IMHO the music biz only hated the pistols
because they would never fucking sign a proper contract. They *loved* the fact that it opened up a whole new money making opportunity punk-bandwagon thing. More bands than you can shake a stick at, they don't need to be that good, they don't need an expensive studio or engineer, and they'll still sell. It was all music biz, and hype. Didn't feel like it at the time, but we were all conned, as Mclaren would say.
Yes, I'm *that* cynical. :-)
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Sun 12 Dec 2004, 17:30,
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Yes, I'm *that* cynical. :-)
The Pistols conned the Music Industry
and to some extent it's fans, but that was mainly McClaren. The music industry had to adapt and it did so, and thank fuck it did, because you wouldn't have the wide variety of music that you all enjoy today if it wasn't for punk exploding the myth of the music industry.
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