Randy Blythe (Lamb of God) isn’t a fan of streaming music services

Lamb Of God frontman Randy Blythe discussed his listening preferences during an interview on the most recent episode of the Mark And Me podcast, as per Blabbermouth. He disclosed that he dislikes streaming.

I don’t use Spotify or Apple Music or any of that stuff. Well, I still buy. I listen to music on my iPhone, but I buy the album, the digital album from the iTunes store, or what I really like is Bandcamp. The band gets the money [from Bandcamp]. So if the albums are available on Bandcamp, and I just want it ‘to go’ — I also buy vinyl, but I can’t carry a record player around with me on tour — I will buy from Bandcamp as much as possible and have that and then put it in my iTunes to listen. Even with that, you can listen, you can preview stuff, like a song or two. On Bandcamp, you can listen to the whole thing, but half the time I kind of have this sort of, I guess, longing for the mystery of the old days. So I don’t even preview much stuff. I listen to, like, one song.

“If I hear a song and — let’s say for instance, the other night, my girlfriend and I, for Valentine’s Day, we went to the goth prom; there was a goth prom. I painted my fingernails black and everything, wore my vampire fangs. We got all gothed up. Some friends of ours threw it — this band Dead Cool from North Carolina threw it — and so there’s us and 300 goth people there. And in between bands, over the stereo, there was a DJ, and he was playing some dark wave stuff. So I Shazamed it. I’m, like, ‘What is this? And it was just one song that I really liked, like a dance track. And I went on iTunes and bought it right there at the club — boom! And my girlfriend is, like, ‘You better hope the whole record’s good. You could have just bought one song.’ And I’m, like, ‘Eh, screw it.’ Yeah, it’s a mystery. And it also doesn’t hurt, though, to be perfectly honest, because I am a professional musician, that the albums I buy are a tax write-off for me, ’cause it’s research. [Laughs] Me, I’m [also] a bestselling author. My books I buy — tax write-off. It’s part of my business.

Upcoming shows:

• March 24  Minneapolis, MN  Armory
• March 25  Chicago, IL  Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
• March 27  Denver, CO  Fillmore Auditorium
• March 28  Salt Lake City, UT  The Union Event Center
• March 30  Portland, OR  Theater of the Clouds
• March 31  Seattle, WA  WAMU Theater
• April 1  Vancouver, BC  PNE Forum
• April 3  San Francisco, CA  The Masonic
• April 4  Inglewood, CA  YouTube Theater
• April 5  Phoenix, AZ  Arizona Financial Theatre
• April 7  Albuquerque, NM  Revel Entertainment Center
• April 10  Austin, TX  Moody Amphitheater
• April 11  Irving, TX  The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
• April 12  Houston, TX  713 Music Hall
• April 14  Nashville, TN  War Memorial Auditorium
• April 15  Atlanta, GA  Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre
• April 16  Raleigh, NC  Red Hat Amphitheater
• April 18  Reading, PA  Santander Arena 
• April 19  Virginia Beach, VA  The Dome
• April 21  Buffalo, NY  Buffalo RiverWorks
• April 23  Brooklyn, NY  Brooklyn Paramount
• April 25  Uncasville, CT  Mohegan Sun Arena 
• April 26  Boston, MA  MGM Music Hall at Fenway
• May 9  Daytona Beach, FL  Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival
• May 17  Dayton, OH  Welcome to Rockville
• May 20  San Juan, PR  Coliseo de Puerto Rico
• Friday, July 24, 2026 – Istanbul, Turkey – Bonus Parkorman
• Saturday, July 25, 2026 – Plovdiv, Bulgaria – Hills of Rock
• Wednesday, July 29, 2026 – Râșnov, Romania – Rockstadt Extreme Fest
• Saturday, August 1, 2026 – Wacken, Germany – Wacken Open Air
• Monday, August 3, 2026 – Leipzig, Germany – Haus Auensee
• Wednesday, August 5, 2026 – Lisbon, Portugal – Vagos Open Air
• Friday, August 7, 2026 – Walton‑on‑Trent, United Kingdom – Bloodstock Open Air
• Sunday, August 9, 2026 – Kortrijk, Belgium – Alcatraz Open Air
• Tuesday, August 11, 2026 – Copenhagen, Denmark – K.B. Hallen
• Thursday, August 13, 2026 – Sulingen, Germany – Reload Festival
• Friday, August 14, 2026 – Dinkelsbühl, Germany – Summer Breeze
• Saturday, August 15, 2026 – Eindhoven, Netherlands – Dynamo Metalfest
• October 30 – November 3  Miami, FL  Headbangers Boat