell, it's everywhere, everybody does it, and it's so socially acceptable the kids're getting hooked before they can even read. No one ever expects going in to have to push off payments and skip a few meals here and there in order to free up enough cash to sate the urges, but that's the reality of the situation we've put ourselves in, one that deserves no more or less pity than is cast upon those shaking with the sickness of withdrawal -- what we pop in aren't pills, but cassettes and compact discs; our needles hit record grooves instead of veins. It's disgusting.

But it's unavoidable at this point.

We're in so deep, even searching doesn't bring us what we need, and the decision has been made to start cooking up our own batches of the stuff, with no concern for our own health or safety. It's too late for us anyway.

There is no "label ideal" here at Music Ruins Lives -- no genre restrictions, no aspirations, no real semblance of quality control: if it gives us and gets us what we need, we'll handle the project, because at the end of the day, that's all that matters at this point. Involved artists will end up in a better situation than they were in before they heard the rather unappealing name, and we'll most likely not. But it'll be enough to carry us through to the next score.

You've gotten your cautionary tale. We've got nothing but regrets. And music for you to check out.

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  • guidehand

    that preview for that new release is bumpin

    14 days ago

  • inmemoryofthom

    @jmerrick amazing!!!

    last month

  • JMerrick

    Haha... a local store where I live was shut down for selling illegal bath salts. Not lying.

    last month

  • inmemoryofthom

    @blackspawnden we asked them but i think they want to keep it digital for now.

    last month

  • Blackspawnden

    Please say you will be doing a physical release of No Youth by Wreck and Reference.

    last month

  • JMerrick

    Well, at least MRL 31 will be.

    last month

  • MIPQ

    yeah every other band is positively upbeat

    last month

  • inmemoryofthom

    MRL has never really claimed to be gloomy. that's strictly a PFB thing.

    last month

  • IreSeven

    music ruins lives coming out of winter hibernation? that's not very gloomy.

    last month

  • inmemoryofthom

    FINALLY PUT UP THE BOOK OF SAND! we ordered everything already but won't be shipping them out until I get back from London.

    March 2012

  • inmemoryofthom

    me.

    March 2012

  • JMerrick

    Which one's the bear?

    March 2012

  • inmemoryofthom

    no lolz hummers....anyways Book Of Sand is coming together finally. MRL coming out of our winter hibernation.

    March 2012

  • JMerrick

    and someone is gutting lolz hummers

    March 2012

  • guidehand

    he's too busy blasting the beats

    March 2012

  • inmemoryofthom

    im too busy with these bass drops.

    February 2012

  • AmberSanity

    yo JFK 112263 is the 100th member, are you guys srs about sending them bathsalts

    February 2012

  • AmberSanity

    ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD [2]

    February 2012

  • fshnfvr

    wat

    February 2012

  • guidehand

    I put slowed down bass drops followed by breakdowns (witch haus remix) with blast beats and black metal guitars on a mixtape for you (featuring Chris Brown, Kanye West, the Hypnotoad, and Wrest) being played at the end of the world... YO CHRIS BROWN, ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD BRRRRRRRRRRZZZZZZZ OMG THE WORLD IS ENDING AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH SCREECHHHHHHH -WORLD EXPLODE-

    February 2012
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