best reasoning ive ever heard to hate sell out bands:
sell outs generally are the ones who move up to big evil labels in order to get more exposure/publicity. they then blow up and the world discovers them. however, these big name labels are the same ones that generally enforce mediocrity and stagnation in the music industry, producing music that has very little artistic value, just high marketability.
so by signing up to these labels, the indie group makes it harder for other groups following the same indie path to be succesful. if they had stayed with a smaller label, that label wouldv grown exponentially larger, whereas by signing with sony or whatever, that company hardly notices a change in profits.
it was just a good example of a label where people get big and then often stay on the label. everyone had to get all uppity about pointing out their sub pop history knowledge
sup pop raked it in the minute they signed that burst of grunge energy in "Screaming LIfe" - a soundgarden early bird, as well as nirvana , mudhoney, SDRE, and others. theyve already raked it big far beyond this new gen of Death Cabs and Modest Mice, and the postal services.
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SO so s o s o different.
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sell outs generally are the ones who move up to big evil labels in order to get more exposure/publicity. they then blow up and the world discovers them. however, these big name labels are the same ones that generally enforce mediocrity and stagnation in the music industry, producing music that has very little artistic value, just high marketability.
so by signing up to these labels, the indie group makes it harder for other groups following the same indie path to be succesful. if they had stayed with a smaller label, that label wouldv grown exponentially larger, whereas by signing with sony or whatever, that company hardly notices a change in profits.
like modest mouse. jerks.
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lets do lunch, with steak and eggs.
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