The relationship between Sony and grade-school rockers Unlocking the Truth appears to be coming to an end. The band made headlines over the summer after the label signed Malcolm Brickhouse, Jarad Dawkins and Alec Atkins to an impressive $1.8 million contract. According to Brickhouse, though, the group's lawyers are trying to eliminate the short-lived partnership, Billboard noted. The singer relayed the news yesterday, March 14, at the premiere for the band's Breaking a Monster documentary. Manager Alan Sacks offered no other information aside from confirming Brickhouse's statement.
Breaking a Monster recounts how the metal trio started performing in Times Square before landing sets at festivals. The Sony deal, which promised the band the large sum of money if sales figures were met, was big news last year. The doc did not go into details about the band's relationship with Sony.
Perhaps the split has something to do with the contract stipulations. Trivium bassist Paolo Gregoletto shared his thoughts on the deal after Sony signed the band.
"The young kids that were signed got a $60,000 recording budget for their first album and have to sell 250,000 copies to receive royalties. That isn't a 1.7-million-dollar recording deal. I hope that they got a good lawyer and someone looking out for them," he wrote.
Unlocking the Truth has opened for Guns N' Roses and Queens of the Stone Age as well as shared the stage with Marilyn Manson. The teenagers will be in Austin this week to perform at South by Southwest.
"Unlocking the Truth's goal is to become one of the world's best metal bands, and with their music, they want people to know that they could do what they want, no matter who they are, or what people say," the band's website reads.
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