Amanda Palmer's plea for freedom

In a world where most bands struggle to get a record deal, Amanda Palmer is struggling to get out of hers.

The sometime Dresden Doll and sometime solo piano basher's been playing a new live song that mirrors her real life. It's called "Please Drop Me," and it's quite literally a plea to her label, Roadrunner Records, to do just that.

Apparently, Roadrunner attempted to cut a shot of Palmer's surely lovely midriff from an upcoming video because label reps thought she looked a bit overweight.

First of all, Palmer's tummy is a lot different than the rest of her body, I'm quite sure it's damn fine. And secondly, people don't listen to Amanda Palmer's theatrical, dark cabaret pop because she's hot.

With lyrics like "I'm tired of sucking corporate dick," it seems that Palmer's coming back swinging. It's the perfect instance of an artist - a respectable, talented artist - bucking the suits, saying "fuck you" and doing exactly what she wants to do. It's more rock'n'roll than any of the other artists in Roadrunner's band collection (including Slipknot and Deicide and some other dick-rock bullshit) could muster in even the heaviest breakdown.

And speaking of dick-rock, scrolling through Roadrunner's roster is like listing the lineup of the worst festival never created. Seriously, Soulfly, Biohazard, Madina Lake, Dragonforce, Megadeath, Dream Theater, Theory of a Deadman, Sammy Hager, Stone Sour, Slipknot and, my personal favorites, RATT and Nickelback.

The company picnics must be a blast.

Here's "Please Drop Me." Let's hope they do.