[darkanddivine]

Originally Posted by Scarecrow

Aside from the collectors and the lapsed/casual fans, I would imagine there will be plenty out there who still love the Manics, attend every tour, still listen to them, but have simply stopped buying physical copies of albums (by any artist) and don't care where they get in the charts.

I started noticing some friends getting rid of their music collections in favour of streaming and downloads over a decade ago, add to that those who don't have room in their homes or they have less disposable income, times have changed really. For me, it would be spending money I'd rather put towards other things, only to have a vinyl I never play gather dust on a shelf. These days I sell more than I buy.

Yep. Splashed plenty of cash on this band; CDs tours and stuff, and the final physical album I bought was JFPL. That said, this is true of other bands I like also, and this makes me wonder if it's anything to do with much other than the tech than any level of fandom. Though having said that, you'd think if any generation would buy CDs it would be this one.

I first subbed to Spotify in 09. And like iTunes and iPods before it, streaming and downloading started to make more sense in the early 2010s, which hits all music sales. You don't get a CD player in your new car around this time, so you stream off your phone don't you? I reckon that shift to the phone being the dominant tech in the 10s changes everything because it's your CD player, your camera, your alarm clock etc, so most people naturally choose the easy option which is to ditch the music purchases and stick to streaming.