Band 'Releases' New Album Via Chatroulette

from the it's-a-bit-risky-to-find... dept

Mon, Mar 15th 2010 2:55pm — Mike Masnick

By now you've probably heard of the latest internet fad, Chatroulette, which has been pretty much covered to death in the media (though, not us, until now). If, by some amazing chance, you've missed out on this, the best summary would probably be Jon Stewart's amusing take on it:

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However, the reason we're mentioning it here is that Mathew Ingram alerts us to the news that a band going by the rather catchy name of Holy Fuck has decided to leak its new album via Chatroulette. Of course, since Chatroulette is totally random, there's no way to actually find it, except by accident -- meaning you're not going to find it, and as the reporter at the link above discovered, you have a pretty high likelihood of running into something that might disgust you. Still, an amusing marketing gimmick all around.

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Anonymous Coward, 15 Mar 2010 @ 3:15pm

Daily Show
That video is "not currently available in my country".

I guess the Daily Show don't want Irish people watching their shows!
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Jaws4theRevenge, 15 Mar 2010 @ 3:21pm

Re: Daily Show
I'ma have to +1 the Daily Show's hatred of Irish people. Geographic restrictions are my biggest personal facepalm-inducer.
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NAMELESS.ONE, 15 Mar 2010 @ 3:37pm

"In canada you get the shaft by hollywood"
haha censorship at its finest me thinks of a secret proxy
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reboog711 (profile), 15 Mar 2010 @ 3:40pm

It's about Time
I've had some fun playing my guitar on Chatroulette.

If I were in still in a band; I'd be doing live concerts this way. Get a screen recorder; put the camera on you, hit "next", and then start performing.

Censor the "questionable" stuff (or not depending on your audience) and release as a video.

I'm not surprised other folks are doing similar promo stuff for their music.
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Anonymous Coward, 15 Mar 2010 @ 3:57pm

Amusing marketing gimmick for who, Chatroulette or Holy fuck? Seems like better advetising for Chatroulette than Holy Fuck, not sure how it help the band if no one can find the album.

I release stuff into the toilet everyday, good luck finding it.
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Tom Landry (profile), 15 Mar 2010 @ 4:03pm

Never heard of it until today.
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Richard (profile), 15 Mar 2010 @ 4:59pm

Re: Daily Show
Same here in UK - although the programme is shown here on More 4 - and therefore available on 4OD no way of knowing when this particular clip was shown here.

Could get it - but can't find it - daft.
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Wiblur, 15 Mar 2010 @ 7:10pm

Never heard of chatroulette, and don't care to visit it.
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{-Y, 15 Mar 2010 @ 8:02pm

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Captain Canuck (profile), 15 Mar 2010 @ 11:00pm

Re: Daily Show
HOWTO Watch the Daily Show anywhere
Have fun.
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Anonymous Coward, 16 Mar 2010 @ 12:27am

Re: Re: Daily Show
I always knew there was a reason i love Canuckle heads ~_^
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Anonymous Coward, 21 Mar 2010 @ 1:35pm

Video player does not actually play a video. Masnick, please replace the video link with one that actually works properly.
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Mike Masnick (profile), 21 Mar 2010 @ 9:50pm

Re:
Video player does not actually play a video. Masnick, please replace the video link with one that actually works properly.

Sorry. Blame viacom. They only let the videos be shown in the US.
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chatroulette, 13 Aug 2010 @ 7:28am

just another chatroulette like website: 50cams.com
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trus1_m3, 25 Oct 2010 @ 9:24pm

chatroulette - chatshock
This just goes to show the great potential of chatroulette's random video chat concept.

Visit http://www.chatshock.com and you'll see
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