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Subject: CAN OF WORMS (BEING OPENED)


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Sebastian F. Lenton
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Date Posted: 06:58:59 07/27/01 Fri

At what point does a succesful band "sell out", thus losing the support of it's "hardcore fans"???

I don't think that they ever sell out, it's more the opinions of stupid people who want to be "obscure" with their music tastes and record collections who dictate when a band become a "commercial" entity. I mean, does anyone reaaly not want their favourite band to be successful??? I'm in a band myself and I don't mind admitting that I'm partly in it to become a big star and make loads of money...and I don't believe for a second that there are bands who don't want the above AT ALL and are purely in it for "the music".

And as for anyone who is going to reply to this telling me that I'm a "sell out" or I'm not "hardcore" or "underground" enough, well I just think that people like you are stupid and pretentious. There is nothing cool in my opinion about being unknown, penniless and having to live in squalor playing toilet venues. Think about it: it's easy to take a band with no fans/talent and class them as an "underground" band as a result, and it sounds a whole lot better too. Maybe this is the problem with the stagnating British Indie/Rock scene at the moment, where things have become so bad that we're clutching at straws and embracing shit like the Strokes as "the coolest thing ever".

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Re: CAN OF WORMS (BEING OPENED)the twat07:16:42 07/27/01 Fri
Re: CAN OF WORMS (BEING OPENED)The Voice Of Sanity In A World Of Madness10:35:00 07/28/01 Sat
Re: CAN OF WORMS (BEING OPENED)Jiggly Puff07:38:44 07/29/01 Sun


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