Famous band’s member ‘never once received a royalty’ for millions of albums
Staind has sold millions of records , but guitarist Mike Mushok has never seen a dime of it.
The musician spilled the tea on the predatory nature of record labels in an recent interview on the "The KiddChris Show."
"Listen, I've sold I don't know how many millions of records, and I've never once received a royalty from the record company after — whatever — 20, whatever, 25 years," Mushok said.
"We haven't been on the label since, I don't know, 2011 was the last record we put out of Atlantic. And yeah, we still owe them money," the guitarist said. "They have to be paid off...I think we're saying, like another three years of we paid off and I'll actually start making royalties on our record at some point."
Mushok was part of the original lineup of Staind that came together in Springfield in 1995. The band has released eight studio albums including the platinum-certified "Dysfunction," "Break the Cycle," "14 Shades of Grey" and "Chapter V." Staind also has two gold singles: "It's Been a While" and "Right Here."
Mushok also expressed the hopes that he'll eventually be able to get the rights to Staind's music.
"Yeah, so supposedly after 35 years, the masters are supposed to revert back to you, but I was talking to our attorney about that, and he said that no label ever lets you do that," he said. "They try to buy you out and give you money so they continue to own the masters — unless you fight them."
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