Tom DeLonge is tegen het streamen van muziek

Speaking to FL‘s Jody Macgregor about his forthcoming record with sideproject Angels & Airwaves, DeLonge compared the effect that streaming services were having on the music industry to killing an endangered animal. “I tell people condoning streaming is like condoning the Chinese that are killing elephants for their tusks and carving ivory statues,” he railed. “It’s cool to put on your shelf but if you really think about what you’re doing it sucks. Streaming music is doing the same thing to artists – might not be killing ’em but it’s killing the industry. It might be cool for you as somebody that likes music but you’re not really thinking about the effect it has. We’ve got to value our art, you know?”