on 6/10/03 11:38 AM, Perfect Sound Forever at perfect-sound@furious.com wrote:
All true I'm sure. The same was true of Gang of Four also though they did start out with an indie (Fast). However, the Pistols, Clash and Go4 were still able to make great, influential music for the big bad majors.
It was a nice period -- largely cuz the majors had NO IDEA what was happening and allowed some stuff to happen. (But I confess that I don't think of the Clash as all that great.)
Conversely, some indies behave more badly to their acts than majors do (i.e. SST, Sympathy for the Record Industry, ESP) though they do give these acts a chance to record and be heard.
As Dave Alvin once said -- "It's a question of whether you want to be f**ked up the ass by a guy with a big dick or a small dick". As for giving bands a chance to be heard, my personal experiences with Long Gone John of Sympathy, while limited, lead me to believe that it's not worth being heard if that's the kind of person with whom you have to deal. sh