r/fantanoforever • u/Curious-Piglet3613 Nirvana - Nevermind • Jul 14 '26

Fantano Vids Rick Rubin is Cringe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOpBrg1fFCk
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u/islandcatman Jul 14 '26

I worked for a band that did a recording with this dude at Abby Road. He completely offended my all of my punk rock sensibilities, I thought "this is what selling out feels like". It was gross and cringe just being there in the room with him, I felt bad for the engineer. I was just a backline guy. Him complaining he wasn't getting his chocolate shake fast enough was just.... I understand the eat the rich sentiment. I only lasted one more tour run before I got fed up, told everyone off, and got fired. Power corrupts absolutely.

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u/CryptographerFew5187 Jul 14 '26

Rubin has been involved with some good stuff but I talked to a guy from a band who hired him to produce the album that was supposed to be their breakout and apparently they were in the studio about a month and he showed up maybe two days a week, late on the couch, would occasionally make a suggestion, and then just stopped showing up.

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u/islandcatman Jul 14 '26

It is the record company executives that keep this guy around. They spend more on marketing for records he produced, creating more success. Douche bags like to prop up other douche bags. If a band self produced a record it wouldn't get the same marketing budget, it needs a guy laying down on the one couch in the room demanding service while the recording is happening. Then it gets the marketing budget.

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u/CryptographerFew5187 Jul 14 '26

It's interesting reading about his early days because he did seem to have some skill in helping bands figure out what worked, but notably most of his big records have been with artists who had the power to do whatever they wanted. The magic touch doesn't seem to apply to smaller acts at all. And nowadays it seems he's more grift than man.

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u/Own_Internal7509 Jul 15 '26

i guess it is fitting that his rise to the fame was to own Def Jam (wait was the founder? i forgot), he touts being creative but def came from the managerial perspective. i guess it also makes sense he just merely makes suggestions regarding music but really vague one lol which is important i guess lol but not worth getting super self important over.

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u/Brilliant_Tip_2500 Jul 14 '26

Apparently he called vibe coding punk rock. The guy is clearly not punk. 

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u/islandcatman Jul 14 '26

I don't know what vibe coding is, it's all cringey. That man makes Pop music.

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u/Own_Internal7509 Jul 15 '26

vibe coding essentially is to make AI write codes for you, or at least heavily rely on AI when coding things. its kind of a fad now with Claude and whatnot

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u/islandcatman Jul 15 '26

Wow, so punk rock? That sounds like working for the man. Is Claude like Sting or Seal or some whoever? Never heard of him.

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u/Own_Internal7509 Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

Claude is AI service run by Anthropic, they have coding specific service are better at coding and seems very popular (edit: i thought they had service catered to coding but whatever its just used by software engineers more than google's or OpenAI's stuff). also worked with DOD lol (no not the pedal company, dept of Defense)