Yet the record companies, big and small, sneer and ignore and despise it.
The only time I got label support (Gina G) the track sold millions all around the world.
If I had a label I'd be selling shitloads of LORDI, DIMA, Romania, Lithuania, Bosnia thank you VERY much.
They would ALL be in the shops today and available for download purchase.
Far more than the crap priorities of the majors.
A&R has totally lost touch with public taste.
As have the waxworks running the majors.

Hundreds more visits and reads on this board; other boards bursting too; media full of Lordi stories...
Don't anyone DARE say Eurovision is bad for music!
I remember when ratings were dying and Controller Yentob wanted it taken off...
Then I came along!
Just as our Record of the Year Show boosts sales of ALL music in the period before Xmas, so ANY show on music that gets big ratings helps all music sell.

.. but it seems to be an import because it takes 4-6 weeks for delivery. I hope "Hard Rock Hallelujah" gets a proper UK realease.