Can you load napster to go jams on the Microsoft Zune?

I’m debating whether I should get one or not. So far I’ve heard excellent reviews. I have a Napster to-go subscription right now and want to know if I can download the songs w/out being charged. Delight help!

Answer by Joel D
I’ve got excellent news and terrible news:

1st the BAD news:
Unfortunately No. Napster to go will not work with Zune. If you bought the songs from Napster, that’s a different tale, but the songs from your subscription will not be transferrable.

2nd the GOOD news (yay!):
Zune offers a subscription just like Napster-2-go!!! It’s called Zune Pass and you get millions of songs for one low monthly fee!! Check it out and download Zune Marketplace for free at http://www.zune.net/en-us/meetzune/zunepass.htm In no time, you could have your library you have now on Zune, it would be just a couple points and clicks! Just find when your billing cycle ends with Napster and then switch over!!

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Everywhere are they Now? Vice Squad


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Vice Squad is a punk band formed in 1978 in Bristol, England. The band formed from two other local punk bands, The Contingent and TV Brakes. Songwriter and vocalist Beki Bondage (born Rebecca Louise Bond) has been with the band since the original line-up. She is often cited as being the first punk pin-up featured on the front take in of a digit of influential music tabloids such as Melody Maker, NME, and Smash Hits.

The Original Band

Vice Squad formed in 1978 with an initial line-up of Beki Bondage (vocals), Dave Bateman (guitar), Mark Hambly (bass), and Shane Baldwin (drums), and played their first gig at Bristol University’s Anson Rooms on 12 April 1979. Bateman and Baldwin had previously been members of the TV Brakes.

The first release by the band was the track "Nothing", which was included on the 1979 compilation Avon Calling. Members of the band were involved in setting up the Riot City mark with Simon Edwards, the mark becoming one of the major punk marks of the era. The band took some time to make further impact, only playing six gigs in 1980, but 1981′s debut single "Last Rockers" was well-received, promotion over 20,000 copies and spending nearly forty weeks in the UK Indie Chart, reaching digit 7.

The follow-up, "Resurrection", reached digit 4, and the band undertook a tour supporting UK Subs. The singles received airplay and support from BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel, and they would go on to record two sessions for his show, in 1981 and 1982.

In 1981 the band signed with major mark EMI (their Zonophone subsidiary), prompting criticism from many within the DIY punk vista. Their debut album, No Produce For Concern, was unrestricted in late 1981, reaching digit 32 in the UK Album Chart. A second album followed in 1982, and the band embarked on a tour of the United States and Canada. On returning from the US, Bondage announced that she was leaving the band.

She went on to front Ligotage and later Beki and the Bombshells, and without her, Vice Squad were dropped by EMI. The band carried on, though, replacing Bondage with a new singer called Lia (who was previously renowned as Jools and had been the singer for local band Affairs of the Heart). The new line-up, also including the band’s administrator Mark "Sooty" Byrne on second guitar, signed with Anagram Records, and recorded a session for David Jensen’s BBC radio show. Indie hits continued with singles such as "Black Sheep" and "You’ll Never Know", but sales started to dwindle, and the band split up in 1985. Dave Bateman died in 2007.

The New Band

Bondage formed a new version of Vice Squad in 1997, along with former members of The Bombshells, after being persuaded to perform the ancient material at the Holidays In The Sun festival. The line-up was initially Bondage on vocals, Paul Rooney (guitar), ‘Stilton’ (bass), and ‘Pumpy’ (drums). The rhythm section was replaced by Michael Giaquinto (bass) and Tony Piper (drums) in late 1999/ahead of schedule 2000. This new line-up has recorded numerous albums and they continue to tour Europe and the United States. In 2006, they unrestricted the album Defiant, produced by guitarist Rooney.

New Album

2008 was spent recording the album, "Fairground For The Demented" which was shelved as the band chose the finished pool of songs did not represent the ‘Ancient School’ punk signal that the band wanted to achieve. This pool of songs is now unrestricted in digital form with retailers such as iTunes and Napster. The gritty punk style was eventually realized in 2009 when Vice Squad unrestricted the "London Underground" album which was co-produced by Bond and Rooney. Unrestricted on their own "Last Rockers Mark" London Underground has received rave reviews on website "Studs And Punks" and songs such as "Punx United", "Ancient Skool" and "Sniffing Glue" form a major part of the bands live show.

2009 also saw Vice Squad’s return to America on an 18 date tour of the western states promoting London Underground with American drummer Nick Manning and support from The Lower Class Brats.

Singles

Last Rockers (1981) EP Riot City (UK Indie #7)[6]
Resurrection (1981) EP Riot City (UK Indie #4)[6]
Vice Squad Singles EP (1982) Riot City (UK Indie #21)[6]
Out of Reach (1982) EMI/Zonophone (UK #68)[3]
Stand Strong (1982) EP EMI/Zonophone
State of the Nation (1982) EP
Black Sheep (1983) Anagram (UK Indie #13)[6]
You’ll Never Know (1984) Anagram
Teenage Rampage (1985) Anagram (UK Indie #44)[6]

Albums

No Produce for Concern (1981) EMI/Zonophone (UK #32)[3]
Live in Sheffield (1981)
Stand Strong, Stand Proud (1982) EMI/Zonophone (UK #47)[3]
Shot Away (1985) Anagram
Live and Loud!! (1988) Cleopatra
Last Rockers – The Singles (1992) Abstract
The Punk Singles Pool (1995) Anagram
The BBC Sessions (1997) Anagram
Get a Life (1999)
Resurrection (1999)
Lo-Fi Life (2000)
Rich and Well-known (2003)
Defiant (2006)
Unreleased (2008)
London Underground (2009)

I wanted to buy music for WMP (Windows Media Player) and you have buy iTunes music onto a CD, (I don’t want to waste money export millions of blank CDs when I don’t even now have any songs from iTines), get Limewire (I’m worried of viruses), use CDs, or use Napster. So I checked it out, and it was clearly export music-with the “free trial” and the “get unlimited music for as low as $ 9.95 a month”, but then I looked up Napster reviews, and people were saying it’s illegal because you get free music? And also, it says it has so many songs to choose from because it takes songs from members’ libraries? I don’t want Napster to have access to all my music files…will it? I’m seriously confused here.

Answer by CSM_KLG
napster is just like itunes. except different music formats

Answer by darkhydra21
Napster used to be a peer-to-peer file sharing service that allowed people to download music (just like with Limewire or torrent or Kazaa) for free. Bottom line, they got sued, and Napster got shut down. This is the Napster that most of your reviewers are talking about. The music downloaded on Napster would be shared with anyone who wanted it, which would make it simpler for everyone to get the music they wanted.

Roxio bought the Napster name and has turned it into an online music store. Napster is now basically the equivalent of the iTunes or Amazon music stores. It’s impeccably safe to use, and no one is going to be accessing your music files.

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