The statement came as a fan questioned the high pricing of Vincent’s new single “Ride the Serpent.” The fan suggested it might deter people from enjoying his music due to economic hardships.
“First of all, consider the analogy to caviar or fine art. Not everyone can afford it. That simple,” Vincent said.
“Second, I resent your ‘personal life’s needs … prices alleviate my burdens’ insult. Who the f*ck are you to assume such a theory because you can’t afford or don’t want to pay or don’t agree with my price?”
Vincent continued his defense of the pricing strategy. He snubbed the fan’s suggestion for industry-standard pricing.
“Fair market price? Lol. That was yesteryear. Welcome to the new agenda,” he continued. “Artists can and will set their own standards and rules for the purchase price of their art, when they’ve had their fill of being ripped off. If you don’t agree with the price, don’t buy it. It’s that easy.”
The guitarist also criticized what he sees as entitled fan behavior in the current music landscape.
“Independent artists now have to navigate a Mad Max wasteland of survival and are the directed victims of massive ripoffs, reduced to beg and pander for likes and subscribes from self-entitled brats who want their work for free or for next to nothing,” Vincent said.
“Yet these are the same whiners who have no problem paying someone $500 for a brick from a house he demolished or $1,000 for a sweaty pair of used socks. But you bitches cry and whine like fu**ing babies when VV sells something at a price you don’t like. Grow the f*ck up! My price protects me from people like ‘you’ who will buy cheap from the theft of bootleggers.”
